Uncle Nine: You were supposed to drive corpses, so you summoned the Monkey King!

The toxic fumes, mixed with the stench of corpses, were pressed against Lin Chen's face.

Lin Chen took a half step forward with his left foot, crushing the pebbles on the dirt road, and slapped Nintendo's chest with his left palm.

"boom!"

When the master-level Fiery Talisman came into contact with the transparent viscous liquid, it was detonated by the power of the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture within Lin Chen's body.

A burst of red light erupted in front of the government office.

The foreigners' chemical solutions became accelerants.

The pale yellow poisonous gas, upon encountering the extreme yang fire, transformed into a fireball over two meters in size, engulfing Nintendo's body.

A strong, burnt smell filled the air.

"Alright! Let's set it on fire!" Four Eyes shouted, dragging his greatsword.

Lin Chen did not relax. His left hand, which was patting Nintendo's chest, pressed against a red-hot iron plate. He failed to repel the opponent and felt the recoil from the flames.

A flaming claw emerged from the fireball and headed straight for Lin Chen's throat.

It has no sense of pain.

Lin Chen bent his upper body backward at an unnatural angle, his black fingernails brushing against the tip of his nose.

Lin Chen braced himself with one hand on the ground and kicked out with his right leg, delivering a Rabbit-Eagle Kick to Nintendo's abdomen.

"Bang!"

Nintendo was kicked and slid back three or four meters, its feet carving two charred furrows in the ground.

It steadied itself, and the fire on its body not only didn't go out but burned even more fiercely. The layer of transparent viscous liquid boiled under the high temperature, making a bubbling sound, and secreted new liquid to fight against the raging fire.

"He's still alive?!" Mama shouted from behind the door. "How many kilograms of evil potions did those foreign devils force-feed this old man before he died?!"

"Stop talking nonsense and shut your mouth!" Uncle Nine strode out.

Faced with this mutated monster, Uncle Nine demonstrated the shrewd experience of a true Maoshan master.

"Since mortal fire magic can't suppress it, then let's borrow the might of Heaven!"

Uncle Nine pulled three brass Bagua mirrors from his bag, flicked his finger, and two of the mirrors flew toward Simu and Qiusheng.

"Four eyes, step into the Qian position! Autumn is born, guard the Kun position! Raise the mirror, welcome the blazing sun!"

Si Mu caught the Bagua mirror and understood Uncle Jiu's intention.

He dropped his bronze greatsword, rolled to the open space to the left of the yamen, and held the Bagua mirror above his head. Qiu Sheng scrambled to the right and raised the mirror.

Uncle Nine stood in the center, bit his tongue, and sprayed his pure Yang essence blood onto the Bagua mirror in his hand. He then drew a Yang-gathering talisman on the mirror surface with his finger.

"The sun rises in the east, shining brightly; borrow the power of Yangping Sha, and break it!"

The three Bagua mirrors were adjusted to capture the rising sun, refracting it into three beams of light.

The beams of light converged in mid-air and focused on Nintendo.

The intense sunlight, amplified by the Bagua mirror and catalyzed by the essence and blood, caused the temperature to soar.

The transparent slime on Nintendo's body that was resisting the Fiery Talisman could no longer hold on, and the liquid evaporated on a large scale, turning into thick white smoke that rose up.

"Roar!"

Nintendo tilted its head back and let out a strange cry.

It tried to break out of the beam of light's range, and Uncle Nine and Four-Eyes Autumn followed its footsteps, locking onto its position, with the beam of light following it.

"Good job! Burn it dry, let's see how this old bone can be set!" Si Mu's forehead was covered in sweat from the heat.

Lin Chen stood on the outer perimeter, holding the lightning-struck wooden sword, without stepping forward. Nintendo was roaring, its aura showing no signs of weakening.

At high temperatures, deeper mutations occur.

The slime burned away, and Nintendo's tattered Qing Dynasty official robe turned to ashes. His bluish-black flesh, exposed to the sun and fire, did not carbonize and shrivel like that of a normal zombie.

Its muscles begin to contract and harden under the stimulation of high temperature.

The muscles bulged out, their surfaces gleaming with a grayish-black sheen, like raw iron freshly quenched in a blacksmith's furnace.

"Click click click..."

A series of cracking sounds emanated from Nintendo's body.

Its body grew half a foot taller, its thin limbs became thicker, its black fingernails fell off, and ten iron-like bone blades grew out.

"Something's wrong!" Uncle Nine's Bagua mirror was burning hot. "This monstrous creature is using the extreme yang fire to temper its physical body!"

The chemical solutions developed by foreigners altered the evolutionary path of zombies; fire and sunlight failed to destroy them, but instead forced out their defense mechanisms.

Nintendo lowered his head, his purplish-red eyes fixed on Uncle Nine in front of him.

It took a step forward, supported by three beams of extremely bright sunlight.

The heavy footsteps thudded on the ground, leaving a dent.

"Get back!" Lin Chen shouted, shoving the lightning-struck wooden sword back into his back.

Wooden swords are ineffective against this hard iron shell; blunt weapons and force are required.

Lin Chen rushed toward the bronze greatsword that Si Mu had just thrown down.

The fifty-pound Crimson Flame Copper Greatsword was nothing compared to Lin Chen's strength attribute.

He gripped the hilt with one hand and channeled the power of the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture into the blade. The dark red flame patterns on the greatsword lit up, emitting a buzzing sound.

Nintendo ignored the beam of light from the Bagua Mirror and charged toward Uncle Nine.

Uncle Nine dropped the Bagua mirror and formed hand seals, preparing to withstand the attack.

"Get back inside!"

Lin Chen shouted loudly.

He gripped the bronze greatsword with both hands, leaped up from the side, and exerted his strength in mid-air, smashing the fifty-pound sword down on Nintendo's temple.

The sword strike was extremely powerful. Nintendo noticed the commotion, stopped his charge towards Uncle Nine, turned around, and raised his arms to block above his head.

"Clang!"

Lin Chen felt a jolt in his hand, the force of which made his arm go numb. This monster's bones were even harder than the armored corpses in the abandoned mine.

"Goodness, what incredible brute strength!" Mom exclaimed, staring wide-eyed from behind. "What did this kid eat to grow up like that? He's a veritable humanoid beast!"

Lin Chen withdrew his greatsword, spun half a circle in place to gain momentum, and then swept the greatsword horizontally, heading straight for Nintendo's neck.

"Thump!"

The greatsword struck Nintendo's neck.

Nintendo's head was knocked to one side, and his body was sent flying, crashing into a large stone lion outside the government office. The stone lion, weighing several thousand kilograms, was cracked and collapsed.

Lin Chen dragged his greatsword toward the ruins, the tip of the sword drawing sparks on the ground.

"Lin Chen, don't be careless!" Uncle Nine warned, "This monster's aura hasn't dissipated at all!"

The ruins were filled with rubble.

Nintendo stood up.

Its neck was twisted, and it grabbed its head with both hands and forcefully turned it back into place.

Only a faint white mark remained on that grayish-black outer shell, which resembled cast iron.

Lin Chen stopped in his tracks.

Force can knock it away but cannot cause damage; it can absorb force and harden itself, making this monster's survival attributes maxed out.

Nintendo's gaze passed over Lin Chen and fell upon the tightly closed gate of the government office. From behind the crack in the gate came the sounds of breathing and heartbeats of a living person.

Those were Captain Cao and villagers from Lijia Town.

"It wants to enter the government office to suck blood!" Lin Chen realized its intention.

Nintendo crawled on all fours, skimming the ground to avoid Lin Chen.

Its speed increases rather than decreases after hardening.

"Don't even think about it! Stop it!" Four Eyes roared, grabbing a handful of glutinous rice and throwing it over.

The glutinous rice bounced off the Nintendo's cast iron casing.

Ignoring the stares, Nintendo leaped into the air and charged straight at the gate of the government office.

"Bang! Crack!"

The two-inch-thick gate was smashed to pieces.

The screams of the villagers echoed through the courtyard of the government office.

"Help! This thing has broken in! Run!" Captain Cao's howl pierced through the courtyard wall.

Lin Chen, holding the fifty-pound bronze greatsword upside down, unleashed his Seven Star Steps and charged into the broken gate.