The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 285 - 195: Investment and Peril_3

Chapter 285: Chapter 195: Investment and Peril_3

For a moment, everyone in the lobby who had been making repairs stood up in unison.

"Let’s go out and take a look," someone suggested.

Li Yi was the first to move; his arm glowed as he deployed the Guiding Skill, clutching the Hanging Man Spear as he rushed out.

Seeing this, the others immediately followed.

Cultivators move quickly, and within just a few seconds, everyone had reached the plaza outside the building.

At that moment, a pickup truck sped toward them, nearly flipping over from a sharp turn, before it screeched to a halt right at the entrance. Then, to everyone’s surprise, Zheng Gong and Yuan Mingjin, each armed with a sniper rifle, started firing towards something behind them.

Two more gunshots rang out.

A figure was hit instantaneously and collapsed to the ground.

It was a rotting corpse, ashen and bloodless, yet somehow it was able to move. Even as it fell from the gunshot, the corpse twitched as if trying to stand up again.

After struggling for a bit, the corpse was too severely damaged to continue moving. At that moment, a cold and ethereal shadow drifted out from within it.

"That’s a ghost..."

Everyone present had their Spiritual Sense activated and could see ghosts; they recognized what hovered above the corpse at once, and their expressions changed immediately.

Normally, such vengeful ghosts and fierce ghosts would be eroded by polluted energies on Earth, ultimately perishing completely, but for some reason, this emerging fierce ghost was temporarily resisting the erosion and did not dissipate immediately. Instead, it lunged ferociously towards Zheng Gong.

Zheng Gong, shocked, fired again, but to no effect.

The bullets passed through the ghost’s body, incapable of inflicting any harm. Instead, Zheng Gong was in danger of being invaded by the fierce ghost, his consciousness eradicated, his body overtaken.

But at that crucial moment, a phantom-colored bronze spear flew swiftly by.

The bronze spear struck the oncoming fierce ghost, pinning it firmly to the ground.

The fierce ghost struggled and wailed on the ground, its face contorted and terrifying, but it was all in vain. As time passed, its ethereal body rapidly dissipated until it could no longer maintain its form, disappearing completely from the world.

Dead?

A chill went through the crowd.

They were amazed as they looked at the spear.

They hadn’t expected Li Yi’s spear to be specifically designed to combat fierce ghosts.

"Zheng Gong, Yuan Mingjin, are you guys alright?" Li Yi strode over.

"No, no problem. We got chased by some nasty things on the way back. Luckily, we drove fast enough to get here. Otherwise, we might have really died on the road. Master Pete’s speculation was correct; once night falls, these Walking Corporations will definitely spread, and people nearby will be in danger," Zheng Gong said, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, still visibly shaken.

Yuan Mingjin added, "To deal with these Walking Corpses, we need not only firearms but also a way to harm ghosts. Otherwise, it’ll be just like what just happened; kill a Walking Corpse and turn around to be invaded by a fierce ghost. In that case, even if we don’t die, our consciousness will be damaged, leaving us unconscious..."

He had not yet finished speaking.

Suddenly, Lin Yue’s figure abruptly closed in: "Be careful."

At that moment.

From behind the shadows of trees in the nearby greenery, a withered corpse burst out with the speed of a ghost, unbelievably fast, reaching Yuan Mingjin in just a second or two. However, as the dry corpse was about to strike, Lin Yue sensed the anomaly first and delivered a punch.

Accompanied by the explosive sound of Fist Power, a Fist Mark was instantly left on the body of the dry corpse, and the residual force sent it flying, tumbling several times on the ground before finally coming to a stop.

A normal Cultivator would definitely not be able to stand up after taking such a punch from Lin Yue, but this dry corpse stood up immediately as if nothing had happened, its lifeless eyes emitting a strange glow as it stared at everyone.

"It’s a Walking Corpse that has weathered a climate, its Cultivation Realm is not low, possessing strength close to that of Spiritual Perception," Lin Yue said gravely.

"What? This dry corpse has the strength of Spiritual Perception?" Lv Jue, Kong Sheng, and others were greatly shocked in their hearts.

Is this the evil spirit of the old city?

So terrifying.

Just a single dry corpse that has spread out possesses such strength; no wonder everyone in the old city area has fled. If they didn’t run, they wouldn’t have a life to live.

"Sister Lin, don’t make a move, I’ll kill it," Li Yi said fearlessly. Before his voice had even fallen, he had already charged forward, his Jin Qi circulating, his Qi-Blood boiling. In a mere instant, a wave of heat spread from his body to the surroundings, and soon everyone saw Li Yi like a furnace, his body glowing red.

And this red glow soared into the sky like a beacon, quite extraordinary.

Once Li Yi sprung into action, his agitated Qi-Blood couldn’t be contained and spread out. At that moment, he immediately picked up the Hanging Man Spear from the ground and attacked the dry corpse.

The dry corpse seemed to sense the threat of the Hanging Man Spear and involuntarily stepped back several paces.

But Li Yi was too fast, and he instantly thrust out with the spear.

The dry corpse swiftly dodged and, imitating Lin Yue, clenched its fist and smashed it toward Li Yi with incredible speed, catching him off-guard.

Li Yi’s inspiration warned him, and he unleashed a killing move he had learned.

Top Heart Elbow.

After the clash, the dry corpse was no match, shaken by a terrifying force that made it unable to steady itself, retreating repeatedly.

During the Blood Burning Technique, Li Yi’s Jin Qi was too abundant; in terms of strength, he was in no way inferior to Lin Yue, the Spiritual Perception Master.

Seizing the opportunity when the dry corpse was at a disadvantage from the failed strike, Li Yi instantly swung the spear, hitting the dry corpse’s body.

Something bizarre happened.

The spear disregarded the body of the dry corpse and harshly swept out the fierce ghost that was possessing it, revealing it in front of everyone’s eyes.

"Well done," Lin Yue couldn’t help but praise when she saw this.

She could see it now; Li Yi’s spear did not harm the body but the Soul. Fierce ghosts that took over the corpses to become Walking Corpses feared this type of weapon the most. One hit could damage their foundation and prevent them from wreaking havoc anymore.

The fierce ghost hit by Li Yi’s Hanging Man Spear lay broken on the ground, struggling and wailing, and under the erosion of polluted energy, it started to rapidly disintegrate and finally disappeared completely.