Chapter 49: First Encounter with Corpse Refining

  At night, Wu Shixiong and Wang Chen were among five people on the streets of Fuyue City.

  Unlike the bustling streets of before, tonight's streets are very quiet, with even shops closing early, it can be seen that Mo Xiu's influence on Fuyue City is actually quite large.

  "Wu Shixiong, fortunately we were able to follow the two of you this time. Otherwise, our names would have been gone!" A Li family cultivator said with a hint of flattery, while the two young men beside him remained silent, seemingly in agreement.

  Last time during the patrol, Wang Chen wanted to leave a few people behind, thinking it would be safer with fewer people patrolling together. However, Li's three family members disagreed, feeling that their cultivation and equipment were not bad, and they didn't think demonic cultivators were anything to worry about. It wasn't until dozens of cultivators died that the three of them finally followed Wang Chen and his companion closely.

  It's no wonder that among those who disappeared were many cultivators in the later stages of Qi Refining, with excellent magical tools. The three of them were naturally extremely frightened.

  "Alright, alright," Wu Shixiong said with a wave of his hand. "Let's not say any more, let's just be vigilant and try to kill those demonic cultivators, that way it'll be good for everyone!"

  The three of them nodded and became vigilant.

  Not far away, in a room, three men in black were talking in low voices.

  "Let's work together next time, old rules, whoever kills someone gets the corpse!"

  …….

  Five people were walking slowly on the street, with an eerie silence all around them.

  "Halt!" Wang Chen's face suddenly changed color as he immediately shouted out. Several people immediately took out their magical instruments, but looking around in all directions, there was no movement at all.

  It's better to believe it exists than not. Several people added their spiritual eyes to detect around, but after a while, there was still nothing.

  "Brother Wang, don't be so startled, okay?"

  "It's all because of Brother Wang scaring people to death!"

  After watching for half a day without any movement, the two monks from Li's family couldn't help but put down their guard. Wang Chen heard this and calmly said, "If you don't want to die, shut up!"

  The two were about to speak, when Wang Chen's eyes narrowed and his body emitted a fierce aura. The two trembled with fear, their eyes revealing a terrified expression, and they immediately became obedient. Even Wu Shixiong, who had been laughing and joking earlier, became much more subdued at the sight.

  Wang Chenke was not a benevolent person, having killed thousands of demonic beasts and over a hundred cultivators with ill intentions. His aura of killing was usually hidden, but when it was revealed in critical moments, the others were instantly intimidated.

  The five of them were on high alert, not relaxing for even a moment, but Wang Chen still didn't seem to want to lift the state of emergency.

  "Heh heh! This time's several are pretty good, they can even sense us!"

  "Hehe! Anyway, you guys just enjoy the feast that's been prepared for you!"

  Two different masters' voices came from all directions, eerie and abnormal. Wu Shixiong was fine, after all, he had seen a lot, just a little uneasy! But the three masters of the Li family suddenly lost their minds, their faces also turned pale.

  Dā, dā!

  Bang! Bang!

  Eerie sounds came from all directions, echoing on this quiet street, and even more so, a kind of spiritual shock! A moment later, black-robed monks slowly emerged from the dark surroundings.

  Black-robed monks, or rather, corpse-refiners, surrounded us, numbering over a hundred.

  "Don't panic, these zombies are very weak, just be careful and nothing will happen!"

  The moment Wang Chen shouted, the surrounding slow-moving Jianshi suddenly rushed up. The nearby Jianshi were fierce and thick-skinned. Wang Chen cut off a Jianshi's arm with one sword, but it seemed to be fine, continuing to pounce on him. It was simply a fearless dead soldier.

  Without the ability to think, these originally inconspicuous zombies have become even more menacing.

  In the distance, a black-clad cultivator's arm slightly lifted, and a dark green flame came burning over. Wang Chen didn't dare to be careless, directly summoning his top-grade defensive artifact.

  Boom!

  The dark green flame hit the defensive shield and made a splashing sound before disappearing. However, Wang Chen did not relax his vigilance because of this. These corpse-like flames were strange and abnormal. If they didn't stick to his body, it would be fine, but if they stuck to him, it would be dangerous.

  On the other hand, the four members of the Li family were in a precarious situation. The black-robed cultivator was not particularly powerful, but with their coordination and disregard for life, the Li family's situation was also perilous. Fortunately, the three of them were also among the Li family's elite, and before patrolling, someone from the Li family had given each of them a high-quality artifact, which greatly increased their strength, allowing them to hold on for a while.

  As for Wu Shixiong, the battle was already intense. The earth-attribute ultimate defensive artifact protected his entire body, while he also summoned a fire-attribute flying sword artifact. The red flying sword danced wildly, and over a hundred black-robed cultivators were killed or injured in an instant. At this rate, it wouldn't take even a cup of tea's worth of time for the cultivators to be completely annihilated.

  But the more obvious the advantage was, the more uneasy Wang Chen felt in his heart. Could the demon repair be so easy to deal with?

  Wang Chen threw out several fireball talismans in one go, killing the enemy while being vigilant against sneak attacks.

  The undead creatures are most afraid of thunder system magic, and fire system magic will also pose a great threat. This is also the reason why Wang Chen went to buy lightning attribute and fire attribute talismans before.

  Thinking of this, Wang Chen suddenly felt the same sense of danger as before appearing again.

  A two-meter-tall figure suddenly appeared beside three Li surname monks.

  Pfft!

  Like a sheet of paper being pierced, the chest of a Li family guard was instantly pierced, and before he died, he still stared with wide eyes, his face showing a look of horror and incredulity, as if wondering how this zombie had appeared.

  "Ah! Ah!" The remaining two Li family cultivators were shocked and shouted, turning around to retreat. In an instant, they had retreated more than ten meters away from Wang Chen and the other person. At this time, two black corpses suddenly rushed out of the darkness in the distance.

  A black corpse suddenly emitted a strange red glow all over its body, then its figure accelerated instantly, punching through the skull of one of the Li family's cultivators with one fist. The mid-grade defensive artifact on his body didn't have any effect and was penetrated. Another corpse stared at one of the Li family's cultivators, its eyes flashing with a faint light, then both the corpse and the cultivator it was staring at froze in place. After the first corpse finished off two cultivators, it ran over to kill the cultivator who had fallen into a trance.

  The whole process happened very quickly, and one of the Li family's men was ambushed and died instantly. Wang Chen originally wanted to go and rescue him, but when he saw that the two were abandoning their companion and running away, his face turned cold and he ignored them from then on.

  "Wu Shixiong, the demonic cultivator is too strong, let's be careful!" Wang Chen whispered to Wu Shixiong as he pushed him aside. The situation on the street had already become clear; previously, the zombie cultivators were just a nuisance, but now those three unusual zombie cultivators were the main focus.

  Wang Chen could see clearly, one that could hide its body and then suddenly kill out; one that could burst out instantly, greatly increasing its strength; the last one was able to make the cultivator fall into an illusion, motionless.

  Three zombies work together in perfect harmony, making up for each other's weaknesses, but they're not easy to deal with.

  "Junior brother, protect me while I deal with these jiangshi!" Wu Shixiong thought for a moment before making up his mind, then pulled out a red talisman.

  As soon as the talisman was taken out, the flame attribute's spiritual fluctuations surged in all directions, and the temperature around seemed to rise a bit. Wu Shixiong mobilized his entire body's mana towards the talisman, and the small red sword on the talisman also emitted an astonishing fluctuation.

  "Symbol treasure!" Wang Chen exclaimed in a low voice, and his heart suddenly calmed down. The symbol treasure was not an ordinary item, but a concentrated essence of the power of a magic treasure made by a highly skilled master of talismans. Magic treasures were weapons used by Golden Elixir cultivators, and the symbol treasures made from them also had astonishingly great power.

  It's not just for Qi-refining stage cultivators, but also for Foundation-building stage cultivators. When used by Qi-refining stage cultivators, it can exert the attacking power of the early Foundation-building stage. This attacking power is not like the talismans of the early Foundation-building stage, which have their power discounted when used by Qi-refining stage cultivators. The attacking power of the talismans is indeed the genuine article of the early Foundation-building stage.

  In comparison, using talismans during the foundation building period is somewhat of a waste, because whether it's a qi cultivating or foundation building cultivator using talismans, they all require a certain amount of time to activate, and although foundation building cultivators have shorter activation times, they can only bring out an attack power that is one level higher than their own cultivation.

  For example, the power of using talismans in the early stage of foundation building is only equivalent to that of a mid-term foundation building cultivator. Compared with the energy cultivation period, it is much worse, and not as practical as some secret methods in the foundation building period.

  However, the talisman also has a major flaw, which is that it cannot be used permanently. Each time the talisman is used, it consumes some of its magical essence, and once it's all gone, the talisman disappears.