Chapter 1104
Fang Gu
Temporary residences for villagers of Luohua Village in the northern suburbs of the ancient capital.
A piercing roar came from not far away, like a death knell, plunging the entire village into despair.
Village chief Xie Sang, leaning on his cane, stood on the earthen wall at the entrance of the village, watching the dozens of dead souls surging in from not far away, his cloudy eyes filled with tears.
"Village chief, they're about to break in!"
A young villager was trembling all over, and could barely hold onto his farm tools.
Xie Sang took a deep breath, her voice hoarse but with a hint of stubbornness.
"Don't back down, everyone! Even if we die, we can't let these monsters harm the elderly and children in the village!"
But these words lacked conviction.
Fu Ye had already arrived here, observing everything with a cold expression.
All the military mages were reassigned to the outside world. The strongest among them was him, a mid-level earth mage, who didn't even have decent magical equipment.
If it weren't for me moving them from Luohua Village to the ancient capital, they would have already become dead.
It can only be said that Heaven is watching what people do.
Xie Sang may have made a mistake, but his decision was also for the benefit of the residents of his own village.
As a transmigrator with a God's-eye view, Fu Ye naturally knew everything that happened in Yangyang Village.
No one expected that after the Kun Well in Yangyang Village dried up, Fang Gu, who was usually mild-mannered, would go completely mad.
When Fang Gu led the villagers to seek help, the five neighboring villages refused to admit them, fearing an uprising of the undead.
Especially Xie Sang, when Fang Gu brought dry rations and the last half pot of Kun Well water to his door, he refused to let the other party set foot in Luohua Village.
This rejection became the final straw that broke Fang Gu's back.
Instead of seeking help, the mad Fang Gu used all the remaining Kun Well water in Yangyang Village to refine the undead!
The water of Kun Well was originally a spiritual water that nourished the village and contained a faint life energy. However, under Fang Gu's strange magic, it was transformed into a wicked energy that could strengthen the bodies of the dead.
Those undead who could only move at night, after being tempered by the water of Kun Well, not only became unafraid of sunlight, but their bodies also became as hard as iron, and their strength increased several times over.
Fang Gu led this group of mutated undead and first massacred the village that had rejected him the most.
Overnight, not a single chicken or dog was spared; not a single person survived in the entire village.
Then, in just three days, the second and third villages were completely slaughtered by Fang Gu, except for Luohua Village, which had already been moved by Fu Ye. The corpses were strewn all over the place, a truly horrific sight.
Now, Fang Gu has finally led his army of the undead to Luohua Village.
"Xie Sang! Get out here right now!"
A frenzied roar came from the army of the undead. Fang Gu rode a bone rhinoceros that was three zhang tall, dressed in blood-stained coarse cloth, with disheveled hair and bloodshot eyes, looking like a demon crawling out of hell.
He held a bone staff crafted from the spine of an undead, with a skull emitting a ghostly green light embedded in its head—an evil artifact tempered by the waters of the Kun Well.
"When you turned me away and watched the villagers of Yangyang Village die of thirst, did you never think of this day?"
Fang Gu's voice was like a broken gong, filled with resentment and venom, "Today I will make Luohua Village pay for its blood debt!"
Xie Sang trembled, her face filled with guilt and fear.
"Fang Gu, I know I was wrong, but at the time the undead uprising was imminent, and our village was in dire need of protection!"
"Can't even save yourselves?" Fang Gu laughed wildly, his laughter chilling. "I think you all wish for the destruction of Yangyang Village! Let me tell you, everyone in those five villages is dead! Now, it's your turn!" As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Gu swung his bone staff violently, and the skull on the staff's head let out a shrill scream: "Kill! Slaughter them all! Leave not a single one alive!"
"Ow—!"
Dozens of undead let out a deafening roar.
Their bodies gleamed with a faint silver light, a mark left by the water of the Kun Well, rendering them impervious to ordinary swords and blades.
Although the villagers of Luohua Village fought back with all their might, the farm tools they used only made clanging sounds when they hit the spirits of the dead, and could not cause any damage at all.
On the contrary, several villagers were injured by the undead's bone claws because they were slow to move, and their blood splattered onto the earthen wall.
"It's over. We're all going to die."
Someone cried out in despair.
Xie Sang closed her eyes, and two lines of clear tears slid down her cheeks.
He regretted his indifference back then, but it was too late to say anything now.
Just at this critical moment, three dark figures suddenly streaked across the sky, falling like shooting stars and landing steadily on the earthen wall at the village entrance.
The leader, dressed in a black robe, with a handsome face and a calm expression, was none other than Fu Ye.
Liu Xian and Liu Ru followed closely behind, one cold as ice and the other gentle and quiet, yet both exuding a chilling aura.
"This is..." Xie Sang suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze filled with shock and ecstasy. "Lord Fu Ye! What brings you here?"
Fu Ye ignored Xie Sang's gratitude and focused his gaze on the frantic Fang Gu below, his brows furrowing almost imperceptibly.
"You're acting crazy, you're an eyesore."
The calm voice rang out like thunder in everyone's ears, and even the raging undead army instinctively stopped in its tracks.
Fang Gu also noticed the three people on the earthen wall. When he saw Fu Ye, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly covered by madness: "Where did this brat come from, daring to meddle in my business? I advise you to get out of the way, or I'll kill you too!"
He could sense that the aura emanating from Fu Ye and the other two was extraordinary, but he was now blinded by hatred and power.
With his army of undead forged by the waters of Kun Well, he slaughtered five villages and showed no regard for anyone.
Liu Xian's eyes turned cold, and a chilling aura suddenly erupted from her body. Before Fu Ye could speak, her figure had already rushed out like a ghost.
"presumptuous."
As the cold voice fell, Liu Xian's figure weaved through the army of the undead. She had no weapons in her hands, but with only her bare hands, she unleashed terrifying power.
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, the head of the bone rhinoceros charging at the forefront was smashed by Liu Xian's palm, and its massive body crashed to the ground, turning into a pile of broken bones.
This scene stunned everyone.
That was a bone rhinoceros that had been tempered by the water of Kun Well. Its body was as hard as iron. Even an ordinary mid-level mage might not be able to easily break through its defenses. Yet it was killed by this woman with a single palm strike.
Fang Gu's eyes widened, his madness freezing instantly, replaced by disbelief: "Impossible! How could my bone rhinoceros be..."
Before he could finish speaking, an even more shocking scene unfolded.
Liu Xian was like a tiger among sheep, rampaging through the army of the undead. With each wave of her hand, dozens of undead turned to ashes.
The bone soldiers and corpse soldiers were like paper before her, utterly defenseless. (End of Chapter)