I have the face of a great demon.

Liu Xingchen rode his flying sword, weaving through the night. His gaze was fixed on the jade slip flying ahead, its faint light appearing and disappearing in the darkness.

He was secretly amazed; the speed of this jade slip was truly incredible. Even with his flying sword, he couldn't catch up.

Soon, the jade slip sank down and disappeared.

This must be it. Liu Xingchen quickened his pace and caught up, and sure enough, he found Tie Zhu.

From the air, Tie Zhu's figure was particularly striking. He was like a cheetah relentlessly pursuing a stumbling, fleeing demon.

Although the demon's movements were stiff, the frequency of its hand and foot swings was unusually fast, as if an old machine had suddenly been wound up and was running quite fast.

Iron Pillar couldn't catch up with him; he just kept him at a distance, chasing after him relentlessly.

Liu Xingchen lowered his altitude on his flying sword and got a clear look at the evil spirit.

As you can see, this is a zombie.

But this zombie gave him a strange sense of familiarity.

It wasn't that it looked familiar; in fact, he hadn't seen many zombies before, and a comparison would show that he had never seen this zombie before.

Liu Xingchen muttered to himself, his brows furrowing slightly as if he were trying to rummage through fragments of his memory.

The familiarity he felt was on a spiritual level.

That's right, it's the soul fluctuations of this zombie.

A thought struck him, as if he had grasped some clue.

Liu Xingchen could sense the soul fluctuations of the zombie within his spiritual consciousness.

He still remembers the first time he learned the Wuhua Heart Method. After he began to have spiritual consciousness, he could vaguely sense the fluctuations of the soul.

Now that my cultivation has reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, my perception of soul fluctuations is much clearer.

He was certain that this zombie was the same one he had encountered outside Master Chen's village.

"Yes, it's him!"

At that time, his cultivation level was not high enough, and his perception of soul fluctuations was relatively vague, which is why he had this familiar feeling.

"So it was this guy. What a small world!"

This zombie had already self-destructed into pieces of flesh, but now it has returned with a new body to wreak havoc on humanity.

Thinking of this, Liu Xingchen had a sudden thought. Cultivators can identify people through soul fluctuations, and no matter how the other person's appearance changes, they can lock onto that person.

Then why do some people still regard him as a great demon?

Liu Xingchen frowned. He felt that he probably just resembled the Great Demon King, but if others used soul fluctuations to recognize people, they should be able to tell the difference.

But then I thought, to know the soul fluctuations of the great demon, one must at least have met the great demon in person.

Most of those who had seen the Great Demon were dead. Those who hadn't could only see his portrait, which meant they had to judge him by his appearance.

"Looks like my face has really gotten me into trouble."

He sighed, hoping to encounter one or two senior experts who had seen the great demon and could recognize that he was not the great demon and clear his name.

After all, nobody wants to be unfairly blamed for being a major villain.

The flying sword was faster than a shooting star. Liu Xingchen was only distracted for a blink of an eye when he found himself ahead of the zombie.

He snapped out of his daze, quickly turned around, and charged at the zombie.

The zombie was frantically trying to escape when it saw a figure charging towards it, riding a flying sword and exuding murderous intent.

The zombie stared intently and almost peed his pants in fright. This was none other than the great demon who had forced him to use the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to escape!

With a powerful demon in front and pursuers behind, the zombie was in a terrible predicament. What could he do?

The zombie was so frightened that it turned its head and veered to the right, only to crash headfirst into the mountainside.

There was a hole in the mountain wall. In his panic, he rushed into the hole, only to realize that he was in trouble.

Before the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, he could have easily used the Earth Escape Technique to burrow into the mountainside and escape.

But now his strength has greatly diminished, and he can no longer use the earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of earth-遁术 that can be used to escape through a mountain). The mountain wall is as hard as iron, and he can't drill through it at all.

And so, tragically, the zombie got stuck in the hole and couldn't move, with only its butt sticking out.

Liu Xingchen chased after them on his flying sword and almost peed his pants when he saw this scene.

Since this stupid zombie is being so cooperative, let's give him a good whack.

Liu Xingchen took out a ghost-repelling talisman and said to the ghost:

"Scholar, lend me some spiritual power. I want to give this zombie a good beating."

The spirit ghost took one look and laughed: "So it's this stupid zombie. How did its strength drop to this level? This kind of thing only needs 20% of its power."

As he spoke, Liu Xingchen's spiritual power surged, pouring into the exorcism talisman stuck in the tip of his sword.

"Go ahead, baby, and teach this guy a lesson."

Liu Xingchen lightly leaped from the flying sword, landing gracefully like a falling leaf, while the divine sword continued to fly forward, piercing the zombie's plump rear end with a whoosh.

"Aww~~~~~"

The zombie let out a scream, like a skewer on a barbecue grill, and began to enjoy the pleasure of being grilled.

At this moment, Tie Zhu arrived. He raised his iron mace and started beating the zombie's buttocks.

"You dared to run away, you dared to harm people, you dared to harm my mother, now take this!"

Despite the zombie's incredibly tough body, it couldn't withstand a beating from Tie Zhu and was quickly torn to shreds.

Tie Zhu was hitting hard, and Liu Xingchen shouted from the side, "Tie Zhu, don't just hit him like this! Use the exorcism talisman and give this guy a thorough roasting, inside and out. That'll be more satisfying!"

"Yes, I had forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it."

He had specially drawn a ghost-repelling talisman on his palm so that he could act quickly in a critical moment, just waiting to use it when he encountered evil spirits.

Without hesitation, he activated the exorcism talisman in his hand. The talisman instantly flashed with dazzling spiritual light, which seemed to find an outlet, pouring out through the iron mace and striking the zombie's already ravaged buttocks.

This time it wasn't just a matter of skin being torn open; the zombie's buttocks were like firecrackers that had been set on fire, sizzling and burning instantly, and soon they were rotten beyond recognition.

Still not satisfied, Tie Zhu grabbed the zombie by both legs, dragged him out of the cave, and beat him hard on the ground.

Liu Xingchen also added fuel to the fire, taking out a stack of exorcism talismans from his pocket and quickly sticking them onto the zombie. In no time, the zombie's entire body was covered with them.

"What kind of world is this? The great demon doesn't do evil, but comes here to fight evil and protect the righteous. Brother, you should do something worthwhile."

The poor zombie howled, its voice filled with despair.

Under the intimidation of the great demon, he was unable to exert any of his strength and was beaten into dust and burned to ashes.

A gust of wind blew by, and not a single crumb remained.