Chapter 71: Taboo Against Taboo

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Fully alert, Lu Yun clutched an oversized black donkey hoof . He’d begun refining these items en ma.s.se soon after exiting Yuying’s grave, and completed the process the day before departing for Myriad Formation Summit . There were a dozen of them in total, and the one currently in his hand was the most powerful of the lot .

“Do I cram it inside her mouth?” He stared into the zombie’s eyes . Sparkling like rubies, her irises were s.h.i.+ning so brightly they could move a man’s soul . He sensed no aggression or l.u.s.t for slaughter from them, but her gaze seemed somewhat vacant, her eyes empty .

Lu Yun exhaled softly with relief when he saw that her soul had yet to fully take shape . “Actually, will it fit?”

Grasping the hoof tightly in his hand, he glanced at her dainty little mouth, a little stumped . Shoving a black donkey hoof in a zombie’s mouth was the way that tomb raiders usually dealt with them .

An ethereal voice floated to his ears just then, interrupting his thoughts . “You can stop your deliberations . I no longer fear the thing you hold . ” As the voice sounded, Lu Yun saw the girl’s previously unfocused gaze come alive . She looked straight into his eyes without blinking .

Most importantly, the faint hint of death on her brow was nowhere to be seen .  A zombie king!

She’d reformed her soul and come back to life as a true zombie king! Blanching, Lu Yun stumbled back in quick succession .

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“How… what?!” he exclaimed incredulously . “Two hours should’ve been the bare minimum for you to absorb this dense concentration of extreme yang . ”

“It is as you say . ” The girl nodded . “But the three august immortals used weapons of lightning and thunder against me . The pure yang energy contained within them is the bane of all dead, and it scattered the last vestiges of death inside of me . ”

Lu Yun glared sidelong at Qi Shenghui’s group . They were huddled together, strenuously resisting the crimson light . The governor ground his teeth together and thought, what a bunch of s.h.i.+t teammates! 

Rather than helping, they’d facilitated her completion instead .

“You lured me here on purpose!” Realization dawned belatedly .

“Correct . I would’ve been powerless to do anything, had you stayed at your previous location . ” The girl nodded . “There’s something on you that calls out to every fiber of my being . I would very much like to know what it is . ”

The corner of her lips rose in a smile that could bedazzle every man in the world, but her scarlet eyes flashed hungrily in the next moment . “Whatever it is, it is inside your body . Allow me to cut you open and see what it is . ”

She suddenly reached out with her delicate hand, her fingers forming a claw and grabbing for Lu Yun’s chest . In a state of heightened tension, the governor shot backward the moment he saw her move . In addition, a black figure appeared in front of him in the same instant, surrounded by a glowing white light .

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Boom— 

The girl’s hand clashed violently against the dazzling white halo surrounding the shadowy figure . The zombie king shook as her eyes gleamed with joy .

“The Yang Formation Orb! So you have it,” she enunciated to the black-robed woman, her red lips parting gently .

Feinie .  Formation Orb in hand, she’d emerged from the Gates of the Abyss at this critical juncture .

The atmosphere about the two of them was strikingly similar in a way . Faint sorrow marked both of their faces, but instead of Feinie’s mournful melancholy, the girl displayed a more youthful resentment .

The zombie lifted her other hand, revealing a black, fist-sized bead pulsing with a dark glow that seemed to echo Feinie’s white pearl . Like hers, it was a Formation Orb, but one that was a jet-black hue .

“The Yang Formation Orb?” Lu Yun first sighed with relief, then blinked in startlement . “Following that logic, yours must be the Yin Formation Orb . ”

The girl didn’t reply, but her eyes betrayed a building belligerence .

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“Only by combining the two are they whole . That is when the true power of a connate treasure can be released . As you have delivered the yang half to me upon a silver platter, it would be rude of me to decline . Hand it over!” With a sudden growl, the zombie’s hand shot at Feinie .

“What incredible strength!” The envoy flinched . In her current state, she was no match for a being that undoubtedly stood above the golden immortal realm, so she shot backward instead . While guarding Lu Yun, she deployed the power of her orb and placed one hundred and eight formations in front of her enemy in less than the span of a single breath .

Without even resorting to using her own orb, the zombie king’s crimson hand tore through all hundred and eight formations with the sheer power of her flesh alone . It was a display of brute, savage force that had Feinie paling; her opponent was powerful beyond words .

She could’ve felled peerless immortals during her heyday, with the orb’s a.s.sistance, but the key issue was the presence of another orb in her opponent’s hand . In all likelihood, the zombie was just as much a master of formations as herself .  

Outlined with reddish light, the girl’s hand struck viciously at Feinie’s chest . If the blow were to land, it would tear through Feinie and annihilate Lu Yun behind her at the same time .

“Stay back!!” Lu Yun suddenly barked out . From the corner of his eye, he’d noticed Qing Han ready to leave the security of the formations and charge their way . “Mo Yi, keep an eye on that kid!” he roared like an enraged lion .

“Don’t worry, nothing will happen to him . ” Though Mo Yi didn’t know where the black-robed woman had come from, it was a sign that the governor still had cards left to play . As for Qing Han, attacking the zombie king would be nothing short of suicide .

On the other side, Qi Shenghui’s group lay sprawled on the ground, pa.s.sed out cold .

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Nine crimson shadows abruptly appeared around Lu Yun and slammed into the zombie girl’s palm nine times . Having always been on the offensive thus far, the girl fell back nine steps in succession . A c.h.i.n.k had finally appeared in her una.s.sailable confidence .

Nine faintly red shadows floated in the air and encircled her . Bloodcorpses!

They’d finally reemerged from the Gates of the Abyss .

After devouring the undead hag, these fearsome fellows were tamed inside the gates by Yueshen, with the help of Yuying and Feinie . They were initially immortal bodies meant for Yueshen . Though her spirit could no longer inhabit their bodies, it was still possible for her to exercise control over them .

For tomb raiders, zombie kings were brought up in hushed whispers and were the greatest of taboos . Even the tombs of the living they inhabited were cla.s.sified as forbidden grounds .

Bloodcorpses, on the other hand, were the other horror tale . No ancient records spoke of them, but folk tales were nevertheless transmitted by word of mouth . Who would’ve thought that these two taboos would appear in the same place to face off in a clash of t.i.tans!

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