Dream Travel

Chapter 478 My Little Friend in White
A series of crackling sounds rang out from the rubble, and the Zombie King stood up again.

Shan Qifeng's punch just now broke the zombie's bones, but zombies are made of copper and iron, and their regenerative ability is particularly strong.

That punch, though it appeared to have injured the zombie king, was actually an ineffective attack.

"Let me try again. How about you keep an eye on those people for me?" Bai Mu seemed to be discussing with Shan Qifeng.

"Alright, I won't give them a chance to launch a sneak attack." Shan Qifeng glanced at the experts from Qingzhou.

This made those experts' faces turn red and then pale with anger.

Shan Qifeng said he was wary of the experts in Qingzhou, but in reality he was wary of another group of people.

He discovered that another group of people had arrived, but they did not appear immediately; instead, they hid themselves first.

The Qingzhou experts, who were originally very hostile to Shan Qifeng, showed surprise after meeting Shan Qifeng's eyes.

They didn't give Bai Mu a chance to fight the zombie king one-on-one; however, as the battle began, some of them gradually moved away from the fray.

Once at a suitable distance, the Qingzhou expert who had left the battle circle struck a spot with his palm, unleashing a crimson stream of flames onto an empty place.

A sinister laugh rang out, and the flames were swept away by a vortex, condensing into a fireball that returned.

The expert from Qingzhou did not take the attack head-on, but instead avoided the out-of-control attack.

"They're from the Reverse Yuan Cult!" The Qingzhou expert who had dodged the attack immediately warned the others.

Once the members of the Reverse Yuan Cult realized they had been exposed, they stopped hiding and immediately took action. They did not deal with the Zombie King, but instead dealt with the experts from Qingzhou first.

They originally intended to reap the benefits without sowing, but after failing, killing these experts from Qingzhou would be just as good.

The moment the first expert from the Reverse Yuan Sect to be exposed took flight, a dark shadow flew over.

"What is that?!" The experts from the Reverse Yuan Sect looked horrified after seeing what was flying towards them.

That was actually the zombie king fighting alongside Bai Mu.

The flying zombie king didn't care who the person in front of him was. He grabbed the Reverse Yuan Cult member with his large hand, and his black fingernails pierced through the opponent's protective aura.

The experts of the Reverse Yuan Sect were unwilling to surrender, and their true energy condensed into a vortex that tore at the zombie king.

But the zombie king, with his copper skin and iron bones, didn't care about the tearing. He spewed out a mouthful of miasma, which was swept away by the vortex and also affected the expert of the Reverse Yuan Sect.

He still had the strength to resist, but this breath of miasma broke his power, and his vital energy was rapidly lost as his blood was drawn out.

At the same time, attacks from others landed on the zombie king, but the zombie king ignored them and let the attacks hit him.

Even attacks from swords and blades cannot stop the Zombie King from sucking blood.

As the master of the Reverse Yuan Cult was drained of his life force, the Zombie King's eyes glowed with bloodlust, becoming increasingly dangerous.

"Can you kill this thing?" Bai Mu asked Shan Qifeng, kicking the zombie king away.

"They can be killed, but they are not easy to kill."

This zombie king is not weak; he can be killed, but his condition will be affected afterward.

Now he has to be wary not only of Bai Mu, but also of the powerful figures from Qingzhou and the people from the Reverse Yuan Cult.

"What about you?"

"It can be killed, but it will take some time."

"Now you have the time."

"Old man, that's not fair of you."

Do you have a weapon? Lend me one.

The mountain opened and sealed the words to the left and right, and then there were others.

Bai Mu pulled the Dream Eater Greatsword out of the weapon case.

Shan Qifeng tested the controls, nodded slightly, and rejoined the battle.

Bai Mu reached out and pressed his hand on the weapon box, and the weapon box began to charge.

To his slight disappointment, this zombie was clearly not a 'biomodified body', so the Dream Erosion attribute of the Dream Erosion Greatsword was of little use.

Moreover, judging from the Zombie King's performance, this thing has almost maxed out physical resistance, and its magic resistance seems to be quite strong as well.

There were many types of attacks from the experts present, but according to Shan Qifeng and Bai Mu's explanation, only Shan Qifeng used Qi to fight.

Do people in Qingzhou like to use true qi? True qi attacks are considered magic damage, right? But those attacks aren't very effective against the zombie king.

And what about that Niyuan Sect? It sounds similar to the Mingjing Sect.
If Shan Qifeng could find his way here, surely he must know about this evil cult?

The White Curtain, whose cause remains unclear, continues to accumulate power, and the lightning stored in the weapon crates is increasing.

The Zombie King noticed the threat posed by the White Curtain, roared, and prepared to break away from the battle to cause trouble for the White Curtain.

"Stop him!!" The powerful figures from Qingzhou immediately intensified their attack and intercepted the Zombie King.

They were wary of the White Curtain, but they still had the ability to make judgments in battle.

The Zombie King is too tough. It has been buried underground for who knows how long, making it very difficult for them to completely subdue it.

On the contrary, if this thing continues to cause trouble and sucks the blood of more people, it will be even harder for them to fight.

The zombies are tireless and can suck blood. When they are injured, the zombie king becomes stronger, so their chances of winning are not high if the fight continues.

Run? The Zombie King might not chase us, but what if he heads straight for Qingzhou?
While the powerful figures of Qingzhou were blocking the Zombie King, the members of the Reverse Yuan Sect directly attacked the powerful figures of Qingzhou.

"You!?" A powerful figure from Qingzhou was attacked by the Reverse Yuan Sect, and the zombie king grabbed his arm, turning his arm black and purple from the intense corpse poison.

"Can you defeat this zombie!?"

"Hehehe, once you're dead, we'll have a way to deal with it." The member of the Reverse Yuan Cult breathed a slight sigh of relief.

They were initially suffering greatly from the zombies, but then a powerful figure from Qingzhou took the initiative to become their opponent.

They caught their breath. They were initially quite surprised and delighted by the appearance of the zombie king, considering it an unexpected bonus.

"The Reverse Yuan Cult is skilled at plundering the essence of others... You want to use this zombie!?"

One of the Qingzhou experts realized something, while the Niyuan Sect expert who had successfully launched the attack smiled smugly. Just as he was about to say something, he felt a mountain-like pressure.

His arm turned black as he reached out to grab the greatsword that was coming down.

There was no sound of clashing weapons, only the cracking sound of metal being broken.

Before the powerful member of the Reverse Yuan Sect could even let out a scream, he was cleaved in two by Shan Qifeng's sword.

"Huh?" Shan Qifeng was somewhat surprised. He glanced at the greatsword in his hand.

Something's definitely wrong with this weapon!

When he was fighting the zombie king, the weapon wasn't particularly outstanding; it was just very sturdy.

The arms of the Reverse Yuan Cult expert he killed were as hard as metal, allowing him to directly engage in close combat with the Zombie King.

Although it had been overwhelmed by the Zombie King not long ago, its arms could withstand the Zombie King's claw attacks. But how could these arms be directly cleaved in two by this sword?

Puzzled, Shan Qifeng continued to fight the zombie king, but then the weapon became ordinary again, losing its killing power when it was used to cut people.

What was the reason? Unable to figure it out, Shan Qifeng simply withdrew from the battle and stared at the people from the Reverse Yuan Sect.

Having learned from their own experiences, they dared not make any unusual moves for a time.

Shan Qifeng is a master of Qi Refining. Compared to those who refine True Qi, Qi Refining has no obvious disadvantages other than a shorter lifespan.

They saw that Shan Qifeng couldn't cut down the Zombie King, but this Qi Refining expert could cut down their people.

The person killed by Shan Qifeng was a body-refining expert from the Reverse Yuan Sect. In order to enhance the strength of his arms, he had also modified his arms with demonic techniques.

He could tear through steel with his arms without using his true energy. He was no match for the Zombie King in terms of strength, but when he fought the Zombie King, the Zombie King couldn't break through his arm defenses.

However, this powerful figure was cleaved in two by Shan Qifeng's sword.

If you can't defeat the Zombie King, you can just defeat them directly, right?
Could this guy be acting with the Zombie King?
The members of the Reverse Yuan Cult hesitated to make a move for a moment.

The experts from Qingzhou continued to block the Zombie King, but the Zombie King wouldn't cooperate; he would just swing his claws at anyone around him.

With no one to stop them, they decided to eliminate the biggest threat first. The weapon box in the white curtain was crackling with lightning, and he himself turned into a lightning bolt.

The zombie king roared uneasily, a glimmer of clarity flashing in its blood-red eyes.

"Stop him, it's trying to escape!" A powerful warrior from Qingzhou risked injury to repel the fleeing zombie king.

The white curtain raised the spirit scepter.

The zombie king roared, and a poisonous miasma mixed with corpse energy gushed out from his body, the miasma even tinged with blood.

Two points of blood-red light emerged from the poisonous miasma permeating the tomb chamber.

The zombie king charged straight at the white curtain, and as it attacked, it even reached out to grab the combination knife that the white curtain had stuck in the ground.

Just as he touched the combination knife, several figures suddenly darted out from it.

The demons enchanted within the combination swords cackled, gaining additional enhancements from the Dream Erosion attribute of the weapon case within the White Veil.

This feeling captivated the demons, and even though the zombie king was very strong, he was only temporarily restrained by their desperate control.

Ling Shu's gun was pressed against the Zombie King's face. The Zombie King crossed his arms to block, but the high-density lightning and fire attack blasted through his arms and punched a large hole in the Zombie King's head, leaving only a layer of skin.

Lightning pierced through the zombie king's head, leaving a long trail of fire in the night sky.

"I'll deal with you first, instead of the powerful demons."

Seeing the headless zombie king still twitching, Bai Mu grabbed the combination knife. The weapon sprang out armor-piercing spikes, cleaving through the zombie king's hard body, and hellfire ignited from within.

Only after this thing is burned to ashes is it truly dead.

"It's alright now." Bai Mu looked at the people from the Reverse Yuan Sect.

"Go!" The members of the Reverse Yuan Cult chose to flee without hesitation. Even though someone would come to meet them, they dared not continue fighting.

The shot fired by Bai Mu startled them.

The attack not only pierced the zombie king's head, but the attack even extended to places they couldn't see.

"Is this a gun?" Shan Qifeng walked over, glanced at Bai Mu who showed no signs of fatigue, and gained a new understanding of Bai Mu's endurance.

There was also the Spirit Pivot in Bai Mu's hand, which still retained traces of lightning. This gun was completely different from the Holy Silver Pistol he had encountered before.

"Actually, this is a magical artifact." Bai Mu used a localized term: "The kind that recognizes a master."

As he spoke, he put the spirit tablet back into the weapon case.

Shan Qifeng returned the Dream Erosion Greatsword to Bai Mu: "This sword is also a bit strange."

"This gun is similar to that one; both are designed for use against targets."

Upon hearing this, Shan Qifeng's expression turned somewhat strange: "Then why doesn't it work on zombies?"

"Zombies are probably natural life forms..."

After Shan Qifeng's attempt to kill the zombie king with this weapon failed, Bai Mu knew that the zombies were not biologically modified beings.

The member of the Reverse Yuan Cult who was cleaved in two by Shan Qifeng's sword must have undergone some kind of biological modification, and then became susceptible to the weapon's counter-attack.

“Your things are all very strange.” Shan Qifeng shook his head and didn’t ask any further questions. Bai Mu himself was from outside the realm and had come into contact with many 'worlds,' so it was normal for him to have some strange things.

"You two know each other? Cough, I am Kang Feng from the Demon Slayer Division. I thank you both for your righteous help. Otherwise, with the evil people of the Reverse Yuan Sect causing trouble, Qingzhou would surely have been devastated by the zombies."

"My friend Bai Mu and I were passing through Qingzhou when we unexpectedly discovered a dangerous place. We wanted to deal with it as soon as possible, but we were too late."

Shan Qifeng shook his head slightly, his tone seemingly puzzled: "It's just that I didn't find any trace of the Reverse Yuan Sect here before. Perhaps they have other plans while hiding in Qingzhou."

"The heretics of the Reverse Yuan Sect have been exposed. No matter what their plans are, they won't succeed!" Kang Feng said with absolute certainty.

"Now that the zombies have been eliminated, we should leave."

Shan Qifeng glanced at Bai Mu, who then picked up the weapon case and followed him.

No one stopped them when they left, mainly because even if they wanted to, they might not have been able to.

"Clean up this tomb chamber first." Kang Feng glanced at the messy tomb chamber.

They initially had doubts about Shan Qifeng because he had a peculiar sense of being 'abandoned by heaven' about him.

In layman's terms, the other person's first impression is that of a criminal suspect.

Even if you're not the person in question, people who see him will think he looks a lot like a wanted criminal with a bounty on his head.

This leads to a situation where, even though they have never met before, the moment they do meet, they will feel hostility and resistance towards Shan Qifeng because of this influence.

However, they had just joined forces to fight the zombie king, so they were able to suppress the strange feeling of being abandoned by heaven.

Upon closer examination, Shan Qifeng was indeed without fault from the very beginning.

After examining the tomb, they became even more certain.

This tomb has existed for at least a thousand years, and it was probably left behind by some demonic sect or sorcerer a thousand years ago.

It's called a tomb, but it's actually a place for refining corpses.

Moreover, they discovered a massive mass grave of corpses on a lower level of the tomb.

There were no new corpses; they were mostly old, decaying bodies that hadn't completely decomposed due to the influence of resentment and the aura of death.

As for why no one has ever discovered this ominous place, it's because of the tomb chamber. The resentment and corpse energy accumulated in the burial pit all gather here without any leakage, so others cannot discover the abnormality here.

After the Qingzhou Demon Slayer Division clarified the issues with the tomb, Shan Qifeng was completely cleared of suspicion. However, the Demon Slayer Division did take note of the "young friend Bai Mu" he mentioned...

As for what Shan Qifeng and Bai Mu are going to do, as long as it doesn't harm the imperial court, the Demon Slayer Division will not interfere, but they can keep an eye on it.

After all, the methods used by Bai Mu are similar to those of the demonic path.

(End of this chapter)