Chapter 29: The Insidious Vampire

Zhang Cheng saw the mud figure and immediately said, "Everyone, get out of here!"

In an instant, dark clouds densely covered the sky, directly obscuring the scorching sun, and a large number of bats appeared; several people were attacked by vampire bats and accidentally fell into the pit.

Zhang Cheng was greatly alarmed, not expecting the vampire to have a backup plan; he saw the few laborers who had fallen down bleeding, and the blood had already flowed onto the mud figure.

He hurriedly shouted, "Quickly pull them up! Senior Brother, eliminate these bats."

Just as they were about to act, the sky changed in an instant, and a violent storm descended.

Taoist Priest Da Yi said regretfully, "If I had my altar here, I would certainly be able to dispel this demonic wind!"

Taoist Priest Da Yi no longer hesitated and finally spat out Samadhi True Fire, burning a pile of vampire bats to death, and Zhang Cheng did the same on his side.

But in the short time this delay lasted, Captain Lou, who was above the pit, saw the cross that had been washed clean of mud by the rain.

Seeing the large ruby, he grew greedy, ignored the danger, jumped down, and pulled out the cross with force.

With this, the vampire, which had been nothing but a skeleton, rapidly restored its flesh; the moment it opened its eyes, it saw the few laborers covered in blood from the vampire bats and immediately began to suck their blood.

The laborers' screams caught Zhang Cheng's attention; he cursed his bad luck under his breath, then took out the Sha-Refining Treasure Gourd and released a strand of Qi.

Using this strand of Qi, Zhang Cheng spat out Samadhi True Fire again, burning all the surrounding vampire bats to death.

Taoist Priest Da Yi shouted loudly, "Jade Clarity Initial Azure, true talismans announce the alliance, pushing and moving the two Qis, merging into one to become true. Five Thunders, Five Thunders, gather quickly at Huangning, misty changes, roaring lightning and swift thunder, arrive as soon as called, quickly emit the sound of Yang, Lang Luo Ju Bin Du Shen Miao Lu Chun Yi Sha She, act as quickly as the law!"

"Rumble..."

In an instant, the sky was filled with thunder, and countless bolts of lightning struck down; the swarm of bats that had been dense just a moment ago vanished in an instant.

"Killed a large group of vampire familiars, gained 1,000 merit."

Once the two of them had wiped out the vampire's familiars, Captain Lou was the only one left alive in the pit.

Zhang Cheng could not be bothered with Captain Lou and unleashed a blast of Samadhi True Fire at the vampire in the pit.

The vampire sensed the imminent danger, flew directly out of the large pit, and not daring to linger, fled into the distance.

"Damn it!"

Zhang Cheng was somewhat annoyed; he had originally thought following the plot would be enough, but he hadn't expected the vampire to have so many tricks.

Taoist Priest Da Yi also furrowed his brows and shook his head, saying, "It seems this will take some effort; we must make everyone stay alert."

Captain Lou, having been pulled up by his subordinates, roared angrily, "You stinking Taoist, are you trying to burn me to death? I'll shoot you!"

Zhang Cheng was furious and, with a wave of his hand, took away Captain Lou's gun.

Taoist Priest Da Yi also threw out three command flags, and when the soldiers fired, all the bullets hit the dirt.

Immediately after, Taoist Priest Da Yi took off the Eight Trigrams Yellow Umbrella from his back, opened it toward the soldiers, and spun it, collecting their souls and making them freeze in place.

Captain Lou, who had been enraged just a moment ago, immediately put on a smiling face and said fawningly, "A misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."

Zhang Cheng grabbed Captain Lou by the collar and shouted, "Misunderstanding your mother's head! You idiot, you actually pulled out the cross; otherwise, that vampire would be dead for sure!"

Captain Lou felt Zhang Cheng's spit and said with some shame and anger, "Hey, don't go too far!"

Zhang Cheng pushed Captain Lou away and sneered, "Threatening me?"

Looking at Zhang Cheng's smile, Captain Lou felt his heart shrink and hurriedly said, "No, no, I was just reminding you. If you kill me, my elders will definitely take revenge; otherwise, how would others look at my Lou family?"

Taoist Priest Da Yi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Junior Brother, let it go."

Zhang Cheng also calmed down.

But he would not let Captain Lou off so easily; he stepped forward, glared at Captain Lou, and smiled, "You punk,

this debt today is definitely recorded against you; when the time comes, I will certainly make you walk through the Eighteen Layers of Hell."

Although Captain Lou felt guilty, he still braced himself and said, "Is the Underworld yours? You say it is, so it is?"

Zhang Cheng smiled even more happily and said, "We Maoshan disciples who die in battle subduing demons, or who live out our lives and die of old age, all go to serve in the Underworld. You punk, just wait to go down to the Eighteen Layers of Hell."

Having said that, he left with Taoist Priest Da Yi.

As for Captain Lou, he didn't react at first, but then he began to tremble all over, his face turning pale.

A subordinate hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Captain, what are you afraid of?"

"I can't go to the Eighteen Layers of Hell, I can't go to the Eighteen Layers of Hell! I need to find my cousin."

To make a long story short, Zhang Cheng and Taoist Priest Da Yi returned to the Daoist temple, hung up their temporary Daoist robes to dry, and then took a bath.

Taoist Priest Da Yi sighed and said, "Junior Brother, is there any way to find that vampire?"

Zhang Cheng shook his head and said, "Vampires only appear at night, and they can fly; it's difficult."

At this moment, A-Hao and A-Fang returned.

A-Hao said with a bitter face, "Master, that teahouse does not have the female ghost's corpse."

Taoist Priest Da Yi nodded and said, "A small matter. Tonight, we will set up Kongming lanterns and let that female ghost help us find her corpse."

Zhang Cheng was secretly pleased; the female ghost's corpse and that female vampire were in the same place, and when the time came, they would run into that vampire as well, which would be perfect for solving both at once.

At night, the group followed the Kongming lanterns to a ruin outside the desolate mountains.

The vampire was in the middle of resurrecting its companion; hearing the commotion, it immediately stopped and came out to investigate the situation.

Zhang Cheng and the others also found the female ghost's corpse and prepared to take it back.

A-Fang happened to bump right into the vampire.

"Help, Master!"

Taoist Priest Da Yi threw the corpse to A-Hao, ran toward the sound to save A-Fang, and Zhang Cheng followed closely behind.

They saw A-Fang kicked to the ground by the vampire, the pain nearly causing him to faint.

The vampire grabbed A-Fang and was about to suck his blood when Taoist Priest Da Yi immediately threw a piece of altar-suppressing wood, smashing it onto the vampire's head.

Although the magic power on the altar-suppressing wood had no effect, it still left the vampire dizzy and disoriented.

Zhang Cheng performed a great leap, added a backflip, jumped in front of A-Fang, grabbed his feet and dragged him backward, then immediately kicked the vampire over.

The vampire didn't care about anything else, flew directly along the ground, and crashed through a broken wall to put some distance between them.

Taoist Priest Da Yi stepped forward, pulled A-Fang up, and said, "You two, hurry and take the corpse away!"

A-Hao and A-Fang did not dare to linger, hurriedly carrying the female ghost's corpse away.