"Aaah..."

At the moment the energy fruit ripened, the third-grade evil zombie roared ecstatically, its sharp claws wildly flailing.

Rolling waves of evil energy burst forth, and it even risked injury to push its power instantly to the limit.

In a desperate act, while waving off Xiao Mu and others, the third-grade evil zombie recklessly charged towards the energy fruit.

It intended to seize the opportunity to snatch the energy fruit, devour it to gain power, and then to kill Xiao Mu.

"Emperor's Seal, block it!"

Xiao Mu bellowed, pointed his Peach Wood Sword, and the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor fell, rotating in its path, blocking the third-grade evil zombie's way.

"Aaah!"

The third-grade evil zombie, blocked in its path, instantly went berserk and lashed out at Xiao Mu with its claws.

Under the obstruction of the Heavenly Emperor's Seal, it could not go forward.

This Emperor's Seal was too domineering, too assertive, and even the slightest touch would cause injury, even if it didn't possess any attack power, the Emperor's Might condensed upon it deterred any creature from touching it recklessly.

Even if it was a third-grade evil zombie, it didn't dare touch the Emperor's Seal without being scorched by the Emperor's Might.

A cold sneer appeared on Xiao Mu's face as he gently waved his Peach Wood Sword.

Ka-la!

Weak thunder was released, once again blocking the sharp claws of the third-grade evil zombie.

Phew!

The Ghost Servant made a timely strike, forcing the third-grade evil zombie to defend itself and again restraining it.

Everyone once again surrounded the third-grade evil zombie and resumed their battle.

More wounds appeared; the third-grade evil zombie kept getting hurt.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

The sound of breaking air came, accompanied by footsteps from outside of the mountain cave, rushing towards the cave at a crazy speed.

The speed was astonishing. From such speed, everyone could easily surmise that this was definitely an evil zombie rushing over.

Luckily, compared to the speed of the third-grade evil zombie, the rushing evil zombie seemed much slower. Unless unexpected situations occurred, it should only be a second-grade evil zombie.

In spite of this, except Xiao Mu, the faces of both Wang Tong and Zhao Yan turned pale.

"Aaah..."

The third-grade evil zombie heard the footsteps from outside the mountain cave and immediately roared with excitement.

From outside the mountain cave, a similar howl echoed.

The evil zombie outside promptly responded as soon as it heard the howl of the third-grade evil zombie within the cave.

Although they didn't know what the two evil zombies were howling about, Xiao Mu and others were clear. These two evil zombies are definitely communicating in corpse language.

Seeing the twisted ecstasy on the ugly face of the third-grade evil zombie, it was obvious that the two evil zombies had reached some sort of an agreement.

Third-grade evil zombie, second-grade evil zombie, first-grade evil zombie, and perhaps fourth-grade evil zombie, every advancement in level significantly increases their strength.

However, since they were all evil zombies, in a sense, they were actually equal.

Just like Blood Demons, a first-grade evil zombie usually wouldn't attach itself to a fourth-grade evil zombie.

Of course, this only is usually the case. There are exceptions for those with special status like Prince Gu.

As a result, evil zombies did not usually cooperate with each other; they acted on their own.

But this does not mean that they would never cooperate. Under the influence of interests, when facing humans, they would immediately cooperate to resist humans.

"Whoosh!"

With a swoosh, a second-grade evil zombie instantly appeared at the entrance of the mountain cave.

"Aaah..."

Using corpse language, the third-grade evil zombie roared again, seeming to say something to the second-grade evil zombie.

This resulted in the second-grade evil zombie increasing its speed to snatch the ripe energy fruit on the stone coffin as soon as it appeared, instead of coming to the rescue of the third-grade evil zombie.

"Quick! Stop it!"

Zhao Yan immediately guessed the intentions of these two evil zombies.

The third-level evil zombie must have commanded the second-level one to devour the energy fruit.

Once it devoured the energy fruit, the power of the second-level evil zombie could be instantly boosted. Even if it couldn't reach the third level, its power would surely be terrifying.

Once the second-level evil zombie, having devoured the energy fruit, and the third-level evil zombie joined forces, it would be even harder to deal with.

"Stay calm!"

Xiao Mu's soothing words, infused with an odd enchantment, put Zhao Yan immediately at ease.

"Array rise, mirror out!"

With a wave of his peach wood sword, Xiao Mu again pushed out with his palm.

The spiritual array deployed around the stone coffin appeared on the spot, with the Qingming Mirror hanging high in the middle over the array.

The murky light emitted from the mirror instantly immobilized the second-level evil zombie.

"Aoo…"

The second-level evil zombie was shocked. The confinement of the murky light stunned it.

It was just a second-level evil zombie, comparable in strength to the Blue Blood Demon. Under the confinement of the Qingming Mirror, its speed instantly fell to a snail's pace.

"Slay!"

Seizing the opportunity, the Ghost Servant riding in the Yin Wind Carriage rushed to the front of the second-level evil zombie, raising his blade overhead to strike it down.

"Aoo…"

The second-level evil zombie issued a desperate howl. The Ghost Servant's action had made it feel the imminent threat of death.

"Aoo…"

The third-level evil zombie roared in response. As the second-level evil zombie sensed the danger of death, it too felt the crisis. It knew that if the Ghost Servant's scheme succeeded, it would lose its powerful assistant, and Xiao Mu and his team would eventually kill it.

In its frenzy, the third-level evil zombie erupted even more powerful evil energy from its body even as its horns broke.

The bloody eyes burst open, and a terrifying black and red flame, several inches long, shot out from the eyeballs.

This was a sign that the evil zombie was pushing its own strength to the limit.

The evil aura that surged around its body instantly condensed into a pillar and rushed toward the Ghost Servant.

It was desperately trying to save the second-level evil zombie.

"Hehe!"

The Ghost Servant let out a strange noise from its throat. Piloting the Yin Wind Carriage, it easily dodged the evil aura column launched by the third-level evil zombie at the cost of injuring itself.

But at the same time, the second-level evil zombie was successfully rescued and hurriedly retreated, escaping from the range of the spiritual array.

As soon as it escaped from the spiritual array, the second-level evil zombie's movements returned to normal. Despite this, it dared not approach the stone coffin or the energy fruit again.

The Qingming Mirror hanging over the stone coffin and the golden light wall around the coffin gave off an inexplicable deterrent, temporarily restraining this second-tier evil zombie.

"Aoo…"

The third-level evil zombie howled again the instant it saved the second-level one, communicating something in its corpse language.

The actions of the second-level evil zombie, the appearance of the Qingming Mirror, and the formation of the spiritual array had led it to a new discovery.

Even though the wisdom of an evil zombie was considerably lower compared to an evil ghost, to the point that they couldn't even mimic human speech, their wisdom continued to grow with their increasing power.

This third-level evil zombie quickly identified, based on the situation, that the key to paralyzing itself was not the spiritual array, but the Qingming Mirror serving as the formation's eye.

Destroying the Qingming Mirror would instantly restore its normal speed.

Once it regained its speed, it would effortlessly respond to the onslaught from Xiao Mu and his team with its significantly enhanced power. Along with the second-level evil zombie, they might even succeed in killing Xiao Mu and his team.

Ecstatic, it quickly informed the second-level evil zombie.

"Aoo…"

The second-level evil zombie, upon receiving the news, was also ecstatic. Twisting its neck, it malevolently stared at the Qingming Mirror that held the third-level evil zombie.

The Qingming Mirror was placed at the edge of the spiritual array, directly facing the cave entrance to absorb the sunlight better.

The second-level evil zombie was very close to the mirror after rushing to the stone coffin.

As soon as it spotted the mirror, the second-level evil zombie lunged toward it.

It intended to destroy the Qingming Mirror, fully liberating the third-level evil zombie.

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