Chapter 207 - Valley (1/2)

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”We can't...go on...like this...” Hyson murmured dejectedly.

He was covered in blood and sweat, some his own, some his friend's.

”What choice do we have?” Hou Chin asked from the side, with the same disheartened expression as all the others around her.

”We can't give up! As long as we're alive, there will be a way!” Rong Li stood up and shouted with clenched fists, but only got a few contemptuous looks in return.

”Just sit down, don't...make a fool of yourself,” Kramson tugged at his shirt to make him sat back down.

It had been almost a full month since the horde of undead monstrous creatures from beyond the grave started their chase.

At first, it was easy to make a stand and fight back. The Ma and Shi Clan folks even used it as an opportunity to train some of the youngsters in the group. But soon, things took a turn for the worse.

As they reached the location of the next rift opening, they realized that it was in a valley which was an entrance to the underworld.

A massive black gate stood tall in the middle on the basin, pouring out monster after monster without end.

Zeng Yu had the foresight to know they wouldn't be able to hold this place for more than a few minutes in case of a head-on attack, so he ordered a full retreat.

They moved away several hundred thousand kilometers in the span of two weeks. Only stopping once every three days to rest.

It seemed like every nook and cranny of this horrid place was filled with freezing Yin Qi that made fighting harder every day by slowing down the group's reaction times and affecting the flow of Qi in their bodies.

Out of the initial 110 people left alive, only 60 or so were left now. The biggest loss included a fight in which both Ma and Shi Clan had lost one Spirit realm warrior each.

They found a hidden cavern after several days of continuous travel and decided to rest there for a couple of days. That night, an army of about a thousand undead warriors surrounded them.

All these creatures were of the same type (Pic in Authors notes). With three empty sockets where the eyes should be and multiple horn-like protrusions jutting out from their heads, these were the smartest creatures the group had come up against so far.

They didn't fight head-on, instead choosing to slowly lure away and kill more than 30 people before being discovered.

The female spirit realm cultivator from the Ma clan and one of the old men from the Shi clan lost their lives trying to break out of this encirclement.

During this fight, Ma Yu also blocked several attacks with her body when she tried to protect another random person. She was poisoned and could barely move her body ever since.