Chapter 343: Pretend to Be Dead
But the corpses in front of me have not changed much, and I can even recognize their appearance. Could it be that these people were not killed by blood bats? There are other reasons for their death? Are there other dangers hidden here? Or did the blood bats kill these people but did not eat them? Why is that? Do blood bats also have the habit of keeping dry food?
But no matter what, this matter is full of evil, so it is better to be careful.
At this time, Tao Yougong walked to one of the corpses, observed it carefully, and said: "This person is a casual cultivator from our Yongliang Mansion. His name is Cui Dabei. He has the cultivation level of the first level of Qi Refining and has many contacts with our Tao family. After the head of the family got into trouble, our Tao family asked him to help, so he followed the first batch of cultivators into the underground palace, but he didn't expect to die here."
The cultivation level of the first level of Qi Refining is almost the top among the casual cultivators in Yongliang Mansion. Even in the Tujiao City of Yongzhou, he has a certain status and belongs to the upper-middle level among the cultivators. I didn't expect him to die here silently. It's really a pity.
Qiu Mingxi pointed at another corpse and said, "I know this cultivator. His name is Long Xiaotao. He has the third level of Qi Refining and is a famous casual cultivator in Tujiao City. He is willing to do anything as long as he is given spirit stones. I guess he is also the one your Tao family has asked to help, right?"
"Yes, the second batch of cultivators who came in was led by Long Xiaotao. The remaining five were all cultivators of the first and second levels of Qi Refining. I thought they could rescue my eldest brother anyway, but I didn't expect that the final result was still annihilation." Tao Yougong said.
Qiu Mingxi said: "It's not their fault that they don't have the ability. Just the group of blood bats just now is scary enough. The danger in this underground palace is definitely not limited to this. If it weren't for the masters of Qingfeng Hall and Zhenmo Hall, I would be a little scared. But this Long Xiaotao, as a cultivator of the third level of Qi Refining, encountered danger not long after entering, which is a bit puzzling."
With Long Xiaotao's third-level Qi Refining cultivation, he should be a master among the same batch of cultivators. It's a bit unreasonable that he was in danger just after entering the underground palace. But it's hard to say. Sometimes it's not that you are safer than those with lower cultivation, but because of bad luck. Maybe you suddenly encountered some danger and didn't react.
Everyone looked at the other bodies again. They were all cultivators who came down to look for the head of the Tao family. The bodies were in similar conditions. It was hard to tell what happened to them. I don't know if they died here or were carried here by others.
If they were carried here, it would be better, indicating that the danger was not very concentrated, but if they all died here, it would be too terrifying. Being able to kill so many Qi Refining cultivators at once means that there is a greater danger hidden here, because it cannot be done by the blood bats alone.
Just as everyone carefully observed the surroundings to confirm whether there was a greater danger, a bloody smell came from nowhere and gradually spread around. The blood was slightly sour and rotten, and there was a fishy smell in the sourness, just like the smell of blood that has been placed for a long time but has never coagulated, which makes people want to vomit.
Suddenly, a corpse on the ground opened its eyes, and at the same time, with a force on its legs, its body stood up straight from the ground, and then rushed towards Mi Ling, the nearest casual cultivator.
When everyone saw these corpses, they had confirmed many times that these corpses had been dead for a long time, not only did they have no signs of life, but they also had no possibility of transforming into ghost cultivators, and they were safe enough. That's why they came to these corpses to study their cause of death, but they never thought that such a corpse that had been dead for a long time would suddenly come back to life.
The distance was so close and the incident happened so suddenly that no one could react in time. The corpse rushed directly to Mi Ling and grabbed his chest with one hand.
Fortunately, everyone had just experienced danger and had been paying attention to the surroundings with their minds outward. Moreover, Mi Ling was not a low-level cultivator who had just entered the Qi Refining stage. She instinctively dodged to the side. Although the corpse's attack was fast, it broke Mi Ling's Qi defense and even broke a few of her ribs, but the injury was not too serious.
At the same time that Mi Ling was in danger, several other corpses on the ground opened their eyes, stood up from the ground, and attacked everyone nearby. It was similar to Mi Ling's situation. Although it happened suddenly, the cultivators present were not ordinary people and reacted in time. Only Tao Yougong and Lu Dingshan suffered minor injuries.
Seeing the danger coming, everyone involuntarily retreated together, forming a circle to block the corpses that could move outside. Those corpses did not give up, but kept wandering outside the circle, attacking the monks out of the blue.
Even when those corpses were alive, they were not as strong as the monks present. Now that they are dead, their performance will be more or less affected, and their actual combat power is even worse than before. However, they are fearless and do not know what fear is. Moreover, they do not feel pain when they are injured, which makes up for their lack of strength in some aspects.
Fortunately, there are not many corpses, only five or six at most. The monks are not only stronger, but also have an advantage in numbers. It is not very difficult to deal with these corpses.
Tao Yougong looked at the wounds on his body, and then looked at the corpses outside who were desperately attacking, frowned and said: "These corpses have obviously been dead for a long time, but why did they suddenly come back to life? Could it be that this underground palace belongs to an extremely yin place, and these corpses have mutated into zombies?"
Chen Biwang shook his head and said, "It's unlikely. If they were zombies, their bodies would have changed into corpses instead of remaining the way they were before they died. Moreover, the zombies all have the aura of ghost monks, but these corpses only have the smell of blood. I feel like they are puppets."
"Yes, zombies can pretend to be dead, but they can't cover up the aura of ghosts on them. Even the corpse puppets that ghost monks have sacrificed are no exception. With our ability, it is impossible not to find them. Maybe this is the secret technique of some evil monks." Lu Feng nodded.
In the Qianku Cave of Yuling Mountain, Qingyang had seen the corpse puppets sacrificed by the real person Youming, and even saw him use the sacrificed Yuanshen to turn corpses into humanoid monsters, but they were different from the ones in front of him. This was obviously not the method used by ghost monks.
After listening to Lu Feng's analysis, Qingyang couldn't help but say, "If these are the secret techniques used by evil monks, doesn't it mean that these corpses are controlled by someone behind the scenes? Is there a more powerful enemy hidden in a dark corner of this underground palace?"