CHAPTER 242: CHAPTER 242: SIEGE

"Ugh... Monk... Daoist... Sword Cultivator, haha... You all came... altogether."

The zombie turned towards the group, red light flickering in its eyes, and spoke intermittently.

Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow and teased, "Is this guy a stutterer?"

Everyone, "..."

The zombie’s gaze sharpened.

Yan Hongxia explained earnestly, "Perhaps it hasn’t spoken for a long time; it’s not used to it. It might get better in a bit."

Lu Zheng, "..."

"Hmph! You all... watched the Fake Jing Dynasty... wreak havoc, each of you... descendant of traitors... and criminals!"

The zombie said ominously, getting more fluent, "Breaking... breaking my spell, are you... ready to offer... offer me compensation?"

"Send you to heaven!" Daoist Jiu Zhen resolutely declared, "The previous dynasty fell over six hundred years ago; you should have been dead long ago!"

"Celestial Venerable’s command, Five Thunders Bombarding the Top, fall!"

"Crack!"

A wave of spiritual energy flashed, and a golden lightning suddenly formed in the sky, striking the zombie instantly, followed immediately by a second blue-green Divine Thunder, continuing its course.

In just a blink, five colored thunders had already struck the zombie’s head.

"Scatter!"

The zombie swung its fists repeatedly, relying on the Corpse Qi and fists of Healing Steel to shatter all five thunders.

"Crackle!"

Lu Zheng saw clearly, although the thunders were dispersed, the zombie’s fists now had some charred wounds, with five-colored thunder light flickering on them, then driven away by the Corpse Qi.

The next moment, the zombie only felt a tightness in its form, realizing a faint Cloud Qi was drifting around it.

This Cloud Qi seemed thin yet tightly bound it, trying unceasingly to seep into its body.

"Open!"

Rolling black smoke of Corpse Qi surged, clashing against the white Cloud Qi, and surprisingly, they were stalemated.

Two Daoist Sect experts acting together actually fought evenly with this zombie!

"Amitabha Buddha!"

Guangyue proclaimed a Buddhist mantra, swinging the long staff, the Light Relics on his head gathering into the staff, forming a large Swastika Rune.

His figure shot forward, reaching the zombie and striking with his staff.

"Watch out!"

"Don’t get too close!" Daoist Mingzhang hurriedly reminded.

"Roar!"

Not like a human, a low growl, the zombie’s right hand shook, freeing its entire right arm from Daoist Mingzhang’s Cloud Qi bind, then grabbed towards Guangyue’s throat.

The five fingers broke through Guangyue’s Buddha Light, surpassing the staff, oblivious to the staff attacking its head, intending to trade injuries for life, grabbing Guangyue.

Guangyue’s pupils contracted suddenly!

"Ding!"

A red Flying Sword slashed right at the zombie’s palm, veering the hand off course, narrowly missing Guangyue’s cheek.

"Ding!"

Simultaneously, another sword light stabbed the zombie’s brow, yet only made it recoil backward, leaving a small dent on its forehead.

"Bang!"

Guangyue smashed the zombie’s head with the staff, Great Sun Buddha Light pouring in, the Swastika Rune suppressing, then immediately leaped back, cold sweat pouring.

"Thank you, Daoist Brother, thank you, Miss Yan!"

"This guy is too tough!" Yan Hongxia exclaimed in surprise.

"Stab its eyes!" Lu Zheng suggested.

Yan Hongxia muttered, "I just aimed at its eyes."

"Again!"

Lu Zheng shouted, bending down, diving into the ground.

The next moment, the zombie felt a looseness beneath, half of itself getting buried in soil and rocks.

"Ugh... Earth Travel Technique!"

One hand penetrated the ground, Lu Zheng appeared from behind it, waving the Brocade Spring Saber, Blood Qi surging.

"Slash!"

"Hit!" Yan Hongxia’s Flying Sword arrived too, but the zombie tilted its head, still avoiding its eyes.

"Nine Heavens Responding Thunder, Break!"

"Flying Cloud Breaks Evil, Swift!"

A burst of concentrated fire, the Corpse Qi covering the zombie scattered chaotically, and its body showed more evident wounds.

"Bang!"

The zombie shattered the surrounding earth and rocks, its form instantly shooting out, ignoring its injuries, resisting all forms of attack with black smoke Corpse Qi, and dashed towards Daoist Mingzhang and Daoist Jiu Zhen.

The Power of Evil-breaking in the two Daoists’ attacks caused it the most damage.

"Get back!"

Guangyue appeared before it again.

But Guangyue learned his lesson this time, timing wisely, shielding with the Light Relics, the golden light eroding Corpse Qi while the staff like a spear pressed against the zombie’s chest.

After a point, the zombie was struck back, and Guangyue immediately retreated by leveraging the force.

Lu Zheng from behind, the long saber held upright, a Powerful Slash of Hua Mountain, a roaring tiger shadow emerged, a slash aimed at its head.

The zombie twisted its form, grabbing back, reaching for Lu Zheng’s heart.

However, Lu Zheng had Martial Dao in him, reacted swiftly, extending his left hand, parried the zombie’s wrist aside, lightly avoiding the grab, continuing the right-hand saber attack precisely toward its neck.

Though it only cut through half an inch of skin, the Blood Qi entered its body, also disrupting the Corpse Qi within.

The zombie fell, lightning and Cloud Qi followed suit, shaking its body again, falling back to the original spot.

An operation fierce as a tiger, yet back to the same spot...

"Ahhh!!!"

The zombie’s eyes were blood-red, hands waving wildly, Corpse Qi surged, forcing Lu Zheng to retreat and dodge, grouping up with Yan Hongxia to handle it with Flying Sword.

...

With Lu Zheng and Yan Hongxia’s long-range physical attacks, cooperating with Guangyue’s close combat mage restraint, plus Daoist Jiu Zhen and Daoist Mingzhang’s long-range spell attacks, this zombie would be tough, and fast, but was firmly pinned to the spot, unable to threaten the group.

"Ahhh!!!"

"Damn, if my Divine Techniques had recovered, you few wouldn’t corner me like this!" The zombie’s eyes flashed red but soon sneered again, "Too bad, none of you will leave here alive!"

Once the words fell, the zombie’s form instead of advancing retreated, taking a glance at the pit it had been knocked into, then spun around, waving its hands, continuing excavating the underground.

"What’s it doing?" Guangyue asked in surprise.

"Could it be trying to dig away like Brother Lu?" Yan Hongxia felt puzzled as well, "Is its brain broken?"

"No!" Daoist Jiu Zhen struck another Thunder Technique down, this time not only hitting the zombie but also penetrating the mountain’s interior via terrain, "The mountain interior is empty, there’s something in the mountain!"

"Hmm?" Daoist Mingzhang’s eyes flashed, Cloud Qi formed a net, draping over the zombie, "Stop it!"

Lu Zheng, without hesitation, submerged into the ground, not blocking the zombie, but heading directly towards the mountain’s interior.

Traveling through several yards of earth, it turned into solid stone block, Lu Zheng frowned, continued using Earth Travel Technique to advance through the rocks.

Breaking through another dozen yards, the ground suddenly opened up, uncovering a mountain cavity spanning several hundred yards, Lu Zheng landed lightly onto the ground from the wall crest.

"Haha, useless, only I can activate the Corpse-controlling Banner, and it has melded with three thousand Iron Corpses, you can’t take it!" The zombie’s voice reverberated through the lower levels, echoing in the mountain cavity.

Lu Zheng surveyed briefly, a smile on his lips, "Then I really have to give it a try!"