Dealing with a Half-Step Innate, even if the opponent is the most top-tier Half-Step Innate or a genius from hundreds of years ago.

With Wang Ruoxie's current strength, he alone is still sufficient.

However, if he wants to subdue Shangguan Dong's corpse without causing damage to it, he may not be able to do it alone.

Others are the same, generally teaming up to deal with one corpse.

However, although these corpses lack intelligence, they are genuine Half-Step Innates, and subduing them is not that easy.

Especially for those from the Eighth Layer of Element Transformation Realm or the average Ninth Layer, not only do they need to find an opportunity to strike, but they also need to guard against the corpse's attacks. With their strength, if they are hit by a corpse at the Half-Step Innate level, it would likely be fatal or severely injure them.

"Ah..."

Accompanied by a series of tragic cries, people continuously fell into pools of blood.

Even though these are merely the corpses of senior powerhouses and cannot exert the true strength of a Half-Step Innate, they are still far beyond the resistance of the Eighth Layer of Element Transformation Realm and average Ninth Layer individuals.

In just a short while, dozens of people were killed by the corpses.

"Be careful, there's something wrong with these corpses. Even with Upper Grade Spiritual Artifacts, it seems difficult to break through their flesh defense."

Someone exclaimed with a rather grim expression.

Xiahou Lie, Lin Jingfeng, and others also looked quite unhappy. They had been cautioned to be careful when striking, not to damage these senior powerhouses' corpses, but they hadn't anticipated this result.

They lost dozens of people, although mostly those from the Eighth Layer of Element Transformation Realm and the weaker Ninth Layer individuals, the reduced numbers still greatly increased their pressure.

The most helpless part for them was that even the top Half-Step Innates like Xiahou Lie, holding Upper Grade Spiritual Artifacts, found it difficult to break through these corpses' defenses, let alone destroy them.

"Ruoxie, why are these corpses so tough? At this rate, we're likely to be completely wiped out."

Xiao Ningyue furrowed her delicate brows and said to Wang Ruoxie.

"These corpses are no longer ordinary corpses. After hundreds of years of transformation, they've become a special existence, what one could call zombies."

Wang Ruoxie narrowed his eyes, speaking.

"Zombies?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ningyue showed a look of confusion in her eyes, hearing such a term for the first time.

The people around, having also heard Wang Ruoxie's words, immediately turned their eyes towards him, also hearing about zombies for the first time.

"Yes, zombies."

Wang Ruoxie nodded and said, "After these senior powerhouses died, their corpses must have been specially cultivated. I guess they were placed in the Land of Extreme Yin for over a hundred years."

"Furthermore, to cultivate true zombies, besides needing the Corpse Nourishing Land, they must also absorb resentment periodically."

"These zombies have iron skin and steel bones, which makes them impenetrable by blades and swords, thus they can be called Iron Armor Corpses."

When hearing Wang Ruoxie's explanation, everyone's eyes narrowed. Iron Armor Corpses, with bodies like iron armor, are impenetrable by blades and swords; no wonder they couldn't break through their defenses.

"Doesn't that mean this palace is not a Moon Palace but a Living Dead Tomb?"

A young man said, looking rather grim.

"You could say that."

Wang Ruoxie nodded, Corpse Nourishing Land, Living Dead Tomb.

"You said they need to absorb resentment periodically. How often is that?"

Seeming to have realized something, Xiao Ningyue asked Wang Ruoxie with a slightly somber look.

"Every six months."

Wang Ruoxie pondered for a moment before replying.

"Damn it."

Upon hearing this, everyone's pupils contracted sharply. They weren't fools and clearly realized something.

It was evident that this ancient ruin opens every six months, and these zombies need to absorb resentment every six months. They are clearly being treated as food for these zombies.

Resentment, the aura of hatred emitted by people when they die, is what these zombies wish to consume, naturally meaning killing all these people.

"Could it be that all of this is a scam, and there's no Essence Pill Realm legacy at all?"

Someone said with an unwilling expression.

"Not necessarily. Perhaps these Iron Armor Corpses were precisely cultivated by the Essence Pill Realm powerhouse to protect his legacy."

Xiahou Lie spoke.

"That's possible. Regardless, we must first deal with these Iron Armor Corpses."

Lin Jingfeng said.

"Ruoxie, since you know so much about them, you must have a way to break through their flesh defenses?"

Xiao Ningyue's eyes focused on Wang Ruoxie, asking him.

The group, while jointly resisting the attacks of the Iron Armor Corpses, also directed their gaze towards Wang Ruoxie, awaiting his answer.

"Resolving these Iron Armor Corpses is not too difficult. Although they have iron skin and steel bones, impenetrable by blades and swords, the ones who cultivated these did not completely turn them into zombies in order to retain a touch of humanity, enabling them to exert their life-time strength. Therefore, they still have a weakness."

After punching Shangguan Dong away, Wang Ruoxie continued, "Their weakness is the red dot on their forehead. This red dot is a drop of heart's blood from the corpse nourisher. We only need to destroy the red dot formed from this heart's blood to make these Iron Armor Corpses lose control, then they can be easily dealt with."

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes turned towards the foreheads of those Iron Armor Corpses, and indeed, each had a red dot.

After finishing speaking, Wang Ruoxie's figure flashed, and in an instant, he arrived in front of Shangguan Dong.

Without any hesitation, he condensed his fingers into a sword and directly displayed the Star Shattering Finger, pointing toward Shangguan Dong's forehead.

"Sizzle!"

With a light sound, Wang Ruoxie's finger instantly landed on Shangguan Dong's forehead.

The next moment, everyone saw that the red dot was shattered by Wang Ruoxie's finger, and then Shangguan Dong seemed to lose control and fell to the ground.

Seeing this scene, everyone no longer hesitated and attacked the foreheads of those Iron Armor Corpses.

Unfortunately, not everyone was as fast as Wang Ruoxie, and those red dots were formed from a powerful existence's heart's blood, hardly easy to destroy.

If not for Wang Ruoxie's strength being immensely close to the Innate Realm, coupled with the terrifying power of the Star Shattering Finger, it would have been impossible to so easily destroy the red dot on Shangguan Dong's forehead.

"Ah, ah..."

The screams were continuous as one after another, from the Eighth Layer of Element Transformation Realm and the weaker Ninth Layer individuals, were killed by the Iron Armor Corpses.

The most terrifying thing to everyone was that as the number of deaths increased, the Iron Armor Corpses absorbed more resentment, and their strength continually enhanced.

Even the likes of Xiahou Lie, Lin Jingfeng, and more than a dozen other Half-Step Innates were now struggling considerably.

Had it not been for their numerical advantage, coupled with Wang Ruoxie continually resolving the Iron Armor Corpses, they might have been unable to hold on long ago.

Of course, Tang Liren, Xiahou Lie, Lin Jingfeng, and more than a dozen other Half-Step Innates, were top-tier in their level. Though they could not as effortlessly resolve the Iron Armor Corpses like Wang Ruoxie, by expending some energy, they could still resolve some of them in the end.

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