Chapter 1085 Paper Crane
Fortunately, the whole process went smoothly. The zombie seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. It had no defense against Ma Xingchen at all, and did not offer any resistance, allowing him to hit it with one blow.
The vital parts were hit, and even though the copper-armored zombie had strong defense, it could not withstand such damage, and lost half of its life. At this time, the peerless delicacy was finally thrown behind his mind. Now killing the enemy in front of him and saving his own life was the most important thing.
The zombie wailed and rolled on the ground twice. Suddenly, his eyes turned red, and his body stood up and rushed towards Ma Xingchen. Just now, Ma Xingchen finally mustered up the courage, dragged a broken leg and stood up to stab the zombie. Now seeing that the zombie changed its target and was ready to attack him, he was frightened and staggered, and almost fell to the ground again.
Qingyang also knew that Ma Xingchen was their strongest attack now, and he must not get into trouble. There was no other way, so he could only hold the zombie's legs tightly from behind.
The copper-armored zombie was already injured, and now it was held tightly by Qingyang, and its mobility was greatly restricted. It was not easy to catch up with Ma Xingchen. The zombie was furious and turned back to shake Qingyang off, but Qingyang knew that he must not let go at this critical moment, so he entangled with the zombie again. Ma Xingchen seized the opportunity and stabbed the zombie with a magic weapon again.
Then Qingyang and Ma Xingchen cooperated, one tried to hold the zombie, and the other kept attacking outside, and occasionally the old man with paper assisted from the side. It is said that two fists cannot beat four hands, and four hands cannot stand up to the crowd. Under the desperate entanglement of several of them, the copper-armored zombie, although powerful, was exhausted. He was hit in the vital parts by Ma Xingchen several times in a row and finally died.
No one expected that the three of them were so lucky that they finally defeated this iron-armored zombie equivalent to the late stage of Qi Refining. Not to mention the luck, they also paid a huge price. The two old guards were all killed, Ma Xingchen broke a leg, and there were countless other injuries of varying sizes. The old man was also exhausted, and the paper cuttings on his body were almost used up. Only Qingyang was in a better situation. He was not injured because of his strong defense, but his physical strength was greatly consumed.
Although he killed the bronze armored zombie, Ma Xingchen didn't even have time to catch his breath, because he was delayed by the zombie for so long. At this time, there were less than two quarters of an hour left before the end of the preliminaries of the Son of God. In their current situation, they might not be able to rush back to the entrance of the deep valley in time.
Ma Xingchen broke a leg, and the journey of seven or eight miles was only two quarters of an hour, not to mention that he could not walk back even if he was given two hours. The old man and Qingyang were not much better. Seeing that the deadline for the preliminaries of the Son of God was approaching, what should they do? Could they just admit defeat?
Still, the old man had a solution. He fumbled and took out a folded paper crane from his arms, and said with reluctance: "Young Master, this paper crane was passed down by my ancestors to save my life. I can only use it for the last time. Now the situation is urgent. Young Master, please ride the paper crane back to the entrance. Qingyang and I will slowly go back with the bodies of the two guards."
The preliminaries of the Holy Sons are time-limited. If you can't go back by the time, you will be disqualified, so Ma Xingchen must rush back as soon as possible. As for Qingyang and the old man, it's okay to be a little later. With Ma Xingchen's intercession, Shangguan Tong will probably wait for them at the entrance for a while.
The old man spread the paper crane on the ground and chanted a spell to it. Then the paper crane seemed to come alive, flapping its wings as if it was about to fly high into the sky.
Ma Xingchen saw this and quickly stood on the paper crane. Then he saw the old man pointed his finger, and the paper crane flapped its wings vigorously, and it slowly rose into the sky, squeaking and flying towards the entrance of the valley. The paper crane of the old man didn't seem to be very clever. It was a little overwhelmed with only one person. It flew crookedly and slowly, but it was much faster than their walking speed. Maybe they could get back to the valley entrance on time.
Seeing that Ma Xingchen had already flown away, the old man and Qingyang sat on the ground, took a breath, and recovered some strength. Then they stood up and packed up the bodies of the two old guards. Each of them carried one and went to the valley entrance. They came together, but these two died in the valley to protect Ma Xingchen. They must not let their bodies be exposed in the wilderness. They worked together and took the two bodies out for cremation, which would also leave a thought for their families.
Let's not talk about how Qingyang and the old man will go back. As the three-day period is about to end, the disciples who participated in the preliminary selection have returned one after another. Most of them have returned with their guards. Of course, there are also some who have injured one or two guards because of danger on the way. In addition, there are several teams of candidates who have not returned yet. It is very likely that they have encountered some accidents and were wiped out. This is inevitable. Fortunately, there are not many of them.
The returning candidates have handed in the Jianyin Talisman. Under the witness of Qingteng Sanren, Shangguan Tong roughly ranked them. As expected, Shangguan Tong's pearl Shangguan Yan and Bai Qing of the Bai family ranked first and second with far higher scores than others. Sang Yuanze of the Sang family, who is similar to them in strength, performed a little abnormally and ranked only eighth. This result is even worse than some of the fifth-level Qi Refining disciples from medium-sized families.
Another unexpected situation was that the two sons of the mayor of Jusang Town, Ju Jiao and Ju Han, performed exceptionally well. With their strength at the third level of Qi Refining, they overwhelmed some people in the middle stage of Qi Refining and ranked ninth and tenth out of more than a hundred people. They both advanced to the top ten and became a pair of dark horses in this preliminaries.
Others don't know, but Ju Jiao and Ju Han know very well that the reason why they can get this ranking is naturally the credit of Young Master Sang. At the beginning, Sang Yuan asked them to help cause trouble for Ma Xingchen. The reward was to help them enter the top ten of the Saint Son preliminaries, and the reward was paid in advance. Each of them helped the brothers kill a bronze-armored zombie equivalent to the middle stage of Qi Refining.
It is precisely because of the delay of this matter that Sang Yuan's ranking will be relatively low, but it doesn't matter. The top ten can advance. There is no difference between ranking eighth and ranking in the top three? I only lost a little face, but I can cause a huge trouble for Ma Xingchen and Qingyang. This price is worth it.
Looking at the entrance of the deep valley, Sang Yuan couldn't help but smile. Seeing that the deadline was about to come, Ma Xingchen and his group had not come out yet. I am afraid they have been killed by the bronze-armored zombie? The Ju brothers are still quite reliable in doing things, and I finally got rid of my anger.