Chapter 7: Kill Enemy, Advance Rank

  Zhang Yang's pores all stood up at once! A huge sense of crisis descended, and he knew in his knees that if it weren't for the cave blocking the way, just this one blow would have turned him to dust.

  Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the zombie companion pressed under his body, and before he could think much, he stretched out his left hand to strike the yellow talisman stuck on its head.

  Wow!

  In a faint explosion, Huang Fu burst into flames with thick smoke, and Zhang Yang's left hand was severely injured again, almost completely rotten.

  The talisman on his forehead was removed, and the eyes of the zombie companion suddenly opened.

  Zhang Yang didn't hesitate to push with one hand, and the zombie companion who hadn't fully recovered his consciousness immediately stiffly rushed towards the Yin Guang Daoist.

  At this point, Zhang Yang's body was close to the ground, his feet exerted force and he rushed forward with the zombie companion.

  The Taoist priest of Yinyou only saw a black shadow approaching and subconsciously pointed with his hand:

  Hurry!

  Crack!

  Another thunderbolt has fallen from the sky.

  Boom!

  The zombie companion with its jaws wide open was struck by lightning and instantly turned into flying ash.

  The Yin Guang Daoist hadn't even had time to rejoice, only feeling a pain in his feet, when he found that his ankles were already being grasped by Zhang Yang's hands, the dark purple fingernails sinking deeply into them.

  Zhang Yang's eyes were bloodshot, exuding a fierce killing intent.

  Roar!

  His left arm was corroded by the symbol, and the pain that came from his soul, coupled with the crisis of death, made Zhang Yang almost lose consciousness, only thinking about killing the enemy.

  A low growl sounded, and with a sudden jerk, the Taoist priest was immediately knocked to the ground.

  Before he could continue with the spell, Zhang Yang had already pounced on him, his arms tightly wrapped around the body of the Yin Ku Daoist, and his mouth wide open, biting down on the Daoist's neck.

  Kill him!

  If he doesn't die, I'll die myself!

  Now, Zhang Yang's mind had only this one thought.

  Ah——

  The Yin Guang Taoist priest let out a miserable cry as he struggled. However, the spiritual power of the "Great Power General" talisman had long been exhausted, and in the midst of falling to the ground and rolling around, he was no match for even a first-level corpse.

  Hiccup!

  Zhang Yang bit his opponent's neck and a mouthful of blood spurted directly into his throat.

  Knock! Knock!

  Zhang Yang's mouth was wide open, swallowing wildly, and he only felt a surge of hot air rushing into his body, merging with the small Zhou Tian Qi Xuan in his abdominal cavity. The small whirlpool was stimulated, and it immediately spun wildly, its speed more than ten times that of its normal state.

  Under this rapid rotation, a powerful attraction was generated, like a whirlpool, devouring the essence and blood.

  One day in a week... Two days in a week...

  Zhang Yang only felt his whole body becoming more and more comfortable, while the mournful cries of the Yin Guang Daoist grew smaller and smaller. Yet Zhang Yang still tightly hugged him, refusing to let go; afraid that this fearsome enemy would once again summon heavenly thunder to attack himself.

  Zhang Yang was immersed in his own world and didn't notice that at the moment when the Yin Guang Daoist was bitten, the Ling symbol floating in mid-air suddenly burst into flames with a "poof" sound and turned to ashes.

  The thunder in the sky was like a madman who had lost his restraint, raging wildly and rumbling around the mountain top.

  Moreover, several thunderbolts struck down directly, turning the zombie companions that were sucking blood from Xiang Cheng's body into powder, along with the zombies sealed in the four coffins.

  The coffins struck by thunder all burst and shattered, wooden fragments burning and flying horizontally, with great momentum.

  Only Zhang Yang, under the nourishment of Yin Li's essence and blood, his whole body seemed to be shrouded in a faint halo; the spiritual power in Yin Li's essence and blood wrapped up the yin energy on Zhang Yang's body, making him very fortunate to avoid the thunderbolt.

  But Zhang Yang did not know any of this. He was just immersed in his own world, devouring, absorbing, circulating...

  A mighty current of air surged into the abdominal cavity, and the small whirlwind that had been spinning rapidly quickly became saturated and stopped absorbing air.

  The new airflow flowing in then rotated counterclockwise next to this small cyclone, giving birth to a new cyclone.

  This new cyclone will absorb all incoming air flows and grow stronger and stronger.

  Zhang Yang's appearance was also undergoing subtle changes. The stratum corneum all over his body became harder, and the three-inch-long purple-black fingernails grew to more than four inches...

  It is unknown how long it took for the heavy rain in the sky to turn into light rain, and then from light rain to no rain; the thunder also gradually dissipated.

  The warm current flowing from Zhang Yang's mouth gradually decreased and disappeared.

  "Bang!" A loud noise.

  Zhang Yang looked down and was startled.

  All that was seen was a yellow Taoist robe, wrapped around a withered skeleton. The originally somewhat robust Yin Kui Taoist had become a mere bag of bones.

  That loud noise just now was this "skin bag bone" being pinched off under Zhang Yang's trample.

  Wooooo...

  Driven by subconscious fear, Zhang Yang suddenly threw away the dead bones in his hand.

  "Is... is this what I did?"

  "I've actually eaten human flesh?"

  Just now, I was only focused on killing the enemy and didn't think so much. Now that I've calmed down, thinking about how I sucked a living person dry like a demon, Zhang Yang felt wave after wave of nausea.

  ……

  Perhaps it was the zombie's bloodthirsty nature that influenced Zhang Yang's soul, and before long, he adjusted his mentality.

  This Taoist priest obviously came to catch a zombie. If he didn't fight to the death and kill him, in the end, it would be himself who would die.

  Die for a friend, but never die for money!

  It's better to eat people than to be eaten by them.

  Zhang Yang comforted himself very optimistically.

  Move your mind's eye to inspect the body, and find that the left arm burned by the talisman and ink line has fully recovered; the changes in the air sea naturally also cannot escape the mind's category.

  After a period of absorption and integration, the two air masses in the Qihai have become roughly equal in size.

  Two air swirls rotating counterclockwise themselves, and at the same time circling each other clockwise, look quite lovely.

  "Hey! I've actually been promoted to Zombie Level 2!" Zhang Yang excitedly laughed.

  Like human Qi-refining cultivators, the Corpse Refiners are also divided into nine levels. The standard for division is that when a small vortex is refined in the abdominal cavity, it is promoted to the first level of Corpse Refiner; when the second small vortex is refined, it is promoted to the second level of Corpse Refiner. When the third small vortex is produced, these three small vortices will merge into one large vortex in an instant, filling the entire abdominal cavity Qihai, which is the mark of promotion to the third-level Corpse Refiner.

  At this point, it was the first small bottleneck on the road of zombie cultivation.

  Break through the bottleneck, connect the abdominal cavity Qihai and thoracic cavity Qihai, then enter the second stage of cultivation. The second stage is a repetition of the first stage, only the location has changed from the abdominal cavity Qihai to the thoracic cavity Qihai.

  Next, from Zombie 4 to Zombie 6, it's basically smooth sailing, just need time and you'll be able to reach the top.

  But in order to advance to the seventh level, one needs to unblock the Qi Hai of the four limbs and skull, which is the third stage of You Shi's cultivation.

  More than 90% of the undead can only stop at the third stage of the undead, and at most cultivate to the ninth level peak. Because what follows next is a purple corpse, equivalent to a human foundation period cultivator.

  This requires condensing gas into liquid. This process is extremely difficult, and even the top cultivators of the human refining period can only succeed in building their foundation with a very small probability under the assistance of a large number of elixirs and senior fellow disciples, each of whom are outstanding talents.

  What's more, zombies don't have elixirs and no one helps them?

  Of course, all of these are a bit too far-fetched for Zhang Yang.

  Now formed the second cyclone, upgraded to zombie level two, Zhang Yang was very excited.

  In this perilous world, having one more bit of strength is having one more guarantee for survival.

  ……

  Only when he was sure of his own situation did Zhang Yang start paying attention to his surroundings.

  The mountain cave was destroyed by lightning long ago, and the top of the cave was completely overturned.

  Fortunately, after the heavy rain, the sun had already set in the west, and the sunlight was blocked by the remaining mountain walls and trees, so it didn't shine in. Otherwise, Zhang Yang would have died unjustly.

  Looking at the devastated scene around him, Zhang Yang could imagine how powerful the lightning was.

  The top of the cave collapsed, burying nearly half of the cave. Zhang Yang thought of the Thunder Summoning Talisman used by the Taoist Yin and the treasure tripod in the center of the cave, his heart moved, and his divine sense extended outward.

  Hummm...

  In an instant, everything within a radius of twenty meters was clearly mapped out in his mind, with every detail visible.

  "Twenty meters! Upgraded to a second-level zombie, the range of divine sense detection has also increased to twenty meters. Moreover, I feel that there is still room for improvement."

  Zhang Yang's face lit up with joy. However, matching his sharp and protruding teeth and pale complexion, he looked ferocious no matter how you looked at him.

  The divine consciousness went underground for detection, and it was obvious that it felt the obstruction of the soil layer, just like walking in water. It only detected about ten meters before reaching its limit.

  That's enough already.

  Scanning the past, I only saw that treasure chest being pressed down by a pile of rocks, and a nearby inkstone, but the Thunder Summoning Talisman was nowhere to be seen.

  Zhang Feng thought for a moment and realized that it might have been used up and burned out. It seemed that the few talismans used by Yin Wudao were all one-time use. At this time, he only felt a slight sense of regret and didn't take it too seriously.

  Bang!

  Jump over it.

  He kicked out with one foot.

  "Bang! Bang!"

  Several pieces of rubble were kicked away, revealing the treasure below.

  Zhang Yang squatted down with some difficulty.

  The major joints of the zombie, such as the hip joint, knee joint and elbow joint, are all capable of flexion, but they are extremely stiff and difficult to bend.

  Ordinary zombies without consciousness generally will not make joint-bending movements, Zhang Yang intentionally did so, although it was difficult, he could still do it.

  If someone saw this scene at this time, they would definitely be shocked.

  A secondary corpse, squatting on the ground and rummaging through the treasure chest, still with a ferocious smile on its face...

  Twenty or so talismans, black donkey hoof, yellow talisman, cinnabar, and a brush for making talismans... The last was a yellow leather book with several large, eye-catching characters on the cover - traditional Chinese characters that Zhang Yang could recognize: "Collapsing Mountain Secret Recipe".

  That's all there is in Baozhuan.

  Like black dog blood, black donkey hoof also has a restraining effect on zombies. Zhang Yang could clearly feel the disgust emanating from his heart.

  Pick up a stone and pry it open.

  Picked up "Coll Mountain Secret Book", casually flipped it open. The opening chapter is about the method of guiding Qi and refining Qi.

  ……

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