As Zhang was making his way through the horde of undead, the battle had broken out at the face of the steep cliff.
Earlier Silky had lowered down dozens of silk thread ropes for the soldiers to climb up but due to the huge number of soldiers there were not enough ropes to go around. So Lu Xun had ordered his men to pack closely together as to not let the undead overwhelm them. The battle was intensifying by each passing minute as more and more undead appeared. Despite knowing how to kill the undead Zhang’s army still had trouble holding back so many undead.
“Sun Ce lead some men and begin retreating up the ropes and secure the top of the cliff.” Lu Xun commanded.
“Right away.” Sun Ce replied as he began directing the soldiers who were not engaging undead in battle to move up the ropes.
However there were only so many ropes and many soldiers which meant that it would take a very long time for the army to all move up the ropes.
Seeing this, Ai lifted the Black Thorn whip into the sky and with a flick of her wrist and some essence it snaked up the face of the cliff all the way to the top. Once the tip of the whip reached the top of the cliff the whip began to grow in size. Soon a large winding pathway was created. Of course Ai made it so the pathway and the ropes did not get in each other's way.
“You men quickly move!!” Lu Xun yelled toward some soldiers men as he gestured to the bridge that Ai had created. It would not be safe if he simply just ordered every soldier to stop fighting and move up the pathway so Lu Xun decided to move groups of them at a time.
Also going up the pathway made by the Black Thorn whip or climbing up the ropes made by Silky meant that they would have to abandon their horses but if it meant surviving then in the end it was worth it.
Losing the horses would deal a heavy blow to their army but in the end horses could be bought again but if their army was wiped out then there would have been horrible repercussions.
“Most if not all of the people in the Black Wind province most likely have turned into undead.” Lu Xun said as he judged the number of undead that they were facing.
“There are probably hundreds of thousands of them here alone general, perhaps you are right and we are stuck in a province of undead. If this keeps up any longer we will suffer heavy casualties.” One of Lu Xun’s lieutenants said to him.
“General look!!” The lieutenant yelled as he pointed into the sky.
In the sky a signal of hope could be seen. A dazzling green flare sparkled in the sky despite the rising sun's rays.
“Shoot red flares! Warn our lord that there's danger here!” Lu Xun yelled as he shot a red flare into the sky trying to warn Zhang not to approach their location. Soon dozens of red flares could be seen shooting up into the air.
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“This way!! We are closing in on them!” Zhang yelled as he led his guards and the hundreds of Titanic spiders through the horde of undead.
The Titanic spiders could be seen taking down all of the undead around Zhang as he and the guards advanced through the horde. Despite having the spiders to help them break through the horde of undead if they slowed for even a bit they could still possibly be overwhelmed.
Zhang had seen the dozens of red flares in the sky earlier so he knew that he was very close to where the rest of the army was.
While moving through the horde Zhang could hear a very familiar sound coming from a distance away. It was the sound of people marching uniformly.
However Zhang ignored it and continued heading toward his army and where Yuying, Ling and Ai are.
Moments later Zhang could spot huge pitch black vines snaking up the side of a cliff. And soon after that he could see a battlefield in front of himself. Zhang’s soldiers under the command of Lu Xun were furiously fighting the undead.
Men covered in green goo and black blood could be seen fighting wildly with the undead. If their swords failed then they used their shields and if their shields break then they relied on their fists. I came down to a battle of will between the soldiers and the unless horde of undead.
Although they were tired, although they were afraid and although they wished they could be somewhere else, all of the soldiers pressed on and fought with everything they had. If it meant they could survive then they would fight until they dropped.
“Move!!” Zhang yelled as he began running through the horde of undead.
With each thrust of his sword Zhang was able to swiftly take down everything in front of him. Along his side were hundreds of titanic spiders pinning down the undead.
“My lord!!”
“Brother!!”
Many voices rang out as they saw Zhang approaching. They were a mixture of worried voices along with relieved voices. Some were afraid that Zhang was in danger while others were relieved that he was coming.
“Silk Webs!!” Zhang commanded to the spiders.
Moments later all of the Titanic spiders began weaving a massive maze of webs. The massive webs netted the a huge portion of the undead, making them unable to move.
“Attack!!” Lu Xun yelled. Now that most of the undead were unable to advance if they could deal with the few undead that were on their side of the net then they would be safe.
The soldiers madly charged forward to slay the undead.
As they were fighting the undead the spiders continued creating a giant web and almost created a wall made of undead in front of the soldiers.
“Brother I’m so glad to see you!” Ai yelled as she jumped at Zhang and embraced him.
They hugged and spun around for a few times until he let her down.
Moments later two more beautiful figures descended and tackled Zhang to the ground.
“These four…” Lu Xun thought as he shook his head.
“My lord! I suggest that we move up the cliff because it's not very safe down here.” Lu Xun suggested as he looked at the wall of entangled undead.
“Everyone move!” Lu Xun yelled.
Moments later Zhang ordered the spiders to create a large net up the side of the cliff for the soldiers to climb up. Of course he only ordered a few spiders to do this because it takes time for the spiders to produce silk and if all of the silk was wasted then that wouldn't be wise.
“My lord where are the rest of the men? And those villagers the girl spoke of.” Lu Xun asked.
“They are waiting for us to come get them.” Zhang said.
“That's if we can make it to them. With so many undead we can't possibly move very easily with such a large force.” Lu Xun said with a sigh as he thought about the soldiers waiting for them.
“Once we are up the cliff I have a way of getting to them.” Zhang said.
“The spiders can construct a bridge from the cliffs down into the treetops and through the forest. Then they can use that and get back here.” Zhang said.
“I didn't do this sooner because I didn't know the exact situation you and the rest of the men were in nor did I have an exact location. But now I do.” Zhang stated as he walked with the three beauties beside him.
“Next time I’m going with you brother.” Ling said sternly.
“I won't leave you again.” Zhang said as he patted held her hand tighter.
“Me too. Me too! Don't leave me behind next time.” Ai said as she hopped onto his hand and popped her head over his shoulder.
“Yuying do you know how to stop the Heart Burrowers on a larger scale? There is no way we could beat them if kill them one at a time.” Zhang said.
“Well besides physically attacking them, we could use fire or ice to kill them. Either of the extremes would do the trick. Also aside from that perhaps if we find and kill the queen Heart Burrower. But that's easier said than done, the queen is always mixed into the hordes of undead.” Yuying side.