Mid-Grade Magic Item and Running Away

Lu Yan's mind trembled, and he immediately picked up the Soul Banner, summoning eight Vengeful Souls and controlling them to investigate the surrounding environment.

The Vengeful Souls concealed themselves within the walls, cautiously moving between the floors of Building Thirteen, secretly peering out beyond the Thirteenth Floor.

At night, a large number of zombies gathered to bathe in the moonlight, including Transcendent Zombies. Lu Yan dared not rashly send the Vengeful Souls out openly.

Through the Vengeful Souls' vision, Lu Yan clearly saw the scene outside the Thirteenth Floor.

In the uncleared buildings, over three thousand zombies surged out like a tide, quickly occupying more than half of the district.

Almost every building had a Transcendent Zombie, but most of them had only just reached the early-stage Qi Refining level, similar to the previous zombie dog. Only three Transcendent Zombies had reached the mid-stage Qi Refining level.

These Transcendent Zombies, in various forms, stood in front of the floors they occupied, enjoying the nourishment from the moonlight spiritual energy.

Ordinary zombies had not mastered transcendent power and could only passively receive the nourishment of the moonlight spiritual energy. Not only was their absorption random, but they could also barely utilize one-tenth of its effect.

Transcendent Zombies, possessing transcendent power, had already mastered some almost instinctive cultivation methods and were currently absorbing the rare moonlight spiritual energy.

"No leader-level zombies?"

Lu Yan's doubts deepened, and his actions became even more cautious.

Finally, after a search, Lu Yan saw on the roof of Building Seven a strange zombie with fleshy tentacles growing behind it, absorbing the moonlight spiritual energy.

As its mouth opened and closed, the moonlight spiritual energy, visible to the naked eye, was swallowed into its belly, and the fleshy tentacles behind it danced wildly.

"Peak Qi Refining!"

Lu Yan's expression changed drastically. The next moment, the strange zombie that was absorbing the moonlight spiritual energy turned its head and looked in the direction where the Vengeful Souls were located.

The Vengeful Souls quickly retreated into the wall to conceal themselves, not daring to continue peering.

The strange zombie withdrew its gaze with a look of confusion and continued to absorb the moonlight spiritual energy in large gulps.

Inside the room, Lu Yan's face was now full of solemnity.

Even in the cultivation version, peak Qi Refining could be considered quite good. Most of the high-level figures in the Bamboo Forest Market were also at this realm.

Lu Yan had once seen a peak Qi Refining market high-level figure control a flying sword, killing three mid-stage Qi Refining rogue cultivators with a single strike. The difference in strength was immeasurable.

This leader-level zombie was no longer at a level Lu Yan could contend with.

Even if the Soul Banner was about to be promoted to a Mid-Grade Magic Item, it was still far from being able to fight against it.

"There are a total of twenty buildings in the district. My clearing of two of them has already significantly reduced the number of zombies in the district, but Building Seven, where the leader-level zombie is located, is still some distance away from here.

These ordinary zombies can attract moonlight, which to some extent serves as a resource for Transcendent Zombies.

If I continue to hunt zombies in the district, the reduction in moonlight will inevitably attract the attention of the leader-level zombie. Once I am targeted, with my cultivation level, it will be impossible to escape!"

"Before nightfall tomorrow, I must leave this place!"

Having made up his mind, to prevent the leader-level zombie from detecting the peering, Lu Yan arranged for the Vengeful Souls to constantly monitor the movements around Building Seven.

Inside the room, Lu Yan used a Stealth Talisman and then entered cultivation again.

Moonlight spiritual energy was rare, and Lu Yan was not sure if there would be such moonlight spiritual energy every night. He had to seize this opportunity.

Cultivation continued until the next morning. As the sun slowly rose, Lu Yan stopped the operation of his cultivation technique.

Unlike the Transcendent Zombies who merely followed their instincts to absorb the essence of the moon and spiritual energy, the Red Lotus Karma Fire Sutra that Lu Yan cultivated allowed him to actively absorb spiritual energy and refine Mana, an efficiency far surpassing that of Transcendent Zombies.

After an entire night, Lu Yan could clearly feel a sense of clarity within his soul. As his soul gradually strengthened, his control over the Vengeful Souls and the main soul within the Soul Banner became even more effortless.

Furthermore, the ten times higher concentration of spiritual energy compared to the Urban Version, coupled with the assistance of the moon's spiritual energy, allowed Lu Yan's cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds. Based on his progress last night, he could reach the Second Layer Qi Refining in less than a week. This speed was already extremely fast.

Looking outside, as the sun rose, the zombies all returned to the buildings. Lu Yan noticed that zombies were gathering again inside Building Twelve and Building Thirteen, which had already been cleared. These were ordinary zombies who had returned to the buildings during the night and mistakenly entered the wrong places.

Taking out some food from his Storage Bag and quickly eating a few bites, Lu Yan picked up his Soul Banner and began today's hunt.

He had to move out of this district before nightfall today, but Lu Yan had already scouted the zombie distribution within the district. Leaving directly would be too much of a waste.

Therefore, Lu Yan decided to clear all the other areas before leaving, avoiding the leader-level zombies and the three Mid-Stage Qi Refinement Transcendent Zombies.

The Soul Banner unfurled, and eight Vengeful Souls passed through the floors, beginning today's zombie hunt.

Yesterday, when he first arrived in the Apocalypse Version, Lu Yan only had four Vengeful Souls in his Soul Banner. Today, with eight Vengeful Souls plus one main soul, the efficiency had more than doubled.

Approaching a building, the Warrior cooperated with the other Vengeful Souls to kill the early-stage Qi Refining Transcendent Zombies, followed by a one-sided slaughter by the Vengeful Souls.

The entire process wouldn't even exceed ten minutes. Nearly two hundred zombies in a building would be completely slaughtered. Most of the remaining time was spent in the process of refining the zombie Wandering Souls into the Soul Banner.

As time passed, the number of Vengeful Souls within the Soul Banner began to grow rapidly.

Nine, ten, eleven... He hunted from early morning until the afternoon.

When Lu Yan finished clearing the fifteenth building, the number of Vengeful Souls within the Soul Banner had reached twenty-seven.

As early as when the number of Vengeful Souls reached ten, the Soul Banner had already been promoted to a Mid-Grade Magic Item.

And now, if all twenty-seven Vengeful Souls within the Soul Banner were released, the area within a hundred meters would be filled with ghostly shadows. Ordinary early-stage Qi Refining Transcendent Zombies would be instantly torn apart by such a number of Vengeful Souls, and even those in the Mid-Stage Qi Refinement would find it difficult to withstand.

Controlling a Mid-Grade Soul Banner and so many Vengeful Souls was undoubtedly a huge burden on Lu Yan's current cultivation.

Under normal circumstances, he could only keep nine Vengeful Souls outside for his use.

His gaze turned towards the center of the district, where a few buildings remained uncleared, but they were too close to the leader-level zombies.

Although his strength had greatly increased at this moment, Lu Yan still didn't dare to risk provoking a peak Qi Refining leader-level zombie.

Lu Yan decisively turned around and walked towards a building outside the district that had no Transcendent Zombies, with nine Vengeful Souls clearing the way around him.

Night fell, and the fifteenth day had passed. The full moon in the sky was incomplete, and the moonlight it shed was significantly less than yesterday.

Large numbers of zombies emerged from the buildings again, and the Transcendent Zombies also returned to their respective territories.

In the Happiness District, the leader-level zombie Blood Beard arrived at the rooftop, preparing to begin absorbing the moon's spiritual energy.

For some reason, as soon as Blood Beard reached the top floor, he suddenly discovered that the moon's spiritual energy the zombies were absorbing today was less than half of what it usually was, less than a quarter of the normal amount.

Although Transcendent Zombies weren't very intelligent, they weren't fools. This situation enraged Blood Beard, and he tried to find the source of the problem.

But when Blood Beard looked around, he found that the Happiness District, which was usually packed with zombies, only had a scattered few hundred zombies today.

In those buildings, a large number of zombies had disappeared, leaving behind only piles of bones scattered everywhere.

An angry roar immediately echoed through the night sky!