I have the face of a great demon.

In a tense atmosphere, Chief Shi and his men were plotting how to deal with the evil spirit.

Currently, this evil spirit is active in both Daze Village and Xiaoze Village. If it cannot find any living people, it may go to even more distant places.

Because it was uncertain where the evil spirit would appear, Chief Shi arranged for everyone to disperse and guard two different locations. Once the evil spirit was spotted, they would bang gongs and drums to notify the others.

Their plan was simple: as soon as they spotted the evil spirit, they would all attack together, grab their weapons, and beat it to a pulp.

Their idea was simple, but Liu Xingchen, who had dealt with zombies before, knew that wouldn't work.

Zombies are very resilient; a group of farmers who know some martial arts might not be able to defeat one.

If they encountered the same kind of green zombie they had dealt with that night, it would be even more difficult. Even their master, Hua Laodao, couldn't handle it, and these men would only face total annihilation.

So Liu Xingchen instructed them, "Brothers, if you encounter an evil spirit, do not fight it head-on. Instead, try to deal with it while notifying the others. Once we arrive, we will have a way to deal with the evil spirit."

"What methods do you have to deal with evil spirits?"

Some people didn't believe in these two young men, thinking that they had only been Taoist priests for a few days and couldn't possibly have any special abilities.

Without saying a word, Liu Xingchen took out a ghost-repelling talisman.

"See this? This is a ghost-repelling talisman. It's much more effective against ghosts than your swords, spears, and clubs."

The country folk actually believed in this. When they saw that they had talismans, they immediately looked at Liu Xingchen and his companion with new respect and became completely convinced.

So, Chief Shi began to allocate manpower and set up outposts around the two villages.

In order to deal with the evil spirits in time, Liu Xingchen and Tiezhu each guarded a village. No matter where the evil spirits appeared, they had to take action in time.

The two villages are far apart, and fearing they might miss the sound of gongs and drums from the other side, Chief Shi specially prepared a cloud-piercing arrow.

When the time comes, once the cloud-piercing arrow is launched into the sky, the resulting fireworks will be clearly visible to the village on the other side.

However, Liu Xingchen was still worried, fearing that something unexpected might happen and they wouldn't even have time to release the Cloud Piercing Arrow.

He also gave Tiezhu a jade slip for communication, instructing him to send the slip to him if he encountered any evil spirits.

"But, Brother Xingchen, I don't know how to leave a message in a jade slip yet."

Sending messages via jade slips involves a series of complex operations, including leaving information on the jade slip with one's spiritual sense and sending the jade slip to a specific person.

Tie Zhu's spiritual manipulation is not refined enough. He knows how to send jade slips to Liu Xingchen, but he cannot perform such a precise operation as leaving a message in a jade slip.

"It's alright. You don't need to leave a message in the jade slip. Just send me an empty jade slip, and I'll know you've encountered an evil spirit once I receive it."

"Okay. I can do that."

Having made their agreement, the two split up. Tie Zhu stayed at the entrance of Daze Village, while Liu Xingchen went to Xiaoze Village.

The men of the Lingshui Gang stood in pairs, guarding the village entrance and various places in the fields, no more than ten feet apart, so that they could see each other and avoid being attacked by evil spirits without even knowing it.

They stared wide-eyed, scanning their surroundings, not missing a single sound.

As night deepened, the moon appeared and disappeared among the clouds, adding an eerie atmosphere to the people who were waiting.

Suddenly, a man shouted, "The...the evil spirit is here!"

His partner also looked up and saw a figure jump out of the field.

It's a zombie!

Its appearance is extremely terrifying, with skin that is a sickly grayish-green, and shriveled muscles clinging tightly to the bones, as if all the vitality of life has been drained away.

The zombie's eyes were empty and lifeless, its pupils dilated, devoid of any vitality.

Dried bloodstains clung to the corners of its mouth, revealing jagged yellow fangs and long, sharp nails that seemed ready to tear apart the flesh of a living person at any moment.

The two burly men, known for their daring, were terrified by the sudden scene before them.

They had never seen such a horrifying monster; the zombie's twisted face looked especially hideous in the night.

"My God!" a man screamed, his voice trembling slightly.

The zombie's ears seemed particularly sensitive to the screams of the living, and its hollow eyes instantly locked onto the location of the two men.

The zombie leaped up, its movements stiff yet incredibly swift, and pounced straight at the two men.

Its silhouette streaked across the darkness, like a demon crawling out of hell.

"I'll fight you!"

"I'll fight you to the death!" A man mustered his courage, raised his steel knife, and slashed it hard at the zombie's head.

He thought that with this strike, even a stone could be split in two.

But when he tried to cut, it was like striking an iron plate; not only did it not cut in at all, it also made his wrist ache.

The zombie paid no attention to the blow and ignored it completely. Instead, it pounced even faster and bit the man's neck.

The moment the man's blood gushed out, the zombie sucked it into its mouth. The zombie's throat throbbed, and in a short while, it had drained the strong man of all his blood, leaving behind a shriveled corpse.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The jarring sound of the gong pierced the silence of the night, urgently sending a signal of danger to the surrounding villages.

"Help! There's a zombie!" he shouted hoarsely.

Soon, more Ling Shui gang heroes appeared from all directions, wielding their weapons and swarming forward to beat the zombies.

However, this didn't help.

Whether it's a steel knife or an iron bar, it's nothing more than a tickle to a zombie.

The zombies easily knocked away the knives and guns, grabbing the heroes one by one and sucking their blood.

For him, the more people who come, the better, so he doesn't have to search for them everywhere.

Today is a perfect day for a hearty meal.

Its withered lips became fuller with each suck of blood, and a satisfied smile hung at the corners of its mouth.

At this moment, a burly man as strong as an iron tower rushed up. The zombie was even happier. Such a strong man must have plenty of blood, which he liked the most.

It threw down the drained corpse and pounced on the iron pillar.

When Tie Zhu saw the man-eating zombie, his eyes turned red.

This is the murderer who killed my mother. I will tear him to pieces!

Iron Pillar and the zombie rushed toward each other at an extremely fast speed, but the moment they met, the zombie suddenly froze, as if it had encountered something unbelievable. It slammed on the brakes, quickly turned around, and ran away without looking back.

Tie Zhu got anxious and shouted, "Hey, you evil spirit, don't run away! Come back and fight your grandpa Tie Zhu for three hundred rounds!"

The zombie paid no heed and ran off as fast as it could, as if the one chasing it was a demon.

Tie Zhu was also puzzled. He wasn't a great demon, so how could he scare away all the ghosts?

He took off after him, shouting as he ran, "You coward, don't you dare run away!"