Blood Sacrifice To Millions Of Zombies, I Will Be A Demon Cultivator In The Apocalypse

Chapter 100: Offering to the Gods! Soul-Capturing Banner of White Bones (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)

"This is already the limit of the Qi Refining stage. For the other four god positions, unless I can cross the Foundation Building stage, forcibly refining them will only cause my body to explode. It's like trying to fit too much water into a small container. I can only temporarily stop for now."

"Fortunately, it's only one of the Heartfire Spirit Infant Sword Embryos, which already possesses the combat power of the Foundation Building stage. It's already enough for the time being."

According to the sacrificial technique recorded in the Five Organs Temple's God-Feeding Grand Method, Zheng Yi has already established a shrine for the gods in his heart, hosting parasitic spirits.

After offering the Heartfire Spirit Infant Sword Embryo, Zheng Yi can clearly feel that the pressure on his body has reached a certain level. If he continues to host the spirits, his body won't be able to withstand such great pressure.

His most crucial task now is to wait for the Blood Lotus Ancestor Lotus in the flesh and blood lotus pond to mature. Although ancient cultivation techniques are extremely powerful and mysterious, they have a significant drawback, which is their heavy reliance on external objects.

Just like this Blood Lotus Scripture, even though Zheng Yi has already reached the strength threshold to break through the Foundation Building stage, he can only continue to wait because the Blood Lotus Ancestor Lotus has yet to mature. He can't forcefully break through.

This is also the biggest flaw of this cultivation technique. However, at the same time, the conditions for the Foundation Building stage provided by the Blood Lotus Ancestor Lotus will make Zheng Yi's foundation as solid as that of ancient cultivators, far surpassing the imagination of his peers at the same level.

This has great benefits for his future breakthroughs. At least from the Foundation Building stage to the Violet Palace stage, the path will be smooth.

Therefore, after much consideration, Zheng Yi believes that this waiting is still very worthwhile. Good things are worth waiting for. What he wants is the Dao, what he wants is longevity, and he doesn't mind the length of time.

Moreover, from being a mere Qi Refining third layer Independent Cultivator to now on the verge of breaking through the Foundation Building stage, it has taken him less than a year, faster than even consuming Immortal Pills.

For a long time, Zheng Yi was afraid that his cultivation progress was too fast, fearing that it would damage his foundation. But later, he discovered that there was no instability in his foundation.

On the contrary, because of abundant resources and the presence of the Golden Light Seed, his body was purified, accumulating an incomparably solid foundation, and the probability of breakthrough was three times higher than others.

So, it's better to take this opportunity to polish himself more. With the supplement of the Blood Lotus Seed, Zheng Yi can refine his Qi Refining and Body Refining to the peak, making his essence, qi, and divine origin round and smooth, leaving no room for improvement, and laying the most solid foundation for advancing to the Foundation Building stage.

Once Zheng Yi cultivates the Blood Lotus Scripture to the Foundation Building stage and refines the remaining four Five Ghosts Spirit Ascension Sword Embryos, he will immediately soar. Even in the Foundation Building stage, he won't be considered weak, becoming a formidable character capable of killing across realms.

"First, upgrade the Soul-Capturing Banner, my Law Weapon!"

"As for the matter of the Blood Lotus Ancestor Lotus, I can only wait for now!"

In the quiet and silent secret room, Zheng Yi suddenly opened his eyes.

His pupils flickered with a faint divine light, countless peculiar lines appeared on the surface of his pupils, densely packed like chip patterns.

Endless information flickered, recomputed, and he became like a cold and emotionless calculating machine, instantly separating all distractions.

After an unknown amount of time, the divine light in Zheng Yi's eyes receded, and his face slowly regained the expression of a human being.

Zheng Yi turned and left the secret room, heading to the zombie flesh factory.

...

During this period, the power of the gathering place continued to expand, and more and more supernatural beings were gathered, forming independent combat teams. At the same time, with the continuous incubation of parasitic bats, more Blood Warriors appeared.

The phenomenon was right in front of them. More and more people applied to join the Blood Warrior program. However, the number of parasitic bat eggs was far from enough compared to the large number of people. They could only select the best among the best based on merits and contributions, slowly queuing up.

Unlike ordinary people, Blood Warriors are responsible for the main attack. On the one hand, they are training, and on the other hand, only through battles can they fully stimulate the evolutionary potential of their blood, evolving into higher forms.

They were incorporated into hunting teams and cooperated with supernatural beings to continuously expand their range and hunt zombies.

...

In a ruined town fifty miles away, it has already separated from the main city area of Luo City.

Several figures stood on the second floor of a dilapidated building, leaning against the wall for cover, observing a group of wandering zombies below.

This team belongs to the 83rd Hunting Squad of the gathering place, consisting of two mutants and six blood warriors. They were carefully observing the group of zombies below.

In fact, not only ordinary people, but even mutants have become blood warriors through the Integrated Union parasitic bats. Due to the success rate of the Integrated Union parasitic bats for mutants reaching over 90%, and now over 95%, more mutants are willing to accept the Integrated Union.

What's more important is that after the Integrated Union parasitic bats, the mutants not only do not weaken their abilities, but instead amplify them. They can also greatly enhance their physical qualities, such as strength, speed, and recovery ability, giving them stronger survival and combat capabilities.

Even more importantly, they can continue to improve and evolve by absorbing the essence of blood and devouring zombie crystals.

Therefore, almost all mutants are willing to accept the Integrated Union parasitic bats and become mutant blood warriors.

"Release the blood bat reconnaissance message!"

As the captain of the mutant blood warriors, the blood bat pattern on his chest suddenly lit up, and the blood-colored runes surged. A small blood-colored bat flew out directly from his chest, turning into a red lightning and flying straight into the sky.

As a special ability of the blood warriors, by consuming a portion of their flesh and blood, they can differentiate a small bat. Since this bat shares the same vision as the host, it is very convenient for reconnaissance.

The blood-colored bat silently flew across the sky, passing over the group of zombies below without attracting their attention.

With its dark red eyes, it scanned every corner, exploring the full strength of this group of zombies.

Constantly fighting against zombies, the gathering place now has piles of information about the characteristics of zombies. Each type of zombie, including weaknesses, evolutionary potential, and attack methods, is categorized and organized by dedicated personnel. It can be said that they know their enemies well and are invincible in battle.

The first thing to do when joining the extermination team is to memorize various information about zombies. It can be a lifesaver on the battlefield.

Some mutated zombies, such as those that continuously evolve from red-eyed zombies, have various strange abilities. If you don't know their basic information, it's easy to suffer a big loss or even lose your life.

In addition to the immensely powerful giant zombies and lightning-fast speed zombies, there are other zombies with peculiar abilities, such as venomous zombies that can launch highly toxic zombie venom, which can dissolve flesh and blood upon contact.

There are also flame zombies that can emit high-temperature flames like fire-based mutants.

There are steel-boned zombies with hardened bodies that are difficult to kill even with heavy trucks, as well as phantom zombies that look no different from ordinary zombies but can burst out terrifying speed during attacks, forming phantom-like afterimages...

As the gathering place rapidly expands and continuously besieges various areas of Luo City, the more zombie groups they encounter, the higher the probability of encountering special zombies, which has become quite frequent now.

After all, not only have the people in the gathering place become stronger, but the zombies outside are also evolving frantically. The probability of encountering special zombies with unique forms is increasing. There have been numerous incidents of blood warriors falling in battle.

This has also led to the establishment of a team system, where each mission must have no fewer than four blood warriors, with at least one or two mutant blood warriors leading the team.

The blood bat circled in the sky for a week and flew back into the body. The leader's face darkened, and he spoke.

"After reconnaissance, there are about five hundred zombies in this group, three giant zombies with immense strength, four speed zombies, and the rest are all ordinary zombies. As for the special zombies, none have been found yet."

"The vice-captain and I will launch an aerial assault on the most difficult-to-deal-with seven mutated zombies. The rest of you will handle the ordinary zombies!"

The gathering place has established a complete merit system based on dealing with zombies. One ordinary zombie represents one point, while ordinary giant and speed zombies are equivalent to entry-level Rank One blood warriors, representing ten points.

Other special mutated zombies have greater research value and are, of course, more difficult to deal with and more dangerous. The gathering place assigns them a value of one hundred points.

These points can be exchanged for any items and cultivation resources in the gathering place, including parasitic bats, but the points required are higher, at five thousand points.

Many blood warriors or mutant blood warriors have family and friends. Who wouldn't want their loved ones to have the strength to protect themselves in this apocalypse?

"Yes!"

The six blood warriors drew their sharp long swords. In the depths of their blood-red eyes, a flash of blood light appeared. The blood qi surged within them, their bodies swelled up, and their aura skyrocketed as they jumped down from the rooftop.

Roar!

Suddenly encountering living humans, the zombies let out astonishing roars and rushed towards the six blood warriors.

Facing such a scene, the blood warriors had seen too much. With a swing of their long swords and a powerful stomp of their right foot, they shot out like bullets.

Whoosh!

The blood warriors were extremely fast and powerful. The long swords in their hands cut through the air, leaving behind trails of cold light. Wherever they went, they struck the vital points of the zombies, aiming straight for their heads.

The sturdy skulls and necks were no match for the sharp blood-infused swords. It was as if cutting through butter with a small knife.

The remaining two blood warriors spread their wings behind them, turning into red lightning as they soared into the sky, overlooking the battle on the ground.

They saw that in the crowded horde of zombies, the six blood warriors were like bulldozers, sweeping through in a straight line, causing a rain of blood. In an instant, one-tenth of the zombies fell.

"Well done, brothers! It's our turn next."

"I'll clear the way for you."

As the deputy captain spoke, he pushed his right palm forward, and a tan-colored energy formed in his hand. He slammed his palm down towards the area where the powerful and fast zombies were gathering.

"Spiked assault!"

Thud! Thud!

Suddenly, spikes over one meter tall shot up from the ground. The top of each spike was as sharp as a sword, sending shivers down one's spine.

A space was cleared instantly, and the captain's figure expanded, blood energy filling the air. With a loud crash, he smashed into the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

In the shadows, a muscular man standing at 2.5 meters tall, wielding a giant hammer, ran straight towards the powerful zombie.

Boom!

The hammer rose and fell, directly shattering the powerful zombie's head. The headless body fell to the ground.

Bang! Bang!

The few fast zombies pounced on the 2.5-meter tall blood giant, but they were directly sent flying by the powerful winds generated by the giant hammer.

A graze meant injury, a hit meant death. The giant hammer flew through the air, quickly dealing with the powerful and fast zombies.

Meanwhile, the deputy captain and the other blood warriors had also dealt with the rest of the zombie horde. Soon, only a pile of zombie corpses remained on the ground.

They immediately called for a heavy-duty truck and loaded all the zombie corpses into it. Once it was full, they drove directly towards the direction of the gathering point.

...

The zombie flesh factory had been operating for several months, consuming a massive amount of flesh and accumulating a large number of human skins and bones.

And these things were exactly what Zheng Yi needed for the third transformation of the Soul-Capturing Banner.

Inside the bone-stacking warehouse, the white bones were neatly classified and piled up, forming small mountains of bones.

In terms of color, these bones had significant differences.

The largest quantity was the pale white bones, which came from ordinary zombies and were the most abundant.

There are also some snow-white bones, which are possessed by zombies that have evolved once, as well as a small number of bones with special forms.

There are bone-like jade, or dark black bones that produce a metallic tremor when struck, or bones with a pale yellow surface and astonishing weight...

Because zombies can also evolve when they have sufficient energy, the bones stripped from zombies with various different abilities also exhibit completely different colors.

Zheng Yi's body was enveloped in a thick black mist as he activated the Black Sha Technique. Against the backdrop of the numerous white bone mountains, he truly resembled a formidable demonic cultivator, fierce and eerie.

The continuously surging dense ink qi transformed into raging flames, directly enveloping the entire Soul-Capturing Banner, causing the entire space where Zheng Yi was located to darken.

The surging ink flames quickly spread, as if transforming into a giant flaming hand, carrying the surrounding white bones and forming a massive bone sphere, suspended in mid-air. In a way that defied gravity, it wrapped around the Soul-Capturing Banner.

Under the burning of the ink flames, the piled white bones gradually withered, decayed, and turned into ashes...

The faint bone essence or mysterious supernatural power contained within all transformed into a trickle, flowing into the banner pole of the Soul-Capturing Banner without leaving a trace.

Zheng Yi's current strength has basically reached a bottleneck in the Qi Refining stage. The Soul-Capturing Banner, his Law Weapon, which had undergone two refinements, was already somewhat lacking. The creatures inside were becoming stronger and stronger. If it weren't for the suppression of the golden seed, it would never be as obedient as it is now.

The banner pole had already corroded due to the long-term erosion of ghostly qi, but under the replenishment of the endless essence of white bones, the cracks were quickly filled and underwent some kind of mysterious transformation.

Don't be fooled by the numerous bones piled up in the warehouse, resembling a small mountain. They are insignificant under the effect of the demonic Bone Refining technique.

Even though the bones piled up like a small mountain can only produce a small amount of bone essence when refined, this small amount is an extremely rare spiritual substance that greatly benefits the improvement of the Soul-Capturing Banner's banner pole.

After the bone essence is refined, the remaining substances are burned and directly turned into ashes, scattered on the ground.

The smelting process continues, as more and more piles of white bones are devoured, refined, and decayed. Soon, more bone essence enters the banner pole of the Soul-Capturing Banner, causing the originally cracked pole to become full and solid.

Moreover, the surface color of the flagpole gradually transformed into a pure white and jade-like luster. The translucent luster penetrated through the dark ink-colored flames, revealing a jade-like texture.

It had a unique texture, resembling bones and sheep fat jade.

The entire factory was completely melted down, but only about twenty percent of the flagpole was transformed. The clean white jade color was mixed with impurities, appearing extremely discordant.

However, when the zombie flesh factory was originally built, all the materials that were removed had unique functions and were cultivation resources. Bones accounted for the majority.

Now, refining the Soul-capturing Banner and extracting a large amount of zombie bone essence, although the quantity was enormous, it wouldn't be depleted all at once.

The reason Zheng Yi chose the Soul-capturing Banner as his Qi Refining stage Law Weapon was also due to this consideration.

The higher the level of the Law Weapon, the more precious materials it required, or it needed a large amount of other materials to rely on its characteristics for upgrading. This was also why alchemists were highly sought after in the Immortal Cultivation World.

Many cultivators in the early stage of the Foundation Building stage might still be using High Grade Law Weapons as their main battle Law Weapon, and only a few possessed Supreme Grade Law Weapons, which were considered treasures. This showed the preciousness of high-end Law Weapons, which were built with money.

In the Great Yi Immortal Domain, countless facts and bloody lessons had already proven that cultivators with Law Weapons were not on the same level as those empty-handed cultivators in terms of combat power.

Human cultivators were not like monsters and demons, naturally strong in physical bodies and possessing strange attacks. They relied on pure mana, profound spells, and one or two attack Law Weapons in their hands. These were the foundation of their combat power. Depriving them of this foundation would naturally greatly reduce their fighting strength.

Therefore, Zheng Yi attached great importance to this.

After two upgrades of the Soul-capturing Banner, there were two rare channels of evolution. One was through rare refining materials.

For example, the Thousand Souls Banner that made the withered soul ancestor famous two hundred years ago was refined using an extremely precious God-slaying Purple Essence Stone, which was why it had such great power and could briefly fight against Gold Core stage sword cultivators.

The other channel of evolution was to forcefully transform the characteristics after the second refining, turning the flagpole into a bone flag, and then continuously replenishing the cultivator's bones to refine another Law Weapon called the Bone-capturing Soul Banner.

(End of this chapter)