Chapter 754 (2/2)

Shao Xuan failed in enslaving it once on their way back home because of this same repulsive energy. Back then, he had to worry about the dangers and threats around them, so he could not continue the enslavement process.

However, Shao Xuan did not stop now. Instead, he summoned more of the special energy in his body, causing the flames to burn stronger.

When flames appeared in Shao Xuan’s hands, the pterosaur dropped its food immediately and hid in a corner of the room. Now, it was hiding under its wings, in a defensive crouch similar to when it was still frozen.

Shao Xuan increased his energy. As the flames seeped through the skin of the dead body, he could feel a strong repulsion, and it felt like he was swimming against a strong current, but that was not the worst part. When his energy reached the bones, it was as if he encountered an impenetrable shield and the repulsion was much stronger. He increased his energy after sensing that the repulsion had increased, but the repulsion only grew stronger.

After Shao Xuan increased his power, it became clear to him.

He could not be wrong. This strong repulsive force made it impossible for Shao Xuan to continue. No wonder the people from Rock Hill City never succeeded.

Dead creatures could not fight back. They had no consciousness and could no longer control their bodies. However, this ancient corpse was fighting the Flaming Horn fire seed’s energy!

How could this be?!

This was all really happening! Unless…… this ancient corpse is alive!

But he did not detect any life force in the dead body.

Shao Xuan was shocked because there was no way to explain this.

Shao Xuan moved his hand away and thought for a while.

After a while, Shao Xuan lifted his hand and placed it over the corpse again. Now, he was summoning a different power. He did not use any power from the Flaming Horn fire seed this time.

The unique thing about this ancient corpse was that despite being clearly dead, its bones were reacting the way a living person’s would. This enslavement method was not suitable for living people because they would reject the enslavement. The enslaved wanderers were an exception, but the fire seed’s energy in most tribesmen’s bodies would fight a foreign energy if it tried to enter their body. Even people who hadn’t merged their fire seed would have totemic powers, and since totemic powers originated from the fire seed’s power, it would also repel the enslavement.

Fire seeds were highly repulsive towards other fire seeds, and that was the only thing that was stopping Shao Xuan from enslaving.

That was why Shao Xuan decided to stop using the Flaming Horn fire seed’s power and tried again with his other power. This special power was what protected Shao Xuan from other tribe’s fire seeds.

This time, the flames that appeared on his hands were white and he brought his hand down to the corpse’s body again.

As his palm approached the corpse, the white flames began to flow downward and seeped through the dry green-grey coloured skin of the corpse.

Shockingly, the repulsive energy disappeared!

Shao Xuan was sure now that he made the right decision this time.

The flames continued to seep into the body and through the ancient corpse’s bones. There was no longer any strong repulsion from the bones. It was as if the shield had been removed.

The entire process went smoothly!

The high active potential in the ancient corpse’s bones quickly absorbed the energy from the flames.

Shao Xuan used his special vision to scan the corpse. It was similar to the pterosaur. A white flame flowed through all the bones in its body.

However, there was no blood in the corpse, so the white flames only stayed within the bones and did not enter any blood vessels or meridians. This was the only thing that was different from the pterosaur.

Well, it made sense. An ancient corpse wouldn’t behave the same way as the pterosaur. It was not alive, so naturally there was no blood in its body. All of the blood vessels and meridians had lost their functions over time. The monsters that the people from the Rock Hill City controlled were all like that.

Did he succeed?

Shao Xuan moved his hand away. The flames on his hands disappeared and he tried to control the corpse with his conscious mind.

The corpse on the stone table had no reaction.

Shao Xuan frowned. This can’t be, he thought. Didn’t he succeed? How come he couldn’t control it?

He tried the same thing a few more times, and still, nothing happened.

He could influence the energy that was within the corpse’s bones, but he couldn’t control it the way he controlled the pterosaur.

Shao Xuan also experimented with other dead creatures back then, and he managed to control the pterosaur’s movements. Now, according to previous experiences, this was clearly a success, but somehow he couldn’t control it!

It took him so much effort to finally seep his energy through the bones of the corpse, but he couldn’t control the corpse at all. Shao Xuan couldn’t find the reason behind this. He was stuck.

Just as Shao Xuan became pensive about the reason behind his failure, Zheng Luo called for him. He said that Gongjia Ren was here and wanted to ask about the forging process of the gem metal.

Gongjia Ren had only worked with bronze and rarely worked with any other materials. They knew other metals existed, but they had never come across or worked on anything new, so they were very excited about this new metal. Their forge was still under construction, but they could not wait to discuss the casting process with the Flaming Horn craftsmen. The Gongjia people came up with many questions to ask them, but the craftsmen could not answer these questions. Gongjia Ren grew impatient with their doubtful expressions, so seeing Duo Kang and the others heading to the trading point with their new game, he decided to follow along.

Shao Xuan thought he should clear up the Gongjia people’s confusion, so he decided to go explain it to them. He knew that he needed more time to experiment with this ancient corpse, so to avoid having Gongjia Ren come again to ask more questions, he decided to tell him all about it at once to clear up his doubts.

He told a Flaming Horn warrior to guard outside the door just in case something happened. Then he left to look for Gongjia Ren.

As the stone door shut tightly, the pterosaur and the ancient corpse were the only ones left inside the room.

The pterosaur finally got up to its feet and walked cautiously towards the stone table. It was shocked by the flames in Shao Xuan’s hands, but right after Shao Xuan left, its boldness grew. It flew over onto the stone table to take a look at the strange figure in the coffin.

Besides the fact that there was a similar energy in the ancient corpse’s bones, nothing much was different about it from the night before.

The pterosaur glided down from the table and returned to its unfinished food after losing interest in the corpse.

As it bit on the meat, the pterosaur suddenly felt a chill down its back. It stood unmoving and hesitated for a moment. Then, it quickly threw the food to one side and hid in a corner of the room under its arms again and peeked over at the stone table.

On the dried body of the ancient corpse, thin red vessels started to appear and interlaced like branches on a tree across the dead body. It gradually grew and spread to all parts of the corpse’s body. The vessels grew thicker and slowly enveloped the corpse. Those vessels were where blood vessels and meridians should’ve been. They were both channels where energy passed through. Now, a situation Shao Xuan had never anticipated was happening.

Gentle crackling sounds came from the shrivelled and stiff body of the corpse. Upon closer inspection, one would notice that changes were taking place in the dried parts of the corpse. These changes were not obvious, but they were happening.

Under the corpse’s sunken eye lids, within their sockets, something began to roll.

The corpse’s arms started to tremble and its fingers started to shake. At first, only two fingers trembled. Very soon, the shivers spread to the other fingers until both its wrists began to turn.

Whoosh!

The ancient corpse suddenly sat upright. When this happened, the pterosaur trembled in fright in the corner of the room.

If Shao Xuan was here, he would be surprised too. This ancient corpse was already shocking enough, but what’s more surprising was that this figure had no heartbeat!