Chapter 31: Extreme Shock

The fact that the Zombie King can control other Sangshi shows that its Spiritual Power is extremely strong.

To deal with a Zombie King of this level, three Soul-Suppressing Talismans are simply not enough.

And the facts were indeed so.

Let alone three, even if ten were activated in one breath, they would be of no use at all against the Zombie King.

At first, the Zombie King was still urging the agile Sangshi to flee.

But once Chen Yusheng's Soul-Suppressing Talismans exploded, whether it was the agile Sangshi or the giant Sangshi, they all fell down stiffly.

Seeing this, the Zombie King did not say a word, jumped straight off the back of a Sangshi, and ran away on its own.

Chen Yusheng saw at a glance that the Zombie King was darting away along the passage he had just entered through—this thing could actually fly.

Chen Yusheng did not dawdle either and immediately mounted the agile Mutant Zombie he had refined.

"Chase!"

At his command, the agile Sangshi darted out fiercely.

Its speed was completely unaffected by the narrow terrain of the sewer, whereas the little girl Zombie King flying in front was being hindered by the space and couldn't speed up.

"Hiss—!"

"Hiss—!"

Perhaps hearing the close pursuit behind, the Zombie King let out sharp hisses while flying, as if warning him, or perhaps begging for mercy.

Chen Yusheng ignored it and kept chasing hard on the Sangshi, closing the distance bit by bit.

Soon, only ten meters remained between the two.

Crackle—

A blinding bolt of lightning shot out from Chen Yusheng's hand and instantly struck the flying Zombie King in front.

He had used the Thunder Method directly.

"Thump!"

Struck by the lightning, the flying little girl Zombie King fell down on the spot, plunging headfirst into the knee-deep water of the sewer.

"Splash, splash... Hiss!"

Chen Yusheng's lightning hadn't killed her outright; the Zombie King stood up after floundering in the water twice, hissing fiercely at him.

By this time, Chen Yusheng had already closed in while riding the Sangshi.

To guard against a sudden sneak attack from the Zombie King, he immediately channeled the Golden Light Incantation to protect his whole body.

He was unsure what other methods this Zombie King had besides controlling Sangshi, so he had to be on guard.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss—"

In the sewer, Chen Yusheng was like a cat playing with a mouse.

And the little girl Zombie King, despite being scared to death, was still bracing herself to hiss at him, like a bluffing frilled lizard, or like a little puppy that could only yelp.

But the panic on her face could not be hidden at all.

Chen Yusheng watched her hiss but didn't rush to act; he was waiting.

Before long, footsteps arrived—the giant Sangshi he had refined had caught up.

Seeing this scene, the Zombie King's face was instantly filled with panic and despair.

She looked at Chen Yusheng, then at the giant Sangshi rushing over, and turned to stumble forward again.

It was clear that although the Thunder Method hadn't killed her, it had injured her quite badly.

"Catch her."

As soon as the giant Sangshi arrived, Chen Yusheng gave the order directly.

"Hiss! Hiss—"

Seeing the giant Sangshi closing in, the little girl Zombie King hissed and threatened incessantly like a cornered beast.

Chen Yusheng could feel the runes inside his Sangshi trembling slightly.

This Zombie King was still trying to seize control.

But Chen Yusheng's corpse-refining method was an authentic Daoist technique; there was no way an ordinary Zombie King could shake it.

The few giant Sangshi completely ignored the hissing, stepped forward quickly, and grabbed the Zombie King.

Once caught, the Zombie King struggled desperately with her small body.

Only when her hands, feet, and body were firmly pinned down by the giant Sangshi did Chen Yusheng ride the agile Sangshi forward.

The little girl Zombie King looked at him approaching, her eyes full of fear.

Chen Yusheng ignored that fearful gaze, walked up to her, reached out, and tore off the clothes on her body.

Then he bit his index finger, forced out fresh blood, and began drawing runes directly onto the Zombie King—the Soul-Suppressing Talisman.

He had to knock the Zombie King unconscious before he could refine her.

But a minute passed, and even though he had drawn several Soul-Suppressing Talismans on the Zombie King, they had absolutely no suppressing effect.

"What's going on? Why are the Soul-Suppressing Talismans useless?"

Chen Yusheng frowned on the spot.

After hesitating for a moment, he pressed a palm directly onto the Zombie King's head, and his True Qi, carrying a trace of Spiritual Power, probed into her body.

"How is this possible? This Zombie King actually has a complete soul!"

Chen Yusheng was startled; he could clearly feel that this Zombie King's soul was very complete.

"No... something's not right, how does she still have the flesh and blood of a living person?"

He was soon shocked again; this Zombie King actually had fresh flesh and blood, and her body was still warm—a detail he hadn't noticed before.

"This isn't a Zombie King at all, she's clearly a living person..."

"No, a human couldn't grow a single horn, nor could they have red pupils."

Chen Yusheng looked at the single horn on her forehead and her blood-red eyes, and once again dismissed the idea that she was human.

But if she wasn't human, how could she have a complete soul and fresh, living flesh?

He continued to investigate carefully, looking even more closely this time.

"A Sangshi is still a Sangshi, just different from the ordinary ones."

"She also has a Crystal Core in her head, and it is much larger; the energy purity inside is nearly a hundred times that of an ordinary Sangshi."

"No... she actually opened her Mud-Pill Palace?"

Chen Yusheng discovered something even more terrifying—this Zombie King had actually opened her Mud-Pill Palace.

The Mud-Pill Palace, also called the Upper Dantian, Soul Sea, Purple Mansion, Heavenly Palace, etc., is the place where the soul resides.

Opening the Upper Dantian is extremely dangerous; according to the ancient Qi Refiners, one must reach the realm of Refining Qi into Spirit and have a physical body strong enough to a certain degree to open it, otherwise, one would likely die.

Yet now, a Sangshi had actually opened her Upper Dantian.

Chen Yusheng himself hadn't even opened his Lower Dantian yet, so this blow was truly quite significant.

At this moment, he also finally understood why the Soul-Suppressing Talisman couldn't suppress this little girl Zombie King.

Because her soul was complete, and she had opened her Purple Mansion, her Spiritual Power was ridiculously strong.

In this situation, to refine her, one would have to kill her directly and completely erase her soul.

But if he really did that, even if the refining was successful, she would just be another ordinary Mutant Zombie, and he wouldn't be able to rely on her to control the entire Zombie Group.

Therefore, the path of controlling the Zombie Group through the Corpse Refining Technique could be considered a dead end.

However, not being able to refine the corpse didn't mean Chen Yusheng had no way to control her.

Chen Yusheng forced out a fist-sized mass of fresh blood, quickly formed hand seals, and cast one Curse Seal after another into the blood mass.

As the Curse Seals were continuously cast in, that mass of blood shrank bit by bit, finally becoming only as big as a finger, and its color changed from bright red to gold.

"Go!"

Chen Yusheng raised his hand to guide it, and the golden blood mass flew directly toward the Zombie King's forehead and melted into it.

He reached out again to press his hand against the Zombie King's forehead, using his True Qi and Spiritual Power to manipulate that mass of blood to fully permeate inside.

"Don't resist, or I will kill you right now; if you don't resist, I can consider sparing you."

Chen Yusheng used his Spiritual Power to transmit the information directly into the Zombie King's brain.

Spiritual Power can transmit information mutually, and the information transmitted is even more precise than language, even if one does not understand the other's language.

Perhaps feeling the information Chen Yusheng transmitted, the Zombie King hesitated for a moment before stopping her resistance.

The blood mass manipulated by Chen Yusheng merged into the little girl's head.

"Good! I have already placed a Curse Seal inside your head; if you don't listen to me, I can take your life at any time."

After saying this, Chen Yusheng stepped back two paces.

Subsequently, he had the giant Sangshi put down the little girl Zombie King.

After the little girl Zombie King was put down, her eyeballs immediately rolled around.

Seeing this, Chen Yusheng formed a hand seal with one hand, and a strand of True Qi was quickly cast out.

The next moment, the Zombie King suddenly clutched her head and shrieked.

Seeing this situation, Chen Yusheng had the giant Sangshi grab her again, then Chen Yusheng reached out to press his hand on the Mutant Zombie's head and used his Spiritual Power to transmit information.

"You must not have any thoughts of harming me, otherwise your head will suffer intense pain; do you understand? If you understand, nod your head."

Sensing the information Chen Yusheng transmitted, the Zombie King hurriedly nodded.

"Very good, you will follow me from now on."