Two Worlds: Demonic Cultivator with His Zombie Materials-Chapter 114 - 96: Incense Poison? Refining a Deceitful Artifact? (Part 2)

The middle-aged temple priest secretly swore to seize this opportunity.

Work diligently, work swiftly, and lead more people to faith in the Lord of Tai Mountain Prefect.

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Since the Temple of Lord Tai Mountain Prefect has only recently been established, although the number of believers has expanded throughout the entire settlement, it has yet to produce genuine core followers, true believers of this kind.

Therefore, there is still a long way to go, and Zheng Yi is merely making a shallow attempt, conducting an experiment.

Next comes the time for vigorous development, recruiting many believers, and obtaining a continuous stream of incense offering power.

"The Blood and Flesh Gourd should be ripe by now!"

After planting the Blood and Flesh Gourd, Zheng Yi was occupied with many other matters and had assigned people to tend to it specifically. Later, the Five Viscera Temple Feeding God Technique just happened to require this magical artifact, and Zheng Yi decided to personally check on how it was growing and if it could be used.

The entire settlement had expanded tenfold compared to before, so even though the population increased, the core area seemed even more spacious, with no idle people around, only Blood Warriors responsible for patrol and guard duties.

Zheng Yi was extremely familiar with the terrain there, and within a few steps, he entered the place where the Blood and Flesh Gourd was planted.

A huge open area, the soil was filled with remnants of Zombie Flesh, and the space originally piled high with Zombie Flesh had long been overgrown with enormous gourd vines that covered the sun and sky.

Blood and Flesh Gourds of varying sizes hung above, their colors differing from deep red to pink, either dark or light, but all resembling human skin, with an elastic touch, evoking a sense of eeriness.

"Should be ripe now!"

Zheng Yi stood beside the largest Blood and Flesh Gourd, which was as big as a watermelon, entirely scarlet, with skin like a lantern draped in human skin, radiating a crimson glow.

Zheng Yi reached out to touch it, discovering it emitted sharp beams of light, akin to Sword Qi, stabbing like needles into his hand, prompting him to retract his palm.

But Zheng Yi was not surprised; instead, he nodded in satisfaction.

Back in the Demon Realm, he had spent considerable resources in Youzhong City to acquire the original seeds of this Blood and Flesh Gourd and had brought them to this Doomsday World, investing a great deal of Zombie Flesh to cultivate it. Judging by the time, it seemed to have succeeded.

As a mutated form of the Sword Nurturing Gourd, Zheng Yi had placed quite a few Sword Refining Resources into this Blood and Flesh Gourd, and calculating the time, it had also nurtured a rather remarkable Flying Sword.

Originally, it was a significant effort to cultivate until now, finally reaching the harvest period.

Just as he was contemplating, Zheng Yi reextended his palm, walked up to the largest cultivated gourd, and reached out to pluck it.

Suddenly, a red light emerged from the gourd, targeting him, shooting forward with such speed that it was almost impossible to react.

Clang! Clang!~

Zheng Yi’s eyes suddenly shone brightly, and a Soul-Catching Banner appeared in his hand. The banner pole, in his hand, resembled a long spear, continuously tapping into the void.

Continuously colliding with the Blood-colored Flying Sword, producing crisp sounds reverberating through the space.

The Blood-colored Flying Sword had only matured recently, and its driving will wasn’t particularly strong, quickly being suppressed by Zheng Yi.

Simultaneously, he shook the Soul-Catching Banner, and the Blood-clothed Female Ghost, leading numerous Ghost Generals, pounced fiercely towards the Blood and Flesh Gourd.

Sharp claws tore at the skin of the Blood and Flesh Gourd, while Ghost Qi ripped the outer defense, surging towards the inside.

In an instant, a chilling aura surged in that space.

Watching the besieged Blood and Flesh Gourd, the nurtured Blood-colored Flying Sword was also retrieved. It appeared to have exhausted a great deal of Blood Qi, causing the entire gourd to wilt, unable to counterattack any further and render itself unusable.

Zheng Yi’s face showed a hint of oddity. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Unexpectedly, this Blood and Flesh Gourd was infected with the Zombie Bloodline and actually ’came to life’?"

This was surely an extremely rare event; even throughout the long history of the Great Yi City Immortal Realm, Zheng Yi had never heard of such a thing as a Sword Nurturing Gourd or its mutated form, Blood and Flesh Gourd, ’coming to life,’ it was simply unheard of.

But in this Doomsday World, Blood Bats hatched, and as a result, were infected by the Zombie Bloodline, transforming into Zombie Blood Bat Ancestor Cain.

And the planted gourd, too, came ’to life’ due to the Zombie Bloodline, truly making for a miraculous moment.

It’s clear that this Zombie Bloodline possesses an extremely powerful capacity for infectious mutation, yet this mutation is not a certainty; it’s much like gambling, mixed with good and bad, and is entirely a matter of probability.

Obviously, although the Blood and Flesh Gourd came ’to life,’ it still couldn’t withstand the horrific gang of ghosts within the Soul-Catching Banner.

It quickly wilted, appearing precarious and about to fall.

Zheng Yi naturally wasn’t intent on killing this Blood and Flesh Gourd; otherwise, he wouldn’t have carefully nurtured it. But this Blood and Flesh Gourd actually ’came to life’ and launched an attack on him, prompting a series of reflections.

This world carries an inexplicable nature, whether it be the blood moon in the sky, or the endless Zombies, or various ghosts; it’s nowhere near as simple as a mere Zombie virus spread.

Upon seeing the Blood and Flesh Gourd finally show signs of weakness, Zheng Yi put away the Soul-Catching Banner, yet witnessed a scene that rendered him utterly astonished.

It was then that the large, wilting Blood and Flesh Gourd unexpectedly extended seven or eight blood-colored tentacles from below, resembling an octopus, directly tearing off a nearby gourd in its early growth stage, inserting tentacles into it, frantically devouring its nutrients.