The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 255 Breaking the Flying Zombie and the Sudden Appearance of the Shaolin Zombie

The flying zombie, despite having its head severed, was not greatly affected. It spewed out a breath of corpse energy, which directly affected the unsuspecting Master Ji. Then, it sent Master Ji flying with a single palm strike.

The severed head of the flying zombie rolled twice on the ground before flying back to its neck.

The flying zombie stretched its arms upwards, grabbed its head, twisted it to both sides, and then straightened its head.

Ji Tianshi, who had gotten up from the ground, looked solemnly at the flying zombie.

Clearly, with the blessing of the Yin-type water barrier, this flying zombie's abilities are even greater than before.

Outside the barrier, even if the flying zombie's head is severed by the magic sword and it doesn't die, it would never be strong enough to be completely unaffected by decapitation.

The action just now didn't have much of an impact on the flying zombie, but it had a significant effect on the magic sword.

Master Ji glanced at the sword, which was corroded beyond recognition by the slime on the flying zombie's body, and his heart clenched painfully.

On the other hand, being good at swimming wasn't without its advantages for him.

The water element is omnipresent within the barrier.

Master Ji clearly felt that, under the influence of this attribute, some of Chen Ke's old injuries on his body no longer had any effect on him.

Moreover, his physical strength and magical power both increased exponentially.

This allowed him to relive the state he was in during his prime.

Master Ji also knew that this was a temporary state under the blessing of the barrier, not that the barrier had healed his old injuries or made him young again.

The yin-elemental water power also suppressed the injuries he had just sustained, leaving his movements almost unaffected.

If this barrier didn't also enhance the power of zombies, he would never be afraid of that flying zombie.

"Buy time first. When the barrier changes to suppress the zombies and the attributes become favorable to us, that's when we can suppress it!" Master Ji shouted to Li Zhen, who was blocking the flying zombies.

Li Zhen also sensed the changes in the flying zombie.

When he first saw this zombie in Fukang County, the zombie was indeed oppressive, but it was nowhere near as powerful as it is now.

A surge of malevolent energy erupted from Li Zhen's body, merging with the bat-faced demon behind him, making the demon even clearer. One could almost make out the demon's ferocious face and jet-black fur.

The malice emanating from Li Zhen was also surging outwards unchecked.

The entire barrier began to distort.

The flying zombie standing in front of Li Zhen began to twist uncontrollably, with obvious bone protrusions visible on its limbs and body, as if those bones had turned into living things, constantly struggling and writhing inside.

The flying zombie's body was riddled with wounds, through which twisted bone fragments could be seen.

Large amounts of slime flowed from the flying zombie's body.

Even more terrifying, the flying zombie's head was also rapidly protruding upwards, as if a new head was being born.

Even flying zombies were somewhat panicked by this situation.

It frantically scratched its head, as if trying to dig out what was hidden inside.

Li Zhen was also somewhat surprised.

He had always known that the Bat-faced Demon possessed the ability to twist flesh, but he never expected that when this ability was pushed to its limit, even flying zombies would be unable to resist this twisting.

The bat-like demon behind him opened its eyes.

Li Zhen suddenly froze.

He wasn't sure if it was a hallucination, but he heard a sigh and a mumbled sentence.

But what happened to the flying zombie immediately drew his attention.

With a "poof," the roaring flying zombie actually cracked open its own head, pulling out a bunch of red and white things from it.

Li Zhen could clearly see that among those things were some short, coarse black hairs, like bat hairs.

The flying zombie rose from the ground and hovered in the air.

Thick, viscous corpse energy surged from its body, creating a standoff with the evil energy emanating from Li Zhen's side.

The entire barrier began to shake.

Ji Tianshi, who had already retreated to the edge, changed his expression and tried his best to resist the strange changes that were occurring in his body.

……

The Five Elements Compass also began to vibrate.

A faint "clicking" sound kept coming from above, as if the compass might break at any moment.

The three people standing next to the compass looked rather grim.

The wind, which was supporting the compass, had no time to spare for anything else.

When the character for "water" on the Five Elements compass was halfway through, his face had turned deathly pale.

By now, he could clearly see that the bleeding from his fingertips was happening faster and faster.

Blood isn't really important. The compass is only so big; no matter how much blood flows, it's impossible to drain it completely.

The most important thing is something that flows out with the blood.

The wind made him feel dizzy and lightheaded, as if he was being drained dry.

He looked at the compass, trembling, bit his tongue to clear his head, and said to Lei beside him, "I thought... I could hold on until this compass finished... finished two attributes, but I didn't expect it to be difficult even to finish one. Be prepared."

Lei took a deep breath and urged, "Let me do it, you can't keep going like this!"

Feng swayed and withdrew his right hand.

The flow of the five elements on the compass suddenly came to a halt.

Just like He Feng did, Lei quickly pressed his finger on the center disc of the compass.

The compass, which had stopped spinning, started working again.

He knew from the way the wind was blowing that the compass would be difficult to maintain, but when it came to his own experience, he finally understood what it was like.

The sensation of his life slowly slipping away with his own blood filled him with unspeakable fear.

It wasn't until his fellow disciples' voices came from the side that he realized that after water, the compass had jumped directly to the "earth" attribute.

"It's soil! The ground has turned into mud! It's trapped that zombie!"

"Master has the upper hand!"

"A golden opportunity! We can't let it escape!"

Sweating profusely, Lei looked up and barely managed to see into the barrier.

At this moment, the terrifying aura of the flying zombie collapsed, and it was trapped by the ground that had turned into mud.

Strangely, a giant spider vaguely appeared on the ground within the barrier, its viscous mud transforming into spider legs that briefly trapped the flying zombie on the ground.

His master, wielding his magic sword, rushed towards the flying zombie.

The evil power within the barrier seemed to have a certain infectious quality. He felt uncomfortable after only a few glances and quickly looked away.

Suddenly, he felt the Five Elements Compass drawing more and more of his "life force," causing his face to turn pale at a visible speed.

He gritted his teeth and pressed down on the compass without uttering a sound.

The wind, which had collapsed to the ground, noticed his change and weakly said to him, "If you can't hold on, find someone else. Don't push yourself."

Lei gritted his teeth and said, "It's alright." ...

Inside the barrier, the flying zombie, trapped in the mud, struggled incessantly, but could not escape the entanglement of the silt on the ground, instead sinking deeper and deeper.

The Celestial Master Ji, who had rushed forward, severed the flying zombie's head once more.

Surprisingly, even though it was weaker than before, the flying zombie did not die immediately after being decapitated.

After pushing the Taoist priest away with its arms, it pulled its head out of the mud and shoved it back into its body through its neck.

Master Ji immediately realized that the zombie had hidden its potentially fatal head inside its body to prevent him from severing it.

This zombie hasn't evolved to the point of immortality yet; destroying its head will definitely be fatal!
Master Ji stepped forward again and used his magic sword to cut open the flying zombie's abdomen.

The zombie's hideous face appeared in the exposed wound, and it exhaled a breath of corpse energy at Master Ji.

After skillfully dodging the attack, Master Ji looked at the magic sword, which was now even more severely corroded, and frowned.

If he can't destroy the flying zombie's head, then his magic sword will definitely be destroyed first.

Just then, the spider legs that had extended from the ground retracted instantly, briefly trapping the flying zombie and making it unable to move an inch.

A talisman arrow pierced the flying zombie's head from above, penetrating its neck and then down to its abdomen.

The talisman arrow emitted a burst of golden light.

The flying zombie pierced by the talisman arrow let out a painful roar.

Its arms, covered with sharp nails, reached upwards and gripped the talisman arrow tightly.

Along with the rising blue smoke, a slight "sizzling" sound came from the point where the talisman arrow made contact.

As the flying zombie reached up to grab the talisman arrow, Li Zhen had already pulled his arms back.

At this moment, he extended his right arm and pressed it down hard on the end of the talisman arrow, completely driving it into the flying zombie's neck.

The flying zombie roared and struggled even more violently, finally breaking free from the mud that had trapped it.

The rushing Master Ji pierced the flying zombie's forehead with his magic sword, piercing through its head.

The flying zombie's momentum plummeted, and it writhed in pain in the mud.

Seizing the opportunity, the vampire plunged its arms into the flying zombie's back, opened its fangs and bit down hard on the flying zombie's neck, tearing off a large chunk of flesh before being flung away by the flying zombie.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Master Ji grabbed the hilt of the magic sword stuck in the flying zombie's body, pulled the magic sword out, and saw that the blade of the magic sword had been corroded beyond recognition and could no longer be used. He simply threw away the magic sword and took out the explosives that he always carried with him, which he had prepared to use to perish together with the flying zombie.

Now that the flying zombie's corpse energy has been broken, if we blast it to pieces, it will die even if it doesn't.

Things are progressing very smoothly.

Everything is proceeding according to Li Zhen's plan.

Things went smoothly without any setbacks.

Even though Li Zhen's preparations weren't fully utilized, the terrifying flying zombie was already on its last legs.

This is not surprising.

Neither Li Zhen nor Master Ji are ordinary people. When they join forces, with the help of the Five Elements Compass and the assistance of vampires, their strength is certainly not weaker than this flying zombie that has not yet reached its full potential.

Right now, as long as Master Ji blows this flying zombie to pieces, he can kill it.

However, looking at the scene before him, Li Zhen felt no sense of relief that this ordeal was about to be over; instead, he felt increasingly depressed.

But where does this sense of oppression come from?
Detective Li could not get an answer.

All we can do now is kill this flying zombie first.

Whatever happens, this is definitely the right thing to do.

Li Zhen used the demons in his mind to influence the operation of the "earth" attribute within the barrier, trapping the flying zombie once again.

Master Ji placed the explosives on the flying zombie.

Li Zhen's heart was beating faster and faster, which made him feel uneasy.

A feeling of dread suddenly arose.

Sensing something, Li Zhen suddenly turned his head and looked at the sky behind him.

Under the gloomy sky, a blurry shadow appeared in the air, flying rapidly towards them.

The dark clouds, like a dense army, rolled in with the shadow, obscuring the little light that could see through the sky.

The thing was moving faster than Li Zhen had imagined.

Just a moment ago, the shape of that thing was still indistinct.

The next moment, the thing turned into a human figure.

Even before he could clearly see the creature's face, Li Zhen could already sense the terrifying aura of death emanating from it.

The power of that corpse energy was even greater than that of a flying zombie.

Amidst the corpse energy, Li Zhen sensed another peculiar aura, like... the aura of a cultivator.

"What the hell is this?"

The moment Li Zhen saw this thing, all his discomfort disappeared, leaving only calm.

Master Ji also noticed the thing coming from the sky.

He looked up and his expression changed slightly, but he immediately realized what was happening. He took out a tinderbox, ready to find an opportunity to ignite the explosives and kill the flying zombie first.

The figure in the air suddenly let out a non-human roar and fell straight into the barrier.

Before his body even landed, he suddenly took a deep breath towards the flying zombie.

The spider legs that attacked him from behind shattered simultaneously.

The flying zombie's body trembled.

A massive amount of corpse energy and a few remaining soul fragments flew out of its body at the same time, and before Master Ji and Li Zhen could react, they gradually fell into the human figure's mouth.

Master Ji was still preparing to ignite the explosives.

The figure roared at Master Ji, forcing Master Ji to retreat.

Master Ji's expression turned even more grim than when he was facing the flying zombie, because the thing in front of him was even more oppressive than the flying zombie.

The vampire was also affected; the corpse energy on its body became unstable and gradually flowed towards the human figure.

Li Zhen appeared next to the vampire, pressed down on its body with one hand, and suppressed the violent corpse energy emanating from it. He then took the opportunity to make the vampire steal more than half of the corpse energy from the flying zombie and put it into its mouth.

The figure swallowed the corpse energy that had entered its mouth, turned around and roared at Li Zhen, revealing two sharp fangs.

Upon seeing the figure's face, Li Zhen's pupils contracted.

The thing in front of them, which was neither human nor zombie, had long hair and half of its face was covered. The vaguely visible face even resembled Fan Shaohuang's face somewhat!
Considering the other party's current state, Li Zhen seemed to have figured something out.

But... how did this thing end up here?!
Something is wrong!
This thing shouldn't exist, and it certainly shouldn't be here!

Feeling the oppressive aura emanating from this thing, all the previous unease turned into gloom and reappeared in Li Zhen's heart.

He sensed a malice in the world that angered him.

That malice seemed to be saying, "Do you think you can survive this?"
Is this the backlash he suffered after using the golden Buddha to influence the calamity?
(End of this chapter)