The Corpse King had "rebelled" and struck from the shadows, shocking everyone.
Even more shocked than Yang Jishan and the others was Lu Chengyun himself.
His chest had already been pierced through by the Zombie's sharp claws. Blood poured like a stream, Corpse Poison dissolving into it, flowing into his meridians and attacking his organs and heart channels.
His hands and limbs gradually stopped obeying him.
His consciousness also blurred somewhat, and a bloodlust desire gradually clouded his reason.
The Corpse Poison of a Bronze Corpse came on with ferocious force and took effect extremely fast.
Enduring the agonizing pain, Lu Chengyun struck back with a palm and forced the Corpse King away.
The Corpse King's sharp claws pulled free from Lu Chengyun's back. Several streams of fresh blood sprayed out, splattering onto the ground, where they gradually turned green.
Lu Chengyun's hands trembled as he immediately took a heap of bottles and jars from his Storage Bag—ones to stop bleeding, ones to treat Corpse Poison, ones to restore qi... Whatever pills they were, he stuffed them all into his mouth in one go.
Those who practiced Corpse Refining kept corpses as companions, often became tainted with Corpse Poison, and also had to guard against corpse mutations, so they always carried many Pills with them.
Lu Chengyun was no exception.
After taking the Pills, he temporarily suppressed the Corpse Poison, and his pale complexion improved somewhat.
The Corpse King, meanwhile, stopped three zhang away, silent, still wearing a "loyal and devoted" appearance.
It was as if the one who had launched that sneak attack just now had not been it.
Lu Chengyun tried to control the Corpse King, only to find that the Corpse King was still under his command, without the slightest abnormality.
But he had nearly died at