Chapter 149

Chapter 149: Summoning Lightning to Destroy Zombies

Yun Xi was certain that it was not just her. The other three would probably have no way out either.

The red-robed white zombie continued, “…Kill me… and… him… you… die…”

Yun Xi boldly guessed what she meant. She was telling Yun Xi to kill both of them, or else Yun Xi would only have a dead end.

“I know that even without you telling me. If I don’t fight back, I only die,” Yun Xi said through gritted teeth, then flickered into the space. She needed to find a way to get out alive.

The moment Yun Xi appeared, the space chat group showed her as online.

Dian Dian, who had been anxiously circling in the space, immediately sprang into Yun Xi’s arms the instant it saw her. “Master, you got forced into the space too?”

“This time we ran into a hard one. That City Lord Li from Twin Mountain City is probably nearby.”

“Didn’t City Lord Li go missing? How could he appear here?” Dian Dian asked, confused.

“You don’t know. The second coffin I dug out had Li Cang Yuan lying inside.”

“What! Isn’t he dead? How could he be buried in the mortal world?”

“Maybe his father buried him. This is a corpse-nurturing ground. He’s already a white zombie.”

Dian Dian did not understand where zombies came from. It only smelled a stench similar to evil qi. Since its master said that was a zombie, it could be sure it was not a good thing.

“Then what do we do next?”

“I don’t know either. That’s why I came in to ask.”

Yun Xi sent a message to Ethereal Aura as fast as she could:

“Senior, your junior is trapped in a strange formation. The formation can drain the spiritual energy in my body to feed nine zombies buried underground. I already dug out two. One white zombie even has self-awareness and told me to kill her! What should I do? Please advise. I’m online asking, it’s urgent, waiting for a reply.”

Ethereal Aura replied: “Little girl, you really are struck by trouble wherever you go! From your description, you should have wandered into an extreme yin corpse-nurturing ground. The formation was set by a person, and the purpose is to speed up the zombies’ growth. But this person has huge guts, actually refining corpses with living people. That will invite heavenly punishment. In this life, they can forget about ascending.”

Yun Xi read the reply and felt her brain was about to crash, but it also solved the doubt in her heart. Using living people to refine corpses was why the female zombie retained a trace of consciousness.

But she wanted death with all her heart. That showed how cruel the refining process had been. Yun Xi clenched her fist, so angry she felt like she would explode.

“Senior, how do I break this situation? I want to destroy this corpse-nurturing ground. This place is in the mortal world. If these zombies are raised successfully, they will definitely kill more people.”

“What is your current cultivation?”

“Peak late-stage Foundation Establishment.”

“Barely enough. Do as I say-break the formation first, then destroy the corpses.”

“Senior, there should be a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator nearby. I dug out his son’s corpse too. I’m afraid he’ll come any moment.”

“…Little girl, how do you keep provoking enemies stronger than you?”

“Your junior doesn’t want to either!”

Yun Xi felt helpless too. She continued typing, “I told you before. The ones who used the Nine-Wheel Sacrifice Array were that father and son. Later, I accidentally played a part and destroyed that simplified array. If he learns I found this place, he’ll settle old and new scores together, so I have to strike first.”

“Fine. Prepare yourself and break through to Golden Core as soon as possible.”

Yun Xi’s mouth fell open as she replied, “Right now?”

“Of course. There’s no better killing method than the Thunder Tribulation. Zombies are extreme yin, extreme cold evil things, and heavenly lightning counters them. This breakthrough location you chose will probably draw you Nine Heavens Profound Lightning. You must survive it.”

This time, Yun Xi’s heart sank. She felt her odds were not good.

Ethereal Aura continued: “I remember I gave you an immortal artifact. After you break through to Golden Core, you can disguise yourself as a Nascent Soul cultivator. As long as you can keep your nerve, you should be able to scare him off.”

Yun Xi swallowed and felt it was time to rely on acting skills.

“Thank you, Senior, for your guidance.”

“Good luck.”

Yun Xi gritted her teeth and decided to gamble. If she succeeded, she would be a Golden Core cultivator. If she lost, maybe she would get a chance to return to her original world.

She sat cross-legged on the space ground, hugged the Immortal Spirit Grass to her chest, and said, “Immortal Spirit, I’m going to break through to Golden Core. You have to help me.”

“No problem.”

The Immortal Spirit Grass shook its leaves. Clusters of green light instantly surrounded Yun Xi, and the spiritual energy inside the space grew thick in an instant. Dian Dian also benefited. It quietly curled up by Yun Xi’s feet and began absorbing spiritual energy too.

Half an hour later, Yun Xi was sent out of the space.

The instant she appeared, dark clouds churned overhead. Lightning flashed and thunder roared. A mass of tribulation clouds quickly formed in the sky, and the rumbling thunder shook the heavens.

Yu Qing Cheng and the others, who were attacking the formation, looked up at the sky and instantly understood what Yun Xi wanted to do.

Yu Qing Cheng showed anger for the first time. “Yun Xi has lost her mind! She’s actually forcing a Golden Core breakthrough! Does she not want to cultivate anymore?”

Liu Hao Tian frowned as well. “She must have taken pills that raise cultivation quickly. This corpse-nurturing ground isn’t simple, and this formation is even stranger. She has no choice but to do this.”

Xia You said anxiously, “We don’t know what’s happening inside. What do we do now?”

Liu Hao Tian said with a solemn expression, “We retreat first. If Yun Xi’s method doesn’t work, I’ll force a breakthrough too. Using tribulation lightning to destroy this strange corpse-nurturing ground isn’t a bad plan.”

Yu Qing Cheng immediately pressed her lips together. “Senior Brother Liu, have you gone mad too?”

“We have to gamble. And my cultivation is late-stage Foundation Establishment. My chance of success is higher than Fellow Cultivator Wei’s. I can feel the situation inside is very bad.”

Yu Qing Cheng stopped arguing. She knew time was tight and began taking out spirit stones from her storage pouch.

Xia You copied her and started digging through her own pouch. She only hated that her cultivation was low, and she couldn’t even break a formation. Still, it was good that she had returned two high-grade spirit stones to Yun Xi before. That should be enough for Yun Xi to hold out for a while.

After the three retreated out of the tribulation clouds’ range, Yu Qing Cheng and Xia You guarded Liu Hao Tian. Liu Hao Tian, fully focused, set up a spirit-gathering array, sat at the array core, and began frantically absorbing spiritual energy to force his way through the Golden Core barrier.

At this moment, the first wave of the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation-nine bolts of tribulation lightning-fell in an instant, smashing into the red barrier. The barrier only held for two breaths before it shattered under the lightning. After that, Yu Qing Cheng and Xia You finally saw Wei Yun Xi.

The formation had consumed part of the tribulation lightning, but the remaining bolts still struck Yun Xi, the red-robed female zombie, and Li Cang Yuan equally.

The red-robed female zombie was blasted to the ground. Li Cang Yuan seemed to sense danger. He opened his pale, whitish eyes and tried to leave the tribulation lightning’s range, but the red-robed female zombie hugged him tightly and refused to let him go.

Yun Xi barely endured the first wave of nine bolts. While guiding the lightning through her body, she also kept an eye on the two white zombies beside her.

She had drawn the tribulation lightning here to strike these things dead. If the zombies escaped, what tribulation was she even enduring?

Just as she finished cleansing the tribulation lightning inside her body, the second wave of lightning fell in an instant. This time the bolts were only as thick as a baby’s arm, but they were so purple they looked almost white, clearly terrifyingly powerful-it was probably the Nine Heavens Profound Lightning Ethereal Aura had mentioned.