"Bai Ye, what are you doing?" Bomb Cat's voice came at this moment, "Hurry up and leave after dealing with that guy!"
Bomb Cat's voice brought Bai Ye back to his senses, and he quickly responded, "Coming!"
Bai Ye swiftly crossed over the corpse of the demon seed leader and headed towards Bomb Cat and Dun Shan.
Bomb Cat pointed forward with his hand and said, "Look, we can already see the end. We'll break out of the demon seed horde soon, put in some effort!"
Bai Ye nodded and said, "Then I'll do something drastic. You guys step back."
Bomb Cat asked curiously, "Why?"
Bai Ye replied, "This move will definitely cause friendly fire."
"Oh!"
Bomb Cat agreed and then retreated two meters backward.
Bai Ye took a deep breath and walked forward, while a large amount of purple venom appeared on his body, constantly dripping onto the ground!
The next moment, Bai Ye spread his arms and shouted, "Poison Giant!"
Poison Giant (formed from venom into a giant skeletal giant, capable of large-scale attacks. After contact, one will be corroded by the poison, gradually losing vitality)
The venom flowing from Bai Ye's body surged forward madly, churning like a tide, rising and falling continuously!
Then...
As the surging venom churned, fountains of poison continuously erupted.
In mid-air, under the spray of the poison springs, a giant skeleton formed by condensed venom slowly took shape, over ten meters tall, its mouth opening and closing constantly, looking extremely ferocious.
Bai Ye took a step forward and said, "Kill!"
Receiving Bai Ye's command, the Poison Giant raised its massive foot and stomped forward.
Bang!
The Poison Giant stomped on the ground, crushing four or five demon seeds.
However, this was clearly not the true terror of the Poison Giant.
As Bai Ye advanced, the Poison Giant strode forward continuously.
At the same time, as the Poison Giant advanced, it constantly shed venom.
The venom splashed outwards, landing on the surrounding demon seeds, causing them to immediately cry out in agony.
Their life force was constantly draining away, or rather, being drained by the venom of the Poison Giant.
Soon, the seemingly ferocious demon seeds, one by one, became weak and withered.
The flesh and blood of the demon seeds began to shrivel at a visible rate, leaving only dry skin clinging to their bodies, and finally...
Thump, thump, thump!
One demon seed after another fell, becoming old, tired, and on the verge of death.
And then...
They gradually lost their breath.
Bai Ye looked back at Bomb Cat and said, "You sit on Dun Shan's shoulder and let him carry you. Otherwise, if you touch that venom, your life will also drain away. However, Dun Shan is a mechanical puppet and will not be affected by the venom's life-draining properties."
"Okay!"
Bomb Cat nodded and jumped directly onto Dun Shan's shoulder.
The splashing venom was indeed a bit frightening, and Bomb Cat was a little scared. If he were to get hit by it, he might turn into a dead cat.
With the Poison Giant clearing the way, the demon seeds ahead became vulnerable.
Although the ability of the Poison-Poison Fruit to drain life took some time, the demon seeds that were hit by the venom did not die immediately.
However, the demon seeds would become weak due to the draining of their life force, and even if they didn't die immediately, they would lose their combat ability and fall to the ground.
After about fifteen minutes, the Poison Giant shattered, turning into large amounts of venom that splattered outwards, becoming a terrifying poison rain that swept the surroundings.
Dun Shan raised his shield, blocking it over Bomb Cat's head to protect him from harm.
As for Bai Ye, this was his own ability, so he naturally wasn't afraid.
When the Poison Giant shattered and dispersed into poisonous rain, Bai Ye and the other two finally managed to break through the demon seed horde.
Bai Ye looked at Bomb Cat and said, "Where do we go next?"
"Keep going forward," Bomb Cat said. "About seven or eight li away from the Great Wall, there's a small village."
Bai Ye asked, "Is there something wrong with that village?"
Bomb Cat replied, "Of course, there's something wrong with that village. Don't you think about what's outside the Great Wall? How can there be a normal village? It's a bandit village!"
Bai Ye queried, "A village built by bandits? Aren't they as elusive as the wind and hard to track?"
The so-called bandits were essentially vagrants who roamed everywhere, with almost no fixed dwellings. All the areas outside the Great Wall were their activity zones. Their way of life was to prey on merchant caravans traveling between Chang'an City and the Yunzhong Desert.
Bomb Cat explained, "Bandits are indeed elusive, so that village is practically uninhabited. It serves as a stronghold for the bandits and a relay station for them to pass messages."
Bai Ye nodded and said, "But what does it have to do with the demon seeds? Even bandits would run from demon seeds, right?"
"Yes, but last night, there was unusual activity in that village, with a large number of bandits appearing. General Su Lie learned of this and dispatched a detachment of Great Wall guards to investigate, but they have not returned. Then, early this morning, a large number of demon seeds appeared on the wasteland, quickly gathered together, and attacked the Great Wall."
"Whether the two events are related is hard to say, but the large influx of bandits followed by the attack of demon seeds suggests something suspicious. Since Sister Mulan left the Great Wall to investigate the demon seed attack, she would naturally go to that bandit village first."
Bai Ye nodded and said, "Then let's go there too."
With the target set, there was nothing more to discuss, just to hurry on their way.
Seven or eight li was not far, nor was it particularly close. At Bai Ye's pace, he could cover it in less than an hour if he ran at full speed.
However, he had to consider Bomb Cat and Dun Shan.
Bomb Cat was doing alright. Bai Ye estimated Bomb Cat's strength and figured his physical attributes were probably not as good as his own. His main ability was bombs, and the bombs in his hands were quite powerful with immense destructive capability.
But even if Bomb Cat's physical attributes were slightly inferior to Bai Ye's, he wouldn't be too much of a hindrance. The main issue was Dun Shan's slow movement speed.
As a mechanical puppet, Dun Shan's defense was extremely strong, as evidenced by him withstanding a hail of arrows without a scratch.
But Dun Shan was clearly a relatively heavy and cumbersome mechanical puppet, and his movement speed was noticeably not fast.
Bai Ye had to slow down his pace to accompany Bomb Cat and Dun Shan on their journey.
After an unknown amount of time, the bandit village that Bomb Cat had mentioned finally appeared before the three of them.
Bai Ye took a look and frowned, "That village doesn't seem right. It looks like it's been through a battle."