I Already Know the Location

The targets: all Dead Servants within the domain.

At his command, any Dead Servant that entered the domain was immediately stripped of three of its five senses.

The Dead Servants fell into chaos, launching indiscriminate attacks. They couldn't tell where their prey was or which direction to go.

"I don't know how they find their enemies, but all I have to do is block their sight, hearing, and smell. Now they're sitting ducks, and we can attack."

Lu Mingfei explained to Chu Zihang and the others.

Watching the chaotic horde of Dead Servants, Chu Zihang found it hard to believe. He had never heard of a Spirit Word like this.

Once he had calmed down, Chu Zihang said to Lu Mingfei and Zero, "We'll have a round of reinforcements in half an hour. We just need to hold out until then."

"Maybe we won't need half an hour. Besides, I only blocked three of their senses to make them easier to kill."

Lu Mingfei's mouth curled into a murderous grin.

"Anyone who dares draw a blade against me, human or otherwise, will die."

With that, Lu Mingfei walked toward the chaotic horde of Dead Servants.

Chu Zihang froze for a moment, then followed.

Zero's expression remained unreadable beneath her full-body combat suit. She followed Lu Mingfei as well.

The Dead Servants within the domain were in complete disarray. Some even fought each other without a target, but their sheer numbers still drove them toward the center of the camp.

Lu Mingfei stepped into the horde and casually swung his blade. The Dead Servants' bones snapped beneath its edge. Every one he encountered fell to a single strike.

The school had always taught that Dead Servants were difficult to deal with, especially in groups.

But watching Lu Mingfei swing his blade, Chu Zihang thought they were exceptionally easy to kill.

His arm tensed as Murasame cut through a Dead Servant's throat, separating its head from its body in an instant.

Feeling his arm go slightly numb, Chu Zihang let his Golden Pupils flare again. Let this be a trial before my revenge.

Zero was efficiently slaughtering Dead Servants, too. Like a ballerina, she danced through the horde on the edges of blades. Their chaotic snapping and lunging couldn't touch a hair on her head.

"What a reliable pair of teammates."

Lu Mingfei watched the two of them fight from the corner of his eye.

Suddenly, Lu Mingfei spun around. His long blade swept through flesh, clearing all the Dead Servants in a circle around him.

After that, he only cleared away the Dead Servants around himself, easing the pressure on the other two as well.

He seemed to be waiting for something.

Chu Zihang panted softly. He had been chopping for a full ten minutes, and his arm had gone numb.

Meanwhile, Lu Mingfei and the mysterious girl kept swinging their weapons like machines that never tired.

I really am too weak. If I survive this, I'll have to train harder when I get back.

"Damn it, how can my precious darlings be so fragile?" Bai Yan gritted his teeth from a tree in the distance.

His organization had spent so long carefully raising these test subjects. How could three measly Half-Bloods hold them off? He refused to believe it!

Bai Yan blew his whistle again, sending out another eerie note.

He could see that the Dead Servants around the three Half-Bloods weren't following his orders at all. What had gone wrong?

"What a fool."

Lying low in the woods, Jiu De Mai heard the whistle and quietly mocked the idiot.

Jiu De Mai had figured out Little White Rabbit's intentions. There were simply too many Dead Servants, though. She wondered how Little White Rabbit planned to handle them.

"Found you."

The moment Bai Yan blew his whistle again, Lu Mingfei knew where he was.

"Senior Brother Chu, and you too, young lady—get farther away from me. I'll take care of the rest," Lu Mingfei said.

After fighting alongside him, Chu Zihang trusted Lu Mingfei completely. If Lu Mingfei told him to get away, then he would trust him without question.

Chu Zihang dashed out at once and ran toward the barrier. Zero ran out without hesitation as well, seeming to trust Lu Mingfei completely.

Lu Mingfei stood amid the Dead Servants. They had probably killed about a fifth of them so far.

They had been able to do it so easily because the Dead Servants couldn't sense the trajectory of their attacks.

Now he would give them a proper taste of what he could do.

At that moment, Lu Mingfei stopped holding himself back. His Spiritual Power surged as he released his Spiritual Pressure.

Heavy.

Oppressive.

The Dead Servants around him were forced to hunch over and kneel.

Lu Mingfei gripped his Zanpakuto in his right hand. Reishi formed a black pillar of light around him.

"What is that?" Jiu De Mai cried out.

She stared at the black torrent shooting into the sky in the distance, feeling wave after wave of oppression.

"My goodness, is this a special-effects movie set?" Su Enxi stared in shock at the image on the remote computer monitor.

High-density Reishi coiled around the black blade of the Zanpakuto. Spiritual Pressure gathered over the Reishi and compressed it.

Black mist rose from Lu Mingfei's Zanpakuto. It caught fire, then became liquid and wrapped around the blade.

Lu Mingfei swung his blade horizontally. A black slash swept across the entire area.

Every kneeling Dead Servant instantly vaporized. Flesh and bone alike were evaporated by his Spiritual Power and vanished into nothing.

Lu Mingfei carefully controlled the force, making sure the slash didn't reach beyond the horde.

"How is this possible? How is this possible? How could a Half-Blood possess such power? Even a noble Second Generation Species wouldn't be any stronger!"

Bai Yan frantically scratched at his scalp. Everything that had happened today was challenging everything he thought he knew!

"The experiment has failed. There's an extremely powerful Half-Blood here. We can't stay any longer! I'll head back, and we'll leave immediately!" Bai Yan reported over the intercom.

He raised his binoculars again and looked toward Lu Mingfei.

He saw Lu Mingfei staring coldly at him.

Lu Mingfei made a throat-slitting gesture.

He saw me!

No, I have to get out of here. Back to the base, now! There are stronger test subjects there. Maybe they can hold him off.

Bai Yan tumbled out of the tree in fright and began to flee in a panic.

Watching the direction he ran, Lu Mingfei used Flash Step to appear beside Chu Zihang and Zero. "I'll leave the people inside the barrier to you. I'm going to check out the controller."

"Lu Mingfei!" came an anxious voice.

Lu Mingfei turned and saw Su Xiaoqiang inside the barrier.

"You have to come back safely!" Su Xiaoqiang looked him in the eyes.

"I promise." Lu Mingfei gave Su Xiaoqiang a small nod.

Nearby, when Chen Wenwen heard the words "I promise," she suddenly felt a little hollow inside.

"He's already run a long way. Can you find him?" Chu Zihang asked.

"I've memorized his scent," Lu Mingfei replied.

Then Lu Mingfei drew a symbol on the ground and chanted:

"Heart of the south, eye of the north, fingertip of the west, toe of the east, gather with the wind, disperse with the rain."

"Binding Way 58: Grab Toe Sparrow Tracker!"

"I already know the location." Lu Mingfei used Flash Step to leave.