344: Chapter 154 Facing Life and Death, Immortals Are Mortal_3 344: Chapter 154 Facing Life and Death, Immortals Are Mortal_3 Whenever we practiced our cultivation, they would do this, just a little bit at a time, and by the time we realized what was happening, it was already too late.
Although we may appear to be human now, in reality, we have already become zombie soldiers.
Normally, our actions are completely beyond our control.
We couldn’t even report this matter if we wanted to.
Even if we wanted to commit suicide to preserve ourselves and prevent becoming zombie soldiers, we discovered we couldn’t do that either.
Eventually, we even lost such thoughts.
We are almost indistinguishable from zombie soldiers, except we still retain a sliver of spiritual wisdom.
We can only rely on our innate, remaining sliver of spiritual wisdom to emit death aura instinctively, hoping to cause more ordinary corpses to undergo zombification, thereby drawing attention to the changes happening here.”
Only then did Cao Zhen and the other two understand that those zombie soldiers were intentionally created by them, with the purpose of attracting the attention of others.
As Fa Xiang and the other two shouted, their bodies began to tremble wildly again, evidently struggling to control themselves once more.
They didn’t know how long the death aura had invaded their bodies.
Now, that they could still retain a trace of clarity was probably because of their pride as disciples of the top ten Immortal Sects, their unwillingness to become true zombie soldiers!
The three tried desperately to control their bodies to prevent themselves from attacking Cao Zhen while crying out urgently.
“It’s too late, Dao Companion, strike quickly!”
“Quick, strike us down!
We are people of the Dharma Apex Sect, we absolutely cannot commit such a disgraceful act against our Sect!”
“Hurry, we can’t hold on much longer, in a moment we’ll be controlled by the death aura again, quickly take action, completely obliterate our corpses, blast them into nothing.
Even in death, the three of us will absolutely not become real zombie soldiers!”
Cao Zhen, looking at the three who struggled to keep their spines straight no matter what, showed a look of agony on his face and declared loudly, “Gentlemen, I, Cao Zhen, swear here and now, today I send you off, tomorrow I must ascend to the Dharma Apex Sect to report this matter to your sect.
I will tell every single person in the Dharma Apex Sect that Fa Xiang, Fa Shi, and Fa Sha, all three were upright men, and you are all the pride of the Dharma Apex Sect.
Even in death, you did not bring disgrace upon Dharma Apex Sect!”
“Take action now!”
“Thank you, Dao Companion, do it quickly!”
The three from the Dharma Apex Sect fiercely suppressed their own mana.
With tears in his eyes, Cao Zhen slowly raised his palm.
In the span of less than a month since he left the mountains, he had experienced feelings he had never encountered in two lifetimes, and he truly came to know the top ten Immortal Sects.
Whether it was the disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect or the three Dao Companions from the Dharma Apex Sect, they were all proud to be disciples of a sect.
They always considered their sect first and foremost, not to bring shame upon it.
Perhaps this is what true disciples of Immortal Sects are like, what true cultivators are!
Purple thunderbolts crashed down, and on the other side, Fa Xiang, Fa Shi, and Fa Sha had already turned their heads to the west, perhaps in the direction of the Dharma Apex Sect’s location.
They did not know how many years they had lived, but at this moment, they were like children, tears in their eyes, opening their bloodstained mouths, laughing loudly.
“Master, your disciple is leaving, I have not disgraced our Dharma Apex Sect!”
“Master, your disciple can no longer serve by your side!”
“Master, if there’s a next life, I will still be your disciple, a disciple of the Dharma Apex Sect!”
“In this life, I have no regrets in joining Dharma Apex!”
“In this life, I have no regrets in joining Dharma Apex!”
In the midst of their roar-like cries, thunderbolts fell.
The three perished amid the purple thunderbolts, their bones shattered to dust.
That was their final pride; as disciples of the Dharma Apex Sect, as disciples of the top ten Immortal Sects, even in death, they would rather leave no remains than to have their corpses tainted by death aura and become zombie soldiers!
As the three died, high up, from among the hundred hanging coffins, two on the outermost edge began to shake violently.
At once, this forbidden area became even more eerie and frightening.
From the cracks in the coffins, bursts of death aura shot out, coalescing into two black spears, charging furiously towards Cao Zhen.
Wherever the spears passed, the air seemed to be pierced through, leaving behind two clear black trails.
“Scram!”
Cao Zhen roared, lifting his hand into the air and pointing towards the two streams of death aura.
Tremendous mana, channeled through the Heretical Golden Core, struck the two black spears formed from the death aura.
Instantly, the black spears shattered thunderously.
“You’re courting death!”
As the spears broke, from within the two outermost coffins, a hoarse voice, not of human quality and filled with an eerie chill, could be heard.
“Daring to disrupt our plans, you shall die!”
Cao Zhen abruptly turned to look at the two coffins, the ones responsible for releasing the death aura that infected Fa Xiang and the others.
Without any fear, he took a step forward, facing the two coffins, and yelled, “What are you screaming for?
What the hell can you do besides talk about death?
If you’re so capable, come out!
What’s all this yelling for!”
As his words fell, the two coffins shook even more violently.
“Boy, you can only spout off now, but just wait, wait for the Heavenly Dao to shift once again, and we shall break free from this seal.
Then, you and your sect will all die!”
“Boy, this General has noted your sect, the Hundred Peaks Sect, huh!
When the time comes, this General will lead a great army to slaughter into your Hundred Peaks Sect, and not a single soul of the Hundred Peaks Sect shall be spared.”