Although Mingyue was very familiar with the sacrificial artifacts of the Wu clan, she had no knowledge of the power of the other six besides Wangshu.
This was because, except for Wangshu, who had recognized her as its master, the other six had not, and no one could use them.
She had fought against Cuiwei and Fuyao before and thought their power was the same as before.
Who knew that this time, when they clashed, she felt the difference. The power of the two artifacts had increased by more than tenfold.
She used Wangshu to trap Zhao Wumian and Yue You, and immediately unleashed the Taiyin power, striking at Zhao Wumian and Yue You respectively.
The Taiyin power was a fusion of water and spiritual elements. Spiritual attacks were formless and intangible, making them the hardest to resist.
Fuyao sensed its master was in danger and immediately flew to Zhao Wumian's side, suddenly growing larger.
It enveloped Zhao Wumian, and a vortex of wind appeared outside, blocking the Taiyin power.
Yue You, however, ignored everything and paid no attention to the Taiyin power. He directly unleashed the power of mountains and rivers, striking at Mingyue.
This was clearly a suicidal tactic, aiming to perish together with Mingyue, resulting in mutual destruction.
Mingyue dodged and unleashed the power of the earth to meet the power of mountains and rivers. After the collision of the two forces, they canceled each other out.
Cuiwei blocked the Taiyin power, and Yue You was unharmed. Mingyue was very surprised.
Logically, Cuiwei had only blocked the tangible part of the Taiyin power; the spiritual attack had not been blocked.
Yue You was not completely protected by Fuyao like Zhao Wumian. His body was exposed. Why was he unaffected by the spiritual attack, as if nothing had happened?
She didn't know that the current Yue You was a walking corpse.
Without subjective consciousness, how could he care about a spiritual attack? He had no brain at the moment.
Just as Mingyue was puzzled, Zhao Wumian controlled Fuyao to merge the wind power it unleashed with the mountain and river power unleashed by Cuiwei.
They attacked Mingyue together. She dared not be negligent and unleashed the Taiyin power to resist.
As the three forces collided, Mingyue felt immense pressure. She had not expected the two forces to be so powerful.
She used all her strength just to barely block them, but the two forces had not disappeared and were still struggling.
They were trying to break through the Taiyin power and strike at her. Mingyue could only resist with all her might.
The three forces were now in a tug-of-war in the air.
The light shield that had been set up around them, lacking the support of power, also shattered and disappeared.
It was evident that Mingyue had concentrated all her power on the Taiyin power.
For a time, both the aerial and ground battlefields in Hope City entered a stalemate.
The world was silent, and suddenly a zombie's howl broke the stillness.
Immediately after, the zombies' howls rose and fell, filled with fear and unease.
"Is someone helping Hope City to kill zombies?"
Hearing the zombies' howls, the people on the city walls felt a surge of hope and looked towards the direction of the zombie horde outside the city.
They saw that the zombie horde, which had been intimidated, had now become chaotic.
As if they couldn't stand steady, some fell, while others were constantly swaying.
"Is it Jing Sha?"
Mingyue also noticed the abnormality of the zombie horde. However, when she glanced at it, her expression changed immediately.
The zombies were unsteady because a sea of sand had appeared beneath their feet, flowing like waves.
The zombies were not harmed. The flowing sand sea acted like a conveyor belt, carrying them forward.
In a blink of an eye, they had crossed the moat and reached the city gate.
Mingyue identified the sand sea after careful observation. It was the Jing Sha, a sacrificial artifact of the Wu clan, that had transformed.
"Hahaha, Gu Nanquan has made his move."
Zhao Wumian in the air laughed heartily. Mingyue was right; it was Jing Sha, one of the sacrificial artifacts of the Wu clan.
This was his final trump card and killer move for this attack on Yunmeng Mountain.
The person who had recognized Jing Sha as his master was named Gu Nanquan, the person who had been with him the longest in this world.
Gu Nanquan, a mad scientist, was known as "Viper."
This was because Viper was not only cruel but also cold-blooded, and he was such a person. He liked this nickname very much.
He was obsessed with altering human genes and liked to use living people and animals for experiments to create new species.
However, before the apocalypse, his theories and practices were resisted and forbidden.
He even faced legal repercussions, and he felt dejected, even contemplating ending his life.
At this time, Zhao Wumian found him. Zhao Wumian highly approved of his theories and even built a laboratory specifically for him.
He was made the head of the Demon God Organization's laboratory, where he could do whatever he wanted. Naturally, he was deeply grateful.
He was a participant in the apocalypse plan. It could be said that without him, there would be no apocalypse, no zombies, and no mutated animals.
He joined the Demon God organization because Zhao Wumian and the Demon God organization could continuously provide him with living people for experiments.
They could also provide him with everything he needed, including respect, so he was completely obedient to Zhao Wumian.
Because he liked the nickname "Viper," all his experimental subjects were numbered with snakes.
He considered himself Snake One, Snake Two, Snake Three, all his early creations, but they had all been killed by Mingyue.
He was loyal to Zhao Wumian, regarding Zhao Wumian as his benefactor. In reality, he didn't know.
Zhao Wumian treated him with such great courtesy for two reasons: first, he coveted his research, as he could not create the apocalypse without Gu Nanquan's help.
Secondly, Gu Nanquan was the master he had chosen for the sacrificial artifact Jing Sha.
To ensure no mistakes this time when coming to Yunmeng Mountain, Zhao Wumian had brought Gu Nanquan along.
However, he had instructed him not to reveal himself and only to act at the critical moment.
Now that the battle had reached a stalemate, Gu Nanquan knew it was time for him to appear.
Jing Sha looked ordinary, like an ordinary grain of sand.
But it contained the power of earth and defense. When fused, the power became the power of endless vitality.
He activated Jing Sha, and a boundless sea of sand appeared beneath the zombie horde.
The sand waves surged, directly sending the zombie horde into Hope City.
Now, both sides were in a stalemate, and no one could move. If the zombies entered the city, the people inside would be unable to resist and would all perish.
The sand sea had reached the foot of the towering city walls. The sand beneath the zombies' feet began to pile up.
It visibly grew taller, reaching the same height as the city walls, and then the sand waves rose again.
Like waves, they sent large numbers of zombies into Hope City.
The people on the city walls were stunned. Seeing the dense horde of zombies rushing towards them, their eyes were filled with despair.
Hope City had fallen. In the end, they had not escaped their fate and were about to be devoured by zombies.
Mingyue, in the air, was also anxious. Hope City was now facing the destruction of the city and the death of its people.
It had reached the most critical moment. She wanted to temporarily stop killing Zhao Wumian and go down to stop the zombies from entering the city and rescue everyone.
But the current situation was not something she could control. Seeing Gu Nanquan make his move, Zhao Wumian and Yue You simultaneously exerted their strength.
They intended to tie Mingyue down. If she slightly withdrew the Taiyin power, with the decrease of one and the increase of the other,
the wind power and the mountain and river power would erupt, and Mingyue would be severely injured, if not killed.
Seeing that some zombies were already approaching the people on the city walls, Mingyue gritted her teeth. She would risk severe injury to go down and save them.