Fearing being killed for his overwhelming merits, the empress decided to marry him.

After devouring Shen Lang, Murong Ke's body suddenly swelled, growing to over ten meters tall in just a few breaths.

"Oh~"

A deep, painful, and ferocious voice came from his throat.

The next moment, something seemed to be wriggling on Murong Ke's back, about to burst out of his body.

"Ah~"

With a deafening roar, six arms sprouted from his back.

But the anomaly was not over yet. Murong Ke's face began to twitch and gradually split into three faces.

"this is me?"

Sensing the change in himself, Murong Ke's last remaining consciousness uttered a final question.

Immediately afterwards, an overwhelming hunger struck, and his eyes, as big as copper bells, fixed on the smoke-filled city of Rangzhou in the distance...

"Great Yan, Great Yan, kill, kill!"

As his last vestiges of consciousness faded, Murong Ke had transformed into a complete monster, striding towards Rangzhou City...

At the same time, hundreds of thousands of mutated soldiers trampled each other as they rushed toward Rangzhou City.

These mutated beings can no longer be considered human. They are tireless and insensitive to pain, and only unrestrained killing can soothe their volatile emotions.

Before Rangzhou City, after Hailan had pierced the head of a zombie with an arrow, all she could see was pus and fluid, and she could no longer find a single zombie.

"eliminate!"

He raised his already numb arm, gestured in Yue Fei's direction, and then collapsed to the ground.

The continuous firing and fighting had exhausted his strength. In the brief moment of relaxation, only endless fatigue swept over his mind.

"Da da da--"

Meanwhile, on Yue Fei's main battlefield, machine gun fire continued.

The zombies were shot down in droves until the last bullet ran out, and then the view opened up before them.

More than 30,000 zombies were finally wiped out with the concerted efforts of the Rangzhou garrison.

The battlefield, which was originally filled with monsters, was now eerily quiet. There were no corpses, only the foul-smelling air that testified that everything that had just happened was real.

Yue Fei gazed at the fading sunset and sighed deeply.

"We held out! We finally defeated the monster!"

Someone in the crowd shouted.

"Oooooooo-"

A burst of cheers erupted, and everyone was overjoyed.

Yue Fei gave a desolate smile, then walked towards the quartermaster: "How much ammunition do we have left?"

Quartermaster: "Reporting to the brigade commander, all ammunition has been exhausted."

"so close."

Upon hearing this, Yue Fei felt a lingering fear.

If it weren't for the new army taking charge, they probably wouldn't have been able to survive this at all.

Wang Xuance: "Commander, is the crisis over now?"

Yue Fei: "Send someone to investigate, lest any escapees be caught."

"Yes."

Exhausted, Wang Xuance went to arrange for scouts to observe the surrounding area.

"roar~"

But just then, a low, faint roar came from afar.

Yue Fei and the others were all startled and quickly looked into the distance.

However, no living creatures were seen passing by.

But the terrifying roar clearly reached everyone's ears.

The celebratory atmosphere came to an abrupt end, and all the guards' faces were filled with helplessness and exhaustion.

"Everyone, return to your posts and prepare for battle!"

Without any hesitation, Yue Fei calmly directed the continued fighting.

"Commander, we're out of ammunition!"

A Maxim machine gunner, holding a belt of ammunition, spoke with a solemn expression.

"Commander, we're out of grenades too."

"I only have eight bullets left in my rifle."

"Mine is gone."

"The artillery ammunition has been exhausted."

Upon hearing the report from the Central Army soldiers, everyone's expressions turned solemn like never before.

The situation seems to be developing in a direction that is unfavorable to them.

"Fix bayonets, prepare for hand-to-hand combat!"

"Archers, replace the infantry!"

"Tow the catapults to the back of the defensive line to replace the artillery!"

Yue Fei quickly made tactical adjustments, which was the best arrangement he could make.

None of the officers complained, and they immediately adjusted their positions according to Yue Fei's instructions.

"Remember, before the commander returns, we cannot allow a single monster to cross Rangzhou City!"

"Even if it's hand-to-hand combat, we must keep all the monsters out of the second line of defense!"

"Yes!"

All officers and soldiers roared and went back to alert status.

As darkness fell, the area ahead was pitch black, with no sign of zombies in sight.

But the roars echoing in the air were so clear and audible, constantly stimulating everyone's nerves.

Yue Fei took a rifle, attached a bayonet, and waited quietly for the next round of war to begin.

Waiting is the most agonizing moment in war.

……

"The Great Yan, the Great Yan Kingdom..."

"Hooooo——"

Murong Ke's massive body slowly walked towards Rangzhou City, which was dozens of miles away.

It was already pitch black.

However, this had no effect whatsoever on Murong Ke, who had already undergone the transformation.

The burning obsession has now been corrupted by something eerie, transforming it into a monster driven solely by the desire to kill.

"Roar——"

Just as he was about thirty miles from Rangzhou City, the strange roars of the zombie horde sounded behind him.

Tens of thousands of zombies swarmed past his feet like locusts, heading straight for Rangzhou City.

They were incredibly fast, and when summoned during the day, they tirelessly rushed to the battlefield.

They covered a distance of 450 li in just one day.

"Great Yan, Great Yan..."

"Woo..."

A deep roar came from his throat again, and he stomped on a passing zombie to death.

"Kill, kill, kill..."

Seemingly still unaccustomed to the burden of his current physical mutation, Murong Ke accidentally fell on the path ahead, struggling to climb slowly forward.

Countless zombies trampled over him, their grotesque faces filled with madness.

After climbing a few steps, Murong got up again.

Six arms behind his back began to swing back and forth, looking particularly eerie in the night...

The entire garrison at Rangzhou City's defense line felt a sudden tightness in their chests.

The familiar yet disgusting roar grew closer, driving one to the brink of madness.

Are we going to die?

A soldier suddenly asked a question out of the blue.

No one answered his question; only heavy breathing echoed in the air.

For the first time, death felt so close to me.

"Cheer up! I believe the commander is definitely trying to find a solution. Keep going, everyone keep going!"

Yue Fei loudly reassured the defending soldiers, his grip on the gun loosening and then tightening again.

At this moment, the zombies were already faintly visible in the moonlight.

It's obvious without even realizing it that this wave of zombies is several times larger than the ones we fought during the day.

But now that things have come to this, no one has chosen to back down...

Murong Ke's body was still slowly writhing.

But just as he approached within ten miles of Rangzhou City...

Suddenly, an irregular series of undulations flashed across his chest.

puff-

The next moment, a blue figure rose directly from his body into the air.

"Roar--"

Murong Ke let out a shrill roar, and then his figure suddenly changed again.

Its terrifying appearance was restored to its normal human form.

"Cough cough cough-"

After spitting out a mouthful of black blood, Murong Ke instantly regained consciousness.

In the instant he looked up, he saw Shen Lang holding a ball of azure flame, standing on the battlefield with his back to him.

The next moment, the horde of zombies that had been charging forward all burst open and turned into pus, disappearing from the battlefield in the blink of an eye.

"Success."

Shen Lang sighed and knelt on one knee in front of Murong Ke, feeling utterly exhausted.

"Murong Ke, your plan has failed. The source of pollution in the Nanming Fire has been completely purified. From now on, there will never be anything in the world that transcends the laws of nature again."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Lang threw the Nanming Fire into the void.

After a moment of distortion in the void, the Nanming Fire vanished without a trace.