Zombie World: Starting as an apprentice of the Thunder King

"roar!"

The armored corpse was enraged. It had been peacefully huddled in its coffin, only to be dug out and brutally beaten. How could it swallow this insult? It leaped forward, its claws slashing wildly as it attacked Lin Bei like a madman.

Lin Bei laughed heartily and swung the Ghost-Slaying Sword repeatedly.

"Broken bone!"

With a horizontal slash, he struck the armored corpse on the knee, forcing it to kneel on one knee.

After several consecutive attacks, the armored corpse was forced to retreat, its corpse energy constantly dissipating, and it sustained several wounds.

Although it was difficult for swords and blades to penetrate, Lin Bei's every sword strike carried extremely strong and yang magical power, which could easily break through its defenses. Each time it hit its body, it took away some of the corpse energy. If this continued, it would eventually be worn down to death.

Shi Shaojian, watching from the sidelines, was itching to join in: "Junior brother, let me spar with you a couple of times!"

Come on, come on!

Shi Shaojian formed hand seals and chanted an incantation: "Heaven and Earth are boundless, Qiankun borrows the power, the Great Wooden Stake Technique!"

Two thick wooden stakes suddenly emerged from under the armored corpse's feet, sandwiching it between them. Caught off guard, the armored corpse was caught in the trap and nearly fell forward.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Bei rushed forward and punched it in the chest.

"Elbow strike!"

boom!

The armored corpse had a dent in its chest, and its mouth was filled with a violent surge of corpse energy.

"Spinning punch!"

Another punch landed on its shoulder, dislocating half of its left shoulder.

"Roar! Roar!"

The armored corpse roared repeatedly, its corpse energy surging wildly as it tried to break free from the wooden stake's restraints.

Shi Shaojian summoned another wooden stake and rammed it into the waist of the armored corpse from the side, causing it to stagger several steps to the side.

The two fellow disciples worked together seamlessly, one launching a fierce close-range attack while the other cast spells from a distance, repeatedly pinning the armored corpse to the ground and tormenting it.

The armored corpse's screams echoed through the valley, sounding utterly aggrieved.

"Roar...woo..."

The armored corpse was beaten until it let out a whimper from its throat. The corpse energy on its body was getting weaker and weaker. Its dark blue skin began to turn gray, and in some places, the white muscles underneath were even exposed.

It's almost been beaten down to the point of regressing into a regular zombie.

Shi Shaojian couldn't stand it any longer: "Junior brother, give it a quick death."

"Alright!" Lin Bei's palm once more gathered lightning. "Lightning Thunder Fist, First Form: Thunderclap!"

With a single punch, a lightning bolt as thick as a wrist struck the armored corpse precisely in the chest.

The armored corpse let out a final roar, a large hole was blasted in its chest, black corpse energy surged out of the hole, and then its body crashed to the ground, twitched a few times and then became still.

Lin Bei clapped his hands. "Done."

Shi Shaojian walked over and kicked the armored corpse. Its skin was grayish-white, and it looked no different from an ordinary corpse.

"This guy's just unlucky to have run into us."

"The feng shui of the corpse-raising site has been ruined; it will become a scourge sooner or later."

Lin Bei took out a cleansing talisman from his bundle and used it to dispel the surrounding corpse aura. He then used another talisman to set the armored corpse on fire, and thick smoke billowed out.

Shi Jian stood by and watched from beginning to end without saying a word. Only after the body had been burned to a near-complete state did he turn around and walk out.

"Let's go, let's find a place to stay up ahead!"

The two quickly followed.

As Lin Bei walked, he glanced back at the large pit that had been dug. "Master, are we just going to leave this corpse-raising ground like this?"

"The feng shui pattern has been broken, and the yin energy will soon dissipate." Shi Jian said without turning his head. "After two more rains, this land will be normal again."

Lin Bei felt relieved and quickly chased after him.

After the three walked away, the valley returned to silence. Most of the ashes of the armored corpse were blown away by the wind, and the rest sank to the bottom of the pit and were gradually covered by new soil.

But what Lin Bei didn't know was that the death of the armored corpse had attracted the attention of a powerful figure.

About four hundred miles away, in a deep mountain.

In a valley shrouded in black mist, there stood a dilapidated building complex with gray walls and black tiles, exuding a sinister aura. Above the main hall hung a crooked plaque with three ancient characters written on it: Corpse Refining Gate!

Deep inside the main hall, an elderly man with white hair sat cross-legged on a futon, with dozens of oil lamps in front of him.

Each lamp represented a zombie he had created. Suddenly, one of the oil lamps flickered violently a few times and then went out with a "poof".

The white-haired old man suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sinister.

"Who disturbed my armored corpse?"

"Someone come here!"

Several disciples in black rushed in from outside and knelt on one knee.

"What are your orders, Seventh Elder?"

"The armored corpse I placed in Black Wind Valley has been destroyed." The Seventh Elder's voice was icy. "You few go and see who did it. If you can't give a clear explanation when you return, you'll be beheaded."

The disciples trembled and hurriedly ran out.

The Seventh Elder sat on the futon, his expression shifting between light and dark.

"It took me five years of painstaking effort to raise this armored corpse to this level. In a few more years, it would have transformed into a bronze-armored corpse, and now it's all ruined... Humph!"

His eyes flashed with a cold light. "Don't let me find out who it is, or... I will extract your soul and refine it into a corpse puppet!"

"Hehehe..."

On the other side of the valley, Lin Bei and his two companions had already walked quite a distance. Shi Shaojian took a deep breath.

"The air outside smells so much better; that place almost suffocated me."

"You haven't smelled anything worse," Lin Bei laughed. "Next time you encounter a green or purple zombie, that smell will be truly pungent."

"Tch, as if you've actually touched it!" Shi Shaojian retorted.

Lin Bei chuckled: "To be honest, you're just a coward. You need more practice!"

"I'm a coward?" Shi Shaojian retorted, "Back in the Ten Thousand Ghost Cave, I killed dozens of vengeful ghosts, okay?"

"That's the support role I gave you."

"you……"

Shi Jian walked ahead, listening to his two apprentices bickering behind him. His lips twitched slightly, but he didn't turn around.

Unexpectedly, Shi Shaojian glanced at Lin Bei furtively, then pulled Lin Bei aside and whispered, "Junior brother, have you forgotten something?"

"What is it?" Lin Bei was taken aback, his expression somewhat confused.

"You..." Shi Shaojian pointed at him in grief and indignation, "You've already forgotten? I've been keeping it in mind all this time."

Lin Bei rubbed his nose. "Senior brother, I really don't remember. Could you give me a hint?"

"Do you remember what you said before you left the mountain last time?"

"Before leaving the mountain?" Lin Bei couldn't remember no matter how hard he tried.

"Senior brother, have you gone insane from being scared by the zombies?!"

"Get lost, you forgot you were supposed to take me to a brothel to listen to music..." Shi Shaojian stared intently at Lin Bei, looking like he had been betrayed.

Hiss... Lin Bei's eyes widened. So all you've been talking about is this? I just said it casually, and you actually took it seriously?

Just as Shi Shaojian was about to say something, he noticed that Shi Jian in front of him had stopped and was faintly emitting a ray of lightning.

"Say what you just said again?" Shi Jian looked at Shi Shaojian with a gloomy expression.

Lin Bei felt a chill run down his spine and quickly walked away, leaving Shi Shaojian alone to face the furious Shi Jian.

"Master...Master, I was just kidding..."

A short while later, a scream came from behind.

Shi Jian roared, "If you dare go to a brothel, I'll castrate you!"

"Help! Junior brother!!!"