Golden Corpse Appears

"It seems that the deeper we go underground, the higher the chance of encountering Purple Salvia Root, and the longer its medicinal value."

After putting away the Purple Salvia Root, Zhu Yin spoke.

"That is indeed possible. However, we cannot let our guard down; the aura of death here is unusually strong," Song Wen said.

The three continued on, but their pace had slowed considerably.

The passage widened, exceeding a hundred feet, revealing itself to be a long and spacious underground cave.

Song Wen's flight speed suddenly increased slightly.

His Divine Sense detected a Purple Salvia Root plant about a mile ahead. Moreover, it was a seven-leaf plant.

This Purple Salvia Root grows among a pile of rocks.

Previously, Zhu Yin and Purple Cloud had not encountered any danger when picking Purple Salvia Root, but Song Wen did not let his guard down because of this. The corpse aura was significantly stronger in the place where each Purple Salvia Root grew than in the surrounding area.

Song Wen cleared away the rocks, revealing the tuberous stems of the Purple Salvia Root.

It grew on the skeleton of a Human Race.

Song Wen carefully cleaned the bones entangled by roots, trying to preserve as many of the Purple Salvia Root roots as possible.

Seeing Song Wen put the Purple Salvia Root into a jade box and store it in his storage ring, Zhu Yin remained calm and did not feel anything was amiss.

Purple Cloud's expression was somewhat gloomy, but since she had proposed the allocation plan herself, she couldn't go back on her word. So she simply turned her head away, out of sight, out of mind.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a loud bang came from behind.

Along with it came a strong aura of corpses and ghosts.

The three of them tensed up and instinctively moved closer to each other.

"What happened?" Purple Cloud asked.

"It's my Ghost King. It's fighting a zombie."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Yin's expression suddenly changed drastically.

"Run! The opponent is a fourth-tier early-stage golden corpse, and my Ghost King has already been killed by it."

The three of them suddenly accelerated and fled into the depths of the cave.

"If we blindly venture deeper like this, and encounter other golden corpses, won't we be attacked from both sides? The three of us working together aren't without a fighting chance," Purple Cloud said with some worry.

Song Wen said, "There's no need to fight the golden corpse head-on right now. Even if we could handle it, the commotion would likely attract more zombies. The best course of action is to find a way to shake it off."

After the three had flown several miles, a huge underground cavern appeared before them.

The cave was extremely spacious, and the corpse energy was so dense that the three of them could not sense the boundaries of the cave.

On the floor of the cavern, there are several winding and twisting cracks.

The crack was several meters wide and bottomless, as if it led straight to the Netherworld, from which a rich and pure aura of corpses continuously emanated.

"Roar!" A corpse roar rang out, and the golden corpse caught up.

The golden corpse was ten feet tall, with a bull's head and a human body; it was the same golden corpse that Purple Cloud had mentioned earlier.

"What should we do now?" Purple Cloud asked.

"Try to trap it for a moment, then escape by the same route," Song Wen said.

Song Wen had a vague feeling that they had reached the bottom of the cave and that if they wanted to go any deeper, they would have to jump into the cracks.

"I have a corpse-suppressing formation that should be able to temporarily trap the golden corpse. However, setting up the formation will take some time, so you will need to help me hold off the golden corpse," Zhu Yin said.

"No problem," Song Wen said.

As they spoke, the three of them had already escaped for several miles and arrived at the edge of a crevice.

With a thought, Song Wen Origin-Returning Sha Qi.

The Origin-Returning Sha Qi, like a roaring giant python, rushing straight towards the pursuing golden corpse.

Purple Cloud then made a sword gesture, and a giant sword ten zhang long appeared.

The giant sword followed closely behind the monstrous python, slashing towards the golden corpse with earth-shattering force.

Zhu Yin then took out nine Corpse-Suppressing Nails from behind the two.

The corpse nail was about two feet long, completely black, and imbued with a strong aura of metallic essence.

Under Zhu Yin's prompting, the nine Corpse-Suppressing Nails began to arrange themselves in the air, with black runes flashing on their surfaces.

On the other side, the Fiend Python crashed into the pursuing Golden Corpse.

"Boom!"

A loud bang!

The evil python dissipated and scattered around the golden corpse.

The golden corpse swayed slightly, thus neutralizing the impact of the demonic python.

It maintained its speed and continued its attack on Song Wen and his companions.

Suddenly, Sword Qi surged, and the giant sword fell from the sky.

The golden corpse swayed, trying to dodge the incoming giant sword.

However, at that moment, the defeated Origin-Returning Sha Qi suddenly stirred, transforming into black chains that tightly bound the golden corpse.

Bound, the golden corpse appeared furious. It raised its head and let out a roar that shook the surrounding area.

The chains of Sha Qi binding it suddenly shattered. Then, swept away by the corpse energy surging from the golden corpse, the Sha Qi was pulled dozens of feet away, no longer able to restrain the golden corpse's movements.

However, in that brief moment of delay, the giant sword had already fallen.

"Boom!"

Four scrolls of Sword Qi.

The aura of death filled the sky.

The giant sword pierced through the golden corpse's protective aura and landed on its head.

The rotting flesh on the golden corpse's head was instantly shredded, revealing the gleaming golden skull.

The immense impact sent the golden corpse staggering backward, only managing to regain its footing after retreating several feet.

The giant sword was also impacted by the corpse energy on the golden corpse, transforming into a three-foot-long sword that flew back.

"Roar, roar...!"

The damage to its physical body caused the golden corpse to roar incessantly.

A vast surge of corpse energy erupted from the golden corpse's mouth, rushing straight towards Purple Cloud, intending to tear Purple Cloud to pieces.

Purple Cloud's expression changed slightly. Just as she was about to activate her defensive magic Law Treasure, she saw a surge of Sha Qi in front of her, and a thick, dark barrier materialized in front of her.

This is a defensive barrier formed by Song Wen activating the Origin-Returning Sha Qi.

"Bang!"

The ghostly energy crashed against the barrier of Sha Qi.

The barrier of Sha Qi immediately collapsed.

The ghostly aura weakened slightly, but continued to swirl towards Purple Cloud, striking a shield that Purple Cloud had summoned.

Purple Cloud, shield and all, was sent flying.

Judging from Purple Cloud's aura, she was unharmed.

"Retreat!"

Zhu Yin suddenly roared.

The corpse-trapping formation has been successfully set up.

Upon hearing the sound, Song Wen hurriedly retreated, and together with Zhu Yin, they retreated behind the formation.

The golden corpse's eyes gleamed with a scarlet bloodlust, a thirst for blood and living things.

Seeing the three trying to escape, it leaped high into the air and charged at them, only to fall right into the formation set up by Zhu Yin.

"A corpse is, after all, a corpse."

Zhu Yin's tone revealed a hint of disdain.

"No matter how powerful one is, they are still just a brainless idiot."

As she spoke, her hands flew, rapidly forming hand Method Formula.

Countless black inscriptions emerged from the nine Corpse-Suppressing Nails.

These inscriptions intertwined in the air, forming a giant rune.

The talisman crashed down with a thunderous roar, like a towering mountain, possessing immense power.