The air was thick with tension until it snapped like a string, and the sound of growling reached Ricky's
ears.
A few moments later, the blood-colored water in the Corpse Blood Devil River began to bubble and
surge.
The Blood Zombies' eyes glistened with killing intent at the same time, almost as if they were reacting
to the deluge of blood-colored water. Ricky could sense that the Blood Zombies were feeding on the
water's bloody killing power and cold corpse miasma, which made them stronger.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Very soon, the Blood Zombies' momentum reached the peak.
These creatures didn't have significant psychic intelligence, which meant that they couldn't strategize or
use any complicated methods when fighting. The only thing they could do was to attack head-on. So, if
they were in danger, they tended to go all out in their attacks and tear their enemies apart in a most
violent and ruthless manner.
With eyes narrowed in concentration, Ricky assessed the creatures' strength and found that two of
them were exceedingly powerful.
"These Blood Zombies are going to be a pain in the backside," remarked the Dragon Intent Grass as
Ricky checked the creatures over.
"I know. That's why I need to take them down quickly before other warriors come here. I don't want
anybody else to find out the Intent Apperception Grass in this place. And we both know that it's too
dangerous to go all-out if other people are watching since my identity might be exposed.
The faster I deal with them, the fewer chances of my identity being uncovered," Ricky responded
clinically.
"Well, good luck on that," replied the Dragon Intent Grass.
The next moment, Ricky created ten Shadowy Replications and ordered them to attack the weaker
Blood Zombies, while he faced off with the two most powerful ones.
It didn't take long before his Shadowy Replications successfully took down their enemies and turned
them to ashes.
This was an important step, for if the Blood Zombies weren't turned into powder, they could be
resurrected in the Corpse Blood Devil River.
At this point, Ricky had already condensed his power, and his strength was close to that of his two
opponents, which were both as powerful as the one-star middle spiritual emperors at peak state.
'Sooner or later, I will have to fight against the Corpse Blood Devil, so this is a good opportunity for me
to test out the corpse miasma's power first. These Blood Zombies will have to be my test subjects.'
Ricky strategized in his mind.
In the blink of an eye, the two Blood Zombies growled, snapped their bloody fangs, and pounced on
Ricky.
Both sides collided in a split second, and as Ricky clashed with them with his physical body, his body
started to emit a golden light.
Unexpectedly, Ricky was at a disadvantage.
"What a surprise! I didn't think these Blood Zombies could have such strong physical bodies. It felt
almost as sturdy as the Ultimate Golden Body and the Sorcerous Combat Body," he remarked in awe.
"Seriously? I can't believe you tried to fight these Blood Zombies with your body head-on," said the
Dragon Intent Grass teasingly. It wanted to laugh out loud when it saw that Ricky was at a
disadvantage.
"What do you mean?" Ricky asked curiously.
"Do you know what zombies are? They are basically corpses that had developed some intelligence
under certain conditions. In other words, they are dead things that can think. It may sound strange but
that's how things go with them.
Do you remember the Rotten Thorn Men that you encountered before? They are very similar to that.
So even if you had acquired the Chaotic Golden Body, there's no way you can win against them
physically," the Dragon Intent Grass revealed.
"I see..." Ricky responded with a thoughtful nod as he absorbed what the Dragon Intent Grass
explained.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Now that Ricky knew he couldn't take them down with his physical strength alone,
he instantly jumped away from the two Blood Zombies. When he was a fair distance away, he landed
swiftly before he unleashed the chaotic fire power and the ancestral thunder power.
He knew for a fact that those two powers would work on the Blood Zombies, and he thought that it was
better to deal with this quickly while no other warriors were around.
Meanwhile, the two Blood Zombies sensed the powers he had burst out, and they immediately let out
fearsome roars in response. An overwhelming murderous intent and cold corpse miasma rolled over
them like an oppressive fog.
"Flaming lotus, come out!" Ricky yelled as his power surged stronger. With a flick of his hand, two
flaming lotuses emerged and fused with the sacred fire and the peculiar fire.
They absorbed Ricky's power and flew at the two Blood Zombies to suppress them. Both lotuses
burned as fierce as the sun, making the blood-colored water near them leave this space.
However, the two Blood Zombies were incredibly powerful.
As soon as they saw the incoming flaming lotuses, they stretched out their arms, which expanded and
overcame the lotuses. In no time, they brought the blood-colored water back, and the river went back to
normal.
After that, the duo began to absorb the corpse miasma from the blood-colored water.
The pair made some strange gestures, which instantly transformed the icy corpse miasma into two
fierce-looking green beast shadows. Without any hesitation, they sent the shadows to attack the two
flaming lotuses.
Ricky expected their collision to create strong airwaves, but that didn't come to pass because the green
corpse miasma radiated green cold poison.
That toxin was actually the ptomaine.
And it was so deadly that it overcame the lotuses and destroyed them in an instant.
Ricky watched this in shock, his heart falling to his feet. He concluded that if it weren't for the sacred
fire and peculiar fire in his flaming lotuses, the ptomaine would have hit him in an instant. He would be
ash by now.
The next moment, Ricky promptly activated his Golden Spirit Eyes and powered up the fires, especially
the Heaven Illuminating Fire in his broken flaming lotuses. He figured that, instead of the peculiar fire,
the Heaven Illuminating Fire would be more effective against the ptomaine.
"They have such a terrible ptomaine! It seems like it's on par with my sacred fire and peculiar fire!"
exclaimed Ricky. "Even worse, it looks like the Heaven Illuminating Fire can't burn it easily either."
"The corpse miasma is one of the most powerful power in the world. In fact, it is said that only the
extreme masculine power could restrain it. And in case you didn't know, what you are facing is just the
ordinary type of corpse miasma. There are a lot more types of miasma that are more powerful and
dangerous,"
the Dragon Intent Grass told Ricky.
"It's no wonder the Corpse Blood Devils are ridiculously strong! They possess these incredibly potent
corpse miasma," Ricky remarked in a serious tone.
"Actually, it's not only the Corpse Blood Devils. The other devils with blood power are also our natural
enemies since we can't do anything against the powers they cultivate. That's why countless eras have
passed yet the only thing we have done was fight and drive them off over and over again. We can
never eliminate these devils once and for all,"
the Dragon Intent Grass narrated.
"That's right. If the reverse were true, we would have invaded the Devil Land instead of being the ones
invaded," responded Ricky with a sigh. "Even the Desolate Sorcery tribe's patriarch failed to destroy
them when he attacked the Devil Land with his army..."
While Ricky was lost in thought, the two Blood Zombies tried to catch him unawares.
The murderous intent and the green corpse miasma around them merged quickly and turned into sharp
claws that sped towards Ricky like bullets.
Those deadly claws radiated intense killing and erosive powers that could kill him in a flash.
To top that off, the Blood Zombies charged at Ricky themselves, which made him feel like he was
besieged from all directions.
He couldn't help but be on high alert with such potent attacks on the horizon. The next moment, he
activated the Ultimate Golden Body, which he merged with the Massacring Holy Patterns, to defend
himself. He also let loose the chaotic fire runes and burst out the Flame Torrent.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Thanks to the Flame Torrent and the Ultimate Golden Body, Ricky was able to
withstand the Blood Zombies' offensive. The minute that the airwaves were created, he activated the
Space-shrinking Pace to move.
At the same time, his arms transformed into Thunder Light Blades, while more Thunder Light Blades
materialized around him. In the blink of an eye, these Thunder Light Blades had engulfed the two Blood
Zombies. But Ricky's attack was not over yet.
In the next moment, he summoned the Furnace of Heaven and Earth. It flew forward and enveloped
the Blood Zombies.
The two Blood Zombies were inundated by the combined attacks from the Thunder Light Blades and
the Furnace of Heaven and Earth, and before long, the pair had already been smashed into pieces.
Ricky's runic power had successfully obliterated their consciousness.
The two Blood Zombies died on the spot.
Simply put, Ricky had won this battle, but the fight had also shown him the true power of the corpse
miasma. He became more alert.
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