The night is dark, like smoke and fog.

The spreading flames swayed wildly, illuminating the ignorant and numb faces of the villagers. From time to time, sharp swords flashed in the air, and the hot blood collided fiercely with the ugly and rotting living corpses.

Angry shouts, whines, and terrifying roars were mixed together, and were buried together by the cold wind.

In the midst of the chaotic battle, a frail-looking figure suddenly rose into the sky, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present.

I saw this young man's big hand, and it seemed like endless light and heat burst out from his palm, forming a miniature sun in mid-air. The entire dark forest suddenly became as bright as day.

Any living corpse shrouded in light will immediately ignite with dark red blood-like flames on its rotting skin.

Foul-smelling black smoke billowed up, and the bodies of the living corpses melted and burned little by little in the blood and fire.

Despite this, before they were completely turned into ashes, they still threw themselves desperately at the living people beside them, their empty eyes filled with hatred for the living.

"Master Lu took action!"

"What a strong Qi and blood, what a strong Yang Yan Domain!"

The warriors on the ground looked at the figure above, all showing excitement and awe.

With such a strong man sitting in charge, their mood finally calmed down.

The middle-aged woman and her son, as the most powerful among the living corpses, managed to withstand the burning of blood and fire without being directly burned to death.

The woman stared at An Le, with a flash of fear and fear in her eyes.

She squeezed out a sentence through her teeth.

"You beast of the Zhenling Division... I'm going to kill you!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman's body suddenly swelled, growing to more than two meters tall in just a few seconds. One after another, deformed arms sprouted from her body, squirming wildly, and pairs of eyes appeared from under the skin.

He got out and stared in one direction with resentment.

At this time, she no longer looked like a human being at all, but had completely transformed into a terrifying monster.

The aura that was already around the fourth realm climbed again at an incredible speed, faintly touching the level of the fifth realm.

Such changes caused many warriors to change their colors and show expressions of disbelief.

"How come?"

"Why are you so strong?"

Everyone had practiced martial arts for so many years before they could reach the strength of the third and fourth realms, but now this commoner who looked like a peasant woman actually burst out with an aura that surpassed them.

The warriors have quite a sense of frustration that they have lived with dogs for the past few years.

The woman grabbed the little boy next to her and threw it towards Anle in the air.

Anle frowned slightly and punched out, with exaggerated and terrifying power pouring out.

But before his fist could land on the boy, this rotten and decayed body filled with strange vitality suddenly exploded, and cold blood poured down on Anle's head and face. The dirty flesh, flesh, and bones were all covered with blood.

It turned into tiny pieces and scattered in all directions.

Seeing this scene, the warriors were a little confused at first, then their expressions suddenly changed and they shouted loudly.

"Get out of the way!"

"Open the Qi and Blood Armor and don't touch the dirty blood!"

It is obvious that there is a large amount of corpse poison in the dirty blood and pieces of flesh. If you come into direct contact, you may be infected.

Even if there is only one chance in ten thousand, they are not willing to try it.

Without the warriors' reminder, Anle took action again.

His palms tightened suddenly, and the surrounding atmosphere continued to vibrate, as if a big hand made of air wrapped around the scattered blood.

Then, the power of scorching qi and blood was poured into them, burning them all in the blink of an eye.

In just a moment, the middle-aged woman had disappeared from everyone's sight.

She actually didn't attack Anle, but took this opportunity to escape!

The warriors were extremely surprised. They did not expect this situation at all. After all, judging from the woman's performance just now, she almost seemed to be fighting to the death.

Anle just smiled coldly: "Humph, want to escape?"

After saying that, his figure disappeared into the night.

Many warriors noticed that in the mountain forest not far away, there was a faint heat of blood and tremors of the earth, and there seemed to be a few shrill screams.

Even if they can't be seen clearly in the night, those exaggerated movements are still enough to make people imagine the tip of the iceberg of the battle, and at the same time feel awe.

Not long after, there was only a "bang" sound, and a broken body like a rag bag fell to the ground, making a big crater.

The monster that was blazing with ferocious flames just now was lying helplessly in the deep pit.

All the twisted arms that grew out were cut off, and all the ferocious eyes were blinded. The smelly pus and blood slowly flowed out from the wounds, and the bloody flames were like nails, nailing it firmly to the ground.

"Wait, her face?"

At this time, the warriors noticed that the monster's middle-aged woman's face was actually damaged, revealing the true appearance underneath.

It was clearly a man's face.

An Le's figure fell from a high place, his body unscathed, and even his clothes were not stained with much dust.

He sighed: "Sure enough..."

From the moment the woman threw the boy out, Anle had some doubts about her identity.

What mother would treat her child like that?

Moreover, not everyone can gain the strength of the fourth realm after practicing the Human Immortal Technique, and the improvement of the Corpse Transformation Technique is also limited.

How could an ordinary village woman have the opportunity and qualifications to practice martial arts?

Looking at it now, it turns out that the identity of the middle-aged woman is just a disguise for this guy, and those miserable experiences are just to deceive the trust and sympathy of the villagers.

At this time, the man stared at Anle bitterly, no longer pretending to be his voice: "Who on earth...are you?"

"Qingzhou Zhenling Division, when did someone like you appear?"

There was a hint of fear in his tone.

In the short battle just now, the man deeply felt the surging blood and unfathomable strength of this fair young man, which even made him feel scared.

Of course Anle couldn't answer his question, but Situ Yuan on the side asked sharply: "Who are you?"

"Who sent you?"

The man just smiled contemptuously and said in a fanatical tone: "You don't deserve to know that adult's name."

"And after I die, my soul will ascend to the fairy world."

"The sky is dead..."

Seeing the man's posture, Anle knew that he couldn't get any valuable information out of his mouth, so he chopped off his head with a wave of his hand.

It wasn't until the warriors burned the man's body with flames that everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

For living corpses of this level, just cutting off their heads is not safe enough. Only burning them to ashes with fire can ensure that they are completely dead.

Seeing this scene, the surviving villagers nearby couldn't help crying.

"The Immortal..."

Some warriors couldn't help but cursed: "Why are you crying? We saved your lives!"

The girl who was extremely dedicated to human immortality murmured with a dull expression: "Help? Haha... isn't this harming us?"

"We just want to survive, why should we do this..."

The villagers on the side immediately covered her mouth and knelt down in fear and kowtowed: "She is still young and not sensible. Please don't take offense."

These villagers are extremely afraid of the government officials and do not believe anything they say. No matter how many explanations they give, it is useless.

Even though the middle-aged woman looked like a monster, in the eyes of the villagers, it was still better than starving to death.

Situ Yuan looked at the villagers' reactions and couldn't help sighing dullly: "It's like this again."

This is already the third source of corpses that Anle and others have killed.

The so-called "corpse source", as the name suggests, is the source of creating living corpses.

Although any living corpse can infect others into the same kind, there are also some special beings among them. The mortals and warriors contaminated by them can still maintain their sanity for a period of time, and then act collectively with purpose.

This type of corpse source is often very powerful, and the living corpses produced are more difficult to deal with. They are also the targets that the Zhenling Division focuses on eliminating.

But there was one problem that Situ Yuan still couldn't figure out.

"Brother Lu, why do you think these corpse sources must first spread the teachings of the Human Immortal Sect instead of directly transforming the villagers into living corpses?"

Officially, the Zhenling Division has collectively referred to those who practice human immortality as the "human immortal sect". After all, from any point of view, it has all the characteristics of the evil cult.

Anle already had some guesses about the answer to this question, and he explained.

"I'm afraid... people who sincerely believe in the Human Immortal Religion will have higher resistance to corpse poison and can maintain more rationality."

"And the living corpses that are directly infected, no matter how powerful they are, are just a group of monsters that rely on instinct."
To be continued...