Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 439 Fourth-Order Zombie! [Please Subscribe]

Jiang Zhong, the "Corpse Demon General," possesses two main abilities: half lies in his own cultivation of the "Earthly Zombie Mystic Art," and the other half in the army of corpse-refining soldiers he creates and commands.

The black gourd in his hand was a rare treasure of the Corpse Demon Sect, called the [Mysterious Yin Corpse Gourd]. This treasure had its own internal space, filled with dense Yin energy, and could hold hundreds or even thousands of refined corpses.

Therefore, with the help of the Corpse Demon Cult, Jiang Zhong had already raised hundreds of armored demon corpses in this [Mysterious Yin Corpse Gourd].

When the war begins, he only needs to release these armored demon corpses and, relying on the innate ability to command hordes of corpses granted by the "Earth Zombie Mystic Art," he can command these armored demon corpses to form a battle formation to fight the enemy.

At this moment, seeing Zhou Chun suddenly transform from prey into hunter and display a fighting prowess far exceeding expectations, Jiang Zhong naturally stopped holding back.

He released over a hundred armored demonic corpses in one go, forming a corpse-path battle formation, linking their corpse-evil energy together and pouring it into himself.

After receiving the power from these hundreds of second-tier armored demon corpses, Jiang Zhong's cultivation aura surged to a level comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator!

As the saying goes, brute force can overcome any technique!

Once Jiang Zhong possessed magical power comparable to a Golden Core cultivator, even the third-tier lightning power that restrained him could no longer pose a significant threat to him.

With a wave of his arm, he unleashed a dense aura of corpse demon energy that transformed into a several-zhang-long corpse demon tiger that lunged at Zhou Chun.

He then opened his mouth and spat out a stream of grayish-white corpse flames, which landed directly on his body and burned fiercely, as if he had put on a suit of fiery armor.

Instead of attacking Lei Jiao Bai Bai, who possessed the Thunder Escape Technique, he unleashed three long, black nail-shaped magical artifacts with a flick of his claws and launched a full-force attack on Zhou Chun.

Faced with this situation, Zhou Chun's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he sent the Thunder Dragon flying into the sky to lay thunder in preparation for the "Heavenly Thunder Guidance" divine power.

He himself relied on the two superior protective magic weapons, the Black Water Tortoise Shield and the Mystic Pearl, to fight and entangle with Jiang Zhong, buying time for Lei Jiao.

At the same time, in order to prevent the two third-tier high-grade demonic corpses from breaking through the "corpse moth" encirclement and attacking him, Zhou Chun also released six "Frost Bees" to spew out cold air to "cool down" the two demonic corpses whose bodies were covered in corpse flames.

Even with Jiang Zhong's drastically increased magical power, he was still unable to injure him quickly after employing these methods.

This result greatly surprised Jiang Zhong, but it also strengthened his resolve to kill Zhou Chun.

A flash of crimson light appeared in his eyes, and suddenly his hands formed a hand seal. In a flash, he appeared abruptly behind Zhou Chun.

Then, black light surged from his hands, and his claws, sharp with claw-like edge, slammed into the black light shield formed by the [Mystic Bead].

Although the defense of the [Mysterious Gang Pearl] had never disappointed Zhou Chun, Jiang Zhong's powerful magical cultivation, which was close to that of a Golden Core cultivator, combined with his own physical strength, which was comparable to that of a third-tier high-grade zombie, meant that his attack power was close to that of a Golden Core cultivator.

Therefore, when his full-force attack struck the black light shield, the shield instantly cracked with numerous fissures, and then exploded with a "bang"!

However, Zhou Chun reacted extremely quickly.

The instant the black light shield shattered, silver-white lightning crackled on his claws as he turned and slammed them down on Jiang Zhong's already exhausted arms.

Although the lightning didn't actually injure Jiang Zhong, the burning pain from the lightning still made him slightly uncomfortable, and his body was also shaken back several dozen feet by the immense force transmitted from Zhou Chun's claws.

At this moment, Zhou Chun raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking out the "Golden Light Bowl" talisman.

As the talisman transformed into a golden bowl and fell down to cover Zhou Chun, Jiang Zhong's attack struck again.

However, a talisman is still a talisman. Although the golden bowl's spiritual light quickly dimmed under Jiang Zhong's attack, it still firmly protected Zhou Chun and did not break.

Once Zhou Chun had a chance to catch his breath, he retaliated without showing any weakness, directly summoning the crimson decapitation sword that Lin Hongyu had once bestowed upon him.

This magical artifact, named the Crimson Dragon Demon-Slaying Blade, is best suited for close-quarters combat.

At this moment, Zhou Chun, wielding a seventeen-foot-long decapitation blade, launched a counterattack against Jiang Zhong.

His decapitation sword slashed and swept, each strike unleashing a crimson-gold aura that attacked Jiang Zhong.

Although these sword energies couldn't actually harm Jiang Zhong, Zhou Chun's imposing aura made him no longer dare to underestimate him.

After this back-and-forth exchange of attacks, Zhou Chun's strength was ultimately inferior, and before long, Jiang Zhong forcefully destroyed the "Golden Light Bowl" talisman!

But Zhou Chun had already achieved his goal.

Because of his delaying tactics, the white thunder dragon in the sky, which was spreading clouds and laying down thunder, had already completed the preparation and preparation of the "Heavenly Thunder Guidance".

Boom!

As thunder roared, streaks of silver lightning descended from the sky, but their target was not Jiang Zhong; instead, it was the armored demon corpses that had formed a battle formation.

Once these armored demon corpses form a battle formation, their energy becomes intertwined, so attacking any one of them is equivalent to attacking all of them.

Zhou Chun had previously tried to attack these armored demon corpses, but his attacks were either blocked by Jiang Zhong or neutralized by the battle formation.

But things are different now.

Heavenly lightning is inherently effective against demonic creatures like Yin Ghosts and Corpse Refiners, let alone now that dozens or even hundreds of bolts of heavenly lightning are falling in batches.

Many of the armored demon corpses were instantly turned into charcoal and completely annihilated by the heavenly lightning!

In just over ten breaths, more than twenty armored demon corpses perished on the spot.

Such a loss would be heartbreaking even for someone like Jiang Zhong.

It should be noted that these armored demon corpses are not easy to forge. If an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator has even one, he will have a great advantage in battles against cultivators of the same realm.

Even if Jiang Zhong wanted to forge such an armored demon corpse, it would require a lot of materials and time.

More importantly, with the annihilation of more than twenty armored demonic corpses, the power of the battle formation formed by the corpse refining also weakened significantly, causing his magical aura to drop out of the range of a Golden Core stage cultivator!

And the lightning in the sky continued to fall without any sign of stopping!

Under these circumstances, Jiang Zhong was both shocked and furious, but he was also forced to use his most trump card.

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly raised his hand and slapped the "Mysterious Yin Corpse Gourd" on his body. A beam of black light flew out of the gourd.

It was a black jade coffin!

With Zhou Chun's current level of knowledge and understanding, he immediately recognized that the black jade coffin was made of "Mysterious Yin Jade," an extremely rare Yin-attribute spiritual material.

What kind of corpse would be sealed and contained in a jade coffin made of "Mysterious Yin Jade"?

When Zhou Chun thought of this, his heart tightened, and a terrible guess instantly came to him!

Fourth-tier corpse refinement!

Only a fourth-tier corpse refiner comparable to a Golden Core cultivator is qualified for Jiang Zhong to seal and contain with the Profound Yin Jade Coffin.

Under normal circumstances, even if a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator obtains a fourth-order refined corpse, they will not be able to refine and control it.

Because the ferocious will contained within the fourth-order corpse is something that a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator cannot suppress. Forcibly controlling it will only cause one to suffer a backlash, or even be killed and devoured by the corpse!

However, Jiang Zhong was not an ordinary late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator. He was one of the "Seven Fiends of the Primordial Demons" and a leading figure among the Purple Mansion cultivators of the Corpse Demon Sect. Not only did he possess exceptional talent and willpower, but he also successfully cultivated the "Earth Zombie Profound Technique," a technique very suitable for controlling and refining corpses, and was highly regarded by the higher-ups of the Corpse Demon Sect.

It wouldn't be particularly surprising if he had some secret technique that allowed him to temporarily control a fourth-tier corpse refiner despite only having late-stage Purple Mansion cultivation.

"Bai Bai, stop him!"

Zhou Chun, filled with anxiety, gave orders to Lei Jiao Bai Bai.

Bai Bai naturally understood what he meant. Upon hearing this, he immediately took advantage of the continuous falling lightning in the sky and suddenly opened his mouth to spit out a silver lightning ball towards Jiang Zhong.

In mid-air, Jiang Zhong seemed to sense something as well. His expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly spat out a jet-black bead, which instantly released a rich and pure corpse aura, transforming into a black shield that protected him inside.

He was clearly very confident in the black shield, and breathed a slight sigh of relief after it was formed first.

But he soon realized how ridiculous his confidence was!

Rumble!

As the silver lightning ball struck Jiang Zhong, the silver lightning instantly illuminated the sky, producing a deafening explosion.

Jiang Zhong, who was at the center of the explosion, took the full force of the [Heavenly Divine Thunder]!

Because of this earth-shattering blow, even the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe and the old man in gray couldn't help but divert their attention to Jiang Zhong. While they were terrified by the power of this earth-shattering blow, they were also secretly praying for Jiang Zhong.

Although demonic cultivators are extremely selfish, they are now in the same boat. If Jiang Zhong dies, the two of them have no confidence that they can escape.

Soon, the raging lightning gradually dissipated, and a beam of black light shot out from within.

call!

Upon seeing the black light burst forth, both the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe and the old man in gray breathed a sigh of relief.

But before they could fully relax, they were both shocked by Jiang Zhong's current miserable state and couldn't help but gasp.

At this moment, Jiang Zhong's armor was shattered and nowhere to be seen. The indestructible zombie body inside the armor was also pitted and covered with wounds. Even his face was the same, looking much uglier than a toad.

Of course, for Jiang Zhong, who chose to cultivate the "Earthly Zombie Mystic Art", beauty and ugliness were no longer on his mind.

Outsiders wouldn't be so shallow as to define him based on that.

However, at this moment, in addition to his miserable and ugly appearance, his aura was also much weaker and more feeble, completely unlike his previous state!

It was obvious that although he had survived that devastating attack, he had been severely injured, damaging his very foundation.

This severe injury could directly affect his future Core Formation, completely severing his path to advancement!

This reveals his current mood.

But as he charged out of the area ravaged by lightning, his eyes bloodshot, he glared at Zhou Chun and roared hoarsely, "You damned bastard, do you know what a stupid thing you've done? I'm going to refine you and all the cultivators in your family into living corpses, so you'll never find peace!"

Before the roar had even faded, a black bead riddled with cracks flew out of his mouth and shot behind him.

Immediately, a figure flashed within the area ravaged by lightning behind him, and a Taoist priest dressed in a purplish-black robe flew out and swallowed the black bead in one gulp.

Just as the Taoist opened his mouth to swallow the black bead, the sharp canine teeth in his mouth quickly revealed his true identity.

This Taoist priest, who looks no different from an ordinary cultivator except for his slightly pale face, is actually a corpse being refined!

It really is a fourth-order corpse refinement!

Zhou Chun stared at the Taoist priest with a solemn expression, his heart sinking.

The strength of a fourth-tier corpse refiner is equivalent to that of a Golden Core cultivator, and even the Corpse Demon Sect doesn't have many of them.

Moreover, he had seen other fourth-order corpse refiners before, and none of them were as good as this Taoist in terms of appearance or temperament.

If it weren't for the corpse aura emanating from his body, the fangs he revealed when he opened his mouth, and his scarlet eyes, the Taoist priest would have looked more like a highly accomplished Taoist master.

"This unworthy disciple, Jiang Zhong, humbly begs the Ancestral Master to lend me a helping hand!"

Just as Zhou Chun was pondering how to deal with this fourth-tier refined corpse, Jiang Zhong suddenly formed hand seals, emanating an aura somewhat similar to that of the refined corpse, and uttered words that startled Zhou Chun.

In an instant, Zhou Chun understood why this Taoist looked so different from an ordinary corpse refiner.

It turns out that after Jiang Zhong became one of the "Seven Fiends of the Primordial Demon" and earned the title of "Corpse Fiend General", his personal information was collected and published by the Heavenly Spirit Legion, which naturally included the cultivation techniques he practiced.

Jiang Zhong's cultivation technique, "Earthly Zombie Profound Skill," is a unique top-tier skill of the Corpse Demon Sect, said to have been inherited from the ancient Corpse Demon Path.

As practitioners of this technique deepen their cultivation, their bodies become increasingly similar to those of zombies. Upon reaching the Golden Core stage, in addition to their own Golden Core, they will condense a "Corpse Pearl," a substance that only fourth-tier zombies can condense.

When a Golden Core cultivator who practices the "Earthly Corpse Profound Technique" passes away, his Golden Core will dissipate, but the "Corpse Pearl" within his body will remain, directly absorbing the power dissipated from the Golden Core and becoming his sole source of power.

At this moment, a fourth-tier psychic zombie was born!

Under normal circumstances, because these fourth-tier spiritual zombies are extremely rare and are formed from the physical bodies of senior cultivators of the sect, the experts of the Corpse Demon Sect would not confuse them with ordinary refining corpses or use them indiscriminately in battle.

Instead, they would seal it in the sect's corpse-nurturing ground, allowing it to absorb the earth's yin energy to continue growing, waiting to be used at a crucial moment.

After Jiang Zhong became one of the "Seven Fiends of the Primordial Demons," he became the leading figure among those below the Golden Core stage in the Corpse Demon Sect. He represented not only the face of the Corpse Demon Sect but also the face of the Primordial Demon Legion.

For his personal safety, it seems reasonable for the Corpse Demon Church to send out a fourth-tier psychic zombie to protect him.

Because both sides cultivate from the same source and have similar auras, and with the secret methods of the Corpse Demon Sect for communication and harmonization, even if Jiang Zhong cannot freely control this fourth-tier spiritual zombie, he can ensure that he will not become its target.

At this moment, as Jiang Zhong finished speaking, the reaction of the fourth-tier psychic zombie undoubtedly proved this point very quickly.

Suddenly, a terrifyingly powerful aura erupted from his body, and a monstrous aura of death burst forth, forming a gray-black armor over his body.

Then, his figure moved and instantly disappeared from the spot.

When it reappeared, it was already behind the gray-robed old man.

"Ah, no..."

He only had time to let out a scream before the gray-robed old man was grabbed by the fourth-tier psychic zombie, who then bit his neck and drained all his life force.

In just a few breaths, a mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator was transformed into a lifeless, dried-up corpse!

This scene not only shocked Zhou Chun, but also terrified the middle-aged man in the blood-stained robe.

He stared at Jiang Zhong with a face full of shock and anger, and shouted, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, what are you doing? Why did you kill Fellow Daoist Song?!"

However, when faced with his questioning, Jiang Zhong acted as if he hadn't heard a thing.

On the contrary, the fourth-tier zombie seemed to be enraged by the words of the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe. Its pair of scarlet eyes immediately turned to him, and it threw the dried corpse in its hand to the ground.

not good!

The moment his gaze met that of the fourth-tier zombie, the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe knew something was wrong.

Then, with a fierce determination, he immediately formed hand seals, intending to use the Blood Escape Technique to escape from this place.

This blood escape technique was originally the most proficient escape method for the Blood Bone Sect cultivators. Every Purple Mansion stage cultivator in the Blood Bone Sect mastered it very well, and it only took two or three breaths to activate.

However, just as the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe was about to use this escape technique, he suddenly heard a roar in his mind.

The roar was filled with ferocity, and the moment it echoed in his mind, it made his soul tremble, and his hand gestures slowed down.

Although his spirit was not weak and he recovered quickly, it was still too late!

A figure flashed, and a fourth-tier zombie appeared beside him.

Then, with a swing of its claws, the blood-red aura protecting the middle-aged man in the blood robe was easily pierced through as if it were made of paper, and his chest was also pierced through!

What followed was a repetition of the previous scene. In less than ten breaths, the middle-aged man in the blood-red robe with the cultivation of the late stage of the Purple Mansion Realm followed in the footsteps of the gray-robed old man and was directly drained and turned into a dried corpse!

But just then, Zhou Chun reacted and made his move!

With a series of hand gestures, he activated the strongest defensive divine power attached to the Black Water Xuan Turtle Shield, "Shadow of the Xuan Turtle."

At the same time, he flew swiftly towards the Golden Armored Mountain Tortoise Stone.

At this moment, Lei Jiao Bai Bai once again unleashed [Heavenly Divine Thunder] towards Jiang Zhong!

Rumble!

As the second earth-shattering explosion resounded, the fourth-tier zombie that was feeding on the middle-aged man in the blood robe was also startled, and couldn't help but look at the silver sea of ​​lightning with fear in its eyes.

In fact, the reason it attacked and killed the two demonic cultivators first was because it had consumed a lot of power while resisting the bombardment of the [Heavenly Divine Thunder], and at this moment it instinctively wanted to absorb the cultivators' essence to restore its power.

Compared to Zhou Chun, the two demonic cultivators who practiced demonic arts were clearly more to its liking!

It was precisely because it had suffered from this silver lightning before that it feared the power of this heavenly thunder.

But then it seemed to sense something, and suddenly roared and transformed into a black shadow, rushing straight into the sea of ​​lightning.

A short while later, Jiang Zhong, covered in wounds and barely clinging to life, was grabbed and dragged out by the fourth-tier zombie.

The fourth-tier zombie, carrying Jiang Zhong, suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a cloud of pitch-black corpse energy that landed on him.

This corpse aura, which would normally be highly poisonous to orthodox cultivators and most demonic cultivators, was now acting like a miraculous elixir with the power to bring the dead back to life on Jiang Zhong.

In an instant, his injuries, which had left him on the verge of death, were significantly healed, and he was out of danger.

On the other hand, the aura of the fourth-tier zombie had weakened slightly, as if this breath of corpse energy had also damaged its cultivation.

Then it threw Jiang Zhong to the ground, and suddenly a deep crack appeared in the ground, swallowing Jiang Zhong, and then quickly closed up again.

After doing all this, the fourth-tier zombie turned its scarlet eyes to Zhou Chun.

But before it could make a move against Zhou Chun, several bolts of silver lightning struck down on its head.

Unfortunately, although these silver lightning bolts were powerful, they were ultimately not the pure and incomparable heavenly lightning of the [Heavenly Divine Lightning].

The fourth-tier zombie unleashed its corpse aura, easily neutralizing the attacks of the silver lightning.

Then, with a swift movement, it pounced on Zhou Chun's side.

However, Zhou Chun was prepared. The powerful defense of "Shadow of the Xuan Turtle" quickly blocked the attack of the fourth-tier zombie's claws, and the silver lightning that the Thunder Dragon had attracted also struck the fourth-tier zombie.

Instead of eliminating Zhou Chun in one strike, the fourth-tier zombie was struck by lightning several more times, which seemed to anger it.

After a furious roar, it opened its mouth and spat out a ball of bluish-gray corpse flame that flew towards Zhou Chun.

The bluish-gray corpse flames landed on the "Shadow of the Xuan Turtle," immediately causing the Xuan Turtle phantom to fade rapidly, and even cracks appeared on the shield.

This scene terrified Zhou Chun, who hurriedly activated the Fire Dragon Token, attempting to fight fire with fire and use the Crimson Fire Dragon to refine the corpse flames.

However, the Corpse Flame was cultivated by a fourth-order zombie using its own corpse energy, and it was closely related to the zombie itself, being continuously nourished by the power within it.

The flames unleashed by the Fire Dragon Token were ultimately just a wisp of demonic fire from a fourth-tier Crimson Fire Dragon, and their power and duration were far inferior to those of the Corpse Flame.

In the end, the Crimson Fire Dragon was directly annihilated by the corpse flames, causing the Fire Dragon Token, a magical artifact, to shatter and become unusable on the spot!

Fortunately, Lei Jiao Bai Bai saw his master's predicament and hurriedly urged the lightning to strike the corpse flames, which slightly suppressed their ferocity.

However, Corpse Flame is merely a supernatural ability of a fourth-tier zombie; its powerful zombie body is its greatest killing move!

With another slap of its claw onto the phantom of the Black Water Black Tortoise, the Black Water Black Tortoise Shield, which had already reached its limit, shattered instantly!

Fortunately, the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone saved its master at this critical moment. It first used "Golden Magnetic Glow" to interfere with and restrain the subsequent attacks of the fourth-order zombie, and then used its protective magic to shield Zhou Chun from a distance, and pulled Zhou Chun back to its back.

As the fourth-tier zombie used its powerful magic to shatter the "Golden Magnetic Glow" and pursued it, lightning from the sky struck it once more.

As a result, when it slapped the shield erected by the Golden Armor Mountain Tortoise with its claw, it only managed to crack the shield, failing to break it in one strike.

As the yellow light surged from the shield, the cracks quickly healed as if they had never existed!

In this way, with the cooperation of his two spirit pets, Zhou Chun managed to withstand several more rounds of attacks from the fourth-tier zombie.

He knew in his heart that the stone's defense could hold out for a while, but it couldn't possibly hold out indefinitely.

Whether he can achieve his goal today depends on whether reinforcements can arrive in time.

As if summoned by Zhou Chun, a fiery red streak of light soon flew from the direction of Jiufeng Ridge, revealing the figure of a valiant Golden Core stage female cultivator.

The visitor was none other than Lin Hongyu, the Golden Core stage Supreme Elder whom the Zhou family had been honored to serve!

(End of this chapter)