The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 262 Killing with a Flying Head and Its Hiding From Me
Boss Huang slowly turned around, looked at Zhou Le'an and Li Zhen who had gotten up, and said with a dry laugh, "No, no, since this is your territory, then... then I won't disturb you any longer."

He took a few steps back, then turned and ran.

The mist behind him surged, and within it seemed many shadows were moving.

“That guy is really wicked,” Zhou Le’an said. “He runs a gambling den in Fukang County and also lends money at exorbitant interest rates. Once, someone couldn’t pay back his money, so he went to their house and sent their wife to a brothel. Many people in the county are afraid of him.”

"This man's face was ashen, and there was a faint bloodstain on his forehead. He should have died two days ago." Li Zhen moved his body like a zombie from a legend, and immediately heard the sound of bones clashing all over his body.

He looked down at his body and found that there was almost no patch of intact skin on his body.

No wonder Zhou Le'an didn't even dare to look at him.

He was supposed to wake up automatically twelve days after being buried, but only four days have passed, so his physical condition is naturally not good.

Zhou Le'an covered his nose and asked in a muffled voice, "Then why isn't he dead?"

"It might be because of me that I did something that affected his fate, allowing him to live two more days. But he probably won't survive until today." Li Zhen touched his neck, then used two fingers of his right hand to pierce his flesh, pulling out the long needles one by one.

With the help of the corpse oil from those dried corpses, his flying head curse was indeed cultivated to an extremely profound level.

In the memories he had acquired, only a very few people could cultivate the Flying Head Curse to his level.

Corpse oil is actually just a necessary resource for cultivating Flying Head Curse. With corpse oil, one can continuously improve their Flying Head Curse cultivation.

However, a cultivator's physique and mental state may not be able to adapt to this kind of improvement.

In the past, practitioners who reached a certain level of cultivation often saw their own limits and were subsequently killed by the backlash of magic.

But Li Zhen has not yet seen his limit, even though he has already cultivated his Flying Head Curse to this level.

Li Zhen couldn't help but admire his own talent in sorcery.

Once he reaches his level, he only needs to cross one more threshold to achieve the state of being unafraid of daylight and able to wield the flying head even in broad daylight, thus achieving immortality.

The story goes that they are immortal, but Li Zhen doubts whether they can truly be immortal.

These traditions often contain exaggerated elements; only those who have cultivated to that level can know whether they can achieve that effect.

Li Zhen is still some distance from that realm. Nevertheless, with his current level of Flying Head Curse cultivation, even after being reborn, he cannot erase the influence of Flying Head Curse on his body, which shows how profound his Flying Head Curse cultivation is.

After his first rebirth, he successfully suppressed the negative effects of the "corpse curse" on himself, as well as the changes in his right hand.

However, even after his third rebirth, his flying head curse was still not greatly affected.

This shows that the flying head curse is indeed much more terrifying than the "corpse curse".

So each time he is reborn, it is equivalent to filtering his magic, which can eliminate a lot of unnecessary backlash from the magic, which is a good thing for Li Zhen.

However, after being reborn several more times, the effects of the Nine Deaths Resurrection Technique will become increasingly severe, and it may still affect his magic at that time.

We need to find a way to solve this problem, lest all our efforts be in vain...

All the questions have come back to the same one that Detective Li had once considered.

At present, it is necessary to preserve the flying head technique.

This sorcery is indeed very effective at saving one's life.

During the battle with the Corpse King, the opponent aimed for his head, but only managed to leave a wound, unable to destroy his head.

At that moment, a thought even crossed Li Zhen's mind—

Even if the zombie king dismembered his body, he could still escape by dragging his head along.

But it will probably turn into a monster with only a head, that needs to live on blood, and that can only travel at night.

This is better than losing your life.

Having adjusted to his body, Li Zhen swayed and walked towards the corpse of a thug who had been bitten to death by a zombie.

Seeing the slime flowing from Li Zhen's body and the insects falling off, he couldn't help but vomit, even though he tried to avoid looking at them.

Li Zhen walked up to the corpse, turned to Zhou Le'an, and asked, "Did you bring fire?"

"I brought it." Zhou Le'an, his face pale, hurriedly ran towards Li Zhen.

Li Zhen gestured to the still-burnt paper money in front of his grave: "Bring some paper money over. And bring over more of the unburnt paper money over there."

Zhou Le'an took the paper money and gave it, along with the tinderbox he had on him, to Li Zhen.

"Step back a little, don't look," Li Zhen said.

Zhou Le'an ran silently to a tree, leaned against it, and gagged.

Li Zhen lit the paper money and used the flames to collect some fresh corpse oil from the corpse's chin.

He dipped his hands in the corpse oil and smeared it on the huge "scar" on his neck.

A tingling sensation came from the "scar," as if countless insects were wriggling and crawling on his neck.

Li Zhen didn't feel uncomfortable at all; instead, he felt a sense of comfort that was hard to describe.

No wonder this tradition emphasizes the use of fresh corpse oil...

The feeling at this moment was completely different from when he used the corpse oil from the preserved corpse before.

If those dried corpses were fresh, and he cultivated his Flying Head Technique using so much fresh corpse oil, his current level of Flying Head Technique cultivation might have already reached his own limit.

Li Zhen tilted his head, raised his hands, and pulled his head slightly out from under his neck before lowering it again.

Nourished by the corpse oil, his neck, which had been rusted and stuck, regained its mobility and moved very smoothly.

After being reborn, his Flying Head Cultivation skill was indeed not greatly affected.

This made Li Zhen curious about the origins of the demons behind this flying head curse.

The sorcerers in "The Curse" all worshipped the toad demon they had obtained.

After practicing the Flying Head Curse, Li Zhen also received feedback from the toad demon that had merged with the "Great Black Buddha Mother" in his mind.

However, after he cultivated the Flying Head Curse to its current level, he clearly sensed that there seemed to be something behind that demon influencing him.

Perhaps it's an even more terrifying demon?

Or is it the true form of that evil spirit?
Without much thought, Li Zhen walked to the second corpse, obtained the corpse oil in the same way, and smeared it on his neck.

After removing the clothes from the corpse on the ground, Li Zhen wiped himself down and cleaned himself up a bit.

His body had not recovered and he could not smell anything, but he knew that the stench on his body was unpleasant, otherwise it would not have made Zhou Le'an vomit.

However, he is currently unable to resolve his own problems.

A rustling sound came from the mist, and a thug with a knife appeared in front of Zhou Le'an, looking terrified, as if he had seen something in the mist.

Zhou Le'an also noticed the other person and took a few steps back in fear.

The other person hesitated for a moment, then asked Zhou Le'an, "Do you know how to get out of this hellhole?"

Zhou Le'an shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"I don't know! You led us here, and you don't know?! Are you kidding me?" The man's face turned ferocious, and he raised his knife and charged at Zhou Le'an.

Zhou Le'an instinctively shouted "Help!" and rushed towards Li Zhen.

A head left a blur and crashed into the man's chest.

The man was sent flying backward by the impact, even faster than when he was rushing forward. He crashed into a large tree before landing on the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and then died without moving.

As you can see, there is a huge dent in the man's chest.

Li Zhen straightened his head with his hand and looked at the corpse.

This flying head technique is of limited effectiveness when facing the Corpse King, but when used to kill, it leaves no survivors.

The only drawback of the Flying Head Slash is that it doesn't look good when used; you have to drag your intestines and trachea along to fight others...

This flaw is not a problem if you can kill your opponent, but it can be somewhat awkward if you can't.

However, this situation will improve when the Flying Head Technique is cultivated to its highest level, that is, when one can generate flying heads during the day.

At that time, one could kill someone simply by showing their head, or even just a part of their own head.

Zhou Le'an looked at the body, then turned to look at Li Zhen, and swallowed hard: "He...he's dead?"

Li Zhen nodded.

Since he's come to me for the taking, he won't be polite.

He also took some corpse oil from the body and smeared it on his own neck.

Feeling the comfortable sensation coming from his neck, Li Zhen squinted his eyes.

A moment later, he took off the corpse's clothes, wrapped them around his neck, and said to Zhou Le'an, "We should go."

Zhou Le'an ran to Li Zhen's side and asked nervously, "What's wrong with this person? He seems unable to leave this place."

"This is fog created by that zombie, not ordinary fog. Ordinary people would lose their way in it and have a hard time getting out." Li Zhen determined the direction and walked to his right.

Zhou Le'an followed closely behind: "Will Uncle Yu and Uncle Dian be alright? I saw the zombies chasing after them."

"They are quite skilled, and that zombie isn't at its peak, so it won't be easy for them to get hurt."

Should we go find them now?

"To be precise, we're going to find that zombie."

"You want to get rid of it?"

"It's not necessary to get rid of it. Let's see how it is now. Maybe we can take it with us. If it can make the vampire stronger."

Zhou Le'an didn't quite understand what Li Zhen meant, but hearing that Li Zhen showed no worry and seemed unafraid of the terrifying zombie, he blurted out, "Aren't you afraid of that zombie? That zombie is terrifying... it bites anyone it catches, and those people were all afraid of it just now."

Li Zhen smiled and said, "I'm different from them. That zombie was something I created."

Zhou Le'an nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

The faint sounds of rain and lightning could be heard from ahead.

Li Zhen stopped in place, listened to the sounds in front of him for a while, and then suddenly turned his head to look to his left.

A thug wielding a knife slashed through the bushes and staggered toward them.

Upon seeing Li Zhen and Zhou Le'an, the thug stood still warily.

Not long after, another corpse with its chin charred appeared here.

Li Zhen shook his head and continued walking forward.

The sounds of the wind and rain became fainter, and their direction changed rapidly.

Li Zhen and his companion changed directions several times, but still couldn't catch up with the zombie and the two people in the rain.

Zhou Le'an noticed something was wrong: "That zombie seems to keep running."

Li Zhen said, "They're probably avoiding me."

"Is it afraid you'll catch up with it?"

"Judging from the current situation, that should be the case. If it had recovered to its peak, I should be the one running away and it should be chasing. Unfortunately, it hasn't recovered to its peak, and in the end, I was still one step ahead."

“It’s not running away randomly, it’s like… it’s heading somewhere,” Zhou Le’an said.

Li Zhen looked at Zhou Le'an in surprise.

Zhou Le'an scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "When my older brother used to take me hunting in the mountains, some things would run away like this if they didn't want us to chase them into their dens."

Li Zhen laughed: "You are very smart. You should achieve something in the art of magic in the future. If there is an opportunity, we may meet again in the future."

Hearing this, Zhou Le'an was overjoyed: "I can go with you to eliminate demons... oh, or zombies?"

"If you complete your studies, then you might have this opportunity?"

"I will work hard!"

Li Zhen nodded, then suddenly turned around and walked back the way he came for a while.

Mr. Huang rushed out of a grove of trees in a panic and ran headfirst into Li Zhen and his companion.

After finally stopping, he looked ahead and saw Zhou Le'an again. He almost thought he had run back to those two tombs.

He looked around and realized that he wasn't in front of those two tombs, but he still didn't dare to relax.

Boss Huang secretly gripped the dagger in his pocket, but a humble smile appeared on his face. He stammered to Li Zhen, who was standing next to Zhou Le'an, "I just want to get out of here. It's very dangerous in here. I... I don't want any treasure anymore. Can you show me a way out?"

He didn't recognize the person in front of him, but looking at the man's pitted body, he knew that the other person was no ordinary person. It was very likely that the guy had dug this thing out of the ground, and he didn't know whether it was a person or a ghost. Therefore, he was extra cautious.

Li Zhen shook his head: "You should have died long ago. I let you live a few more days. Now it's time to correct this mistake."

Mr. Huang's expression changed, and he turned and ran.

……

"He's catching up soon!"

After looking back for a while, the demonic fetus standing on the zombie's shoulder gave a grim reminder.

The zombie walked forward silently.

The demon fetus said with a face full of gloom, "It's really bad luck to hang out with you. I haven't gotten any benefits, and I've gotten beaten up every time. If he catches up with us, none of us will be in good shape. You definitely can't escape, but I... I'll think of a way to save my life."

"You bastard, didn't you say you had a backup plan? Now that things have come to this, why aren't you using it? If we fall into his hands, your backup plan will be useless!"

The zombie suddenly stopped and exhaled a foul, stagnant stench.

The demonic fetus's eyelids twitched, and it quickly said, "Don't be impulsive. We're in this together. Creating conflict now won't do us any good. Besides, I was just complaining a bit, and you're acting all...wait, what are you writing?"

The zombie leaned forward and used its stiff arms to scribble three words on the ground.

After staring at it intently for a while, the demonic fetus looked at the zombie again and asked, "I can't read, why are you writing this?"

The zombie shuddered, shaking the demonic fetus off its body, and then walked forward on its own.

"Wait for me! You're so heartless! Without my guidance, how could you have recovered so quickly?" The demonic fetus flickered a few times and then jumped onto the zombie's shoulder.

The zombie opened its mouth and managed to utter a few words: "Qilin Stone...Junior...Brother..."

Ahead of the zombies and the demonic fetus, Rain and Lightning had barely caught their breath before they went back into escape mode.

(End of this chapter)