Peele could feel his body growing weaker by the second and cursed out loud before he copsed on the edge of the cliff he was standing at.


    Meanwhile, the zombie charged at Wilbur once more, who realized that the zombie had not been injured from his attack at all. In fact, it seemed to increase in power and speed.


    "Could this be a case of spirit enchantment? That''s a spell from evil sorcery."


    Wilbur sensed that the zombie before him was different and could not help but remember the types of zombies he had encountered in the past.


    Spirit enchantment, like its name, was the process of forcing spiritual energy into a zombie''s body through a source to increase its fighting powers.


    The biggest specialty of this evil sorcery spell was that it gave the zombie an endless source of spiritual energy to take the opponent down, waiting for a crack to appear for the zombie''s controller tond the fatal move.


    This was a useful battle n against cultivators below Sanctuary level but was hardly anything to someone like Wilbur.


    Cultivators of Sanctuary level and above were able to regain their spiritual energy through the heavens and the ground, and thus trying to go against them would be ineffective.


    "I guess Derkley''s trying to buy himself some time. I''m gonna have to take this idiot down pronto. It''d be bad if the main guy were to get away."


    Wilbur''s aura shifted abruptly at the thought, and he began to emit a thick fog of bubbling spiritual energy that made him look like a god on Earth.


    Wilbur did not duck from the zombie''s blow, instead grabbing its fist with his own hand, resulting in a loud crash.


    He yanked the zombie towards himself, and the zombie followed as if it was a doll.


    Right as the zombie tipped over towards Wilbur, he whispered, "Thunder cleaver."


    The next second, a lightning strike shot out of Wilbur''s fist with a brilliant blue light piercing through the zombie''s body.


    After searching through it with his Iris Veritas, Wilbur realized that the zombie''s endless source of spiritual energy actually came from that special Bloody Amulet inside it.


    The amulet had exploded under the attack of the thunder cleaver, and the zombie stopped moving for good.


    At the same time, Derkley appeared in front of an unconscious Peele with a cunning smile on his face. "Did you think I wouldn''t know what you were after, staying so close to me this whole time? You''re far too young, Peele. I would have given you everything if you were my son. After all, you''re the best staff I have aside from Erin and Ketta! With those wits, it was only a matter of time before you got to Erin and Ketta''s level, but you were too impatient. You''re so impatient that I could sense your hunger. I know Kyra put you by my side to spy on me, and I know you came from the womb of one of the people I killed. But it''s toote now. You can only take your hatred to your grave, and I shall usurp the death essence in you to ascend to Sanctuary level!"


    Upon saying the words, a zombie Peele had not seen before appeared from the rock Derkley was standing on.


    This zombie was the real reason Peele had been controlled, and Peele would never know that Derkley had actually created six zombies instead of five!