Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

To be honest, if someone who hadn't mastered the balance between magic and blood energy had come, this group of highly skilled corpse-digging dogs, plus the dog king's strong physique and that filthy corpse energy, might have actually managed to let it escape!

Of course, if you're not well-prepared, you'll more likely end up giving this pack of vicious corpse-digging dogs an extra midnight snack.

As for Zhang Wei...

The Dog King's corpse demon is indeed fierce; it can corrupt people's magical artifacts, and if you get close enough to be sprayed with it, you might even have to worry about turning into a zombie.

However, it was facing a Blood Fiend refined with the Yazi Method as its core.

This bite weakened the surrounding bloodlust somewhat, giving it an opportunity to attack.

But in reality, it was just a bucket of sewage poured into the pool. Leaving aside whether the amount of water was enough to pollute the "pool water" itself, the purification ability of the Yazi method was constantly removing impurities and purifying the evil energy.

In the blink of an eye, the corpse demon that the Dog King had stored up for so long was completely consumed. The drifting black snowflakes fell on its body, and when inhaled, they stimulated its nose and mouth, causing it to sneeze incessantly.

In the short time it took for him to shake his head, the evil energy gathered again, and the Dog King had to spew out another mouthful of corpse evil to buy time.

Back and forth like this, the Dog King's corpse aura grew weaker and weaker, and although the aura surrounding the cliff didn't change much, it became a bit denser upon closer inspection.

Take the essence of his dog and strengthen Zhang Wei himself.

Incidentally, while the dog king was too busy running for its life to give orders, Zhang Wei also dealt with its subordinates.

Now that he had freed his hands, he made a hand seal with both fingers, and in the next instant, a bolt of lightning as thick as a finger pierced through the separated void of evil mist from dozens of meters away.

The dog king had already begun to dodge the moment it saw the lightning, but the speed of light still exceeded its reaction time. The moment the scorching and majestic force struck it, it felt a sharp pain all over its body.

Instinctively, it opened its mouth to howl, but the surrounding evil mist, as if it had discovered a good place, surged into the dog king's mouth.

The thick dog's head was forced to continuously swallow the gifts from Zhang Wei.

The body, already as robust as a calf, swelled even more rapidly after consuming a large amount of evil mist. Beneath its glossy fur, it seemed as if countless tiny mice were scurrying about in its flesh.

"That physique is truly enviable!"

Seeing that his palm lightning only caused the dog king pain all over his body, instead of making him stiff and unable to move, and that he only managed to achieve final control by using the Yazi Technique, Zhang Wei felt a little disappointed.

But this regret is not as strong as the blessing that is about to be received.

"Brother Zhang!"

Across a valley, a head peeked out from the edge of a cliff.

Seeing An Yixi catching up, Zhang Wei stopped playing it safe and started to burst the dog king.

In an instant, countless bulges appeared beneath the intact fur, and the dog king's eyes on its head exploded into tiny fragments. Soft blood and mud flowed from its nasal cavity and mouth.

Originally, the plan was to extract all the evil energy from the corpse and refine the evil energy of the dog king. However, after An Yixi arrived, the evil energy was transformed into a brain assassin. When the huge dog corpse slid down the hillside to the bottom of the valley with a loud bang, the evil energy gathered in the dog king's body circled the corpse again, confirming that the seven souls and the dog's spirit were all shattered into pieces.

Seeing the subtitles that had finally appeared after a long wait, Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

[The Master's Gaze: Hunting down the pack of corpse-digging dogs, killing the dog king, reward: Cloak - Fragment]

[Quality: Magic Item~ (?)]

【Effect: 1. Waving the cloak can create a space no larger than 50x50. In this space, there is no sun or moon, and the five senses are reversed. Living things shrouded in this space will feel like they are sitting on pins and needles, and will be filled with anxiety.

2. By hunting enough canine demons, the magic weapon can automatically absorb the demons' souls for refinement, adding effects such as canine souls biting and vicious dogs chasing souls to the magic weapon when used later.

3. You can give the magical artifact to a canine animal. After being immersed in the artifact's aura for a long time, the animal will gradually undergo a bloodline transformation and revert to its ancestral state. There is also a very small chance that it will awaken certain special inheritances.

Note: This magical artifact is a treasure of immortals and gods, and something that the True Lord cherishes.

Collect all the fragments to have the Ancestral Master reforge the divine weapon, the Sky-Sweeping Cloak! The Traveler can also offer this treasure at the Erlang Temple; in return, the Traveler will gain the favor of the Sun-Devouring God and receive a special reward!

At that moment, Zhang Wei's eyes widened!

Judging from the name alone, you'd think it was some kind of junk.

But after seeing the results, one can only say that the master is still the master, never disappointing.

But when Zhang Wei saw the note, all his emotions turned into silence and solemnity.

The product is definitely good, but the name is a bit frivolous.

There are probably few people of Zhang Wei's age who haven't seen the animated film about splitting the mountain to save his mother. Erlang Shen's strongest magic weapon is the Sky-Waving Cloak!

With a wave of his hand, the sun and moon changed color, and the entire world was within his domain. It was truly unique in heaven and earth... Okay, he couldn't make this up anymore.

No, Master, is it really okay for you to steal a dog's (True Lord's) shawl?

Moreover, as the saying goes, "a dog bites Lü Dongbin," for example, the Eight Immortals were all bitten. If the Patriarch were to leak the news later, wouldn't he be chased down and bitten into another story?

Of course, the rumors circulating in the sky have little to do with Zhang Wei.

His mind jumped suddenly after seeing the familiar words.

While Zhang Wei was deep in thought at the bottom of the valley, An Yixi, who had been waiting on the cliff for a while, couldn't help but lean out of the valley again to look down, seeing that there was still no movement at the bottom.

The mountain was high and the valley was dark; even with his enhanced vision, he could hardly see far, let alone the bottom of the valley. Left with no other choice, An Yixi could only shout again as she peered out from behind the cliff:

"Brother Zhang, are you alright?"

"Wait a moment, I'll be right up!"

Across the valley, Zhang Wei shouted, and after taking one last look around the mass grave at the bottom of the valley, the returning evil energy transformed back into his Taoist robe, while a portion of the evil energy also lifted him back into the air.

They landed on the edge of the cliff and reunited.

By the moonlight, An Yixi kept circling around Zhang Wei, looking him up and down.

Seeing that Zhang Wei had no injuries, he naturally breathed a sigh of relief, but then he was a little incredulous. When he ran along the mountain path earlier, he heard a lot of noise, with howling wolves and thunder and lightning. It was like a fierce battle was taking place in the mass grave in this valley.

Is...it alright?

One good thing about honest kids is that they don't guess or keep things to themselves when they don't understand something; instead, they ask directly, "Brother Zhang, the mass grave down there?"

"A group of ruthless cadaver-digging dogs was quite troublesome, but they've been eliminated now!"

With one arm around An Yixi's shoulder, Zhang Wei pulled her away from the cliff edge and said calmly, "However, to encounter such a big surprise right after coming in, the bureau's evaluation of this silhouette is quite accurate. I think we should continue down the mountain path to find a village and ask the locals..."