Chapter 94 Golden Core

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Li Zhirui's Daoist heart had not yet reached the level where he could indifferently watch tens of thousands of lives perish before his eyes. Perhaps they could not change the outcome of Baishan County becoming a hell on earth, but at least they had tried; they fought for the ordinary people inside the city, securing a little time for them to find places to hide. With Li Zhirui's command, everyone on the boat exerted their full strength, various Spirit Beasts appeared on the Spirit Boat, and dazzling Spirit Light fell into the zombie tide, hoping to kill even more zombies. Alas, human strength eventually has its limits! Even Li Shilian, who had the highest cultivation level, saw his Mana rapidly depleting as he continuously cast spells. And those eight Qi Cultivators had already exhausted their Mana, now they could only sit cross-legged on the deck, quickly refining Spirit-Replenishing Pills to recover their Mana. As for Li Zhirui, he didn't have much Mana left either, but instead of recovering his Mana, he used the last of it to activate Talismans after Talismans, launching attacks on the zombie horde. "Senior brother, we've held on for so many days; we've lived up to these ordinary people and tried our best!" Liu Bo said in a weak voice, "The fall of Baishan County to a zombie den is not our fault; it's the doing of those villains in the Sect!" "If it weren't for them, we wouldn't have been left without reinforcements from our fellow Sect members these days, nor would only the Li family have been sent..." Towards the end, Liu Bo's eyes were filled with pleading, "Senior brother, even if you no longer wish to live, do Nephew Lin and the others want to die?" Zhang Li, who was using Mana directly without properly refining the Spirit-Replenishing Pills and disregarding his own safety, trembled and said in a hoarse voice, "Baishan County is my hometown; I'll stay even if it means death. As for the rest of you..." "Escape as soon as the Formation breaks!" "Senior brother Zhang!" Liu Bo wanted to continue persuading, but Zhang Li had already turned his head away and once again cast a spell, attacking the fiercely advancing zombies outside. Li Zhirui in the sky, looking at the few remaining Talismans in his hands, showed a trace of bitterness on his face. "Zhirui, we've tried our best," Li Shilian's complexion, from frequent use of Mana, turned somewhat pale. Li Zhirui turned to check on the other eight family members; their faces were completely bloodless, lips cracked, obviously at their limit. If they continued to cast spells, it would probably cause damage to their bodies! "Crack—" Just as Li Zhirui was observing his family members, a faint cracking sound suddenly came from the Formation below. The Defensive Array, already full of scars and sheltering more than a hundred thousand ordinary people, was about to reach the end of its life! Golden Core?! Floating in midair was a hallmark of Golden Core cultivators! "We pay our respects to Master Mingxuan!" Li Zhirui, leading his clan members, bowed deeply in greeting. Mingxuan was Jiang Tianming's Daoist name, and 'Master' was the honorific specially reserved for Golden Core cultivators. The expression on Jiang Tianming's face was grim. He had just finished his role as a protector and had not yet had time to rest when he heard about the zombie rampage within the borders of Yunping State and hurriedly flew to various places. Then he learned from a certain Foundation Establishment cultivator that the situation in Baishan County was extremely dire, so he rushed over immediately. But he arrived a step too late—Baishan County had already been breached. Moreover, when Jiang Tianming arrived, he was just in time to witness the self-destruction of the white-haired Zhang Li, and the sight of Li Zhirui and the mere twenty-odd cultivators who had run out of mana. This left Jiang Tianming greatly puzzled. When he had offered his help in other places, there were at least a hundred or two hundred cultivators. How come there were only a few here? After hearing the conversation between Li Zhirui and Liu Bo, he instantly understood! Jiang Tianming truly hadn't expected that some within the sect, in their struggle for power and profit, would take advantage of his absence while he was acting as a protector and use the zombie calamity as an excuse to suppress and eliminate members of rival factions within the sect, utterly disregarding the lives of hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in Baishan County! Although factional disputes within the sect had existed for many years, they had never been as excessive as this time, and word had gotten out to outsiders. Filled with rage, Jiang Tianming raised a hand and, instantaneously, the Wind Spiritual Energy that was dispersed between heaven and earth, as if answering a call, flocked to Jiang Tianming. Under his command, it transformed into sharp Wind Blades that mowed down zombie heads as though they were grass. Is this the strength of a Golden Core? Li Zhirui's eyes were filled with fascination and longing. There was only one realm difference from the Foundation Establishment stage, but the gap between them seemed like a chasm. Li Zhirui and the others had fought fiercely for one or two hours, managing to kill just over two thousand zombies, but with Jiang Tianming's intervention, in just a moment, all the zombies were annihilated. "You all head back to the marketplace to rest first," Jiang Tianming instructed Liu Bo and others, then turned to look towards Li Zhirui and the rest. This made Li Zhirui very nervous, fearing that the Golden Core might entertain thoughts of killing witnesses because the Li family's scandal had been leaked. "I hope you know what should be said and what should not," Jiang Tianming said. Knowing that Jiang Tianming wasn't intending to silence them, Li Zhirui immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly responded, "We understand!" By the time Li Zhirui looked up again, Jiang Tianming had already left.

Chapter 94 Golden Core

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