Zombie Evolution - Chapter 46

Chapter 46: Level 7 Taming a Zombie Puppet

“I am a human with a zombie body, you lot are just zombie bastards disguised as humans!”

Zhang Yang felt no psychological burden in killing this lot of evil men. He kicks around the mortals and went straight for the cultivators for a quick drink. He might as well enjoy the feeling of fresh blood coursing down his throat orifice. After drinking, he uses his spiritual sense to scan the area to find a division from the base of a cliff. The division is a long and narrow crevice between the edge of the cliff.

At the base of the cliffs, there sat a meter wide pool of clear water.

Zhang Yang whips out a black bottle along with a clear jug that the Li Clan members were holding. He compared the two lucid liquids. They’re the same. The water that Wang Yao carried and the Li Clan water were the same.

“Wait, that’s the Magical Spring? Pff, so if I drop that liquid onto my eyes, my vision can amplify for a short period. It also breaks the effects of an Invisibility Talisman, so maybe if I wash my eyes with the water, my vision can increase overall!”

In the next moment, Zhang Yang takes out some jade bottles that he pillaged from the Li Clan and collected the valuable volumes of water before it reduced to a disheartening amount.

Zhang Yang waits and waits. There was a spike-like stone above the spring, there was a concentrated liquid on the tip of the stone, gathered like milk but it just wouldn’t drop.

Zhang Yang comes to a sudden realization.

“The spring water doesn’t form underground, instead, it’s like a stalactite and forms naturally at the top, where the tip of the spike is. The rate in which this mysterious water forms is one droplet per day, so it’s safe to assume this process will take ages…”

What Zhang Yang didn’t know what that this spring took about 300 years to form.

It might take another 300 years for another spring of this volume to form.

Zhang Yang sighs with obvious hints of disappointment before sealing the cliff division with a builder, “I’ll be back for this spring, let’s hope nobody stumbles here.”

With one stroke of hand, a coffin appears and he seals the ancestor’s body within.

He halts his sneaking and just slaughters the Li Clan’s scouts and guardians, the people that surrounded the ravine were all killed in an instant. Zhang Yang returns to the tomb as there was no further reason for being here.

The corpses were left alone, ignored because Zhang Yang knew that the mountain will eventually swallow them up, especially with all those bloodthirsty monsters residing within.

It takes only a little time before the blood travels, the scent allures creatures of many origins into fighting for the corpses within the ravine. They covered and marked all of Zhang Yang’s trails.

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Inside the noble tomb, Zhang Yang drips the spring water onto his eyes.

Things from afar start to become clearer and his sense of vision increases with focus.

His eyes feel light and cooled.

“Effective! And I have plenty of this spring water, even if I used a drop each day, then it would still be enough for hundreds of years.

Zhang Yang brightens up excited about his new achievement.

“Although my spiritual sense is unrivaled, it never hurts for good vision, I can use my eyes to see beyond my range for once.”

After inspection, he stores away the black bottle and takes out the bloody coffin the ancestor was in. A corpse climbs out groaning, it was the ancestor.

The body of the ancestor has blackened to Zhang Yang’s poison. The corpse was going through the first step of zombification  Zhang Yang wants to speed up the process by expending some expensive ingredients. He gives the ancestor zombie two Yin Beads.

“You, a Level 4 Qi Refiner dare call yourself a powerful ancestor? You were extremely proud, but now your body belongs to me! I’ll take good care of you, just don’t let me down.”

“I could’ve done better, it’s a shame that I didn’t take the scrawny disciple’s body instead, I would’ve ended up with a much stronger puppet.”

“It’s because I can feel my power start to turn over and hit upon the Level 7 boundaries. I should be able to create my first zombie puppet soon.”

“If I can create a zombie puppet, then I will finally have a loyal follower. It might not be out of free will but it’s something, someone to become a sentry or bring up my rear.”

“My strength is reaching new heights, so just you wait Corpse Refining Sect! You’ll receive your “special” treatment soon…” Zhang Yang reminds himself of his current goal, the wretched Corpse Refining Sect that dares to steal from him. (MC dreams big)

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Three months pass. Under the crisp moonlight, a zombie stands lofty besides a tomb.

The Lunar Essence endlessly enters his body, the zombie absorbing in the wild like a sponge.

He finds himself out of the cultivation, stopping to calculate his current abilities.

“My powers have never been absolutely strong, only I’ve just met some meager enemies. In fact, I don’t even hold any cyclones, but I know for one, my strength has finally reached new bounds and will continue to strive into that direction. I have surpassed the locks of Level 6. Now, I’m a Level 7 Walking Zombie! It’s time, time for my first ever zombie puppet.”

Zhang Yang finally reaches a new milestone and returns to the tomb.

Exclaiming about his new heights, he retrieves the lifeless corpse of the ancestor. His whole face has changed to a pale white, his teeth seeming so sharp that it could pierce metal. His fingernails were lacking but still growing. But he finally became a zombie! Using Zhang Yang’s poison and the excess of Yin Beads, within three months, the ancestor has become a Hopping Zombie.

The Hopping Zombie twitches a bit before finally rattling. Then, his eyes break open, the previous manner of his face was peaceful and now it’s furious.

Zhang Yang instantly reacts with some hand signs and a shout:

“Ji!”

Zhang Yang points at the forehead of the zombie and there from his fingers appears a thread, it transverses to the ancestor zombie’s head and creates a “repress” symbol.

Zhang Yang uses his other finger to cut his wrist, letting his blood drip. Holding it over the zombie’s forehead, he squeezes out an Essence of Blood, letting it leak over the zombie’s head.

Zhang Yang grows weak having his Blood Essence taken out. Zombies weren’t like mummies, they’re beings that still hold blood. The Blood Essence itself was an important aspect of all species, Blood Essence isn’t regular and wasn’t meant to be taken out like so.

The Blood Essence looked similar to blood, dripping on the forehead of the zombie, it disappeared upon contact.