At this moment, inside the yamen, everyone gathered around.
Wang Hai first pointed outside the door: “Everyone, it's becoming increasingly difficult to save people, and with our manpower, it's merely a drop in the bucket.”
“My Little Four has a method that can save all the common people in the city, but I need to explain it clearly to everyone beforehand.”
“The events that follow are not the kind of duels you are accustomed to in the martial world, and even I dare not say I can emerge unscathed.”
“Those with concerns can leave. Today, you have all done your best, and from now on, matters concerning the Ming Cult will no longer involve you. The Jinyiwei (Imperial Guards) will absolutely not trouble you again.”
Liu Baiyun also said to the Mount Hua Sect disciples: “My Mount Hua Sect will not force disciples to their deaths. Those who wish to leave may return to the Mount Hua Sect on their own. I will not mention today’s events, nor will I hold any grudges or pursue the matter.”
The Mount Hua Sect disciples all waved their hands, and not a single person left.
Wang Hai then turned to look at Gao Ling: “Elder Gao, what are your plans?”
Gao Ling gripped the hilt of her sword: “My Lord, are you looking down on my Mount Tai Sect?”
“This is at the foot of Mount Tai, how can I desert in battle? If I leave today, how will my Mount Tai Sect ever be able to hold its head high in front of Headmaster Liu in the future?”
“Good!” Wang Hai turned to Little Four and said: “Fourth Sister, begin.”
Little Four nodded. The large basin in front of her already contained many herbs and was now emitting thick white smoke.
Little Four lit a fire starter and threw it in.
Whoosh—
The contents of the basin, like lamp oil, ignited with a "whoosh" and burned fiercely upon contact with fire. The originally swirling white smoke transformed into a jade-like pillar, shooting straight up into the sky.
At this time, the common people in the courtyard had been moved to the back, with only the front gate wide open. Little Four stood by the basin, and Wang Hai and the others held their breath, their eyes fixed on the entrance.
In just a moment, dense footsteps sounded from outside the door.
Immediately, one figure appeared at the doorway, followed by a second, and a third.
Countless figures instantly rushed towards Little Four's direction.
Wang Hai and the others were well-prepared and met them together.
The Mount Hua Sect members and Gao Ling naturally used their swords to stab into joints and acupoints to restrain them, similar to Mei Qinghe, then threw them towards Little Four.
Once Little Four forced the Gu worms out of their bodies, the Mount Hua Sect disciples would then send them to the backyard.
However, Wang Hai was not as merciful as them.
He remained here only because of Little Four's insistence and Li Miao's instructions. Now, with a continuous stream of people coming, Wang Hai was ruthless and held nothing back.
He would grab a person, directly break their joints, and throw them behind him.
Just as everyone was continuously dealing with the surging crowd from outside the door, an anomaly occurred!
A Mount Hua Sect disciple let out a tragic cry, was tackled to the ground by several people, bitten on the arm, and blood spurted out!
Liu Baiyun flashed forward and struck the back of the neck of the person on top of him with her sword.
It only penetrated half an inch!
This was the danger Wang Hai spoke of—they were not just facing crazed common people, but also Ming Cult disciples who had already been refined into Gu Soldiers and had infiltrated the populace beforehand!
Liu Baiyun was afraid of accidentally harming the common people, so she only used seventy percent of her strength for that sword strike, ready to stop at any moment.
But even with only seventy percent of her strength, this was a first-rate sword strike, yet it couldn't break through the unguarded vital point of this person!
From this, one could imagine the tragic scene if the five hundred Gu Soldiers, held back by Li Miao outside the city, were to enter.
Liu Baiyun no longer held back, redirecting her long sword to stab into the carotid artery of the person's neck.
Blood spurted out and fell to the ground, but the person continued to bite at the Mount Hua disciple beneath them until Liu Baiyun fully struck her sword into the wound on the back of his neck, and his head fell to the ground. Only then did his limbs twitch and stop moving.
And Wang Hai also encountered one on his side.
Wang Hai, having seen the situation on Liu Baiyun's side, was already prepared. He stepped forward and punched the person in the face, the force penetrating their body and dislocating their jaw.
Then, his hands moved like dancing butterflies, passing over the person's body multiple times.
The person then let out a sharp scream, both arms dislocated and hanging limply at their sides.
Looking at Wang Hai again, his left hand held two eyeballs, and his right hand was actually holding a complete human face!
Throwing the flesh and blood from his hands, Wang Hai stepped forward and kicked forcefully, sending the person into the crowd.
Wang Hai dislocated this person's arms, jaw, and eyes. He couldn't harm others, so he could only stumble aimlessly in the crowd like a headless fly, which instead slowed down the speed of the crowd's influx.
Wang Hai shouted: “Everyone, don't hold back!”
“Now is not the time for perfection! If we can't hold out until my Lord returns with reinforcements, the remaining common people will have no hope!”
Liu Baiyun also shouted: “Listen to Lord Wang's orders!”
She hesitated for a moment, then added: “Do not stab vital points with the first sword strike. If it doesn't penetrate, directly go for the kill!”
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The Mount Hua Sect disciples all agreed, understanding the current situation, and their sword strikes became much more ruthless.
Wang Hai glanced at Liu Baiyun but said nothing.
He knew that Liu Baiyun and the others stayed here because they were eager to save people, and it was normal for them not to be as decisive and ruthless as him. After all, they were not Jinyiwei (Imperial Guards) and did not have the experience or mindset of weighing human lives on a scale.
He believed that after tonight, they would learn.
The difficulty of these Gu Soldiers should not be limited to this.
The disciple rescued by Liu Baiyun, who had stood up to face the enemy, suddenly lost strength and collapsed to the ground.
Mei Qinghe stepped forward, pulled the person up, and saw that his eyes were bloodshot, his veins bulging, and his body trembling uncontrollably.
Saliva dripped from his mouth; he was already delirious.
Mei Qinghe did not hesitate, she threw him towards Little Four while shouting: “Do not get the Ming Cult disciples' blood on you!”
“There's also Gu poison in the blood!”
That's right, this was why the Ming Cult was willing to do such an outrageous thing, incurring the wrath of both heaven and man, deep within the Great Shuo territory.
After these Gu Soldiers were refined, it wasn't just a matter of immense strength and difficult-to-injure bodies.
If their blood splattered into one's mouth or nose, one would also be poisoned. Although it wouldn't turn them into Gu Soldiers, if they were poisoned and there was no one skilled in Witchcraft to treat them, they would surely die.
The ability to gain thousands of these unkillable, untouchable Gu Soldiers was the Ming Cult's confidence to defy the world and launch this disaster.
Just as Mei Qinghe spoke, two people had already fallen to the ground.
Wang Hai found a gap, flashed over, and kicked both people towards Little Four.
Seeing this situation, Liu Baiyun also spoke up to warn everyone.
However, this naturally made everyone feel constrained.
Aside from Gao Ling, Liu Baiyun, Mei Qinghe, and Wang Hai, whose martial arts were exceptional, everyone else was in constant peril. Without the four of them providing support, they would likely be in serious trouble within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
But even so, the situation continued to slide into the abyss.
Just as everyone was finding it increasingly difficult to hold on, outside the city, Cheng Yuanzhen and the three headmasters who had escaped from the Taishan Sect finally reached the city gate of Tai'an.