Checking In for Sixty Years, From Puppet Emperor to Heavenly Emperor – Chapter 61

Ch 61: Capture

“In my eyes, you are all a dish on the table, haha.” The tall, thin man’s hands grew purplish-black sharp claws, his entire skin turned gray-black, and his eyes glowed red as he pounced.

“It’s a zombie, use the talisman.” Commander Xia shouted, drawing the knife from his back, its surface covered with talismans.

The two made contact in mid-air, the blade danced, creating layers of knife shadows.

The zombie man ignored the knife shadows and charged straight up, but this time his body was hit by the blade, his steel-like skin was cut open, and he was burned by the talisman on the blade.

The zombie man cried out in pain. It was too late to defend. He was struck in the chest by Commander Xia, tearing open a wound more than thirty centimeters long. His clothes were torn open, and the bones of his chest were exposed. The wound was charred by the talisman, making a sizzling sound.

The zombie man cried out in pain, tore his clothes, his eyes showed surprise, and he let out a beast-like roar, becoming extremely ferocious.

Commander Xia is at Innate Tenth Level, plus the High-Grade Magic Treasure in his hand, which is enough to deal with most of the heretical path in the Jianghu. After all, those above the Innate level are few, and the vast majority of the heretical path are Houtian Martial Artist, equipped with heretical arts or Magic Treasure.

The zombie man pounced again, this time knowing to avoid Commander Xia’s knife, but in terms of moves, the zombie man was far inferior to Commander Xia. After only two moves, he was struck in the left arm again, almost severing the entire arm, and then kicked in the chest and fell to the ground.

At this time, other Brocade Guard threw out iron cable hooks with talismans, wrapping around the zombie man’s hands, feet, and body. The iron hooks pierced into the flesh and hooked the body.

With the talisman on them, the more the zombie man struggled, the more severe his injuries became.

“Roar!” The zombie man roared to the sky, his eyes shooting out red light.

“Don’t think that having Magic Treasure will allow you to fight against us. Let you know the difference between Cultivator and you Jianghu brutes.”

The zombie man suddenly shot soul light from his mouth, nose, and ears, flying towards the house behind him. His body turned into a corpse, hanging from the iron cable hooks.

“Be careful.” Commander Xia shouted to warn.

Two Brocade Guard jumped to the door, each taking out a human-shaped talisman paper, chanting a spell, and throwing it out.

The two human-shaped talismans flew out and turned into two paper figures, just like real people, running into the house.

As soon as they entered, a coffin flew out, knocking the paper figures away, and then being crushed under the flying coffin, turning into paper scraps.

Immediately afterwards, the roof of the room exploded, and more than a dozen coffins flew out, landing upright in the courtyard.

Commander Xia held the knife in both hands and raised it high, the knife energy forming a knife energy more than ten meters long, slashing down at the middle coffin.

The knife energy fell, and the coffin was split open. Black smoke rushed out from the separated coffin and spread, instantly engulfing the Brocade Guard here.

Commander Xia retreated. The black energy touched his body, and talisman light appeared on his clothes, blocking the black energy, which allowed him to withdraw from the range of the black energy and jump out of the manor.

As soon as he came out, he heard the screams of his companions behind him. Commander Xia showed a look of shock, gritted his teeth, crushed a Communication Talisman, and then raised his knife and charged back into the black smoke.

“How foolish, clearly able to escape, yet returning to die. Is this the righteousness that Jianghu martial artists speak of? Haha, extremely ridiculous.” The mocking voice of the man from just now came from the black smoke, but a strong sense of jealousy could be heard in his tone.

Commander Xia raised his knife and stabbed towards the source of the sound, but the other party refused to fight him head-on. The upright coffin lids fell, and zombies walked out and pounced on Commander Xia.

In this black smoke, he couldn’t see anything at all, and could only rely on hearing to fight. How could he fight this group of zombies?

When the blade in his hand struck a zombie, he was knocked down by other zombies. Even with Innate Tenth Level Internal Force, he couldn’t injure the zombies. He could only be forcibly pressed to the ground by these zombies with immense strength, their corpse claws piercing into his hands and feet, pressing him down firmly.

“Don’t worry, I won’t kill you so quickly. Aren’t you righteous? I’ll release your subordinates. I want to see how many of your subordinates will save you.” The man laughed loudly.

The thick smoke dissipated, and the Brocade Guard, freed from their predicament, immediately used their lightness skill to fly away and retreat.

The human-shaped black smoke saw this scene and laughed loudly: “Commander Xia, these are the people you risked your life to save. How does it feel, haha.”

“You’re still stubborn even when death is imminent. I’m saying you’re pitiful, or foolish.” Commander Xia retorted.

“You just keep being stubborn. I know you must be regretting it in your heart, hating these people. I can understand this feeling. Don’t worry, I will give you a chance for revenge. A Houtian Tenth Level expert made into a zombie must be very powerful. When the time comes, I will let you kill into the Brocade Guard Headquarters, let you kill to your heart’s content, haha.”

Suddenly, a ball of red fireworks shot out from outside the manor and exploded in the sky. Then, crossbow bolts wrapped with talismans shot in from outside, piercing the bodies of the surrounding zombies.

These talismans exploded with flames, burning the zombies and causing them to howl, jumping around in the courtyard.

At this time, an iron claw flew in, grabbed Commander Xia’s shoulder, and tried to pull him away.

“Dream on.” The man roared angrily, his eyes filled with jealousy and hatred. He let out a scream and turned into black smoke, engulfing the manor and the surrounding trees.

“Don’t mind me, leave quickly. You are no match for him.” Commander Xia shouted, and then was swept away by the black smoke.

The surrounding Brocade Guard didn’t have time to escape. This method was beyond the scope of martial artists. The black smoke quickly swept everyone away.

At this moment, Zhou Ling Sha had already arrived at Panyang Town with the Azure Guard, and received a distress signal as soon as she arrived.

A Brocade Guard immediately clasped his fist and said: “Commander-in-Chief, we received an emergency Communication Talisman. A place in East Sun Mountain also has our firework signal.”

“I’ll go over first, Commander Xia, you bring people over here.” After Zhou Ling Sha finished speaking, the knife wings behind her unfolded, and she took off into the air and flew away.

When she arrived at the location where the fireworks rose, she saw a manor, with more than a dozen Brocade Guard hanging from the trees, being gnawed on by zombies. Their hands and feet were already gone, but they hadn’t breathed their last breath.

Zhou Ling Sha flew down into the courtyard, her face full of anger, drew the Soul Devouring Blade, used the Soul Devouring Blade Technique, and a curse seal appeared on the blade. With a flash of her figure, she passed by these zombies, and the blade directly beheaded the zombies, the remaining souls in their bodies being absorbed by the blade.

“Eh! There is actually such an expert among the Azure Guard!” Inside the room, a middle-aged man walked out. This man’s skin was gray-white, and his hands and feet were a little inflexible. He held an iron chain in his hand, and Commander Xia was tied up and dragged out from inside.

“Commander-in-Chief, this person’s heretical art is powerful. He can turn into black smoke and occupy corpses as his own body.” Commander Xia reported the situation as soon as possible.

The man didn’t stop him, and looked at Zhou Ling Sha with a hint of fear. He had already seen Zhou Ling Sha’s attack just now, which released not Internal Force, but True Energy that only Innate Cultivator could have.

“Die.” Zhou Ling Sha didn’t bother to talk nonsense. Seeing this scene, she was already furious. Two ghost heads flew out from the Guardian Spirit shoulder armor on both sides of her shoulders, opened their mouths, and flew towards the man with a mouth full of sharp teeth.

The man didn’t dare to relax, and opened his mouth to spray out black smoke as soon as he came up, and fought with the ghost heads in mid-air.

Zhou Ling Sha waved the Soul Devouring Blade to cut off the chains on Commander Xia’s body, and also put down the Brocade Guard hanging on the tree, but these people’s hands and feet were all gnawed off, and they could only lie on the ground.

This man deliberately kept these people alive, just to stimulate the people who came to rescue them later, to satisfy his perverted desires.

“Commander-in-Chief, avenge us.” Several Brocade Guard were full of hatred. Although they were weak from excessive blood loss, they didn’t faint and relied on a surge of hatred to support them.

“I will ask The Emperor to find a way to save you, don’t give up.” Zhou Ling Sha looked at the black smoke in mid-air. Of course, she had a way to kill this person in seconds, but this person must have mastered important clues, so she could only capture him alive, so she temporarily let the ghost heads fight, as long as she didn’t let him escape.

The man discovered the power of the two fierce ghosts, and he couldn’t do anything about it. He turned into a cloud of black smoke and wanted to fly away.

Zhou Ling Sha immediately caught up with a flap of her knife wings. The Soul Devouring Blade struck the black smoke, and with a scream, the black smoke dissipated, and the man fell into the courtyard, leaving only an ugly meatball with a human face growing on it.

The meatball showed a terrified expression, and once again turned into black smoke and flew to the other side, but was bitten by the flying ghost head, and wrestled into a ball in the courtyard.

This time, the man understood that this Commander-in-Chief wanted to capture him alive. The meatball turned into black smoke and spread again, covering this area.

“Dying struggle.” Zhou Ling Sha pinched a magic seal, and a talisman flew out.

“Break for me.”

Zhou Ling Sha cast a magic seal, and the talisman released ten thousand golden lights, and the black smoke quickly dissipated.

The meatball tried to escape, but was still bitten by the ghost head and refused to let go.

This time, the meatball was desperate, and frantically bumped around trying to escape, but was still held by the ghost head. As long as he flew up, he would be slapped down by Zhou Ling Sha’s knife.

More than ten minutes later, Commander Xia arrived with people, and Zhou Ling Sha immediately said: “Devil Subduing Net, capture the meatball.”

Commander Xia immediately ran out a net, which grew in the wind, covering the entire courtyard, and then quickly shrunk. The meatball collided wildly, and was electrocuted by the talismans on the net, screaming again and again.

After being caught in the net, Commander Xia waved his hand, and the net turned into a small bag size and flew back, being caught in his hand.

“Save people, I’ll go back and find a way to save them. Old Xia, you interrogate him, just don’t kill him. Be careful of him escaping, use the Demon Sealing Formation to trap him.” After Zhou Ling Sha finished speaking, she spread her wings and flew away.

“Understood.” Commander Xia responded.