CHAPTER 1869: CHAPTER 1862: THE ZOMBIE KING’S IDENTITY

Being stared at by Tang Ye like this, Xu Mengyun, despite feeling something strange, could only bravely respond, and she said: "Xiang Shan usually lives with us and rarely goes out."

"He doesn’t come out?"

"No, precisely because he is a zombie, fearing unnecessary suspicion from others, we never let him out."

Glancing again at Xiang Shan on the ground, the smile on Tang Ye’s face grew even wider.

He tilted his head, and in a bizarre tone asked mockingly: "Then what does he eat usually? Don’t tell me you feed him humans?"

"You’re talking nonsense!" As Tang Ye’s words left his mouth, Xiang Shan, pinned to the ground, burst into a curse!

"Do you think everyone is just like you!"

Humph!

Tang Ye’s face turned cold, and he increased the force under his foot, bending Xiang Shan’s body into a shrimp-like form!

Then, he looked at Xu Mengyun, nodding his head: "Speak."

Seeing Xiang Shan’s miserable condition, Xu Mengyun became anxious and dared not hesitate. She quickly said: "He doesn’t eat people, and he eats very little in general. Sometimes we have some extra Yajin and give it to him, also to keep him from doing evil, from eating people! That’s why we named him Xiang Shan."

"So, he’s been starving all this time?" Tang Ye asked again, and Xu Mengyun didn’t speak further. She looked at Xiang Shan with a hint of guilt in her eyes. They were not wealthy, and although a Level 8 zombie can consume Yajin to replenish vitality, the amount of Yajin required is enormous. To satisfy Xiang Shan every time, the expense was something they couldn’t bear!

With limited Yajin, what could be provided to Xiang Shan was only barely enough to maintain his mobility.

So, Tang Ye was right; Xiang Shan had been starving, and the fact that he had evolved into a Level 8 zombie was due to various opportunities before entering the Cloud Gorge Base.

Xu Mengyun thought, if Xiang Shan hadn’t followed them, perhaps his life would have been much better. Conversely, having to restrain himself, such a demand was too unfair for a zombie.

Tang Ye’s expression grew more satisfied; he had already obtained the basic information about Xiang Shan. This guy had nothing to do with the Zombie King and even qualified as "passed inspection"!

He no longer focused on Xu Mengyun but looked at Xiang Shan with curiosity and asked, "How did you know I was coming?"

Xiang Shan instinctively struggled, but no matter what he did, the result was futile. Yet he still coldly replied: "Knowing you’re coming is knowing you’re coming, there’s no big reason!"

"You are quite interesting. The first time you saw me, you dared to speak to me like this, even had the courage to make a move on me."

Tang Ye couldn’t help but remember the past with Gert, Ha Zhen, and others, the current Level 8 zombies at the Royal Court, after Ah Fu, Xu Haishui, Gong Xiao, and Liang Hanyang, which of them wasn’t so terrified upon first seeing him, the Level 9 Zombie King, that they couldn’t even walk?

Yet in front of him, this Level 8 zombie named Xiang Shan, not only was not so overwhelmed upon seeing him, but actually had the courage to attack him!

The word "brave" was not enough to describe this guy’s boldness!

For Tang Ye’s words, Xiang Shan inadvertently opened his mouth, which seemed to be formed by countless human hands. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end, he said nothing.

Honestly, he wasn’t as brave as Tang Ye thought. The reason he dared to throw a punch at a Zombie King was entirely for the sake of protecting Xu Mengyun and the others.

But even without speaking, that didn’t mean Tang Ye couldn’t guess. He glanced at Xu Mengyun and the others in front of him and the group of children, seemingly understanding something, and looked back at Xiang Shan. His expression became playful, saying bizarrely: "Upon first meeting, you don’t understand me, but I must remind you, my temper is very bad. If you continue to be arrogant with me, be careful, I might kill all of you. Do you think you can stop me?"

With Tang Ye’s words, Xiang Shan’s gruesome, terrifying expression instantly changed. He reached out with his corpse claw, hugging Tang Ye’s foot tightly, as the tentacles, suspended by dark mist behind him, trembled intensely!

This sentence from Tang Ye had touched his reverse scale!

"Then I will definitely stop you!"

"Oh, really?" Tang Ye laughed.

Perhaps realizing the other was not joking, Xiang Shan immediately shouted toward Xu Mengyun’s side: "Run! I can hold him off!"

With his words, Xu Mengyun and the others panicked. Long Yingjia pulled a few children to run, but fortunately, Uncle Li, the middle-aged man, held them back at the crucial moment.

"Don’t be impulsive."

"But..."

"Stay quiet... we will be fine."

"..."

Looking at the commotion caused by his words, Tang Ye’s smile turned sinister, while Xiang Shan, seeing Xu Mengyun and others still not leaving, grew anxious.

"What are you still doing standing there! Go!"

"They can’t escape my grasp!" Tang Ye mocked, and hearing this, Xiang Shan momentarily became furious. He opened his mouth, and suddenly, petal-like tentacles stretched out, wrapping towards Tang Ye’s face!

But before they could touch him, Tang Ye twisted his wrist, wrapping around the petal-like tongue and pulling hard!

Xiang Shan suddenly felt his mouth empty as his entire tongue was torn out!

"Do you think I can’t deal with you?" Tang Ye casually cast aside Xiang Shan’s tongue and said coldly.

"Even if you want to kill me, it’s not that easy!"

"Are you sure?" Tang Ye bent closer, seemingly amused, approaching Xiang Shan.

Xiang Shan’s expression became uncertain for a moment. Tang Ye was a Level 9 zombie, and he didn’t really know what kind of abilities a Level 9 zombie had. Could the other deal with him or not? He really wasn’t sure, but in the end, he replied stiffly: "I’m... I’m sure!"

"Heh heh."

Using the high-level zombie’s bizarre ability to freely change the position of the evolution crystal within his body, it wasn’t about pulling out the opponent’s evolution crystal for a one-hit kill that Tang Ye was troubled with, but...

"Do you believe I can crush you bit by bit, and then find your evolution crystal?"

"..." Xiang Shan did not speak further. From the powerful skills Tang Ye just showcased, he believed that the other could do what he said!

Seeing he had intimidated Xiang Shan, Tang Ye snorted disdainfully, then looked towards Xu Mengyun and the others; he had clearly heard their conversation earlier intruding into his ear.

"You all know who I am, right?"

"..." Xu Mengyun and her group stayed silent; of course they knew who Tang Ye was, he was none other than the former South China overlord, Li Henian!

That’s why earlier, seeing Tang Ye’s appearance had shocked them for this reason!

The illustrious Li Henian, Chairman of the Peace Party, United District leader, the Heavenly Khan of the Royal Court, was none other than China’s White-haired Zombie King!

Thus, it was no surprise why Li Henian could establish peace between zombies and humans, as everything now completed the loop.

Moreover, this man with the identity of a Zombie King had also quietly resolved the Nightmare Zombie King invasion crisis for humanity!

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