The demon corpse's intelligence was exceedingly high, nearly indistinguishable from a normal person. Most importantly, it felt as though the opponent was not using its full strength, as if playing a game of cat and mouse, toying with the few of them.
"Rushing to your death so eagerly, then I shall drink your blood first."
The demon corpse floated in the air, instantly appearing before Shi Jian and seizing the peach wood sword with one hand.
"I offered you a way to live, but you chose the path of death."
The demon corpse's other hand struck Shi Jian's chest. The protective effect of the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder was instantly triggered, and he expected it to send the demon corpse flying. To his surprise, the demon corpse could resist the attack of the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder; it did not send it flying.
In the next moment, Shi Jian's body was sent flying backward, tumbling for hundreds of meters in mid-air before crashing into a large tree, finally coming to a stop.
"Let's attack together! We'll drag this fiend until sunrise, and it will surely die."
Zhang Yuanxuan took a deep breath and used his lightning technique to teleport beside the demon corpse, continuing to engage it in combat. The remaining three Longhu Mountain Taoist priests tightly gripped their peach wood swords imbued with lightning and charged towards the zombie in the distance.
"You wish to drag it until tomorrow? I fear you won't see tomorrow's sun."
The demon corpse took Zhang Yuanxuan's peach wood sword head-on with its body, using a method of exchanging injury for injury to send the Old Heavenly Master flying with a punch.
"Demon, die!"
Another Taoist priest seized the opportunity, intending to stab the demon corpse's head with his peach wood sword. However, the demon corpse suddenly vanished. By the time the three reacted, the zombie had already appeared behind them.
A crisp sound of bone breaking echoed, and one of the Longhu Mountain Taoist priests had his neck snapped on the spot. The other two quickly retreated from the demon corpse, guarding their chests with their lightning-imbued peach wood swords.
"Oh dear, I was too heavy-handed. Don't die on me, I still want to drink your blood."
The demon corpse picked up the recently deceased Taoist priest, preparing to bite down, only to find that the person was already dead. It had no choice but to give up and did not consume the Taoist priest's blood.
"How did I kill him? Next time, I'll go easy and leave them with a breath of life."
Shi Jian, lying on the ground, seized the moment of distraction and manipulated the peach wood sword on the ground, thrusting it towards the demon corpse's body. The unsuspecting demon corpse was pierced through by the lightning-imbued peach wood sword and let out a painful howl.
Just as everyone thought the zombie was about to be destroyed by the peach wood sword, its expression changed, and it stopped howling. With a blank expression, it pulled the lightning-imbued peach wood sword from its body and forcefully broke it.
"Are you kidding me? A mere peach wood sword wants to kill me?"
Following this, Zhang Yuanxuan, lying on the ground, teleported in front of the demon corpse using his lightning technique and unleashed the Yin Five Thunder technique to empower his palm strike, blasting it at the zombie. The palm strike hit near the demon corpse, having no effect whatsoever.
Seeing this, Shi Jian again used the Yang Five Thunder technique from a distance to empower the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder and blasted it at the distant demon corpse. But the result was the same; the zombie stood still, unaffected by the lightning techniques empowered by Yin Five Thunder and Yang Five Thunder.
"As expected of an anomaly among zombies; even lightning techniques cause no damage."
A look of despair flashed across Shi Jian's face. His only thought now was to stall for time, to allow Li Xuyan to escape this place. The current zombie was the most powerful one they had encountered so far. Zhang Yuanxuan's lightning techniques also failed to cause any significant damage, and he held no hope of surviving.
"Shi Jian, you all go first. I'll hold off this demon corpse for a while."
The Old Heavenly Master, sensing the demon corpse's strength, frowned and ordered Shi Jian to escort the two Heavenly Master's Mansion disciples to escape.
"Are you kidding me? You think you can just leave?"
Coincidentally, Qian He Daoshi's disciple, using the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror, located Shi Jian and the others.
"Eldest Martial Brother, I've brought you the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror."
Qian He Daoshi's disciple ran up to Shi Jian and handed him the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror.
"Yin Yang Lightning Technique!"
He took the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror, contemplating how to cooperate with the Old Heavenly Master's Yin Five Thunder to unleash the Yin Yang Lightning Technique.
"Now that everyone is here, there's no one else, right?"
The demon corpse, seeing the mirror in Qian He Daoshi's disciple's hand, looked dismissive.
"You leave here first. We'll handle the zombie."
After delivering the item, Qian He Daoshi's disciple dared not linger and fled down the mountain.
"Trying to escape!"
Seeing the Qian He Daoshi's disciple attempting to flee, the demon corpse tried to intercept him with its teleportation. However, Zhang Yuanxuan was constantly monitoring the zombie's every move. As the demon corpse used its teleportation, the Old Heavenly Master also used his lightning technique teleportation to intercept the zombie.
"Good opportunity!"
Shi Jian used his blood to draw several talismans on the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror and then threw the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror at the zombie. The demon corpse, pinned down by Zhang Yuanxuan and the other two, did not notice the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror behind it. By the time it reacted, it was too late; the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror struck the demon corpse directly on its back.
Moments later, a stream of black energy appeared on the demon corpse's back.
"Ah..."
The demon corpse fell to the ground, rolling continuously, trying to remove the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror from its back.
"Old Heavenly Master, use the Yang Lightning Technique on the Yang eye of the Bagua Mirror."
"Alright, you two use the corpse-binding ropes to restrain the zombie."
Two Earthly Masters from Longhu Mountain retrieved the corpse-binding ropes from their backs and wrapped them around the zombie's arms. Because the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror was on the zombie's back, all its techniques were rendered ineffective; it could not use teleportation and could only passively receive attacks.
Zhang Yuanxuan unleashed the Yin Five Thunder technique, condensing lightning in his hand, while Shi Jian used the Yang Five Thunder technique, condensing the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder in his hand. They exchanged a glance and simultaneously unleashed their lightning techniques towards the Yin Yang Bagua Mirror on the demon corpse's back.
The Yin Yang Bagua Mirror was activated by the Yang Five Thunder and Yin Five Thunder, and a black and white lightning glow appeared before everyone's eyes. The two Earthly Masters from Longhu Mountain dropped their corpse-binding ropes and retreated to watch.
Soon after, the black and white lightning glow enveloped the demon corpse's entire body, and the zombie's body began to emit a green light. This time, with the Yin Five Thunder and Yang Five Thunder, the power was significantly greater than that of the Lightning Violent Thunder Fist and Purple Firmament Divine Thunder used previously.
"What kind of technique is this? It has such great power!"
Zhang Yuanxuan looked at the black and white lightning glow heavily wounding the demon corpse, his face filled with shock. The Heavenly Master's Mansion's legacy had never recorded any lightning techniques that were black and white.
"Yin Yang Lightning Technique, a lightning technique I accidentally developed with extremely high lethality."
About five minutes later, the black and white lightning glow disappeared. The demon corpse lay motionless on the ground, its body emitting a green light but not exploding.
"Almost died by the hands of this damned mirror!"