Chapter 17 Death Servants

Zhou Ze stretched, feeling light and ethereal.

Corpse poison, for most people, was an extremely terrifying existence. The most extreme corpse poison could even corrode the soul.

But for zombies, it was nourishment!

With Zhou Ze and Yingying's "zombie bloodline," there was no problem of not being able to handle the richness.

"You and that Constable Chen, were you planning to plot for this…"

Zhou Ze didn't finish his question.

His nose caught a whiff of blood. His room was on the third floor.

On the other side, Yingying's gaze also sharpened.

The woman's expression suddenly changed, and she said with some panic,

"They, they're here!"

Before Zhou Ze could ask who "they" were,

A skull face suddenly appeared behind Yingying. One hand grabbed for the green stone in Yingying's hand, and the other wielded a rusty horse刀 (mǎdāo, cavalry sword) and slashed!

Yingying reacted quickly, dodging the slash, and kicking the figure.

"Bang!"

The figure shuddered.

Just how terrifying was a female zombie's kick? It actually failed to move the figure. Instead, Yingying herself was forced to retreat by the rebounding force.

At the same time,

Another skeleton wearing armor was reflected in the window behind Zhou Ze, the horse刀 (mǎdāo, cavalry sword) cleaving down at Zhou Ze's head!

Zhou Ze looked up,

His right hand grabbed upwards, his five fingernails growing rapidly, as long as scythes, instantly locking onto the horse刀 (mǎdāo, cavalry sword). Then, Zhou Ze tilted his chair back, his left fingernails directly piercing towards the skeleton knight's chest!

"Clang!"

The opponent's armor actually blocked Zhou Ze's fingernails. Zhou Ze only felt a piercing pain between his fingers, as if he wasn't stabbing a person, but directly hitting a large piece of hard metal.

However,

Whether it was the one facing Yingying or the one on Zhou Ze's side,

Both froze for a moment,

After several seconds, they resumed their actions, continuing to raise their horse刀 (mǎdāo, cavalry sword) and slash down.

Yingying dodged the horse刀 (mǎdāo, cavalry sword) and punched the opponent's lower waist with her right fist.

"Bang!"

"Hiss!"

Yingying gasped.

The female zombie only felt her fist go numb, but the skeleton knight remained unmoved!

Zhou Ze got off the chair and retreated continuously. He was weak, but he wasn't missing limbs, especially in this moment of life-and-death crisis, he was quite agile.

The opponent's horse刀 (mǎdāo, cavalry sword) slashed into the coffee table, which broke in half after a few seconds, and the knight continued to pursue Zhou Ze in a completely open, life-trading manner.

"Coffee!"

Zhou Ze pressed down with his ten fingers.

Ten wisps of black mist instantly shot out, locking onto the skeleton knight in front of him, but the next moment, the opponent actually let out a roar and broke free, pouncing again.

The woman who had come in earlier shouted,

"Run, get out of here!"

Saying that,

She didn't care about the situation,

And rushed towards the door. Who knew that as soon as she opened the door, two skeleton knights were standing outside. She reacted quickly, and with her seemingly flexible body, she dodged the attack, but was forced back into the room.

In an instant,

There were four skeleton knights in the room.

This thing couldn't be chewed, couldn't be hit. Since his debut, Boss Zhou had never encountered such a thing. Even his fingernails were useless.

At this time, the four skeleton knights attacked together, raising their swords.

They weren't very fast, but their complete disregard for their own safety was a Bug!

Zhou Ze dodged, and although he evaded the blow, the tip of the opponent's sword directly tore off the bathrobe he had put on after his bath.

Boss Zhou was also angry,

And looked up:

"Roar!"

Two fangs appeared at the corners of his mouth,

And runes began to flow on his bare upper body.

Two skeleton knights pressed towards Zhou Ze together.

This time Zhou Ze didn't dodge, but collided directly with them!

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

The opponent's horse刀 (mǎdāo, cavalry sword) slashed into Zhou Ze's shoulder,

Zhou Ze's body trembled,

Almost kneeling down from the terrifying force,

Fortunately, he strengthened his knees and held on.

At the same time, one hand hugged a skeleton knight's neck, leaned in, opened his mouth, and bit down on the opponent's neck with his two fangs!

"Pfft!"

The fangs pierced in.

But the knight seemed to feel no pain at all, actually wrapping his arms around Zhou Ze's waist, allowing his companion to raise his sword with both hands behind him and slash at the back of Zhou Ze's neck!

"The netherworld has order, the laws of death are ruthless, break!"

Lawyer An, whose price hadn't been agreed upon, appeared in time,

Kicking open the door and forming a hand seal,

A black light struck the skeleton knight,

However,

The knight didn't react at all,

The blade still chopped down at Zhou Ze's neck!

"Roar!"

Zhou Ze only felt a burst of dizziness in his head.

"...Lawyer An," he felt embarrassed.

"Bang!"

Zhou Ze was smashed down,

And over there, Yingying was also starting to struggle. The woman was being chased around the room by the last skeleton knight.

Lying on the ground, Zhou Ze subconsciously reached out and rubbed the back of his neck. Even in his zombie state, taking that blow head-on was extremely unpleasant.

"Come on, come find me, come find me! I jumped in, I jumped out again, come on, come hit me!"

Lawyer An was skillfully attracting hatred, jumping up and down at the door, and really did divert the attention of two skeleton knights from Zhou Ze to him.

When the two skeleton knights chased after him,

Lawyer An, who was still making faces, immediately turned around and ran downstairs, while shouting:

"Boss, there's a ghost in here!"

Zhou Ze barely stood up,

Yingying retreated to his side, and the skeleton knight who had been chasing Yingying also pressed over.

Zhou Ze shook his head.

He didn't rashly charge forward again.

These things couldn't be this terrifying; there must be something mysterious about them.

Immediately,

Zhou Ze's five fingernails pierced into the floor,

Black mist spread out and permeated the room in an instant.

The next moment,

Zhou Ze saw that there was an invisible thread connecting the two skeleton knights in the room who were still chasing Yingying and the woman.

Mystery,

It was here!

Was this a puppet?

Zhou Ze twisted his neck, which cracked, and charged over, bypassing its front, flashing behind it, grabbing the thread with his fingernails, and strangling it with baleful aura, while pulling hard!

"Bang!"

A sound like a balloon being punctured came,

The skeleton knight who had been chasing Yingying seemed to deflate like a girlfriend who had been punctured,

The skeleton inside the armor directly dissolved, turning into a small pile of white powder, and the set of armor fell to the ground with a clang.

Zhou Ze didn't rest, and rushed behind the skeleton knight who was chasing the woman, following the same pattern, and cut the thread behind him. That one also turned into a pile of powder like the previous one, and the dilapidated armor and rusty horse刀 (mǎdāo, cavalry sword) also fell to the ground.

The woman leaned against the wall,

Gasping for breath,

She was different from Yingying and Zhou Ze.

With a zombie's physique, even if they took a few blows head-on, although uncomfortable, they could really withstand it for a while.

The reason why Zhou Ze wasn't beheaded when he was slashed on the back of his neck earlier was precisely because of this.

Of course,

There was also the factor that these skeleton knights had first-class endurance but third-rate attack power. Otherwise, if it was truly a terrifying existence, Zhou Ze wouldn't dare to let them slash at the vulnerable parts of his body.

"Yingying, are you okay?"

Zhou Ze saw that Yingying's clothes were also tattered, and there were several bruises on her body.

A zombie's bruises were different from ordinary people's bruises. It was a manifestation of the body suffering a blow, and the baleful aura in the body congealing and blocking.

"It's okay, Boss, I'm fine."

Yingying waved her hand,

Sat down on the ground, and began to regulate the disordered baleful aura in her body.

The woman also sat on the ground. She was the most tired and nervous. The others could withstand a few blows, but she couldn't withstand a single one, so she dodged with extra care.

"These, are these the things you attracted?"

Zhou Ze asked, pointing to the powder and armor on the ground.

The woman nodded,

Said:

"They are death servants from the Muwang Tomb."

There was also a Muwang Mansion in the ancient city of Lijiang. Many people, influenced by *The Deer and the Cauldron* or because they weren't so familiar with history, would confuse the Muwang Mansion in Lijiang with the Muwang Mansion, thinking they were the same.

In fact, the Muwang Mansion was where Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son, Mu Ying, pacified Yunnan in the early Ming Dynasty, and his descendants were enfeoffed as the Duke of Qian, permanently guarding Yunnan. By the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Mu Ying's eleventh-generation descendant, the Duke of Qian of that generation, swore to follow the Yongli Emperor of the Southern Ming into Burma, and was killed in Burma to terminate.

The Muwang Mansion in Lijiang was also named "Mu" by Zhu Yuanzhang back then, and the official position was the hereditary Lijiang Tusi (local chieftain). In the eyes of the locals, he was their own Muwang Lord.

This line didn't fall after the end of the Ming Dynasty, but was conferred by the Qing court, and continued until the end of the Republic of China.

"This stone, was it also stolen from that tomb?"

Zhou Ze pointed to the green stone that Yingying was still clutching in her hand.

"Yes."

The woman nodded.

At this time, Yingying approached Zhou Ze, looked at the bloodstains on the back of Zhou Ze's neck, and felt very distressed. She brought the stone to Zhou Ze's nose,

"Boss, take a sniff, and it won't hurt anymore."

Zhou Ze took it and took a sniff, feeling refreshed all over, and even the scars on his neck didn't hurt so much. He handed the stone back to Yingying,

"You take a sniff too."

If unknowing outsiders saw this scene, they would think it was a loving couple sharing d品 (d-products), being so considerate of each other. It was truly affection between a man and a woman.

Yingying put the stone to her nose and took a sniff.

"Hiss...wah...yah!"

The color of the stone in Yingying's hand directly changed from green to the gray-white of an ordinary stone. It had been sucked dry.

"Boss, it's all Yingying's fault. I shouldn't have been greedy and sucked so much."

Yingying said apologetically.

"It's okay, let's not mention this for now.

Hiss…

Why do I feel like I've forgotten something?"