I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 871 Marking the Queen Mother of the West

When it rains, it pours; when the boat is late, it gets caught in a headwind.

At this time, the Queen Mother of the West was beset by internal and external troubles. Internally, the consciousness derived from her physical body was vying for control of her body and wanted to refine her true spirit. Externally, Zhang Chen's God-Slaying Whip was constantly threatening her. Whenever she was about to gain the upper hand, he would strike her. No matter how good-tempered the Queen Mother of the West was, she could not endure Zhang Chen's despicable and shameless torture.

The Queen Mother of the West was so angry that her lungs felt like they were about to explode. When had she, the Queen Mother of the West, ever suffered such an injustice?

I'm so confused!
Zhang Chen stood still, listening to the Queen Mother of the West's scolding, and calmly cast a time acceleration spell to speed up his own mark's control over the zombie's body.

"A physical body at the Primordial Chaos level, and having absorbed a zombie transformed from the ancestral vein of a world, he can already be considered a master at the Primordial Chaos level, right?" Zhang Chen thought to himself.

At least in his mind, this zombie's power should be no less than that of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and its combat strength should at least be equal. Just think, that was the ancestral vein of a world, representing the manifestation of the earth's essence. Now that it had been absorbed by the zombie, it should at least be considered to have devoured the complete power of the earth's essence, right?

The underground passage exists alongside the Heavenly Dao.

As countless thoughts raced through Zhang Chen's mind, the Queen Mother of the West came to her senses and exclaimed in shock, "You actually possess the Law of Time!"

That's the law of time! Even the Queen Mother of the West, who was at the level of a Primordial Golden Immortal, had never mastered it.

“I also had some good fortune, otherwise how would I have dared to plot against Your Highness?” Zhang Chen said.

Upon hearing Zhang Chen's words, the Queen Mother of the West gritted her teeth in hatred, but there was nothing she could do at the moment. She could only secretly resolve to obliterate the consciousness of the physical body in front of her before striking down this little beast on the spot.

Eight hundred years passed in a flash. The true spirit of the Queen Mother of the West once again gained the upper hand and suppressed the true spirit of the zombie. But the next moment, a divine light flowed from Zhang Chen's sleeve and struck the zombie's body. Then, the true spirit of the Queen Mother of the West was once again shaken out of the zombie's body, with half of its head protruding.

Zhang Chen's God-Slaying Whip lashed out thirty times in succession, completely shaking the illusory image of the Queen Mother of the West's head out of the zombie's body. At this moment, the zombie's physical consciousness regained the upper hand, turning the tide against the Queen Mother of the West.

"You beast! You beast!" The Queen Mother of the West cursed angrily, her voice filled with boundless rage.

Zhang Chen stood still, ignoring the conflict, and continued to watch the show with a smile, letting the true spirit of the Queen Mother of the West and her physical consciousness struggle.

Time passed slowly, and another half a year went by. After Zhang Chen's Corpse Control Technique mark had completely mastered the body, Zhang Chen turned his gaze to the zombie's head, and saw that the time on the zombie's head had begun to count down.

"With the struggle between the Queen Mother of the West and the zombie's consciousness, I can use the Corpse Control Technique to invade the zombie's head more than ten times faster. I can afford to wait a little longer." Zhang Chen decided to continue the refining process and leave after it was completed. At the same time, he pondered how to deal with the hidden danger of the Queen Mother of the West and how to suppress her.

After a long while, Zhang Chen actually came up with an idea that would allow him to eliminate the Queen Mother of the West once and for all.

It is true that the Queen Mother of the West is an immortal and indestructible Primordial Golden Immortal, but if I were to gain control of the entire zombie, and the Queen Mother of the West had fused the zombie's true spirit and will, and then her true spirit entered the zombie's body, wouldn't I also be able to control the Queen Mother of the West?
As for the idea of ​​having the zombie's physical consciousness devour the Queen Mother of the West's true spirit, Zhang Chen felt that this idea seemed unreliable. The zombie's true spirit was far too weak compared to the Queen Mother of the West. Even with him causing trouble, the zombie's true spirit could only barely gain the upper hand.

Moreover, the true spirit of a saint is immortal and indestructible. Even if he were to be devoured by a zombie, it wouldn't be able to.

"But before that, I need to mark its true spirit. Only by marking its true spirit can I completely control the Queen Mother of the West." A plan kept forming in Zhang Chen's mind. He pondered it silently for a long time. Seeing that the battle between the two sides was about to reach its peak, Zhang Chen's God-Slaying Whip flew out again and lashed at the zombie's body.

'Bang~'

The zombie's body was whipped, its true spirit shaken, and the Queen Mother of the West's expression changed drastically. However, this time she didn't make a scene, for this process had to be endured every day: "Ant, what can you do to me? Know that my true spirit is at the Primordial Chaos level, an immortal and indestructible existence. As long as I continue to temper the zombie's will, one day I will devour it. And you? You cannot waste your time here with me. Your lifespan is finite. I want to see how long you can last against me, a thousand years or ten thousand?"

The Queen Mother of the West's voice was calm, so calm it was chilling.

Zhang Chen smiled slightly upon hearing this: "It's time to end this! I will now send out Your Majesty's true spirit, allowing that zombie to completely take control of your body. At that time, you will only have a true spirit left. How will you contend with this zombie? I'm afraid that Your Majesty, with only a true spirit, you won't be able to withstand the power of your own body."

The Queen Mother of the West fell silent upon hearing this, her eyes filled with rage as she looked at Zhang Chen's God-Slaying Whip as it struck her: "Insect, I have a substitution technique; you must not forget it!"

"I beg Your Majesty to use the substitution spell, so that I may take the brunt of the zombie's attack and all its pain for you," Zhang Chen said with a disdainful smile. The Queen Mother of the West fell silent again. She had long considered the substitution spell; if she could use it to kill Zhang Chen, she would have done so long ago. But after staring at Zhang Chen for a long, long time, she finally sighed helplessly. She regretted not being more careful when she killed him back then, not completely eliminating him, not grinding his bones to ashes a thousand times to prevent his rebirth. Otherwise, how could she be in this predicament today?

As Zhang Chen's God-Slaying Whip continued to fall, the body of the Queen Mother of the West trembled again and again. After Zhang Chen had lashed her five hundred times, the true spirit of the Queen Mother of the West was finally shaken out of the zombie's body as a human figure.

This is the God-Slaying Whip, specifically designed to subdue all souls. Yet it took over five hundred lashes to shake the true spirit of the Queen Mother of the West, especially since the Queen Mother's true spirit was restrained by the consciousness of a zombie. This shows just how troublesome a master of the Hunyuan level is.

"Boy, your death is near! You shook me out of that physical body. Did you ever consider that I deliberately let you do this, freeing my true spirit from that body?" The Queen Mother of the West's true spirit transformed into a humanoid figure of light and shadow, her eyes fixed on Zhang Chen, looking down at him and saying, "I've figured it out. With you causing trouble, I'll never be able to erase that zombie's consciousness. Only by dealing with you first can I peacefully erase that zombie's true spirit."

Zhang Chen looked at the Queen Mother of the West: "So you're saying you're using me?"

The Queen Mother of the West's voice was full of smugness: "My true spirit is inside the zombie, and it's not so easy for me to break free. If it weren't for your treasure, it would have been really difficult for me to escape and kill you."

As the Queen Mother of the West spoke, her voice was filled with deep-seated hatred: "Never before has anyone driven me to such a state. You are the first, boy! I will not rest until I have torn your soul apart, skinned you, and burned you like a lantern!"

At this point, the Queen Mother of the West pointed at Zhang Chen and said, "Boy, give me your soul!"

She wanted to capture Zhang Chen's soul and extract it for purification, but Zhang Chen remained motionless as he watched the Queen Mother of the West's actions, silently pointing his golden finger: "Mark!"

[Target Discovery]

[Status: Markable]

【Do you wish to mark this?】

With Zhang Chen's command, a mysterious mark appeared out of thin air within the true spirit of the Queen Mother of the West, and a chain in the dark connected it to the Queen Mother of the West.

[Marked successfully!]

Just as the Queen Mother of the West was about to launch a deadly attack on him, the world before Zhang Chen turned into black and white, and an invisible chain appeared between him and the Queen Mother of the West.

When the Queen Mother of the West struck, it was as if a spring breeze had blown past Zhang Chen, stirring up layers of dust.

The Queen Mother of the West also sensed something was wrong. Seeing the chains connecting her and Zhang Chen, and the mark branded into her true spirit, her expression changed drastically: "What the hell?"

Why did her sure-kill attack on Zhang Chen, which she was so confident of, have no effect at all?
And what are the imprints on one's soul?
What are those chains that are connected to one's true spirit?
The Queen Mother of the West sensed something was wrong and turned her eyes to Zhang Chen. She could tell that the other end of the chain was connected to Zhang Chen: "Was this your doing? As long as I kill you, all the problems will naturally be solved!"

The Queen Mother of the West raised her hand again, but this time, the slap was like a spring breeze brushing past Zhang Chen's ear, having no effect whatsoever.

"What does Your Majesty think of my 'little tricks'?" Zhang Chen asked with a playful expression.

"You scoundrel! You deserve to die!" The Queen Mother of the West sensed something was wrong. Without saying a word, she turned around and entered the zombie's body, returning to the zombie's body and beginning to fight with the zombie's consciousness for control of the physical body.

"Boy, what kind of tricks are you using?" The Queen Mother of the West's voice was full of horror.

"The law of cause and effect." Zhang Chen said.

"What kind of damned law of cause and effect? ​​I have long been free from all karmic ties. Even if you want to fool me, you can't come up with a convincing excuse. How did you acquire such abilities?" the Queen Mother of the West asked. At this moment, the Queen Mother of the West was very flustered. She was already a powerful being at the Hunyuan level. Any means that could make her flustered were no ordinary means. The key was that she couldn't understand these means at all.

Zhang Chen smiled without saying a word, simply watching as the Queen Mother of the West possessed the zombie, while also keeping an eye on the progress of his own corpse control technique mark. After all, this was related to his future means of survival, so how could he dare to be careless?
(End of this chapter)