The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 675: The Journey to the Mountain of Osorrow (28)

The zombie in front of everyone was wearing the same style of haori as Granny Tao, but it looked tattered. Although its skin was shriveled and dehydrated, it did not rot, but was attached to the bones like a layer of skin. Its nails and hair were very long, as if they were still growing after death.

It jumped out of the coffin lightly and landed on the ground. It would be more accurate to say that its feet did not move at all rather than "jumping". It just floated out in such a strange way. The zombie looked into the distance, completely ignoring everyone.

Qian Xiaoyi looked at the zombie carefully. Although Taoist Lingkong had told him some stories, it was actually the first time he saw this thing.

In the research of cognitive school, zombies raised by this evil method rely on the cognition of close people to maintain their existence in the ghost realm. Theoretically speaking, zombies are also a kind of man-made monsters, just like those monsters in the Hundred Ghosts.

"So... is this one of Jingde's achievements back then?" Qian Xiaoyi thought silently: "He kept conducting experiments in various aspects until these achievements were combined to create an organization like Baigui."

But now is not the time to think about unnecessary things. Their top priority now is to kill the thing in front of them.

"Follow the plan we made earlier!" Qian Xiaoyi shouted, "We must attack, we must not let it get out of here! Her target is Granny Tao!"

"I'll do it!" King Kong tore open his T-shirt, revealing the golden tattoo on his back, and then rushed towards the zombie in one go.

Because of the special training before, King Kong is no longer in full swing like he was at the beginning. If he used to be a furnace that was always burning, then now he is like an unprepossessing machine that can only burst out energy when it is started.

King Kong charged forward with amazing momentum like a truck, slamming into the zombie hard, knocking it back half a step.

But it was only half a step, and this was already King Kong's full strength. He had clearly exploded with all his strength, but he could only do this much. You know, if he had this kind of explosive power when fighting against the Civet Cat King or the Green Ghost before, he would have knocked those two guys away long ago.

King Kong grabbed the zombie's arms, veins bulged on his head, but the zombie stood still like a mountain and allowed King Kong to push him.

Qian Xiaoyi was not idle either. The ink lines went around from behind King Kong like a spirit snake, wrapped around the zombies, and then kept tightening. When the ink lines came into contact with the zombies, they actually emitted sparks and a burnt smell like red-hot iron wires.

boom!
The ink line broke, and King Kong flew out along with it, falling in front of Qian Xiaoyi. King Kong's arms were numb. He raised his hands and saw that his palms, which had previously grabbed the zombie's arms, had turned black, as if they had been poisoned.

"Corpse poison..." Qian Xiaoyi said solemnly, "Ayu, help King Kong deal with it. Lingnai, let's go together."

This looks like a toxin, but in fact it is more like a curse or something like death. According to legend, ancient Taoists could use glutinous rice full of "vitality" and spells to remove poison, and the principle is still the same as the Zhuyouke magic.

And now Qian Xiaoyi did not prepare glutinous rice, because with King Kong's physique and Terao Yu's ability, this thing should not be difficult to remove.

Thinking of this, he picked up the copper coin sword and rushed forward, trying to stop the zombies from advancing.

Hearing Qian Xiaoyi's order, Lingnai swallowed her saliva. She didn't want to go, but the arrow was on the string at this time, and she could only say: "Next time there is such a thing, I will definitely not participate!"

Then, she put on the mountain god mask, and her temperament changed instantly. "Humph, disgusting thing." Suzuna looked at the arrogant zombie through the mask and snorted, "This is my territory, you thief!"

Suzuna took off her shoes and stepped on the ground barefoot. She didn't care even if there were small stones underneath. The power of the mountain made her very confident. Suzuna raised her hand and shouted, "I am the master here!"

The hellish scenery around them changed suddenly. Magma gushed out from the earth, as if it had come alive, rushing towards the zombies. The scorching breath seemed to evaporate the monsters in front of them in an instant.

But the strange thing is that after the magma rushed to a certain range, its speed slowed down until it stopped. There seemed to be an invisible circle around the zombies, preventing the magma from moving forward.

Qian Xiaoyi appeared behind the zombie and stabbed the center of the zombie's spine with a "Pojun" strike. The zombie's body straightened up as if by a knee-jerk reaction, and black air instantly burst out from the zombie's body, knocking Qian Xiaoyi away.

Qian Xiaoyi adjusted his body, steadied himself in mid-air, and landed on a hill of skulls.

“This feeling…” Qian Xiaoyi’s heart was filled with shock. “According to the Mountain God, this zombie has stolen some of his functions? In other words, the zombie possesses the power of the Mountain God. This entire area is providing it with energy, and the closer it is to it, the clearer the feeling of oppression becomes. It’s almost like…”

A vague image of a dangerous woman flashed through Qian Xiaoyi's mind.

"Go to hell, thief!" The mountain god Suzuna roared. She was wearing a shrine maiden's costume and standing barefoot on the ground, but she showed a violent temperament that was completely different from her image. The ground around her was shaking, and the tree roots and vines, the lava ground, and even the undead in the mountains were all mobilized by her to attack the zombies.

The zombie finally responded to the things around it. It seemed that the power of the mountain god stimulated it, and it used the same power to fight against the things that attacked it.

Vines against vines, earthquakes against earthquakes, lava against lava, even the undead in the mountains were divided into two factions and began to fight each other. There was always an invisible circle around the zombies, keeping them safe.

"Damn it! Damn it!" Suzuna shouted angrily, as if whatever ability she used, the other party would be able to use the same moves.

Suzuna's behavior finally made the zombie shift its target. Its dull and dry eyes focused on Suzuna, and its mouth opened, revealing its incomplete and horrible teeth, revealing its desire for the fresh vitality of the living.

Noticing that look, a fear rose in Suzuna's heart, which even the state of being possessed by the mountain god could not stop.

"Charge! Suzuna! Kill it for me!" The voice of the mountain god shouted in Suzuna's heart.

"No...I can't beat it..." Suzuna stepped back again, mumbling in a trembling voice, "I...I can't beat this thing!"

For the first time, Suzuna's behavior conflicted with the image represented by the mask on her face.

(End of this chapter)