Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

"It's just a stone wall!!"

The fifth sword roared and slashed down with the sword.

In an instant, sword lights flashed, and the gray-white stone wall in front suddenly revealed countless deep sword marks, and then the entire stone wall collapsed along the intricate and intertwined sword marks.

Before the Fifth Sword could even show a smile on his face, he saw that the collapsed stone wall was still a stone wall, and behind the stone wall was another stone wall, with many stone walls stacked one on top of the other, extending all the way into the distance.

Moreover, the cracks cut into the stone walls were still recovering rapidly, and they were smooth as new in the blink of an eye.

"Fuck! Is this even possible?!"

The Fifth Sword was stunned.

At this time, the surging zombies behind him had also rushed forward, and countless violent creatures and even ordinary people, rushed forward madly with their fangs and claws bared. The whole scene was just like a zombie siege.

"Shining Star Sword!"

Li Qingzhi waved his hand, and a dazzling sword light suddenly burst out. The sword light flashed like stars in the sky.

The horrifying tide of corpses suddenly stopped for a moment, as if frozen.

Some of those who rushed closer could even see the protruding veins on their faces, exposed gums, and even the thick tongue coating.

In the next second, all the sounds came together at the same time, as if mountains were collapsing.

Amid the loud explosion, countless zombies instantly turned into tiny pieces and were blown away by the strong wind, revealing a blank area about ten feet long.

Behind this blank area, there were many crowded zombies, covered with blood, minced meat, and broken bones, and they were so sticky that they looked as if they had just crawled out of the mud.

Seeing this scene, Ning Yan couldn't help but gasp.

He knew that warriors who had entered the realm of strength were very strong, but he didn't expect them to be this strong.

Even if he tried his best to use Kun Yun Fist, he could not achieve such an effect.

In other words, the strong one is not just an ordinary person who has entered the realm of strength, but someone like Li Qingzhi who has reached the pinnacle of entering the realm of strength and has inherited the true teachings of the Sword Extreme Sect.

However, this attack was obviously extremely exhausting for Li Qingzhi.

Fortunately, he was not alone.

While he was fighting off the tide of zombies attacking from behind, his fellow disciples from the Jian Ji Sect had already exerted all their strength and attacked together to break down the stone wall blocking the way ahead.

Although the stone wall extends layer by layer and has the ability to self-repair, the killing power of many powerful swordsmen is too strong and has exceeded the recovery speed of the stone wall, so a passage is still opened up in the stone wall.

Then, Ning Yan and others quickly rushed out along the passage and soon came to an empty street.

But even when they stepped onto this spacious cobblestone street, everyone still found it difficult to relax.

Now it is known that they are all trapped in a haunted city.

Every blade of grass, every brick and every tile here are their enemies.

To the entire Guicheng, they are the food that is swallowed and they should do their best to digest it.

Even if they temporarily avoided the pursuers behind them, it did not mean that they were safe now.

Ning Yan had even seen the buildings and shops on both sides of the street in the distance begin to move, gathering towards the center, obviously intending to trap them all.

The zombies behind them that had just been thrown off had now regrouped and were charging towards them.

"This is not a solution. We must hurry up and find a breakthrough, otherwise we will die here!"

A powerful swordsman said with a serious expression.

Although everyone understood this principle, they didn't have much clue at the moment.

After all, fighting an entire city is too unreasonable, not to mention that this city can continue to recover.

"No matter what, let's find a way to break the current crisis first."

Li Qingzhi took a pill to restore her vitality and stared at the zombies rushing towards her:

"Although we can't kill these monsters completely for now, each death is not meaningless. Their resurrection requires the consumption of the city's power. According to my observation, their resurrection speed has slowed down by one third compared to the initial speed. Perhaps if we kill them a few more times, we can buy enough time for our subsequent plans."

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but nodded.

Then everyone turned around and rushed towards the oncoming zombies.

Compared with those below the Ru Jin level, the Ru Jin level is all-round stronger. Even without using their vital energy, their physical fitness is several levels stronger. Not to mention that these zombies have no rationality at all. Their every move seems crazy, but they have no secrets at all. In the eyes of the Ru Jin level, they are like a group of moving melons.

If they could not recover and regenerate constantly, they would have been slaughtered countless times.

Now that they have decided to use the resurrection consumption mechanism to buy time, everyone should use the swords in their hands to cause as much damage as possible, and never use their extremely precious vitality unless it is absolutely necessary.

After a frenzy of killing, the recovery speed of the zombies continued to decrease, and in the end it took nearly two hundred breaths for the previously dead group to be resurrected.

Apart from the consumption of killing other zombies, there would still be about thirty breaths of free time left in these two hundred breaths.

Although thirty breaths is not a long time and can be further extended through continuous killing, by now, the physical strength of Li Qingzhi and others has been almost exhausted.

After all, even if they don't use their energy, they still consume physical energy when fighting. For people like them, based on the total number, they have killed as many as 20,000 to 30,000 people, which is almost reaching their limit.

After a brief discussion, everyone prepared to retreat to an open square on the left.

They had also conducted some tests during the previous battle, and found that there was a certain pattern in the Guicheng's manipulation of the city.

Generally speaking, it is more convenient and faster to manipulate things on the spot in the city.

For example, existing houses and buildings nearby can be easily mobilized to create obstacles or to attack, which is very convenient.

On the contrary, things that do not exist nearby, such as building a stone wall out of thin air on an open space, will consume more power of the ghost city, and the construction speed will often be slower.

Therefore, they prioritized retreating towards the open space.

Although the open space is also vulnerable to pursuit and siege by zombies, the lack of obstacles makes it less vulnerable to secret attacks.

Don't forget, Cangming City lost two Ru Jin people at that time. Add to that the evil creatures that followed and even the Ru Jin people who were buried. There must be a lot of Ru Jin fighting force in this city.

Even if they do not have the corresponding rationality, cannot use advanced martial arts, and cannot exert the full combat power of entering and exiting the force, the numbers are there. If combined with a sneak attack, they may fall into a huge crisis.

This must not be ignored.

Everyone quickly retreated towards the empty square, but before they had taken a few steps, they saw a few staggering zombies slowly walking out from the other side of the square.

"Lu Yuan, Zhang Xuelu!"

Seeing two familiar faces among the zombies, the expressions of Li Qingzhi and others suddenly froze.

It turned out that these two people were independent cultivators who came to rescue Cangming City. They were previously besieged by evil creatures such as stone men and unfortunately died on the battlefield. Unexpectedly, their bodies were stolen by Guicheng and turned into puppets controlled by it.

Seeing this scene, Li Qingzhi and others were stunned and instantly furious, and the veins on their hands holding the swords were bulging.

However, no matter how angry they were, no one rushed forward to fight.

Because they all knew that these zombies could not be killed, and their current condition was already very bad. If they were held back by these powerful zombies and then surrounded by other zombies, they might really die on the spot.

Everyone quickly retreated to the right. Before they had taken a few steps, several zombies appeared on the right.

Immediately afterwards, powerful fighters of the entry level appeared in various open spaces.

All in all, there are probably nearly twenty.

Although this number is not a big deal, at his peak, Li Qingzhi alone could handle them all.

But the current condition is very bad after all, and these incoming forces can be constantly revived, so the situation immediately becomes very tricky.

Many powerful forces slowly approached and surrounded them, and the situation became increasingly tense.

Just as Li Qingzhi was about to attack, the fifth swordsman's shout suddenly came from the field:
"Why did you hit me?"

A few of the warriors looked out of the corner of their eyes and saw the Fifth Sword staring at Ning Yan with a puzzled look on his face.

Ning Yan said calmly:

"I'm helping you out."

"What siege?"

"Relieve the siege of Ru Jin."

"You're not saying that if you slap me, those zombies won't come and attack me anymore?"

The Fifth Sword said with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Ning Yan nodded and said:

"exactly."

"How can this be?"

"You might as well feel the breath on your body."

After hearing Ning Yan's words, everyone present reflexively sensed the aura of the Fifth Sword, and then their faces changed color.

Because when the aura emitted by the Fifth Sword is compared with those zombies, it cannot be said to be exactly the same, but it is almost identical.

For a moment they even thought that the Fifth Sword had died at some point and had been transformed into a zombie.

A nervous swordsman in black even drew his sword and pointed it at him.

"Wait, Senior Brother Liu! I am Xiao Jian! I am not dead! I am really not dead!!"

Looking at the long sword pointing at him, the Fifth Sword was immediately frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

It would be such a shame if this guy died at the hands of his own people.

When he thought of this, he couldn't help but look at Ning Yan with a face full of injustice.

"The palm strike you just made changed the aura of Fifth Junior Brother? Did it make him look like those zombies?"

Li Qingzhi looked at Ning Yan and asked.

"Yes, that's right."

Ning Yan replied solemnly.

All along the way, neither Li Qingzhi nor the others expected the two of them to take action.

After all, Ning Yan is just a senior violent qi warrior. In the eyes of many warriors, there is no difference between a senior violent qi warrior and a Yuanqi warrior.

As for the fifth sword, it is the peak of violent energy covered with the skin of entering strength, and is no different from the Yuanqi warrior.

Therefore, no one expected them to play much of a role, and they just hoped that they could survive.

But Ning Yan was not as effortless as they imagined. In fact, while everyone was fighting against the zombies, he had been busy sensing the aura, distinguishing the aura, removing impurities, and deducing the skills.

The palm that he had just used to hit the fifth sword was the "Ascending Evil Palm" deduced from the "Art of Transforming All Things into Humans".

The function of "Shengxie Palm" is very simple, it is to directly change the aura of the person hit by the palm, making him become like an evil spirit. Of course, the aura of this evil spirit can also be specified.

Although all kinds of evil spirits are classified into one category, there are still many differences in the details. Ning Yan had wasted a lot of time before just to figure out the differences, to put aside the messy auras that came with the many zombies and evil creatures, and to accurately grasp the original aura that belonged to the ghost city itself.

Finally, after seeing those powerful zombies, he finally completed this step. With the help of "Ascending Evil Palm", he could make others imbued with the aura of Ghost City and simulate becoming a part of Ghost City.

“After being hit by my palm, the aura of Ghost City can be maintained for nearly a quarter of an hour. During this period, Ghost City will regard us as a part of itself. The evil creatures it controls should find it difficult to discover our problems and will most likely regard us as their own people.

Of course, this is just my guesswork, and it actually depends on the situation on the spot."

Ning Yan explained in detail to everyone.

"Give me a slap."

Li Qingzhi replied without hesitation.

Ning Yan didn't delay and went straight up to slap him.

After the palm landed, everyone could sense that Li Qingzhi's aura had clearly changed dramatically, becoming like those zombies that were surrounding them.

Seeing this scene in person, all the athletes couldn't help but marvel at it.

At this time, Li Qingzhi, who also noticed the changes in himself, immediately walked towards the zombies in front of him.

Soon he came into face to face with the zombies, but what was surprising was that the zombies that were supposed to attack him completely ignored him at this moment, and even politely walked around him and continued to move forward.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but smile with joy.

Ning Yan quickly slapped everyone one by one.

After everyone was hit by the palm, they looked at Ning Yan with admiration.

Finally, when Ning Yan also gave himself a palm strike, many zombies who had entered the state of strength had gathered in front of them, and the closest one was less than ten feet away from them.

However, at such a close distance, the zombies showed human-like confusion on their faces, as if they couldn't understand why the delicious food suddenly disappeared.

Looking at the defenseless zombies so close, everyone resisted the urge to attack, passed through the encirclement and continued to move forward.

Soon they came to a remote open space.

At this moment, everyone finally got a chance to catch their breath. They all sat down on the ground, swallowed the pills, and took the time to restore their strength and vitality.

During this time, Ning Yan continued to use palm techniques on everyone to prevent their aura from leaking and attracting evil creatures again.

Even after they had finally recovered, the people at the scene did not feel much relief.

It’s not just because the pills they use to replenish their vitality have been almost used up.

Also because an obvious problem is facing them -

How can we escape from this strange city? (End of this chapter)