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Chapter 3922 4.1522 Rising Corpses

"Yes!" The Purple Forest Guards responded in unison, immediately taking out shovels and other tools from their inner worlds and starting a violent excavation with loud thuds and clangs.

Chen Shang: ...

After digging a large opening around the dry well, Qiao Mu looked down and saw a stone staircase along the wall.

Chen Shang once again volunteered to lead the way, guiding the Crown Princess and her entourage down.

The underground passage was only wide enough for one person to pass, but the further they went, the deeper and wider it became.

Chen Shang had an excellent memory. With so many branching paths underground, she always managed to find the right one, leading them forward.

It seemed she hadn't been idle during her time at the Mu family, completely unlike the reclusive, gloomy old woman everyone perceived her to be, who supposedly never left the Chasing Wind Courtyard.

Chen Shang leaned on her golden long staff, which was covered with a small black cloth, leaving only one eye visible.

Her body had significantly recovered after a period of conditioning, and she moved with great agility, striding swiftly like the wind.

After passing several branching paths, everyone began to smell a faint, almost imperceptible, fishy odor.

After walking for about another fifteen minutes, Chen Shang finally raised her hand, signaling them to stop.

She turned to Qiao Mu and whispered, "Young Mistress, look."

Qiao Mu took a few steps forward, her brows slightly furrowed.

Several bodies lay ahead, apparently killed by some of Heavenly Fortune's people who pursued them into the secret passage during an untimely retreat.

A Purple Forest Guard stepped forward, examined the clothes of a few individuals, and said in a low voice, "Crown Princess, there are two black-robed figures whose collars are embroidered with the sun symbol."

Qiao Mu frowned, then suddenly narrowed her eyes. A vine shot out from her sleeve, swiftly pulling the Purple Forest Guard back.

With a whooshing sound, the Purple Forest Guard was instantly yanked back by Qiao Mu from the other end of the passage, almost crashing into the wall. Two of his companions reached out to steady him.

Everyone looked on as the bodies that were previously lying on the ground began to emit creaking sounds, slowly rising from the ground in a mechanical fashion.

They first twitched with stiff, distorted limbs, then their heads turned with rattling sounds. Their hollow, lifeless eyes looked at them, and then suddenly, they began to move.

Li Ye expressionlessly summoned his long sword from his 識淵 (Sea of Consciousness), holding it ready for battle.

Xiaoye exclaimed, "Oh, Mother!" and dropped his playful expression. "Corpse transformation."

Indeed, they had undergone corpse transformation, and these things were transforming very rapidly.

From initially just having stiff necks and swaying movements when walking, by the time they charged towards them, their speed had increased severalfold, and their arms and legs had become incredibly sharp.

They were actually Advanced Level Two Corpse Puppets.

It's been a long time, Qiao Mu thought, looking indifferently at the rapidly moving creatures before her.

Without hesitation, she unleashed a purple attack talisman.

With a "bang," the attack talisman's power exploded on the lead corpse puppet.

However, it didn't send it recoiling back an inch. Instead, it made the creature emit an even more grating growl, as if enraged by the provocation, and it lunged towards Qiao Mu at an even faster speed.

"Swoosh." Qiao Mu, in the nick of time, shot an arrow into the creature's head.

The Dark Gold Arrow, like a stream of light, instantly struck the corpse puppet. A tremendous force erupted, sending it flying backward to violently crash against the stone wall behind it.