In the remote woods on the outskirts of New York City, the entire dark night castle was shrouded in thick gray corpse air. Some outlines could be vaguely seen from the weak dim light, which looked like the devil's castle popular in Western mythology in the Middle Ages. It is generally eerie and terrifying, and the wind that occasionally blows is like the whisper of an evil spirit that cannot escape.
The huge forest was also corroded by the endless corpse energy, showing the color of withering and withering in autumn, and there was no longer any living creature in the forest.
Under the arrangements of the Victor family, the suburban roads in this area have been blocked long ago, and the only people who can enter and exit are large trucks filled with jade boxes.
The jade box contained the corpse energy Zhang Haoyu needed.
Nowadays, the number of virus infections in country M continues to rise. The government's inaction and even various countermeasures have led to the death toll also continuing to rise. This has provided Zhang Haoyu with a large source of corpse gas.
Compared with the sporadic corpse Qi collected by the Black Flame Blood Skeleton Organization digging various cemeteries in China, this place has become a hotbed for Zhang Haoyu's cultivation. His cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the peak of the ninth level of Qi training. If not for the suppression of the earth, , I am afraid that he has already broken through to the blood coagulation realm.
As the night fell and the crescent moon rose above the branches, a series of nine large vans in the distance drove all the way to the Dark Night Castle with roaring roars, and stopped in front of the farm bought by the Victor family.
In the leading truck, an old man wearing a fine black suit and oily hair jumped out of the cab. It was Lester Victor.
Compared with what Hu Mingxian saw in Lester Victor today, his elegant and natural aristocratic aura has long been replaced by a bloodthirsty and crazy look.
There has also been a big change in appearance. The whole person looks thinner. A pair of ears are no longer human, but more like the pointed and wide animal ears of a vampire. The original blue eyes have completely evolved into a gray one. Color, the hands that still love to rest on a cane also show a kind of withered claws, shaped like eagle talons.
"This is the last batch of corpse energy that can be collected at present!"
Behind him, the other eight members of the Victor family gathered around. Lester Victor glanced at everyone, and said with some excitement and emotion: "After the delivery, our Victor family will be able to obtain the complete practice skills. Then we can start reviving the Victor family."
Lester shook his eagle-like withered claws, and a look of determination appeared on his old face. This kind of power far exceeded the power of a vampire. It was a power that he had never felt or possessed in hundreds of years. He believed that, With this power, the Victor family will definitely be able to prosper, and there will no longer be any distinction between doves and hawks!
The other eight people also had longing expressions on their faces, as if the wonderful future was about to come, and by then, they would all become blood ancestors of the new Victor family.
"Let's go!"
Lester waved his hand, and everyone immediately moved the jade boxes in the truck to the small trailer and transported them to the Dark Night Castle in the woods.
In a dark room in the Dark Night Castle, Zhang Haoyu, whose whole body was shrouded in corpse aura, sat cross-legged, his whole mind immersed in consciousness.
At this time, in front of him was a corpse energy barrier like a copper wall and an iron wall standing between heaven and earth.
There are streams of corpse energy flowing endlessly on it. Under the background of the stream of light, the entire corpse energy barrier is made up of countless living corpses of various forms piled up. Each one is like maggots, squeezing each other. Weaving between each other, even tearing and gnawing at everything they can come into contact with.
Each living corpse made biting sounds, growls, growls, and swallowing sounds... which converged into an indescribable sound that resounded throughout the entire world of consciousness. Just listening to it made one feel a shudder in the heart, a little uncomfortable. If you are careful, you will sink into it and fall into hell forever!
Although this was not the first time he had seen this scene, Zhang Haoyu still had trouble keeping his mind calm. He seemed like a small boat in the rough sea, which might capsize at any time.
Corpse demon barrier!
This is the corpse demon barrier that Zhang Haoyu has to face if he wants to open up the corpse demon soul sea in advance.
Before this, Zhang Haoyu had broken through no less than a hundred times, but almost every time he was tortured to pieces by various corpse demons above the barrier, and his conscious body was devoured again and again, leaving only a head. The most dangerous thing That time, if his master hadn't taken action, he almost couldn't save his head.
Ever since he witnessed Hu Mingxian's power and heaven-defying abilities on the Inner Mongolia prairie, Zhang Haoyu completely understood that if he could not open up the corpse demon soul sea in advance and completely condense the corpse demon energy, he would definitely not be Hu Mingxian's enemy.
Thinking of Hu Mingxian's power, the resentment of cutting off his limbs in the first place, and the thought of Ji Linyue who had never been able to succeed and could not even get close to him, Zhang Haoyu's originally handsome face gradually became distorted, and resentment and cruelty filled the air.
As if he had made up his mind, Zhang Haoyu no longer cared about anything else, and condensed the corpse energy all over his body, turning into layers of corpse demon armor in front of his conscious body. He immediately roared and pierced the corpse demon barrier like a javelin. .
"Hiss, hiss..."
"Ho ho ho..."
"Yeah yeah..."
"..."
In an instant, the entire corpse demon barrier shook, and countless corpse demons rushed to grab each other and rush towards Zhang Haoyu.
However, Zhang Haoyu ignored it and wielded the long knife transformed from corpse energy, slashing at the corpse demon in front of him.
Every time he cut a knife, gray blood burst out. Zhang Haoyu could also feel the feeling of the knife penetrating into his flesh. However, the corpse demon barrier seemed to be only one layer. No matter how many cuts he made, no matter how many cuts he made, No matter how many corpse demons were destroyed, there was no end in sight.
"Crack!"
Just as Zhang Haoyu raised his knife to cut again, a corpse demon crawled over and grabbed Zhang Haoyu's left foot. Its hollow features looked like a giant mouth with countless sharp teeth, and it chewed off the left foot directly.
"ah!"
Zhang Haoyu howled in pain, and subconsciously wanted to slash at the corpse demon with the corpse energy sword raised high. However, after cutting halfway, the sword turned and slashed at the corpse demon barrier in front of him again.
He knew that if he slashed at the corpse demon with this knife, he would fall into an endless struggle. He could only be ruthless, ignore it, focus on the point in front of him, and persevere, maybe there would be a glimmer of hope. hope.
As one corpse demon succeeded, more and more corpse demons invaded Zhang Haoyu's body. No matter which part they caught, they opened their mouths and bit them. Each bite could tear off a large piece of conscious flesh and blood...
Slashing it with one knife and devouring it bite by bite, Zhang Haoyu and the endless corpse demon fell into such consumption.
I don't know how long it took, but when he discovered that there was another head left, Zhang Haoyu was not frightened. Instead, his face showed a long-lost look of joy, because in front of him, the layer of corpse demon barrier finally appeared. A crack was created by him, and a new force that he had never experienced before passed through this crack, blowing through his consciousness like a spring breeze...
"laugh!"
At this moment of loss of consciousness, a corpse demon bit off half of Zhang Haoyu's head. The moment he woke up, Zhang Haoyu stopped thinking about it and used his last strength to slash towards the crack with a knife.
However, releasing the Buddha touched some kind of taboo, and corpse demons rushed towards the crack, blocking the knife. At the same time, countless corpse demons rushed towards the remaining half of Zhang Haoyu's head.
"No!!!"
Seeing this situation, Zhang Haoyu roared unwillingly. At this moment, he fell into a difficult decision. If this knife was cut down desperately, then what awaited him would be that his consciousness would be completely swallowed up. Otherwise, everything would be in vain!
Is it a matter of survival?
Or cut it off with this knife?
It was hard to make a decision for a moment, but I also made a decision in a moment...
Several miles away from the corpse demon barrier, Zhang Haoyu was breathing heavily, slowly condensing the devoured consciousness.
Yes, Zhang Haoyu gave up that glimmer of hope, just because he was not sure whether the knife he risked his life to cut could break through the corpse demon's barrier and hit the corpse demon barrier.
Similarly, he is not sure whether even if he cuts on the corpse demon barrier, he can finally break through the corpse demon barrier and open up the corpse demon soul sea!
Looking at the endless corpse demon that had returned to its original state and was still roaring at him, Zhang Haoyu just held his hands, his eyes filled with resentment that was difficult to vent. He even dared to kill his close relatives, but in the end he did not dare to face himself. life and death.
Taking one last look at the corpse demon barrier, Zhang Haoyu exited the world of consciousness. As soon as he exited, he spat out a large mouthful of blood. His whole body suddenly looked depressed, and he did not recover for half an hour.
Drooping his head, Zhang Haoyu asked feebly: "Master, is it really that difficult to open up the Sea of Corpse Demon Souls?"
The space fell into silence. Zhang Haoyu waited for a long time before he got his master's answer: "You are afraid of death."
After three words, there was no sound again, but these three words hit Zhang Haoyu's heart like a giant hammer.
Secretly gritting his teeth, Zhang Haoyu looked unwilling and helpless... afraid of death, of course he was afraid of death!
He did not hesitate to kill his close relatives and the eight ancient martial arts families who were all brothers. Even if he fell into hell and became a demon, all Zhang Haoyu wanted was to be able to practice. After losing everything and carrying everything, he was naturally afraid of death.
If you are alive, you will have the opportunity to prove to all those who were killed by him that your death will make him Zhang Haoyu a success, and your life will not be wasted in vain.
If he died, what would be the meaning of everything he did? How could it not be unhappy to spend the rest of your life with your closest relatives and siblings like this?
Therefore, Zhang Haoyu is afraid of death and cannot die.
"That's it! Once you reach the peak of the Bone Casting Realm and survive the thunder tribulation, you will eventually be able to open up the Corpse Demon Soul Sea..."
With a faint sigh, Zhang Haoyu stopped thinking about it, meditated and adjusted his breathing before leaving the secret room.
At this time, Lester and others had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time, with jade boxes filled with corpse energy piled behind them. Seeing Zhang Haoyu appear, Lester hurriedly went up to greet them.
