263: Hehehe!

The coffin... moved?

Zhang Lingxiao isn't dead?

Li Taode's heart suddenly tightened, and his whole body tensed up.

He looked at the coffin again, activating his Machina Hub's detection skill.

Scanning...

Scanned. Confirmed target has no life signs.

It was just my imagination...

Li Taode breathed a sigh of relief.

Machina Professionals possess extremely strong detection and analysis capabilities.

Aside from not being able to obtain exact skill information, Rank, attributes, and status could all be deduced.

Something as simple as distinguishing between dead and living matter couldn't possibly be wrong.

The previous sound was either a minor accident or his own hallucination.

Thump! Thump!

As Li Taode was thinking, two more knocks came from inside the coffin.

This time, it was even clearer than before!

Li Taode was so scared he took a step back, his expression as if he had seen a scene from a horror movie.

At this moment, his Machina was issuing a warning.

Warning! Detecting a large amount of Shadow Elements converging!

Li Taode was stunned!

Shadow Elements converging was Machina's professional term.

Translated into layman's terms, it was the outbreak of Undead power!

Someone is using Undead skills to control Zhang Lingxiao's body!

Li Taode immediately took a step back, looking vigilantly at the coffin.

At the same time, everyone at the funeral also became alert.

They were all big shots among Professionals, and even if they didn't hear the movement from inside the coffin, they could sense the rampant Undead power.

However, no one acted rashly.

They just all looked at the host of the funeral, Si Zhenfeng.

At this moment, Si Zhenfeng was standing beside the coffin, shaking his head and sighing.

Zhang Lingxiao had told countless lies in his life.

He never expected that his dying words would be completely true!

He said there was an evil presence in his body, and there really was one!

The funeral wasn't even over, and that evil presence was already stirring?

Fortunately, many people within Jiuzhou knew that Zhang Lingxiao was "hazardous waste."

Si Zhenfeng was also well-prepared for this.

Below the coffin was an incinerator.

Once activated, it could instantly release a high temperature of 3000 degrees.

Having Zhang Lingxiao lie on a gas stove was precisely to guard against this move of his.

Thinking of this, Si Zhenfeng said to everyone, "Everyone, let's send Dao Sage on his way."

Many people knew that Zhang Lingxiao's "remains" were hazardous waste, but there were also many media present, so Si Zhenfeng said this to give Zhang Lingxiao some dignity.

As the incinerator was activated, Zhang Lingxiao's coffin was instantly enveloped in white flames, a scene that made Lin Xuan anxious.

He wondered what Zhang Lingxiao was still waiting for?

If he didn't rise from the dead now, there would be no chance to!

That was 3000 degrees Celsius!

Even an Emperor Tier would be instantly reduced to ashes!

Just as he looked at Qin Yang, he heard a wild laugh.

Jie jie! Jie jiejie!!!

After the loud laughter, there was another huge bang!

Boom!

The coffin, made of special Materials, exploded along with the white flames of the incinerator, and the huge shockwave blew off the ceiling of the mourning hall.

Fortunately, everyone present was a top Professional with excellent skills, so the explosion did not cause any casualties.

It was just... not very damaging, but extremely terrifying.

From the midst of a white mist, sharp, wild laughter echoed.

Jie jie!

This Dao Master is finally out!

The wild laughter, carrying immense energy, pounded like a heavy hammer against the chests of those present.

Professionals whose Rank had not reached Hero Rank were all knocked to the ground by this laughter, spitting out large mouthfuls of blood.

Zhang Lingxiao, you truly are hazardous waste!

Even 3000 degrees Celsius couldn't burn you away!?

Si Zhenfeng looked up at the sky.

He saw Zhang Lingxiao, dressed in a purple Daoist robe, floating high in the sky.

At this moment, he was disheveled and his face was distorted.

He looked completely like an evil cultivator who had suffered Qi Deviation.

Seeing this, Si Zhenfeng's face turned pale.

His greatest fear had come true.

The evil presence within Zhang Lingxiao had successfully taken over his body!

Now this was a mess.

One Jiuzhou Emperor dead, one injured.

The dead one even became an uncontrollable hostile unit!

The already precarious situation became even more dangerous!

Jie jiejie!

In the sky, Zhang Lingxiao's laughter spread throughout the city, and the laughter was extremely sinister.

For a moment, the entire city of Shangjing seemed to fall into a viscous Chaos.

Ordinary people and Professionals were all affected, receiving various negative buffs at random.

Jiuzhou's largest city, at this moment, plunged into Chaos.

Seeing this, Lin Xuan looked at Qin Yang and said, "This guy is acting too realistically, how much Chaos will this cause?"

"He's an old actor, he plays it real."

Qin Yang shrugged with a smile.

The main show had just begun.

Not only had Zhang Lingxiao died, but he had also become an out-of-control evil presence.

This was definitely a horror movie for the Jiuzhou Federation.

But for the Free Federation, it was a thrilling comedy.

This effect was even more stimulating than watching Zhang Lingxiao being cremated before their very eyes.

In the ruins, Li Taode, the Free Federation Ambassador, stared intently at Zhang Lingxiao, activating his detection skill.

Target detected as controlled.

Zhang Lingxiao is being controlled!

Who could it be!?

Li Taode's eyes narrowed, and he immediately activated his skill.

The Machina Hub could connect to the Free Federation's database.

It could search for the person controlling Zhang Lingxiao among all registered Professionals' data.

Matching controller in database...

Jiuzhou Federation, Chen Moran... 2%.

Lionheart Empire, Arthas... 5%.

Fran Empire, Viego... 1%.

...Warning! No power source detected!

No match!?

Who could the controller be?

Li Taode was bewildered.

Undead control skills have very strict Rank restrictions.

As a Rank 180 corpse, to control him, one must have the strength of a Monarch.

And the Free Federation had data on all King Rank Undead Professionals.

But the Machina told him that no control source was matched.

This meant that the controller was not in the database!

Li Taode thought the situation was strange and immediately used his Machina to transmit a message to the President across the ocean.

"Mr. President, Zhang Lingxiao is being controlled by an Undead Professional, but I cannot detect the controller."

Soon, the President's message came through the Machina.

"Ambassador Li Taode, don't panic. According to intelligence, Zhang Lingxiao is being controlled by the evil presence within his own body."

Li Taode's eyes lit up, and he said, "Evil presence? Doesn't that mean..."

A long time ago, the Free Federation had collected intelligence on this, but lacked clues and had not been able to corroborate it.

Now it seemed that the intelligence was accurate.

An evil presence resided within Zhang Lingxiao's body; he was hazardous waste.

"No wonder Jiuzhou wanted to cremate him instead of keeping the body for other uses..."

"Everything makes sense!"

Li Taode couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"The Jiuzhou Federation has not only lost an Emperor Tier guardian but has also gained an Emperor Tier enemy."

"This is the rhythm of national destiny collapsing!"