Free Web NovelChapter 1693: Chapter 978: The Japan Arc Begins
In the following two days, the Mirror Ghost and Yang Xiao went to class punctually every day. The Mirror Ghost studied corpse refining while Yang Xiao sat beside him supervising. It must be said, when it comes to corpse refining talent, the Mirror Ghost crushes Yang Xiao by several streets.
But in Yang Xiao’s view, this is nothing, after all, even the Mirror Ghost belongs to him. Yang Xiao’s heart brimmed with a sense of proud honor.
However, Yang Xiao wasn’t idle either, observing while holding the Ghost Lantern vigilantly. If the Mirror Ghost showed any sign of mischief, it would immediately face a Ghost Lantern explosive attack.
There’s no way around it, the Mirror Ghost wielded a Human Bone Staff; if it caught him off guard successfully, when he woke up, it would be hard to say who’s the son and who’s the father.
Three days passed in a flash. On the fourth day, the Bone Burning Taoist could already move like a normal person. Under Yang Xiao’s manipulation, the Bone Burning Taoist executed a set of martial arts; the moves were swift and fierce. As long as you don’t look at the face, you can’t tell it’s a corpse puppet.
At this moment, the puppet refined by Ku Daoist just managed to open its eyes, unable to even move its limbs. The difference between them was like cloud and mud.
Seeing this, Ku Daoist couldn’t help but take a deep breath, lamenting the comparison of people is infuriating. Yang Xiao lacks talent, but this masked ghost is truly terrifying, and that bizarrely shaped short staff is an unusual corpse refining divine artifact.
"Go test its toughness." Ku Daoist handed the machete in his hand to Yang Xiao, signaling him to try slashing the Bone Burning Taoist.
Yang Xiao took the knife without hesitation, slashing it three times: once at the head, once at the body, once at the leg. The sharp blade merely scratched the surface, leaving a shallow white mark on the Bone Burning Taoist’s body, as if he was chopping stone. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
"So sturdy..." Yang Xiao inwardly sighed. It seemed ordinary sword attacks were no longer a threat to this puppet.
During this time, he also noticed that the puppet’s skin and flesh shrank and dried out in a bizarre way daily. Strangely, this shrinkage was unnoticeable from the outside but occurred internally in the corpse.
In the last time he opened the corpse’s abdomen to take out the internal organs, Yang Xiao noticed the drastic shriveling of the internal skin and flesh, resembling dried bacon, with a layer of black fuzz growing on the surface.
Looking at the Bone Burning Taoist puppet, Ku Daoist with hands tucked in his sleeves expressed great sentiment: "This is the wondrous benefit of high-quality corpses; ordinary Apostle’s corpses can’t reach such a standard at this stage." ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
Yang Xiao knew well; it was due to the tempering in the Secret Realm of Withered Bone Pavilion. Don’t be fooled by these beings who resemble neither humans nor ghosts, but their physical quality is exceptionally strong, and their resonance with Magic Artifacts surpasses Apostles of the same level.
"How about attacks from Magic Artifacts, can it withstand them?" Yang Xiao genuinely cared about this matter.
"This living corpse puppet’s resistance to hits is much stronger than ordinary Apostles. Once the puppet fully takes shape, it’s tough for an Apostle of the same level to destroy it." Ku Daoist had refined more than three mid-stage Ghost-level puppet corpses by his own hands, naturally knowing its fierce aspects.
"But there’s one thing you must understand. This living corpse puppet doesn’t have many flaws and is highly resistant to attacks. So, in battle, opponents usually won’t waste time on it. The best way to defeat a living corpse puppet is always to kill the person controlling it from behind," Ku Daoist added.
"But you said, initially Wu Qingcang destroyed your three puppets before defeating you. Do you have some hidden form of Magic Technique?" Yang Xiao asked again.
Mentioning this, Ku Daoist’s face slightly changed, as if caught in painful memories, gritting his teeth and said, "Is Wu Qingcang that son of a b**** a normal person? Puppets are just highly resistant to attacks, not invincible. Does it make a difference to him whether to kill my puppets first or me first?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Xiao nodded; indeed, in the face of Wu Qingcang, the three mid-stage Ghost-level living corpse puppets were nothing. During the battle in Rongcheng, Wu Qingcang challenged five and crushed five Ghost-level Apostles, finishing the fight in moments, demonstrating his powerful combat strength.
"What do I need to do next, pick a Magic Artifact for this puppet?" A puppet without a Magic Artifact is practically useless to Yang Xiao.
Ku Daoist glanced at the missing half leg of the Bone Burning Taoist, "The newly configured Magic Artifact may not work. You must retrieve the original Magic Artifact from its body. But even then, the success rate is no more than ten percent."
"Too low," Yang Xiao questioned.
"No choice. Based on my capability, that’s the limit. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have taken so many years to refine only three usable living corpse puppets."
"I said it before, I only learned some basics before leaving the mountain gate. Most of the rest I explored and refined myself. If you wish to advance in corpse refining, you can only seek people from Dragon Tiger Mountain or Bone Painting Tower," Ku Daoist candidly stated.
No more wasting words, Yang Xiao arranged to return the next day with Ku Daoist, then took the elevator out of the underground space, returned to the experimental base, and found Professor Cui.
Yang Xiao went straight to the point, inquiring about the whereabouts of several Magic Artifacts on the Bone Burning Taoist with Professor Cui. Years ago, after killing the Bone Burning Taoist, to frame the Xiang Ma Town Marquis Zhengdong, Yang Xiao had Director Nalan and others clean up the aftermath; the Bone Burning Taoist’s Magic Artifacts also got confiscated by the Patrol Defense Office.
According to Nalan Shuo afterward, those Magic Artifacts were gathered and shipped to Qinglan City where the Jiangbei Province Office is located for centralized handling, and Yang Xiao’s uncle, Professor Cui happened to be in charge of that area. In this experimental base, there’s a dedicated warehouse for storing Magic Artifacts.
