Chapter 3309
Both avatars immediately drew their bows and fired arrows at the man, while having the golden dragon puppet protect them and unleashing their full power of curse techniques against him.
Their arrows were also imbued with the power of Buddhist light, but each arrow dealt very limited damage to that zombie, only leaving shallow dents—mostly thanks to the Buddhist light, while the arrow attacks themselves were negligible.
The most effective attacks against that zombie remained the curse techniques. Whenever he circulated his true essence to resist, his power would be absorbed by the Demon Suppression Stele; if he didn’t resist, the Buddhist light generated by the curse techniques would destroy his body and erode his primordial spirit core.
That zombie roared repeatedly and finally, despite the pressure from the Demon Suppression Stele, began walking toward Ye Liuyun and his companions. However, as soon as he moved, the stele absorbed his power even faster. At most he could walk—flying over was absolutely impossible.
Ye Liuyun was coordinating with the golden dragon to attack those ten zombies one by one. All three of them had golden dragons guarding them, and those zombies couldn’t break through their defenses either.
But seeing that male zombie approaching, they temporarily abandoned those ten zombies and joined forces with both avatars to unleash curse techniques against it, concentrating their efforts to take it down first.
Through soul search, Ye Liuyun learned that this middle-aged man was actually this galaxy’s former Divine King. However, they too were restricted by their cultivation technique and couldn’t break through to the Void realm for a long time. So this Divine King came up with this method of cultivating separately.
While preparing for this plan, he had almost killed all ninth-level experts within his dynasty and sealed their souls in Soul Sealing Pearls to prevent these powerful experts from causing trouble. He also stockpiled sufficient body refinement resources and planned to secretly cultivate in his palace with some guards stationed there.
However, he underestimated how powerful zombies could become. Once their physical bodies turned into zombies after death or transformation (depending on context), they knew only slaughter; even palace confinement couldn’t contain them—some escaped outside!
With no strong experts left alive anymore due being killed off earlier during preparations... these roaming undead bit living people everywhere spreading corpse poison eventually forming an undead tide spreading across entire galaxies...
Some powerful undead fled onto other planets plundering occupying cultivation resources becoming local Corpse Kings everywhere...
When finally time came for Divine King’s soul emerge according schedule set beforehand... discovered situation already too late regret useless... could only merge own soul back into physical body first then control all planet-wide undead population...
Unfortunately during fusion process between spiritual consciousness returning physical vessel found bloodline strength insufficient originally overlooked aspect when stockpiling supplies earlier causing delayed perfect restoration complete harmonious state between ethereal corporeal aspects...
So waited here instead hoping powerful martial cultivators exceptional bloodlines would arrive allowing him seize steal vitality complete integration process...
As soon Ye Liuyun group arrived detected extraordinary bloodline qualities immediately therefore planned use Ye Liuyun hands eliminate remaining undead hordes then suddenly strike knock away Demon Suppression Stele capture alive...
Never expected however not only failed enter ambush circle prepared beforehand preemptively attacked instead—and single opening move annihilated spiritual consciousness entirely!
Once soul destroyed physical body reverted mindless killing machine state making Demon Suppression Stele suppression effect even stronger...
Seeing zombie drawing closer prepared use white light dissolve head away—but suddenly Devil Vine woke up requested combat urgently needing absorb energy within undead flesh sensing breakthrough imminent!
Immediately released Devil Vine leaving outside undead him two avatars ceased curse techniques letting freely act...
Upon emergence twelve vines extended ten entangling original ten zombies originally possessing formidable bodies sharp claws yet unable tear bite through vines could only howl helplessly drained energy...
Two remaining vines wrapped around legs male zombie suppressed under stele immediately halting advance!
Originally when curse techniques stopped intended accelerate full assault—but Devil Vine’s intervention caused gathered power instantly absorbed again by both stele vine together!
Startled erupted all energy within primordial spirit core attempting blast away both obstacles simultaneously—however stele merely lifted slightly before pressing down again while vine completely unmoved directly absorbed released force entirely!
Meanwhile other ten entangled zombies cries grew increasingly weaker...
Seeing no remaining threat put away golden dragon puppet rushed main hall collecting resources into spatial world first...
These represented entire dynasty’s concentrated high-grade body refinement materials gathered previously!
Including shrinkable hall itself refined controlled extracting hundreds Soul Sealing Pearls stored within containing former dynasty experts’ spiritual energies perfect absorption material female soldiers demon army death legion members alike!
This hall served original Divine King’s spiritual cultivation site resources meant originally king select guards training purposes some guard souls still cultivating inside now permanently trapped after Ye Liuyun seized control collected into pearls before departing...
As soon as he returned, the first avatar also put away the golden dragon and rushed with him toward the royal treasury. When the zombie outbreak had erupted, the dynasty hadn’t had time to transfer its resources, so everything in the treasury should still be there.
Sure enough, all of the dynasty’s resources remained. Although this dynasty’s artifact refining level wasn’t high and there weren’t any void-grade treasures, there was still no shortage of various cultivation resources. They had made quite a fortune.
Ye Liuyun and his first avatar returned to the main hall with beaming smiles, only to discover that the battle here was already nearing its end. Only the Devil Vine remained entangling those zombies, still absorbing the last traces of power from their bodies.
The second avatar had already put away the golden dragon puppet. What surprised Ye Liuyun was that the Demon-Suppressing Stele hadn’t rushed to compete with Devil Vine for energy absorption; instead, it waited quietly off to one side.
"What’s gotten into this thing? Not fighting with Devil Vine anymore?"
Curious, Ye Liuyun called for it to return to his sea of consciousness, but it ignored him.
Ye Liuyun assumed they hadn’t absorbed enough yet. He immediately dumped all the zombie corpses he had collected on this planet onto the plaza before the main hall, forming several small mountains for them to absorb at will.
Only then did Demon-Suppressing Stele rush forward and press down upon one of those mountains, continuing its absorption.
Devil Vine also extended many more vines but only reached toward one mountain; it didn’t stretch toward any of the others either.
"These two guys—why are they both being so modest today!"
The second avatar also marveled at this scene, unable to figure out what they were up to.