345: Unusual clearance rewards!

When the gazes of these four corpses locked onto Xiao Shi and Zhou Hong, they flashed.

They instantly moved with astonishing speed, attacking Xiao Shi and Zhou Hong.

Two of the corpses attacked Xiao Shi.

The other two corpses attacked Zhou Hong.

Now that Zhou Hong had his exclusive item for self-preservation, Xiao Shi temporarily didn't need to worry about his safety.

He followed his plan.

He used Teleportation.

As the corpse in golden armor attacked, he teleported to the side of one of the corpses ahead of time.

At close range, Xiao Shi could feel the extraordinary nature of the corpse before him even more clearly.

Especially the golden armor on its body.

It possessed extremely powerful defensive capabilities.

If Xiao Shi could previously destroy the corpses by continuously bombarding them, using the slowdown and freezing effects of the Ice Domain, now, even if he froze these corpses with the Ice Domain, he might not be able to harm them.

In fact, the strength of the corpses appearing in the three sections of this valley had not changed or improved much.

They all remained at a level comparable to the peak of the Martial Demon Realm.

However, the second section used Corpse Soldiers to further enhance the corpses' offensive combat capabilities.

This was to the extent that Xiao Shi didn't even dare to directly confront the long blades in the corpses' hands.

By the third section, the corpses, while still having Corpse Soldiers, also had their defenses strengthened.

This made the corpses, in all aspects, whether combat lethality or body defense, without any weaknesses.

They could already be considered an invincible existence below the Saint Grade!

As a result, even if he used his previous methods again, it would be impossible to destroy or blow up the corpses.

At most, he could only freeze them and then escape from the area.

However... Xiao Shi did not intend to use his exclusive item this time.

He thought of a better way to deal with these corpses.

As he teleported closer, Xiao Shi first dodged a corpse's strike.

Then, taking advantage of the opening, his palm extended and pressed onto the corpse's chest.

The moment he touched the armor on its body, Xiao Shi felt even more clearly the extraordinary nature of the armor.

Not only did it possess astonishing protection, but it also had a certain degree of Rebound effect.

However, Xiao Shi's palm on the corpse's chest had no force, so it naturally wouldn't be subjected to a Rebound.

In his palm, an obscure, deep dark pattern lit up.

This dark pattern was directly imprinted on the corpse's chest.

It penetrated the golden armor on the corpse's body and seeped into its interior.

It was... the Demon Sealing Art!!

When he realized that these corpses fought through the runes on the bones inside their bodies, he understood that the best way to deal with them was to directly target their internal runes.

As long as he could destroy the runes within their bodies, he could naturally deal with these corpses effectively.

However, destroying the runes within the corpses' bodies would undoubtedly be a very difficult task for ordinary people.

After all, these runes existed deep inside the corpses.

To destroy the runes, one must first break open the corpse's body.

But with the corpses' physical strength and astonishing regenerative healing abilities, even Xiao Shi would need to team up with his own mirror image and continuously bombard them to break open their bodies.

And now, with the golden-armored corpses, it would be even more impossible to break open their bodies and destroy the runes within them.

However, in addition to destroying the runes, Xiao Shi also had another method: sealing!

Using the Demon Sealing Art to directly seal the runes inside the corpses was clearly easier than destroying them.

After all, sealing did not require breaking open the corpse's body, and even the golden armor on the corpse's body could not stop the seal.

Immediately, as Xiao Shi unleashed the Demon Sealing Art, the dark pattern that seeped into the corpse's interior directly began to seal the many runes.

This caused the corpse's body to pause.

Its limbs began to become uncoordinated.

As a result, the long blade in its hand could no longer be held tightly and fell to the ground, disintegrating and shattering.

Not only that, but its golden armor and helmet also fell off its body due to its physical condition.

This golden armor and helmet were clearly of the same nature as the Corpse Soldier's long blade in its hand.

They could only be touched and used by corpses.

Once separated from the corpse, they would immediately disintegrate and shatter.

Gradually, as the runes inside the corpse were successively sealed, this corpse also lost its ability to move and fell straight down.

"It really works!" Xiao Shi's eyes lit up.

Whoosh!

He flashed.

He directly teleported to the side of another corpse and sealed it with the Demon Sealing Art.

Whether it was the current Tianwu Continent or the Tianwu Continent of the past, similar sealing methods were extremely rare.

Typically, such seals were basically held by the powerful beings of the Upper Three Realms.

In the Middle Three Realms, very few people possessed such sealing abilities.

And this kind of seal... happened to be the best way to counter these corpses!

Just like that, when Xiao Shi successfully sealed the two corpses in front of him, he continued to use Teleportation to seal the two corpses that were attacking Zhou Hong as well.

Zhou Hong was completely stunned by Xiao Shi's actions.

He had felt a sense of despair when facing the two corpses in this area.

These two corpses were simply too powerful!

Especially the golden armor on them.

Even when Zhou Hong used his exclusive item, he couldn't freeze them like the corpses in the previous two sections.

The armor on these two corpses seemed to be able to exempt them from such negative effects.

As a result, even with his exclusive item, Zhou Hong could only protect himself and couldn't incapacitate these two corpses.

But he never expected... Xiao Shi to deal with these four corpses so easily!

It was even easier than dealing with the corpses in the previous two sections.

Most importantly... he never used an exclusive item from beginning to end!

This brought Zhou Hong an extremely strong shock, leaving him speechless for a long time.

"This should be the last section of this checkpoint."

Although Xiao Shi spent the least amount of time in this section, he clearly knew that the power level of the corpses in this section was almost invincible below the Saint Grade.

It was impossible for there to be any stronger corpses.

If even stronger corpses were to appear, they would undoubtedly be corpses comparable to Saints.

However, corpses of this strength were simply beyond their ability to contend with, which would make this checkpoint an impossible one to pass.

Even with the exclusive items in hand, two or three Martial Demons could not contend with corpses comparable to Saints.

As expected, everything was as Xiao Shi had predicted.

After he and Zhou Hong, along with a group of guards, continued to advance for a while, they successfully reached the end of this valley.

This also made them all breathe a sigh of relief.

It must be said that the difficulty of each checkpoint between these checkpoints was much greater than Xiao Shi had previously imagined.

In the second checkpoint, even though the difficulty of the second checkpoint doubled from the very beginning, he did not use his exclusive item.

But by the third checkpoint, it had almost reached the point where he had to use an exclusive item to pass.

This also made Xiao Shi more worried about the subsequent checkpoints.

From the current situation, the difficulty of the third checkpoint has already reached the limit of the Martial Demon Realm.

If the subsequent checkpoints are even more difficult, it will either be reflected in the number of enemies, or... there will be existences comparable to Saints!

Of course, the number of people in the later checkpoints will also increase.

However, similarly, as the difficulty of the later checkpoints increases, the exclusive item reward after passing the third checkpoint now becomes particularly important.

This will be related to important means in subsequent checkpoints.

Xiao Shi and Zhou Hong quickly stepped forward.

At the end of this valley, three coffins stood prominently.

As the two approached, the lids of the three coffins automatically slid open, allowing Xiao Shi and Zhou Hong to clearly see the corpses inside.

Xiao Shi's vision even showed relevant information about the corpse.

"Name: Crimson Refining Corpse"

"Type: Corpse"

"Grade: Saint Grade"

"Introduction: This is a powerful ancient corpse refined with the Crimson Refining Secret Skill during the Martial Corpse Era. It possesses the power of a Saint, but one must master the Crimson Refining Secret Skill to unleash its full Saint power. Without the Crimson Refining Secret Skill, only simple commands can be given to this corpse, and the corpse can only exert a small portion of its Saint power."

"Note 1: Requires feeding a portion of one's own soul to gain control of this corpse."

"Note 2: When controlling this corpse, one will bear immense Corpse Power. This Corpse Power is equivalent to a Saint's strike. If one does not have a sufficiently powerful physical body, the body will be directly crushed by the Corpse Power."

...The moment he saw the relevant information about this corpse, Xiao Shi's pupils constricted violently.

He instantly noticed the difference between this corpse and the previous exclusive items.

This corpse... was not an exclusive item!

This greatly shocked him.

Zhou Hong, beside him, also widened his eyes, his entire being seemingly petrified.

Although he couldn't see such detailed information, he could still gather some relevant intelligence about the corpse through this area, knowing that this corpse was not an exclusive item.

"A Saint Grade corpse! And it's not an exclusive item, but a corpse that can be taken out of this area!"

Zhou Hong's heart burned with fervor.

The value of this corpse was simply indescribable.

Even if all the previous exclusive items were combined, they wouldn't compare to this corpse!

Just the fact that this corpse could be taken from this area to the outside was enough to drive everyone crazy.

Even if they ultimately failed to refine this area, being able to obtain such a Saint Grade corpse would still make the trip worthwhile!

However... to control this corpse, one must possess a powerful physical body capable of withstanding a Saint's strike.

This made Zhou Hong despair.

He did not possess such a powerful physical body.

At the same time, Xiao Shi also clearly realized from this condition that if other people's third checkpoint also offered similar corpses as rewards, then very few people would be able to take this corpse away.

"So, for most people, passing this checkpoint means they won't receive a reward?"

Xiao Shi frowned slightly, feeling that this situation seemed a bit unreasonable.

He turned to look at the other two coffins beside him.

In the other two coffins, there were no corpses, but a crimson-golden long blade and a complete set of golden armor.

"Name: Crimson Refining Corpse Blade"

"Type: Corpse Soldier"

"Grade: Saint Grade"

"Introduction: This is a powerful Corpse Soldier refined with the Crimson Refining Secret Skill during the Martial Corpse Era. Only a Crimson Refining Corpse can wield it."

"Note 1: This blade has a wound-stopping effect, making injuries caused by it unrecoverable."

"Note 2: This blade has a bloodthirsty effect. After absorbing blood, it can activate a second form."

"Note 3: This blade has a soul-extinguishing effect, capable of ignoring all soul defenses."

...Clearly, this Crimson Refining Corpse Blade was also not an exclusive item.

This was a Saint Grade Corpse Soldier!

And upon seeing the relevant information about this Crimson Refining Corpse Blade, Xiao Shi understood why he had felt such a strong sense of danger from the Corpse Blades in the hands of the previous corpses.

Although Xiao Shi knew that the Corpse Blades in the hands of those previous corpses were definitely weakened versions of this Crimson Refining Corpse Blade, the effects possessed by this Crimson Refining Corpse Blade were likely also present in those Corpse Blades.

Among them, the most threatening to Xiao Shi were the wound-stopping and soul-extinguishing effects!

Especially the wound-stopping effect.

The reason Xiao Shi was able to directly confront those corpses, in addition to his own powerful physical body, was also due to his strong recovery ability.

And the wound-stopping effect of this Corpse Blade was undoubtedly the greatest bane for people with strong recovery abilities like Xiao Shi!

Once recovery was gone, Xiao Shi would definitely not be able to fight in close quarters.

This also made him feel a lingering fear.

Fortunately, he had relied on his warning of danger before and didn't directly confront them.

Otherwise, if he were to be cut by such a Corpse Blade, it would be troublesome.

And in addition to the wound-stopping effect, the soul-extinguishing effect that ignored soul defenses would also threaten Xiao Shi.

It was just a pity that this Corpse Blade could only be wielded by corpses.

Ordinary people could not use it.

Xiao Shi then focused his gaze on the crimson-golden armor in the other coffin.

"Name: Crimson Refining Battle Armor"

"Type: Armor"

"Grade: Saint Grade"

"Introduction: This is a powerful Corpse Soldier refined with the Crimson Refining Secret Skill during the Martial Corpse Era. Only a Crimson Refining Corpse can wear it."

"Note 1: The entire set of battle armor has a 50% damage reduction effect, which can reduce all incoming damage by half."

"Note 2: The entire set of battle armor has a 100% Rebound effect, which can Rebound half of the attacks received back to the target."

"Note 3: The entire set of battle armor has a power absorption effect, which can absorb a portion of the power from attacks received. The degree of absorption depends on the attack suffered."

"Note 4: The entire set of battle armor can activate a defensive form. After activating the defensive form, all of one's own power will automatically transform into defense, but the effects of damage reduction, Rebound, and power absorption will be slightly reduced."

"Note 5: The entire set of battle armor can activate a combat form. After activating the combat form, the effects of damage reduction, Rebound, and power absorption will be lost."