Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Chapter 560: Chapter 291: Zhou Mingde’s Betrayal [Please Subscribe]_2

She had no other choice.

Seeing the state Zhou Mingde was in, if she didn’t agree, he clearly wasn’t going to let her go.

And in a tomb chamber with only one way out, she had no confidence in escaping with her life from the hands of Zhou Mingde and his servants.

“Taoist Friend Ruan, rest assured, when Zhou promises something, he always sees it through!”

Zhou Mingde’s expression softened, and he immediately ceased his attack on Ruan Hongzhuang.

But, to prevent Ruan Hongzhuang from pulling any tricks, he still had her move away from the chamber’s exit and personally blocked it.

In this way, unless she stepped over his dead body, Ruan Hongzhuang had no choice but to cooperate sincerely with him against the Green-Faced Zombie.

Seeing his caution, Ruan Hongzhuang, even if she had ideas, could only temporarily stop them, and she had to join forces again with him to face the Green-Faced Zombie.

Perhaps because he was now certain of Ruan Hongzhuang’s situation, Zhou Mingde didn’t hold back anymore.

He reached into his waist-hung Storage Pouch and pulled out a third-tier Talisman.

The third-tier middle-grade “Sun Glare Fire Talisman,” a fire-element Talisman with a strong restraining effect on yin natured powers.

This Talisman was Zhou Mingde’s ace in the hole that made him dare to launch a surprise attack on Shen Borong.

With this item in hand, even if Ruan Hongzhuang didn’t cooperate with him, he was confident he could kill the Green-Faced Zombie on his own.

However, without knowing what kind of ace Ruan Hongzhuang held up her sleeve, it was better not to back her into a corner if it could be avoided.

After a fleeting hint of reluctance in his eyes, Zhou Mingde unhesitatingly activated the “Sun Glare Fire Talisman” in his hand.

A golden fireball suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Mingde and, with a flick of his wrist, he hurled it towards the Green-Faced Zombie.

The Green-Faced Zombie seemed to sense the ferocity of the golden fireball and immediately tried to dodge.

But the tomb chamber was only so large, where could it possibly hide?

Besides, it was being pursued and blocked by the Fire Divine Jackal and Ruan Hongzhuang.

Bang!

With a loud explosion, the golden fireball finally hit the Green-Faced Zombie, instantly turning into a sea of flames that engulfed it.

Howl—

A piercing howl emerged from within the golden flames, and one could see grey-black corpse qi continuing to surge.

Facing a life-or-death crisis, the Green-Faced Zombie had to desperately pump its internal corpse qi to combat the burning of the golden flames in order to save its life.

All of this was within Zhou Mingde’s expectations.

He didn’t take the opportunity to launch another attack on the Green-Faced Zombie, but instead called the Fire Divine Jackal back to his side and used the Zhou Family’s Beast Taming secret technique “Power Grafting” on his beloved pet.

The effect of the “Power Grafting” secret technique was just as its name implied, temporarily grafting a cultivator’s mana onto a Demon Beast.

By using this secret technique, Zhou Mingde could transfer up to eighty percent of his mana to the Fire Divine Jackal, greatly enhancing its strength.

However, after transferring mana to the Spirit Pet, his own strength would be significantly reduced due to excessive mana depletion.

Therefore, this secret technique was not something Zhou Mingde would use lightly.

But now, to deal a fatal blow to the Green-Faced Zombie, he had to take a risk.

His palm resting on the shoulder of the Fire Divine Jackal, his mana poured continuously into its body.

After accepting his mana, the aura of the Fire Divine Jackal visibly strengthened.

This change quickly caught Ruan Hongzhuang’s attention.

Her eyes shimmered as she watched the scene, with various thoughts spinning in her mind.

Not long after, the Green-Faced Zombie, having depleted a large amount of its corpse qi, finally withstood the attack of the “Sun Glare Fire Talisman” and extinguished the golden fire sea.

It was at this moment, with Zhou Mingde’s substantial power support, that the Fire Divine Jackal swiftly pounced in front of the Green-Faced Zombie and, spitting out bright red Demon Fire, engaged it in intense combat.

By this time, the zombifying energy within the Green-Faced Zombie had been largely consumed by the “Sun Glare Fire Talisman,” and its strength had fallen to barely equivalent to that of a third-rank mid-tier Demon Beast, while the Fire Divine Jackal’s strength had greatly increased.

In this case of gain on one side and loss on the other, the Fire Divine Jackal alone was able to successfully suppress it.

“Taoist Friend Ruan, what are you waiting for? Why aren’t you coordinating with me to slay this fiend?”

Zhou Mingde’s slightly weak voice suddenly rang out in the tomb, filled with urgency.

Upon hearing his words, and seeing his face that had clearly paled considerably, Ruan Hongzhuang slightly pursed her lips and then softly responded, “This concubine understands.”

Then, just as Zhou Mingde had said, she did her best to cooperate with the Fire Divine Jackal, launching the final offensive against the Green-Faced Zombie.

Not long after, accompanied by a “ripping” sound, the remarkable defensive teal robe on the Green-Faced Zombie was finally torn open by a claw of the Fire Divine Jackal.

Right after, the Fire Divine Jackal’s paw hooked and pulled out the Storage Pouch and the Spirit Beast Pouch placed on the chest of the Green-Faced Zombie, flinging them forcefully towards Zhou Mingde.

Seeing this scene, Ruan Hongzhuang’s palm involuntarily clenched into a fist.

But in the end, she did nothing and simply watched as Zhou Mingde caught the Storage Pouch and Spirit Beast Pouch in his hands.

With no more reservations, under the command of Zhou Mingde, the Fire Divine Jackal then fully unleashed a ferocious offensive against the Green-Faced Zombie.

The beast and the zombie fought wildly within the tomb chamber, soon causing severe damage to the palace-like chamber, and even showing signs of potentially causing the chamber to collapse.

Indeed, it was fortunate that the material used to construct this tomb chamber was sturdy and reinforced with Formation power for stabilization.

Otherwise, the fierce battle between Zhou Mingde, the Green-Faced Zombie, and the Earth Armored Dragon would have brought the place down long ago.

Seeing signs of the tomb chamber collapsing, Zhou Mingde suddenly had a thought, and shouted loudly to Ruan Hongzhuang, “Taoist Friend Ruan, quickly collect the corpse of the Earth Armored Dragon, and let’s retreat from this place!”

Upon hearing this, Ruan Hongzhuang also slightly startled but quickly understood his meaning.

Without hesitation, she responded, hurried over to curl up the Earth Armored Dragon’s corpse, and stuffed it into her Storage Pouch.

It was fortunate that the Earth Armored Dragon was not particularly large and its body was extremely flexible, capable of coiling into a ball.

Otherwise, fitting its entire body into a Storage Pouch would not have been easy.

Just as Ruan Hongzhuang finished collecting the Earth Armored Dragon’s corpse, the tomb chamber began to suffer a small-scale collapse.

Seeing this, she was so frightened that she quickly followed Zhou Mingde out of the chamber.

As she left the chamber and entered the corridor, the Fire Divine Jackal also suddenly burst forth with strength, knocking the Green-Faced Zombie flying, then bit down on the mummified corpse of Shen Borong on the ground and rushed out of the tomb chamber.

As soon as it appeared in the corridor, Zhou Mingde and Ruan Hongzhuang’s attacks both simultaneously hit the junction of the tomb chamber and the corridor, intending to completely bring down the chamber to bury the Green-Faced Zombie.

However, it seemed they had underestimated the sturdiness of the tomb chamber; despite causing partial collapse in the corridor, their attack did not inflict much damage to the chamber itself.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde immediately shouted, “Let’s go, leave the mausoleum first!”

After saying this, he turned and fled.

But the Green-Faced Zombie was not willing to let them go so easily.

It quickly followed their scent out of the tomb chamber and began to pursue them.

Luckily, the body of the Fire Divine Jackal was large enough to block a significant portion of both the corridor and the tomb path they had initially entered, allowing it to cover their retreat.

With it covering their rear, Zhou Mingde and Ruan Hongzhuang were able to make it back to the surface from the tomb path without danger.

After this chase, the two of them and the beast all successfully escaped the mausoleum and returned to the surface.

But at this time, the Green-Faced Zombie also caught up and began to pursue them relentlessly.

“Vile demon, it seems you seek your own death!”

Zhou Mingde’s eyebrows twisted, and he was about to join forces with Ruan Hongzhuang to finish off the Green-Faced Zombie once and for all.

The surface was different from underground; underground they had to be careful not to damage the Storage Pouch on the Green-Faced Zombie’s body and worried about a possible chain reaction from the collapse of the tomb, so they had to control their power.

But now on the surface, they could use whatever methods they pleased without worries, and killing the now weakened Green-Faced Zombie didn’t seem too difficult.

What Zhou Mingde did not expect, however, was that upon their emergence, Ruan Hongzhuang instantly charged towards Zhou Chun, who was coming to meet them.