Chapter 57 Astraea
“I would rather fight the undead for a whole night than eat this!” Mo Fan said with a determined look on his face.

Asharuya looked at Mo Fan with some approval, and at this moment a withered arm stretched out from under Mo Fan's feet and grabbed Mo Fan's ankle.

The group watched Mo Fan being attacked and quickly ate the gray garlic, but Bai Feng did not eat it. Instead, he used the breath-concealing technique to the extreme, and not a trace of breath was emitted. Liu Xian and Liu Ru were both vampires, which were also the same kind of undead, so they were not afraid of being attacked at all.

Mo Fan looked at the undead that crawled out from under his feet and kicked its head away. Then he looked at the undead that crawled out from the ground around him and cast another intermediate level 4 lightning magic "Thousand-pound Thunderbolt Lightning Disaster" to the undead that crawled out from the ground around him.

Mo Fan's move made the others look at him sideways. They didn't realize that this guy was such a master.

“Hey! Look over there!” The short man pointed in a direction and asked Mo Fan to look over there.

Mo Fan looked in the direction the short man pointed and saw several dark holes in the ground in front of him. Undeads crawled out from those holes and looked at Mo Fan and rushed towards him.

Mo Fan exclaimed in his heart, "What a guy!" He quickly picked up the gray garlic he had thrown away and stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it.

“Ugh~” Mo Fan almost vomited.

The looks from the crowd seemed to be saying, "That's it," but Mo Fan was shameless enough to ignore their disdainful looks.

Asharuya spoke for the first time. Her voice was as beautiful as a melodious song. It would have been even better if there was a little more emotion in her words, but perhaps it was this otherworldliness that made people feel itchy.

"Is it like this often here?" Asharuya asked without turning her head.

The dwarf was flattered when he heard Asharuya's question, and quickly responded, "It wasn't like that before. Ever since the Shawang River riot, there has been a strong aura of death here. People in the city say that the undead have changed their ruler. If the supreme ruler of this earthly kingdom changes, this situation is likely to happen."

"Supreme ruler?" Asharuya immediately asked again.

"No one has seen it, but everyone knows it exists. People call it the Lost Emperor. It is said to be the incarnation of an ancient monarch after his death." The dwarf began to show off his cultural knowledge.

"How many years ago was your dynasty?" Asharuya continued to ask.

"We?" Mo Fan and the short man muttered in their hearts. It turned out that this guy was not Chinese.

"More than a thousand years ago." The short man couldn't tell the specific year.

"The Millennium King..." Astraea murmured to herself, but did not ask any more questions.

Asharuya didn't ask any more questions, but the short man found an opportunity to talk to her and continued, "That's right. The undead are determined by age. The older they are, the more terrifying their strength is. Who knows what kind of monsters will be born from the nourishment of death energy for thousands of years."

“These ancient emperors are so stupid. They have been dead for so many years, but they have turned into undead spirits to harm future generations!” Mo Fan cursed.

"The tombs of kings are mostly Feng Shui treasures. It is normal that they absorb the energy of heaven and earth and eventually turn into monsters and demons. Everyone says that the ruler of the undead has changed. This is also a joke. It's as if they know who the previous undead emperor was. Whether the ruler has changed or not, the undead don't know, but we living people know it." The short man said jokingly.

"Has no one seen the Lord of the Undead?" Liu Ru said weakly.

"No, even the strongest wizard doesn't know. Before, there were some foreigners from the Holy Court who wanted to find the leader of the undead. They were said to be top wizards, but none of them came back alive. I heard that they turned into undead spirits in the end. These foreigners are always causing us trouble!" The short man suddenly realized that Asharuya was also a foreigner, and hurriedly explained.

"I'm not talking about you."

"It doesn't matter, I'm happy to hear people from the Holy Inquisition do stupid things." A smile flashed in Astraea's bright eyes.

Everyone watched as the undead ignored them, and some even dodged quickly, as if they could smell the garlic in everyone's mouths.

"It looks like this undead isn't that powerful. As long as we eat the gray garlic you mentioned, we won't be noticed by the undead." One of Asharuya's followers said disdainfully.

"Gray garlic is harder to find than gold and cannot be cultivated artificially. Most of them grow in places where the undead gather and rely on dead human flesh as nutrients. Only the people in Weiju Village know how to pick them, and the quantity is extremely limited every year. If it weren't for my brother having half Weiju Village bloodline, I wouldn't be able to get this stuff for you." The short man almost cursed at those bearded men. Another foreigner who knew nothing.

"Yangyang Village is at the foot of the hill ahead. It's just getting dark, let's go to the village to rest." The short man pointed to the small hill ahead and said to everyone.

"The village has rules, and you'd better abide by them if you want to go in." You Miao reminded everyone.

Everyone nodded to indicate that there was no problem.

Everyone walked down the hill smoothly. They wanted to see how a human village could survive safely in the land of the dead. However, under the hill, all they saw was a pile of broken wood. There was no village at all!
Looking elsewhere, there was only a pile of black earth. Apart from a few bumpy holes, there was not even a single hair on the ground!

"Are you kidding us?" the bearded man said with some anger.

The strong man's eyes were full of astonishment. He stood there in a daze, looking completely incredulous.

Then he rushed into the village like a madman, searching for something in the piles of wood.

"It looks like this is Yangyang Village, but I don't know when it was destroyed." Bai Feng looked at the places where the wood collapsed. There were some blood stains in some places, but there was no corpse. Even if there was, it had been eaten by the undead.

The two sisters nodded in agreement, and Mo Fan followed the short man in to check the situation.

Not long after, the three of them returned to the same place. Miao Miao stood there blankly, slapping his face with his hands as if he was doubting his life.

"Well, maybe the people in the village have moved away. Didn't you see that there is not a single dead body in the village?" The short man felt a little bit sorry to see his partner like this.

“Yes, maybe they moved to another village.” Mo Fan also spoke to comfort him.

"Then let's go to Hua Village, which is not far from here. We had planned to rest in Yangyang Village for a night and replenish the black garlic, but now the black garlic is not enough to sustain us until we reach Hua Village." The short man said hesitantly again.

"Just to see if you guys are going to continue moving forward or return to the city to restock supplies?"

"Let's not go back to the city and go directly to Hua Village." Bai Feng said.

Mo Fan also nodded. His brother Zhang Xiaohou didn't know what was going on. Asharuya also agreed to continue moving forward. The short man had no choice but to follow everyone.

"Then we'll eat gray garlic in places where there are many undead. If there aren't many, we'll just kill them directly!" Bai Feng's words were full of murderous intent, and everyone felt a little scared when they heard it.

Everyone looked at Bai Feng with some nervousness and fear. Damn, this guy usually looked gentle and refined, but he turned out to be a bad guy.

After a short rest, the group continued on their way to Hua Village.

Before they had walked far, the sky began to thunder and lightning, and dark clouds covered the sky. It looked like it was going to rain soon, and it would rain heavily.

"Oh no! It's going to rain soon!" The short man slapped his thigh and told everyone to run quickly. Everyone followed the short man without knowing why.

“Why are you running? It’s just about to rain!” Mo Fan asked the short man with a puzzled look on his face.

"The rain can wash away the scent of the gray garlic, and once the scent of the gray garlic disappears, we will be surrounded by the army of undead and won't be able to escape! Now the gray garlic is useless!" The dwarf looked at the large numbers of undead around him that were looking towards him with horror.

“Shit! Isn’t that the end?! Tell me what you have planned!” Mo Fan said to the short man while using magic to kill the surrounding undead.

"There is a way! We found a cave near Qinling Mountains a few years ago. There are no demonic activities around there. Let's go there and wait for the rain to stop before going to Hua Village." The dwarf man also used magic to attack the nearby undead and hurriedly greeted them.

Ashariya did not take action, but was protected by her two followers in the middle. Bai Feng was not attacked by the undead at all, and Liu Xian and Liu Ru were also the same kind of undead, so the three of them were not noticed by the undead, and they just followed slowly behind the crowd.

At this moment, one of Asharuya's followers said disdainfully: "These undead spirits are not that powerful!"

"You can't say that. The Land of the Dead is very weird!" Young seedling looked around with horror.

"Tsk!" The follower curled his lips in disdain, and at this moment, a lightning bolt as thick as an arm struck down from the sky, illuminating the entire scene of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Everyone saw a huge figure with eight arms stuck on a tumor-like body. However, on such a body there was actually a small woman's head, which looked particularly awkward. And its eight arms held bone knives and giant axes, and the stains left by dried blood showed that this was a guy who was not easy to mess with.

"Why abandon me - why abandon me -" A sound like nails scratching glass came from that small head, which was extremely harsh and unpleasant.

“Fuck, go find whoever abandoned you, why are you looking for me!” Mo Fan cursed when he felt the aura of the great war general.

"Zhao! The Sword and Axe Corpse General! A great battle general-level Sword and Axe Corpse General! We are finished, we will all die here!" the short man shouted in despair.

Mo Fan directly summoned the old wolf to attack the slave-level undead that were harassing nearby, while he concentrated on fighting the sword and axe corpse general. Asharuya's two followers had been protecting Asharuya and were only killing the nearby undead. They didn't even think about helping Mo Fan.

Asharuya was watching the battle between Mo Fan and the Sword and Axe Corpse General. Mo Fan was young, and was one of the best mid-level mages. It would be great if he could be recruited as a follower.

Mo Fan cast fire magic in one hand and lightning magic in the other, which looked powerful, but he was indeed being chased by the sword and axe zombies.

Bai Feng looked at Mo Fan's jumping up and down with interest. Liu Xian and Liu Ru were already at the advanced stage of generals. They were just protecting the dwarf and the young seedling. These two couldn't die. If they died, who would lead the way?

“Damn it, Old Bai, come and help me!” Mo Fan saw Bai Feng hugging his shoulders and watching the show, and he cursed.

When Asharuya heard Mo Fan calling this handsome boy (Bai Feng looked to be about 18 years old), she also looked at Bai Feng, and was surprised to see that there was not even a single undead near Bai Feng.

Bai Feng saw Mo Fan calling him, and he stretched lazily, moving his arms and legs while saying, “Don’t worry, let me warm up.”

"Fuck you, I'm almost dying!" Mo Fan dodged the attacks of the sword and axe zombies one after another.

Bai Feng took out a Miao Dao magic tool he made from his space bracelet slowly. It was not that he did not need the Shadow Blade, but Asharuya, this little fox, was in the intelligence business, and he could not let her know anything special about him. His physical strength did not matter, it was only at the sub-commander level, not worthy of being taken seriously by those self-righteous strong men.

Bai Feng held the knife in both hands, lowered his body slightly, stepped on his right foot and quickly rushed towards the sword and axe corpse general, leaving a footprint where Bai Feng had just stood.

Asharuya was dumbfounded. How could you take out a knife without using magic and fight with a great general-level warrior with your physical strength?
The sword and axe corpse general saw that he was about to fight with him with his physical body like a two-legged sheep chopping melons and vegetables, so he let out a sharp roar and raised his huge axe to chop towards Bai Feng. Bai Feng raised his sword to meet it, and with one blow, he chopped the sword and axe corpse general away.

Everyone who saw this scene was stunned. Are you a human being? You chopped a general-level undead away with one sword.

Bai Feng chopped the Sword and Axe Corpse General flying with his sword, then he used the Piaomiao Smoke Step and raised his sword to kill him again. Bai Feng chopped the Sword and Axe Corpse General with his sword, and the Sword and Axe Corpse General was beaten so hard that he couldn't fight back.

After fighting for a while, Bai Feng felt that it was meaningless and he didn't get to fight to his heart's content. He then integrated the killing intent into the Miao Dao, and blood-colored lines appeared on the Miao Dao. The murderous intent and malice that came over them made everyone take two steps back and look at Bai Feng in horror. How many lives must he have killed to have such a strong killing intent?

Bai Feng used the Nine-Layer Thunder Sword again, each blow was stronger and more powerful than the last. He then chopped the axe corpse into pieces of rotten flesh and bones, so that it was unrecognizable from its original appearance.

Bai Feng took the undead crystal of the sword and axe corpse general in his hand, looked at it casually, and then threw it into the space bracelet.

Seeing the miserable appearance of the sword-and-axe corpse general, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva. It was too brutal!

"Okay, let's set off quickly, the rain is getting heavier!" Bai Feng put his knife on his waist and said to the short man.

"Yes, yes, yes! Let's set off quickly." The short man nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

The group headed for the cave the short man mentioned. They did not encounter any more difficult undead along the way. On the way, Asharuya approached Bai Feng and asked curiously, "Young man, can you tell me why your body is so strong?"

"No!" Bai Feng glanced at Asharuya calmly, and Bai Feng used his Phantom Eyes. Asharuya shook her head violently, looked at Bai Feng deeply and walked away. She was afraid that Bai Feng would control her body and mind.

Everyone came to the cave that the short man mentioned. This cave was on a mountain wall, several meters high from the ground, but it was very simple for a group of mages.

Asharuya, Liu Xian and Liu Ru went in to change their clothes, while Asharuya's two followers were guarding the cave and not letting anyone else go in.

Bai Feng didn't care and changed his clothes outside. When others saw this, they also changed their wet clothes.

(End of this chapter)