As soon as this was announced, the previously confident Adjudication Knights who had been preparing for the Chrysanthemum Festival suddenly snapped back to reality.
“JNDL, everyone disperse!”
The crowd quickly parted, drawing their swords and pointing them at their own people.
“What’s going on?”
Mad Dragon of Moon Recommendation arrived swiftly with his two trusted disciples.
Eight Adjudication Knights and five elite Kingdom Knights, a total of thirteen knights, drew their swords.
But one Adjudication Knight didn’t draw a sword, because he didn’t have one at all; his ‘sword’ was a magical projection formed by Blood Magic.
“The ninth Adjudication Knight? Who are you really!”
The knights fell into extreme terror. They had slain hordes of zombies all night long yesterday without fear, yet now they were paralyzed by dread.
They had guarded the city through the night, only to find someone among them was not one of their own.
“[Ancient Blood Ghost]. It’s a true Ancient Blood Ghost, a fragment of the Empress’s Will revealed,” Samimi said, standing on a high platform with her hair fluttering in the wind, revealing the answer.
The Adjudication Knights immediately reacted, quickly discerning who among them might be the False Human Zombie in disguise.
Then, the Blood Ghost lunged upward like a crawling giant scorpion, moving with unnatural agility as it leapt onto the city wall. Its target was clear—it was heading straight for the Demon Nun.
“Nuns, dodge quickly!”
“Save the Nun!”
“Terror! Its target is the Demon Nun! We cannot let it succeed!”
In an instant, all the human warriors raised their weapons, faces filled with fury and determination, disrupting their previous calm.
The Blood Ghost’s speed was like a venomous serpent, too fast for them to catch, even for Mad Dragon of Moon Recommendation, a Level 5 Adventurer.
“Great intelligence! Watch carefully!”
But at the critical moment, the air was pierced by the sharp whistle of arrows.
The Blood Ghost, with its serpentine, unpredictable movements, was suddenly pinned mid-air by dozens of arrows.
It wasn’t yet time to celebrate; the Blood Ghost’s attack was momentarily halted.
“It’s down for half a second!” it snarled before continuing its charge, mouth wide open as it spewed out a breath filled with ancient, toxic fumes.
Extremely sinister! Extremely poisonous! A deadly move that left no room for defense.
But those dozens of arrows had already bought Samimi enough time to cast her spell.
Well, that’s the official story. In truth, Samimi could have cast the spell quickly even without the arrows.
“[Orchid Chrysanthemum Domain].”
Before Samimi, her unique magical shield had already manifested, blocking the poisonous breath completely.
This was essentially a Blood Magic attack, but it was entirely nullified by the magic shield, unable to harm her in the slightest.
At this moment, even the Blood Ghost’s distorted body twitched with a hint of surprise. It was supposed to be a divine priest, so how could it wield a magic shield?
“Damn! How is this possible!”
But it didn’t have time to dwell on this, because the first wave of killing arrows had already come raining down!
Painful arrows flew from behind the Demon Nun, tracing an unusual curve to avoid Samimi and strike the Blood Ghost directly.
It turned out these arrows were shot by Kingdom Knight Qi Qi Za, who had been standing silently on the city wall the entire time, guarding Samimi and Niubao, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Qi Qi Za’s poisoned arrows were gradually weakening the Blood Ghost. The potent poison was dissolving the Blood Ghost’s body, but since it could rapidly regenerate, the creature was temporarily immobilized as it fought the poison.
Just this alone was enough to be lethal.
“[Cherub’s Blessing],” Samimi chanted coldly.
Niubao burst out from the side, drawing the Golden Sword engulfed in Holy Flame.
With one decisive slash, he cut the Blood Ghost in two.
Blood splattered across the ground, but this time, the Blood Ghost’s powerful regeneration was suppressed.
The Holy Flame disrupted its flesh, sealing its body and burning every drop of bloody poison dry.
By the time the human knights surged onto the wall, the Blood Ghost was already completely destroyed.
All that remained was a charred, blackened silhouette on the ground.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief but also marveled at the Demon Nuns’ swift counterattack—it was all over in a single exchange.
The human knights only needed one round to witness the terrifying nature of the Blood Ghost: its mobility, cunning, deadly resolve, inability to negotiate, and most importantly, its raw power.
“It disguises itself as a human. That’s the skill of the False Human Zombie. It must have sneaked in disguised as a servant,” Samimi explained to the group.
“What exactly does it want to do…?” The Adjudication Knight Captain sounded troubled.
“It probably wants to infiltrate your ranks and then hide in the manor. If it had breached the city walls at the start, we wouldn’t have found it so easily. It would have sabotaged us—poisoning our food, attacking when we’re exhausted. But it wouldn’t kill us outright; it would turn us into zombies to bite each other and spread the Horde,” Samimi calmly analyzed the Blood Ghost’s intentions.
Hearing this, everyone shivered, no longer feeling proud about stopping the undead siege last night. Now, they were drenched in cold sweat.
“Blood Ghosts are manifestations of Blood Magic energy. They are immune to most physical attacks, and only a few specific powers can counter them. Among these, fire and light are the most effective. My Salt Flame is exactly that effective power against Blood Ghosts,” Samimi said confidently.
“That’s why I’m a Demon-Hunting Nun after the Church Reformation.”
“So after it disguised itself, the first thing it tried to do was kill you. Once the Demon Nun dies, we have no way to kill the Blood Ghost,” Mad Dragon of Moon Recommendation analyzed grimly.
He had fought many zombies yesterday and understood how fundamental blood essence was to the zombies, no other abilities, just pure blood magic.
Without Salt Flame, last night would have been much harder.
“Demon Nun, I think He Yun should stand a bit further back,” Mad Dragon suggested.
“If I stand too far back, I won’t be able to sense the Blood Ghost’s projections. It’s okay, everyone, let’s rotate shifts and rest,” Samimi smiled lightly and returned to the small city gate to continue her meditation.
But with Niubao and Qi Qi Za guarding her, it wasn’t so easy to kill the Demon Nun.
“Church Knights, you should rest now. Don’t blame yourselves; this wasn’t your fault. The Blood Ghost was too cunning,” said Kingdom Knight Captain An Hui.
The Adjudication Knights were still a bit shaken, nearly making a fatal mistake. But for the sake of the city, they had to rest quickly. Tonight, there would be more battles, only fighting could bring hope.
“That chubby knight… could it be…”
At the same time, from the tower, the five Level 5 Divine Archers stared at Qi Qi Za with a mysterious and astonished expression.