Chapter 404 Golden Corpse Mother
Lu Yao stood on the peak of a mountain. The Yin energy of the entire world was gathering wildly towards her. At this moment, she was like a dam that had been breached by a flood, her strength rapidly increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Qi Huang watched with great envy. She considered her cultivation path to be already like a cheat, but compared to Lu Yao, she was still like a mayfly trying to shake a tree. This was perhaps the reward obtained by exchanging life for it.
Lu Yao absorbed Yin energy at too fast a rate, to the extent that, centered around her, life within a radius of several Li had been extinguished. All living creatures were corroded by the visible Yin energy. The only things present were some attracted evil spirits, but regardless of their strength, they only dared to stay several Li away and did not have the courage to approach this place.
Three days later, Lu Yao’s strength once again touched the upper limit of this world. Her every move would cause spatial fluctuations. For convenience, she stopped absorbing Yin energy. However, even so, the Yin energy attracted by her still lingered in the surrounding mountains, refusing to dissipate for a long time.
“Huh?”
At this moment, Lu Yao suddenly noticed a group of people approaching from more than ten Li away.
Qi Huang’s consciousness was attached to Lu Yao’s body, so she shared this information. It was a team of men and women wearing uniform attire, holding standard long swords in their hands, and they seemed to belong to the same sect.
“Everyone, pay attention. The stray souls and ghosts are increasing around us, and the temperature is getting lower and lower. It seems that an anomaly has indeed occurred here.”
An obese elderly man in plain clothes, who was leading the group, reminded them.
“Yes, Elder Huang!”
The young men and women behind him respectfully obeyed the order.
The group continued to advance. Due to the increased Yin energy, the surrounding temperature had dropped to freezing point, so they could only circulate their true qi to resist.
“Stop!”
Elder Huang suddenly raised his hand.
The group was confused, so they nervously looked around.
“Rumble! Rumble!”
After a moment, a muffled thunder-like sound vaguely came from the darkness ahead, and the earth began to tremble rhythmically.
“What is that?”
The disciples exchanged glances, their foreheads covered in dense beads of sweat due to nervousness.
“I don’t know. The Yin energy ahead is too heavy, and spiritual sense is greatly hindered.”
Elder Huang replied, his voice also sounding a bit shaky.
“Creak! Creak!”
Suddenly, the group heard the crisp sound of tree branches overhead. They quickly looked up and saw several large rocks, each with a diameter of one or two zhang, smashing down, accompanied by terrifying whistling sounds.
“Damn it!”
Elder Huang’s face changed, and he quickly took out a talisman and threw it out.
The next moment, the talisman exploded, immediately forming a semi-circular, earthy yellow shield that shielded everyone above them.
“Bang bang bang…”
The giant rocks collided with the shield, emitting dull thuds. The shield gradually showed cracks, and finally collapsed with a crash. However, it had completed its mission, blocking those giant rocks.
Elder Huang secretly wiped a bead of sweat. If he hadn’t had the talisman, he would have found it difficult to perfectly resolve such a sudden situation, even with his high cultivation.
The other young disciples were even more scared, their faces turning pale. If it weren’t for Elder Huang, they would have already turned into minced meat.
“Creak! Creak!”
Before the group could breathe a sigh of relief, several large trees in front of them collapsed with a bang. A giant demonic figure, as tall as two zhang, walked over.
“My heavens!”
Elder Huang’s facial features distorted with fear after he clearly saw the demonic figure. It was a giant zombie that resembled a woman. She was as tall as two zhang, her head was bald, and her facial features were completely submerged by fat. A pair of breasts as large as round tables undulated like disgusting waves of flesh as she walked. Even more terrifying was her belly, which was so swollen that its diameter was almost equal to her height. Faint handprints and footprints could be seen on her belly, as if she would burst open at any moment, and it was unknown what monsters were stored inside.
“Damn it, Golden Corpse Mother! Why is she here?”
Elder Huang then shouted unwillingly.
Upon hearing this, Qi Huang observed carefully and found that the terrifying female zombie’s skin was indeed dark golden, and she naturally knew what that represented!
“Run! Run quickly!”
Elder Huang immediately called out to the disciples standing beside him.
Unfortunately, those disciples were already scared stiff and had no idea how to move their feet.
“Roar!”
At this moment, the terrifying female zombie opened her mouth wide, her mouth splitting all the way to her ears. Countless black, filthy blood surged out like a bursting dam, then transformed into a terrifying river and swept towards them. Wherever it passed, flowers, plants, and trees were all corroded.
What was even more deadly was that within the dense black, filthy blood, countless small zombies flailed and hissed like beasts eager to devour humans. Although they were only as big as infants, their skin was silver-white, which represented the strength of Silver Corpses.
Qi Huang was secretly alarmed. Such powerful evil spirits, if placed in the real world, would be enough to destroy a nation. She did not expect that they would be attracted by Lu Yao.
Elder Huang’s expression changed drastically. He knew that if he wanted to survive, he had to fight, so he gritted his teeth, leaped into the air, and desperately poured true qi into his long sword, then slashed horizontally forward.
“Boom!”
A huge fiery sword qi slashed onto the ground, instantly tearing open a huge crack about ten zhang long and one zhang wide.
The filthy blood surged forward and fell into the crack, temporarily halting its advance.
Elder Huang panted slightly. He looked up and saw that the Golden Corpse Mother was still opening her mouth wide and spitting out, as if it were the exit of the Styx River.
Elder Huang knew that the deep pit could not hold much, so he urged the disciples again: “Hurry up and run! What are you standing there for!”
The disciples finally reacted and quickly scrambled away, shouting in panic.
Elder Huang watched the disciples escape but still refused to retreat, looking back as he retreated.
Qi Huang was somewhat surprised. She did not expect Elder Huang to have such noble character, unwilling to abandon the disciples.
Elder Huang’s prediction was correct. In just ten breaths, the earth crack was filled with filthy blood, and it began to surge down again.
Elder Huang knew that to survive, he could only rely on the terrain. So he gritted his teeth and knelt on one knee, pressing his right hand firmly on the ground. Countless fire-attribute true qi surged outwards, igniting the surrounding vegetation, and the temperature rose rapidly.
Elder Huang’s strategy was somewhat successful. The surging filthy blood was continuously consumed as it flowed through the sea of fire, and the small zombies within also let out painful cries.
“Roar!”
The terrifying Golden Corpse Mother was furious and chased after them like a mountain of flesh. Every step it took caused the earth to shake. After a few steps of running, it lunged forward, its limbs tucked in, turning into a giant ball of flesh and rolling forward at an infinite speed. Moreover, because the Yin energy around it was too heavy, the temperature dropped rapidly wherever it went, and the flames were extinguished one after another.
The small zombies along the way rejoiced and jumped back onto the Golden Corpse Mother’s body, quickly forming a huge mountain of flesh that rolled towards Elder Huang and the others.
“My life is over!”
Elder Huang stopped in despair. He only had the cultivation of the Huashen realm, and he had already consumed too much true qi. Now, he was powerless to stop the terrifying female zombie and could only watch as she crushed him.
And at this moment, Lu Yao moved. She almost teleported to Elder Huang’s side, and with a claw-like swipe of her right hand, she immediately tore open a dark spatial rift.
The Golden Corpse Mother had no time to react. It rolled into the spatial rift along with its small zombies, without even causing a ripple.
Elder Huang’s eyes widened in shock. He simply couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Shattering the void, was this something a human could do?
After a long while, Elder Huang finally reacted and quickly said gratefully, “Thank you, Senior, for your timely assistance!”
Lu Yao did not reply. Instead, she slowly turned around, her crimson eyes, bleeding tears, and sharp fangs exposed without any concealment.
“You… you… you…”
Elder Huang was so scared that his liver almost burst. He staggered backward.
