Chapter 460: Heavy Losses

Zhang Mu turned around to look at where he had just fallen from, and realized that the spiritual space was actually right above the city where they were captured by the Ginseng King.

Thinking that Hachikuju and others might still be under attack by the zombie sea, Zhang Mu grabbed Yuan Rui and ran towards the other end of the city.

Remembering the toughness of the spiritual space from before, Zhang Mu felt somewhat lucky.

Both being third-rank Ginseng Kings, constructing the spiritual space from the inside out was extremely difficult. If Zhang Mu had not condensed his spiritual power before advancing, he might have suffered a huge blow when the spiritual space collapsed.

Luckily, he managed to break out before it completely collapsed, but now Zhang Mu was exhausting himself to recover his depleted spiritual power while adapting to his current physical abilities.

Sure enough, just like in future generations, after reaching third-rank, his strength increased many times over, but his speed had already reached its limit.

Looking at the devastated Ordos City, which bore no resemblance to yesterday, Zhang Mu and Yuan Rui felt a mix of emotions.

The ground was littered with charred zombies and human corpses, and the city was in ruins, resembling a pitiful human purgatory.

“Humans are still so fragile. I wonder how Hohhot City is faring. Grave Blood is likely controlling the zombie sea there, but we also have Zhang Yi, whose strength we don’t know.”

But in the end, everything should be fine, as it is Era City after all. If things get too out of hand and anger the Era Merchant, he will probably take action, since the entire Caravan Alliance is there.

Zhang Mu still doesn’t know that Grave Blood is actually near him. So he thinks that as long as he deals with the zombie sea surrounding Hachikuju and teams up with Hachikuju to find the hidden Ginseng King, they can completely resolve this crisis in Ordos.

After a short rest, with the remaining elite forces, they set off to help Hohhot City.

As allies, it is important to stick together. They are unsure how many of the four battle riders are left in Hohhot City or how many have turned against them. But saving human elites is crucial, as every one counts.

Carrying Yuan Rui on his back, Zhang Mu quickly crossed the entire Ordos City. He saw many survivors hiding in shelters, peeking at him through cracks, but he didn’t have time to deal with them.

The people who have survived up to now have been lucky. The true core of humanity is still at the capital city.

From his perspective in the spiritual world, he estimated that only about one-third of the remaining humans in the mixed group are left, which is around fifty thousand people.

After Hachikuju rushed out, he commanded the remaining wolf riders under Qizilbash’s lead to leave nearly unscathed, with approximately two thousand left.

Yuan Rui lay on Zhang Mu’s back, watching the grass beside them receding as they entered the prairie. She observed Zhang Mu’s serious and focused profile, recalling the rush of safety she felt earlier, making her heart race like a startled deer.

She knew she couldn’t disturb Zhang Mu’s recovery right now, so she tried her best to transfer her healing abilities to him.

Soon Zhang Mu saw a group of people gathering in the distance, but he noticed a very terrifying sight.

The zombie army was wiped out!

The earth was marked with crisscrossing axe marks, the zombies all fell into them shattered.

Is everyone okay?

Awakening ability is so powerful for attacking Hachikuju?

The well-being of the crowd calmed Zhang Mu’s heart, but he also felt some jealousy for no apparent reason.

After all, he now lacks any attacking abilities, and turtle shell and illusions truly do not have a tangible power that mesmerizes.

However, Zhang Mu was already very satisfied, he would take several years to reach this level in the future, and he never even had a special awakening ability.

Zhang Mu waved to the Red Flame Wolf Rider standing nearby and walked straight over.

Looking at the people around him, Zhang Mu suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Pushing through the crowd, Zhang Mu set Yuan Rui down and they walked together to the center. Strangely, everyone was watching from afar, too scared to come close.

The scene before his eyes stirred up emotions in Zhang Mu, who had just calmed down.

Hachikuju knelt on the ground, his giant axe propped up, but he seemed lifeless like a puppet, with empty, terrifying eyes. Even when Zhang Mu approached him, he remained still.

In front of him lay a person peacefully.

It was Gesar, her face cleaned of blood by Hachikuju, looking calm and peaceful, covered by the original plant of her green ivy, as if asleep.

But Zhang Mu could sense that she was no longer breathing.

Gesar was dead.

Yuan Rui was a spiritual evolver, and she sensed something unusual. She hesitated to approach Gesar’s body, wanting to confirm if it was real, but this caused everyone to gasp in shock.

Zhang Mu reached out and stopped her, shaking his head. He said, “There is an invisible blade barrier around Gesar, most likely set up by Brother Hachikuju. It’s not safe to get close.”

He couldn’t believe it himself – the beautiful woman he met, like a poem come to life, was now dead. Zhang Mu still remembered how stunning she looked when they first met.

“Gesar controls her ivy to create a protective circle around ordinary people, but there were too many elite zombies. Our defense was unbalanced, and they managed to breach our weak spots.

While we were distracted, some of them seized the opportunity to attack. Gesar was torn open by a zombie, beyond saving, and her ivy instantly collapsed.

Just as the team was about to be overrun, City Lord Hachikuju appeared. Though in a daze, upon seeing Gesar’s body, he went into a rage.

He slaughtered all the elite zombies and transformed into a giant, clearing out the horde of zombies approaching from behind.

Next, the City Master knelt before Gesar’s body, unable to rise, keeping everyone at a distance.

Ai Qingxuan, who had fought alongside Zhang Mu before, explained the situation to him. Ai Qingxuan didn’t look good either, with his hair exploding due to an excessive release of his lightning evolver abilities and carrying numerous wounds.

Since both the second-ranking revolver and Gesar are no longer present, it’s easy to imagine how ruthless the little move made by Ginseng King just now really is.

Ginseng King, are you trying to wipe out humanity completely!

Glancing around, a few familiar faces were missing after that sneak attack, truly dealing a heavy blow to the humans.

If Hachikuju hadn’t been promoted to third-rank and Zhang Mu hadn’t broken free from Ginseng King’s grasp, they would likely have all perished, and it wouldn’t have been a sea of zombies.

Looking at the center of the crowd, Hachikuju still wearing a numb expression, Zhang Mu fell silent.

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