Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 628 - 625: The Gu Cultivator Appears

Chapter 628: Chapter 625: The Gu Cultivator Appears

The Fox Concubine’s scream rang out, startling both Zhen Nv and the Ghost Princess.

Ning Luoxi and the Heavenly Master Girl exchanged glances, both seeing the question in each other’s eyes.

At this moment, the thoughts of all four women surprisingly aligned, wondering exactly what the Fox Concubine had encountered inside Lin Tian’s body to make her so panic-stricken and scream so dreadfully.

"Fox Concubine, roll out of my body right now!" Lin Tian shouted, a flash of blue lightning passing through the depths of his eyes. At the same time, he reached back and grabbed the sunglasses-wearing man, throwing him to the side. Suddenly bereft of the Fox Concubine’s control, the man was still dazed.

A pink glow flickered around Lin Tian’s body, followed by a red light shooting out from his right eye. When the red light hit the ground, it transformed into a woman clad in gauzy fabric, with a furry tail and ears – it was the Fox Concubine.

The Fox Concubine lay askew on the ground, her attire disheveled, exposing her long white legs without any cover, her normally rosy face now deathly pale and weak in appearance. Yet even so, her seductive nature wasn’t diminished; on the contrary, it added a touch of vulnerability.

"How could this have happened to you, Fox Concubine?" the Ghost Princess and Zhen Nv hurried forward to help her up and asked anxiously.

Their questions were also quite subtle, showing concern not for the Fox Concubine’s safety, but rather for the situation at hand. This showed that their temporary alliance was unreliable.

However, the Fox Concubine didn’t respond to them, instead fixing her weak gaze on Lin Tian and asking, "Why do you have two streams of energy in your body, one cold and one hot? They almost destroyed me!"

One cold and one hot? Lin Tian was taken aback. He could understand the cold energy – it was probably the Taiyin Xuan Qi, which was exceedingly domineering, almost as if it had taken possession of his body. Once in danger, it would mercilessly attack and destroy the intruder or help to repair the body.

But the Fox Concubine mentioned a hot energy as well, and Lin Tian was confused. Where did this heat come from? Could it be...? A thought crossed Lin Tian’s mind.

He suddenly remembered that the last time he was hurt by the golden sword, the zombie girl activated the fire power in his body with a drop of her essence blood. The zombie girl had said that zombies naturally fear fire, but among all zombies, only those of her lineage were unafraid of fire and could even control the power of fire.

It was just that due to his insufficient level, he had not been able to possess this ability. The last time he used the Nine Needle Technique, which included the fire attribute needle technique from the five elements, it seemed to have happened once.

Having figured out this connection, Lin Tian had a rough idea of what had happened – the Fox Concubine must have been trying to snatch his soul inside his body, triggering the Taiyin Xuan Qi while also provoking the fire power.

"Why won’t you answer my question?" the Fox Concubine said unwillingly.

She truly wasn’t content. She had felt Lin Tian’s body; it was incredibly robust, making it the best choice for body snatching, only to result in this outcome.

"There’s no reason. I just don’t feel like answering," Lin Tian was annoyed by her inquiring tone, not to mention he didn’t know and even if he did, he wouldn’t tell her.

"Then I’ll just have to settle for the next best thing," the Fox Concubine gritted her teeth and sang out again, "Soul Hooking Technique!"

She transformed into a red light once more, but this time it wasn’t headed for Lin Tian; it shot towards the still-dazed man with sunglasses. The red light drilled into the man’s eyes, and after his body stiffened, when he relaxed, his eyes and expression had changed.

The man with the sunglasses had always appeared indifferent; now, his expression grew more vivid.

"It turns out to be a modified body. Although it’s much inferior, it can still make do." The man’s mouth moved, but the voice that came out was the Fox Concubine’s; evidently, her Soul Hooking Technique had succeeded.

"Fox Concubine, you probably don’t know that he was transformed into a Half Zombie, controlled by Lord Gu of the Shrine. If you take over his body, you’ll soon become a puppet just like him," Lin Tian said with schadenfreude.

"Half Zombie?" Fox Concubine was startled. She immediately closed her eyes to sense something, and when she opened them again, her eyes were filled with disdain. "So it’s the ancient Gu technique, but when it comes to control, who can surpass the Fox Clan?"

"Nine Luminaries Soul Refining..." Suddenly, Fox Concubine raised both hands and sang loudly.

A misty red light emitted from the palms of her hands. The light gradually intensified and formed a red sphere. Then, lowering her hands to her chest, a beam of red light shot out from each sphere and connected them. As soon as the two spheres connected, a stream of black air emerged from her chest. The black air seemed to try to escape but was instantly sucked in between the two spheres.

"Beautiful Sky Master, what does Fox Concubine want to drive out?" Lin Tian didn’t know what she was up to, but the words "Soul Refining" told him it was nothing good.

The Heavenly Master Girl watched carefully for a while, as if recalling something, before saying, "She is trying to refine the Zombie Gu within her body and sever the connection with the Gu Cultivator. We should stand by and let her refine it. If she succeeds, the Gu Cultivator will lose a powerful assistant, which is advantageous for us."

"That’s right, if Fox Concubine dares to snatch the Gu Cultivator’s fruit, he definitely won’t let her go. This way, the Gu Cultivator won’t be able to join forces with the Shishen against us," Lin Tian nodded.

"Exactly," said the Heavenly Master Girl.

Since Lin Tian didn’t intervene, neither did Ghost Princess nor Zhen Nv. For now, they were in this together, sharing the same fate and facing the threat of dissolution.

The red light between Fox Concubine’s hands suddenly flared wildly, overwhelming the black air, which emitted pitiful "squeak squeak squeak" screams. The screams gradually got softer until they were no longer audible, and the black air disappeared soon after.

"A tiny Zombie Gu trying to resist, how laughable," said Fox Concubine coldly. She dispelled the red light, and now held something small, shiny, and black in her hand.

The object was only the size of a soybean, likely related to the previously seen black air. Fox Concubine opened her mouth and, astonishingly, swallowed the object whole.

"Who dares to touch my things!" An angry, hoarse, and strange bellow suddenly came from deep within the Shrine. Lin Tian was very familiar with it—it was the Gu Cultivator’s gender-ambiguous voice altering.

With the roar came a series of explosive blasts, as if something was breaking through walls and rapidly approaching the stone staircase.

"Boom..." The wall closest to the stone staircase platform suddenly burst open, stones flew everywhere, and dust filled the air. Fortunately, Kikuchi Mika had been placed in a somewhat remote location, or else she would now be buried.

A dark figure shot out from the billowing dust, lunging straight for Fox Concubine—none other than the true body of the man in sunglasses.

Lin Tian hastily stepped aside to avoid getting caught in the crossfire. He could see clearly that the dark figure was none other than the Gu Cultivator, who had vanished. Strangely, the Gu Cultivator had changed tactics and had become surprisingly fierce.

"How dare you steal my treasure, die!" the Gu Cultivator roared furiously, swinging a punch at Fox Concubine.

With the momentum of a dive, the punch was extremely forceful. Fox Concubine, who was not adept at fighting, barely managed to raise her hand to block, but to no avail. The Gu Cultivator’s punch sent her flying.

Fox Concubine was flung down the staircase, destroying several shrines along the way, before she finally crashed into the exterior rock wall and came to a halt.