Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 292 Zhou Mingde's Backstabbing [Please Subscribe]

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, why did you do this!"

Inside the tomb, Ruan Hongzhuang glared angrily at Zhou Mingde, her eyes filled with fear.

She never expected that, just as she was about to kill the blue-faced zombie, Zhou Mingde would suddenly attack Shen Borong, who was killing the blue-faced zombie.

She hadn't expected it, and neither had Shen Borong!

It wasn't that the two truly trusted Zhou Mingde, but rather that they hadn't even seen what the treasure looked like, and they couldn't understand why Zhou Mingde would attack them.

After all, as of now, it's completely unknown whether the blue-faced zombie has any treasures in its chest pouch, or how many treasures it contains.

In the past, there have been many cultivators who went through countless trials and tribulations only to receive an empty storage bag in return.

Indeed, there are some cultivators who are extremely selfish and do not want the treasures they have worked so hard for all their lives to benefit future generations of cultivators. They will destroy all those treasures before they pass away!

Therefore, neither of them expected that Zhou Mingde would attack them before he had even killed the blue-faced zombie.

It is precisely because they hadn't considered this situation that they were not on guard.

At this moment, Shen Borong, who was caught off guard, was severely injured by Zhou Mingde's attack and was in critical condition.

The blue-faced zombie was also deliberately allowed to escape Zhou Mingde's control.

Ruan Hongzhuang was filled with shock, anger, fear, and dread as she watched this scene.

"Fellow Daoist Ruan, why pretend to be ignorant? If I don't do this now, I'm afraid that after I kill this blue-faced zombie, Fellow Daoist Shen will join you in attacking me!"

Zhou Mingde met Ruan Hongzhuang's gaze calmly, and his words made Ruan Hongzhuang's heart sink completely.

She knew in her heart that things weren't like that; at least until now, Shen Borong had never said such words to her.

But she knew even better that there was no point in explaining these things now.

Since Zhou Mingde thought this way and had already taken action, even if he knew he was wrong, he would only continue down the wrong path.

Her most pressing concern should be finding a way to save her own life.

A multitude of thoughts raced through her mind. She quickly transmitted her voice to the critically injured and dying Shen Borong, saying, "Fellow Daoist Shen, please help hold him off. If I escape with my life, I will inform the Shen family of your death and do everything in my power to avenge you!"

As she said these words, she quickly rushed towards the exit of the tomb.

Clearly, regardless of whether Shen Borong was willing to cover for her or not, she didn't want to stay in the tomb for another second.

However, Zhou Mingde seemed to have anticipated her actions, and quickly unleashed a fiery ring-shaped magic weapon at her, forcing her to stop and defend herself.

On the other hand, Shen Borong did not take action against Zhou Mingde as she had said.

Because after the blue-faced zombie was freed from the suppression of the Vulcan, its first target was Shen Borong.

Perhaps it was because Shen Borong had almost killed it, or perhaps it was because Shen Borong was severely injured and the smell of blood on his body stimulated it.

what! !

Soon, Shen Borong's screams made Ruan Hongzhuang's heart tremble.

She looked up and saw the blue-faced zombie piercing Shen Borong's chest with its claws, its mouth full of fangs biting Shen Borong's neck and drinking blood.

Upon seeing this, her pupils constricted, and she couldn't help but shout at Zhou Mingde, "Zhou Mingde, you're playing with fire and getting burned!"

"Once the blue-faced zombie has drained Fellow Daoist Shen's life essence, its injuries will heal rapidly. At that time, you alone will be no match for it!"

Healing by sucking blood is an innate ability of all zombies. The higher the cultivation level of the cultivator, the more nourishing the blood is to the zombie.

Shen Borong was a mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator. If the green-faced zombie absorbed all of his vital energy, the injury on his neck would definitely heal at an extremely fast speed.

At that time, Zhou Mingde and the Vulcan Jackal alone would be no match for this blue-faced zombie.

Ruan Hongzhuang's intention in saying this was quite clear: she wanted Zhou Mingde to spare her so that the two of them could join forces against the enemy.

But to be honest, even she herself wasn't confident about this, and didn't think Zhou Mingde would let her, an insider, off the hook.

But something she never expected happened again.

After listening to her words, Zhou Mingde actually nodded and replied, "Fellow Daoist Ruan is quite right. So if you are willing to put aside past grievances, after we deal with this green-faced zombie, I will definitely not let you miss your share of the spoils!"

"Are you telling the truth?"

Ruan Hongzhuang looked at Zhou Mingde with a face full of surprise and doubt, seemingly unable to believe that Zhou Mingde would actually be willing to let her go.

Faced with her suspicions, Zhou Mingde stated frankly, "Fellow Daoist Ruan poses no threat to me, nor does she harbor malicious intentions like Shen Borong. I have no reason to deceive you on such a matter!"

He paused slightly, then continued, "Of course, if you truly want me to trust you, Fellow Daoist, the matter of Shen Borong's descendant will ultimately be handled by you, Fellow Daoist Ruan!"

Ruan Hongzhuang understood what the so-called "handling" meant, of course.

It was simply a matter of making her kill Shen Borong's descendant as a pledge of loyalty, so that there would be no need to worry about her revealing what happened in the underground tomb afterward.

As a result, she began to believe Zhou Mingde's explanation to some extent.

She first glanced at the blue-faced zombie still drinking Shen Borong's blood, then at the Vulcan jackal blocking the tomb's exit. After a series of changes in her expression, she gritted her teeth and said, "Alright, I agree to Fellow Daoist Zhou's conditions. I only hope that Fellow Daoist Zhou will truly keep his promise and not lay a hand on me again!"

She had no other choice.

Judging from Zhou Mingde's expression, he clearly wouldn't let her go if she didn't agree.

In a tomb with only one exit, she had absolutely no chance of escaping with her life from Zhou Mingde's servants.

"Fellow Daoist Ruan, rest assured, I, Zhou, always keep my word!"

Zhou Mingde's expression softened, and he immediately stopped attacking Ruan Hongzhuang.

However, to prevent Ruan Hongzhuang from playing tricks on him, he still kept Ruan Hongzhuang away from the tomb exit and personally blocked the exit himself.

Therefore, unless she had to step over his corpse to get past him, Ruan Hongzhuang had no choice but to cooperate with him to deal with that blue-faced zombie.

Seeing his caution, Ruan Hongzhuang had no choice but to put aside her thoughts and join forces with him again to deal with the blue-faced zombie.

Perhaps because he had already won over Ruan Hongzhuang, Zhou Mingde no longer held back.

He reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, then took out a third-tier magic talisman.

The third-tier mid-grade magic talisman "Sun-Radiant Divine Fire Talisman" is a fire-element magic talisman that has a strong restraining effect on yin-attribute power.

This magic talisman was Zhou Mingde's biggest trump card, the one that allowed him to launch a sneak attack on Shen Borong.

With this item in hand, even if Ruan Hongzhuang doesn't cooperate with him, he is confident that he can kill the blue-faced zombie on his own.

However, without knowing what trump cards Ruan Hongzhuang possesses, it's best not to push her into a corner.

At this moment, after a flash of reluctance in his eyes, Zhou Mingde activated the "Sunfire Talisman" in his hand without hesitation.

Suddenly, a golden fireball appeared in front of Zhou Mingde, which he then flung at the blue-faced zombie.

The blue-faced zombie seemed to sense the power of the golden fireball and immediately tried to dodge it.

But the tomb chamber is only so big, so where could it hide?

Moreover, they were being pursued and intercepted by Vulcan and Ruan Hongzhuang.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the golden fireball finally struck the blue-faced zombie, instantly turning into a raging sea of ​​fire that engulfed it.

Roar--

A mournful roar emanated from the golden sea of ​​fire, while dark gray corpse energy could be seen continuously surging forth.

Faced with a life-or-death crisis, the blue-faced zombie could only desperately circulate its internal corpse energy to fight against the burning golden flames in order to save its life.

All of this was within Zhou Mingde's expectations.

He didn't take the opportunity to launch any further attacks on the blue-faced zombie. Instead, he summoned the Fire God Jackal back to his side and then used the Zhou family's beast-taming secret technique, "Magic Grafting," on his beloved pet.

The effect of the "Magic Grafting" technique is just like its name suggests: it can temporarily transfer the magic power of a cultivator to a demon beast.

By using this secret technique, Zhou Mingde could transfer up to 80% of his magical power to the Fire God Jackal, greatly enhancing its strength.

However, after his magic power is transferred to the spirit pet, his own strength will be greatly reduced due to the excessive damage to his magic power.

Therefore, Zhou Mingde would not easily use this secret technique.

But now, if he wanted to deliver a fatal blow to the blue-faced zombie, he had to take a risk.

He placed his palm against the shoulder of the Fire God Jackal, continuously channeling his own magical power into its body.

After absorbing his magic power, the Fire God Jackal's aura visibly increased.

This change quickly caught Ruan Hongzhuang's attention.

She watched this scene with a slight flicker in her eyes, her mind racing with various thoughts.

Not long after, the blue-faced zombie, having consumed a large amount of its own corpse energy, finally withstood the attack of the "Sunfire Talisman" and extinguished the golden sea of ​​fire.

At that moment, the Fire God Jackal, empowered by most of Zhou Mingde's magic power, pounced on the Blue-Faced Zombie with a "whoosh," spitting out crimson demonic fire and engaging in a fierce battle with it.

At this moment, the corpse energy within the Green-Faced Zombie's body had been largely consumed by the "Sun-Radiant Divine Fire Talisman," and its own strength had dropped to a level barely equivalent to that of a mid-grade third-tier demon beast, while the Fire God Jackal's strength had greatly increased.

With the balance of power shifting, the Vulcan Jackal alone successfully suppressed it.

"Fellow Daoist Ruan, what are you waiting for? Quickly cooperate with me to kill this fiend!"

Zhou Mingde's slightly weak voice suddenly rang out in the tomb chamber, his words filled with urgency.

Upon hearing his words, Ruan Hongzhuang glanced at his noticeably paler face, pursed her lips slightly, and then replied softly, "This concubine understands."

Then, just as Zhou Mingde had said, they did their best to cooperate with the Vulcan Jackal in launching a final offensive against the Blue-Faced Zombie.

Not long after, with a tearing sound, the incredibly protective blue robe on the blue-faced zombie's body was finally ripped open by the Fire God Jackal's claw.

Immediately afterwards, the Vulcan Jackal hooked out the storage bag and spirit beast bag on the chest of the blue-faced zombie and hurled them at Zhou Mingde.

Upon seeing this, Ruan Hongzhuang clenched her fists involuntarily.

But in the end, she did nothing and watched helplessly as Zhou Mingde took the storage bag and the spirit beast bag into his hands.

With no more reservations, Vulcan, under Zhou Mingde's orders, launched a frenzied attack on the Blue-Faced Zombie with all its might.

A demon and a zombie fought fiercely inside the tomb, quickly causing serious damage to the palace-like chamber, and even showing signs of collapsing it.

Fortunately, the tomb was constructed with sturdy materials and was further stabilized by the power of an array.

Otherwise, Zhou Mingde and his group would have destroyed this place long ago after a fierce battle with the Blue-Faced Zombie and the Earth Armor Dragon.

Seeing signs of the tomb chamber collapsing, Zhou Mingde suddenly remembered something and shouted loudly at Ruan Hongzhuang, "Fellow Daoist Ruan, quickly collect the Earth Armor Dragon's corpse, let's get out of here first!"

Hearing his words, Ruan Hongzhuang was slightly taken aback, but quickly understood what he meant.

He immediately responded and hurriedly went over to curl up the Earth Armor Dragon's corpse and put it into his storage bag.

Fortunately, the earth dragon itself is not particularly large and its body is extremely flexible, allowing it to curl up into a ball.

Otherwise, it would be quite difficult to put its entire body into a storage bag.

Just as Ruan Hongzhuang finished collecting the corpse of the earthen armored dragon, the tomb chamber began to collapse on a small scale.

Seeing this, she was so frightened that she hurriedly followed Zhou Mingde out of the tomb.

Just as she left the tomb and entered the passageway, the Vulcan suddenly unleashed its power, knocking away the blue-faced zombie. Then, it grabbed Shen Borong's already dried-out corpse from the ground and rushed out of the tomb.

As soon as its figure appeared in the passageway, Zhou Mingde and Ruan Hongzhuang simultaneously launched their attacks at the junction of the tomb chamber and the passageway, intending to completely collapse the tomb chamber and bury the blue-faced zombie.

However, the two seemed to have underestimated the sturdiness of the tomb. Apart from causing a partial collapse of the passageway, the attack did not cause much damage to the tomb.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde immediately shouted, "Let's go, let's get out of the tomb first!"

After saying that, he turned and left.

But the blue-faced zombie was not about to let them go.

Soon, the fanged creature followed the scent out of the tomb and chased after them.

Fortunately, the Vulcan Jackal was large enough to block most of the passageway and the initial tomb passage.

With it covering their rear, Zhou Mingde and Ruan Hongzhuang were able to retreat safely down the tomb passage they had come from.

After a chase, the two humans and the demon successfully escaped the tomb and returned to the surface.

But at that moment, the blue-faced zombie also followed and chased after them.

"You wretched child, you've brought this upon yourself!"

Zhou Mingde frowned, and immediately decided to join forces with Ruan Hongzhuang to completely kill the blue-faced zombie.

The surface is not the same as underground. Underground, they were worried about damaging the storage bags on the blue-faced zombies and the possible chain reactions caused by the collapse of the tomb, so they had to control their power.

But once they were on the ground, they could use any means at their disposal without worry. Killing the weakened blue-faced zombie was not a difficult task.

To Zhou Mingde's surprise, after Ruan Hongzhuang came out, she immediately pounced on Zhou Chun, who was about to greet the two of them.

(End of this chapter)