I'm here in the martial arts world just to find love.

The three of them were startled by Lu Jing's scream.

Jiang Chao was the first to react, his figure vanishing from the spot and flashing in the direction of the sound.

However, when he arrived at the boy's side, he found that Lu Jing had not been attacked. The reason he let out such a shrill scream was that the red-clad female corpse that had been lying on the ground beside him suddenly sat up and made eye contact with him.

The woman was around twenty years old, with a beautiful face. She had been examined earlier and confirmed dead. Jiang Chao had lamented that it was such a pity she died at such a young age.

Unexpectedly, she suddenly came back to life!

Jiang Chao immediately sensed something was wrong. Although the woman had sat up, she had no living aura at all; instead, she was filled with an aura of death.

Those eyes, which should have been clear and black when they were alive, were now empty and lifeless, a pale gray.

The woman had been stabbed in the chest, which should have been her fatal wound, but the wound that was originally covered by blood was now visibly healing!

Even Jiang Chao felt a chill run down his spine at such a bizarre scene.

He came back to life! What's going on?!

Jiang Chao pulled the trembling Lu Jing behind him, his eyes fixed on the woman who had suddenly turned into a zombie for some unknown reason.

Su E and Chu Ning arrived at this moment. Seeing the scene, Su E hurriedly exclaimed, "Don't go near her! She's been poisoned by Gu!"

Jiang Chao was startled and pulled Lu Jing back several steps.

However, it was already too late.

Almost simultaneously with Jiang Chao's retreat, the female corpse sitting on the ground suddenly opened her mouth and let out a shrill scream.

The sound was sharp, piercing, and chilling.

Su E and Chu Ning, along with Lu Jing behind Jiang Chao, all let out muffled groans one after another.

  

Jiang Chao was unharmed. Although the shriek contained a huge fluctuation of true energy, it could not shake the protective true energy that he had instantly condensed on his body.

However, the situation is very bad.

The female corpse's scream was extremely long, since the dead don't need to breathe.

Jiang Chao caught a glimpse of Su E and Chu Ning's pained expressions, with traces of blood flowing from their mouths, noses, ears, and eyes. He knew that if he didn't stop them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He immediately turned around, tore off a piece of clothing from Lu Jing's body, crumpled it into a ball, flicked it with his finger, and sent it into the mouth of the woman who was screaming incessantly.

The shrieking sound stopped abruptly.

Before Jiang Chao could even breathe a sigh of relief, rustling sounds suddenly came from all around again.

The scattered corpses, lying in disarray, began to stir. Some had lost their limbs, some were missing their heads, but without exception, all of them rose up in strange, stiff postures, either standing or crawling.

With their objective clear, they all staggered toward Jiang Chao.

Jiang Chao: "..."

The boy caught a glimpse of this out of the corner of his eye, and while he was surprised, he also found it somewhat amusing.

So you crave my Qilin bloodline?

In fact, when the female corpse screamed, Jiang Chao had already guessed the reason for the sudden change.

Presumably, this Blood Fiend Gu was attracted by the Qilin bloodline flowing in his body.

Jiang Chao knew his own family's affairs. Although his Qilin bloodline was thin, it was quite mysterious. Once, when he was playing on the mountain, he fell off a cliff and scraped his skin, bleeding a little. This immediately caused the snakes and insects that were hibernating under the snow to wake up and swarm towards him.

The snakes and insects seemed to have encountered some delicious food, and they couldn't wait to eat it.

He was still young then, enjoying the fun of childhood. He didn't know what had happened, but he felt that it was God's compensation for him falling off the cliff. He happily rushed towards the rare delicacies.

It was only later that they learned that his bloodline was special, capable of driving certain snakes and insects mad.

Now it seems that these Gu worms, refined through witchcraft, are no exception, still unable to resist the allure of his bloodline.

However, what puzzled Jiang Chao was that his current physique was so strong that even if someone tried to cut him with swords, let alone scrape his skin, they wouldn't be able to break through his defenses, and no blood would flow out. So how were these Gu worms attracted to him?

If you can’t figure it out, just stop thinking about it.

These corpses are now being controlled by Gu worms, and are clearly going to harm him. Jiang Chao made a decisive move, took a step forward, stretched out his arms and swung them back, and opened his fist stance.

It was none other than the Jiang family's ancestral Mountain-Shaking Fist!

It is said that this Mountain-Shaking Fist was the signature skill of his grandfather, Jiang Wuyou. When practiced to its peak, it could shake mountains with its fists, possessing immense power.

Jiang Chao only learned a little bit of the basics of the Mountain-Shaking Fist from the manual left by his grandfather, and he was far from being able to achieve the earth-shaking power that was rumored in the martial arts world.

However, it is more than enough to deal with these corpse puppets that are controlled by Gu worms and have lost their minds.

Jiang Chao circulated his internal energy, his fists flying like a rainbow. Without waiting for the puppets to get close, the boy's fists were already sent flying from afar.

Thump thump thump thump...

A dense barrage of punches, like raindrops, swept across all directions.

Those martial arts practitioners who had already died fell down like wheat stalks blown by a strong wind.

The blood-fiend worms inside the corpses were all killed by the powerful force of the fist.

Jiang Chao deliberately held back a little strength, glancing past the female corpse not far away; otherwise, at that distance, the force of his punch would have been enough to crush her.

Jiang Chao only stopped waving his arms after the corpses lay still.

The release of his internal energy made Jiang Chao feel refreshed all over.

He couldn't bring himself to harm a living person, but he had no qualms about killing a corpse that had already died once.

Just keep throwing punches with gusto.

The valley fell silent as the corpses fell again, with only the panting of Chu Ning, Su E, and Lu Jing breaking the silence.

"Are you alright?"

Jiang Chao looked at Su E and Chu Ning, who were lying on the ground, and asked.

Su E looked at Jiang Chao as if he were a monster, and even Chu Ning was shocked.

As for Lu Jing behind Jiang Chao, the young man had already fainted due to exhaustion.

Su E raised her sleeve to wipe the blood from her mouth and nose, but paid no attention to the blood from the corners of her eyes and under her ears.

"Young Master Jiang, you..."

The look in her eyes as she gazed at Jiang Chao was extremely complex.

She thought she was going to die after hearing the terrifying howl of the fist.

Even after the punch stopped, she was completely unharmed, which shows that the young man's skill in boxing has probably reached a state of perfection!

She glanced instinctively at the long sword hanging at the boy's waist...

Moreover, judging from the appearance, fist techniques are just a side path for this young man; his true martial arts foundation is probably swordsmanship.

If the fist techniques are this formidable, how terrifying must the swordsmanship be...?

"I must have been mistaken before. These people are probably infected with more than just the Blood Fiend Gu; there are other Gu poisons as well..."

Su E forced herself to pull herself out of her thoughts and spoke in a deep voice, her gaze falling on the female corpse standing motionless in place.

The female corpse seemed to come alive at this moment, her chest rising and falling slightly, and her lifeless eyes were staring intently at Jiang Chao.