599 Ritual and Cultivation (1/2)

Many of the ancient martial art practitioners in the great hall were very experienced and knowledgeable. Yet even they had never seen such a creature, neither human, nor ghost, or monstrous beast. The being had climbed out of the coffin and the very thought of it was enough to make one's hair stand.

Mo Wen's pupils contracted to the size of a pinhole as he looked closely at that bizarre object. Even from such a distance, he could sense an inexplicable danger.

Roar, roar! The roar of the monster sent sand flying and pebbles rolling. The roar was so phenomenal that everyone in the area took an involuntary step back.

However, there was one ancient martial art practitioner that could not retreat in time. A single claw had soundlessly appeared before him and grabbed directly at his throat, raising him into the air.

Roar! In the mere blink of an eye, so quickly that many of the ancient martial art practitioners had not even seen what happened, the monster traveled a distance of tens of meters and appeared before the unfortunate ancient martial art practitioner. Its tall figure projected a huge shadow on the ground.

The monster opened its mouth and bared its teeth before clamping its mouth around the ancient martial art practitioner's throat. His blood spurted in all directions as the monster drank the blood while everyone looked on in horror. In a matter of moments, the body of the ancient martial art practitioner had dried up and was now no more than a dry corpse.

Such a chilling sight made many of the people watching shudder unbearably.

”Beast.” One of the Sect Elders of the Medical Sect quietly uttered a single word. He could not bring himself to stand there and watch the unfolding horror any longer. There was hatred in his eyes as he flew towards the monster. In his hand was a military dagger, a low-grade spiritual weapon.

The person that the monster had consumed was an ancient martial art practitioner from Medical Sect, of the intermediate stage of the Golden Elixir realm. The Sect Elder who had decided to take on the monster was the biological brother of its victim. How could he bear the sight of seeing his own brother die at the hands of this monster?

”Come back!” Jiang Pingzhou's expression changed. Although Medical Sect did not have many ancient martial art practitioners with the intermediate stage of the Golden Elixir realm, and losing any one of them was already a great loss, it was too late to get angry. Anyone that was overtaken by anger had already lost all logic in their thinking.

The Sect Elder of Medical Sect had successfully appeared in front of the monster, who showed no signs of being affected by his presence. The monster did not even spare him a second glance. It simply continued to carry the dried corpse and took huge sips of the fresh blood. It was as though a famished person had chanced upon some delicious food.

”Go and die!” the Sect Elder shouted loudly. He fiercely stabbed the military dagger at the heart of the monster. A white light zoomed through the air and the spiritual power made waves on the dagger. It was so bright and dazzling that most of the crowd could not even open their eyes.

Ping! However, when that dagger came into contact with the chest of that monster, it was as though it had touched something as hard as it was still. It only managed to pierce the surface but could delve no deeper.

The ancient martial art practitioners in the vicinity all exhaled a cold breath of air. Most of them knew that the ancient martial art practitioner was a highly renowned elder of Medical Sect in the intermediate stage of the Golden Elixir realm. His battle skills were even on par with Chen Wuhui.

He had given his attack everything and had even strengthened his attack by using a spiritual weapon. Yet, it had only scratched the surface of that monster. Just what exactly was this monster? Everyone who saw the scene shuddered as a chill ran down their spines.

Roar! The monster casually threw the dry corpse in its hand aside. Then, it extended another one of its claws to grab at the creature that was challenging it.

The Sect Elder from Medical Sect now wanted nothing more than to run away and hide. However, the thick and frightening smell of blood descended upon him, like a force that held him down. His body stiffened and it was as though he had fallen into quicksand. He was completely unable to move.

The monster managed to grab hold of the Sect Elder easily. A bloody scene ensued. The monster bit into the throat of the ancient martial art practitioner and sucked his blood dry, as it had just done to his brother. It was evident that the monster had a liking for human blood. All the while, his red eyes were filled with enjoyment.

”Very strong indeed, but it is a pity that he still failed. If not, by now, he would have been as strong as an Immortal Cultivator with the Primordial Soul realm.” Mo Wen looked at the gigantic monster and sighed softly. There was a look of pity in his eyes, but he also felt an overwhelming sense of relief.

A Sect Elder from Purple Qi Pavilion seemed to have thought of something. Suddenly, he pointed at the monster and his body trembled as he expressionlessly said, ”Zombie…! Could it be the legendary zombie?”

He was rather old and was probably one of the veterans of Purple Qi Pavilion. The sect had a lot of experience practitioners and owned a rich collection of ancient classics. Therefore they were the first to recognize the origin of this monster.

”Zombie!” Once the word was uttered, the expression of everyone around changed. Although no one in the crowd had seen a zombie before, there had been many rumors regarding zombies floating around. Legend had it that wherever zombies were present, there would be pestilence. People would be plunged into an abyss of misery and everything would be a scene of desolation.

As ancient martial art practitioners of the Inner world, they were even more aware that since zombies were creatures of the Immortal Cultivation world, their strength would be even more exceptional.

In the great hall, there was the continuous sound of people sharply inhaling. Everyone shared glances of terror, fear in every one of their eyes.