The Zombie King Returns (Part 2) Got up early to post a thread

Chapter 9: Battle

The beautiful woman's shock struck everyone dumb, except for a few—Kuang Tianyou, Ma Tianling, Ah Ken, and some mysterious figures that Kuang Tianyou had noticed. Strangely, in the beginning, none of them moved, as if they had reached an unspoken understanding.

"Sir, please take me to complete the relevant procedures," the beautiful woman said.

"Yes." The old auctioneer seemed like a different person, moving toward the door in a dazed manner. After the woman and the man disappeared, several mysterious figures silently left one after another. Kuang Tianyou followed. As they parted, he glanced at Ah Ken, seeking his opinion. Ah Ken, expressionless, said three words: "I stay." Kuang Tianyou nodded and blew away into the air.

Ah Ken approached Li Wen and quietly stared at her. At this moment, Li Wen had been stunned, slumping weakly against the chair. Ah Ken said, "Perhaps in a previous life, we truly had an entangled relationship we couldn't unravel, otherwise, I wouldn't feel such a strange sensation seeing you: so distant, yet out of reach, tinged with a subtle sadness, yet so close, with a faint sweetness. I don't know how to express it. As long as I am here, no one can hurt you."

Hehe, a chuckle came from nearby. Without looking up, Ah Ken said, "You little rascal, what are you laughing at?"

It turned out to be Ma Tianling laughing: "You like her? That's truly a rare thing in the world. Unfortunately, she already has a boyfriend. But with your skills, you could easily snatch her away."

"No!" Ah Ken turned to her and said, "I won't! I won't force her to do things she doesn't like right now!"

At this moment, he did not notice that Li Wen suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze unusually sharp, then shortly after, closed again as if falling into deep sleep.

"The future?"

"Who knows what will happen in the future? Who can control it? I didn't even expect that I would turn into a zombie."

"Sorry."

"Don't apologize. Whatever mistakes you make, you must learn to make amends and correct them. You've troubled your parents too much. Alright, help me watch over her. I'm going over there to check on them." Ah Ken went to pursue that group of mysterious figures.

Ma Tianling walked up to Li Wen and looked at her for a moment, then said, "I really didn't expect that idiot would be so infatuated with you. Sigh, since ancient times, the passionate are left with only regrets. Especially for someone with extraordinary abilities like him, who knows how fortune and misfortune may unfold?"She turned and walked back to Ma Xiaoling's side. Li Wen's eyes opened again, her gaze very gentle. She stared at Ma Tianling's back until Ma Tianling walked out of her sight. Ma Tianling looked at the dazed crowd and clapped her hands three times. The atmosphere in the venue trembled and immediately returned to normal. People began discussing what had just happened, not noticing that the auctioneer had disappeared.

'Where's your dad?' Coming back to her senses, Ma Xiaoling realized Kuang Tianyou was gone.

'He went chasing that woman,' Ma Tianling said.

This time, Ma Xiaoling wasn't jealous—earlier, when that woman's gaze swept past, she felt a sudden shock in her heart, and her consciousness blurred. Amazing! After the battles with Jiang Chen, the Human King Fuxi, and others, she encountered a similar gaze again today! Thinking about the visit of the King of Hell last night and today's events, could they be related? Suddenly, she thought of something and asked her daughter, 'What happened to me just now?'

'Mommy's eyes were blank just now, expression very stiff. Sister Sizhen, the senior sister, and others felt the same way,' Ma Tianling said.

'You didn't feel anything?'

'No.'

'Pan Gu person!' The three words popped up in Ma Xiaoling's mind. Only between Pan Gu people does the 'spiritual lightning strike' not work, but it's not absolute. Even between those with differences in magical power, such things can happen. The daughter was born in the sacred Pan Gu place, so she had received much 'favor' from the Pan Gu people—her current displayed power is only one percent of her potential.

'Mommy, what's wrong?' Ma Xiaoling saw her mother zoning out again and couldn't help being worried.

'Nothing. Were there others who didn't go blank at that time?' Ma Xiaoling asked.

'Yes! Aken, and the people who competed with the blonde woman for the Emperor's Revenge ring: the man in black and the man in white. Dad only followed them out because he saw them leaving with the blonde woman,' Ma Xiaoling identified the two mysterious figures based on their clothing.

Suddenly, someone shouted loudly, 'Old auctioneer, how did you come in from outside?'

'I don't know either. Today is really strange.'

'What about that blonde beauty? She doesn't even have the sword!' The bidding scene earlier had caused quite a stir among the crowd, and naturally, many eyes were on this blonde beauty, guessing her identity. Had they encountered a great thief? People began discussing among themselves.The old auctioneer, however, remained quite calm, as if he knew everything: "Quiet!" He struck the iron gavel. "Ladies and gentlemen, the sword has already been won by that lady. Just now, after she thanked me, she left." In fact, when he woke up, he found himself leaning against the door wall, without a single cent of money.

"Let's continue the auction now." What had initially happened in an instant, everyone had been "fascinated" with for a while, and now, upon hearing the old auctioneer speak, even if not completely, they believed it about seventy or eighty percent.

"Tianling, go find your father," Ma Xiaoling said.

"No need, Aken has already gone along."

"Oh, then let's go home!"

After Kuang Tianyou chased after them, he saw four figures speeding away and hurried to follow them. After an unknown length of time, he arrived at a mountainous area. Suddenly, the two figures in front stopped abruptly, and the two figures behind stopped as well. Kuang Tianyou silently approached.

"Come out. You two have been chasing for so long, it's time to rest," called back the blonde beauty.

Hahaha, after the laughter, the void shattered, and a figure appeared — it was the man in black. "I didn't expect I have a companion on the way."

Similarly, the void fractured, and the man in white appeared. "Likewise."

"Brother, are you here for wealth or women?" the man in black asked.

"What about you?" the man in white retorted.

"I don't have your taste, brother — only here for wealth," said the man in black.

"Seems like you misunderstood me. Strange, I'm also only here for wealth," said the man in white.

"It appears our target is the same, we will have a collision," said the man in black.

"Indeed. What shall we do? Should we collaborate?" asked the man in white.

"No need. Them, I can handle in two minutes. I just fear you, brother, aren't reliable and will strike from behind!" said the man in black.

Hahaha, the man in white laughed: "You seem to have quite a prejudice against me. I won't disgrace the honor of my main god. You go first for ten minutes, if you can't handle it, I will step in. If you have the skill, take it from me."

"Brother, it seems you have little confidence in me! It won't take ten minutes; I'll handle it in five. Then if you have the ability, take it from my hands!" said the man in black.

"Agreed." The man in white took ten steps back.

The man in black was about to speak when the blonde beauty interrupted: "Is the deal done?"It seems you have forgotten who the real master is.”

“Miss, although I am not one to cherish beauty, if you don't follow my instructions, accidents are bound to happen. Hand over the Emperor's Revenge Ring to me,” said the man in black.

“The Emperor's Revenge Ring is a family heirloom. Why should I give it to you?!” the blonde beauty replied.

“Oh, the Emperor's Revenge Ring is a family heirloom, and that broken sword is also a family heirloom, right? All the rare treasures in the world are your family's heirlooms. Stop wasting words, will you hand it over or not?” said the man in black.

“A pure bandit. Do you even know where this place is?” asked the blonde beauty.

“What does it matter to me? Just give me the ring,” said the man in black.

“This is Snow Mountain Heavenly Lake—where the gods reside. If you want to die, go somewhere else. Don't desecrate this sacred place!” The blonde beauty was clearly angered by this “madman.”

Yang Tianyou was also taken aback: “Snow Mountain Heavenly Lake! Have we arrived in the southern frontier?” Before he could think further, a rough voice interrupted: “What do I care about a godly place! I am the god, and I do whatever I want!”

“Hmph, really arrogant!” said the blonde beauty.

“If you don't hand it over, I'll take action,” the man in black threatened.

“If you have the guts, come and take it from my hands,” said a person beside the blonde beauty.

The man in black was enraged—earlier, the person in white seemed to look down on him, and this person's tone showed the same disdain. Damn it, then let's speak with fists. He charged forward, and the person beside the blonde beauty stepped up to meet him. With a bang, their fists met and then separated. The man in black took a step back, while the burly man retreated seven or eight steps—the difference in strength was clear.

“Dapeng!”

“It's fine.”

“Kid packs some power,” said the man in black, rubbing his right hand, “but still too weak!” He seemed very satisfied with his performance.

With a clang, Dapeng drew the sword from his waist: Thunderstrike! At that moment, the sword emitted a red glow.

“Now you're using weapons? Perfect, I want to see if it's really as powerful as you bragged,” said the man in black.

“Watch closely!” Dapeng leapt into the air, swinging the sword down toward the man in black.

He initially intended to grab the sword, but unexpectedly, it could tear through the void. The man in black hurriedly stepped back.Although he avoided it, his face was covered in marks, and his glasses were cut and fell off. But the wound healed on its own. He shouted, 'Indeed, it's a good sword.'

The burly man sneered, 'You realize that now?'

Suddenly, the man in black let out a long howl, and two long fangs broke out of his mouth: a zombie! Considering that Tianyou had blue beads and black pupils, he determined it was a fifth-generation zombie. This zombie didn't speak and rushed at Dapeng. Its movements were extremely fast, and Dapeng hurriedly wielded his sword for defense. Everywhere on the battlefield, residual shadows were visible; the two leaped, shifted, jumped, and vaulted, sometimes in the sky, sometimes on the ground, colliding with each other with hands and feet, producing loud noises. Dozens of moves passed in a blink of an eye. Nevertheless, the zombie found an opening and struck Dapeng in the chest with a punch. Dapeng was instantly thrown over ten meters away and lay on the ground, but he didn't drop his sword.

'Dapeng!' the blonde beauty screamed and ran over.

'He's done for,' the man in black laughed. 'Now you can hand over the ring to me, right?'

'Delusional!'

'It's been five minutes already; now it's my turn,' said the white-clothed observer.

'Talking just now doesn't count,' the black-clothed zombie said. He didn't want the white-clothed man to grab this 'soft target'—even though that target nearly took his life a moment ago.

But Dapeng shouted loudly, and red light emanated from his body, the same as his sword. It seemed person and sword had become one! The immense aura he radiated made the zombie tremble in fear. 'I didn't expect you to hide such strength. I underestimated you!' His eyes shifted to the white-clothed man: 'Brother, didn't you say time was up? I keep my promise. It's your turn.'

Originally, the white-clothed man wanted to get the ring without effort, to save energy for fighting this black-clothed zombie. But now, Dapeng had revealed his true strength, making him somewhat difficult to defeat. What he didn't expect was that the black-clothed zombie pushed him out at the crucial moment. In his heart, he cursed: What a sly fox, leaving the tough opponent for himself. 'As you said, talking doesn't count; you still have one minute.'

The man in black was about to curse, '***, are you kidding me!' but suddenly remembered he was a gentleman and shouldn't lose temper, so he said, 'Fine, you go in one minute.'

'Brother, I'm going to go all out.' Of course, he said this for the white-clothed man to hear.

Then he straightened up and charged at Dapeng. Dapeng leaped into the air and slashed directly at the zombie. This strike was even more formidable than the first one.The zombie naturally did not dare to be careless; it hurriedly dodged and struck toward an opening in the roc. The roc also stepped aside and, with a few swipes, countered the zombie, neutralizing the attack. The zombie kept spinning around, trying to find a weak spot, while the roc wielded a wall of swords and occasionally attacked the zombie. The two were at a stalemate. Originally, the zombie's strength was far superior to the roc's, and the first encounter would have decided the outcome, but the roc, holding a famous sword and combining sword and body to unleash its full potential, surprisingly forced the zombie to a standstill.

Fortunately, the zombie had no intention of fighting to the death; it just pretended to fight a few times before retreating—but it wasn't truly pretending, otherwise it would have died under the sword, it was merely striving to survive. 'Time's up, it's your turn.'

The person in white could clearly see through the tricks of the person in black: 'These Easterners are truly cunning! Fine, let me show you the mighty stance of a Western Saint Warrior!'

'Western Saint Warrior?!' All of them, including Kuang Tianyou, were astonished.

The man in white shouted loudly, 'Sky Bird Cloth!' In the void, a place appeared burning like fire, and a set of bird-shaped armor materialized and rapidly spread out.