4255

Chapter 4255: Special-Grade Corpse Puppet

One of the Long clan members was caught off guard, his consciousness rattled by the zither's notes. He violently spat out blood and fell towards the river.

In that instant, a red-eyed, saber-toothed fish, a zhang (approx. 3.3 meters) long, suddenly shot out of the water. It clamped the cultivator in its jaws and chewed twice.

In less than a few seconds, a perfectly fine cultivator was broken and swallowed whole.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!" Long Xiangyun, witnessing such a scene up close, nearly went mad with fear, letting out a sharp scream.

Long Hui heard her piercing shriek and grew anxious. Without a second thought, he leaped over the ship's rail and flew towards his sister.

Long Hui reached Long Xiangyun, wrapping an arm around her waist, and loudly shouted, "Concentrate your spiritual energy and attack the corpse puppet's head!"

Dozens of Long clan members simultaneously drew their long swords, spiritual energy bursting forth.

Dozens of strands of Five-Element power, emanating from various spiritual artifacts in the Long clan members' hands, swiftly attacked the zither-playing corpse puppet's head.

"Roar!" The zither-playing corpse puppet lifted its two cavernous, deep-set eyes and roared like thunder at the dozens of Long clan members.

The river water suddenly turned turbulent, forming a swirling vortex of rapid currents.

Long Hui roared, "Be careful of this corpse puppet! It's summoning the mutated corpse fish in the nearby river!"

"Bang, bang, bang!" Several figures were violently flung away by the corpse puppet's roar.

They managed to support each other and stabilize themselves, barely avoiding being thrown into the water.

But then, a dozen or so red-eyed, saber-toothed fish, each a zhang long, burst out of the vortex. They leaped half a person's height, fiercely biting at everyone's ankles.

"Ascend!! Ascend!" Long Hui shrieked sharply.

All the Long clan members' faces drastically changed. They quickly gathered their energy and shot upwards.

Two of the clan members were slightly slower. They were immediately bitten by the red-eyed saber-toothed fish, and excruciating pain shot through their ankles.

Their blood reversed course. With a piercing scream of "Ow!", they were dragged into the river by the saber-toothed fish and instantly devoured.

Long Hui's face was extremely pale. He retreated several meters with Long Xiangyun, quickly dragging her back towards the large ship.

"Roar!" The zither-playing corpse puppet seemed completely enraged. It suddenly extended its ghostly claw and swept across the zither strings.

After several "zheng, zheng" sounds, more than ten invisible white lights assaulted Long Hui and Long Xiangyun from behind.

Qiao Mu lay sprawled on the railing, watching their fierce battle, her pale little face expressionless.

Long Hui saw the ship's railing within reach, but the strong wind at his back prevented him from moving forward.

He could only push his sister, Long Xiangyun, forward, while he himself quickly turned to activate his defensive spiritual artifact, blocking several of the opponent's attacks.

The zither-playing corpse puppet's cultivation had actually broken through the Divine realm.

Long Hui immediately realized something was wrong as soon as he engaged it.

This corpse puppet's power was too immense; even he was almost no match for it.

The defensive shield was shattered the instant it was activated.

With a cracking sound on his body, the defensive shield that had been protecting him was instantly smashed by the corpse puppet.

"Awoo." The zither-playing corpse puppet seemed to have targeted him. Its figure flickered, and it darted in front of Long Hui.

Its inky black claw reached for Long Hui's neck.

If he were caught by that grip, regardless of whether his neck was seriously injured, his body would definitely be infected with corpse poison.

"Brother!" Long Xiangyun rushed to the railing, screaming in alarm. "Quick, quick, save Brother! Everyone, go save Brother!"