Chapter 16: Enraging the Furry Zombie, Luring it into a Trap

Zhang Cheng already had an idea in his mind, and he said, "Although the Jiangshi Wang has intelligence, it is ultimately not as quick-thinking as a normal person."

"Even a normal person would lose their reason if provoked, let alone a zombie. We can sneak in during the day, burn a few zombies first to enrage the Jiangshi Wang, and lure it into our trap."

Priest Four-Eyes laughed and said, "Asheng, you really do have many clever ideas. Jiale, you should learn more! If you could learn even a little, I wouldn't have to worry about you starving to death in the future."

Jiale felt a bit aggrieved and said in a low voice, "Master, I understand."

Zhang Cheng hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Priest Qianhe, you and Fellow Daoist Huang take Jiale and Jingjing to set up the arrays. It would be best to set up several; it is better to be prepared than sorry."

Priest Qianhe nodded and said, "Good, don't worry, I can still set up three or five more arrays."

After the discussion, the group began to rest. They took out ginseng slices they had prepared long ago, put them in their mouths to absorb their essence, and then practiced their cultivation arts to restore their Qi and magic power.

The next day, while Zhang Cheng and the others were still resting, Priest Qianhe had already taken the others to start setting up the arrays.

Zhang Cheng looked up at the sun and said, "There is no rush to go now. We will deal with the Jiangshi Wang when the sun is directly overhead."

Although the current Jiangshi Wang is not afraid of the sun, that does not mean the sun has no effect on it.

Once the Jiangshi Wang is severely injured and its corpse Qi continuously diminishes, the sun's suppression of it will become stronger.

At the same time, the sun will also strengthen a sliver of their magic power.

In the morning, once fully prepared, Zhang Cheng, Priest Four-Eyes, and Master Yixiu entered Tengteng Town.

As soon as they entered Tengteng Town, the Jiangshi Wang woke up, its eyes turning fierce, and corpse energy churned within its coffin.

However, it did not rush to act; it was waiting for them to go deeper into Tengteng Town before making a move.

But the three of them, Zhang Cheng included, separated, each holding several red paper talismans in their hands.

These were Fire Spirit Talismans; among the Five Elements, the red paper represents fire.

The colors of the talismans for the other four of the Five Elements are white, yellow, black, and green, respectively.

Furthermore, the commonly seen yellow talismans are different from spirit talismans; those borrow the power of deities. If one sees a purple talisman, it indicates that the user has profound magic power and the borrowed power is also very strong.

As for spirit talismans, they can be activated directly with magic power, without the need to chant incantations to borrow power from gods or spirits.

Zhang Cheng took the Fire Spirit Talisman given to him by Priest Qianhe and found a sealed room containing four coffins.

He immediately took action, activated the Fire Spirit Talisman in his hand, and threw it out; in an instant, there was a sky full of fire.

The reason Zhang Cheng acted so decisively was that he had previously seen a coffin lid lying on the ground, and there was no zombie lying in that coffin, which showed that the zombies killed last night had not returned to their beds to cover themselves up.

Thus, any coffin with the lid closed must certainly contain a zombie.

The zombie in the coffin sensed something was wrong and wanted to run out, but Zhang Cheng destroyed the doors and windows, allowing sunlight to shine in and making it difficult for the zombies to move.

"Roar!"

Inside the town, the Jiangshi Wang let out an angry roar, broke out of its coffin, and rushed onto the main street.

Hearing the Jiangshi Wang's roar, Zhang Cheng did not dare to linger and immediately ran toward the outside of the town.

Before long, he heard the sound of hopping behind him.

He looked back and saw that not far away, the Jiangshi Wang was in pursuit. The Jiangshi Wang jumped high and far with great speed, and a black shadow appeared behind it—that was the dense corpse Qi.

Zhang Cheng was greatly astonished; this Furry Zombie was no longer a low-level Copper-Armored Zombie, and its speed of recovering corpse Qi was too fast.

He immediately took out the Five Thunder Command and gripped it in his hand, waiting for the Jiangshi Wang to rush over so he could launch a sneak attack.

Zhang Cheng used all his strength to run out of Tengteng Town, while the Jiangshi Wang followed closely behind him, getting closer and closer.

This time, the Jiangshi Wang did not stop and rushed straight out of Tengteng Town,

chasing after Zhang Cheng.

Hiding not far away, Priest Four-Eyes said in surprise, "Wow, it seems this Jiangshi Wang really hates Asheng."

Master Yixiu held his prayer beads and said, "Do not waste time; go and rendezvous with Fellow Daoist Qianhe immediately."

However, Zhang Cheng's speed could not match the Jiangshi Wang's, and the Jiangshi Wang was now less than ten meters away from him.

Zhang Cheng could already feel the Jiangshi Wang's dense corpse Qi; he hurriedly exchanged for a Demon-Binding Rope and threw it backward.

This time, the Jiangshi Wang spat out corpse Qi to block it, then grabbed the Demon-Binding Rope and pulled at it with force.

Zhang Cheng was greatly astonished and hurriedly took advantage of the opportunity while the Jiangshi Wang was dealing with the Demon-Binding Rope to use the Five Thunder Command.

Heavenly lightning struck the Jiangshi Wang instantly.

But this bolt of lightning only stripped away most of the Jiangshi Wang's corpse Qi and did not injure its physical body.

As for the Demon-Binding Rope, it had already been snapped by the Jiangshi Wang.

As for Zhang Cheng, the second he used the Five Thunder Command, he quickly fled into the distance.

Fortunately, he was not far from the ambush site. Priest Four-Eyes heard the sound of thunder and said, "It's Asheng's Five Thunder Command; he must have run into trouble."

Priest Qianhe immediately took out his coin sword and said, "Senior Brother, do not worry, I will go and assist Asheng."

He jumped off the altar, performed a backflip to land, took a sword step, and finished with a Yu Step.

Then he bit his fingertip and smeared his own blood onto the Coin Sword, which immediately erupted with red light.

He immediately cast a spell, saying, "Golden light appear swiftly, cover and protect the practitioner! Obey the command as if it were law!"

The Coin Sword immediately flew out, heading straight for the Jiangshi Wang hundreds of meters away.

Seeing the flying Coin Sword, Zhang Cheng was overjoyed and hurriedly ran with all his might.

The Jiangshi Wang, having been struck by lightning, was in hot pursuit; seeing the incoming Coin Sword, it hesitated for a moment, and the Coin Sword flew over rapidly.

The Jiangshi Wang hissed, and its hand, wrapped in corpse Qi, instantly slapped the Coin Sword.

"Snap!"

The red light of the Coin Sword shattered, the red thread snapped, and these small Five-Emperor coins scattered all over the ground, losing their spiritual essence.

Priest Qianhe's expression changed, and he said, "This Jiangshi Wang is so powerful; if I were to encounter it, I fear it would be a grim situation!"

"Everyone be careful, the Jiangshi Wang is very powerful; this Five Elements Eight Trigrams Array won't be able to trap it for long!"

Zhang Cheng ran over and shouted, "Priest Qianhe, prepare to activate the array!"

Having said that, he retreated to the side to rest and recover his physical strength and magic power.

At the same time, he was also checking the System, looking for a Dharma treasure that could deal with the Jiangshi Wang.

He currently had 1,900 Merit points, which counted as a huge sum, and inside his Evil-Refining Gourd there were still nineteen ghosts, one of which was a female ghost with strong magic power who had been wounded by Zhe Gu; there were at least 2,000 Merit points here.

Only by passing this hurdle could these two thousand-plus Merit points be obtained.

He checked quickly and discovered that most of the Dharma treasures could not deliver a fatal blow to the Jiangshi Wang.

As for super-strong thunder techniques, with his magic power, he could not sustain even one.

He settled for the next best thing and searched for other fire-type Dharma treasures with powerful methods.

Sure enough, he found a very powerful Dharma treasure.

"Fire Crow Pot: It contains a Fire Crow; upon opening the pot's mouth, the Fire Crow will spew out a stream of flames, capable of incinerating all demons, monsters, ghosts, and spirits. (Remember: you must aim in the correct direction.)"

This Fire Crow Pot had formidable power, but its drawback was that it was a directional attack and easy to dodge. It was likely a low-grade Dharma treasure modeled after the Ten Thousand Crow Pot. It was worth 500 Merit points!