Zombie World: Starting as an apprentice of the Thunder King

The holy light emanating from him surged once more, and his body began to swell under the infusion of holy light.

A jade-like luster appeared on the surface of her skin, making her seem like a sculpture of holy light.

"Forcibly enhancing the physical body by burning faith?"

Shi Jian's eyes flickered slightly. "He does have some guts."

"Even if you burn with all your faith, you're still just a brute with strength."

Kazimir lunged at Shi Jian and threw a punch, his fist enveloped in a dense layer of holy light.

The light contained a power sufficient to incinerate all evil spirits, and it slammed into Shi Jian.

Shi Jian raised his hand and met the attack with a palm strike.

The moment their fists and palms collided, a shockwave exploded outwards.

The two fought fiercely in the air, while Shi Jian stood motionless, seemingly suspended in mid-air.

Kazimir was so shaken by the recoil that his hands went numb and he was forced to retreat several hundred meters.

"My strength has increased, but... that's about it."

Shi Jian said calmly, "All your strength is borrowed. Your foundation is unstable, and you'll have weaknesses everywhere you fight."

Without uttering a word, Kazimir charged forward again, unleashing a barrage of punches and kicks.

Each of his attacks carried the power to shatter mountains and rocks, but Shi Jian remained standing still, deflecting all his attacks with just one hand.

Each of Shi Jian's palm strikes accurately hits the weakest point of his holy light, shattering the holy light he had painstakingly gathered.

After a dozen or so moves, Kazimir's aura had weakened, and his holy light was almost completely depleted by Shi Jian's attacks.

He had clearly burned all his faith power, yet he still couldn't inflict any real harm on this Eastern cultivator.

What devastated him even more was that during the battle, every blow he struck felt like hitting steel.

What he didn't know was that Shi Jian, who cultivated thunder magic, could not possibly not cultivate the Maoshan Vajra Body.

Furthermore, he has cultivated the Vajra Body to its highest level: the Golden Body!

Lin Bei and Zhang Zhiling were dumbfounded.

Although Lin Bei knew that his master was very strong, he was still incredibly shocked to see Shi Jian crush a Western cardinal in such an overwhelming manner.

Zhang Zhiling was also shocked by the power of this Stone Celestial Master!

When he was in the sect, he heard the old Celestial Master mention that although the Western cardinals were generally weak and at the bottom of the rankings, they were still powerful figures at the Celestial Master level.

But being pressed to the ground and rubbed like this right now is really an eyesore!

Little Bai Ling had somehow climbed onto Lin Bei's shoulder, its two front paws resting on his head.

Staring intently at the figure amidst the lightning in the sky, he thought, "Master... your master is so amazing..."

"Of course, don't you know whose master it is?"

Lin Bei grinned smugly, but the movement aggravated the injury in his chest, causing him to wince in pain.

Just as they were talking, Kazimir was once again sent flying by Shi Jian's punch.

It must be said that although the cardinal's strength was weak, his vitality was truly vigorous, making him an unkillable cockroach!

"Cultivation levels forcibly increased by external forces are ultimately castles in the air," Shi Jian sneered.

Kazimir flew into a rage and suddenly pulled a palm-sized white holy symbol from his pocket.

The holy emblem radiated an extremely strong power of faith, and was suddenly thrown into the air: "The power of the people's will forms a holy chain; those who defy the way are bound to the bone and their hearts severed!"

"All beings take refuge in the Holy Chain, punishing the traitors!"

Golden holy chains materialized from the void and coiled around Shi Jian, attempting to lock his limbs and meridians.

Those sacred chains carry a strange power that draws out the power of faith; once locked, they will cause a reversal of magical power and damage to one's foundation.

Looking at the holy chains that were wrapping around him, Shi Jian couldn't help but laugh and said, "This move is more interesting than the previous ones."

"But that's all."

With a casual wave of his hand, a bolt of lightning shattered all the holy chains.

Kazimir's last struggle was easily thwarted.

Shi Jian took a step forward and instantly appeared in front of Kazimir, striking him down from mid-air with a palm strike.

Casimir's body crashed through the church roof, creating a large crater in the ground.

When the smoke cleared, he lay at the bottom of the pit, covered in blood, too weak to even stand up.

Standing atop the church ruins, Shi Jian looked down at the dying cardinal: "Is this the power of your Vatican?"

"A mere cardinal who can't even withstand thirty percent of my power dares to run rampant in Kyushu?"

"Has your Vatican not been attacked in too long?"

Kazimir lay in the middle of the ruins, spitting blood from his mouth.

His precious red bishop's robe was now tattered into strips hanging on his body, and his Holy Light Armor had long since crumbled and disappeared.

Kazimir struggled to stand up, but failed several times.

The surviving knights and priests were already ashen-faced; they had watched helplessly as the cardinal was beaten to a pulp, and their worldviews had collapsed.

The cardinal, who was high above them and almost like a god, was beaten so badly by one person that he was powerless to fight back.

Samuel collapsed to the ground, trembling uncontrollably. "This...this is impossible...Sir, he..."

Roderick clutched his chest, his gaze towards Shi Jian revealing genuine fear for the first time: "The Eastern Celestial Master's strength... is terrifyingly real..."

Kazimir raised his head, his gaze fixed on Shi Jian, his eyes filled with resentment and bitterness.

"Why...why didn't you kill me?"

"With your strength, you could have killed me long ago!"

Shi Jian didn't say anything, he just looked at him calmly.

"The Lord will not let you get away with this!"

Kazimir suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse, "The Holy Lord is watching what you have done today!"

"Is it watching?"

Shi Jian chuckled, "Then let it come. I'll be waiting right here."

"You...you'll regret this!"

"You think the Holy See of Light is only capable of this?"

Kazimir abruptly stood up, his body trembling violently, his eyes burning with a final, desperate madness: "I summon the Holy Light Judgment at the cost of my life!"

He plunged his hands into his chest and forcefully pulled a blinding white light from the wound.

The light pulsed violently, radiating an extremely terrifying power of faith.

The aftershocks of that single attack were enough to terrify all the cultivators present.

Kazimir roared to the heavens, "By the sacrifice of all people! By the authority of the Kingdom of Heaven! Overthrow all that is contrary to the law!"

"The Kingdom of Heaven has fallen!"

Suddenly, a blinding white light shone in the sky, and a massive storm of holy light was gathering in the void, enveloping the entire square and even the entire town.

The storm contained a terrifying power capable of annihilating all Taoist magic, demonic energy, malevolent energy, and lightning power.

It was crushing down on Shi Jian, intending to crush him along with Lin Bei and Zhang Zhiling behind him.

As Shi Jian gazed at the sweeping storm of holy light, his expression finally became more serious.

He slowly raised his hands, and lightning began to dance between his palms in a mysterious way.

"That move is starting to look pretty good."

He clenched his hands together abruptly, and all the thunderous power within him surged forth simultaneously: "Lightning Thunder Fist, Ninth Form, Nine Heavens Divine Thunder!"