Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming
Chapter 922 - 438: 4th Order Zombie! [Subscribe Request] _3

Immediately, a figure flashed within the area ravaged by thunder behind him, and a Taoist dressed in a purple-black robe burst forth, swallowing the black sphere in one gulp.

At the moment the Taoist opened his mouth to swallow the black sphere, the sharp canines within his mouth swiftly revealed his true identity.

This Taoist, who seemed no different from an ordinary Cultivator except for a slightly pale face, was in fact a refined corpse!

Indeed, it was a Fourth Order Corpse!

Zhou Chun's expression became grave as he looked at the Taoist, and his heart sank.

The power of a Fourth Order Corpse was equivalent to that of a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, and even the Corpse Demon Sect did not have many of them.

Moreover, he had seen other Fourth Order Corpses before, and none of them, in either appearance or temperament, compared to this Taoist.

If it weren't for the corpse aura emanating from his body and the sharp teeth and crimson eyes exposed when he opened his mouth, the Taoist would have seemed more like a highly achieved sage.

"Junior disciple Jiang Zhong humbly requests the ancestral master to lend me a helping hand!"

Just as Zhou Chun was considering how to deal with this Fourth Order Corpse, Jiang Zhong suddenly formed hand seals and emitted an aura somewhat similar to that of the corpse, uttering words that startled Zhou Chun.

In an instant, Zhou Chun understood why this Taoist looked so different from ordinary refined corpses.

After Jiang Zhong became one of the "Seven Fiends of the Primordial Demon" and earned the title "Corpse Fiend General," his personal information had been collected and published by the Heavenly Spirit Legion, naturally including the cultivation technique he practiced.

Jiang Zhong practiced the "Earth Zombie Mystic Skill," an exclusive top-tier cultivation technique of the Corpse Demon Sect, purportedly inherited from the ancient ways of corpse demons.

As practitioners of this technique advanced in their cultivation, their bodies increasingly resembled that of zombies, and even after reaching the Golden Core Stage, besides their own Golden Core, they would form a "Corpse Pearl" that only a Fourth Order zombie could condense.

When a Golden Core Stage Cultivator practicing "Earth Zombie Mystic Skill" passed away while sitting and transforming, his own Golden Core would dissipate, but the "Corpse Pearl" inside his body would remain, directly absorbing the dispersing power of the Golden Core and becoming the sole source of power.

At that time, a Fourth Order Enlightened Zombie was born!

Generally, because such Fourth Order Enlightened Zombies were rare and transformed from the flesh of previous senior cultivators of the sect, the high members of the Corpse Demon Sect would not treat them as ordinary refined corpses to be casually commanded in battle.

Instead, they would seal them within the corpse rearing grounds of the sect, allowing them to absorb the yin energy from the earth veins to grow, reserved for critical moments.

After Jiang Zhong became one of the "Seven Fiends of the Primordial Demon," he emerged as a leading figure among the Corpse Demon Sect below the Golden Core Stage, representing not only the face of the Corpse Demon Sect but also that of the Primordial Demon Legion.

Considering his personal safety, it seemed reasonable that the Corpse Demon Sect would assign a Fourth Order Enlightened Zombie to protect him.

Because both practiced cultivation techniques derived from the same source and their auras were similar, coupled with the Corpse Demon Sect's secret techniques for communication and coordination, even if Jiang Zhong could not freely control the Fourth Order Enlightened Zombie, he could ensure that he would not become its target.

At that moment, as Jiang Zhong finished speaking, the reaction of the Fourth Order Enlightened Zombie undoubtedly confirmed this quickly.

Suddenly, a terrifyingly powerful aura burst forth from its body, and waves of corpse energy erupted, forming a gray-black armor around it.

Immediately, its figure shifted and vanished from the spot.

When it reappeared, it was already behind the gray-robed elder.

"Ah, don't…"

Managing only a scream, the gray-robed elder was seized by the Fourth Order Enlightened Zombie, which then bit his neck and drained all his essence.

A Middle Stage Purple Mansion Cultivator was thus turned into an utterly lifeless mummy in a mere few breaths!

The scene not only shook Zhou Chun but also terrified the man in the blood robe.

His face filled with shock and anger, he looked at Jiang Zhong and shouted, "Fellow Taoist Jiang, what are you doing? Why did you kill Taoist Friend Song?"

However, facing his accusation, Jiang Zhong seemed oblivious, as if he hadn't heard anything.

Instead, the Fourth Order zombie seemed enraged by the words of the man in the blood robe. Its crimson eyes suddenly turned towards him, and the mummy in its hand was consequently thrown to the ground.

This is bad!

The moment his gaze met the Fourth Order zombie's, the man in the blood robe inwardly cried out in dismay.

Then, with determined resolve, he immediately formed hand seals, preparing to use the Blood Escape Technique to flee.

This Blood Escape Technique was precisely the cultivators of the Blood Bone Sect's most adept method of escaping; every Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator of the Blood Bone Sect had mastered it thoroughly, needing only two or three breaths to activate.

But just as the man in the blood robe was about to deploy this technique, he suddenly heard a fierce roar echoing in his mind.

The roar, filled with ferociousness, made his Divine Soul tremble as soon as it resonated in his mind, inadvertently slowing down his hand-seal movements.

Though his Divine Soul was strong and he soon recovered, it was still too late!

A figure flashed, and the Fourth Order zombie was already by his side.

Then, swinging its claw, the protective blood light around the man in the blood robe was easily pierced like paper, and his chest was penetrated as well!