Flying Yaksha

Flying Yaksha

"Unbelievable!! It evolved once more from the Flesh Flower form—and this was a leap in evolution."

The moment Xiao Liang saw those pale wings, his heart seemed to stop for an instant, and a vague suspicion arose in his mind.

But when the ultimate existence nurtured within the Flesh Flower was fully revealed before him, he still showed a stunned expression.

The shell of the Flesh Flower peeled away layer by layer like withered lotus leaves, revealing a naked Western beauty before Xiao Liang.

She possessed a tall, perfect female figure. Her skin was white as frost and snow, and her clear, blood-gem-like eyes rested calmly upon the young man in robes before her.

If not for the pair of pale wings gently fluttering behind her, Xiao Liang might have believed she was a statue of the goddess of beauty painstakingly carved by an ancient sculptor.

A goddess of beauty born from a hell of blood and filth, with supreme charm and demonic allure fused into one—even carrying a hint of holiness.

It was worth noting that a glowing Corpse Demon Pill pulsed powerfully in her chest like a heart, though it had quietly shrunk somewhat.

"You..."

Xiao Liang had just been about to say something when a fierce wind suddenly rose before him. The goddess of beauty apparently had quite a temper, swiping a claw at him.

He instinctively raised both arms before his chest, but in the blink of an eye, an immense force struck him and sent him flying.

"Cough, cough!" Xiao Liang climbed to his feet in the distance. His mana had blocked the blow, so he was unharmed, but his expression was far from pleasant.

"Though you are very likely the Flying Yaksha recorded in the Ten Thousand Demon Cavern—the legendary Flying Corpse—if you cannot be used by me, then no matter how precious you are, you are not worth preserving!"

Xiao Liang took a talisman faintly crackling with electricity from his storage pouch. It was a Falling Thunder Talisman. With one strike, even an ancient tree requiring several people to encircle it could be reduced to dust.

Seemingly sensing the dangerous aura emanating from the talisman in the human's hand, the Flying Yaksha did not rush to attack. Instead, she slowly paced around Xiao Liang.

Xiao Liang did not know whether all Flying Yakshas possessed beauty capable of toppling kingdoms and cities, but the one before him, despite the pure killing intent she radiated—

—moved with the supple elegance of a Persian cat, every step carrying a natural rhythm and beauty.

After a brief standoff, Xiao Liang saw a trace of humanlike confusion in the Flying Yaksha's eyes.

From the prey before her, the Flying Yaksha faintly sensed a strange feeling of closeness and familiarity.

At the same time, Xiao Liang's pupils widened slightly. He had actually formed a faint spiritual connection with the Flying Yaksha before him.

"It's the blood essence imprint in the Corpse Demon Pill taking effect!"

Xiao Liang was overjoyed. He noticed that the Corpse Demon Pill in the Flying Yaksha's chest had instinctively been refined by more than half. It was now only the size of a pea.

The blood essence imprint used to refine a Bound Spirit Zombie had already fused with the Corpse Demon Pill.

As long as a corpse material used this Corpse Demon Pill to transform into a zombie, the blood essence would naturally merge into its body and form a spiritual resonance with it.

This was also an extremely crucial step in refining a Bound Spirit Zombie.

"However, if it were an ordinary Silver Corpse, or even a Golden Corpse, without independent intelligence, this connection would be enough to subdue it. But a Flying Yaksha is different. Legend says such zombies possess advanced intelligence comparable to humans and will instinctively resist refinement!"

Xiao Liang clenched his fists. Amid his delight, a dark cloud pressed upon his heart.

He had never imagined that his crude methods could cultivate a Flying Corpse so exceedingly rare even on the Sky Mist Continent.

It could only be said that he had underestimated the immense potential produced when the super virus from the Resident Evil world came into contact with spiritual energy.

This also meant that he had no means of restraining the Flying Yaksha.

Although Xiao Liang had formed a slight spiritual connection with her, it no longer triggered the Flying Yaksha's bloodthirsty instincts to attack him.

But Xiao Liang had no means of keeping her here either. Though the Flying Yaksha currently possessed no cultivation, the strength of her physical body alone was likely enough to contend against a cultivator at the Mid Qi Refining Stage.

With a headache, Xiao Liang cautiously approached the Flying Yaksha before him. He truly did not want to give up just like this.

A Flying Yaksha with aptitude comparable to a cultivator possessing a Heavenly Spirit Root would be of tremendous help to him. It would not be an exaggeration to say she could help him undergo a complete transformation in the Ten Thousand Demon Cavern.

"I won't hurt you. Do you remember? I was the one who gave you the opportunity to evolve. We are together!"

Xiao Liang cautiously drew closer while softly trying to soothe her, whether she understood him or not.

However, the facts proved that Xiao Liang's rather handsome face was not all that useful. Sensing his ill-intentioned approach, the Flying Yaksha flapped her wings like a cold and aloof goddess, whipping up a mass of blood and filth in a violent gale and splattering it toward him.

After Xiao Liang hurriedly dodged aside, he saw the Flying Yaksha stomp forcefully on the ground. Like an arrow leaving the bow, she smashed through the stadium's glass dome and flew out!

Her instinctive desire to hunt, along with her wariness toward this strange human, made the newly born Flying Yaksha decide to leave and seek prey elsewhere.

"Damn it!!"

Xiao Liang could not help cursing under his breath. He had gone through so much trouble and received such a great stroke of fortune, gaining the chance to command a Flying Yaksha.

Yet she had flown away like a cooked duck!

"As long as that Corpse Demon Pill is completely refined, the spiritual connection between the Flying Yaksha and me will definitely grow stronger!"

"I can't give up like this. Chase her!"

Xiao Liang pondered with an uncertain expression for a moment. Then his eyes suddenly lit up as he thought of a possibility, reigniting a spark of hope in his heart.

Not long afterward, Xiao Liang rushed out of the stadium, closed his eyes, and carefully sensed that faint strand of spiritual connection existing somewhere beyond perception.

"She went east!"

Xiao Liang immediately activated Ghost Shadow Step and sped in one direction. Faintly, he could even see a dazzling figure flapping her wings amid the clouds ahead!

In the Resident Evil world, within an underground base with an average depth of five hundred meters.

The dark central control room was illuminated only by the fluorescent glow of the screens.

On the screens, the Flying Yaksha burst through the stadium dome and soared into the sky, while a strangely dressed man in robes ran faster than a car!

This was an astonishing scene accidentally captured by several of the last remaining satellites outside the planet's orbit.

"God, signs of a survivor have appeared in the heavily contaminated zone..."

A middle-aged man whose skin had turned deathly pale from years without sunlight knocked over the instant coffee beside him and forced out those words from his throat.

Then, as if recalling something, he shifted his body and rapidly typed on the keyboard, retrieving information from the base database. On the screen appeared a satellite screenshot from a year ago.

It showed a long-abandoned desert town. A gray-robed figure revealed only half his face, but after comparison, it was confirmed to be the same man in robes who had appeared today.

(End of Chapter)