The Akita Inu, a breed unique to the Japanese archipelago, was in fact also a hunting dog. To better tame this wild beast, ancient Japan had a profession known as a "dog master."
Not everyone could become a dog master; they were selected from thousands of people who possessed an affinity with animals.
In fact, scientists had long researched that some people possessed an affinity with animals. These individuals had a special charm that could make animals drop their guard.
This ability was difficult to cultivate through training; it was innate.
These dog masters could communicate well with animals and train large numbers of obedient hunting dogs.
However, the Japanese people were also the most perverse. Those Onmyoji, in their pursuit of more powerful Shikigami, also researched things like zombies.
They turned deceased hunting dogs into zombies but found it difficult to directly control these zombie hunting dogs for attacks.
Although they had other methods, such as injecting fragments of their own souls into Magatama, refining the Magatama into magical artifacts, and inserting them into the brains of zombie hunting dogs to control them. These specially functional Magatama were called "Soul Gems."
But the problem was that the Soul Gems capable of controlling zombies were extremely difficult to produce, and their cost and price were very high. Using them to control zombie hunting dogs was simply not worth the effort!
However, perverts always found perverse solutions. After numerous experiments, these Onmyoji finally found a solution: turning the dog masters themselves into zombies.
They discovered that even after becoming zombies, these dog masters retained the ability to control the zombie hunting dogs.
Furthermore, a single dog master zombie could control more than ten zombie hunting dogs. This way, the Onmyoji, by controlling one dog master zombie with a Soul Gem, could effectively control over ten zombie hunting dogs, greatly increasing cost-effectiveness.
However, with the development of the times, the profession of dog master has largely disappeared. Although there are still dog trainers today, they mostly train dogs using conditioned reflexes, which is far inferior to the dog masters of the past.
Therefore, very few dog masters remained who had been turned into zombies. The three present were essentially the only remaining stock from the Abe no Seimei Shrine.
Soon, the zombie hunting dogs approached Ling Tian. Ling Tian immediately sensed that these zombie hunting dogs were different. Their heads were one or two sizes larger than ordinary Akita dogs, making their physique more like North American wolves.
Their sharp canine teeth were nearly three centimeters long, capable of piercing an arm or leg with a single bite! And the hardness of these teeth was comparable to rock!
The leading zombie hunting dog lunged forward. Ling Tian kicked it directly in the neck.
This kick was powerful. Although Ling Tian did not use his full strength, an ordinary dog would have its neck broken and die on the spot from such a blow.
The zombie hunting dog was sent flying several meters away, knocking over another zombie hunting dog behind it. However, after tumbling on the ground a couple of times, it sprang back to its feet, full of vigor, and continued to attack Ling Tian.
"Haha, interesting!"
Suddenly, Ling Tian's figure vanished. Immediately after, where Ling Tian had been standing, a massive white bear appeared, standing nearly four meters tall!
This creature was Ling Tian's Ice Soul Giant Bear!
The sudden change did not frighten these zombie hunting dogs. They lacked intelligence and could only follow their instincts and obey commands. Their command was to destroy all living beings that entered this ghost realm barrier!
The Ice Soul Giant Bear was sleeping soundly in the spiritual realm space and was suddenly summoned by Ling Tian. It was somewhat groggy and unaware of what was happening. At this moment, the zombie hunting dogs pounced, biting directly at the Ice Soul Giant Bear's front leg.
"Crack!"
With a single bite, the Ice Soul Giant Bear was unharmed, while the unfortunate zombie hunting dog's teeth, as hard as rock, shattered.
The body of the Ice Soul Giant Bear was formed from ten-thousand-year-old ice. Not only was its temperature close to absolute zero, but its hardness was also absolutely terrifying.
Although it could not feel pain, such an attack was not even comparable to an itch for the Ice Soul Giant Bear. However, the zombie hunting dogs had also angered the Ice Soul Giant Bear!
The Ice Soul Giant Bear raised its front paw, and its bear paw, which was larger than a washbasin, slammed down. The zombie hunting dog was instantly crushed into a pulp.
At this time, several other zombie hunting dogs also bit the Ice Soul Giant Bear. The Ice Soul Giant Bear turned around, its paws flying out, sending two zombie hunting dogs dozens of meters away.
However, these creatures were indeed formidable. One of them had its legs broken but was still wriggling its body, fearlessly crawling towards the Ice Soul Giant Bear.
This time, the Ice Soul Giant Bear was thoroughly enraged. These things were like toads jumping onto one's feet; they didn't bite but were disgusting.
It had been sleeping peacefully, and now it was being harassed by these creatures, which was incredibly annoying.
At this moment, a pack of zombie hunting dogs rushed forward again. The Ice Soul Giant Bear let out a roar, and instantly, a blue halo radiated outwards from the Ice Soul Giant Bear, covering an area within a radius of 20 meters.
In the next moment, all the zombie hunting dogs froze in place, motionless, their bodies completely covered in frost!
This was the Ice Soul Giant Bear's innate skill, Zero-Degree Ice Ring!
The absolute zero temperature that erupted instantly froze these zombie hunting dogs solid from the inside out.
Then, the Ice Soul Giant Bear walked forward, one paw at a time, like playing whack-a-mole, smashing these frozen zombie hunting dogs into pieces.
After dealing with the zombie hunting dogs, the Ice Soul Giant Bear was recalled to the spiritual realm space by Ling Tian, and Ling Tian reappeared on the scene.
At this moment, the three dog master zombies controlling the zombie hunting dogs instinctively felt fear. Their own combat power was very poor, no different from ordinary zombies. Now that they had lost their zombie hunting dogs, they could only become targets.
Ling Tian sneered, raised his hand, and three Vajra Talismans appeared in his hand. Infusing them with true essence, the three Vajra Talismans were activated, and three light spheres the size of human heads were cast towards the three dog master zombies.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
With three flashes of white light, the dog master zombies were blown to smithereens.
Although the physical strength of zombies was very high, the righteous energy within the Vajra Axe was the natural enemy of these dead things!
At this moment, Abe no Daishi in the White Fox Palace felt immense heartache!