Chapter 62: Re-entering the Extreme Boundary, Crossing into the New Year Five-More-Chapters Plan (3)

  "Be careful not to shake down these coffins!", Tuan Chi said, returning to us from a short distance away, his head tense with worry. "Let's hurry up." I pulled Xi Tong along as we walked beside him.

  "Is there a zombie in here?", I don't know why I think of zombies when I see coffins, I said it very quietly, this might be some kind of psychological comfort.

  "No, they're dead, but once they land, they'll turn into zombies!", Tang said very seriously, making me a bit breathless. The first time I've heard of "falling to the ground and turning"?

  "The layout here is divine, once the coffin touches the ground and receives the earth's energy, the dead person inside will become a zombie! I dare not look at these coffins again, each one is suspended by four ropes. But I held my breath, somehow feeling that even my own breathing would shake the coffins down."

  "Ah!", I heard Tang Its let out a miserable cry, not only that, but also, Shi Tong and I were lucky, when we walked into the middle of this group of coffins, those coffins fell down for no reason! Shi Tong and I managed to dodge, but Tang Its' hand was pressed under the coffin lid. I saw him struggling, put Shi Tong aside and ran to rescue Tang Its, I felt that Tang Its' face looked very bad, his hand was stuck in a rigid position.

  "Hold on! Tang Qi!" I pulled him with all my might, but couldn't pull him out. "Shi Teng! You go first!" I shouted decisively, because the coffin lids had all flown open! Whoever could escape was lucky, and at this moment, the coffins started shaking violently. Only then did I manage to pull Tang Qi out, his hand already purplish-black, he shook it vigorously as if numb.

  "Ah!" I saw a corpse jumping out of each coffin, turning their heads to stare at us, and all of them spat out corpse gas from their mouths, gathering in the air. "What's that noise?" I heard a faint sound coming from somewhere, "There's still one zombie that hasn't come out yet!" The zombies that had emerged made way for a path, and I saw a coffin standing in the center, shaking violently. This coffin was the most tattered, with even moss growing on it.

  "Quickly!", Tuan Chi said as he finished speaking and wanted to pull us to run, "What's Mao Jiang? A hopping corpse?", I had never heard of the term Mao Jiang before.

  "Yes! Another way to divide: purple, white, green, Mao, flying Jiang, swimming corpse, Fu corpse, not bone! Now is not the time to mention this, let's go quickly!" It's not that I don't want to leave! But that Mao Jiang has already jumped out and led a group of corpses to chase us. "You guys go first, bring Shengteng with you! I'll block them!", I watched as they entered the cave entrance, those corpses chased after them, if it continues like this all three will die.

  I stopped and ordered Tang Qi, he did a great job with these choices, just responded with a sound and supported Shi Teng to run forward. "Maybe this time it's really goodbye..." I looked down at the ground, last time Yang Tie had Ye Zi Lin, I was helpless against zombies, haha, forget it...

  When I turned around, I saw that these zombies were less than 3 meters away from me. I let out a sigh and felt like I was relieved. I looked at the group of corpses... The one in front had white fur all over its body, with two sharp fangs that were black and terrifying. To be honest, it was even uglier than Yang Tie's, looking like it had just crawled out of the water, with aquatic plants still attached to it.

  "Soldiers! Advance! Clouds and fog arise! Warriors! With hearts in the vast wilderness, annihilate evil and unjust minds, uphold heaven's justice, carry out heaven's way!" Our army charged forward like a surging tide.

  "Master, if one day you find that I'm not here, what will happen. Zhang Ting... If this life is over... See you in the next life...", When I rushed in and kicked them with my left and right feet, they dodged and fell down, but all got back up again. I kicked my way out, knelt on the ground panting, feeling like I was kicking iron, those zombies saw me and all jumped towards me. "Do you want to come again?! Even if I die, I'll take you down with me!", I stared at the leading zombie, just like in a fight, it's not about who can fight more, but who fights harder!

  "Brother Zikong! ...And then...", a knife flew towards me from mid-air, it was Shitian.

  "Come on... let's go together..." He tossed the knife to me, seemingly with great force, and retreated a few steps back against the wall. If life had just one or two brothers who shared life and death together, that would be enough!

  "Here! Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, three births and five elements, the earth is stored in the ground, the power of the earth helps me fulfill my heavenly duty!

  The character for "earth" kept floating in my mind, I felt a faint pain in my heart. I cut open my palm with the knife, staining it with fresh blood.

  I felt my body becoming heavy and unable to stand, but I forced myself to... "You must die!" I swung the knife again, charging into the corpse horde. I felt like I was killing blindly, unsure if my body still had intact flesh. One by one, I hacked off the zombies' heads with a loud thud, only stopping when I couldn't take it anymore.

  I collapsed to the ground, unable to bear my own weight. Looking at the zombies whose heads I had severed, I thought: enough, I've earned it!"

  "Shi Teng, your brother Zi Chuan may not be able to hold on anymore." I looked at Shi Teng leaning against the wall in the distance and gave him a faint smile. "It's okay, Wei Dao, annihilate evil, don't disperse."

  Eliminate evil thoughts...do not disperse and perish.

  The footsteps of those zombies were getting closer and closer, I saw a fluffy hand grasping my neck, the fingernails pierced into my skin, this pain made me unable to scream, maybe I had no strength left, I was lifted up in the air by the zombie, looking at its teeth getting closer and closer to me, I turned my head away not wanting to look anymore, looking at Shitian, he was still smiling wryly, the other zombies were getting closer and closer to him...

  It was the second time I had this feeling, when its teeth sank into my neck, I felt blood constantly flowing out... My heart shrunk severely, feeling like it was going to explode, the silver needles on my fingertips were falling off... one... two... three... I saw those zombies grab Shitian.

  "No!", I don't know where this power burst from, one kick sent Ma Jiang flying, and I stumbled towards Shi Teng, pushing away the zombies that were surrounding him. Those zombies all bit their teeth into my body, my back...my leg...

  "World..."

  "Roar!", this feeling is so familiar yet strange, I let out a low roar and shook those zombies away! My whole body is undergoing drastic changes, I watched in horror as my own body became wrinkled, fingernails kept growing out, a circle of black fur took over my entire body, something kept wanting to burst out of my mouth!

  I stared at the change, unsure of what was happening. A pair of long and curved fangs stood in my mouth, and I felt a surge of energy constantly rushing to the top of my head. "Roar!", a deafening sound shook the crowd.

  The roar stunned the zombies in front of me, and there was a hint of fear in their eyes as they constantly retreated. Suddenly, Mao jumped out, opened his mouth and let out a loud bark, and all of them charged towards me.

  Vampire! I just want blood!

  I feel like my fingers are constantly inserting into those zombie bodies, tearing them open alive and splitting them in half, throwing them to the ground. One comes, I kill one!

  I grabbed two zombies and pinched them in mid-air, twisting their arms down and biting into their necks. The blood was a bit smelly, but I couldn't care less, I sucked it up, feeling like nutrient-rich liquid pouring through my entire body. Another zombie that I had caught was retreating in fear, but being suspended in mid-air was of no use to it either. I threw the corpse towards the zombie horde, and they all retreated backwards, jumping into coffins.

  That hairy zombie had run away, did you want to run too? I jumped over and pressed it to the ground, my hands grasping its neck and biting down on its throat, tearing open its trachea. Endless black foul-smelling blood flowed out, it struggled, I jumped up and viciously stomped on its body, my hands inserted into its belly and dug out all of its dry internal organs, then bit down on its trachea again, I want to drain you dry!

  I feel like I've gone mad, all those zombies jumped back into their coffins. I kicked them out one by one, each and every one of them had to die. I want to drain your blood dry, I've never felt such a thirst for blood before. Seeing the corpses scattered all over the ground, with internal organs splattered everywhere, I licked my own teeth, this feeling is unprecedented, it feels so satisfying, so cool!

  I gazed longingly at the corpses, checking each one carefully, not wanting to waste a single drop of their blood, until they were truly dry and withered on the ground. Only then did I lose interest in them. But there was still someone else over there! Human blood! That's what I needed most!

  I walked in front of him, but he smiled at me... I felt very confused in my mind, with two strands of consciousness controlling me.

  "Suck him in, that's the treatment for a Corpse King!"

  "Can't breathe! He's your brother!"

  These two streams of consciousness are constantly sandwiched in my mind, I feel very confused. I put my hands into the rock wall to try to control this chaotic intention.

  "Zi Chuan big brother... go ahead and smoke." Who is calling me Zi Chuan? Who am I?

  I slowly walked over, picked him up, and sucked... I'm not Zikawa. I am...

  "Ah!", a very unpleasant sound hit my eardrum, this sound was unbearable, I felt like my head was about to split open, I let go of the person in my hands and rolled around on the ground holding my head, what is this sound!

  "Things with form come from things without form; things with ability come from things without ability; and all return to nothing."

  All phenomena are empty and false; if one can see that all phenomena are not phenomena, then one should understand that the empty is not truly empty.

  There is the spirit of life, there is the form of shape, all are illusions. The beginning of creation, the change of yin and yang.

  It is called life, it is called death; when numbers are exhausted and changes are all reached, then it is called transformation. It is called change, it is called illusion.

  "Having understood the existence of nothingness, having penetrated the emptiness and reality, one can naturally roam freely in the universe, unimpeded. This is what is called the Great Mystic Way."

  I can't take this noise anymore, I want to tear this person apart! I see several people standing in front of me, and the one who is making this unpleasant sound is the leader!