204: A plot twist! The Corpse King betrays his ally, and Tian Zhen becomes his meal!

“Boom——!!”

The golden phantom of the dragon spear pierced through the sky, carrying a terrifying kinetic energy that seemed capable of gouging through the earth's crust, instantly crushing all of Tian Zhen's spirit source power into powder.

“No!!!”

Tian Zhen let out a shrill, wretched scream as he was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string. A gaping hole that let light through from front to back appeared in his chest, carved out by the sheer force of the dragon devouring spear's radiance!

“He's actually not dead?”

A flash of surprise crossed Lu Sheng's eyes.

The vitality of a Level 9 Half-Step expert was indeed tenacious; he could still hang onto a breath of life after taking that hit from Dragon God · Penetration.

“However, it ends here.”

Lu Sheng's figure didn't stop. His Dragon Claw gripped the spear shaft, his killing intent absolute.

“Corpse King! Save me!!”

At the moment the spear tip was about to pierce Tian Zhen's skull, he abandoned all dignity and let out a desperate roar toward the depths of the Void Realm: “I'm still useful! I can help you lead the army! Save me!!”

“Buzz—!”

Without warning, a pitch-black Sword Qi tore through space, striking with incomparable precision right in the path of the dragon devouring spear.

“Clang!!”

Sparks flew everywhere.

Lu Sheng felt an overwhelming force like a mountain-toppling wave travel up the spear shaft. His webbing went numb, and he was forcibly pushed back a hundred meters by this brute strength.

“Damn it!”

Lu Sheng steadied himself, his dark-gold vertical pupils staring fixedly ahead.

A terrifying figure wreathed in Death Qi appeared out of thin air beside Tian Zhen, using a method of teleportation that even exceeded Lu Sheng's extreme speed.

The Abyssal Corpse King!

It stood three meters tall, its entire body covered in bone armor that looked like obsidian, holding its signature giant bone sword in its hand.

Those eyes, burning with green ghost-fire, did not look at the heavily injured and dying Tian Zhen, but instead sized up Lu Sheng with great interest.

“Hiss—”

The Corpse King extended a long, crimson, forked tongue, greedily licking the tip of its nose as if tasting the scent in the air.

“Such rich blood qi...”

The Corpse King's voice was hoarse and grating, carrying an unconcealed appetite: “The energy contained within your body alone is actually equal to dozens of Level 8 trash. Delicious... truly delicious.”

Tian Zhen, having survived the disaster, panted heavily while clutching the bloody hole in his chest, his eyes full of venomous malice: “Corpse King! This brat is very strange! He possesses some kind of explosive secret technique; that strike just now even exceeded the Level 9 threshold! However...”

Tian Zhen coughed up a clot of blood and grinned hideously: “He's already at the end of his rope! That kind of burst can't be sustained! Please take action, Corpse King. Let us join forces to tear this man into ten thousand pieces!!”

The Corpse King slowly turned its head, its eerie ghost-fire eyes quietly watching Tian Zhen.

“Join forces?”

The corner of the Corpse King's mouth curled into a strange arc: “Indeed, to deal with this human, I need stronger power.”

“Exactly! As long as you—” Tian Zhen hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly felt a cold sensation in his chest.

“Puchi!!”

A pale white bone sword, without any warning, stabbed in from behind, directly piercing his heart and hoisting him into the air!

The hideous grin on Tian Zhen's face instantly froze.

He lowered his head with difficulty, looking at the familiar bone sword and then at the indifferent Corpse King before him, his eyes filled with disbelief and absurdity.

“Wh... Why?”

Tian Zhen asked those three words while trembling.

He was the most loyal ally!

“Because you are injured.”

The Corpse King's tone was flat, as if stating a simple fact: “A heavily injured piece of trash has no utility value. Rather than wasting your energy to heal, it's better... to let me eat you.”

“It just so happens that I've been stuck at Level 9 Peak for a long time. Your flesh and blood should help me break through that barrier.”

“No... No!! I am your ally! You can't...”

“Puchi!”

The Corpse King expressionlessly pulled out the bone sword, bringing with it a spray of hot heart-blood.

“Tian Zhen, go in peace.”

The Corpse King grabbed Tian Zhen by the neck, lifting him up. A cruel light flickered in its eyes: “Once I have devoured you, I will... eliminate this human for you. Isn't that the revenge you wanted?”

“Ugh... gurgle...”

The light in Tian Zhen's eyes rapidly faded.

He was unwilling!

To avenge his son, he hadn't hesitated to discard a sacred grade spiritual plant, hadn't hesitated to abandon Tian Family Town to join the Abyss, yet in the end, he died at the hands of his ally?

What an irony!

As the last bit of vitality dissipated, this former powerhouse who had dominated a region died with endless regret and malice, becoming nothing more than monster fodder.

Not far away, Lu Sheng watched this scene with cold eyes.

“Killing their own kind, they really are a bunch of beasts.”

Lu Sheng tightened his grip on the dragon devouring spear.

He didn't care about Tian Zhen's life or death; what he cared about was... if he let this Corpse King devour the Level 9 Half-Step Tian Zhen, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Once it broke through to Level 10... the entire Gongga Mountain—no! Even the other mountain ranges—no one would survive!

“I must stop it!!”

Golden light erupted from Lu Sheng's eyes, and the Five Viscera Furnace at his heart roared to its limit.

“Leave that corpse... to me!!”

Boom—!

The air beneath Lu Sheng's feet exploded as he turned into a streak of burning golden light, charging recklessly toward the Corpse King.

With this strike, he didn't seek to kill the enemy, only to snatch the corpse!

However.

As the Abyssal Overlord commanding an army of ten million Floating Corpses, how could the Corpse King be unprepared?

“Want to snatch my food? Little bug, you are too naive.”

The moment Lu Sheng lunged, the Corpse King didn't even turn its head. It simply raised the bone sword and gave a casual, nonchalant swing in Lu Sheng's direction.

“Abyss · Silence Sunder!”

Buzz————!!!

A terrifying, pitch-black Sword Qi ten miles long instantly tore through heaven and earth.

This Sword Qi contained a Law of desolation and silence that induced despair. Everywhere it passed, even light was devoured, and space let out an overburdened wail.

“Not good!!”

Lu Sheng's heart hammered wildly as a sense of mortal crisis instantly enveloped his entire body.

The power of this strike... far exceeded the Tian Zhen from moments ago!

This was a full-strength blow from a true Level 9 Peak, one that had even touched the threshold of Level 10!

“Dragon Devour —— Protection!!”

With no way to dodge, Lu Sheng could only hold the dragon devouring spear horizontally, pouring all the spirit source in his body into the shaft without reservation, bracing himself for the impact.

“Boom————!!!”

An earth-shattering explosion rang out in mid-air.

“Crack!”

Lu Sheng felt as if he had been hit head-on by a planet. Both his arms instantly lost all sensation, and large patches of dragon scales on his chest shattered.

That terrifying force was a full hundred thousand catties!!

“Puff—!”

Lu Sheng sprayed out a large mouthful of golden blood toward the sky, sent flying backward like a swatted fly at a speed even faster than his approach.

“Rumble——!!”

His body smashed heavily into the battlefield on the North Slope of Gongga Mountain, instantly creating a giant crater dozens of meters deep. Dust filled the air, and his fate was unknown.

“Humph, overestimating yourself.”

The Corpse King retracted its bone sword without even glancing at the deep pit.

In its view, after taking a direct hit from its Silence Sunder, that Level 7 human would be completely crippled even if he didn't die.