Your Blood Works Better Than Black Dog Blood

The moment the copper nail was pulled out, a deep, muffled sound came from beneath the black stone slab.

A dense black aura immediately erupted from under the slab.

The aura was so thick that it spread along the ground, even overpowering the stench of corpses radiating from Yu Youhan.

Wang Xincheng took half a step back, and some of the color drained from his face.

“Earth Fiend energy.”

He stared at the stone slab, speaking much faster than usual.

“They used Yu Youhan as the formation core, borrowing the Dragon Fang terrain to condense fiend energy. Then they used the yin energy from the zombies to contaminate the dragon vein. This isn’t limited to a single point. For a formation like this to be completed, there wouldn’t be only one formation core.”

At those words, Liu Zheng’s brows furrowed even more deeply.

He had never expected the Japanese to be so vile.

The Dragon Fang terrain was already troublesome enough.

Once contaminated Earth Fiend energy became entangled with the dragon vein, any mishandling could leave consequences that lasted for decades.

Even worse, this place had once been an underground laboratory left behind by the Japanese army. No one could say how many lives they had claimed here back then. This contaminated fiend energy might only be the first layer.

Wang Xincheng pulled out a stack of yellow talismans, his fingers moving rapidly.

“I’ll suppress it for now.”

He didn’t dare claim that he could resolve the problem.

This was already beyond his capabilities. If the Earth Fiend energy were weaker, he could slowly neutralize it with a talisman formation and a few small artifacts.

But with this level of concentration, merely preventing it from spreading would already be an achievement. Forget neutralizing it.

Lin Mo raised his hand, and the Human Emperor Banner fell into his palm.

As soon as the spirit artifact appeared, the yin energy in the laboratory was suppressed by a full degree.

Without saying anything else, he planted the Human Emperor Banner into the crack in the stone slab.

The Earth Fiend energy pouring out seemed to be clamped down by some invisible force. It came to a hard stop beneath the banner, then was drawn inside strand by strand.

Wang Xincheng’s movements froze.

“That won’t work. Blocking it is useless. The fiend energy will only continue accumulating. The harder you suppress it, the more violent the backlash will be later.”

As he spoke, he began searching through his talismans again, preparing to set up a temporary formation. Even if it couldn’t last long, it could at least buy them some time.

Lin Mo flicked his hand.

“Who said I’m blocking it?”

Wang Xincheng froze.

Lin Mo glanced at the Human Emperor Banner.

“I’m absorbing it.”

That single sentence swallowed the rest of Wang Xincheng’s warning.

He stared at the banner, which was purple-black from end to end. His throat bobbed, but for a long while he couldn’t find a reply.

The Human Emperor Banner was a spirit artifact Lin Mo had forged himself. Absorbing yin energy or fiend energy was nothing more than child’s play to it.

The family members inside the banner weren’t picky eaters.

With fiend energy replenishing them, their condition could even improve another notch.

Everyone inside clearly trusted Lin Mo completely.

The few girls did not approach. Instead, they looked around the laboratory.

The decrepit metal cabinets, corroded iron beds, file slots on the walls whose numbers had long since become illegible, and broken glass scattered across the floor all exuded a malicious atmosphere that seemed to have been rotted by the passage of time.

Liu Zheng gave them a reminder.

“Don’t touch anything carelessly. This used to be a Japanese military bacteriological laboratory. Don’t touch anything unless you absolutely have to.”

Xie Yuling, however, wasn’t particularly worried.

“I have the Rejuvenation Talismans Lin Mo gave me. I should be fine. But there might be more zombies like this in other places.”

As she spoke, Xie Yuling looked toward Yu Youhan, who was standing motionless in place.

No one knew what they should do with this zombie.

Hiding behind Jiang Yunlu, Chu Miaomiao asked in a small voice, “Can he still be saved?”

No one answered.

It was a question that was simply too difficult to answer.

Just then, footsteps came from deep within the passage outside.

One step after another. The scraping of metal armor plates rang out in a rhythm so orderly that it made people uncomfortable.

Liu Zheng tilted his head and listened for several seconds.

“Something’s coming.”

They seemed to be the samurai Lin Mo had mentioned earlier—the same ones Fang Jun and the others had encountered.

Lin Mo stood with his back to everyone, one hand still resting on the Human Emperor Banner.

“You girls go try them out.”

The moment he said that, Jiang Yunlu and Ning Qingcheng looked up almost simultaneously.

They had been prepared for this for a long time.

Ever since following Lin Mo down here, they had either waited for him to act or watched him resolve every problem with ease.

Young people who had learned some skills needed a place to test what they were capable of.

Ning Qingcheng spoke first.

“I’ll go first.”

With that, she vanished from the spot.

She hadn’t moved particularly quickly. Instead, the moment her ability activated, she had cut directly into space itself.

Jiang Yunlu didn’t react in time. By the time she did, Xie Yuling had already left, while Chu Miaomiao tugged at her sleeve.

“Yunlu, they’re gone.”

“Then we’re going too!”

Jiang Yunlu shot forward in a single stride.

Each of them had a flashlight on her phone, so they weren’t worried about losing sight of the path.

Liu Zheng frowned as he looked at Lin Mo.

“You’re really just letting them go?”

“What’s wrong with that? They each have their own path to walk. I’m merely giving them a few stepping stones.”

As he spoke, he looked toward the Human Emperor Banner. Absorbing the Earth Fiend energy was rather slow, as if it were a stubborn stain.

Wang Xincheng, meanwhile, looked at his foolish son, then at the girls who had just left, his face full of confusion.

At least his son possessed a Pure Yang constitution. If he had a cultivation method, perhaps…

“Stop looking at your son. He’s already lost his virginity, and he’s too old now. Even Mount Longhu wouldn’t take him.”

Lin Mo’s blunt words crushed Wang Xincheng’s idea of sending his son to study the Dao.

Wang Keting stared blankly at the two men, completely unaware that he had just narrowly escaped a disaster.

Liu Zheng walked to the doorway and leaned out of the laboratory to look down the corridor.

Ning Qingcheng attacked first.

She did not charge straight into the enemy. Instead, she entered from the side, her footsteps skimming along the wall as she turned. Spatial energy sliced through the gaps in the armor, and the head of the first samurai twisted to one side as the yin energy inside its body dispersed.

Then an arrow of light shot through the passage.

Halfway there, Ning Qingcheng’s arrow split into several fine rays that pierced through the gaps in the armor. The chests of an entire row of samurai collapsed at once, yin energy leaking from the wounds.

Liu Zheng’s eyelids twitched.

As expected of a talent rumored to possess the potential to surpass the Director-General.

Xie Yuling followed close behind. Her divine sense condensed into a blade and struck directly at the samurai.

These samurai were physical bodies formed from remnant souls and yin energy. Attacks using divine sense were actually the most effective weapon against them.

Jiang Yunlu seized the opening and threw a punch infused with true qi.

The combination of powerful blood vitality and true qi was still enough to affect the samurai.

Their physical forms instantly dispersed beneath her fist.

Wang Keting and Wang Xincheng couldn’t help peering out of the laboratory as well.

When Wang Keting saw what was happening, he was dumbfounded.

“Dad, are they all this powerful?”

Wang Xincheng snapped back at him irritably.

“They really are impressive. You’re the weakest one here. But if you’re willing to sacrifice a little, you could also kill your way through them.”

Wang Keting’s eyes lit up.

“Really?! What do I have to do?”

“It’s simple. Bleed yourself. Since you have a Pure Yang constitution, your blood is even more useful than black dog blood.”

Wang Keting immediately shut his mouth.

That counted as sacrificing only a little?

He had just had blood drawn earlier that day. If they took any more, he might lose too much blood.

At that moment, he pointed toward Chu Miaomiao, who was standing motionless at the very back.

“That girl hasn’t done anything. I can’t be the weakest one here, right?”

The next second, Chu Miaomiao moved.