The moment the fire blade met the fireballs, the black flames absorbed them while continuing toward the fire-type zombie at high speed.
The zombie saw the incoming attack and jumped to the side, dodging it. But before it could land on the ground, Jin Xuyan had already appeared behind it. With a swing of his longsword vertically, the zombie was split in half.
Black blood and rotten matter splashed on his clothes, yet his red eyes were cold, and his face was expressionless. He turned his head and dashed toward the thunder-type zombie.
"Roarrr!" The thunder-type zombie faced him and let out a roar, sensing the crisis approaching.
Jiao Lizhi pushed herself up from the ground and threw several water arrows at the back of the thunder-type zombie, attempting for a sneak attack.
Boom!
Before her water arrows could hit the zombie, a fireball struck it. The next moment, the zombie was covered in black flames and thrashed on the ground.
The temperature of the surrounding area rose sharply, forcing Jiao Lizhi to summon a water barrier as she backed away. Her water arrows had turned into water vapor due to the high temperature when she landed.
Just after the zombie turned to ashes, a blurred shadow suddenly appeared behind her. Before her mind could react, her body had already conjured a water shield instinctively.
Duagh! Crack!
"Akh!"
Her back was kicked, and she flew away as the water shield shattered due to the impact. This time, she didn't hit the wall or fall to the ground, as a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist and caught her.
Jin Xuyan used his body as her cushion and fell to the ground with a loud thud.
When he landed, he lowered his head and saw his Ah Zhi coughing blood. The anger and madness he had been suppressing exploded at the sight of her wounded body.
"Ah Zhi, how are you?" he asked tremblingly.
Jiao Lizhi felt as if her organs were shattered and coughed out another mouthful of blood. At this moment, she didn't notice the strangeness of the man holding her. Her only focus was taking out a bottle of pond water and drinking it.
As the warm energy entered her body, the pain lessened, and she took a deep breath.
Seeing that her face had finally regained some color, Jin Xuyan's eyes flashed with surprise. He glanced at the empty bottle thoughtfully.
After confirming she was no longer in danger, he put her down and said, "Ah Zhi, be good and wait here. I will take care of the rest."
Jiao Lizhi knew that with her current condition, she would only drag him down. So, she nodded and said hoarsely, "Brother Yan, be careful."
Jin Xuyan nodded and turned around. When he saw the little boy standing fifteen meters away from them, he narrowed his eyes.
If not for the boy's all-black eyes and the bluish skin on his body, no one would associate him with a zombie. But compared to adult zombies, children who turned into zombies were even more dangerous.
The zombie boy looked at him with its black eyes and grinned. As his lips parted, his cheek tore, revealing the sharp teeth inside. His face split open as the tear reached his ears.
Seeing this, Jin Xuyan muttered, "A level-three zombie?"
Logically, the chance of a boy appearing in the factory was almost zero. So, the appearance of this zombie boy was an anomaly. What's more, based on how neat his clothes were, it didn't seem as if he had mutated from being bitten by zombies or drenched by the rain.
When he thought of this, his eyes flickered for a moment as a figure appeared in his mind. He tightened his grip on the longsword to control his emotions.
After a moment, he calmed down, but the coldness in his eyes intensified.
He bent his knees and dashed toward the zombie. As he swung his longsword, the zombie raised its hands.
Clang!
Seeing the metal covering the zombie's arms, Jin Xuyan sent his energy into his longsword. The black flame intensified and slowly melted the metal arms.
The zombie's eyes glinted for a moment before it pushed its arms forward and sent a kick aimed at Jin Xuyan's chest. Seeing the incoming attack, he raised his leg and blocked the kick.
Duagh!
If other ability-users had been kicked by the zombie, their bones would have been broken. But for someone at his level, this attack was painful but not enough to break his bones.
After its kick was blocked, the zombie sent a series of punches aimed at Jin Xuyan. This time, he didn't block the attack but leaped back.
The moment he landed on the ground, he sheathed his longsword and raised his hands. This time, instead of fireballs, two fire dragons appeared from his palms and flew toward the zombie.
Sensing the danger of the attack, the zombie dodged left and right. But with the fire dragons connected to Jin Xuyan's palms, he could control their movements.
No matter where the zombie escaped to, the fire dragons followed closely. After five minutes of running and chasing, an ice wall suddenly appeared in front of the zombie.
Boom! Boom!
With its path blocked, the zombie couldn't escape and was devoured by the fire dragons.
"ROARR!"
Unlike usual, it took less than a minute for Jin Xuyan's black flame to turn the zombie into a pile of ashes. With a wave of his hand, the black fire flew toward the fire-type zombie's corpse and burned it to ashes.
After absorbing the black flame back into his body, he felt a throbbing pain in his mind. Feeling the energy went out of control again, he sat down and regulated his energy with a pale face.
In the distance, Jiao Lizhi stood up after drinking three bottles of pond water. The ice wall consumes the last bit of her energy.
Standing there, she looked at his back thoughtfully.