Fire Monster

Chapter 374: Burial of the Corpse Immortal
"We all underestimated the severity of the situation here and did not work together in time. By the time we reacted, it was too late."

After returning to normal, Wang Xuan sat on the ground with a weak look on his face and spoke quickly.

"There is no pure land in the world of immortal cultivation here. Pollution is everywhere. Mortals are just livestock that are kept in captivity and will never be slaughtered. Immortal cultivators either become miners to do hard labor for the fallen immortals, or degenerate into earth-bound spirits, or go with the flow and become evil demons that they don't even recognize. All the high-level evil demons we saw in the Devil Fire Abyss were once immortal cultivators."

"Besides that, here there are not only fallen immortals, but also crazy immortals and corpse immortals. Fallen immortals are immortals who still have reason, but are chased by karma and have to flee to the world of immortal cultivation. They are now like slave owners, keeping mortals in captivity and recruiting immortal cultivators to do hard labor and work as spirit and demon miners."

"A mad immortal is an irrational immortal who does whatever he wants and is extremely dangerous."

"The Corpse Immortal is what you just saw. It refers to the corpse of a dead immortal. It is a being that has come back to life due to the pollution of karma. It is equally strange and unpredictable."

"This is the current situation. Right now, or rather, you, Fellow Daoist Chengfeng, only have two options. One is to seek the protection of the Fallen Immortal and enter their territory. You will have a hard time as their thug. But at least you can survive like a normal person."

"Another option is to retreat back to the Devil Fire Abyss. Now it seems that although it is surrounded by Devil Fire, the Dao Palace can basically maintain its balance. That is the real pure land for Qi Refiners like me. Alas, I regret it so much. I thought my strength was enough at the beginning. In order to seek an opportunity for a breakthrough, I mistakenly believed in slander and came to look for the real world of cultivation. As a result-"

Wang Xuan sighed deeply. The other three had lost their former spirit and energy. They no longer had the destiny and merits in them, so they were no longer the protagonists. They looked quite destitute and miserable.

Zhao Guanshan listened quietly, and then said in a deep voice, "There should be a third way. That is not to pursue killing the fallen immortals, crazy immortals, corpse immortals, etc., but to strive to conquer a piece of land here as a foothold, and then slowly make plans."

"As for the first two paths, there is no hope, so it's better not to choose them. What do you think?"

"Conquer a piece of territory? This is too difficult. How can we fight against the pollution of mad immortals and corpse immortals?" Jiang Yunbai, the old man from Genshan, asked in surprise.

"Of course it's difficult, but this is our only hope. As long as we choose this path, the worst that can happen is that we will be defeated and then sink, neither human nor ghost. But as long as we succeed, at worst we can have our own territory like those fallen immortals who still have reason, and then we can plan for another battle."

Zhao Guanshan was also thinking quickly in his mind at this time, and this was the only option he had.

"But, the corpse immortal just now only retreated temporarily. It will reappear in half a year at most. Even if you can use your destiny merit to force it back every time, the destiny merit in you is not endless. Once it is exhausted, what should you do?" Wang Xuan asked.

"Let's take it one step at a time. But I saved all four of you. I saved you this time out of moral obligation. You can choose to follow me or leave. But please remember, I won't save you next time."

Zhao Guanshan's attitude was very firm.

"Then there is nothing to say. You saved my life. From now on, I can only follow you." Wang Xuan said immediately.

Jiang Yunbai also nodded, "That's right, now that things have come to this, we have no choice."

The other two also nodded. In this situation, what choice did they have?

"Fellow Daoist Chengfeng, just tell us your rules directly. From now on, the four of us will follow your lead."

"Okay! My plan is simple. Find the corpse fairy and bury her with honor! Fight pollution with pollution!"

When Zhao Guanshan said this, the four of them were dumbfounded. What kind of operation was this?

But soon, Jiang Yunbai was the first to react, "Could it be that Fellow Daoist Chengfeng still has a large amount of destiny merit in his hands? If so, there is indeed room for maneuver."

"Okay, okay! This is indeed a brilliant plan. Of the three immortals currently wreaking havoc in the world of immortal cultivation, the most cunning and the hardest to deal with are actually the fallen immortals who still have reason, followed by the mad immortals. The easiest to deal with are the corpse immortals. But Fellow Daoist Chengfeng, you have to think it over carefully. If you want to bury the corpse immortals with honor, you really need to use up a lot of destiny merits."

Wang Xuan also reacted. These people were not ordinary people. They had quick thinking and were incomparable to ordinary people.

"In that case, we might as well give it a try. At worst, I'll be buried with you!" The holder of the Xuanwu secret key laughed. His name was Fan Qingyan. He had always been a coward, but now he seemed to have let it go.

"In that case, if you want to be buried with the dead, count me in. I can use the Genshan Taoist Talisman as a basis to make a coffin board, which is more than enough." Jiang Yunbai also laughed.

"Great, great! If you really want to be buried with the dead, how can my Qianjin family be left out? Count me in." Wang Xuan's eyes lit up and he felt that this was feasible.

"You, are you serious?" The holder of the Aoki key was a woman. She had always been in a low mood and rarely spoke. At this moment, she almost thought that the three of them were crazy.

"Fellow Daoist Yu Jin, you must be buried with me. It would be better if fellow Daoist Chengfeng is buried with us too. The five of us will be buried with me. That's what we call a grand burial for the immortal corpse." Wang Xuan laughed heartily, looking quite excited because this idea was really feasible.

"That's right, let's do it this way. Let's start with burying the corpse fairy."

Zhao Guanshan also thought of the subtlety of this. Yu Jin was stunned for a moment, and finally realized that this was not a lavish burial at all, but clearly an attempt to squeeze the surplus value of the corpse fairy.

But I have to say, this is really a way.

The five of them reached a consensus and no longer hesitated. They each flew into the air on their swords. Now, except for Zhao Guanshan, they only had one more person left to fight, but that should be enough.

Zhao Guanshan did not use any magical powers, but instead activated the miniature aerospace mothership and stepped into the void, his sword-flying skills being no less impressive than anyone else's.

"Fellow Daoist Chengfeng, is this your natal magic weapon? Why do I feel that it is more like a sealed fighter plane with a built-in spirit-offering tower?" Jiang Yunbai asked in surprise. He was very knowledgeable about this.

"Well, it's just a little trick. It's good enough to get by on the road."

As they were talking, the five of them had already soared thousands of meters into the sky, passing through the extremely polluted dark clouds. When they looked up, they saw the corpse of the immortal floating more than 100,000 meters above the sky.

This corpse fairy is really too big, tens of thousands of kilometers from head to toe.

Although it was still lifelike, the karmic pollution it was emitting was extremely powerful. "We can't get close to it. We have to lure it down. Fellow Daoist Chengfeng, it's up to you now."

Wang Xuan shouted that they could not help much now and could only be buried with him.

Zhao Guanshan nodded. He had his own ideas and plans. He took out the karma hourglass and attached a golden grain of merit sand to the mechanical crow. Then he released it and quickly fled towards the ground.

The mechanical crow is not a living being, and the grains of merit on it are like real gold and silver scattered on the streets, which has a great effect in attracting hatred.

This instant, the corpse immortal was alarmed, or perhaps the karmic debt in the corpse immortal's body was triggered. At this moment, the corpse immortal instantly looked over with its eyes that were still open in death. The huge corpse also moved slightly, poked its head downward, opened its big mouth, and sucked away the golden grain of merit sand.

At this moment, it can be seen very clearly that most of the corpse fairy's head is glowing. This is because the golden merit sand has neutralized a part of the karmic debt at this moment, thereby reducing the concentration of karmic pollution here by several levels.

"Quick! Now!"

Zhao Guanshan shouted loudly and stopped stepping on the miniature aerospace mothership. He used his fire escape technique to smash it. At the critical moment, he could not hold back.

The other four did not let down either. They all reacted immediately and used their escape techniques almost at the same time as Zhao Guanshan. The five of them landed squarely on the back of the corpse fairy's head.

But this was only the first step. The next moment, Zhao Guanshan had already shot out another golden grain of merit sand, causing the corpse immortal to temporarily lose its hatred value.

This process takes about three seconds.

And this was enough for the five of them to simultaneously perform the Five Elements Demon-Suppressing Talisman, which was the ultimate move of the Five Elements Qi Refiners and the prototype of the Demon-Suppressing Net.

In an instant, the Lihuo Talisman, Qianjin Talisman, Genshan Talisman, Xuanwu Talisman and Qingmu Talisman flew up and turned into five huge stars, hovering in the sky. With each rotation, five talismans were generated, and these talismans would turn into one hundred Five Elements Demon-Suppressing Nets, expanding to cover the sky and the earth.

In three seconds, the five of them generated a total of fifty demon-suppressing talismans and evolved a thousand Five Elements Demon-Suppressing Nets, which completely wrapped the corpse of the corpse immortal like a rice dumpling.

Of course, this is the result of the corpse immortal being neutralized by the golden merit sand at this moment and not resisting.

Once you start to resist, you may not be able to hold on.

But it didn't matter. After three seconds, Zhao Guanshan immediately shot out a golden grain of merit sand, buying time for the five of them to continue releasing the Five Elements Demon-Suppressing Net.

Therefore, every three seconds, they can evolve one thousand more Five Elements Demon-Suppressing Nets.

This demon-suppressing net can continuously pull the corpse fairies toward the ground.

From an altitude of more than 100,000 meters, it is pulled down to the ground.

In just a short moment, Zhao Guanshan had smashed out fifteen golden merit sands and successfully pulled the corpse immortal to the ground. At this time, the corpse immortal was covered with fifteen thousand Five Elements Demon-Suppressing Nets.

This number is enough to subdue the corpse fairy, just like a swarm of ants can kill an elephant, or like using layers of fragile paper to tie up a wild boar.

Quantity can replace quality.

Of course, this is simply impossible under normal circumstances.

The fallen immortals will not give them the chance and will not resist until you release the Demon Suppressing Net.

The same is true for the Crazy Immortal.

Only the Corpse Immortal can really consume the golden merit sand and make it temporarily lose its ability to resist.

"boom!"

When the corpse fairy falls to the ground, there is a huge noise, and once it touches the ground, it can no longer float into the sky.

"Senior, I will be buried with you!"

Wang Xuan shouted and pressed his Qianjin Dao Talisman directly on the corpse fairy's left shoulder.

Then Jiang Yunbai also shouted loudly and pressed his Genshan Taoist Talisman on the corpse immortal's right shoulder.

Yu Jin and Fan Qingyan pressed their respective Taoist talismans on the corpse fairy's left and right legs.

Zhao Guanshan also pressed his Lihuo Dao Talisman on the center of the corpse fairy's eyebrows without hesitation.

When the five of them finished doing all this, the huge body of the corpse fairy was finally subdued, and began to shrink rapidly, eventually merging with the earth, turning into a small mountain range only more than thirty meters high and less than ten miles in radius.

Like a tomb.

Well, this is where they stand.

From now on, the power of the corpse immortal can be borrowed by them.

(End of this chapter)