The underlings broke into cold sweats as they nervously watched Nan Xing’s every move.
So this woman was actually the strongest one here.
Nan Xing suddenly raised her head and looked over with a cold gaze.
If she had not been lacking spiritual energy, Zhou Shan would have lost his head the moment he spoke.
Gulp, gulp
The sound of people swallowing nervously rang out throughout the room. The underlings kept retreating, trying to escape the oppressive aura radiating from Nan Xing.
Hss, hss, hss
Wen Ye swiftly brought his blade down and killed the zombie charging toward him. He turned around and shouted, “Captain Shen, the zombies are surrounding us!”
“Let’s go. Take this!”
Nan Xing handed Fengyi to Shen Huaixu and gave the others several cold looks.
“Leave these people here as food for the zombies.”
Shen Huaixu pulled Nan Xing and quickly joined Wen Ye and the others. He rapidly issued orders.
“Lifeng, use the wind to knock things down inside the room and make some noise to attract the zombies. Jiangzhou and Nan Tang, clear the way ahead. Wen Ye and Nan Xing, stay in the middle. I’ll cover the rear.”
“Take these!”
Nan Xing took four swords from her storage bag and handed them to them.
Although these swords could not compare to Fengyi, they were still sharp enough to cut through iron as easily as mud. Killing zombies with them was as effortless and clean as slicing a watermelon.
Her peaceful retirement life had not arrived yet. She could not afford to lose even one of her helpers.
The group worked together and advanced several steps. Soon, screams came from behind them, attracting some of the zombies and causing them to change targets. Taking advantage of the opening, they ran toward the exit.
Shen Huaixu looked at the densely packed zombies following them and shouted in a deep voice, “Jiangzhou, set them on fire!”
“Got it!”
A ball of flame appeared in Jiangzhou’s hand. He threw it directly onto the pile of zombies blocking the entrance, temporarily easing the pressure from behind.
But zombies were also continuously pouring in from ahead.
“Switch positions. Go back the way we came!”
Shen Huaixu quickly came up with a solution.
“Jiangzhou, use fire. Lifeng, use the wind to fan the flames and burn the zombies.”
As soon as he finished speaking, they rapidly switched positions. Lightning continuously flew from Shen Huaixu’s palm toward the front, causing rows of zombies to collapse.
Jiangzhou and Lifeng worked together behind him. One released flames while the other used the wind to intensify them, continuously creating walls of fire.
Working together, Shen Huaixu and the others quickly reached the first floor.
At some point, the number of zombies on the first floor had increased. More zombies from the upper floors were also breaking through the railings and jumping down. Some landed on their feet, staggered for a moment, then got back up and charged toward them with snarls.
The group maintained their formation and slowly moved toward the entrance.
Wen Ye saw zombies continuously pouring through the entrance. He quickly looked around and realized that the same thing was happening everywhere.
Something was wrong.
These zombies seemed to be attacking them deliberately.
He immediately voiced his suspicion.
“So you’re the one behind this!”
Nan Xing raised her eyes toward the second floor. Her sharp gaze locked onto the zombie that kept making hissing sounds.
Shen Huaixu followed her gaze, his expression turning solemn.
“A level-two zombie actually has intelligence and can command other lower-level zombies!”
“Captain Shen, I’ve used up all my abilities!”
The flames in Jiangzhou’s palm went out. He gripped his sword with both hands and continued hacking at the zombies lunging toward him.
“Captain Shen, I’m out of abilities too!”
Lifeng’s bad news came right after.
Shen Huaixu looked at the zombies continuously closing in around them. He frowned and forced himself to remain calm as he thought of a way to deal with the situation.
He was a level-two ability user, but the ability energy in his body was still insufficient to kill every zombie present.
Moreover, zombies outside were continuing to pour in, while the level-two zombie upstairs was watching them like a predator waiting for its prey.
It looked like they were doomed today.
He subconsciously looked at Nan Xing, and a smile appeared at the corners of his lips.
It was his first time falling for a girl. He never expected that he would lose his life before he even had the chance to confess.
But dying together with her would not be so bad.
“Nan Xing.”
Shen Huaixu’s ears turned slightly red as he softly called her name.
“You really think I’m easy to bully!”
Nan Xing’s roar drowned out his words. She took the token from her waist, bit her finger, and began drawing a formation on it.
“Rise!”
With her command, the token suddenly rose into the air and emitted an intense white light. A transparent protective barrier formed around the six of them.
“Put your swords away. They can’t get in.”
Nan Xing sat cross-legged on the ground. Watching the zombies repeatedly pound against the energy barrier, she calmly took the crystal cores they had just collected from her storage bag and tossed them onto the ground.
“Recover your abilities as quickly as possible.”
She tightly held two high-grade spirit stones in her hands and coldly stared at the level-two zombie lingering outside the energy barrier.
“Just you wait. I’ll definitely twist your head off and use it as a ball!”
After saying that, she closed her eyes and focused on absorbing spiritual energy.
A helpless smile appeared on Shen Huaixu’s lips. He bent down, picked up the crystal cores from the ground, and distributed them among everyone.
“Recover your abilities as quickly as possible!”
“I don’t need mine.”
Wen Ye handed his share of the crystals back to the others.
His ability was spatial in nature, so he had consumed very little energy just now.
Finally, he stopped in front of Shen Huaixu. A hint of amusement flashed in his eyes.
“You’re on your own.”
Shen Huaixu opened his eyes. He understood what Wen Ye meant and gave a slight nod.
He thought the real Nan Xing was quite adorable.
“Jiangzhou, what did Captain Wen mean?”
Nan Tang secretly nudged Jiangzhou with his elbow and asked in a low voice.
“Nan Tang, are you fully recovered?”
Wen Ye looked at Nan Tang with a smiling expression.
Nan Tang instinctively shuddered and hurriedly shook his head.
“No, no.”
He immediately closed his eyes and began recovering his abilities.
Under Wen Ye’s smiling gaze, Jiangzhou also hurriedly closed his eyes and recovered his abilities.
Wen Ye was known in the military as a smiling tiger. The brighter his smile, the more ruthless his methods of dealing with people.
Wen Ye scanned everyone sitting on the ground, picked up a sword, and walked toward the level-two zombie. He remained constantly alert to its movements.
The level-two zombie kept lingering near Nan Xing.
There was a voice deep in its mind telling it that if it ate her, it could become the king of this world.
But there was another voice inside it telling it:
Run. Quickly.
In the end, desire defeated fear, and its limited intelligence chose to stay.
Once the number of zombies reached its limit, it began commanding them to repeatedly crash into the energy barrier until they died completely.
Then it brought in another group of zombies to replace them.
Wen Ye gripped his sword tightly with both hands and stared intently at the level-two zombie. Fine beads of sweat began to form on his forehead.
The salty sweat trickled into his eyes, causing a stinging sensation that made them water.
He did not raise a hand to wipe them. His body remained completely still as he continued the tense standoff.
The sky gradually darkened, then slowly brightened again.
Just when he was about to reach his limit, a cold voice came from behind him.
“This old lady is sending you straight to hell!”
Nan Xing opened her eyes. The chill in them made the zombie instinctively shudder, causing it to make a movement that did not belong to it.
With a single hand gesture, Fengyi appeared.
The sword trembled continuously, faintly emitting the cry of a phoenix.
In the blink of an eye, countless sword rays gathered above Nan Xing, forming the shape of a phoenix. Accompanied by a resounding cry, it instantly charged into the horde of zombies.
The zombies were instantly annihilated, leaving nothing behind but a level-two zombie standing there in a daze. Even its rotten face seemed to show a trace of confusion.
At the same time, the room suddenly rang with the crisp ding, ding, ding of crystal cores falling to the ground.
As the phoenix’s cry faded, the phoenix disappeared.
Fengyi reappeared in Nan Xing’s hand. She pointed the blade directly at the level-two zombie and said coldly,
“I told you I’d twist your head off and use it as a ball. Are you ready?”