“If I make it attack, will the whole cavalry troop follow suit?”
Lin Xiao’s eyes suddenly lit up as the thought struck him.
He immediately ordered the Purple Corpse Puppet to fly off into the distance.
Then he triggered the leading cavalry combat skeleton to attack the puppet.
Sure enough, the moment the leader entered combat mode, it seemed to revert to its commanding habits. Its bony fingers twitched, and its skeleton warhorse instantly flew beneath it, carrying the rider as it charged towards the Purple Corpse Puppet.
The rest of the skeleton cavalry followed without hesitation, attacking the puppet as one.
Clang, clang, clang! With the Purple Corpse Puppet holding back its own power, the entire cavalry troop closed in, spears swinging or thrusting. One spear after another struck the puppet, producing a series of violent metallic clashes.
The Purple Corpse Puppet was sent flying repeatedly, its clothes torn to shreds.
Moreover, Lin Xiao noticed that the leading cavalry skeleton now fought far more fiercely than before he had imprinted the evil power.
If the puppet’s defences had not been strong enough, it probably would have been pierced clean through.
Lin Xiao was overjoyed. He quickly activated the Undying Skeleton Technique again to halt the leader, bringing it to a stop.
The moment the leader ceased, every other cavalry skeleton stopped as well.
“Fascinating. Truly fascinating!”
Lin Xiao clicked his tongue in wonder, his heart filled with delight.
Now he commanded three hundred skeleton cavalry.
Their flawless coordination made them a formidable force.
He then tried moving a few of the ordinary cavalry skeletons. Seeing that they remained completely still, he directly stored all three hundred inside a separate storage ring.
Since these cavalry skeletons were lifeless objects, as long as they stayed motionless they placed no strain on the ring’s space.
At the same time, he put the Purple Corpse Puppet away.
Having finished, Lin Xiao turned his gaze deeper into the Valley of Evil, eyes gleaming with anticipation. “Could there be more troops like this further in?”
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
At that very moment, muffled rumbling reached him from behind. He spun around at once.
Far ahead, layers of dust were being kicked up. Something was charging madly in his direction, leaving a long trail of dust behind it.
Its speed was astonishing.
Moments later, it was only a hundred li away. Several hundred li further back, a few figures were pursuing the dust cloud.
Then a familiar voice rang out from afar. “Freak of the lineage, this poor monk has caught your scent.”
“I…” Lin Xiao instantly felt the urge to curse.
Who else could it be but that bald fatty from the hundred-zhang golden Buddha?
The bald fatty had actually rushed into the Valley of Evil?
And he had even tracked Lin Xiao down?
How on earth had he managed that?
When Lin Xiao got a clear look at the pursuers, he no longer wanted to curse. He wanted to beat someone up.
The lead pursuer was none other than Ji Yue, the dangerous figure from the Ji family. Four more figures followed close behind.
Three eighth-level Martial Emperor elders from the Ji family, plus one eighth-level Martial Emperor from the Sacred Heaven Sect. There was no one from the Azure Dragon Sect, nor any sign of Luo Qianqiu.
That made sense. The bald fatty had no connection with the Azure Dragon Sect.
Moreover, an eighth-level Martial Emperor from their sect had already died under the bald fatty’s hundred-zhang golden Buddha. The fact that they were not joining forces against the monk was already generous. There was no way they would help him block pursuers for no reason.
Besides, who knew what outrageous thing the fatty had done after Lin Xiao left to make everyone furious again.
What infuriated Lin Xiao most was that this fatty was once again diverting trouble onto him.
It was obvious that the moment the Ji family and Sacred Heaven Sect people saw him, they would split their forces to deal with him.
More likely, they would devote most of their strength to him.
Their hatred for him far outweighed their hatred for the bald fatty.
The bald fatty was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye he reached Lin Xiao’s side. Upon spotting Lin Xiao, Ji Yue halted dozens of li away in mid-air, fixing him with an icy stare. “Lin Xiao!”
The four pursuing eighth-level Martial Emperor elders were equally startled, then their expressions turned cold in unison, killing intent surging.
“Lin Xiao, how about we join forces and devour these people?” the bald fatty panted.
The five pursuers flew into a rage. Just the two of them dared to talk about devouring all five of them?
Lin Xiao’s brows furrowed deeply. He did want to devour them.
But even with just the two of them, plus the newly subdued skeleton cavalry, they could at best handle three opponents, and that did not include Ji Yue.
Three against five. How were they supposed to devour anyone?
Of course, his idea of “devour” was clearly different from the fatty’s.
“Hmph. Devour us? I’m afraid you’re not capable of that!”
Ji Yue gave a cold snort and shot forward.
She showed no fear even when facing both the bald fatty and Lin Xiao alone.
“Perfect. Let’s finish them both at once. Move!”
One of the Ji family eighth-level Martial Emperors barked coldly and surged forward.
The other two followed instantly.
Seeing Lin Xiao made their eyes bloodshot with fury.
Lin Xiao was just about to flee when the bald fatty casually tossed out a several-zhang-tall Buddha statue. The statue rapidly expanded, soon swelling into a hundred-zhang golden Buddha that charged straight at the five oncoming enemies.
“What? The hundred-zhang golden Buddha isn’t destroyed? You tricked us?”
One Ji family elder roared in fury upon seeing the golden Buddha.
The others were equally shocked.
This hundred-zhang golden Buddha possessed terrifying combat strength. It could reflect almost any attack thrown at it, remaining unscathed.
On the other hand, anyone struck by its palms, even eighth-level Martial Emperors, could suffer severe injury or instant death.
In the battle after Lin Xiao had withdrawn, the golden Buddha had erupted, gravely wounding one Ji family eighth-level elder and one from the Sacred Heaven Sect. The bald fatty had then seized the chance to kill both.
Afterwards, the golden Buddha had seemed to malfunction, shrinking and becoming motionless. The fatty had stowed it away and fled.
They had pursued him all the way, their two great powers chasing him deep into the Valley of Evil, encountering countless bizarre dangers and losing many people.
In the end, only these few eighth-level Martial Emperors had continued the chase, while the other elders and disciples took detours, proceeding cautiously and searching for other opportunities.
Originally, just the five of them had been more than enough to deal with the bald fatty.
Even if they ran into Lin Xiao, eliminating both at once would have been easy.
Yet who could have imagined that the hundred-zhang golden Buddha could still fight?
They simply could not understand. If the golden Buddha was still functional, with its terrifying power, why had the bald fatty fled for his life as though the world were ending?
“Chhh!”
Ji Yue slashed with her sword. A peerlessly sharp sword beam cleaved towards the hundred-zhang golden Buddha.
Though startled, she remained calm and showed no panic.
After unleashing her strike, Ji Yue shot backwards while shouting, “I’ll hold it back. One of you assist me and disrupt it. The other three, kill those two!”
Boom!
The golden Buddha’s enormous palm slammed into Ji Yue’s sword beam. Rolling shockwaves exploded, surging towards her position.
However, the golden Buddha’s advance was halted. It could not immediately pursue Ji Yue or the others, instantly neutralising the threat to the group.
Hearing Ji Yue’s command, another eighth-level Martial Emperor from the Ji family attacked the golden Buddha.
The remaining three skirted around it and charged towards Lin Xiao and the bald fatty.
