I Am Overlord c1-962

by Translator: Pokka; Author: 我本纯洁 (I Am Pure); Licensed From: Migu

  By now, Xiang Shaoyun had already recovered from his shock. His eyes lit up as he stared at the sword, slowing down its movement in his eyes. Its trajectory became clear as day for him as both his hands shot up and clasped the sword in between his palms.

  "Are you crazy?" Xiang Shaoyun focused all his power in his voice and yelled.

  A slight trace of a tiger's roar was mixed with his voice reverberating throughout the cave. The roar caused Dong Zi's ears to go numb. Taking this opportunity, Xiang Shaoyun pushed the sword to the side before jumping back onto his feet.

  "What are you doing?" Xiang Shaoyun glared at Dong Zi.

  "I should be the one asking you that question! Why did you touch my shoulder?" Dong Zi glared at Xiang Shaoyun as well.

  "You're crazy! My lightning energy is able to restrain the blackcorpse poison here. I was only trying to help protect you from the poison. What's with your extreme reaction? Are you trying to murder me?" Xiang Shaoyun was furious.

  That made Dong Zi realize that he had wrongly blamed Xiang Shaoyun. He lowered his head awkwardly, not knowing what to say. Just as he was about to apologize, two black figures suddenly appeared behind him.

  "Howl!"

  "Be careful!" Xiang Shaoyun was able to see clearly behind Dong Zi since he was facing Dong Zi's front and could see over his shoulders. He yelled and pulled Dong Zi to the side before kicking the two black figures.

  Bang! Bang!

  Two blackfur corpses were sent flying away. Dong Zi broke out in cold sweat. If Xiang Shaoyun had reacted a tad bit slower, he would have been bitten by the blackfur corpses.

  Xiang Shaoyun said, "Do what you want. I'm going in."

  Xiang Shaoyun did not want to drag this on. He held a torch with one hand and the Overlord Skyslaying Saber with the other hand as he started moving again. The two blackfur corpses stood up again but were met with Xiang Shaoyun's slash, which split them into two.

  As of this moment, Xiang Shaoyun was starting to get serious. As he advanced, one blackfur corpse after another appeared, and the torch in his hand lit them all up. Instead of wasting more time with them, he advanced the moment he lit one on fire. The deeper he went, the thicker the blackcorpse poison became. Hissing sounds rang out incessantly as the poison corroded his outer energy without stop.

  Dong Zi had been sticking close to Xiang Shaoyun while feeling incomparably anxious. He was also a capable combatant, but he had no way of going too deep into the cave. At the same time, he also found the blackfur corpses terrifying. After some hesitation, he took out a stalk of high-grade spirit medicine and stuffed it into his mouth. That was a spirit medicine capable of resisting poison and was even better than the poison discharge pill.

  "I won't be a burden!" Dong Zi muttered to himself before running after Xiang Shaoyun with his sword raised.

  There was only a limited number of blackfur corpses in the cave. The deeper Xiang Shaoyun went, the fewer blackfur corpses he met. Even so, these newly appeared blackfur corpses were much more zombified and stronger than the ones he had met earlier. If he wasn't a Transformation Realm cultivator, he wouldn't have been able to defeat these corpses with one slash. These new corpses had incredibly tough skin with sparse black furs. Regular fire could no longer harm them.

  "This is a sign of these corpses turning into complete zombies," Xiang Shaoyun muttered.

  He really could not understand how the Blackhill Sect had only discovered that they were digging up a burial site after mining here for so long. The deeper he went, the more spacious the cave became. It was clear this space was man-made and was not naturally formed.

  Currently, Xiang Shaoyun had stopped advancing and was standing there studying a room with pitch-black walls. These pitch-black walls were formed precisely of the blackiron ores the Blackhill Sect was mining.

  Xiang Shaoyun had little interest in the blackiron ores. He was currently staring at 36 human-shaped indentations on the ground. There was a zombie in each of them. The zombies were all dressed in ancient armors and were holding on to some weapons with their hands. No sign of life could be seen within them. It was obvious they had been dead for a long time.

  Chapter 146: Zombie Slaying

  At the same instant Xiang Shaoyun arrived, the 36 zombies started moving. After becoming zombies, their flesh had undergone some sort of transformation that rendered them immune to regular weapons. The zombies got out of their holes to attack, but Xiang Shaoyun snatched the initiative and struck first.

  The blackcorpse poison here was too thick. Therefore, he had to keep his outer energy up at all times. Because of that, his energy expenditure was extremely high. If he couldn't finish his task in time, he would have to leave empty-handed.

  Berserk Lightning Blade!

  The Berserk Lightning Blade was a tier-3 battle technique, and using this battle technique with the Overlord Skyslaying Saber doubled its might. Shrouded in lightning energy, the saber slashed down at one of the zombies.

  Clang!

  The saber landed, and an ear-piercing sound rang out. Facing these new zombies, Xiang Shaoyun was no longer able to split them into two with a single slash. He was only able to penetrate the zombie somewhat.

  While spitting blackcorpse poison out of its mouth, the zombie swung its weapon toward Xiang Shaoyun. Since the saber was still stuck in the zombie's body, Xiang Shaoyun had to either abandon the saber or be hit by the zombie. Even worse was the fact that the blackcorpse poison was extremely corrosive in nature, threatening to completely corrode his outer energy.

  Xiang Shaoyun immediately squatted down to avoid the attack and the poisonous gas. He then wrapped his arms around the zombie's legs, lifted the zombie, and smashed it toward the other zombies.

  Bang! Bang!

  Thus, even though Xiang Shaoyun was forced to abandon his weapon, he was still able to avoid the pincer attack of the zombies near him. After tossing the zombie away, he dashed forward and started punching the zombies. He used all his strength without holding back, trying to make every attack count.

  When using his full power, each of his punches carried a weight of 30,000 catties. Apart from the impressive might of his punches, he was also sending out revolving fist energies with his Gold Helix Fist, which further increased the destructiveness of his punches. Additionally, his vicious gold energy made his attacks even more devastating.

  The spots he punched caved in, but that was still not enough to stop the zombies. They continued attacking unaffected, and they spat out blackcorpse poison without stop.

  "Their heads are too hard. I need at least three punches to fully smash one apart," Xiang Shaoyun muttered as he retreated with his Overlord's Nine Nether Steps and dashed toward the zombie his saber was stuck in.

  By now, his entire body was already shrouded in a clump of blackcorpse poison gas. His outer energy would not be able to last any longer. He arrived beside the zombie his saber was stuck in. He first dodged the zombie's attack then grabbed the saber and released the innate purple lightning within his body.

  The innate purple lightning was as tyrannical as natural lightning power with incredible destructiveness. The zombie was instantly reduced into charred pieces that crumbled apart, boosting Xiang Shaoyun's confidence as his battle intent rose. Instantly, the projection of tiger and dragon appeared behind him. The two roared repeatedly, shrouding Xiang Shaoyun in a boundless majesty.

  Kill!

  Xiang Shaoyun no longer held anything back. He roared and dashed amid the zombies with his remarkable footwork. He slashed everywhere with his lightning-powered saber, and the zombies exploded left and right.

  The zombies held the superiority of having a tough body and highly toxic blackcorpse poison. But they also had a weakness: their slow movement speed and relatively simple attacking methods.

  So long as Xiang Shaoyun could overcome their superiority, he would be able to kill the zombies off one by one. Like he was a beast himself, he waved his saber around, slaughtering the zombies in an overbearing manner.
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  This was the scene welcoming Dong Zi, who had just arrived. His eyes seemed to twinkle upon witnessing the scene.

  Rumble! Rumble!

  It was as if Xiang Shaoyun had completely forgotten about his own life as he attacked like a fearless madman and paid no need to his own safety. After a while, all 36 zombies were reduced to chunks of meat splayed out on the ground.

  But with the death of these zombies, the large amount of blackcorpse poison in their bodies finally erupted. The intensity of the poisonous gas was even more terrifying than before. Xiang Shaoyun breathed in some of the poisonous gas by accident and immediately felt lightheaded. He could clearly sense his vitality dropping at that moment. Fortunately, he had an abundant amount of innate purple lightning in his body. The innate purple lightning immediately destroyed the blackcorpse poison that had invaded his body.

  Xiang Shaoyun was aware that Dong Zi was present. Since it was inconvenient to open his mouth with all the poison in the air, he only waved his hand and signaled Dong Zi to leave as he dealt with the final obstacle before him. He could sense that not far ahead was the end of the cave. Now would be the time to see if he had made the trip for nothing.

  Unfortunately, Dong Zi was too simple minded to understand what Xiang Shaoyun was telling him. Therefore, he ran straight toward Xiang Shaoyun. And the moment he rushed inside, the blackcorpse poison in the air fully corroded the outer energy around him.

  That gave him a fright. If he hadn't swallowed the stalk of high-grade spirit medicine and the poison discharge pill in advance, he would be dead now. Even so, things were still extremely dangerous for him. If he did not retreat immediately, he would die.

  Idiot! Xiang Shaoyun cursed inwardly as he rushed over to help Dong Zi.

  Xiang Shaoyun was currently shrouded in a layer of innate purple lightning that blocked all blackcorpse poison outside his body. When he arrived beside Dong Zi, he found that Dong Zi was already light on his feet and was on the verge of collapsing.

  He reached out and hugged Dong Zi before shrouding the innate purple lightning around Dong Zi as well. However, Xiang Shaoyun did not leave with Dong Zi. Since he was already here, he could not leave just like that. Carrying Dong Zi, he went deeper into the cave. He was not willing to leave without knowing what was in the cave.

  In Xiang Shaoyun's arms, part of the poison in Dong Zi was cleared by the innate purple lightning. At this moment, the medical efficacy of the poison discharge pill and high-grade spirit medicine finally erupted. Additionally, he also circulated his cultivation method by instinct and forced a large amount of poison out of his body.

  Slowly, he regained his clarity. Realizing that he was in Xiang Shaoyun's arms, he was enchanted by Xiang Shaoyun's manliness. If Xiang Shaoyun realized what Dong Zi was thinking, he would most likely drop Dong Zi immediately and curse that this fellow was indeed interested in guys.

  There were no longer any blackfur corpses or zombies in their way. Unfortunately, it was a dead end. Xiang Shaoyun fumed at that realization.

  Is this only a burial cave? There's nothing here? Xiang Shaoyun yelled inwardly.

  It hadn't been easy at all for him to reach here. But he had to leave empty-handed? Nobody would be happy with this result. Right as Xiang Shaoyun was about to accept the loss and leave, a weird scene surfaced in his mind. Without any hesitation, he unleashed all his power. The purple dragon and white tiger appeared again, hovering around him.

  "Break!" Xiang Shaoyun slammed his saber down with his free hand.

  Chapter 147: Your Entire Family Are Crossdressers

  Rumble!

  The thunder rumbled on, while a dragon and a tiger roared. That slash was most certainly the strongest attack Xiang Shaoyun could muster at the moment. The terrifying destructiveness of the attack could match the attack of a late-stage or even a peak-stage Transformation Realm cultivator.

  The dreadful saber attack blasted the wall in front of him, causing rocks to fly everywhere. The loud rumble left a buzzing noise in the ears of Xiang Shaoyun and Dong Zi. Xiang Shaoyun did not stop with one attack. He raised his saber and slammed it down again and again until he finally opened a tunnel.

  That's right. Xiang Shaoyun was forcefully digging his own tunnel in the cave. The thick wall collapsed, revealing yet another cave on the other side of the wall. Meanwhile, Dong Zi, who was in Xiang Shaoyun's arms, was already completely stupefied. He had never expected that Xiang Shaoyun was actually able to unleash such fearsome attacks. The might of the attacks caused even him to feel fearful.

  Even more surprising was the fact that there was indeed a cave hidden behind the wall. Was Xiang Shaoyun already aware of the hidden cave or was he simply lucky? In fact, Xiang Shaoyun himself was also blanking out.

  Just earlier, a vague scene had appeared in his mind for no apparent reason. That was the scene he was now looking at, the cave behind the wall. That was why he had attacked the wall instead of leaving.

  What he saw now proved that he wasn't imagining the scene he had seen in his head. After blanking out for a short bit, Xiang Shaoyun stepped into the second cave with Dong Zi still in his arms.

  This second cave looked more like a secret room than a cave. The cave was also completely free of the blackcorpse poison, providing them a badly needed respite. But the air would not remain clean for long, as the poisonous gas in the air was already slowly spreading into the second cave as well.

  In the second cave, Xiang Shaoyun heaved a breath of relief. He dissolved a low-grade spirit stone in his astral cosmos sea to replenish some of his exhausted energy.

  "H-hey! Let me go!" Dong Zi finally spoke.

  That reminded Xiang Shaoyun that he still had a man in his arms. In fact, he could sense a soft sensation in his palm, making him wonder, What's that? Why is it so soft?

  "Y-you scoundrel! Let go of me!" Dong Zi was extremely weakened at the moment, and all he could do was shout at Xiang Shaoyun.

  It was at this moment that Xiang Shaoyun seemed to have realized something that made him immediately drop Dong Zi.

  "Arrrghhh!"

  Dong Zi wailed in pain from being dropped on the ground.

  "F*ck! You're really a crossdresser!" Xiang Shaoyun couldn't help but start cussing.

  He had once read from an ancient scripture that there existed a group of humans whose genders were ambiguous, and they were called crossdressers. This Dong Zi looked like a woman, had the figure of a woman, yet he also had an Adam's apple. What could he be if he was not one of these so-called crossdressers?

  "Screw you! You are the crossdresser! Your entire family are crossdressers!" Dong Zi fumed as well.

  The more he shouted, the more feminine his voice became.

  "Wait a minute. Why is your voice changing?" Xiang Shaoyun interrupted his shouting.

  Dong Zi had just gotten back on his feet with great difficulty. He stuffed two pills into his mouth before looking at Xiang Shaoyun. "You are a total scoundrel!"

  After scolding Xiang Shaoyun, he even stomped Xiang Shaoyun's feet.

  At this point, even if Xiang Shaoyun was a total idiot, he would have realized that there was a possibility that this Dong Zi was really a woman. Why? Because he had found that the Adam's apple on Dong Zi's neck had vanished.

  A bitter smile covered Xiang Shaoyun's face as he said, "Ok, I admit defeat. You are too skilled at lying. Consider us even?"

  "What do you mean by even! This is not over!" Dong Zi glared at Xiang Shaoyun.

  The moment she thought of how Xiang Shaoyun's palm was on her private part earlier, she was furious. But at the same time, an incomprehensible emotion seemed to rise from her heart, making her blush bashfully.

  If it was any other person, she would not stop until the person was killed. But she knew that Xiang Shaoyun had not done it intentionally. All he did was for the sake of saving her. Because of that, she did not have any intention of killing Xiang Shaoyun, but she could not understand the odd emotion she was feeling in her heart at the moment.

/>   Meanwhile, Xiang Shaoyun mused to himself, It is really hard to be a good person. But then again...they do feel good to the touch.

  If Dong Zi heard his thoughts, she would probably kill him. Xiang Shaoyun ignored Dong Zi. He knew that she would need some time to calm down from her anger. He was running out of time, so he had to search his surroundings as quickly as possible.

  He found that the cave was rather empty. It only had a bed, a skeleton, a piece of human skin, and a pile of random objects. Xiang Shaoyun jogged forward and searched through the pile. He found that a lot of the objects in the pile had already degraded into powder. Fortunately, some of the more durable items remained.

  "Only king-grade items?" Xiang Shaoyun muttered in disappointment.

  There were some top-quality blackiron ores, demonic cores, king-grade weapons, spirit crystals, and so on here. For others, these items were rare treasures. In fact, even King Realm cultivators would be overjoyed to find this pile of treasure. But these were nothing for Xiang Shaoyun.

  At this time, Dong Zi arrived beside Xiang Shaoyun. She was similarly disinterested when she saw the items. Clearly, she had a rather remarkable background.

  "Do you want them? If not, I'll take them all," Xiang Shaoyun asked. Even though these items were nothing for him, he was completely broke at the moment. Thus, he was naturally not against taking all of them.

  Dong Zi scanned the items before waving her hand. "Take them if you want. I don't need them."

  Xiang Shaoyun did not hold back and put everything away. This time, he did not keep them in his astral cosmos sea, as he did not have much storage space left. Instead, he used a piece of cloth and wrapped the items in a bundle before carrying the bundle on his back.

  Dong Zi walked toward the bed and picked up something from the floor with joy on her face.

  Xiang Shaoyun's pupils shrank when he saw what was in Dong Zi's hand. He cried out in alarm, "Is this a...life essence seed?"

  The so-called life essence seed was a crystallized vitality that could be formed from the life essence of plants or any other living beings. Xiang Shaoyun could clearly sense the undulations of vitality rippling from the seed. That was how he knew what it was.