Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 651 - 648: Made a Fortune

Chapter 651: Chapter 648: Made a Fortune

If Lin Tian hadn’t guessed wrong, this was precisely the purpose of the Demon Blade slaying the Spiritual Body, the pale yellow translucent Spiritual Energy.

The moment the Spiritual Energy was absorbed, a mutation occurred; Lin Tian’s forehead suddenly produced a powerful suction force. This pull wasn’t aimed at anyone; it was targeting that stream of Spiritual Energy.

The Spiritual Energy absorbed by the Demon Blade was torn apart by this suction force, astonishingly splitting in two. Half was absorbed by the Demon Blade, and the other half traveled through the blade to Lin Tian’s arm, then through his arm and neck, and finally made its way into the center of his forehead.

"So comfortable..." Lin Tian sighed deeply.

After the Spiritual Energy was absorbed by his forehead, Lin Tian first felt a wave of coolness, then a wave of warmth, as if he were alternating between soaking in hot and cold pools, experiencing a sensation of fire and ice.

While Lin Tian sighed in comfort, a flame mark suddenly appeared on his forehead. The mark was fleeting, and no one present noticed it.

"Damn it, kid! What the hell did you just do? Why do I only have half of the Spiritual Energy I absorbed!" The Demon Blade Muramasa reacted and immediately jumped up, exclaiming dramatically.

"As you can see, I absorbed it," said Lin Tian leisurely. After being controlled by the Demon Blade for so long, he had to collect some interest.

"Boy, I worked so hard to kill a Shinto Spirit, and I get so little energy, yet you snatch away half of it; you’re too ruthless!" The Demon Blade Muramasa roared in dissatisfaction.

Lin Tian would have been better off not mentioning this, but now that he did, it angered him no end.

Without giving any face, Lin Tian shouted back, "You rusty blade, you still have the nerve to talk about working hard? Whose body are you using? And who just endured the Fierce Bear’s attacks? You’re just making a killing without lifting a finger, gaining Spiritual Energy for nothing. It’s me who should be laboring!"

Lin Tian deliberately twisted the facts. Without the Demon Blade, he couldn’t have absorbed any Spiritual Energy. Although he took a beating from the Fierce Bear, it was nothing for a zombie body, and gaining the Spiritual Energy was indeed an unexpected bonus.

The Demon Blade fell silent for a moment, seemingly persuaded by Lin Tian, but still reluctantly said, "I know it was you who took the beating, but it was I who killed the Spiritual Body. You forcibly taking half of the energy, is that justifiable?"

"Ah, this time you’re wrong," Lin Tian replied, "It wasn’t I who took the Spiritual Energy, but something inside my forehead. If you want to settle the score, take it up with that." Lin Tian’s words might have seemed shameless, but he spoke an undeniable truth. Snatching the Demon Blade’s energy wasn’t within his control; it had been entirely the domineering act of the power of fire.

Muramasa touched his forehead but said nothing in rebuttal. There were two terrifying presences of cold and heat inside Lin Tian, which he could feel after possessing Lin Tian’s body.

The presences were so terrifying that after possessing Lin Tian’s body, he didn’t dare step out of bounds by even a hair’s breadth, carefully avoiding letting his own presence get anywhere near those two horrifying auras.

Seeing Muramasa silent, Lin Tian knew he was wary of those two auras and timely said, "That thing is somewhat overbearing. I advise you not to fight with it. If we each take half, isn’t that a happy resolution for both of us?"

"I have no idea where the hell you’ve gotten such terrifying auras from," Muramasa muttered under his breath, then raised his voice and said, "Since that’s the case, I’m not one to be unreasonable—oh, I mean, I’m not a blade to be unreasonable. Fine, we’ll split it half and half, consider it rent for using your body."

"Rent?" Lin Tian’s face immediately filled with black lines as he bellowed, "You’re renting my body? Did you get my permission? Have the decency to talk about rent."

Actually, Lin Tian was already overjoyed inside. Gaining spiritual energy out of the blue was a stroke of luck that even searching with a lantern wouldn’t guarantee—this was a huge win. Miss this village, and there’s no such shop around.

Although he wasn’t quite clear on what spiritual energy was, the fact that Demon Blade Muramasa was so eager to absorb it meant it certainly had to be something precious. Plus, Lin Tian had an intuition that the Fire Power was seizing the Demon Blade’s spiritual energy in order to strengthen itself.

He vaguely felt that after absorbing this spiritual energy, the Fire Power seemed more lively, somewhat stronger. Of course, these were all fleeting sensations. Lin Tian needed to absorb more spiritual energy to be sure.

The zombie girl had told him once that because his level wasn’t high enough, he couldn’t use the Fire Power. Lin Tian saw this as an opportunity, a chance to enhance the Fire Power, which could be a turning point for his own advancement.

Now, he was encountering more and more bizarre incidents and slowly coming into contact with the hidden world behind the ordinary one. The enemies he met were getting stronger, and with the appearance of Shishen and the birth of the Demon Blade, he was facing opponents that could match him.

Even now, being controlled by the Demon Blade, Lin Tian’s desire to advance grew even more intense. So he needed spiritual energy, and this blade was the perfect tool to utilize.

As for why the Fire Power didn’t snatch the energy released by Zhen Nv after her death, Lin Tian guessed it might be due to elemental compatibility or the level of the energy. Anyway, there were many things he still didn’t understand; he needed to investigate them one by one in the future.

"Kid, I’m going to release more Shinto Spirits. You better stick to the deal and not snatch all the spiritual energy, or else I’ll fight you to the death!" Demon Blade spoke loudly. As for Lin Tian’s claim that he couldn’t control that terrifying aura, the blade didn’t believe it.

"No problem. Mutual benefit and coexistence. Why would I do something so dishonorable?" Lin Tian replied smoothly, his words free and easy since they came with no tax.

As soon as he finished speaking, Demon Blade took control of his body and charged toward the next shrine. Lin Tian shouted to Ning Luoxi and the other girls, "Look after Oda Manaka. Don’t worry about me. The broken blade and I have reached a temporary agreement; nothing will happen."

"Then be careful," the women said in unison. After speaking, each woman realized that everyone else had said the same thing, making the atmosphere suddenly a bit awkward.

"Boy, you are quite the ladies’ man—so many stunning women worried about you," Cunzheng remarked.

Lin Tian, clueless when it came to affairs of the heart, responded casually, "You don’t understand. We’re teammates; it’s camaraderie."

"Kid, you’re such a hypocrite!" The Demon Blade said disdainfully, then raised its sword and slashed at the shrine in front of it.

With a crack, the shrine split open, and its contents shattered. A cloud of cyan smoke rose and, after the smoke dispersed, a person appeared. It was a samurai, but not clad in samurai garb. Instead, he wore the kind of lock armor an ancient Japanese soldier from the Warring States Period might wear.

No sooner had the lock-armored samurai appeared than he glared fiercely, ready to draw his sword and strike at Lin Tian. But upon seeing the long katana in Lin Tian’s hand, his expression turned to shock, and he actually turned to run.

"Damn it, to think you’re a soldier yet flee from battle. I’m gonna kill you!" The Demon Blade, a veteran of countless battlefields, hated deserters the most. So with a leap, it swung its blade, and the lock-armored samurai was immediately decapitated.

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