The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 176 - 173: The Suddenly Reanimated Corpse

Chapter 176: Chapter 173: The Suddenly Reanimated Corpse

Qin Yu beat Mu De to the ground. When Su Xiaotong turned to look, she saw an arm covered in green hair and rot extending from beneath the bed.

"What is that? Qin Yu, move away!"

Suddenly, the arm from under the bed grabbed Qin Yu’s calf. The decaying liquid on it stained his suit pants, emitting a sizzling, corrosive noise.

Qin Zhao heard Su Xiaotong’s cry and saw the arm as well.

The nauseating smell originated from the basement.

"Both of you, back off!"

Qin Zhao hastily threw an Evil Exorcism Charm.

The charm landed on the arm and ignited it with evil fire, causing the rotting hand to release Qin Yu.

With a loud bang, the bed suddenly soared into the air.

The stench of decay grew stronger, and a dark shadow darted out.

"Ah! What happened? How is it alive?"

Mu De, seeing the flying shadow, scrambled to run away.

The person under the bed was clearly dead!

After the shadow flew out, its eerie green eyes locked onto Mu De. It ignored everyone else, its five fingers transforming into claws, its body enveloped in a green Corpse Poison as it rushed toward Mu De.

Qin Zhao saw its form clearly, rotten all over, with many wounds sprouting green hair.

And from these green hairs oozed the corpse poison.

It was obvious the body was zombifying and about to transform into a zombie!

"Help! Don’t come any closer, don’t come any closer!"

Mu De barely reached the door, but he had locked it when he came in.

During the unlocking, the creature caught up.

Its sharp claws instantly pierced his back, attempting to rip out his heart.

Blood spurted out, splashing onto the creature.

It grew even more excited as a dense yin energy permeated the basement, almost materializing.

"Oh no, if it kills that man, it will become a zombie!"

If it became a zombie, it would possess an undying body!

Not only that, its strength would be even greater.

Qin Zhao would have an even tougher time handling it!

So, she immediately took action, throwing two Thunderstorm Talismans and blasting the creature’s hands into a mess of flesh, unfortunately harming Mu De’s back as well.

However, his heart was left intact.

Mu De collapsed on the ground bleeding continuously from his back and passed out.

"Roar!"

The creature let out an angry roar, its fierce green eyes staring at Qin Zhao.

It abandoned Mu De on the ground and rushed toward Qin Zhao.

"Thunder Fire Evil Extermination!"

Zombies dread lightning fire the most. Qin Zhao used the Thunder Fire Technique to create a protective wall and then encircled the creature as purple lightning struck down.

It opened its mouth and spewed a green poison cloud.

But upon touching the Thunderfire Wall, the poison instantly vaporized.

Qin Yu and Su Xiaotong stood apprehensively outside the Thunderfire Wall, watching the creature burn into a shriveled mass and then slowly turn into ashes, finally heaving a sigh of relief.

Qin Zhao put away the spell and walked up to kick the unconscious Mu De.

"Wake up."

Mu De was infected with Corpse Poison, so Qin Zhao cleared the poison first but did not tend to his wounds.

She needed to find out what was going on with that zombified monster.

If similar creatures existed elsewhere, it would definitely lead to severe consequences.

Qin Zhao had to kick several times before Mu De slowly came to his senses.

"Ah! Don’t come any closer!"

He instinctively curled into a ball, then realized the monster was gone and carefully looked at Qin Zhao.

"Where is it, that thing?"

"It’s taken care of, but why is there a zombie here?"

Strictly speaking, it should be considered a half-finished zombie.

If that thing had eaten Mu De’s heart, it would have become a real zombie!

"Zombie?" Mu De’s face turned pale, "I don’t know about it."

Hearing this, Qin Zhao scoffed, "It was hiding under your bed, and you didn’t know? If you don’t start telling the truth, I won’t mind sending you to join it!"

"I...I just knew there was a corpse under the bed."

Mu De, somewhat fearful of Qin Zhao, hesitantly revealed this.

"Where did the corpse come from?"

He clenched his mouth shut again, his gaze evasive.

Qin Zhao casually executed a Fireball Technique, and flames began to burn on Mu De’s body.

"Ah! I’ll tell, I’ll tell! Please spare me!"

"Be honest."

Qin Zhao extinguished the fire and looked at him coldly.

"It’s that Curse Technique, it wasn’t my first time using it."

As he said this, he glanced at Su Xiaotong.

"I happened to come across the method for the Curse Technique, and initially, I didn’t believe in it. But since moving here, I’ve been unable to make money and couldn’t pay the rent.

After falling behind for several months, the landlord wanted to evict me. I had no choice but to try the Curse Technique.

Unexpectedly, it actually worked to control others!

I then used the Curse Technique to control the landlord, and then..."

"Then you controlled the landlord and made him kill himself?"

Upon hearing Qin Zhao’s words, Mu De nodded.

"As long as he was dead, I could stay here forever. But later on, I thought, just having a place to live wasn’t enough, I needed money too."

A look of regret appeared on his face; if only he had forced the landlord to hand over all his money from the start, he wouldn’t have needed to target anyone else.

Qin Zhao understood, assuming it was Su Xiaotong’s flashy act at the bar that caught his attention.

"So, after you controlled the landlord with the effigy, you used another effigy to control Xiao Tong?"

Mu De nodded, "I didn’t know why he turned out like this."

"If I’m not mistaken, one effigy can only control one person, not others. Unless you destroy the former’s soul, their soul will return to their corpse, leading to a reincarnation situation."

And the reason effigies can control others is because the Evil Technique imprisons part of a person’s soul in the effigy, allowing its master to command it.

After the landlord died, his soul was still trapped in the effigy, and it had accumulated a strong resentful energy.

Later, when Mu De used an effigy to control Su Xiaotong, the landlord’s soul returned to his own corpse, gradually zombifying.

The dead can’t become living again; the returning soul was damaged, leading to unclear consciousness. Driven by a thirst for blood, the creature would devour the one who had killed him.

If it ate Mu De, the half-finished zombie could gradually evolve into a complete zombie!

Knowing that this half-finished zombie was an accident and not intentionally created by someone else, Qin Zhao was relieved and then she called Huo Xun.

The Criminal Police Team arrived quickly, and under Qin Zhao’s watchful eye, Mu De had no choice but to repeat his confession.

In the basement, they also found the dagger with which the landlord had killed himself.