Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 619 - 616: Swallowing People Alive

Chapter 619: Chapter 616: Swallowing People Alive

The time was late at night, the setting a moonless, windy night at an ancient shrine. Under the gloomy moonlight, the Heavenly Master Girl actually said there were ghosts, and not just any ghosts, but starving ghosts that fed on the flesh and blood of the living. If this were Lin Tian from a few months ago, his legs would certainly have turned to jelly.

But now he just had a question in mind, and he asked, "Heavenly Master, are you saying there really are ghosts?"

This was yet another new title, and the Heavenly Master Girl felt quite helpless, but she consoled herself that at least "Heavenly Master" sounded better than "Heavenly Master Daoist." She could only slowly get used to these endless new nicknames from this jerk.

"What is a ghost? Ghosts belong to yin, and are simply negative energy entities. You believe, they exist; you don’t believe, they don’t. In this world, nothing is more yin than a zombie. Since there are zombies, why couldn’t there be ghosts? Demon Exorcists have a technique called Divine Descent Technique, which also creates an energy entity, known as a Spiritual Body. A Shishen is a type of Spiritual Body, which you can also call a ghost," the Heavenly Master Girl explained.

As soon as she finished speaking, Kikuchi Mika by her side rolled her eyes and fainted.

Lin Tian dashed over to catch the collapsing Kikuchi Mika, gently placing her on the stone steps. The nurse must have seen something frightening and understood some of the Heavenly Master Girl’s explanation, which overwhelmed her into fainting again.

However, when the Heavenly Master Girl mentioned zombies, Lin Tian had no response. After all, he himself was a zombie; there was nothing left that was impossible.

But he still asked a question many people have, "You say it’s a ghost, but why don’t we usually see ghosts?"

"Humans have the Human Path, and ghosts have their own routes; they don’t interfere with each other. How could you see them? Moreover, ghosts belong to yin and their eventual fate if they stay in this world is to dissipate, which is what you see on TV as a soul scattering. Where would you have the chance to see one?" the Heavenly Master Girl logically explained.

"Then why can we see Shishen, or these Spiritual Bodies?" Ning Luoxi now asked.

"Humans can only see Spiritual Bodies under special circumstances: when close to death, when their yang energy is very weak, or in areas with very strong yin energy, or if the Spiritual Body itself is strong enough to be seen by the Physical Eye. This Shishen was starved to death, and in the moment of his death, an Onmyoji transformed him through Divine Arts into a powerful Spiritual Body, then modified him to become a Shishen," the Heavenly Master Girl clearly stated, befitting of a professional.

"Whoever modified this Shishen into an Onmyoji was really evil, whether deliberately torturing someone to starvation or watching someone starve without helping. It’s indefensible," said Lin Tian.

"Of course, that’s why these Spiritual Bodies possess a lot of resentment and are very aggressive," the Heavenly Master Girl added.

As the two of them were talking, the Shishen who was a chubby figure managed to swallow the Samurai whole, with his mouth returning to normal size afterward.

"Still hungry, eat, eat, eat..." After swallowing one person, the Shishen continued to call out in hunger.

The Japanese watched in horror as their comrade was devoured, not daring to go and rescue him. At this moment, they were even more afraid to move, fearing that any movement might draw the Shishen’s attention.

The chubby figure then turned and started walking towards Lin Tian.

"Damn it, it was the Japanese who turned you into a Shishen, and you don’t go after them but come after me!" Lin Tian cursed loudly, kicking off and charging towards the Shishen.

Upon reaching the Shishen, Lin Tian threw a punch at its fat belly. His fist hit the mark, but it felt like hitting cotton instead of flesh.

Startled, he was grabbed by the Shishen’s hands on his shoulders, a move everyone recognized as the Shishen’s way of catching and devouring a person.

In their minds, the Shishen were immensely powerful, so they believed Lin Tian was doomed. Of course, the Japanese were thrilled at the prospect of using the Shishen to eliminate this Huaxia man.

"Warned you to be careful, and you just wouldn’t listen!" the Heavenly Master Girl muttered to herself, preparing to intervene and help Lin Tian. Ning Luoxi was ready to do the same, and both were poised to rush forward.

But the shishen suddenly withdrew its hand, saying, "Doesn’t taste good, doesn’t taste good..."

"Taste my ass!" Being told he didn’t taste good, Lin Tian was seriously pissed off and punched the shishen in the stomach again.

Striking with anger, Lin Tian exerted fifty percent of his power, and the pudgy shishen was actually sent flying by the punch, before crashing to the ground and rolling several times to a stop at the Japanese man’s feet.

Everyone was dumbfounded, including the Heavenly Master Girl and Ning Luoxi, especially the Heavenly Master Girl. She didn’t feel much about the shishen being blown away, as anyone could do it with enough strength. What puzzled her was that the Starved Ghost wouldn’t give up on any living person’s flesh, but now it actually let Lin Tian go. What was going on?

After Lin Tian sent the shishen flying, venting his anger, he calmed down and suddenly remembered what the Heavenly Master Girl and the shishen said.

The Heavenly Master Girl had said that the Starved Ghost shishen wouldn’t pass up any living person’s flesh, but the shishen just now said it didn’t taste good!

What the fuck, could this Starved Ghost actually sense that I’m not human? Lin Tian exclaimed in his mind, and then thought of this possibility.

"Lin Tian, why didn’t the Starved Ghost shishen eat you?" The Heavenly Master Girl’s voice came over.

His mind raced, but he couldn’t think of any good reason to explain. After all, dealing with a Demon Exterminating Master wasn’t that easy to bluff.

But not finding a reason to conceal the truth indicated Lin Tian had no way to muddle through, and sometimes the more you explain such matters, the worse it gets. It might be better to spout some nonsense instead.

He pretended to be surprised and said, "I don’t know, maybe because I haven’t bathed in several days, my body has an odd smell. The Starved Ghost must have been picky when it was alive. It probably prefers to eat delicious-smelling, tender-skinned beauties like you. "

"Hmph, can’t be bothered to talk to you. You never say anything serious!" Sure enough, Lin Tian’s teasing was quite effective, the Heavenly Master Girl immediately shifted her focus and rolled her eyes at him.

Ning Luoxi was also listening with a face full of resignation. Men usually act all suave and debonair in front of beautiful women, yet this Lin Tian didn’t seem to care at all, not concealing his true self in the slightest. She wasn’t sure whether to call it carefree and unbridled or completely lacking gentlemanly manners.

However, spending time with Lin Tian, Ning Luoxi felt a relaxed and comfortable feeling.

At that moment, Lin Tian breathed a sigh of relief, having finally fooled the two beauties. The identity of a zombie was something better kept secret from as few people as possible, especially from a Heavenly Master Girl like her, who was committed to vanquishing demons and dispelling evil.

"How can this be!" The Japanese man’s astonished voice rang out.

Lin Tian turned around to see the shishen standing up, but its body had become semi-transparent and was flickering, as if it might disappear at any moment.

"Invisibility or what? Don’t tell me it’s going to pull a major move!" Lin Tian exclaimed in surprise.

Although the Japanese men didn’t understand Lin Tian’s words, they obviously thought the same as Lin Tian, all believing that the shishen was about to unleash a major move. So, the group retreated again, all the way to the platform at the top of the stairs.

"It’s not invisibility, nor is it about to pull a major move. It’s fading away and will soon dissipate. That’s a kind of liberation, I guess," the Heavenly Master Girl sighed.

No sooner had she spoken than the shishen’s transparent body dimmed again and, like bubbles blown by a child, it suddenly vanished into thin air.

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