Chapter 53: The Corpse Guardian
"ha……"
When Jiang Zhou opened his eyes , the face opened its dark purple lips and exhaled a breath of black air as thick as ink.
The stench was so strong that he almost fainted.
The burning sensation in his chest grew more intense, and a faint golden-red glow began to emanate from Jiang Zhou's body, as if a furnace had been ignited inside him.
As soon as the black gas left the body an inch, it was blocked by the golden-red light and could not move forward even an inch.
"It's you?!"
Jiang Zhou regained his consciousness and after seeing the face clearly, he couldn't help but blurt out.
At the same time, his right hand had already grabbed the ghost-head demon-slaying sword that was placed beside him, and he chopped it diagonally across the head.
As fast as thunder.
"when!"
The knife chopped down the black shadow, and it was like hitting metal , making a sharp clanging sound.
Jiang Zhou felt as if he was chopping a piece of steel plate wrapped in tough cowhide, and his hands were numb from the shock.
Fortunately, his strength had greatly increased during this period. Although he failed to chop off the black shadow's head himself, the huge force still caused the opponent to fly backwards.
The black shadow fell to the ground, and the whole body bounced straight up like a zombie.
Then, without turning around, he just kicked backwards .
The movement was stiff, but not slow at all, and the "person" flew backwards and broke the window.
Jiang Zhou picked up the demon-slaying sword and flew out to chase after him.
It wasn't that he was brave, but the loud shouts from outside the house that gave him courage.
"How brave!"
"Want to escape? I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Since You Xu decided to listen to Jiang Zhou and lure the snake out of its hole, how could he not be prepared?
This case directly involves the Jin Cao official of Wujun, and is also being watched personally by the prefect, so You Xu attaches great importance to it.
To be on the safe side, he personally brought ten demon patrol guards to secretly guard the area around the house.
Each of them holds a demon-binding chain and can set up a demon-locking formation in an instant.
Unless the demon is above the eighth level, don't even think about escaping once it comes.
really.
When Jiang Zhou chased out, the ten demon patrol guards had already thrown out their demon binding chains.
It wove a scarlet net, covering the sky above the courtyard.
The black shadow rushed left and right with its body stiff, but was unable to break through the blockade.
However, this ghost was not simple either. It did not lose the siege of ten demon patrolling guards.
It seemed to have a body of iron and steel, and even the flashing blood of the demon-slaying sword could not do anything to it.
"snort!"
You Xu, who was standing aside, seemed to have observed enough. He snorted coldly and quietly untied an iron whip from his waist.
With a shake of his hand, the three-foot-long iron whip turned into a soft whip.
Like a poisonous snake lying in the bushes, it suddenly shot out.
In an instant, he was several feet away and lashed the black shadow with a whip.
The iron flashed a blood-red light, and when it hit the black shadow, it made a hissing sound and emitted black smoke.
The black shadow was directly whipped away by the whip, letting out a shrill and eerie howl.
It was flying towards Jiang Zhou.
good chance!
Jiang Zhou's pupils shrank slightly, and he took a series of steps. The demon-slaying sword in his hand turned into a red silk thread, which instantly wrapped around half of his body.
It rolled over, spinning like a blade wheel.
Take a false step and hide the knife, wrap the head!
The knife was like a red sword, rolling towards the black shadow.
“Ding!” “Dang!” “Dang!”
He was watching from the side and knew that this thing was very hard, so he used all his strength at once.
The blade wheel turned three times in a row and chopped out three times in an instant. This was his limit.
Every blow of the knife hit the black shadow's forehead.
“Screech!”
As the third knife fell, the black shadow's head cracked open, and a strange and sharp roar came from it.
Then a stream of black smoke came out from the edge of the knife.
The black shadow's stiff body shook a few times, and then fell straight forward with a thud.
From a distance, You Xu saw it and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
He walked over, looked at the head and body on the ground, and said with some surprise: "I didn't expect you to have practiced this sword technique to this level."
"This is a nearly eighth-grade corpse ghost, stronger than steel. Even if ordinary demon patrol guards hold demon-slaying swords, it is difficult to hurt it at all."
Jiang Zhou used his knife to support himself on the ground.
After three consecutive slashes, he was now extremely weak.
"Captain..."
"Okay, no need to say more. With your skills, it's really too much for you to strike three times in a row. Go and rest first."
You Xu waved his hand to interrupt him and kicked the corpse on the ground.
He smiled happily: "Your plan really works. Now I can report to you."
"I didn't expect this thing to be a less than eighth-grade corpse ghost. It seems that the people below should be reorganized. After such a long time, they can't even handle a ninth-grade corpse ghost."
Jiang Zhou wanted to speak again, but You Xu had already waved his hand and asked a demon patrol guard to help him into the house.
He took the others to collect the remains of the zombie and turned away.
"Old Jiang, you have accomplished a great feat this time."
The demon patrol guard who helped him into the house said enviously.
There was not much joy on Jiang Zhou's face.
The atlas of ghosts and gods had already unfolded before his eyes.
From each of the horrific corpses whose internal organs had been removed and their skin peeled off, wisps of black gas gushed out, being drawn and gathered together, forming a ball of pale green flame, from which a sticky liquid as inky as ink slowly oozed out.
As the number of corpses increased, the "ink" also gathered more and more.
Gradually, it began to move as if it had a soul.
It slowly twisted into a human shape, like a baby, but only the size of a fist.
The "baby" suddenly lay on the back of the head of one of the corpses and gnawed it slowly. After a short while, it had gnawed a hole and crawled into it.
The corpse then staggered to its feet.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes had turned as dark as ink.
The picture stopped abruptly, and a picture album appeared.
[Corpse-guarding ghost: It absorbs the fire of Yang spirit essence and refines the qi of Yin soul turbid corpse to become a ghost. It looks like a baby, lives in the human body, controls the human body, and turns the human body into an iron corpse, which is difficult to be broken by swords and guns. It can cause headaches for people and terrify their souls.]
He recognized the corpse in the picture. It was the scholar Wu whom he had met on the street and who had long been dead.
It was also the dark shadow that attacked him just now.
Judging from the scenes depicted in the album, the corpse-guarding ghost who was just killed was probably not the real murderer in this case.
The person behind the creation of this corpse-guarding ghost is the real culprit.
Jiang Zhou couldn't say such a thing.
He couldn't explain how he knew that.
Moreover, judging from You Xu's later reaction, he probably knew that the person he just killed was not the real murderer.
But I already have some considerations in my mind.
Whether it was to get the job done or was it the same as Jiang Zhou's current plan, to make the best of a bad situation and continue waiting for the real murderer to take action, it was unknown.
This time, the attack tonight was at least 70% to 80% certain, proving that Jiang Zhou's guess was correct.
If they act as if they have caught the murderer, the real murderer might actually let down his guard.
Do it again around tomorrow's "wedding banquet".
Only after the demon patrol guard left did Jiang Zhou have the chance to take out the reward he had just received.
The bait was worth it, and I got a kill.
Although he is a fake, he is also a genuine demon.
[Kill one of the corpse-guarding ghosts and reward...]
