Without a hint of hesitation, I saw my uncle's hand gesture.
Gripping the peach wood sword in my hand, I leaped forward.
Spotting one of the demonic priests, I thrust my sword down.
Lao Mo and Xia Qiuxi reacted a fraction slower than me, but with no less urgency.
The moment I made my move, they too charged out from the bushes...
Though the two demonic priests were no more than five meters away and still conversing,
their alertness was remarkable.
The instant I attacked, they both sensed danger and whipped their heads around.
Seeing me leap from above, sword flashing,
their faces contorted in shock.
One of them cried out:
“Who goes there?”
As he spoke, the tall, slender priest "whooshed" his waist knife from its sheath and raised it to block.
The other, short and stout priest, retreated in terror.
With a clang, my sword struck the priest's blade.
The tall, slender priest strained, his cultivation clearly inferior to mine.
His leg buckled, forcing him to his knees, his bloodied knee scraping against the ground. He looked up at me with effort.
I had him completely suppressed...
I stared at him coldly, my eyes burning with killing intent.
Giving him no chance to recover, I kicked him hard in the chest.
He was sent flying, and as he fell, I raised my sword to strike, saying:
“The one who kills you!”
With my words, my peach wood sword pierced his throat.
The tall, slender priest, still off-balance, saw the thrust.
Terror seized him, and he opened his mouth to cry out.
But with a swish, the peach wood sword pierced his neck.
His open mouth sputtered and gurgled with blood.
Faintly, a sound emerged, "No, no..."
But before he could utter two words, his torso arched high, then he crashed heavily to the ground.
His head twisted sideways in agony, eyes wide and staring as he died...
From my first move to his demise, my actions were fluid, wasting no time.
All of this transpired in a mere instant.
The other, short and stout demonic priest, had already retreated several meters.
Seeing his companion dead, his face was a mask of horror.
At this moment, he raised his bell, about to shake it.
Intending to control the zombie or signal an alarm.
However, the moment he raised his hand, a talisman flew from the bushes.
With a "pap," it landed with pinpoint accuracy on his bronze bell.
This was a silencing talisman, cast by Aunt Yunxia. It was not a high-tier talisman,
but after being struck, it could render a person or object mute for a short while, lasting only a minute or two.
Yet, at this moment, Aunt Yunxia had used it with perfect timing.
This display of talisman manipulation was truly masterful.
The bronze bell was as if it had lost its voice.
No matter how the priest shook it, the bell remained silent.
Without sound, the zombie they had previously commanded to halt remained in an inactive state.
Still standing motionless a short distance away.
In his shock, Lao Mo and Xia Qiuxi attacked from either side.
Let alone shaking the bell, he no longer had a chance to retreat.
He felt a sharp pain in his back as Xia Qiuxi, wielding her long sword, pierced his body, through his lungs.
Lao Mo descended from the air and cleaved his forehead with an axe.
Blood instantly painted his face red.
His eyes widened, his gaze began to unfocus.
A mouthful of blood gurgled from his lips, and his body weakly slumped to the side...
The two demonic priests, even in death, had not managed to unleash their true abilities.
But it wasn't over yet.
These were demonic priests; even in death, their souls posed a threat, and they could escape to warn others.
To kill such individuals, one had to strike twice.
Even their ghosts could not be spared.
Either seal them or kill them.
After the two demonic priests fell, their souls were quickly expelled from their bodies by the corpses.
I had already positioned myself before the tall, slender demonic priest.
As his ghost emerged from his body, I raised my sword and brought it down.
“No…”
This time, the skilled demonic priest cried out.
But the sound was faint and cut short abruptly.
For the moment his soul appeared, I had already shattered it with my peach wood sword, scattering his spirit.
On the other side, Lao Mo and Xia Qiuxi had done the same.
They waited, then as the short, stout demonic priest’s soul left his body, it too was instantly destroyed.
When dealing with enemies, especially these inhuman, specious, and cunning demonic priests,
one had to be even more ruthless, even more decisive.
There could be no mercy when killing them.
First the body, then the soul.
Only in this way could we ensure our own safety.
If we acted like self-righteous saviors, showing so-called compassion,
in the end, we would be the ones to die...
Having dealt with the two demonic priests, I then looked towards my uncle and Aunt Yunxia.
They had already severed the heads of the three zombies on the other side.
Seeing that our side had also finished,
I heard my uncle say in a low voice:
“Drag the bodies aside.”
“Yes!”
I nodded in response, then grabbed a corpse and pulled it towards the nearby bushes.
Lao Mo and Xia Qiuxi also carried another corpse over.
Before long, we had moved the bodies of the two people and three zombies into the bushes.
Looking at the corpses of the zombies and the demonic priests, I had a new idea.
So I spoke to everyone:
“Uncle, Aunt Yunxia, Lao Mo, Qiu Xi, I have a new idea.
We don’t all need to disguise ourselves as zombies.
We can have two people impersonate these demonic priests.
Disguised as members of the Underworld Sect who drive corpses?”