Mushroom Man

Chapter 277 The Old Bone Undergoes Tribulation, A Lonely and Miserable Soul

"Boom——"

The dark clouds, formed by bad luck, suddenly flashed with lightning and thunder, emitting a muffled rumbling sound.

The commotion was so great that it traveled for miles.

Zombies are intolerable to heaven and earth, hated by both humans and ghosts, and must undergo a tribulation of lightning to transform into zombies.

However, at best, Master Gu is merely a mushroom master and does not yet have the qualifications to attract natural disasters and calamities.

The lightning tribulation that has manifested now is merely a simulation he created using lightning-path mushrooms he had prepared in advance.

If a corpse wants to become a skeleton, it must be broken and rebuilt. Lightning strikes the old body, dissolving the old bones and growing new ones.

This process is extremely dangerous, as it is equivalent to treating a person as a mushroom to be refined. If one is not careful, one may die as a result.

Secondly, the Thunder Dao has a certain restraining effect on the Soul Dao.

The remnant soul of the Bone Immortal lingers within the body of a zombie. However, if his soul is affected by the lightning tribulation, even by a small amount, it will be completely destroyed.

That's right!

Zombies actually have souls too.

It is precisely because zombies possess souls that they are called the living dead.

Regardless of the method used to prolong life, the soul is of paramount importance. Once the soul perishes, the person is essentially dead, with no chance of recovery.

This is one of the reasons why Wu Liang, after inheriting the memories of the Blood River Ancestor, did not consider himself to be the Blood River Ancestor.

It was because his soul did not come from the Blood River Ancestor, but from Wu Liang.

"Fourth rank..."

Wu Liang stood not far away, gazing at the sky filled with lightning and thunder, his eyes deep and unfathomable.

For ordinary people, becoming a fourth-level mushroom master is a mountain that many can never reach in their entire lives.

But for him, without becoming an immortal, he was still just an ant. Whether he reached the fourth or fifth level of cultivation, he was nothing more than a slightly larger ant.

As long as his escape plan goes smoothly, allowing him to escape and save his life.

He was confident that he could reach the fourth level in a short time, at the latest within a year, and become a powerful figure.

Wu Liang wasn't in a hurry; for now, he'd let Bone Immortal go first...

Meanwhile, as the foul air increased, the thunder grew louder.

The blessed land of the tomb, a sea of ​​red spider lilies.

Zhuge Huowang closed his eyes and focused on refining his soul, recovering from the damage inflicted by the sword monk.

Just then, he sensed the commotion coming from the direction of Xiaohun Ridge and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

However, a mere ordinary zombie is not worth him opening his eyes for.

With just a thought, Zhuge Huowang learned the whole story from the souls scattered throughout the blessed land of the tombs.

That's right!

What no one knew was that Tsukago Fukuchi was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

The burial grounds are filled with the underworld, and beneath the underworld lies a vast number of souls.

These dead souls usually remain unseen and inconspicuous, merely serving as his eyes and ears.

However, if danger arises, all the dead will emerge, and they can definitely give anyone a hard time.

"Do you want to transform into a fourth-level skeleton corpse, activate the Lonely Mushroom, and use loneliness to strengthen the soul of that little guy Wu Liang?"

"Hmm...that's a good idea."

"A wise man knows when to yield; it seems that little Wu Liang has made the right choice."

Just as Wu Liang had suspected, Zhuge Huowang had indeed misunderstood something.

He smiled with satisfaction, then flicked the strings casually without even looking at them.

The next moment, some invisible great power descended upon Soul-Destroying Ridge, protecting Wu Liang and Bone Master, so that even if the Soul-Destroying Wind blew, it would temporarily avoid the two of them.

Clearly, Zhuge Huowang was also pleased to see Gu Zhenren recover to the fourth level.

After all, in his view, Wu Liang had already compromised and was preparing to use Bone Immortal to help him strengthen his soul.

In this situation, Zhuge Huowang would naturally be happy to help and would do his best to assist.

the other side……

Wu Liang and Gu Zhenren were completely unaware of this, and did not know that Zhuge Huowang had already thwarted Xiaohunfeng on their behalf.

At this moment, because he was worried about the Soul-Sealing Wind that might come at any time, Bone Master did not stay in the Corpse-Nourishing Ground for too long, for fear of causing any delay.

Just listen to the sound of "boom"!
Bone Immortal forcibly pushed himself to the limit, instantly bursting out of the ground.

The moment he broke through the ground, the thunder that had been accumulating in the sky crashed down.

The Thunder Path School is renowned for its formidable killing power, and is recognized as one of the five strongest killing schools in the mushroom world.

And as it turns out, Lei Dao truly lived up to his reputation...

The lightning struck down mercilessly, hitting Bone Master.

Bone Master was powerless to resist and was immediately struck and staggered. Most of his rotten, maggot-infested flesh turned to ashes.

In an instant, half of Bone Master's body was devoid of flesh and blood, leaving only stark white bones.

This is merely an artificial lightning tribulation simulated using Thunder-Path Mushrooms.

If it were a true tribulation of lightning, Bone Master would probably have been reduced to ashes in that instant.

A true tribulation of lightning is a type of celestial or natural disaster, something even immortals dare not withstand.

Upon witnessing this scene, Wu Liang couldn't help but frown.

When the Blood River Ancestor was active in the medieval period, the transformation path of "Transformation into Zombie" was not yet so prosperous.

Therefore, his understanding of the transformation of zombies was actually not very extensive.

Seeing that half of Bone Master's body had been split into bones, he couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Is Bone Master going too far?
Fortunately, it turned out that Wu Liang's worries were unnecessary.

An ordinary person would be utterly killed if struck like that, their flesh and internal organs cleaved into ashes.

However, Bone Immortal is different...

His physical body was already dead. Whether it was flesh and blood, internal organs, or even his brain being shattered into mush, it didn't really have much of an impact on him.

For a skeleton, its true form is actually its indestructible skeleton.

As long as the bones remain, one can live forever.

This is very similar to the Blood Demon Corpse, the difference being that one is white bones and the other is fresh blood.

"Roar--"

But the Bone Immortal not only did not perish, but also shed some of the burdens of his old body, and his corpse aura became even stronger.

He looked up to the sky and roared, facing the tribulation of lightning head-on.

The true energy transformed from the silver water rippled out instantly.

Each bone-hard mushroom was activated, causing its bones to crack and pop.

The white bone trees growing around them replaced the bone passage mushroom material and flowed into the body of the bone cultivator.

Boom!

Boom! ! !
One after another, bolts of lightning struck down, slamming into Bone Master's body.

Wu Liang crossed his arms and watched coldly from the sidelines.

He watched helplessly as the Bone Immortal's physical body vanished, leaving only a pale skeleton standing proudly on the spot.

If Bone Master was previously like a green-faced, fanged zombie, then now he is more like a skeleton.

The white skeleton was bathed in lightning tribulation, its bones gradually crumbled, the old bones were gone, and new bones grew.

The entire process went smoothly without any unexpected incidents.

When the forty-nine lightning tribulations dissipated, only a three-zhang-tall white skeletal giant remained in the arena.

The skeletal giant was pure white, translucent, and devoid of any flesh or blood, making it appear exceptionally ferocious.

The next moment, the skeletal giant opened its mouth and inhaled, swallowing the entire cloud of foul air that filled the sky.

As the foul air returned to its place, the empty eye sockets of the skeletal giant ignited with a ghastly green ghost fire, thus transforming it into a skeletal corpse!

The aura of the fourth stage spread out, and the dense corpse stench made the surroundings foul and nauseating.

If an ordinary person were to come into contact with even a tiny bit of this corpse aura, they would probably develop lividity on the spot, or even have their body decay.

"strength……"

"My strength has finally returned."

The skeleton that Bone Immortal had transformed into observed the changes in itself, its eyes flickering with ghostly fire, looking quite excited.

Admittedly, his current strength is less than one-tenth of what it was at its peak.

Even so, he was content.

After all, it had already turned into a zombie, so it's already quite good that it could recover to the level of a fourth-tier fighter.

It should be understood that for the vast majority of mushroom masters, once they are transformed into zombies, their future is sealed. Let alone whether they can continue to advance, maintaining the status quo is a pipe dream.

Bone Master did not become complacent because of this.

He quickly concealed his aura and suppressed the corpse energy, fearing that he might inadvertently affect the special envoy.

"Your Excellency, I have successfully completed my mission and refined the White Bone Corpse."

Perhaps because the skeleton was three zhang tall, they were worried that it would be taboo for the special envoy to look up at it.

Therefore, Bone Master bowed his head very obediently, adopting a humble and subservient posture, showing none of the strong demeanor that a fourth-level mushroom master should have.

"Indeed, having a fourth-tier combatant like you now puts my mind at ease."

Wu Liang scrutinized Bone True Man, quite intrigued by the pale green ghost fire flickering in his eye sockets.

Based on his knowledge, he could naturally see that this ghost fire symbolized the soul of the Bone Immortal.

Once the ghost fire is extinguished, the Bone Immortal will be annihilated, his body and soul scattered, and his cultivation vanish.

However, in other words, if the ghost fire does not go out, Bone Immortal will not perish.

And that's what makes the skeleton corpse so terrifying!
The fourth-stage skeleton corpse is endlessly regenerating from its bones, making it difficult to inflict any effective damage with ordinary methods.

It is not afraid of sunlight, water and fire, or weapons.

Unfortunately, the skeleton was not perfect; it still had a fatal flaw: its soul.

Of course, this is a flaw inherent in all zombies, regardless of their rotation count.

After the mushroom masters turned into zombies, their souls were all extremely fragile without exception.

If the soul is even slightly affected, the consequences are unimaginable.

"Perhaps we should refine a few Soul Dao Mushrooms, specifically for restraining Bone True Persons."

"If this guy develops disloyal thoughts in the future, we can extract his soul and refine it into a ghost slave."

"As for the physical body, it can be used as a ready-made corpse slave for my use..."

Wu Liang seemed to be deep in thought, and dozens of ways to arbitrarily torment Bone True Man had already come up in his mind.

Bone Master was completely unaware of this.

No matter how hard he tried, he could never have imagined that the esteemed special envoy was plotting to extract his soul and devour him completely.

The two had different thoughts, but they did not delay for too long because of this.

At Wu Liang's instruction, Bone Master quickly began refining the Lonely Mushroom without stopping.

This time, even with Wu Liang's cooperation, it still took him a whole day to refine it.

Then, according to the plan, Master Gu began to consume a full thousand drops of silver water before he could finally refine enough fourth-level crimson gold true energy to activate Lonely Mushroom.

When the Lonely Mushroom is successfully activated...

There were no unusual phenomena, no unusual sounds, everything seemed so peaceful.

In this tranquility, Wu Liang felt a familiar loneliness welling up in his heart.

this moment……

He had only one thought, and that was...

"I am so lonely."

(End of this chapter)