My Cell Prison-Chapter 1203 - 1202: Complete Restraint

[Black Zombie]

In Corpse Country, they held incredibly high status.

They could easily secure court positions, and with a bit of effort, rise to become senior officers.

Black Zombies serving as minions were extremely rare.

It was precisely because of this that Xu Zhengyang also held a higher status among the Taoist masters.

Xu Zhengyang had managed to obtain a Black Zombie subordinate because he was an ’investor’.

Unlike other Taoist masters, Xu Zhengyang often cast his net in poorer areas, capturing any corpse handlers that showed certain special traits, no matter how weak they appeared, and gave them a chance.

If they could make a breakthrough within the allotted time, they would receive further resources from Xu Zhengyang.

Though it seemed like the zombies were locked in the Heavenly Prison, they were guaranteed three meals a day.

This was much better than wandering outside, such as in the Oil Mill District where Han Dong resided, where low-rank corpse handlers could easily be picked up and squeezed into "corpse oil," not to mention enjoying twelve hours a day of blissful life.

Even a large number of zombies were very grateful to Xu Zhengyang.

However, it was precisely such large-scale net casting that allowed him to capture a corpse handler with extraordinary potential—Wang Tiezhu.

Coming from a small Floating Island with no background or connections, when he first arrived in Corpse Country, he had only one characteristic: seemingly useless and even burdensome thick iron swellings growing on his body.

After being brought back by Xu Zhengyang, Wang Tiezhu immediately demonstrated astounding talent.

After being gifted the "Unbroken Corpse Sutras," he spent ten years consolidating Black Elixir inside his body and formally stepped into the ranks of Black Zombies.

Out of gratitude for Xu Zhengyang, he volunteered to stay by his side, using his indestructible body to help solve various troubles.

The talisman paper on Wang Tiezhu’s forehead was not for control, but instead similar to the talismans worn by civil officials on the Dragon Boat, serving as an auxiliary talisman paper that could clear the mind and suppress Wang Tiezhu’s irascible temperament so that he could work normally.

All this time, no matter what the trouble was, Wang Tiezhu had been able to resolve it with his body.

But the current trouble couldn’t be resolved.

"What’s going on?"

After receiving the ’full force’ command, Wang Tiezhu’s palms, several times harder than steel, combined with the nails exuding corpse energy, tried to pierce through Han Dong, who had fallen to the ground.

He thought he could solve the problem at once and then enjoy the monkey feast to his heart’s content.

However, when he attempted to pierce through, his palm struck an extremely hard surface, and at the same time, he felt a stabbing pain.

The moment Wang Tiezhu became a corpse handler, he had lost all sensation.

This long-lost pain hit so suddenly, it was a sharp pain that touched the depths of the soul, inescapable, one he could only face head-on.

The one standing before Wang Tiezhu was a man dressed in a black leather coat.

His bald head was filled with iron needles, and combined with his pure black eyes and the hellish aura emanating from his body, he seemed even more dangerous than a monster.

One by one, thorny iron chains emerged and wrapped around Wang Tiezhu’s arms... The strange iron nails growing out of the chains were slowly penetrating the "Indestructible Corpse Body."

At the same moment.

Taoist Master Xu Zhengyang was also startled by the sudden appearance of the hellish visitor; he had never seen such a species before, and for a moment he couldn’t tell if it was human, zombie, or monster.

"How is this possible? Why can these iron nails pierce the ’Indestructible Corpse Body’?"

Xu Zhengyang immediately produced a Magic Bell from his waist.

The Magic Bell could control all corpse puppets in the large mansion, ling ling ling~ As the sound of the bell spread, all the Green Zombie Servants on this floor began to move, trying together to deal with this visitor from Hell.

Just then.

Sasha sasha sasha~

A strange sound came, like something delicate scraping.

Talisman Paper used to restrain evil things that hung on Xu Zhengyang’s waist showed natural phenomena... scared, he immediately drew out the Blackwood Longsword from his back, and with an alert expression, looked around.

The first glance.

Xu Zhengyang noticed that at the ’corners’ of the building, including wall corners, ceiling corners, table corners, or the corners where decorations were placed, strands of black hair were spilling out.

On second glance.

Xu Zhengyang discovered that all of the zombies under his command, except for Wang Tiezhu and Zhang Xiliang, had undergone unusual changes... Swish, swish, swish! Some were cut in half at the waist, others had their heads severed, and some were cleaved in two from the top of their head.

The continuous sounds of falling limbs echoed between the floors.

The Third Eye.

Through a mirror in the dining room, Xu Zhengyang saw a black-haired woman with her face covered, floating behind him, an icy cleaver already positioned against his neck.

Strands of the woman’s black hair had already penetrated and taken control of his body.

Her cold lips pressed to his ear, she warned in a soft voice,

"Don’t move... otherwise, I’ll kill you right away.

After all, my master can directly extract memory from your brain. I’ve heard that after death, the brain can remain active for five minutes; the human body is quite amazing."

Xu Zhengyang was so frightened he couldn’t speak, and he couldn’t have spoken anyway.

Strands of black hair that had penetrated his body were clinging to each and every blood vessel, spreading throughout him, even visibly moving within his eyeballs.

Such an aura was undoubtedly on the level of a Black Zombie, only it belonged to a completely different species, a far more dangerous one.

However... there was still a bit of unpredictability.

Feeling the threat to his master, the anger accumulated inside Wang Tiezhu burst forth instantly, causing the Clear Heart Talisman on his forehead to immediately be extinguished... transforming into a frenzied beast.

Clang!

With pure brute force, he shattered the iron chains binding his arms and kicked Togu several meters away with a foot.

Seizing the opportunity, he leaped toward his master at top speed, attempting to crush the woman behind him.

However.

At that moment.

Two thorny iron nails, similar to bone structures, shot toward him at high speed.

Crack – they breached his defense and pierced through his kneecaps, causing Wang Tiezhu to lose sensation in his lower limbs and kneel.

Clang clang clang... an iron chain with a lock hoop shot out, wrapping around his neck and completely restraining Wang Tiezhu.

Togu patted the dust off himself, then shot out several more chains to bind the limbs, leaving no chance for the target to break free.

"It’s impressive for a Black Zombie that has cultivated the ’Unbroken Corpse Sutras’ to have such toughness. Comparable to Togu, not any weaker, and even with brute force strong enough to shatter iron chains, it can barely block the Thorny Iron Nails from a [Sanctification] level.

These are specially designed for evil things, and zombies are part of that category, I suppose."

Han Dong walked up to Xu Zhengyang, offering a high appraisal as he did so.

One finger landed on Xu Zhengyang’s forehead, its purpose unclear... but there was a sense of impending death.

"If you kill me, the consciousness of your friend will also extinguish, turning into a masterless Corpse Puppet."

The ’friend’ Xu Zhengyang referred to was Zhang Xiliang, whom he was controlling.

Ha ha~ Ah ha~

Han Dong started laughing uncontrollably for no apparent reason.

Accompanied by the laughter, creatures resembling Gu insects crawled out from all of Zhang Xiliang’s orifices and died on the spot.

He casually removed the talisman paper from Zhang Xiliang’s forehead.

The other’s eyes immediately cleared from their cloudiness, baffled as he stared at the situation before him.

"Mr. Han, what’s this?"

"How is this possible!"

Xu Zhengyang, staring at an unharmed Zhang Xiliang, was completely dumbfounded. He had never heard of a zombie turned into a Corpse Puppet returning to normal, not even he, the caster, could do it.

"No... you can’t kill me!

I am a Fourth-grade Taoist Master; if I die here, you will be pursued by the Ministry of Punishment’s Black Clothes Guards... You’ll be cast into the Heavenly Prison, never to be reborn."

"Heavenly Prison? Hmm... seems like it’s worth taking a look.

So killing you will get me into the Heavenly Prison? I was just wondering where to go next for my investigation; thanks for pointing me in the right direction."