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According to the tree spirit's classification of living corpses, they are divided into ordinary living corpses, advanced living corpses, elite living corpses, giant corpses, and corpse kings.

Ordinary zombies have limited strength and are not much stronger than ordinary people. Even advanced zombies are only equivalent to martial arts masters among humans, and they probably can't beat Luo Che.

However, once they reach the level of elite zombies, their strength begins to leap, gaining immense strength and an indestructible body. Not to mention martial arts masters, even cultivators of average skill would find it difficult to deal with zombies of this level.

The giant corpse is not only incredibly strong and indestructible, but also possesses abilities such as immortality, the ability to create clones, the ability to burrow underground, and the ability to be reborn through another body, making it extremely powerful.

Giant corpses of this caliber are almost as powerful as thousand-year-old demons, even more powerful than the ancestral zombies of the Xiahou family.

As for the Corpse King, that's a theoretical level. The Tree Demon Granny wishes for one, but there's no way to create one.

These forty excellent host bodies, paired with excellent corpse bacteria, can directly reach the level of advanced zombies upon birth. This not only saves the cultivation cost of twenty or thirty living people per body, but also makes them more qualified and easier to cultivate into elite zombies in the future.

As evil thoughts took hold and the corpse fungus devoured them, their instincts awakened, and these 40 people were finally transformed into living corpses, just as they had imagined, high-level living corpses from birth.

Yue Lingshan first froze the 40 living corpses, then turned her gaze to the last and most important body—Xiahou Tan.

At this moment, Xiahou Tan was tightly bound to a thick wooden stake.

His eyes were bloodshot as he glared at Yue Lingshan, letting out an angry growl.

As a general who had led troops into battle for many years, his willpower far exceeded that of ordinary people. Even in this situation, he still did not give up the fight.

"What...what are you?!" His voice was hoarse and trembling, filled with anger and fear.

He had originally planned to try out a beauty tonight, but when he woke up, his entire army had been captured, he himself had been tied up, all his strength had been sealed, and he was in dire straits.

Having had parts of his memory erased, he had no idea what had happened or why he had suddenly fallen into this state!

Yue Lingshan walked up to him, looking down at him with a calm gaze and a serious expression: "Strength is the only truth. Your reasoning is too weak and has been crushed by mine. It's not surprising that you've fallen to this state."

Xiahou Tan was stunned for a moment: "What are you talking about? I am..."

Very good, he also has the credentials of an emperor.

“I don’t need to know your background.” Yue Lingshan interrupted him, reaching out to gently pat his cheek.

"All I need to know is that you are a talented person."

As she spoke, she held the massive amount of corpse fungus spores that she had prepared in her palm.

The spore was ten times the size of the others, and the corpse energy and power it contained were enough to make Xiahou Tan leap into the ranks of elite living corpses, and might even allow him to touch the threshold of becoming a giant corpse.

There are fifty corpse fungi in total. Forty of them are used to cultivate forty living corpses, and the spores of the remaining ten fungi are all here.

As a leader, Xiahou Tan naturally deserved the highest level of treatment.

"You...you can't do this!" Xiahou Tan struggled desperately, but the ropes were tied too tightly. His struggles only made the wooden stake sway a few times, without any sign of loosening.

He didn't know what it was, but it didn't look like anything good, so of course he refused.

"You can't do this! I am an official appointed by the imperial court! My Xiahou family has been loyal and virtuous for generations, you..."

Yue Lingshan tilted her head. "Generations of loyal and virtuous officials?"

"That zombie," Yue Lingshan said calmly, "your Xiahou family has fed it with human lives for generations, nurtured it, and made it a tool for your power struggles. And you're telling me you've been loyal and virtuous for generations?"

Xiahou Tan's expression changed drastically. "You knew about this secret that I had kept so well hidden?!"

That ancestor...

Yue Lingshan ignored Xiahou Tan and pressed the spore powder directly onto his forehead.

Xiahou Tan let out a shrill scream, and his body convulsed violently.

The moment the spore dust touched his skin, it seemed to come alive and penetrate his body, spreading throughout his body along his meridians.

He could clearly feel something growing, spreading, and devouring everything within him.

Generally speaking, spore parasitism is silent and undetectable; the parasitized individual remains unaware of being parasitized until their consciousness completely dissipates.

However, the spores cultivated by Yue Lingshan were not ordinary; the power they contained and the spores themselves were far more invasive than normal spores, making it impossible for them to quietly parasitize.

The rapid growth of the hyphae can cause the infected person to experience a needle-like pain all over their body, which is an inevitable result of the rapid growth of the hyphae causing physical damage.

"No...no...I won't let you succeed!" Xiahou Tan gritted his teeth and persevered, mobilizing his physical strength and true energy as a martial artist in an attempt to stop the spread of the mycelium.

His true energy formed a defensive line within his body, fiercely battling against the mycelium, and for a time it was difficult to determine which was superior.

Yue Lingshan looked at him with a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Oh? He can actually resist? Interesting."

Instead of making a move, she observed with great interest the spread of mycelium within Xiahou Tan's body.

She could sense that Xiahou Tan's willpower was much stronger than that of ordinary people, and his physical strength and true energy were far beyond those of ordinary soldiers.

If we were to forcibly turn him into a zombie, we could succeed, but that powerful willpower would be wasted.

"Not bad, not bad." Yue Lingshan nodded. "Your willpower does indeed have the potential to become a giant corpse."

As she spoke, she stretched out her finger and gently touched Xiahou Tan's brow.

A stream of even purer Yin energy flowed into his body, acting as a catalyst to accelerate the growth of the mycelium.

To cultivate a living corpse into a giant corpse, a strong physical body is not enough; one must also have a strong enough willpower to transform it into far more evil thoughts than normal, allowing the mycelium to absorb them, giving birth to more advanced instincts, and even a certain degree of intelligence.

Only in this way can the giant corpse's various abilities and supernatural powers be contained.

The stronger the resistance of the original body, the higher the probability of successfully cultivating a giant corpse in the future.

Xiahou Tan let out painful roars, his body began to tremble violently, and the gray-black lines on his skin became denser and deeper.

His true qi defenses crumbled under the impact of Yue Lingshan's yin energy, and mycelium surged into his limbs and bones like a tidal wave.

But he persisted.

His eyes were fixed on Yue Lingshan, filled with resentment, anger, madness, murderous intent, and cruelty. His mind was filled with negative emotions, which would become the best food for the activating mycelium.

He knew he was probably doomed today. He would remember what this woman looked like, her scent, and everything else, and he would haunt her even as a ghost!

"Do you think this will make me submit?" Xiahou Tan's voice was broken and intermittent, yet it still carried a stubborn strength.

"I, Xiahou Tan, have fought on the battlefield for twenty years, and I've seen all kinds of storms... Even if I die today, I will never surrender, and I will haunt you even as a ghost!!"

Yue Lingshan was very pleased to hear this: "Very good, very energetic, keep it up!"

"you……"

Xiahou Tan wanted to say something more, but the mycelium had already spread to his brain.

His consciousness began to blur, his memories began to fragment, and those once vibrant emotions, desires, and ambitions gradually dissolved under the erosion of the mycelium.

Just before his consciousness was about to completely fade away, he used his last bit of strength to roar, "My son... has the potential to be the greatest swordsman in the world... one day... he will surely avenge me..."

Then, his eyes completely lost focus, turning into a hollow, deathly gray.

His body stopped struggling, and the gray-black patterns on his skin gradually disappeared, replaced by an eerie bluish-white color.

His muscles did not dry out like those of a normal zombie; instead, they began to swell, and his bones began to grow. His original height of about 1.8 meters increased to about 2 meters in just a few breaths.

A powerful aura emanated from his body, causing the surrounding air to vibrate.

Elite zombies—complete!

Moreover, these are not ordinary elite zombies, but beings that have already touched the threshold of giant zombies and have unlimited potential!

"Your son...the greatest swordsman in the world..."

Yue Lingshan thought for a moment and almost burst out laughing. "Your son wouldn't happen to be Xiahou the Swordsman, would he?"

You can't even beat the original Nie Xiaoqian, how can you compete with the current "Nie Xiaoqian"?

Your Xiahou family is truly getting worse with each generation!

Chapter 185 Shame, a tremendous shame!

Yue Lingshan looked at Xiahou Tan, who had completely changed, and nodded in satisfaction.

She didn't rush to wake him up. Instead, she first froze all forty high-level zombies, and then walked to the thousands of soldiers who had regained consciousness but had lost their ability to move due to the intense yin energy.

Yue Lingshan waved her hand casually, and the living corpse Xiahou Tan flew into the crowd.

"Swallow it," she said calmly.

The living corpse Xiahou Tan's body jolted violently, as if some kind of instinct had been awakened.

He grabbed a person, opened his mouth in the other person's utterly terrified gaze, took a bite, and began to frantically devour everyone around him.

As he devoured, his body expanded at a visible speed, and dark patterns appeared on his skin, resembling some kind of eerie totem.

His eyes lit up again, but no longer with human light; instead, they were a deep, abyss-like green.

He opened his mouth and let out a low roar.

That roar was filled with pure malice and a bloodlust.

Yue Lingshan looked at Xiahou Tan, who was evolving, and then at the forty living corpses she had immobilized, her brows furrowing slightly.

The few thousand people in the military camp could barely be devoured by Xiahou Tan. What about the remaining forty living corpses?

A mere high-level zombie is not qualified to be one of my underlings; it must be trained to at least the elite level.

She turned her gaze into the distance.

There, the thousands of rebel troops that Luo Che brought this morning are setting up camp.

A smile slowly crept onto her lips.

Since you're already here, don't leave.

They're just a bunch of bandits who've done plenty of burning, killing, and looting. Using them to cultivate living corpses will also earn you some merit. Isn't that wonderful?

The living corpses cannot be exposed to sunlight. They can move around in the military camp because Yue Lingshan has gathered a large amount of Yin energy that blocks the sunlight. But if they go outside and are exposed to the sun, even the strongest living corpse will turn into a puddle of pus.

She first had Xiahou Tan devour thousands of soldiers in the military camp, bringing them into the evolutionary stage, and then buried them in a mass grave to continue their evolution.

Then, using the Absorption Technique, he captured the intense Yin energy in the military camp, enough to block out the sunlight, and took off with forty living corpses, transforming into a black cloud that flew towards the thousands of chaotic troops in the distance.

Luo Che's troops were currently setting up camp on an open field ten miles away from the military camp.

This team of eight thousand people is the result of Luo Che's hard work in building up his resources.

Although they had more than Xiahou Tan's six thousand men, most of them were just a rabble. If it weren't for Luo Che's outstanding abilities, this chaotic army would not have been able to hold out against Xiahou Tan's forces for so long and would have been crushed long ago.

This is why Luo Che enjoys extremely high prestige within his own unit.

The atmosphere at the camp was somewhat somber at that moment.