Chapter 516: Zombie King Method (1/2)

Lu Yun threw out a punch the moment he appeared. The delivery involved no methods or combat arts whatsoever, just pure strength!

Crack… pop! Scatter.

The sea of bones shuddered violently. Its calcified components rubbed against one another with a sound that threatened immediate dissolution.

Landing neatly before the little nun and Star Demon Sect’s holy girl, Lu Yun cut a sharp figure in his pristine white robes. The sea of bones was split asunder and surged uselessly toward the sides.

“You don’t need to come to Dusk Province, Jiangchen Xie. You can try killing me right here.” The young man’s eyes carried a hint of scorn for his adversary.

Jiangchen Xie shivered convulsively. His body hunched in of its own accord and fear flashed across his face. Then, he recalled something that helped him straighten up again.

“Well met, Lu Yun!” Looking at the youth in the air above him, Jiangchen Xie released the hidden light of blood in his dark eyes. It flew out and circled all around him.

Fwoosh!

The sea of bones stitched itself back together and bleached-white flames began burning within it.

Hadal Bonefire.

Glancing at the blood-light all around Jiangchen Xie’s body, Lu Yun slowly turned grave.

“You turned yourself into a zombie king… no wonder you dared challenge me.” He breathed in sharply.

Jin Heyi of the Jin clan had tried a similar tactic after forcibly taking Diexi’s origin sphere, but had failed.

Jiangchen Xie, on the other hand, appeared to have succeeded completely. Not precisely a mere zombie king, but one perfected from the dual state of being alive and a king of the undead.

Lu Yun had a hard time describing exactly what it was. He’d never seen a zombie king who’d successfully bridged the gap from death to life—even Diexi was a step short.

Jiangchen Xie had achieved it as a living man.

……

Jiangchen Xie was spurred into motion. He cast a glance in Lu Yun’s direction, enveloping his general surroundings in bloody light. Mountains of bloody corpses piled up around the Dusk governor in a single moment.

These corpses weren’t the illusions Diexi could create, but real zombies.

The zombies from the Bag of Corpse Refinement were likewise bolstered to unprecedented levels by their king’s power. Lu Yun’s countering arts became completely ineffective against these strange creatures.

Lu Yun narrowed his eyes. He opened his arms, protectively ushering the holy girl and the little nun behind him.

“Be careful, Sect Head!” the Star Demon Sect holy girl said hurriedly. “In our records, the Corpse Refiners was founded by a zombie king. Their zombie methods come from the same source!

“Now that Jiangchen Xie is a zombie king himself, he’ll be able to unleash their true potential!”

The holy girl occupied a lofty position within the sect, giving her access to secrets that most didn’t have. She was also smart enough to connect those dots with what she was seeing.

Though the Star Demon Sect came from the Skandha Range, their five lords had traveled all over the world. The factions they’d wiped out and tombs they’d dug up in their travels were a trove of information for their sect.

Many historical records about the Corpse Refiners were stored, reliable or otherwise. According to legend, the founder and first head of the Corpse Refiners was a zombie king who had reversed death to life. Every method they had, including those for commanding zombies, were zombie king methods.