White-haired Zombie

Roar! Roar! Roar!!!

Late at night.

Low, guttural roars echoed through the pitch-black night. Corpse ghouls, corpse monsters, and zombies sleeping in blood pools were awakened one after another.

The Ye family residence, Kaiyuan Tower, the Myriad Flowers House, Liuying Market...

Nine locations in total.

They were scattered across nine different streets in the outer city.

At this moment.

Corpse ghouls, corpse monsters, and zombies poured out from those nine locations, using them as their sources as they spread outward in every direction.

"Ah!!!"

"Help! Help!!!"

"Zombies! There are zombies!"

"Monsters!"

"..."

The outer city's residents let out shrill screams. The sudden upheaval caught everyone off guard. Those still asleep were frightened pale, while even more were bitten to death alive by the corpse ghouls, corpse monsters, and zombies.

"What?!"

"Gasp..."

"How could this be? How could there be so many zombies?!"

"!!!"

The constables patrolling for the yamen and the Patrol Team members all stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with horror and utter disbelief.

"Kill!!!"

"Save them!!"

"Fuck!"

"..."

Battle erupted in an instant.

The scene shifted.

Hongye Street.

"What?"

Xu Qing was naturally jolted awake. He swiftly climbed out of bed and, with a sweep of his right hand, grabbed the iron sword beside it.

"What happened?"

Xu Qing rushed out of the room, leaped onto the roof, and used the fairly bright moonlight to survey his surroundings. One tragedy after another entered his sight.

Corpse ghouls, corpse monsters, zombies.

There were many of them.

Far too many.

After observing carefully.

Xu Qing discovered that these monsters had all emerged from the Thousand Treasures Pavilion on Hongye Street, which was one of the Ye family's businesses there.

"Bold indeed."

Xu Qing's expression darkened. "The person behind this truly has the gall to defy the heavens, daring to stir up such chaos, like a Night of a Hundred Ghosts."

"And."

"They made such an enormous commotion. Could those sitting high above truly have noticed nothing at all? No! That's not right! When I asked Master before, he gave me a warning. That means they had noticed long ago. But why did it still develop into this?"

Roar! Roar! Roar!!!

At that moment.

As Xu Qing pondered, he heard low, guttural roars.

"Help! Help!!!"

"..."

At the same time.

There were cries for help.

"Ghost Mask."

Buzz!

With a thought, Xu Qing gently pressed his left hand against the Ghost Mask on his face. An icy aura spread out from within the mask and rapidly coursed through his entire body.

In an instant.

Xu Qing's appearance completely changed. He became a middle-aged man standing six feet tall, with a square face and an exceedingly fierce aura.

"Good."

Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction. Turning over in a leap, he jumped down from the roof, landed on the ground, and charged toward the source of the cries.

Sure enough.

Xu Qing saw three corpse ghouls. The people crying for help were neighbors not far away. There were five members in that household. The old woman had already been bitten to death by the corpse ghouls, while two corpse ghouls crouched on the ground and devoured her corpse.

The husband and wife were protecting their son and daughter as they fled.

And.

They were shouting desperately for help.

However.

The entire outer city of Qingbei Town was in complete chaos. The various gangs, martial arts schools, and others were all fighting corpse ghouls. The yamen constables and Patrol Team could not possibly handle it all.

Clang! Clang!

The next instant.

Under the night sky, a silver flash of lightning tore through the darkness as Xu Qing drew his sword. Swift as a thunderbolt, he effortlessly severed the corpse ghouls' heads.

Thud!

The headless corpses collapsed to the ground.

"!!!"

The husband and wife's eyes widened. They tightly shielded their son and daughter in their arms as they looked toward Xu Qing. All they could see was a burly back, a sword in his right hand with its tip angled toward the ground. He stood like an insurmountable mountain, inspiring awe and a profound sense of safety.

"Th... thank you, sir, for saving our lives!"

The husband and wife knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Mm."

Xu Qing did not turn back. He merely nodded lightly, took one step, and vanished from where he stood, cleanly killing the other two corpse ghouls as well.

"Find somewhere to hide. Don't run around anymore."

Xu Qing gave them a reminder.

"Yes, yes, yes."

The husband and wife nodded frantically.

Afterward.

Xu Qing leaped back onto the roof and departed at high speed. The husband and wife watched his retreating figure with reverence before quickly taking their wife and children into hiding.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!

At this moment, Xu Qing was playing the part of a peerless swordsman. With the Ghost Mask, unless someone possessed special methods or profound cultivation, it would be extremely difficult to see through its disguise.

Sword light spilled in every direction.

Xu Qing acted repeatedly as he made his way toward Spring Breeze Pavilion. Along the way, he slew several corpse ghouls and corpse monsters before arriving at Spring Breeze Pavilion.

"Mm?"

Xu Qing did not enter. Instead, he observed from outside for a while and found that Spring Breeze Pavilion had recruited quite a few thugs, so the corpse ghouls had yet to break in.

However.

There were many corpse ghouls—twelve in total. Five of them were enhanced corpse ghouls, and there was also one Black-haired Zombie. It was only a matter of time before they broke into Spring Breeze Pavilion.

Now.

Everyone inside Spring Breeze Pavilion had descended into chaos.

"What do we do? What do we do now?"

"Heavens!"

"How could there be so many monsters?"

"Where is Xu Qing? Where is Xu Qing? Wasn't he sent by Azure Hawk Martial Arts School to guard Spring Breeze Pavilion? Such a huge incident has happened, so why haven't we seen him?"

"Could he have run away?"

Lu Xiaoer, Sister Chunlan, Wang Dali, and the others spoke one after another.

"Stop them! Stop them! We have to stop them!!!"

Hu Gongquan shouted in terror.

Roar!!!

The next moment.

The Black-haired Zombie could no longer hold itself back. With a furious roar and scarlet eyes, it launched a charge directly at Spring Breeze Pavilion, shattering the thugs' defensive line in a single exchange.

"Courting death!"

Whoosh!

Xu Qing's gaze turned icy. He stepped forward and used the Serpent Evasion Technique. He was incredibly fast and agile, as flexible as a slithering serpent.

Clang! Clang! Clang!!!

Chilling sword light flashed.

Xu Qing had charged in. Before everyone's utterly astonished and shocked gazes, he severed the Black-haired Zombie's head with a single stroke.

Killed in one strike.

Previously, the Black-haired Zombie had still been able to endure several moves in Xu Qing's hands. But after Xu Qing reached peak Dark Force and mastered the Thirteen Sword Strikes of Life-Taking, the Black-haired Zombie could only be killed in one strike.

"Gasp..."

"So... so strong..."

"Who... who is he?"

"My heavens!"

"That's too incredible! That was a Black-haired Zombie, yet this man cut off its head with one sword strike. He killed it in a single strike."

"Terrifying!"

"Too strong!"

"..."

Inside Spring Breeze Pavilion.

Having witnessed Xu Qing's strength firsthand and watched him kill the Black-haired Zombie in one strike, everyone's faces were filled with shock and reverence.

"Die!!!"

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Xu Qing attacked repeatedly, sword light crisscrossing through the air. Under the moonlight, streams of sword light flashed like a woven net of blades, killing all twelve remaining corpse ghouls.

From start to finish.

Xu Qing took no more than two minutes.

"Too amazing."

"Thank you, Senior, for saving our lives."

"Senior! You're incredible!"

"..."

Everyone cheered jubilantly, overwhelmed with the relief of surviving a calamity. Just moments ago, they had thought they were going to die, to be eaten by those zombies.

"Mm."

Xu Qing glanced back at them with an indifferent gaze, then withdrew his eyes. Once he confirmed that nothing else was wrong at Spring Breeze Pavilion, he left again.

This time.

Xu Qing headed for the Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

At this moment.

Outside the Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

Xu Qing had just arrived when he spotted several familiar faces: yamen constable chief Xu Weiran, Zhao Jingyuan, and several other constables.

Among them.

There were five yamen constables and fifty Patrol Team members, all under constable chief Xu Weiran's command. They had sealed off the area around the Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

Besides that.

Xu Qing also saw a mysterious person dressed entirely in black, with a bronze token at their waist. His gaze narrowed slightly when he saw the two words 'Demon Extermination' engraved on the token.

"Could they be from the Demon Extermination Agency?"

Xu Qing thought.

Roar! Roar! Roar!!!

Roars and howls rang out.

It could be seen.

The Thousand Treasures Pavilion was the source of the disaster on Hongye Street. Corpse ghouls, corpse monsters, and Black-haired Zombies emerged one after another from within. There was even a White-haired Zombie, more terrifying than a Black-haired Zombie.

If.

A Black-haired Zombie could only be dealt with by a Dark Force martial artist, then a White-haired Zombie required a Transformative Force martial artist. White-haired Zombies were far stronger than Black-haired Zombies.

Upon closer observation.

There were fifty ordinary corpse ghouls, fifteen enhanced corpse ghouls, five Black-haired Zombies, and one White-haired Zombie. The battle had already begun.

Xu Weiran's side was at an obvious disadvantage.

"Ah!!!"

Suddenly.

A shrill, miserable scream rang out.

Splurt!

Blood sprayed through the air.

Xu Qing glanced over and could not help but freeze slightly. It was Wang Changye. Back when they had both been members of the Xin Patrol Team, Xu Qing had taken the Vice-Captain position that had originally belonged to Wang Changye.

And—

During the previous incident—

Wang Changye had been injured and had even lost an arm.

Today—

Wang Changye had been besieged by two enhanced corpse ghouls. With one arm missing, his strength had greatly diminished. Caught off guard for a moment, his throat had actually been bitten open.

Swish!

A flash of sword light.

Xu Qing struck without the slightest hesitation. His whole body was like a sharp sword as he plunged straight into the battlefield. With one slash, he severed the head of the enhanced corpse ghoul biting Wang Changye.

Another stroke beheaded it.

Splurt!

Foul-smelling black blood splattered across the ground.

"...Se... Senior..."

Wang Changye fell. His lips moved, but with his throat torn open, even his words came out unclearly. The vitality in his eyes had dimmed, and the light in them gradually went out.

He was already dead.