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Chapter 1724: A Jumbo-Sized Black Donkey's Hoof
Lu Yun didn’t fathom that there could be a three hundred and sixty-sixth summoning formation, one that activated as soon as he destroyed all of the other ones. The black wooden coffin was weathered and in poor condition; it released the strength of nineteen levels of sequence as soon as it landed!
“We’re leaving!” All of Ao Qin’s dragon scales stood on end. Nineteen levels of sequence was a completely different concept to eighteen levels, it was a qualitative difference!
Since the zombie inside the coffin was transformed from the body of a nineteenth level sequence expert, it could wield the strength it had in life, but also refrain from exuding the aura of nineteen levels. That meant the tomb wouldn’t expel it and it could deploy its full strength in the yang tomb.
Ao Qin grabbed Lu Yun and Chu Xingran before the zombie could fully materialize and fled for their lives.
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“The Corpse Refiners…” Lu Yun was as pale as a sheet. The sect was truly not to be underestimated—they had numerous backups for all of their plans.
“That was a summoning formation of death.” Chu Xingran explained darkly from his position in Ao Qin’s hands. “The three hundred and sixty-five summoning formations were real, but there was also one of death in the surroundings as well. It remained inert when it didn’t sense death, but once it did, it activated into a tangible formation. A summoning formation of death!”
Although the twenty-five hundred and fifty-five Corpse Refiners had become Lu Yun’s Infernum, they’d faced impending death in their final moments. That will of death had ignited the formation and shifted it into active operation.
“Is this the dao of the outside realm?” Lu Yun asked reflexively. He’d never heard of this kind of formation before, especially one that activated given another condition in its environment.
“Yes,” Chu Xingran nodded. “Interested in the outside realm now?”
Lu Yun nodded. “But it’s still not time to head out of mine.”
Ao Qin didn’t stop until they’d traveled a very long distance. He looked back with trepidation; if the nineteenth level zombie had captured them, they’d be dead without a doubt. It was only because it wasn’t fully awake after its new arrival that the dragon had had a chance to escape with his companions.
“I chose that spot for seclusion because it was fertile ground for breeding zombies. I counted on the Corpse Refiners wanting to make use of it, but didn’t anticipate them to come so quickly,” Lu Yun sighed. He’d thought that he was strong enough for anything, but it turned out that he was far too minuscule compared to the great factions of the outside realm. He didn’t even understand what they’d done.
A simple, untargeted plot from the Corpse Refiners was enough to send him running with his tail between his legs. He’d probably be long dead if they tailored their machinations for him. It was only because they thought nothing of a puny native that they didn’t mobilize against him.
“It’s not just you, even I didn’t detect what was going on there,” Ao Qin remarked with dejection. He could clearly sense a massive presence rushing toward the world of sequence. Clearly, the formidable zombie had awoken and was convening with its masters.
It was impossible for Ao Qin and Chu Xingran to go home now. An invincible entity had appeared and the Corpse Refiners would certainly stop biding their time to take action.
“I’m going back to the dragons,” Ao Qin suddenly said. “This is no time to speak of grudges or feuds. Everyone must unite against the Corpse Refiners. Anyone can have the world of sequence but them!
“You should leave immediately, Lu Yun. One of Jiang Chen’s replicas is in the world of immortals and he’s behind the branch of Corpse Refiners in that world. The Dao Flower that you left on Mount Xuanhuang is in grave danger. It’s definitely their prey!” The dragon had never been so serious before.
“Don’t worry, the world of immortals isn’t some place that he can waltz in and out of. If they dare make a play for the Dao Flower, I promise that they won’t live to tell the tale!” Lu Yun waved him off; Chu Xingran nodded solemnly as well.
He’d dismantled his plots in the world of immortals and resolved the issue of the land of darkness. Violetgrave was free from her watch over that part of darkness and could freely move about. God and Pangu were both in the world of immortals, so if the Corpse Refiners dared pay a visit to that world… that’d just be courting death.
“The most important thing is to eliminate the Corpse Refiners in this tomb, particularly that nineteenth level sequence zombie!” Lu Yun savagely bared his teeth. “Nineteen levels? So what! It’s still a zombie and my speciality is zombies! Don’t go back to the dragons just yet, I’m going to refine a treasure!”
Ao Qin blinked, then nodded his assent.
Lu Yun’s oldest trade was tomb raiding. He was the undisputed best commandant of the craft. Naturally, he was very excited to test his skills against a super-sized specimen, a ginormous rice dumpling.
The zombies crafted by the sect were the same as ones nurtured from the tomb. All of the visitors were standing in a massive tomb originally meant for the world of sequence; it’d been further sectioned into the yang and yin tombs, with the tomb owner being placed in the yin tombs.
“Glutinous rice… I need rice. The more the better,” Lu Yun murmured. He reached out to his Yama Kings, they were the only ones who had freedom of movement and could reach him in the Abyssal Tomb.
The Tome of Life and Death facilitated their travel through the Disordered Hell so they could deliver sacks of glutinous rice. The deliveries quickly formed a small mountain in front of Lu Yun.
“Is this… ordinary rice? Will that work against the zombie?” The three were now by the shore of dead sea they’d first arrived at.
“All things in life have their counter, there is no exception even for the strongest beings,” Lu Yun explained matter-of-factly. “Some eliminate their counter throughout the course of their evolution. Some brainless things, such as zombies, haven’t developed enough intelligence to think of destroying their weakness.”
He wrapped glutinous rice with yellow paper and shaped it into a donkey’s hoof. Baking it with hellfire, he turned it into a treasure that could subdue zombies.
Ordinary donkey hooves only needed a small amount of rice; Lu Yun had distilled the essence from several hundred million tons of rice for his. The yellow paper he used was uncommon as well, and hellfire cemented the treasure’s appearance. An ordinary zombie would crumble into dust at the barest touch from the hoof.
“It’s done!” He finished refinement after toiling away for three days and nights. The item was the size of an ordinary donkey’s hoof, but it glowed with a black light. Hellfire had distilled the purest essence out of the rice, retaining only qualities that could subjugate zombies.
“Let’s go to the dragons now, this thing won’t do much if it’s on me. I can’t get near the zombie and you can’t either. Send a powerhouse from your race!” Lu Yun muttered. “If my guess is right, the zombie will smash the brains out of you if you dare attack it.”
Ao Qin: ……
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