Inner Eye

The streets descended into chaos. Countless civilians convulsed as their heads burst, then twitched and transformed into mushroom people with blossoms sprouting from their skulls. Blood and fungal threads sprayed everywhere.

In less than a few breaths, Xia Lun saw at least dozens of civilians collapse beneath the drum tower.

"Resisting in secret?" he muttered. "This looks like open conflict to me."

Xuan Yan clutched her head and did not answer at once. After a moment, she murmured, "Lord Bai and the Man in the Flesh really haven't clashed openly before. Are my memories scrambled, or has something gone wrong?"

"Then how do we contact Lord Bai?" Xia Lun asked, still watching the street.

By now, the street was in complete chaos.

Zombies infested with red mushrooms staggered to their feet. Grotesque as they looked, they attacked no one. They shambled into the distance as though something were calling them.

"Don't let them leave!" a Mind Fasting Sect preacher shouted from the street. "Master Danyang and Xuan Yan could be hiding among them!"

Before he finished speaking, he swung his flail at a mushroom zombie's head. With a bang, the iron ball smashed its blossoming mushroom head apart like a water balloon.

Bang!

A mist of blood and fungal threads spread through the air. The next moment, every revived mushroom zombie stopped in unison and turned toward the Mind Fasting Sect preacher.

Then they all lunged at him!

The other Mind Fasting Sect followers marching down the street joined the fight.

A melee erupted in an instant. Murmured chants mingled with the dull crack of breaking bones, the hum of blades cutting through air, and the patter of dripping blood. Screams, groans, and pleas for mercy rang out without end.

Armed civilians soon joined in. Severely addicted to Yin Longevity