"Captain, do you smell that urine?"
After several security guards helped him up, a pungent odor assaulted their senses.
Scanning the surroundings, they noticed the security captain's pants were soaked through, and the spot where he had collapsed was stained with an unknown yellow liquid.
The smell was akin to a chemical weapon!
"Captain, you..."
A man was about to speak up, but the security captain clamped a hand over his mouth.
If everyone knew he'd wet his pants out of fear of the Japanese phantoms, it would be a complete embarrassment.
The security captain whispered, "Hush, if you dare speak again, I'll have you shot tomorrow!"
Under the captain's menacing gaze, the man reluctantly closed his mouth tightly.
"What smell? I don't smell anything. It might be the smell of decaying corpses. We should head back to the police station quickly."
Just as they were about to leave, the Zombie King, Xuan Kui, suddenly appeared behind the security captain.
"Captain, behind you, there's a zombie behind you!"
"You're talking nonsense. Stop being so jumpy. Those Japanese bandits were already dealt with by the Daoist master."
The security captain did not look behind him but continued walking down the mountain.
The other team members following behind, upon seeing the zombie appear, immediately fled backward.
As Zombie King Xuan Kui was about to fly behind the security captain, he was repelled by Mao Xiaofang's Taiqing whisk.
"T-there really is a zombie!"
Hearing screams from behind, the security captain turned to look.
He saw Zombie King Xuan Kui hovering in mid-air!
Having never witnessed such a spectacle, the captain immediately collapsed to the ground in terror.
"Master, Zombie King Xuan Kui has recovered from his injuries and is even stronger than before."
"It seems someone is deliberately making things difficult for us, master and disciple!"
Shi Jian's left hand crackled with purplish-red lightning. He had no intention of letting Zombie King Xuan Kui escape.
If Zombie King Xuan Kui were allowed to continue evolving, he would at least reach the stage of an uncorrupted bone.
"Long time no see, two Daoist masters!"
Yang Feiyun and Lei Gang walked up behind Zombie King Xuan Kui, looking at the three before them with mischievous smiles.
"Having just fought with the Japanese phantoms, your internal magical energy must be nearly depleted, right?"
"Thunder techniques are powerful, but they also consume a lot of one's own spiritual energy. I bet you're at the end of your rope and can't use thunder techniques many more times."
Yang Feiyun voiced his suspicions.
The reason he dared to bring Zombie King Xuan Kui to Sike Mountain was precisely because Shi Jian and Mao Xiaofang's spiritual energy was depleted.
They no longer had the capacity to use purple thunder techniques and purplish-red thunder techniques.
"Yang Feiyun, you were the one who lured the Japanese phantoms of Sike Mountain here, intending to deplete our magical energy?"
"That's right. Daoist master Lei and I cast spells to bring the dead back to life and make them appear before you, all to deal with the two of you."
Yang Feiyun, believing he had victory in hand, did not conceal anything and revealed his entire plan.
However, there was a slight accident during the casting of the spells; some of the deceased Ming soldiers were also revived.
"How did you know my magical energy was depleted?"
"Stop trying to scare us. No matter how strong you are, your spiritual energy has its limits. You can't possibly keep using thunder techniques indefinitely."
After speaking, Yang Feiyun, Lei Gang, and Zombie King Xuan Kui prepared to attack.
Now was the best time to kill Shi Jian and Mao Xiaofang.
If they waited for the two to recover their spiritual energy, trying to kill them would be no different from rushing to their deaths.
The next second, a flash of purplish-red lightning struck Zombie King Xuan Kui in front of Yang Feiyun and Lei Gang.
Xuan Kui's entire body was enveloped in the purplish-red lightning. In just a second, his body exploded.
"It seems you have a misunderstanding of thunder techniques!"
Shi Jian, wreathed in purplish-red lightning, slowly walked towards Yang Feiyun and Lei Gang.
It just so happened that he didn't know how to obtain Forgetfulness Flower.
Now that someone had come to his doorstep, it saved him some trouble.
"You can still use thunder techniques? How is that possible?"
Yang Feiyun and Lei Gang stared wide-eyed as Shi Jian unleashed the Divine Punishing Thunder again.
"No, Brother Lei, this person is at the end of his rope. He's likely a paper tiger."
"I suspect his spiritual energy has reached its limit, and he's just using the lightning to intimidate us."
With Yang Feiyun's persuasion, Lei Gang was deeply convinced and immediately moved to test Shi Jian's strength.
Meanwhile, Yang Feiyun, using this opportunity, betrayed his old friend to buy himself time to escape.
By the time Lei Gang realized what was happening, it was too late!
"Yang Feiyun, you treacherous scoundrel!"
Lei Gang cursed at the fleeing Yang Feiyun before being turned into a telegraph operator.
Then, a blue and white lightning bolt struck his body.
Because Shi Jian deliberately suppressed the power of his Lightning Strike Fist, Lei Gang was merely knocked unconscious and not seriously injured.
"If it weren't for the Forgetfulness Grass on you, you'd already be dead."
Shi Jian fumbled through Lei Gang's belongings for a few minutes and finally found the seeds of the Forgetfulness Grass in his pouch.
"It came without any effort!"
Having obtained the Forgetfulness Grass seeds, Shi Jian then used his Zi Xiao Divine Thunder to send Lei Gang to the Western Paradise.
"Master, what is this thing?"
Mao Xiaofang looked curiously at the Forgetfulness Grass seeds.
"This is called Forgetfulness Grass. Zhong Bang will need it later. Keep it safe."
Shi Jian tossed the Forgetfulness Grass to Mao Xiaofang and instructed the security team to descend the mountain.
Then, he took Mao Xiaofang and Zhong Bang and used instant movement to pursue Yang Feiyun.
He wasn't worried about Yang Feiyun escaping his grasp, as legs couldn't outrun magical instant movement.
Before long, the three appeared before Yang Feiyun.
"Yang Feiyun, did you really think you could escape from me?"
Seeing that he couldn't escape Shi Jian's grasp, Yang Feiyun knelt on the ground and began to beg for mercy.
A true man knows when to yield. As long as he could save his life, kneeling and begging for mercy was not beneath him.
"Ridiculous. If I let you go, would you then find a way to deal with us?"
Despite Yang Feiyun's pleas, Shi Jian still intended to send him to his demise with his thunder techniques.
If Xuan Kui could be used against him this time, then Gu Luosi could be used next time.
"No, no, I, Yang Feiyun, swear to the heavens that I will not make a move against the three of you."
"Treacherous scoundrel, do you really think I'd believe your lies?"
A bolt of red lightning appeared on Sike Mountain. Yang Feiyun perished without even a scream, joining Lei Gang in the Western Paradise.