Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 57 The Big One is Coming

But the difference in strength was there. Ren Yuan was no match for the black zombie in terms of speed or strength. He could only deal with it by relying on the Thunderbolt Sword in his hand and the pile of 'Copper Head and Iron Arm Talismans' in his sleeves.

A "Copper Head and Iron Arm Talisman" can withstand a blow from a black zombie, and Ren Yuan has used eight of them in a row. If he didn't have this thing, he would have been beaten to the point of being unable to take care of himself.

Even so, Ren Yuan was already bruised and battered, with wounds all over his body. Because the black zombie was so fast, it always caught the gap between Ren Yuan's old talisman being broken and the new one being put on, and hit him hard!
In a flash, the black zombie seized the opportunity and punched Ren Yuan in the stomach! Ren Yuan groaned, his body bent like a shrimp, and he felt like his intestines were about to be broken.

But he was extremely tenacious. He endured the severe pain and stuck a copper head and iron arm talisman on his forehead, then hit the black zombie's belly with a headbutt!

With a dull thud, the black zombie took a step back to steady its body. Just as it was about to counterattack Ren Yuan, it suddenly discovered that the girl lying on the ground had disappeared without a trace.

The black zombie was about to look around when he heard a sharp sound of breaking wind behind his head. When he tried to dodge, it was too late and he was hit hard by a heavy stone-crushing punch!
"How dare you hit my junior brother!" A Yao clenched her fists tightly, her face full of anger, and it was obvious that she had recovered her strength. "A Yuan, are you okay?"

"Let's take it down first." Ren Yuan shook his head, and he and his senior sister attacked the black zombie from both sides.

The two of them joined forces and the situation was reversed in an instant. Ren Yuan and his senior sister worked well together and could support each other. There would be no more embarrassing situations like before, where he didn't have time to use the talisman on himself.

On the contrary, the black zombie was caught in a dilemma, and had to focus on the head but not the butt. After a short while, he was hit by two swords from Ren Yuan and suffered countless punches and kicks from A Yao.

Seeing that it was no match for its opponent, it repeated its old trick, suddenly spurting out corpse water while quickly retreating to the cave entrance, leaping up and trying to escape.

However, at some point, a wicker cage appeared above the cave entrance, and the black zombie fell into the trap...

Wenli and Huang Laoer, who were standing by the cage, cheered: "We caught it! We caught it!"

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When Ren Yuan came out of the cave with the help of his senior sister, he saw the black zombie struggling desperately in the cage. But when it touched the wicker edge of the cage, it was like touching a red-hot iron, and smoke came out of its body.

It has no chance of breaking out of the cage until the thunder power contained in the willow branches dissipates.

"Yuan, are you okay?" The civet cat jumped onto Ren Yuan's head and poked the bruise on his eyebrow with its claws.

"It hurts." Ren Yuan quickly covered his face and said with a grin, "This black guy was too ruthless."

"It's amazing that Yuan has been able to hold on for so long!" The senior sister praised him like coaxing a child, and used a talisman to help Ren Yuan heal his wounds.

Only then did he summon his true spirit, spending twice as much time as before to draw a Nanming Fire Talisman, and burn the captured black zombie into ashes...

"There is another one..." Senior Sister's face turned pale and she was sweating profusely. It was obvious that she had reached her limit.

"Let's ignore that one for now." Ren Yuan couldn't let his sister force herself. Besides, he didn't have the ability to get that one back. "Wait until I can beat it."

"Then it will take a long time before you can get on board." Senior Sister sighed. She has always been confident in Ren Yuan's efforts and talent, but she has no confidence in getting the Jade Pivot Pill of the third orifice.

"Fortunately, we have reached a bottleneck now. There is no point in getting on board." Ren Yuan has already let it go.

"You will have nightmares again." The tabby cat reminded him.

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Ren Yuan's smile froze, and he said with hope: "Besides, it's been so long, maybe I won't turn into a sheep in my dream."

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Mountain temple.

Tianliangzi and Yanagi Jun were drinking while waiting for their juniors to come back.

In order to prevent Tian Liangzi from sneaking out to help, Liu Zhongjun even used tree roots to wrap around his feet. "Old Liu, can you let me go? I need to pee." Tian Liangzi said depressedly.

The leaves rustled, and Liu Zhongjun generously said, "Pee on me..."

"You want to be fat but you don't want to be shameless, but I have to be shameless." Tian Liangzi said with a smile: "Hey, don't you worry about those two kids?"

Liu Zhongjun shook his head slightly, indicating that the waves behind push the waves ahead, and each generation is stronger than the previous one.

"You are so confident? I don't think so." Tian Liangzi said unhappily, "Young people are ignorant and unreliable. In the end, we old guys have to clean up their messes."

"Haha, big brother, you underestimate us." At this time, Huang Lao Er came in from the front hall with a cocky look on his face, his tail almost raised to the sky. "Just three black zombies, can't we capture them easily?"

The civet cat also jumped in from the wall, laughing and exposing Huang Lao Er, "You make it sound like you contributed so much, but you just helped to install a cage, didn't you?"

"It's just a different division of labor. There's no high or low." Huang Laoer said with a blushing face.

"What, you two really killed those three black zombies?" Tian Liangzi was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth. He stared with wide eyes at A Yao and Ren Yuan who followed in from behind.

"Not all of them have been killed. There is still one that is locked up in a safe place." Ren Yuan smiled faintly. Under the careful care of his senior sister, the bruises on his face have disappeared.

"Is it true?" Tian Liangzi felt unhappy.

"Ha...ha..." Liu Zhongjun laughed, and it was unclear whether he was relieved or making fun of him.

"This is all thanks to the uncle. He found out their situation in advance, so we can know ourselves and the enemy and make targeted moves." Ren Yuanduo is very good at handling things. He can make the big yellow eel happy with just a few words.

"Young people are really formidable." Tian Liangzi sighed with regret, then smiled and said, "Well, the villagers can finally sleep peacefully now that they know this good news."

"We can't let them know that the zombie is dead, so I chose to start it in Xiejia Village." Ren Yuan shook his head and said, "I also asked Mr. Hu San to bring his children to pretend to be zombies and scare people in various villages."

"Are you afraid that the people will find out and refuse to evacuate?" Tian Liangzi asked.

"Yes." Ren Yuan nodded and said, "That black zombie is just an appetizer. There are bigger ones to come."

He then whispered, "Once the common people have evacuated, we should also stay out of the spotlight for a while."

"Hmm." Tian Liangzi agreed, "Indeed, no matter what they are up to, let's just avoid it for safety."

"Big brother is so wise!" Huang Lao Er praised: "Look, what does it mean that 'the older you are, the less courageous you are'?"

"Idiot, this isn't a compliment." Tianliangzi rolled his eyes at his stupid brother.

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The senior sister was overdrawn today and fell into a doze after just a few words, so everyone ended the chat and went to sleep.

Ren Yuan simply washed up and quickly lay down. It was getting long now, and if he got some sleep, he could still sleep for two hours.

He was just used to the hard Youxian pillow, so when he suddenly lay back on the soft cloth pillow, he felt a little uncomfortable. He tossed and turned for a while and fell into a drowsy sleep when it was almost dawn.

Then he had a long-awaited dream.

(End of this chapter)