Chapter 184: Strange Seazombie Developments (part 3)


    Xu Qing’s expression was icy as he released a wave of zombie poison that swirled around him. Voice hoarse, he said, “Are you trying to take credit for my bodyguard work?”


    Almost as soon as the words left his mouth, one of the ck coffins behind him opened, and a Seazombie cultivator emerged, bursting with the aura of two life mes. She had been a mermaid in life, and as she closed in, she released a crushing pressure. Clearly, the Foundation Establishment Seazombie in charge of the harbor really was trying to take the credit Xu Qing had earned from acting as the princess’ bodyguard.


    Xu Qing’s eyes were as cold as ice, but his facial expression didn’t change. As the mermaid closed in, he suddenly lurched backward and mmed into her. A boom rang out as he then reached back to grab her viciously.


    The mermaid’s face fell as the power of Xu Qing’s fleshly body power smashed into her, and then her life mes flickered as she tried to get away from him.


    He was too fast, plus his hand seemed like it contained a gravitational force that slowed the mermaid down. In the blink of an eye, his right hand stabbed into her chest, where he grabbed her heart and squeezed down viciously.


    A thud echoed out as the two-me mermaid’s heart exploded.Seazombies didn''t feel pain, but the injury caused her to scream nheless. However, this mermaid cultivator was a vicious woman, as the next thing she did was try to bite Xu Qing in the neck.This, of course, was standard Seazombie behavior.It seemed as if her sharp teeth were just about to bite into his flesh.


    But then, Xu Qing smiled coldly and mmed his head into her mouth.Cracking rang out as her teeth shattered in a mass of blood and gore. As she screamed even more shrilly, Xu Qing’s expression turned vicious, and he openedhismouth and bit intoherneck. He put an immense amount of force into his jaws, ensuring that his single bite nearly ripped the mermaid''s neck in half.


    Instantly, strong mutagen flowed out of the mermaid''s body and into Xu Qing. She struggled violently, but Xu Qing held her tightly with both arms wrapped around her. It was a very brutal scene.


    After six or seven breaths of time passed, the mermaid had been sucked dry of mutagen, and Xu Qing dropped her. Her life me had been extinguished, her dharma apertures drained, and she looked like a desated corpse. Though not dead, shey there convulsing.


    “Ai,” the Captain said sweetly. Hips swaying, he walked over to the mermaid and licked his lips. “What lovely fun. But why does this sweet girl look so shriveled now?”


    Meanwhile, Xu Qing turned to look at the three-me Seazombie cultivator hovering in the air just beyond the warship. Blue blood dripping down his chin, he exuded cold, emotionless fluctuations as he said, “Give me nine more like that and you can have my bodyguard credit.”


    A grave expression appeared on the three-me Seazombie’s face. The truth was that though he had been considering taking the credit for the mission, he had also been testing out Xu Qing. In recent days, Seven Blood Eyes disciples were using all sorts of methods to try to sneak into Seazombie territory. Although all of them had been captured and killed, it was always possible that the princess’ return was part of some Seven Blood Eyes plot.


    If things had yed out differently, the three-me cultivator would have notified his superiors, who would have dispatched people to investigate further.


    Now, he had no intention of doing that. The spell formation had confirmed the identity of the princess, as well as that of her escort. Furthermore, the bodyguard’s method of devouring mutagen also proved who he was, as no one other than a Seazombie would do such a thing. What was more, the fact that he had so easily defeated a two-me opponent went to show that he was very close to reaching the same level as the three-me Seazombie himself. He waved his hand, and the lightninging from the sixteen ck coffins vanished, and the coffins flew back to their mooring spots.


    “Escort the princess to the seventh zombie ancestor’s divine likeness!” he said.


    Below, one of the magical mushrooms rippled, sending out ck clouds that swirled into the shape of an enormous octopus. The octopus floated over, sent one tentacle to wrap around the warship, and then used the others to start carrying Xu Qing and the Captain off into the distance.


    As they left, the three-me Seazombie bowed his head respectfully and called out, “Princess, your humble servant is merely following orders. Please forgive me for any breach in decorum.”


    With that, the three-me cultivator put his hand in his mouth and viciously bit off his own finger, which he tossed toward the warship.


    The finger exploded, transforming into a cloud of zombie poison that spread out over the warship to create a glittering sealing barrier.


    “That sealing barrier will ensure that no one bothers you, Princess. Please forgive any offense.”


    “You can screw off now,” the Captain replied tranquilly.


    “Many thanks, Princess.”


    The three-me Seazombie ducked his head, then flew back down to the coastal area to resume his duties.


    And thus, Xu Qing and the Captain remained on the warship as the enormous octopus ran along at full speed toward the location of the seventh zombie ancestor’s divine likeness. As a matter of fact, that was the exact location they had nned to be sent to.


    The Seazombies had nine zombie ancestor statues located in different grottoes, all of which were all heavily guarded. The seventh zombie ancestor’s statue was closest to the sea, and also rtively far away from the royal pce.


    Most importantly, ording to the Captain’s intelligence report, because the Gold Core cultivator who cared for the seventh zombie ancestor statue was required to support the front line war effort, he wasn''t even present. The person left behind in charge was only in the great circle of Foundation Establishment.


    Xu Qing had been hesitant about that aspect, but the Captain had guaranteed that his intelligence report was urate, and thus Xu Qing hadn’t pressed him on the issue.


    As they proceeded forward, they got to see more and more of the ind areas of the Seazombie territory.


    Just about everything was the color ck. There were all sorts of ck nts, all of them pulsing with astonishing mutagen. In fact, this ce was far worse than any of the forbidden regions Xu Qing had seen. The mutagen made this ce like a holynd to the Seazombies, while simultaneously making it a deadlynd of poison for other cultivators who needed spirit power.


    Any person like that who came here long-term would find themselves filling up with mutagen. And if they didn''t suppress and control it, their chances of mutation would rise rapidly.


    However, the Captain seemed prepared with methods that made him temporarily capable of ignoring the mutagen. Xu Qing wasn''t sure about the details, but he guessed that it had something to do with godly flesh.


    Obviously, the Joine incident wasn’t the first time the Captain had gone crazy. He had to have done simr things many times before.


    In addition to the ck vegetation and the magical mushrooms, Xu Qing saw more of the huge withered trees and bright red rivers. The sky was dark, but it was still possible to see, as the clouds had countless eyes within them. Whenever those eyes opened, they spilled red light that illuminated thends. They opened at different intervals, ensuring that these darknds always had some level of light. It was a dusky light, but it was more than enough for cultivators to be able to see.


    Xu Qing quickly realized what those eyes were. When one of them became visible directly above him, he saw that it belonged to a massive, rotting fish. The fish had a tentacle on its head, at the end of which was the eye. When the eye was closed, it was hardly visible. But when it opened, it shone like antern.


    Such fish filled the clouds in the skies above the Seazombie territory. There were too many to count, and they would asionally sink down to provide light, then afterward, float back up into the cloud cover.


    It all seemed very bizarre to Xu Qing. He also saw numerous Seazombies of countless species, many of which he had never seen before.


    And up ahead, there was something that caused Xu Qing’s mind to reel. It was a huge area ofnd that had been cleared of trees and magical mushrooms. As the octopus led them toward it, Xu Qing saw that countless Seazombies were excavating the area.


    The part that had been excavated so far seemed to reveal a huge hand. It was massive, being hundreds of meters from end to end, as if some ancient giant had been buried here. As the excavation work revealed its rotting flesh, Xu Qing noted that some Seazombies had gathered nearby and were performing a ritual of some sort.


    After the warship passed that area, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar echoed out that caused Xu Qing to look over his shoulder. Back in that location, a several-thousand-meter-long arm was stretching up toward the sky.


    “A resurrection!” Xu Qing took a deep breath.


    There were other living beings in thesends. One of them was a type of butterfly that had ghost faces on their wings. Based on all the information the Captain had provided on their journey, Xu Qing knew that they were called ghost thirst butterflies. Supposedly, they were a native insect on this ind.


    They predated the Seazombies, and lived on all corners of the ind. As Xu Qing and the Captain proceeded along, the butterflies would dance around them in the air. It should have been a beautiful sight, but the ghost faces on their wings seemed alive as they greedilypped up the surrounding mutagen. They looked extremely sinister and creepy.


    For some reason, the ghost thirst butterflies seemed to be gathering around Xu Qing. And some were flying toward him from off in the distance.


    He frowned.


    Behind him, the Captain delicately cleared his throat and said, “Well, my dao protector, I had no idea you were such a thirst trap.”