Chapter 444: Attack the Stockade

Chapter 445: Engagement

"I'll first go in, rescue Yan Jiaoxi, and then disable the array formations in Luoshi Zhuang. That way, Luoshi Zhuang will have no defensive arrays, and attacking will be much easier."

"Ordinary corpse cultivators and walking corpses, although I can mess with their arrays, there are too many of them, and I don't have enough time. I can't do much, so I'll have to leave them to you."

"But those iron corpses, I will find a way to deal with them..."

Mo Hua calculated and said.

Situ Fang was surprised to hear this:

"How do you plan to deal with the iron corpses?"

Mo Hua held up two small fingers: "There are two methods..."

"The best method is for me to steal Zhang Quan's Corpse Controlling Bell. Without the bell, Zhang Quan can't control the iron corpses, effectively cutting off his own arms."

"But the Corpse Controlling Bell is extremely important, Zhang Quan must carry it with him, so I may not be able to steal it."

"If I can't steal it, I'll mess with the arrays on the iron corpses, making them lose control. This will cause chaos within the village, and then everyone can attack together. Luoshi Zhuang will be finished for sure."

Mo Hua's arrangements were very clear.

Situ Fang furrowed her brows.

It sounded quite simple, but actually doing it would likely be very risky.

She couldn't help but worry: "Will it work?"

Mo Hua calculated: "Disabling the arrays is easy, there's a ninety percent chance..."

Mo Hua actually wanted to say a hundred percent, because for him now, dealing with a Grade 1 or even a less-than-Grade 1 array couldn't be simpler.

But one couldn't be too confident about everything, always needing to leave some room. So he only said ninety percent.

"...Stealing Zhang Quan's Corpse Controlling Bell has a very small chance, probably only ten or twenty percent;"

"Messing with the arrays on the iron corpses has about a fifty or sixty percent chance. One reason is that I don't know the specifics of the arrays on the iron corpses, I haven't researched them. The second is that the iron corpses are tightly guarded, and I may not have a chance to get close..."

Mo Hua said in a clear voice.

Situ Fang's face was a little sweaty.

This child, Mo Hua, could not only inquire about information but also analyze it, and even come up with methods based on the information.

His thinking was meticulous, and his actions were also meticulous and measured.

And he was still an array master...

No wonder she heard Zhang Lan say that Yang Jiyong tried every possible way to get Mo Hua into the Dao Soldier Department.

Situ Fang nodded:

"Alright, let's do as you said."

Afterward, Situ Fang invited the two elders of the Situ family.

One was Situ Jin, and the other was a thin and tall Foundation Building cultivator.

Everyone discussed the specific details, including the time of the attack, hiding places, spirit tool equipment, pill procurement, cultivator coordination and dispatch, etc.

After the discussion was settled, two nights later, over two hundred cultivators of the Situ family assembled and set off for the barren mountains of Nanyue City.

The barren mountains were dark at night, the moon was cold, and the forest was deep.

Dead grass and strange trees cast strange shadows.

Occasionally, demon beasts would let out low cries, sounding like crying or complaining, only adding to the gloom.

Everyone wore black clothes, held their breath, and walked quickly, not saying a word, until past midnight, when they reached the outside of Luoshi Zhuang under Mo Hua's guidance.

In front was a bare stone forest.

Mo Hua whispered: "I'll go in and take a look first. You all wait for my news."

After saying that, without waiting for Situ Fang's response, he quietly concealed himself and left.

Situ Fang was slightly startled.

The two elders of the Situ family behind her were also startled at first, then their eyes revealed shock.

Disappeared?

Just like that, without revealing any aura, he just disappeared without a trace?

They were Foundation Building cultivators, yet they didn't know how Mo Hua disappeared. Their divine sense searched around, and it was also empty, with no trace at all.

They actually couldn't see through a Qi Refining cultivator's concealment?

What kind of concealment technique was this exactly?

While everyone was surprised, Mo Hua had already used the Passing Water Step to secretly sneak into Luoshi Zhuang.

In front of the main gate of Luoshi Zhuang, there were four or five more guards than before.

It seemed Zhang Quan was still not at ease.

And around the main gate, Yan Jiaoxi's fake version of the "Manifest Dust Array" had also been set up.

Mo Hua concealed himself and walked brazenly over the "Manifest Dust Array", then lightly and easily leaped onto the roof, and with practiced ease found Yan Jiaoxi's room.

It was late at night, and Yan Jiaoxi was still reading array books.

Mo Hua released his divine sense, saw that there was no one around, then quietly went in and whispered to Yan Jiaoxi:

"Yan Jiaoxi, I'll save you out tonight. You should pack up first."

Yan Jiaoxi was seriously reading a book when a low whisper suddenly sounded in the dark corner, startling him.

When he heard whose voice it was, besides being surprised, he didn't speak, but calmly nodded.

Then Yan Jiaoxi got up and quietly packed up his array books and array diagrams.

And Mo Hua took advantage of this time to go and disable Luoshi Zhuang's defensive arrays.

Mo Hua disabled them very quickly.

Because there was no need to cover his tracks, and he didn't need to worry about damaging the arrays, Mo Hua wrote quickly and his methods were simple and rough.

As long as the sky brightened and the battle began, these arrays would all be destroyed.

So Mo Hua didn't need to be polite.

Some that were convenient to disable, he disabled.

Some that were more complex, he was too lazy to disable, and just drew some reverse spirit arrays.

Once these arrays were activated, they would self-destruct due to reversed spirit power and messy array patterns.

However, this self-destruction had weaker power and was far from reaching the degree of array collapse.

Mo Hua's original intention was only to destroy the arrays.

It was not to use the arrays to kill the corpse cultivators of Luoshi Zhuang.

He still didn't have that ability.

In the vast Luoshi Zhuang, Mo Hua was familiar with the routes, running around.

Either climbing walls, or climbing roofs, or climbing beams, or drilling holes...

He either disabled or destroyed the arrays inside the village, wasting them all one by one.

This route was also planned by Mo Hua beforehand and simulated several times in his mind.

He aimed to waste the most arrays in the shortest time.

Two or three hours later, the arrays inside Luoshi Zhuang were mostly destroyed by Mo Hua.

Mo Hua was a little tired, rested for a while, thought about it, and then went to Zhang Quan's secret room again.

Zhang Quan was meditating and resting.

His Corpse Controlling Bell was placed in his storage bag, and the storage bag was placed at his waist.

Mo Hua had observed him for many days. Zhang Quan's bell never left the bag, and the bag never left his body.

He always carried the Corpse Controlling Bell in his storage bag, never taking it out.

Unless he was knocked unconscious, otherwise he couldn't get the storage bag, nor could he steal the Corpse Controlling Bell.

And Mo Hua was only at the Qi Refining stage. Fighting head-on, he was definitely not Zhang Quan's opponent.

He didn't have the talent and cultivation of his little senior brother and little senior sister.

Even if he hit him with a stick, he wouldn't be able to knock Zhang Quan unconscious.

Mo Hua was a little regretful.

It seemed his guess was right. Under normal circumstances, he couldn't steal the Corpse Controlling Bell.

Zhang Quan wasn't a fool, he wouldn't give him this opportunity.

Mo Hua went to the corpse hiding cave again.

The corpse hiding cave was used by Luoshi Zhuang to refine and raise zombies.

The coffins of those several iron corpses were placed in the deepest part of the corpse hiding cave.

Mo Hua took a look. There were several corpse cultivators guarding at night, and there were warning arrays nearby, so he couldn't get close.

These several iron corpses were not guarded before.

It seemed Zhang Quan had learned his lesson and didn't dare to be careless at all.

"This is troublesome..."

Mo Hua furrowed his brow.

He couldn't steal the bell, and he couldn't mess with the iron corpses.

If they really started fighting, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Mo Hua thought for a moment, then slightly shook his head.

It seemed that by himself, there was temporarily no way to solve it.

Mo Hua then got up and left Luoshi Zhuang first.

He went outside the village, saw Situ Fang, and truthfully said:

"I've disabled the arrays, but I couldn't steal the Corpse Controlling Bell, and I couldn't get close to the iron corpses."

Situ Fang was slightly startled.

Being able to disable the arrays was already beyond her expectations.

As for the Corpse Controlling Bell and the iron corpses, she didn't originally have extravagant hopes for these.

"It doesn't matter, being able to disable the arrays is already very good." Situ Fang said, "Next, we'll act according to the plan?"

"Um." Mo Hua nodded, "However, there's no need for a strong attack. Harassing is the main focus to cause chaos within the village."

"Alright." Situ Fang said.

Mo Hua looked at Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi again, and said:

"Let's take advantage of the chaos and rescue Yan Jiaoxi first."

"Um." Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi nodded.

So, taking advantage of the time before dawn, when people were tired.

Situ Fang and the two Foundation Building elders of the Situ family led over two hundred Situ family cultivators, dressed in black and walking in the dark, to sneak into Luoshi Zhuang.

At the main gate of Luoshi Zhuang, several corpse cultivators were burning a fire and drinking alcohol, vaguely talking.

The Foundation Building elder took the lead, relying on his fast movement technique, and in a flash, he arrived beside these several corpse cultivators, then struck with all his strength, wiping out all the gate-guarding corpse cultivators with thunderous momentum!

After confirming that there was no one around, he allowed the other cultivators of the Situ family to follow up.

They killed several waves like this before being discovered by the corpse cultivators.

The alarm bell of Luoshi Zhuang rang loudly.

In the dark night, torches were lit, illuminating the village brightly.

Bandits drew their knives, and corpse cultivators shook their Corpse Controlling Bells.

Coffins trembled one by one, coffin lids were lifted open, and walking corpses crawled out of the coffins...

A cold light flashed in Situ Fang's eyes, and she said in a cold voice:

"Kill!"

The cultivators of the Situ family also no longer concealed their aura, and all drew out their knives and swords, activated their spiritual power, and shouted loudly:

"Kill!"

In an instant, the killing intent in Luoshi Zhuang shook the mountains.

Knives and swords clashed, and spiritual power erupted.

And on the other side, Mo Hua had already brought Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi and rescued Yan Jiaoxi.

Mo Hua said: "Senior Brother, Senior Sister, you two first send Yan Jiaoxi out."

Bai Zisheng said: "What about you?"

"I still have something to do."

Bai Zisheng shook his head and said: "No good, it's too dangerous here. You and Zixi send Mr. Yan out first, I'll stay here to cover the rear!"

Bai Zisheng spoke with righteous words.

Mo Hua saw through his thoughts at a glance, "You just want to stay and fight, right..."

Bai Zisheng defended himself: "Nonsense, am I that kind of person?"

But when he said this, he still felt a little guilty.

Mo Hua then advised him: "I'll go find Zhang Quan first, and watch him, don't let him run..."

"You send Yan Jiaoxi out, and then come back to find me. We'll meet up and take down Zhang Quan."

Bai Zisheng's eyes brightened when he heard this, "Alright!"

Bai Zixi then looked at Mo Hua and gently instructed:

"Be careful."

"Um um." Mo Hua nodded.

Yan Jiaoxi also looked at Mo Hua, with a worried expression, and still wanted to say something, but Bai Zisheng pulled him and walked away.

Go early and come back early.

He still wanted to come back early and kill that bastard Zhang Quan.

After Yan Jiaoxi left, Mo Hua looked around, his thoughts moved slightly, and he added some arrays in the room.

That way, even if the corpse cultivators discovered something was wrong and wanted to break down the door, they would have to expend more effort.

After drawing the arrays, Mo Hua used his concealment technique and slipped back to Zhang Quan's secret room.

Zhang Quan's secret room, for Mo Hua, was like a free inn now, he could come and go as he pleased.

And Zhang Quan at this time still didn't know anything.

He was just talking to several leading corpse cultivators with a grave expression:

"...How could there be enemies?"

"...How did they discover the mountain village?"

"How many people?"

"It's too dark to see clearly."

"At least one or two hundred, possibly four or five hundred..."

"Which force is it? The Dao Court Department?"

"Doesn't look like it... Wearing black clothes, their identity is unclear."

"Probably other forces."

"Damn it, without reason, they actually attacked the door! This is too much!"

"Are there Foundation Building cultivators?"

"Seems there are one or two..."

"Boss, what should we do?"

Zhang Quan thought for a moment, then suddenly sneered, "Do they really think we, Luoshi Zhuang, are soft persimmons?"

In his eyes, a hint of gloom flashed:

"Pass down the order, wake up all the walking corpses and iron corpses. Since they're here, don't let them leave. It just so happens that Luoshi Zhuang hasn't opened for a long time, and we need a batch of 'goods'."

One corpse cultivator hesitated:

"Boss, it might be a little difficult for the few of us to manipulate the iron corpses, I'm afraid..."

Zhang Quan was silent, seemingly hesitating.

A moment later, he gritted his teeth and said with hatred:

"No harm, I'll open the altar and burn incense now, worship the ancestor master's statue, and sacrifice the Corpse Controlling Blood Bell!"

"Let these people who came to attack become blood food for the iron corpses!"

Several corpse cultivators were overjoyed and said excitedly: "Boss is wise!"

Mo Hua was startled to hear this.

Open the altar and sacrifice the bell?

Worship the ancestor master's statue?

If he sacrifices the bell, won't he take the bell out?

If he takes it out, won't I have a chance to steal it?