The White Fiend's hands, like hooks, tightly gripped the Black Fiend's throat. The Black Fiend let out a strange cry and opened its big mouth, biting down hard on the White Fiend's head. It then shook its head from side to side. The White Fiend also opened its mouth to bite back. In an instant, the Black and White Fiends were rolling around together.
The two zombies were tumbling and tearing at each other. Just a moment ago, they were joining forces to attack the Corpse Mastiff together, but now they were locked in a fierce and deadly battle.
The Corpse Mastiff stood by, glaring at them, seemingly also astonished as to why these two zombies had started fighting among themselves.
Tang Zhen whispered, "Let's get out of here quickly."
The five of them moved along the wall, step by step, making their way out of the corridor. When they reached the entrance of the corridor and could no longer see the Black and White Fiends, everyone finally let out a sigh of relief.
Tang Zhen gave a low whistle, and a black figure darted over like lightning.
A pair of bright green eyes looked at everyone. It was the Corpse Mastiff.
Wang Baitong frowned and said, "Fourth Brother, what if those two big zombies figure things out and stop fighting and become friends again? What are we going to do then?"
Tang Zhen laughed and said, "Fifth Brother, you don't need to worry about that. Once Third Brother uses the Soul Transferring Great Art, the two fighting parties will fight to the death. There's no way they'll become friends again." Then he turned to Feng Zhen and said, "Big Brother, let's get out of here now. I reckon my father-in-law must be getting impatient waiting for us. What do you all think?"
Wang Baitong said, "What about those two coffins in the underground cave? It would be such a pity to leave behind that Heavenly Gang Wood coffin and the jade coffin."
Tang Zhen said, "They won't get away. We'll come back another day. When those two zombies have almost finished fighting, we'll come back to get the jade coffin."
Feng Zhen nodded and said, "Fourth Brother is right. Let's get out first."
The five of them walked out of the corridor and climbed up the stairs of the Corpse Tower floor by floor. Just as they reached the seventh floor of the tower, they heard a heart-wrenching cry coming from the hole on the top of the tower.
Everyone was startled. They didn't know what had happened up there. Tang Zhen listened carefully. It seemed to be the cry of a woman. His heart skipped a beat. Could something have happened to Yan Yin? He quickly scrambled out on all fours. The other four people and the Corpse Mastiff followed closely behind and climbed out of the hole one after another.
By then, it was already late afternoon. The setting sun was painting a beautiful picture in the sky, with colorful clouds filling the heavens.
Yan Tieshan and Wang Baitong worked together to lift a big stone and placed it on top of the hole.
Wang Baitong spat heavily and said, "Damn zombies. If we can't beat you to death, we'll crush you to death."
Tang Zhen followed the sound of the crying. When he walked outside the door, a tragic and terrifying scene came into view, and immediately, his blood boiled in his chest. He saw a pool of blood at the entrance, Old Yan lying on his back on the ground, with a steel knife slanting into his chest and abdomen, right at a vital spot. It was clear that Old Yan was already dead. Yan Yin, with her hair disheveled, was throwing herself on Old Yan, crying her heart out. Aunt A Si was standing by, whispering words of comfort.
Several villagers were standing at a distance, too scared by the bloody scene to dare to come forward.
Tang Zhen quickly walked forward and put his hands on Yan Yin's shoulders, trembling as he asked, "Yan Yin, what happened? What's going on here?"
When Yan Yin saw Tang Zhen, she was so excited that she immediately fanned and passed out.
Tang Zhen quickly pinched the philtrum of her upper lip. After a while, Yan Yin slowly regained consciousness. As soon as she woke up, she let out a wail and started crying again. She sobbed and said, "After you all left, Father and I prepared the meal upstairs and waited for a long time, but you didn't come out. When it was already past noon, Father and I, with the baby in my arms, came to the entrance of the hole and called out for you to come out and eat. After calling for a long time, suddenly a tall and thin Taoist priest darted out from the hole, snatched our baby away, turned around and ran outside. Father went to get the baby back and was slashed in the chest by the Taoist priest with a knife and died instantly. Our baby, the baby was snatched away by that evil Taoist priest." Before she could finish speaking, she let out another wail and started crying again.
Tang Zhen gnashed his teeth and said, "It's that Iron Leg again."
The other four members of the Five Heroes of Southern Sichuan were also boiling with rage when they heard this. Wang Baitong shouted loudly, "Brothers, I'll go after Iron Leg first. Damn it! Don't let him get away." The horses they had ridden when they came yesterday were still tied to the trees by the wall. Wang Baitong leaped over, untied the reins, and rode off down the mountain at full speed.
The horse's hooves were like the wind, and in the blink of an eye, he was out of sight.
Feng Zhen said, "This Fifth Brother has such a hot temper. He just takes off without even discussing it. If he meets Iron Leg by himself and gets hurt by Iron Leg, it'll be more than we bargained for."
Cui Zheng suddenly said, "Fifth Brother will be okay."
Feng Zhen asked, "Why?"
Cui Zheng said, "I poisoned Iron Leg with the Corpse Rotting Turtle."
Feng Zhen's eyes lit up. "The Corpse Rotting Turtle? Is it the Corpse Rotting Turtle, one of the Ten Great Spiritual Creatures of the Maoshan School?"
Cui Zheng nodded.
Feng Zhen said, "That makes me feel better. I heard that the Corpse Rotting Turtle is extremely poisonous. The poisoned person will gradually rot from the wound, and the corpse poison will spread up the bloodstream. The faster one runs, the faster the blood circulates, and the quicker the poison takes effect. In the end, the person won't even be able to speak. If Iron Leg is poisoned by the Corpse Rotting Turtle, he won't survive for more than ten days or half a month."
Yan Tieshan said, "Fourth Brother, you first take care of Fourth Sister-in-law. Big Brother, Third Brother and I will go after Iron Leg first to get our nephew back."
Tang Zhen's eyes were slightly red. He clasped his hands together and bowed to the ground, saying, "Thank you so much, brothers. I'll come right after I finish dealing with things here."
Feng Zhen, Yan Tieshan, and Cui Zheng leaped onto their horses and galloped away.