Chapter 8: The Frightening Cat Face

  "Strike first and gain the upper hand, before it's too late!"

  Xiao Xuan's voice sounded in Su Mo Ran's ear, and it wasn't until then that Su Mo Ran realized he had made a mistake earlier. He shouldn't have been waiting passively for the corpse that had just come back to life to emerge from the coffin and attack him again. In fact, he could take the initiative to attack, and now his opponent was in the coffin, which was actually a kind of restraint.

  The Death God's silk transformed into two ends, flying straight forward. Su Mo Ran also sprinted towards the coffin, her legs pushing off the ground as she almost jumped into the air. With a flick of her arm, the two ends of the silk thread wrapped around the female corpse's arms. After landing, Su Mo Ran sidestepped and snapped her fingers twice at the two pillars, causing one end of the silk thread to pop up and wrap around each pillar. Through this connection method, Su Mo Ran effectively locked the female corpse between the two pillars.

  The hardness of the Death God's silk is unquestionable, and Su Mo Ran has great confidence in this. Even if the power of this newly resurrected female corpse is great, it will not be easy to struggle free from it. Moreover, Su Mo Ran has a lot of Death God's silk here, enough to deal with this female corpse.

  What made Su Mu Ran feel slightly surprised was that the female corpse, after stretching out her arms from the coffin, allowed herself to be entwined by the silk threads around her arms without making any further movements. Although she had clearly come back to life, at this moment she looked just like an ordinary corpse.

  "Is she all right?" Su Mo Ran looked at Xiao Xuan, and now the person who made the decision could only be Xiao Xuan.

  "Put the coffin lid back on and let's talk about it later." Xiao Xuan also made a choice that was not a choice at this time. After all, everyone couldn't just stand around the newly resurrected female corpse for an entire evening, so they simply put the coffin board back on, at least out of sight, out of mind.

  Everyone heard the words and walked towards the coffin together, even Jie, who had just been injured, got up and walked towards the coffin. He absolutely did not want to miss this scene. Before, he had only heard his parents, as archaeologists, talk about the ancient corpses of Loulan. This time, he finally got to see what a real mummy looked like with his own eyes.

  However, just as everyone was less than two meters away from the coffin, Xiao Xuan suddenly felt a sense of unease. Just now, the temperature here had dropped by several degrees again, and the dark wind was getting stronger and stronger, as if something inside the coffin was sucking them in. The force seemed to have reached a peak, as if it was about to break free from its restraints.

  "Everyone wait a minute, don't move!" Xiao Xuan immediately shouted, "This female corpse has..."

  Everyone stopped in their tracks and looked at Xiao Xuan together. At this moment, two crisp cracking sounds came out.

  "Crack! Snap!"

  Two strands of Death God's silk suddenly broke open, and even the coffin directly burst open. A female corpse with disheveled hair stood upright in front of everyone in an instant. With her as the center, a cold air burst out, and the female corpse's body slowly sank down, preparing to jump up.

  "Fall back!" Xiao Xuan shouted to the people beside him as he raised his magic wand, at this moment, he couldn't retreat anymore, otherwise everyone would be waiting to be caught by this female corpse one after another like an eagle catching small chicks.

  Xiao Xuan quickly chanted a spell, and in an instant, a circle of light fell on the female corpse. The female corpse's body, which had originally popped up, was suddenly hindered, and her upright body was pressed down again. This gave everyone time to retreat, and Zhu Yuanyu, Su Zihao, and Di Jie all quickly retreated seven or eight meters away, at least escaping the distance of the female corpse's "one bounce", so as not to be directly killed by the female corpse.

  However, Xiao Xuan's magic level could only go this far. Some simple small spells were fine to use, but the effect of such small spells was also very limited. The female corpse was only blocked for a moment before her body straightened up again, and she jumped up and pounced on Xiao Xuan. This jump was incredibly fast and long, absolutely surpassing the limits of a normal person.

  Only the female corpse's hair was disheveled and covered her head, so her face couldn't be seen clearly, but that kind of sharp and powerful aura was truly sufficient.

  "Get out of the way!" At this moment, Su Muran let out a loud cry, and two strands of Death God's silk were again emitted from her hands, wrapping around the female corpse's ankles. The female corpse's body paused in mid-air, and its original motion of pouncing on Xiao Xuan also slowed down. Xiao Xuan took advantage of this opportunity to roll sideways, and by the time the female corpse landed, it had already pounced into thin air.

  "Ah!"

  The female corpse's throat began to emit a harsh, scraping sound, like the low growl of a beast. Suddenly, she didn't continue to pounce on Xiao Xuan, but instead turned around and pounced on Su Mueran. Su Mueran had just managed to entangle the female corpse, giving Xiao Xuan time to dodge, and her body had borne the brunt of the female corpse's attack, taking most of the force. At this moment, her chest was throbbing with pain, her mouth was dry, and there was even a trickle of blood at the corner of her lips. However, she was indeed a resilient person, and before the female corpse pounced on her, she managed to suppress her injuries with one deep breath. She quickly retreated, her toes pointing to the ground, as the female corpse made two consecutive pounces, each time barely missing Su Mueran by a hair's breadth. However, Su Mueran was also getting exhausted from retreating continuously, and if she slowed down even slightly, the female corpse's sharp claws would be upon her.

  "Stop watching and go help!"

  Xiao Xuan shouted at the three newcomers beside him while re-casting his mind to prepare for a new spell, "This is just an ordinary female corpse who has been resurrected through deceit, not one of those powerful zombies that have been around for decades or even centuries wearing Qing dynasty official attire. So, there are still many ways to deal with her." However, despite this, the female corpse was somewhat special and definitely more formidable than a typical resurrected corpse due to a series of coincidences that had led to her emergence - she had died unjustly, accumulated an enormous amount of yin energy, and was finally summoned by a black cat, which put her beyond the realm of ordinary resurrection.

  Dai Jie licked his lips, today he really opened his eyes wide, seeing the "living dead" with his own eyes. However, this was not a time for sentimentality, and he immediately grabbed a long chair beside him and threw it at Su Mo Ran.

  Su Mo Ran's figure, which had been rapidly retreating, suddenly produced a long chair. Her legs immediately kicked out, setting the chair firmly on the ground, attempting to use it to temporarily block the female corpse. However, the female corpse violently smashed the chair with her chest, and although her movement was slightly hindered for a moment, she continued to pounce towards Su Mo Ran in an instant.

  "Yin and Yang, Blade!" Xiao Xuan finally finished preparing this magic. His eyes opened wide as a black blade appeared in front of him, emitting an aura of death. This was a low-level attack spell from the necromancy school, capable of inflicting both physical and spiritual damage on its target.

  Of course, Xiao Xuan naturally did not use the power within the soul ring. If he had, it's likely that this female corpse would have been instantly sliced into minced meat by the super-enhanced version of the Netherworld Blade. The kind of power he had tried out in his own room world was truly terrifying. However, Xiao Xuan himself would also lose control of this power and cause his body to self-destruct. This wasn't the main god's space, so there wouldn't be a main god to instantly repair his body for him. If he were to borrow the soul ring's power, all that awaited Xiao Xuan was death.

  The Netherworld Blade was slanted and stuck in the female corpse's back, not because Xiao Xuan didn't want to slash at her front or even better, directly at her face, but because his magic level was originally mediocre, and for necromancy, he had only self-studied some basic things. So this Netherworld Blade, even if it managed to condense with great difficulty, couldn't be controlled properly, almost disappearing at any moment. What Xiao Xuan had to do was at least slash the female corpse before the Netherworld Blade dissipated in vain.

  "Ahh!!!!!!"

  Struck by the dark blade, although it wasn't intended to harm, the female corpse still let out a pained wail. The low growls in her throat became urgent and rapid, her clothes were torn open, but her iron-blue skin didn't suffer any damage. It's likely that what was truly injured was something inside her body. But do zombies also have souls?

  The female corpse went crazy again, abandoned Su Mo Ran, and began to pounce on Xiao Xuan. Xiao Xuan had just cast a spell, which consumed a lot of energy, and at this time, he didn't have the time to continue casting spells. Seeing the female corpse pouncing towards him, he immediately kicked the offering table with his foot, and his body flew up into the air, barely avoiding the female corpse's flying tackle. After landing, he rolled on the ground a few times before quickly getting up, while the female corpse also turned around again to continue staring at Xiao Xuan and pouncing towards him.

  At this time, others were surrounding the female corpse, while Su Zihao and Zhu Biyu hid in the corner of the righteous village, looking at the terrifying female corpse. They didn't have the courage to go down and help, only Di Jie was still on the scene, watching for an opportunity to assist.

  "Diao Jie, make a noose and send her to hang!" Xiao Xuan shouted while dodging the female corpse's attack.

  Dai Jie saw the female corpse still chasing Xiao Xuan, and he took advantage of the brief window to grab a rope from under the offering table. He threw one end over the beam, while the remaining two sections were looped around his hand.

  "Silk thread!"

  Xiao Xuan shouted loudly, stretching out his arm, and Su Muran's silk thread instantly flew over and wrapped around his arm. Xiao Xuan then ran towards the female corpse, just as they were about to collide, Su Muran violently pulled on the silk thread, while Xiao Xuan kicked off the ground with one leg and swung the other leg heavily onto the female corpse's face. Su Muran stumbled backwards, crashing into the wall, her chest heaving, spitting out a mouthful of blood, while Xiao Xuan's arm was also torn open by the silk thread, his skin ripped apart.

  The female corpse's face was incredibly soft, a surprising softness, as if Xiao Xuan had kicked a piece of soft flesh. He wondered in surprise, could it be that the other parts of the zombie were hard, but its face was no different from that of an ordinary person?

  "Ah!!!!!!"

  Xiao Xuan's kick had an unexpected effect, and the female corpse let out a low growl as it continuously jumped backward, as if it had suffered a great injury. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Di Jie threw the rope lasso at Xiao Xuan, who caught it and rushed towards the female corpse without worrying about his own bloody arm. The female corpse instinctively reached out with both arms to grab Xiao Xuan, her long black fingernails truly terrifying. However, Xiao Xuan was also a bachelor, so he ignored her nails and directly put the rope lasso around the female corpse's neck.

  "Pffft!"

  The female corpse's ten fingernails had completely pierced Xiao Xuan's chest, but Xiao Xuan retreated in time after putting down the rope loop and didn't give her nails a chance to penetrate deeper. However, his chest already had ten bloody marks left on it.

  Pull!

  On the other side, Di Jie grabbed the other end of the rope and pulled with all his might. However, the female corpse was too heavy, and although he managed to lift her neck up, her legs were still on the ground, allowing her to borrow strength and struggle fiercely. As a result, the rope in Di Jie's hands almost slipped out of his grasp.

  At this time, Su Zihao, who was originally standing aside in fear, finally plucked up the courage to run over and grab the rope with Jie together, pulling it down with all his might. The strength of two big men was not small at all, and the female corpse was finally pulled away from the ground. As long as her feet left the ground, the force of struggle would be greatly reduced, and the pressure on Jie and Su Zihao would also be relieved a lot.

  As the female corpse was hung up, her face facing downwards, Xiao Xuan finally saw clearly the face under the hair of the female corpse. Xiao Xuan was greatly shocked, because this wasn't a woman's face at all, it was clearly a cat's face! No wonder it felt so soft when he kicked it earlier!