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All of their hands and feet were facing the wrong way but that did little to hinder their overall movement. Their digits ended in sharp, twisted shapes that resembled serrated hooks, easily piercing into every object in their path.
They jumped left and right onto the walls and uneven surfaces like some kind of horrendously mutated grasshoppers and sprinted towards him with a speed that should not have been possible by ordinary mortals, let alone dead ones.
Before Hao Xuan could even think what to do they were already on him. He managed to raise the glaive just in time to block the first creature that fell on him.
It weighed several tons and even for someone of Hao Xuan's caliber, it wasn't easy to block. He staggered and fell on his back, splashing mud everywhere.
"RAAGH!" it snarled at him with that hideous mouth, smearing his face with saliva that left a tingling sensation on his skin.