novelraw Chapter 377 - 298: Undead Corpse Emerges, Ancient Tomb Revealed! (Double-Length)
Chapter 377 - 298: Undead Corpse Emerges, Ancient Tomb Revealed! (Double-Length)
Another wave of coldness swept through, blowing across the mountains.
The grass and trees on the ground seemed to be covered in a thin layer of black frost, glistening under the sun like many black gemstones.
The old village chief, sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly tightened his expression, his body stiffening.
Although he had previously spoken with calmness, displaying a willingness to die, the fear deep in his heart could not be dispelled when the moment arrived.
"Hmm?" Song Changming turned his head to look.
On a high point of the mountain, a figure had somehow appeared unnoticed.
This figure lacked the normal vitality and aura, like his elder brothers, resembling a silent corpse, and had avoided his spiritual perception in the first instance in the sinister wind.
He looked over, and the other person also glanced back, locking eyes with him.
Disheveled hair fluttered in the cold wind, his skin was bluish and withered, eye sockets sunken, and eyes gleamed with a wolf-like glow.
Wearing an archaic style suit of armor, standing with arms hanging down, his pitch-black nails were like sharp blades.
At first glance, it was clear that this was no ordinary person, or perhaps not a person at all.
"Yin... Yin Spirit..." the old village chief’s voice trembled, and soon his whole body followed suit, shivering uncontrollably.
"Are you sure?" Song Changming inquired.
Was this fellow the Yin Spirit they spoke of?
However one looked at it, this seemed more like a corpse puppet, or rather...
The iron box opened a small crack, Xiaojin hid inside, only a faint tendril poking out to write two words.
"Undead corpse."
This confirmed Song Changming’s thoughts; the other was likely transformed into an undead corpse through the corpse transformation technique from the ancient tomb.
This was also one of his important purposes here, allowing his elder brothers to transform into undead corpses, like the other, and completely escape their puppet identity, regaining new life!
Though the undead corpses looked ugly and eerie, they were at least fully independent entities, with past memories and self-consciousness intact.
"So he’s the original owner of the tomb?" Song Changming asked.
"Not very likely." Xiaojin replied.
It had inadvertently drilled into the ancient tomb’s interior underground, but due to the heavy yin energy and danger, it dared not explore thoroughly.
For the owner in the coffin, the tomb’s main occupant, it hadn’t investigated in detail.
It only knew that the tomb had existed for a very long time, possibly longer than its own lifespan!
Such a length of time made it hard to believe the present creature was the original tomb owner, even if it had become an undead corpse...
"If we can capture him, perhaps we won’t need to descend into the tomb to learn the corpse transformation technique." Song Changming thought quickly and said.
Upon hearing this, Song Changping and Song Chang’an’s eyes shone with bright green light.
"Changming, I’ll go check the situation first," Song Chang’an said immediately, confident in his resilience, moving quickly towards the mountain area and the undead corpse.
Song Changping, unable to rest easy with Song Chang’an alone, immediately followed.
Both, as green eye level corpse puppets, possessed innate-level combat power and were quite powerful.
"Corpse puppet? Are you a disciple of the Corpse Refining Sect?" the undead corpse spoke, its voice hoarse and unpleasant, like nails scraping glass.
He thought it was the corpse puppet manipulated by Song Changming, mistaking Song Changming for a disciple of the Corpse Refining Sect.
Song Changming, however, didn’t respond, intending to deal with things after capturing the opponent.
The undead corpse’s lowered hands suddenly opened, fingers turned into claws, and moved like a cannonball directly towards Song Changping and Song Chang’an.
Song Changming observed from the side.
All three were corpses, but the undead corpse’s physical body was significantly stronger than that of his brothers’ corpse puppet forms, allowing it to dominate and suppress the two of them alone.
"Is this undead corpse also following the body refinement path?" Song Changming wondered quietly.
On the other hand, Song Changping and Song Chang’an both mastered proficient spear techniques, especially prepared for this pair of corpse brothers by Lou Baoqiu.
Once he gave the order, the two brothers would practice this spear technique tirelessly, every day and night.
This was one way corpse refiners would cultivate their corpse puppets’ combat abilities.
Although corpse puppets lack innate gang qi, the combat power is much greater when they master martial techniques compared to those relying solely on physical instincts.
After decades, the two brothers had reluctantly acquired profound spear technique skills.
However, the undead corpse exhaled yin energy through nose and mouth, and a peculiar turbid energy gathered in its hands.
This turbid energy was chillingly icy, exuding a dark glow, and erupted with tremendous power during the undead corpse’s strike, comparable to innate gang qi!
Song Changming understood that this was the fundamental difference between corpse puppets and the undead corpse.
The undead corpse can cultivate energy within, similar to innate gang qi, storing it internally to unleash in battle.
If coupled with martial and secret techniques, the power would be extraordinary!
This is a cultivation ability that a corpse puppet could never possess.
Song Chang’an was slapped into the sky by the opponent’s claw, crashing into the ground to create a large pit.
The long spear he used to block was corroded by the undead corpse’s icy turbid energy and broke into two pieces with a little force, illustrating the destructive power of this energy.
As Song Changping was about to falter, a purple-gold blade qi slashed across, blocking the undead corpse’s claws head-on.
Three Dragon Giant Power erupted, sweeping over like a tidal wave, instantly knocking the undead corpse flying.
The undead corpse somersaulted several times in the air before stabilizing its form.