Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 438 Battle Against the "Corpse Fiend General" [Please Subscribe]

Jiufengling.

When Zhou Chun learned from the returning Wood Spirit that there were demonic cultivators lurking outside Nine Peaks Ridge, his heart sank, knowing that what he had worried about had become a reality.

After dealing with the easier challenges, the difficult ones like Nine Peaks Ridge came into the demonic cultivators' sights and became their target for making a name for themselves.

Since those demonic cultivators have already set their sights on Nine Peaks Ridge, unless we summon Golden Core cultivators, we certainly won't be able to dissuade them from their plans.

Of course, Zhou Chun didn't intend to do that.

He came to Jiufeng Ridge with the intention of eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path.

Now that the demonic cultivators have come to his doorstep, he has no reason to show weakness!

After getting the details from the wood spirit, Zhou Chun immediately had an idea.

He first used Eagle Message to notify Tu Yunling as quickly as possible.

After waiting for half a day, the Wood Spirit and the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle were released, allowing them to leave Nine Peaks Ridge using Wood Escape Technique and Earth Escape Technique respectively.

After exchanging words with Zhou Daoquan, he took the initiative to leave Jiufeng Ridge and flew towards Biyanze.

As Zhou Chun had expected, just over a hundred miles after he left Jiufeng Ridge, a streak of blood-red light shot out and caught up with him.

Before he could even utter a question, a blood-red flying sword, radiating intense crimson light, slashed towards him.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately patted his storage bag at his waist and summoned the [Black Water Xuan Turtle Shield], which generated a black light screen to firmly protect himself.

He immediately raised his hand and waved it, activating the Fire Dragon Token and releasing a crimson fire dragon that pounced fiercely towards the owner of the blood-red flying sword.

The Black Water Tortoise Shield's defense was clearly beyond that person's expectations. The blood-red flying sword slashed at it, and although the highly corrosive blood-red sword light corroded many gaps in the black light barrier, it was difficult to truly shake the protection of this magic weapon.

The power of the crimson fire dragon made him dare not underestimate it. He hurriedly summoned a blood-red banner magic weapon, made a hand seal, and blood light surged from the banner, condensing into a giant blood-red python that fought with the fire dragon.

However, the Bloodlight Python was clearly no match for the Crimson Fire Dragon. As soon as they made contact, its bloodlight dimmed and its power greatly diminished.

"What an amazing magical artifact!"

A cry of surprise rang out from mid-air, and the demonic cultivator who had attacked Zhou Chun finally spoke.

The man was wearing the blood-red robes that were the hallmark of the Blood Bone Sect. His face was fierce and ferocious, with a centipede-like scar running from his right cheek to his neck, making him look extremely grotesque.

His cultivation level was also at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, a small realm higher than Zhou Chun's.

Upon hearing this man's words, Zhou Chun's expression turned solemn, and he said in a deep voice, "Since you know how powerful my magical artifact is, why don't you retreat immediately!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe couldn't help but laugh strangely, "Heh heh heh, kid, your magic weapon is quite impressive, but unfortunately it will be mine in a little while!"

As he spoke, he formed hand seals and raised his hand to slash at Zhou Chun. A streak of blood-red blade light, as fast as lightning, flew towards Zhou Chun.

The Black Water Tortoise Shield, which had been able to withstand the attacks of the blood-red flying sword, shattered into pieces after this blow.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the crimson flying sword instantly bypassed the shield and stabbed straight at Zhou Chun's chest.

However, a black light shield suddenly rose up around Zhou Chun, completely protecting him.

The crimson flying sword landed on it, causing it to sway slightly before falling silent.

"Another high-grade third-tier defensive magic weapon!!"

The middle-aged man in the blood-red robe's expression changed, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise again.

Indeed, the black light shield surrounding Zhou Chun at this moment is another magical power of a defensive artifact.

This magical artifact was obtained from the bandit cultivator Murong Luo. Back then, this bandit cultivator used this artifact to block many heavenly lightning strikes.

After Zhou Chun captured Murong Luo, he obtained this defensive magic artifact called the [Mysterious Gang Pearl].

According to Murong Luo's own confession, the [Mysterious Gang Pearl] was a magical artifact he obtained by killing a supreme elder of a certain immortal cultivation family, and it seemed to be that family's heirloom.

If he hadn't mastered the "God-Slaying Technique" at that time, it would have been difficult for him to break through the protection of the [Mysterious Gang Pearl] and kill his opponent.

"Do you still have the confidence to defeat Zhou?"

Zhou Chun looked at the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe with a mocking expression, his tone full of sarcasm.

This made the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe lose face.

Then it opened its mouth and let out a sharp, long howl!

This long howl was not used to attack Zhou Chun, but to call for reinforcements.

Zhou Chun seemed to realize this quickly as well, and immediately his expression changed slightly as he hurriedly fled towards Jiufeng Ridge under the cover of the black light shield.

"Kid, where do you think you're going? You'd better stay here and behave yourself!"

A sinister smile flashed across the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe. He immediately unleashed his full power to attack Zhou Chun with his magical artifacts, even taking out one-time-use treasures such as talismans and blood-fiend beads to aid his attack, giving Zhou Chun no chance to escape.

Little did he know that Zhou Chun was simply putting on an act for him!

After the two fought in mid-air for more than a quarter of an hour, a gray-black light and a red light quickly arrived, revealing an old man in gray holding the Yin Soul Banner and a burly man in red robes with horns on his forehead. Both of them were at the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

After arriving at the scene, the two of them didn't say much and immediately began to use their unique skills to attack Zhou Chun.

The old man in gray robes brandished the Yin Soul Banner, and a dense cloud of Yin energy surged out, transforming into a giant gray-black python that lunged at Zhou Chun.

The red-robed giant made a hand seal, and his body swelled up, becoming a giant two zhang tall, with his skin turning into the wrinkled, hard skin of a rhinoceros.

Then he raised his hand and patted the storage space at his waist, and a crimson giant axe appeared in his hand.

He gripped his giant axe and roared at Zhou Chun. The axe slashed down fiercely, instantly unleashing a crimson blade of light over ten feet long that slashed towards Zhou Chun.

Then he moved again, charging directly at Zhou Chun with his axe.

Faced with these numerous attacks, Zhou Chun was quickly overwhelmed and was directly cut down from the sky by the crimson light blade, plummeting towards the ground.

"Hahaha, kid, keep being arrogant, keep being arrogant for me!"

The middle-aged man in the blood-red robe laughed wildly and urged his blood-red flying sword to slash fiercely at Zhou Chun, as if he had vented his anger.

Then, the burly man in red robes grinned maliciously as he swung his giant axe down, cleaving towards Zhou Chun like a strongman splitting a mountain.

But at that moment, a golden ray of light suddenly shot up from the ground beneath Zhou Chun, accurately bypassing him and striking the red-robed giant.

Sweeping across the body by the golden light, the red-robed man instantly felt as if a mountain had been placed on his body. The immense gravity caused his back to bend uncontrollably.

What terrified him even more was that the giant axe he was holding tightly in both hands suddenly slipped out of his grasp and flew to the side completely out of control.

Then he saw a flash of golden light, and a golden flying sword suddenly flew through the air and pierced in front of him, heading straight for his throat.

"Drink it!"

In the nick of time, the red-robed giant roared with a ferocious expression, and crimson flames suddenly erupted from his body. A layer of fiery red scales suddenly grew on his rhinoceros-like wrinkled skin!

The "Golden Rainbow Sword" pierced the fiery red scales, successfully penetrating them and then the wrinkled, hard skin behind them, but ultimately failed to pierce the throat, as it was blocked by the throat bone.

Meanwhile, the burly man in red robes unleashed his full power to break free from the "Golden Magnetic Glow," then forcefully pulled out the golden flying sword from his throat and threw it away, hurriedly clutching his wound as he retreated.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun could only regretfully wield his flying sword and charge towards the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe.

As for his personal safety, there's no need to worry about it anymore after the Golden Armor Mountain Turtle Stone appeared.

The golden-armored mountain-carrying tortoise stone, firmly planted on the ground, is arguably the strongest third-tier defensive creature.

Zhou Chun was standing on the back of the Golden Armored Mountain Tortoise, protected by a dense, earthy-yellow light shield.

Neither the giant python formed from Yin energy nor the blood-red flying sword of the middle-aged man in the blood robe could break it with a single blow.

As long as the earthen-yellow light barrier cannot be broken in one blow, the Golden-Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle, which can continuously draw spiritual energy from the earth's veins by standing on the ground, can easily repair and maintain the existence of the barrier.

"Damn it, where did this turtle come from? Why wasn't there any mention of this demon in the intelligence reports?"

After the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe summoned a white bone shield magic weapon to block the attack of the "Golden Rainbow Sword," he roared in anger with a face full of shock and fury.

From the information they gathered, all they knew was that Zhou Chun was a mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator and possessed a third-tier low-grade demonic beast, the Thunder Python.

In fact, it was precisely because of the existence of this third-tier demonic beast, the Thunder Python, that they decided to come and annihilate the Zhou family and eliminate this threat.

However, they clearly did not expect that Zhou Chun possessed more than one third-tier demonic beast spirit pet!

At this point, Zhou Chun hadn't even released the Tier 3 Thunder Python from the intelligence report yet, but he had already severely injured one of their companions. Their plan to ambush and kill Zhou Chun was now almost hopeless.

"You all hold him off for now. I need to set up an array to prevent him from escaping underground!"

Just as the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe and his companions were hesitant, unsure whether to continue with the plan, a mysterious voice suddenly rang in their minds.

Upon hearing this voice, the three of them immediately calmed down, as if they had found their pillar of support.

The old man in gray threw the Yin Soul Banner in his hand, made a hand seal, and unleashed a gray-black magical power at the banner. Immediately, a ball of pure Yin energy surged out from the banner, transforming into the head of a fanged demon with two horns.

Immediately, the gray-robed old man's expression hardened, and he suddenly broke off his left little finger and ring finger at the root and threw them at the evil spirit's head, where they were swallowed whole.

Hehehe—

With a chilling laugh, the head of the demon that had devoured the offering instantly transformed into a towering demon several meters tall, appearing in the sky.

This evil spirit was also formed from yin spirits and evil energy, but it had its own physical form and a certain level of intelligence, and the aura it exuded had reached the third-tier low-grade level.

It held a double-pronged steel fork forged from the evil energy of Yin spirits. With a swift movement, it transformed into a streak of dark demonic light and pounced on Zhou Chun at an incredible speed.

Surprisingly, the earthen-yellow light barrier formed by the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle failed to block its penetration and was directly pounced on in front of Zhou Chun as if it did not exist!

Fortunately, Zhou Chun was protected by the black light shield formed by the [Mysterious Gang Pearl].

This meant that although the demon appeared behind him in an unexpected way, the fork it thrust out failed to actually hurt him.

However, this incident still gave him a fright, and he felt extremely terrified and wary of the methods used by the Yin Ghost Sect.

He hurriedly reached out and patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist, releasing the Thunder Python, which had been transformed using the "Hundred Illusion Pearl."

Rumble!

Upon emerging, Lei Mang Bai Bai unleashed a five-hit combo of lightning bolts, all aimed at the evil spirit.

Under the relentless barrage of lightning, the evil spirit only lasted until the fourth strike before howling and disintegrating into a mass of malevolent energy. Only a gray-black phantom flew back into the Yin Soul Banner.

Then the gray-robed old man turned pale and coughed up a mouthful of blood, seemingly suffering from serious internal injuries.

It turns out that the Yin Ghost Sect's method of crafting the Yin Soul Banner artifact is extremely evil. The evil spirits that suppress the ghosts inside have all formed some kind of contract with their masters. Once the evil spirits are seriously injured, the masters will also suffer backlash.

Not only were the gray-robed old man's evil spirits easily defeated, but after the lightning python appeared, the blood-robed middle-aged man from the Blood Bone Sect also suffered greatly from the lightning strikes.

He was at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, so he wasn't as vulnerable as some might think.

However, lightning does indeed have a strong restraining effect on his methods.

For example, the bone shield magic artifact he used for protection could withstand lightning strikes, but each time it was struck, it would cause irreparable damage to the artifact itself.

It's just like how these demonic cultivators use demonic methods to taint and corrupt the magical artifacts of other cultivators!

The only one who performed well under the lightning strikes was the burly man in red robes who came from the Beast Demon Palace.

After taking a healing pill, the man temporarily healed the wound in his throat. Then, seeing his two companions in danger, he roared angrily and charged forward, swinging his fists.

He swung his fists, unleashing a barrage of crimson flames that bombarded the Thunder Python, forcing it to dodge and weave.

The lightning that struck him did not have any significant restraining effect; it merely shattered the fiery red scales he had reassembled.

The key point is that his physical body is extremely strong and seems to have a strong resistance to the paralysis effect of lightning, so he is not under much control.

Clearly, the reason why the demonic cultivators dared to come and attack Zhou Chun even though they knew he possessed a third-tier lightning python was because of the red-robed giant who was not easily restrained.

After the red-robed giant had tied down most of Lei Mang Bai Bai's energy, the three demonic cultivators managed to hold off Zhou Chun and complete the task assigned to them by the mysterious voice.

So, after the battle continued for about 25 minutes, a black, demonic cloud suddenly flew over the battlefield.

Then, figures flickered within the black demonic cloud, and three hideous, bluish-black refined corpses flew out, surrounding Zhou Chun.

These three dark blue-green corpses, two of which are of the upper-grade third rank and the other of the middle-grade third rank, each possess strength comparable to a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator!

Then the black demonic cloud receded inward, revealing a burly man in armor.

The burly man was twelve feet tall, clad in black iron armor with a beast-face design. His face was bluish-black like a zombie, with fangs bared in his mouth, making him look extremely ferocious. He also held a black gourd in his hand.

What distinguishes him from true corpse-refining and zombies is his eyes.

His eyes were still clearly black and white, not much different from those of a normal person, and they also revealed a lively and intelligent light.

Upon seeing this person, Zhou Chun immediately narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Could you be the infamous 'Corpse Fiend General' Jiang Zhong from the Yuanmo Legion?"

Before the armored burly man could utter a sound, the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe couldn't contain himself and smugly laughed, "Hehehe, kid, since you know Commander Jiang's name, why don't you quickly offer your neck for execution!"

"Your ability to fight Shen Daoyou and his companions single-handedly without being at a disadvantage shows you have some skill. If you would pledge your allegiance to me and serve as a vanguard for the Yuanmo Legion, I would not only spare your life, but also ensure that when the Yuanmo Legion conquers Jingguo, you and your family will rise to a higher position and be highly valued by our sect!"

"Corpse Demon General" Jiang Zhong glanced at the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe and then spoke his plan in a hoarse voice.

Although he became a half-human, half-corpse due to the cultivation technique he practiced, his mind did not become as dull as a zombie.

Killing Zhou Chun would only add a little to his military merit.

However, if we can win over Zhou Chun and the Zhou family, and provide them with intelligence and hiding places, the subsequent gains in battle will be far more than this.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun sighed softly, "That's a real pity!"

"What's a pity?"

A strange light flashed in Jiang Zhong's eyes, and he couldn't help but ask a question following Zhou Chun's words.

Then Zhou Chun replied with a serious expression, "Unfortunately, I, Zhou, have no intention of giving you a chance to live!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Chun made a hand seal and instantly unleashed the third level of the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique," transforming himself into a silver-white dragon-man clad in armor and topped with horns.

He then soared into the sky, breaking free from the protection of the golden-armored mountain-carrying tortoise stone, and pounced towards the Beast Demon Palace cultivator.

At the same time, a clear dragon roar suddenly rang out in mid-air, and Lei Jiao Bai Bai made a dazzling appearance, directly unleashing a fierce and unparalleled lightning blade towards "Corpse Fiend General" Jiang Zhong!

Meanwhile, the Golden-Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone and the Wood Spirit, who had already infiltrated the vicinity using the Wood Release technique, also launched their attacks on the Blood-Robed Middle-Aged Man and the Gray-Clad Elder.

"You're asking for it, kid!"

A furious roar filled with shock and anger erupted from Jiang Zhong's mouth, and a gray-black spiritual light surged from his body, instantly forming a protective shield around him.

At the same time, under his command, the three refined corpses howled and pounced on Zhou Chun and Lei Jiao Bai Bai.

But what he didn't expect was that Lei Jiao's attack would be so sharp!

The silver lightning blade struck him, instantly shattering the gray-black protective shield around him. It then crashed down on him, sending him flying dozens of feet away, his entire body billowing with black smoke.

Then, Lei Jiao, his body radiating lightning, bound a mid-grade third-tier refined corpse and directly unleashed a barrage of lightning at the corpse's face.

Under this onslaught, the third-tier mid-grade refined corpse, which he had painstakingly crafted, was directly struck by lightning, shattering the divine consciousness imprint within its body. Its originally indestructible corpse body was now covered in cracks and fell to the ground!

As for the two high-grade third-order refined corpses that rushed towards Zhou Chun, they suddenly encountered a large swarm of black moths!

Those black moths are the nemesis of corpse refining, the "corpse moth".

Even though it was a third-tier high-grade corpse refiner, it was suddenly surrounded by its natural nemesis, the "corpse moth," and instantly lost most of its abilities. It could only frantically burn the corpse energy in its body to form grayish-white corpse flames to burn the black moths.

Looking at the red-robed giant, he was startled when he saw Zhou Chun transform into a dragon and pounce on him.

Then, with a joyful expression, he took the initiative to meet the attack.

Clearly, he was confident in his physical strength and was not afraid to compete with Zhou Chun in terms of physical prowess.

But to his utter surprise, after a few exchanges of fists and claws with Zhou Chun, several "Heavenly Frost Bees" suddenly flew out from Zhou Chun's body and spat out several streams of "Heavenly Frost Chill" that landed on him.

As a result, the burly man in red robes, who had previously been able to withstand even lightning, was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture!

Before he could dispel the chill from his body, Zhou Chun suddenly raised his claw and swung it at him, a sharp and incomparable golden blade energy striking his neck.

The red-robed giant had previously been stabbed in the neck by the "Golden Rainbow Sword," and his throat bone was almost broken. He had only managed to heal his external injury with the help of medicinal pills.

At that moment, he was struck at close range by Zhou Chun's [Golden Gang Slash] secret technique, and his head was instantly separated from his body, and he was beheaded on the spot!

This scene shocked the remaining three, who could hardly believe it was real!

"Damn it, this kid's been hiding his strength. His true power is definitely at the level of the 'Seven Heroes of Heavenly Spirits'!"

The middle-aged man in the blood-red robe roared in shock and anger, his voice already tinged with fear.

But then he remembered the arrogant words he had said to Zhou Chun before.

How ridiculous those words seem now!

But realizing this now seems a bit too late.

After the death of the red-robed giant, their numerical advantage over Zhou Chun had actually disappeared.

Or rather, their numerical advantage was not a real advantage from the beginning.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, don't panic. You all just need to keep his two spirit pets occupied. I'll handle this kid!"

Just as the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe and the old man in gray were panicking and considering retreating, Jiang Zhong's voice rang out again.

Then, Jiang Zhong shook the black gourd in his hand, and immediately streams of black light poured out from it, transforming into armored demon corpses, numbering over a hundred in total!

(End of this chapter)