Chapter 444
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Chapter 444: Tempering the Soul
When one zombie king realized that Zhang Mu was a tough opponent it couldn’t handle, the other one reluctantly intervened. Normally, it would have been pleased to have its rival defeated by Zhang Mu.
But now it can’t control itself, it even suppresses its own kind’s nature, as shown by the million-strong zombie army this time, indicating how much control people behind it have over it.
While he was thinking, his body’s warning system had already sent him a warning message.
Indeed, it was now up to him.
Two mental pressures were heading towards Zhang Mu from front and back, and at the same time, two guards protecting the zombie king completely surrounded Zhang Mu.
Zhang Mu dared not unleash Blood Lotus to cause trouble this time, instead focusing on maintaining the Blood Vine Cage.
Sitting cross-legged in the middle of the Blood Vine Cage, Zhang Mu faced these two terrifying pressures.
Outnumbered and with high-level mental strength, when the two forces touched Zhang Mu, his mind felt a sharp pain, and his mental shield did not fully block it.
Squeezed from front and back, Zhang Mu felt like his brain was being flattened under immense pressure. He had now fully devoted his mind to resisting the mental pressures from the two zombie kings.
In his current state, he couldn’t feel anything outside, not even the sounds of hundreds of zombies tearing at the outer edges of the Blood Lotus, and could only hold onto his own beliefs, not daring to use his mind for anything else.
Zhang Mu felt like he had turned into a small bean, being crushed by grinding stones wanting to turn him into powder.
It was very painful, making Zhang Mu unable to think clearly, barely holding onto his last bit of consciousness.
If even that awareness was taken away, he feared he wouldn’t wake up again.
Every push from the two zombie kings made Zhang Mu feel like he was being crushed into powder, but with determination, he barely managed to survive each time.
The pain was deep in his soul, so Zhang Mu started thinking of happy things to distract himself.
He remembered the leisure time he spent playing with Blood Lotus Obsidian Beetle and a wolfdog, feeling content.
Thinking of the joyful electric feeling from kissing Yuan Rui.
Picturing his future self playing with bags of elemental crystals, feeling satisfied.
He recalled every memory that brought joy to him, repeating them to distract himself from the pain caused by the zombie king’s soul pressure.
At first, it worked, but as time passed, the zombie king’s mental pressure grew heavier. They had given up controlling the zombie horde, letting them act freely with the firm intention of killing Zhang Mu.
Although they couldn’t understand why this strange human had not lost consciousness yet, they had not reached their limit. It seemed like they were just warming up earlier, and now they were gradually increasing their strength.
“Ouch!”
Zhang Mu was beginning to struggle, feeling his will starting to weaken.
“Can’t relax, if it fades, I’ll die!”
Zhang Mu repeated this sentence indefinitely, reminding himself, who was already numb and considering giving up, not to surrender.
Zhang Mu’s willpower balled up, enveloped by a thin mental shield that was growing tighter.
Without even realizing it, Zhang Mu’s mental strength was slowly concentrating due to the lack of dispersal, like a raw gemstone. The mental pressure from the two zombie kings was like a hammer forging away at the impurities within his mental power.
Because Zhang Mu held onto his true self, the limit of pressure he could endure increased gradually in line with the opponent’s rise in strength.
His mental power became purer and more solid, even surpassing the second-rank level!
The two zombie kings were actually helping Zhang Mu refine his soul, improving the quality of his mental power at a flying speed!
In the end, Zhang Mu had forgotten what pain was, where he was, and even who he was.
In the blank of his memory, there was a shining black triangular crystal, shimmering. Only in this state of forgetfulness could Zhang Mu remember this thing that brought him back to the present.
He wanted to gently touch the floating object in the air, feeling a familiar warmth, like the caring connection of a mother’s blood.
“So warm, so comfortable.”
These were the thoughts that Zhang Mu murmured from deep within his consciousness.
Just then, a phoenix cry broke his trance, snapping him back to reality. The compressed pain of his mental power rushed back like a tide, making him sweat profusely as if he had just emerged from a steamer.
“These two beasts are really strong. I almost died here.”
Zhang Mu stood up with the help of Blood Lotus. He knew Yuan Rui must be outside, but she would have trouble dealing with both zombie kings on her own.
“Open the Blood Vine cage,” whispered Zhang Mu weakly to Blood Lotus.
Blood Lotus immediately brought Zhang Mu back to consciousness. He saw the Obsidian Beetle and Yuan Rui guarding him, and his feeling of exhaustion was slowly fading.
Yuan Rui was in a precarious situation. If one of the zombie kings hadn’t focused its mental power on suppressing the Obsidian Beetle, Yuan Rui would have been in great danger.
Despite that, Yuan Rui had already bitten her lips. Her soul flame failed to ignite for the first time, as the mental power of the two zombie kings was unique and couldn’t be burned by her soul flame.
Seeing Zhang Mu emerge from the Blood Vine cage, Yuan Rui managed a faint smile on her face, but she was unable to ask about Zhang Mu’s condition.
“I’m fine, don’t worry.”
Yuan Rui felt relieved after hearing Zhang Mu’s words. The Obsidian Beetle quickly flew back to the city to bring Yuan Rui back. Zhang Mu believed Yuan Rui’s soul flame could be very useful in that situation, so he asked her to stay.
Zhang Mu slowly placed his hand on Yuan Rui’s trembling shoulder and infused his mental power into her body.
But even Zhang Mu himself didn’t know how pure his spiritual power was now. He simply thought that his spiritual power had been greatly depleted, leaving only this little bit.
Just as Zhang Mu’s condensed spiritual power was being absorbed by Yuan Rui, a loud phoenix cry suddenly came from Yuan Rui’s body!
The fire phoenix appeared again!
Zhang Mu and Yuan Rui were both stunned when they saw its body, as if something extremely unbelievable had happened.
This time, the fire phoenix was almost completely materialized!
