Cultivation: I have an omnipotent land

Chapter 35 The Corpse of the Yin Demon

"Judging from your demeanor, this young friend is quite extraordinary and must be from a prestigious family. I am Shi Zhengqian, a disciple of the Corpse Soul Sect. If you leave now, I will not pursue the matter."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Leizi remained silent. The Corpse Soul Sect was one of the three great immortal sects of the Song Kingdom, and ordinary people dared not provoke it easily.

However, Xiao Ming laughed heartily. "You're underestimating my youth with those words. I've caught you in the act, how could you let me off so easily? Besides, stop trying to pull any big shots. You should have left the Corpse Soul Sect long ago, otherwise why would you be hiding in this godforsaken place?"

"Since that's the case, then you can die." The patriarch of the Shi family snorted coldly. His figure flashed and he approached quickly like a ghost, his withered claws reaching straight for Xiao Ming's neck.

"Thump~"

A bronze shield suddenly appeared, blocking the attack of the Shi family patriarch.

With a soft hum, the sword flew out from the side. Xiao Ming controlled the Azure Rainbow Sword and flew behind the Shi family patriarch, aiming for the back of his neck.

"There are actually two magical artifacts." The patriarch of the Shi family was shocked and immediately twisted his neck to a strange angle, barely dodging the sword. However, Xiao Ming took advantage of the situation and pursued, manipulating the flying sword to make a turn and stab towards the back of the Shi family member.

Originally intending to pick on the easy target and deal with this young man first, he hadn't expected him to be so troublesome, and was unwilling to entangle him any further. The patriarch of the Shi family immediately took out a bell, raised it above his head and shook it. Instantly, the bell rang loudly, its power dozens of times greater than when it was in the hands of the Shi family patriarch.

Xiao Ming clutched his ears in pain, his flying sword lost its direction, and the Shi family patriarch calmly retreated. However, at that moment, a copper coin sword suddenly flew out from his side and was already in front of him.

"Give me back my disciple's life!" Xuan Leizi roared, his eyes red.

Unable to dodge in time, the patriarch of the Shi family had no choice but to block with his hand. The copper coin sword pierced his arm, immediately spewing out a large amount of corpse energy, forcing Xuan Leizi back.

"Damn it." The patriarch of the Shi family clutched his arm and distanced himself from the two.

"Ancestor, are you alright?" The long-bearded man, who was the head of the family, hid in a corner and looked at the ancestor of the Shi family.

"Where did these two come from? How did you get involved with such powerful guys?" The patriarch of the Shi family grabbed the long-bearded man in a fit of rage.

"I don't know." The long-bearded man shook his head blankly.

"What use are you, you useless thing?"

"Grandpa, spare me..." Before the long-bearded man could finish speaking, the patriarch of the Shi family bit off his neck and drained his blood.

"Even tigers don't eat their cubs, yet you are so cruel as to kill even your own offspring." Seeing this, Xuan Leizi's gaze grew even colder.

"The so-called family and descendants depend on me for their existence. If that's the case, then it's only right that they die for me!" The patriarch of the Shi family laughed loudly, then opened his mouth and inhaled, and gusts of demonic wind immediately rose throughout the courtyard.

The corpse energy within the restrained zombies, as if out of control, spewed out from their seven orifices and converged towards the Shi family patriarch, forming a huge vortex of corpse energy.

As the corpse energy surged in, the emaciated body of the Shi family patriarch immediately began to fill out at a visible speed, with green corpse hairs growing from his body and the wounds on his arms healing rapidly.

Sensing the ever-increasing aura of the Shi family patriarch, Xiao Ming naturally wouldn't sit idly by. Corpse energy fears fire, so he cast a spell to condense three fireballs and threw them. The fireballs exploded before they even touched the Shi family patriarch, and the flames were quickly extinguished by the immense corpse energy.

"Hmph, mere fireflies can't even scratch my skin," the patriarch of the Shi family sneered.

However, Xiao Ming remained calm and suddenly took out a stack of fireball talismans from his storage bag.

"You..." The smile on the face of the patriarch of the Shi family froze.

"I'll give you a boost." Xiao Ming channeled his magic into the talismans and threw them out together. Then he used his fire control technique to fling the firebirds out as well.

The patriarch of the Shi family felt that his eyes were filled with flames. All the magical flames exploded at the same time, forming a scorching fire wave in an instant. It swallowed the vortex of corpse energy in one breath and turned into a towering fire tornado.

"My heart and the Thunder God are one; I am the Thunder God, and the Thunder God is me, responding to my every command!" Xuan Lei Zi chanted incantations before pointing a finger at the fiery tornado.

A bolt of lightning suddenly appeared on a clear night, accompanied by a deafening clap of thunder. This lightning, like a divine punishment blade, struck the patriarch of the Shi family right between the eyebrows.

A scream rang out, and when everything dissipated, the patriarch of the Shi family was kneeling on the ground, his green fur scorched by the lightning and fire, and his life force waning.

"Thunder magic? You actually know thunder magic!" The patriarch of the Shi family looked at Xuan Leizi in horror.

He was of average talent. Although he was called a disciple of the immortal sect, he was just lucky to get in as a handyman. He worked hard for most of his life and received some rewards before leaving the sect on his own.

Later, by chance, he found this corpse-raising ground, cultivated the Yin Demon Corpse Body, and possessed the intelligence of a living person but a physical body comparable to a green zombie.

As a result, he was first forcibly broken by a wealthy young master from a powerful family who used a large number of talismans, and then his Yin Demon corpse was destroyed by lightning magic. If he had only encountered one of these situations, he would not have been in such a sorry state.

"Let's finish you off." Xiao Ming controlled the flying sword. He didn't want anything to go wrong, so why would he give the enemy a chance to transform?

"Die!" Xuan Leizi also channeled his magic power and summoned the copper coin sword.

However, at that moment, the ground suddenly shook, and a withered hand suddenly reached out from underground and dragged the patriarch of the Shi family down.

"Don't even think about running away." Xiao Ming controlled the flying sword to make a turn and plunge it straight into the ground.

Rumble~

The ground kept cracking, and the cracks kept extending until a huge hole appeared.

Xiao Ming was hesitating as he looked at the hole when he saw Xuan Leizi jump down first. Seeing that the other was unharmed, he followed suit.

Below is the corpse-raising ground that Xiao Ming discovered earlier. It contains corpses that have not yet become zombies. At this moment, these corpses are all lying around, having had all their corpse energy drained.

At the very end of these corpses stood a zombie covered in green fur, holding the head of the Shi family in its hand, his face filled with fear but unable to do anything.

"It really is this demonic corpse. It was attracted by the Shi family's corpse-raising ground and hid here." Xuan Leizi's expression was somewhat unpleasant. Having absorbed so much corpse energy, this demonic corpse had probably already recovered.

"Fellow Daoists, save me! I am willing to offer all the treasures I possess." The patriarch of the Shi family was filled with terror. As a half-human, half-corpse being, he could feel the horror of this demonic corpse more than others, and he knew what fate awaited him if he fell into its hands.

"I swear by my inner demons, I beg you two to save my life."

The patriarch of the Shi family pleaded, but the two were naturally unmoved by such a ridiculous vow. The demonic corpse, however, was already impatient and bit the patriarch's neck, greedily sucking on it.

"If I can't live, neither can you." A hint of madness flashed in the eyes of the Shi family patriarch. His body swelled at a visible speed, and the accumulated corpse energy within him surged.

The patriarch of the Shi family chose to self-destruct, and the violent corpse energy swept everything, instantly enveloping the entire underground space.