Great Demon Leader: Start By Refining Flying Zombies

Chapter 23: Transmigrating Poisonous Obstacles

"The area recorded on the map, in a deeper part of the ancient battlefield, is contaminated by malevolent energy. We cannot enter there. Let's dismount and proceed on foot!"

With a call from Luo Dongbao, he stood at the boundary line of the charred territory of the ancient battlefield and released the reins of the spirit horse in his hand.

"Will this horse get lost?"

Reluctantly, Guan Lin caressed the neck of the spirit horse and asked.

"Naturally, it won't. The spirit horses from Storm Surge Market are trained. Even if they travel thousands of miles, they can return on their own. They are highly intelligent!"

Guan Qiu patted his sister's head and explained.

The six of them continued on their way, their expressions becoming increasingly serious.

Strictly speaking, the danger level began to gradually increase from the moment they set foot on this charred land.

Luo Dongbao walked at the front, his expression calm. There wasn't much around the outskirts of the ancient battlefield that could threaten a Qi Refining Late Stage cultivator.

The Guan siblings walked in the middle, standing close together, constantly holding a spell in their hands, their expressions vigilant.

Liang Xiao used the Ghost Shadow Step and walked on the left side of the team, neither too close nor too far.

As for Qin Long, she held her flying sword and followed behind the team.

Yu Guang slightly lowered his body, a faint spiritual light flickering on the arm armor in his hand, walking at the back of the team, occasionally alert to any movement behind him.

"Be careful!"

Liang Xiao suddenly focused his gaze on the clumps of soil under Qin Long's feet, noticing abnormal movements.

As soon as he spoke, a large snake with a spindle-shaped head shot up and aimed directly at Qin Long's neck, moving at an unusually fast speed.

Swish!

With a slight sound of wind, accompanied by a bright sword light, it flashed by.

The next moment, the snake's head flew up in the air, followed by its body, both falling to the ground. A pair of venomous fangs instinctively sprayed venom outward.

Qin Long's hand holding the flying sword trembled slightly, and a thin mist of blood dispersed from the sword body, before she retracted it into its scabbard.

"What fast swordsmanship!"

Liang Xiao exclaimed. He was the closest and could see clearly that Qin Long didn't use much spiritual energy to control the flying sword, but instead used mortal martial arts.

Encountering this snake attack, she was not the least bit surprised. With a single stroke of her sword, she cut it down. The speed was extremely fast, the force was stable, and there was even a special sense of simplicity and cleanliness.

"It's a Black Scale Python, a common half-monster in the ancient battlefield. Although it hasn't completely transformed into a demon, it excels at ambush attacks. Many cultivators have fallen victim to it. Qin Miss, that sword of yours was truly beautiful!"

Guan Qiu picked up the snake corpse from the ground, examined it, and then praised Qin Long with admiration.

However, Liang Xiao noticed Guan Qiu's eyes, which occasionally flashed with a hint of brilliance, especially when looking at Qin Long, the radiance was even more intense.

"Mind your own eyes. If you keep looking, you might become blind!"

Qin Long suddenly spoke coldly, her phoenix eyes looking at Guan Qiu, her ordinary face showing no signs of worry.

"What a strange woman. My brother just praised you a little, and you..."

Guan Lin's face showed displeasure as she angrily spoke, but before she could finish, she was stopped by Guan Qiu, interrupting her words.

"Ah... Haha, Miss Qin, rest assured, Guan has no ill intentions."

After Guanqiu finished speaking, he pulled Guanlin towards the other side, not daring to approach Qin Long again.

"Thank you for the reminder earlier!"

Qin Long then turned his head and nodded slightly at Liang Xiao.

The latter waved his hand, but he had some speculations about the scene just now.

Doujutsu, I wonder what Guanqiu really saw...

After a brief interlude, the group of people dealt with several monsters wandering in the ancient battlefield.

Among them, the most interesting one was a copper-armored zombie, probably transformed from a cultivator who died here in the past.

It unexpectedly had a cultivation level of Qi Refining Fourth Layer and astonishing defense.

In the end, it was shattered by a combined spell from the Guan siblings, and Liang Xiao took the opportunity to decapitate it, finally killing it.

Unfortunately, due to its age, the storage bags on the zombie's body were all torn and turned into tattered cloth, and the contents naturally disappeared.

Apart from Liang Xiao secretly digging out the zombie's core and throwing it into a special corpse-storing bag to feed Pandora, there was nothing else of value.

Finally, the group arrived outside several peaks covered by a purple poisonous barrier. Luo Dongbao took out a map and compared it, showing a pleased expression.

"We've arrived, this is the destination!"

"But how do we get in? This poisonous barrier is not formed by the usual decay of plants and animals. It's most likely the effect of some residual formation, not ordinary stuff!"

Although Yu Guang appeared to be a rough-faced man, he was cautious throughout the journey.

"Hahaha, we still have some time, why don't you fellow daoists take a guess?"

Luo Dongbao glanced at the sky above and laughed, then added some suspense.

Liang Xiao raised an eyebrow and first looked at the surrounding terrain. It was a common plain with a nearby river that had a considerable flow, but it was still a bit far from where they were.

It was worth noting that the ground outside the peaks seemed to be inhabited by some kind of monster, with holes everywhere, which caught Liang Xiao's attention.

But what Luo Dongbao said before setting off, about taking advantage of the right timing to enter, puzzled Liang Xiao for a moment.

Not only Liang Xiao, but Guanqiu also speculated first, "The poisonous barrier envelops the peaks, but I didn't expect that with the passage of time, a group of mole rats has moved in, digging holes all over the place. There must be passages among them that lead to the interior area."

Luo Dongbao smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Guan is only half right. We do need to rely on these holes to enter, but going in now would be suicide. The poisonous barrier has already sunk into the holes!"

Liang Xiao looked down at one of the holes and indeed saw traces of purple miasma floating inside. It was probably denser the closer one got.

Although he didn't know the effects of inhaling the miasma, there were many broken bones piled up outside the peaks, some from humans and some from monsters.

For low-level cultivators, it was likely that touching it would mean death. Liang Xiao had no intention of trying.

After a while, the group couldn't figure it out. Luo Dongbao saw that the time was just about right and proudly said, "We'll go through the water. This poisonous barrier doesn't dissolve in water. As long as the nearby river floods and fills these holes, we can dive in and avoid the barrier."

After speaking, everyone saw a muddy flood surge in the upstream direction of the river. It seemed to be caused by heavy rainfall in the upstream area recently.

Luo Dongbao had already investigated this and took advantage of this flood season, which was the right timing, to go inside and search for treasures.

"It's a clever method. How did that person who sold the map, the so-called Tianji Gate disciple, know about it and even drew a map? Was it a coincidental discovery?"

While everyone was enlightened, Liang Xiao thought of more.

(End of this chapter)