Talent Spell

Having successfully refined the Main Soul Warrior, Lu Yan's gaze swept over the dozens of remaining Zombie Wandering Souls on the first floor. With a flick of the Soul Banner in his hand, the ghostly mist rolled back, directly engulfing the surrounding Zombie Wandering Souls.

The sixth Vengeful Soul, which had already taken initial shape within the Soul Banner, rapidly solidified its soul body. Another Vengeful Soul pattern was added to the banner's surface.

Another Vengeful Soul emerged from the ghostly mist, appearing on the first floor.

Six Vengeful Souls at Qi Refining Layer 1 and one Main Soul at Qi Refining Layer 4 – this lineup was already quite formidable, far surpassing Lu Yan's situation when he first arrived in the Apocalypse Version.

This was only after clearing the first building in the residential area, and there were a total of twenty such buildings in the entire area.

Similar residential areas were spread throughout the city. A rough estimate suggested that the number of zombies in the entire city likely exceeded a million.

Even though Zombie Wandering Souls lacked the Heaven and Earth souls and were far inferior in quality to ordinary people, such a massive number was enough to compensate for everything!

"However, such a vast number will inevitably give rise to more powerful Transcendent Zombies.

When hunting zombies, I must always be cautious and not let my guard down."

With this thought, Lu Yan glanced at the sky outside. It was still early, leaving enough time to clear another building.

Taking this opportunity, Lu Yan could also search for a suitable place to stay.

Lu Yan left the building covered in bones and walked towards the adjacent building. The words "Building 13" were faintly visible on the exterior of the already dilapidated wall.

Leaving the dark and old building, the warm sunlight outside shone down, causing the chilling aura around Lu Yan to slightly recede.

Lu Yan raised his head and looked at the warm sun in the sky.

In this apocalypse where the spiritual energy concentration was ten times higher than in the Urban Version, Lu Yan vaguely sensed that the sun in the sky seemed to have changed as well.

The sun's radiance contained a hint of spiritual energy, which had already surpassed the concentration of the surrounding environment.

Sunlight was originally the bane of Yin souls. Zombies lacking the Heaven and Earth souls, if exposed to sunlight containing spiritual energy for a long time, were very likely to have their souls dissipate. This was why most zombies hid inside buildings to avoid the sun.

If ordinary people were exposed to sunlight for a long time, with sufficient spiritual energy replenishment, it would be enough to stimulate some special potential.

"Ten times the spiritual energy of the Urban Version, and peculiar sunlight. Perhaps a transcendent system has already emerged among the survivors in the Apocalypse Version?"

A look of surprise appeared in Lu Yan's eyes, but he had no interest in interacting with humans at the moment.

Although this Apocalypse Version hid dangers, it was clear that these ordinary zombies were an opportunity for Lu Yan. All he could do was improve his strength as much as possible in the Apocalypse Version to cope with the subsequent version updates.

After leaving the Apocalypse Version, where else could he find a good place to refine the Soul Banner without fearing pursuit from righteous cultivators?

With a flick of the Soul Banner in his hand, the ghostly mist spread out in the sunlight towards the nearest building. The Warrior, leading the six Vengeful Souls, quickly broke into Building 13.

"Boom!"

A violent collision sound erupted. Lu Yan could see that under the Warrior's leadership, the six Vengeful Souls abandoned their previous eerie and sinister methods and charged into the zombie horde like reckless brutes.

Unlike other Vengeful Souls that attacked by ignoring physical properties with their soul bodies, the Warrior directly manifested a soul body condensed from ghostly mist and clashed head-on with the zombies.

With a single punch, a zombie covered in rotting flesh exploded, rotten blood and flesh splattering everywhere, and its incomplete soul vanished along with the collapse of its physical body.

And the zombies' claws landing on the Warrior's body couldn't even leave a single scratch.

Just then, a threatening howl echoed in the corridor.

A Zombie Dog, about two meters long and shaped like a wolfdog, with not a single bit of fur on its body, emerged from the zombie horde.

Lu Yan noticed that the Zombie Dog's aura was only at the early stage of Qi Refining, far inferior to that of the Warrior.

But low growls emanated from the Zombie Dog's mouth, as if threatening the Warrior to retreat. However, this action only provoked the Warrior's ferocity.

A savage grin appeared on the Warrior's green-faced, fanged countenance. The Warrior charged towards the Zombie Dog like a cannonball, shattering several zombies in its path. Amidst the flying flesh and blood, the humanoid beast clawed at the Zombie Dog's head.

Facing the imminent threat, the Zombie Dog did not choose to dodge but opened its large mouth filled with fangs, attempting to trade injuries.

Just then, a black light flashed from the Warrior's body, and armor forged like black iron appeared on its physique.

Talent Spell: Ghost Armor Art!

Accompanied by the clang of metal, the armor formed by the Ghost Armor Art blocked the Zombie Dog's sharp fangs.

Only then did the Zombie Dog realize the danger and try to dodge and escape, but it was too late.

A heavy punch landed with a crash, smashing more than half of the Zombie Dog's head. Amidst the splashing blood, the Warrior was about to raise its fist again, but a cold reprimand stopped its movement.

"Stop!"

The Warrior instinctively trembled and withdrew its fist, allowing the Zombie Dog, missing half its head, to lie on the ground, twitching continuously.

Only then did the six Vengeful Souls arrive late. Several ghostly claws reached into the Zombie Dog's body, extracting its defenseless soul.

Afterward, the Vengeful Souls continued to join the slaughter of ordinary zombies, leaving only the Warrior standing in place, trembling, like a primary school student waiting for a teacher's scolding.

At the entrance of Building 13, Lu Yan looked at the Warrior's appearance and couldn't help but feel a headache.

The strength displayed by the Warrior was indeed worthy of the Main Soul status of the Soul Banner. The metallic transcendent ability on the zombie's body, after being refined into a Main Soul, also transformed into the Ghost Armor Art, its own Talent Spell.

When the Main Soul Warrior uses the Ghost Armor Art, it can clad itself and the soul bodies of its subordinate Vengeful Souls in armor, enhancing their soul body defense. It is a very practical spell.

There was only one point that Lu Yan was dissatisfied with, and that was that the Warrior Main Soul did not resemble a ghost at all, but rather a guardian deity or a Yellow Turban Warrior from the Daoist sect.

If it were in the Xianxia Version, the Warrior's powerful close combat ability could be considered an advantage. The Ghost Armor Art compensates for the lack of defense and has a restraining effect on some cultivators who focus on spell cultivation.

However, in this Apocalypse Version, Lu Yan hunts zombies to collect Wandering Souls to refine the Soul Banner. The Warrior goes up close and directly smashes the zombies to pieces with a punch, making it impossible to extract complete Wandering Souls.

Every time the Warrior kills a zombie, it means the loss of a sacrificed Wandering Soul. This is precisely where Lu Yan's headache lies.

If he hadn't stopped it in time, the Zombie Dog's soul would probably have been smashed along with its physical body by the Warrior.

Inside Building 13, ghostly figures flickered. A large number of zombies gathered on one floor were slaughtered by the Vengeful Souls. Even the other floors within the Soul Banner's control range were not spared by the Vengeful Souls.

A total of over two hundred Wandering Souls were sent to the first-floor hall. More than half of Building 13 was cleared, at a speed far exceeding before.

The biggest key point in this was that the Transcendent Zombie in Building 13 was quickly killed by the Warrior, resulting in no other force being able to stop the Vengeful Souls' slaughter.

Ghost mist permeated, and all the Wandering Souls were refined.

The number of Wandering Souls this time was too large. It took Lu Yan nearly an hour to complete the refinement, and two more Vengeful Souls were added to the Soul Banner.

Looking at the one Main Soul and eight Vengeful Souls within the Soul Banner, Lu Yan had a faint realization in his heart.

"It's not far from the Soul Banner being promoted to a Mid-Grade Magical Artifact!"