64: Chapter 64 Why am I always playing in the highest-level matches?!

In the center of the plaza, an invisible magical array loomed.

Several pitch-black pillars stood around the array.

They were covered in eerie runes, and that nauseating stench drifted from these pillars.

In the center of the array, an altar stood prominently!

Atop the altar, a blood-red coffin radiated a thick, malevolent corpse aura.

A withered man in black robes stood on the altar, continuously shaking the bell in his right hand!

"Dingling~ Dingling~ Dinglingling~"

As the soul control bell rang, the walking corpses closest to the altar approached one by one.

They stood still around the blood-red coffin.

Then, Chen Yan watched the black-robed man form a seal with his left hand, muttering incantations.

Once the incantation was finished, he shook the bell toward the walking corpses!

"Dingling~"

Wisps of gray-white corpse Qi immediately drifted from the seven orifices of the walking corpses.

"Roar~" A roar sounded from inside the coffin.

Chen Yan saw those wisps of corpse Qi, as if they had found their home, madly surging into the coffin!

"Thump, thump, thump..." Deprived of their corpse Qi, these walking corpses became mere corpses, collapsing to the ground one by one!

The black-robed man waved his hand casually, sweeping them off the altar.

Then, continuing to shake the bell, another row of walking corpses walked onto the altar...

This scene was just like an assembly line for slaughtering pigs, making Chen Yan's eyelids twitch.

He couldn't help but mutter a curse: "Beast!"

"Buzz! Buzz!" But before his voice had faded, the blood coffin on the altar suddenly began to vibrate violently.

With a "Bang!", a blood-colored figure shot into the sky!

Chen Yan looked on coldly, discovering that it was a zombie covered from head to toe in red hair!

It was two meters tall, with fangs protruding from its mouth and stiff limbs, but its pair of sharp claws were a full foot long, glinting with a cold light!

"Roar!" The Red-Haired Zombie landed gracefully on the blood coffin and roared at the sky.

A wave of energy comparable to the Golden Core Stage suddenly exploded outward!

The energy swept outward, blasting away all the walking corpses near the altar!

However, the black-robed man looked at the Red-Haired Zombie with a face full of confusion.

"Strange, logically speaking, this treasure of mine should need to absorb at least a hundred more portions of corpse Qi before it can evolve, right?"

"Why did it come out now?"

He shook the bell, muttering incantations, seemingly using a secret technique to communicate with the Red-Haired Zombie.

"Roar!" Suddenly, the Red-Haired Zombie let out a roar.

Its pair of eyes, glowing with green light, stared straight at the location where Chen Yan was hiding!

Its eyes were filled with a craving for flesh and blood, and excitement!

"A living person's blood Qi?" The black-robed man was stunned for a moment and followed the Red-Haired Zombie's gaze, but saw no one there.

However, he reacted quickly. He sneered sinisterly toward the tree where Chen Yan was hiding:

"Heh heh heh~ Where did this rat come from?"

"How dare you disturb my corpse refining?"

"Since you are so curious, you might as well become food for my treasure!"

"It is your good fortune to use your flesh and blood to help me refine a Flying Zombie!"

He suddenly shook the soul control bell in his hand. "Dinglinglinglingling!"

The ear-piercing sound of the bell rang throughout the entire plaza.

The thousands of walking corpses turned in unison and surrounded Chen Yan!

"Roar!" The Red-Haired Zombie let out a roar and charged over excitedly!

Although it was a zombie, it moved as fast as lightning, instantly turning into a blood-red afterimage in mid-air.

A dark purple glow emanated from its sharp claws, and a sweet, fishy stench arrived with the wind!

"Pah! You're ugly, and you're f*cking poisonous too?"

Chen Yan cursed his bad luck. He immediately tapped his feet, transformed into a streak of light, and sped away!

"Since I've been discovered, don't blame me for being impolite!"

While still in the air, he raised his hand, pointed at the Red-Haired Zombie, and shouted: "wait a moment!"

The Red-Haired Zombie remained unmoved. However, the black-robed man laughed like a pig: "Gaga ga! Did you get the wrong person to beg for mercy?"

"And you only want to beg for mercy now? It's too late!"

"Roar!" The Red-Haired Zombie roared, its eyes filled with bloodthirst.

Its sharp claws reached forward, aiming straight for Chen Yan's throat!

"Hmph!" Chen Yan advanced instead of retreating. With a flash of red light, the brick slammed heavily into the Red-Haired Zombie's face.

He also immediately raised a finger. "Taiyi Light-Splitting Sword—Light-Splitting Shadow-Breaking!"

"Whoosh!" A streak of golden light pierced through the gray mist, aiming straight for the Red-Haired Zombie's neck!

Light-Splitting Shadow-Breaking specialized in breaking Protective Aura; it could even sever shadows!

Knowing that this Red-Haired Zombie was not to be trifled with, Chen Yan naturally wouldn't be careless. His first move was a killing blow!

As long as the brick landed, he was confident that this sword strike would turn the Red-Haired Zombie into a headless one!

"Bang!" The brick slammed hard into the Red-Haired Zombie's head. Yet, the Red-Haired Zombie's movements were not interrupted in the slightest!

Seeing the golden Sword Qi approaching, it subconsciously dodged to the side!

"Puchi!" The Sword Qi swept across the zombie's neck, but only carved out a two-finger-wide wound. It didn't decapitate it!

"What the f*ck? As a zombie, you don't fear being stunned?"

Chen Yan's eyes widened; he cursed this thing for cheating!

"I really wish this world had a zombie buster—Uncle Ying!"

He tapped his feet and quickly put distance between himself and the Red-Haired Zombie. He pointed his fingers like a sword, and Sword Qi flickered at his fingertips!

"A Sword Cultivator? Damn!" The black-robed man saw Chen Yan's Sword Qi, his brow furrowing as he seemed wary.

In this world, any Sword Cultivator was either from a prestigious righteous sect or was incredibly wealthy!

After all, the resources required for a Sword Cultivator to Cultivate were too vast; no Loose Cultivator would be foolish enough to practice the sword!

He looked at Chen Yan and asked coldly: "Who exactly are you? State your name, and I may spare your life!"

Chen Yan dismissed him with a sneer: "I'm your ancestor!"

He immediately activated the Sword Heart Tempering Method, condensed a golden radiance at his fingertip, and pointed at the Red-Haired Zombie: "Light Splits the Big Dipper!"

He didn't plan to drag this out any longer! Who knew what other tricks this evil cultivator had up his sleeve?

He had seen enough movies to know that villains often died because they talked too much.

The golden radiance transformed into seven streaks of Sword Qi, like the Big Dipper constellation, locking the Red-Haired Zombie within!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" The Sword Qi struck the Red-Haired Zombie with precision. Blood splattered instantly.

Several wounds, deep enough to expose bone, immediately appeared on the Red-Haired Zombie's body.

"Roar!" It let out a pained cry, its green eyes becoming even more vicious.

But before it could make a move, wisps of corpse Qi suddenly began to drift from its wounds!

The aura emanating from the Red-Haired Zombie plummeted at the same time!

"The corpse Qi hasn't finished refining yet! My treasure!" The black-robed man roared, his heart breaking!

Looking at the withered Red-Haired Zombie, he felt as if he had been cuckolded ninety-nine times over. His face turned the color of pig liver, twisted and unrecognizable!

"You mere ant, how dare you ruin my plans!"

"Today, you won't leave here alive!"

"Sacrificial Great Method! Arise!" He bit down hard on his own wrist, letting his blood drip onto the altar.

Then, he shook the soul control bell in his hand frantically! "Dinglingling! Dinglingling!"

Amidst the echoing bell, as he frantically poured spiritual power into it, the runes on the black stone pillars surrounding the altar instantly lit up!

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!" Wisps of black Qi drifted from the stone pillars, shrouding the entire plaza!

Those thousands of walking corpses, every single one of them, instantly exploded like overinflated balloons.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..." In an instant, the entire plaza was filled with blood mist, and corpse Qi surged into the Red-Haired Zombie's body like a tidal wave!

"Roar!" The Red-Haired Zombie let out an excited, sky-piercing roar, devouring the corpse Qi in great gulps!

In the blink of an eye, the wounds on its body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And its aura climbed higher and higher!

Foundation Establishment Late Stage... Foundation Establishment Perfection... Boom! Early Golden Core Stage!

But it wasn't over yet! As it swallowed all the corpse Qi from the entire plaza, its cultivation stabilized directly at the Mid Golden Core Stage!

The Red-Haired Zombie evolved—Flying Zombie!

"Roar!" The Flying Zombie tapped its feet and actually flew into the air! It looked down at Chen Yan from above.

Chen Yan's expression shifted slightly, and he groaned inwardly.

"F*ck! I knew these evil cultivators were all trouble!"

"Dammit, you can even sacrifice minions to buff the BOSS?"

"What the hell!"

"Why do I always end up in a Peak Stage battle!"

The black-robed man looked at Chen Yan with eyes full of resentment!

"You actually forced me to use the Sacrificial Method to forcibly elevate him to a Flying Zombie!"

"It will be nearly impossible to upgrade him again in the future!"

"Kid! I'm going to tear you to pieces!"

He shook the bell in his hand, pointed at Chen Yan, and sneered: "Tear him apart for me!"