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Chapter 4262: 5.0014 Driven to Madness

Qiao Mu's gaze swept indifferently over Long Hui.

The latter sighed, cupped his hands to them, then leaped to stand beside Long Xiangyun.

"Zheng zheng."

Upon hearing the faint sound of a zither, Long Hui's expression suddenly changed, and he urged Long Xiangyun to "hurry up and go."

This was the sound of the zither-playing corpse puppet from earlier in the day.

Could this thing be planning another ambush under the cover of night?

After a roar of "Ow!", a white shadow lunged at the Sky-Soaring Bat, immediately causing a chorus of panicked screams.

Long Hui said in a deep voice, "Don't panic! Activate defensive shields!"

"Boom, boom, boom!" Gusts of strong wind swept down from above. In the pitch-black night, everyone could only see streaks of light from crisscrossing sword energy.

Long Xiangyun urgently cried, "Quick, fly! Go, go!"

The Sky-Soaring Bat flapped its wings, flying somewhat erratically, and those standing on its back naturally swayed and stumbled, facing extreme danger.

"Elder Saintess," a Phoenix Clan member hurriedly spoke, "Should I summon my flying beast?"

"Watch out for that corpse puppet!"

"Thump." Qiao Mu expressionlessly raised her hand and fired an obsidian arrow.

The arrow cut through the air with a piercing sound, carrying a fierce gale, and shot directly towards the head of the corpse puppet that was swooping down.

The corpse puppet brushed its broken zither, the zither's sound reverberated, deflecting the obsidian arrow.

The obsidian arrow went off target, veering to one side. It then made a turn in mid-air and, with a whoosh, shot towards the target corpse puppet's head once more.

This corpse puppet couldn't be that clever. After avoiding it the first time, it never expected the obsidian arrow to curve.

Its back of the head was immediately struck by the obsidian arrow, emitting a crisp "clang."

Qiao Mu pulled a vine whip with barbed thorns from her sleeve and fiercely lashed out at the corpse puppet's forehead.

With a sharp "snap," a large piece of rotten flesh was instantly torn from the zither-playing corpse puppet's forehead by the little girl's brutal whip.

The Phoenix Clan members surrounding the little girl's eyes all lit up as they looked at the extraordinarily brave, expressionless face. They suddenly cheered, almost breaking into applause.

Mo Lian glanced at them speechlessly. "Stand back."

These idiots!

"Ow, ow ow, ow!!" The zither-playing corpse puppet roared hysterically. Everyone felt the ship beneath their feet shaking, slowly spinning in place with the current.

Countless swordfish shot out of the water, flying into the air onto the deck, trying to bite anyone they saw.

Unfortunately, these small creatures were facing experts above the Divine realm. Everyone could manifest localized divine armor to protect themselves, making it impossible for the swordfish to bite them.

Moreover, everyone's sword speed was incredibly fast. The swordfish couldn't even get close; they were cut into bloody foam in mid-air.

"Ascend!" Qiao Mu commanded. As everyone floated into the air, they saw the little girl, with a look of utter madness, take out several divine power orbs from her inner world and hurl them all into the water below.

"Boom, boom boom boom, boom boom!!"

Terrifying explosions shook the river water, almost freezing time in that instant.

A deep whirlpool was blasted into the clear river water, and countless swordfish, torn into pieces by the force, were instantly sucked into the whirlpool.

"Ow, ow ow!" The zither-playing corpse puppet dared not linger and fight, quickly tucking its tail and fleeing in haste.

Meanwhile, Long Hui and his sister, who had already escaped some distance and were nervously standing on the back of the Sky-Soaring Bat, couldn't help but look back towards where they had come from.