"There is..." Ye Jingyu didn't say another word, directly taking out the dagger he carried with him and handing it to Liang Xiaoke...
Liang Xiaoke took the dagger without a word and immediately plunged it toward his ing...
"Hey..." Ye Jingyu was startled, wanting to stop him, but it was too late...
With a "chii..." sound, Liang Xiaoke stabbed himself directly in the heart, and a jet of blood shot out from his chest, soaring over a zhang in length. Ye Jingyu had never imagined that a person could stab themselves with such viciousness, such resolve, such spectacle...
"I knew it, I'm still a zombie; why worry about being stabbed a few times..." Gripping the hilt, Liang Xiaoke wore a triumphant smile, proud that his guess was correct...
"Don't you feel anything at all?" Looking at Liang Xiaoke's smug grin, Ye Jingyu asked with deep concern...
"Feel? What feeling?" Liang Xiaoke looked somewhat blank...
"Like, pain..." Ye Jingyu cautiously reminded him...
"Pain?" Liang Xiaoke paused, seemingly wondering why stabbing one's own heart would hurt? As long as his soul wasn't affected, he wouldn't feel the slightest bit of agony...
"No..." Liang Xiaoke shook his head; he was a zombie—why would a zombie fear pain? Even if his shen was different from other zombies now...
"Uh... you should deal with your own blood first..." Ye Jingyu rolled his eyes. He was now certain: although this fellow had fully awakened, he was definitely still a zombie, a genuine zombie...
Liang Xiaoke looked down at the fresh blood continuously spurting from his heart and suddenly cried out loudly, "Waaah, so much blood! Such a waste, such a waste..." As he spoke, he used his hands to scoop the flowing blood into his mouth...
Seeing Liang Xiaoke’s behavior, Ye Jingyu simply rolled his eyes again. This guy... alas...
After sucking all the blood pouring from his chest into his belly, Liang Xiaoke reluctantly pulled the dagger from his heart and then mobilized the Si Qi within his body, directing it toward his ing...
But the Si Qi, which was originally black, had now turned gray. Moreover, instead of the usual heavy deadness, it carried a faint hint of vitality... As soon as the gray gas surged to his heart, the wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a moment, it vanished without a trace, not even leaving a scar, as if he had never been stabbed...
"Damn it, I'm alive now, not a corpse! How can this Si Qi also have a healing function? No, this isn't Si Qi; this absolutely isn't my Si Qi..." Suddenly, Liang Xiaoke seemed to realize something...
His entire body's strength suddenly erupted. The demonic pattern hidden on his forehead reappeared, his muscles instantly swelled, and a plume of grayish-white light flickered over his fist. He suddenly smashed his fist toward the ground...
Without any sound, without any disturbance, his fist sank into the earth effortlessly, as easily as plunging a steel fork into tofu...
He slowly lifted his arm, then relaxed his fist, merely channeling the grayish-white Zhen Qi and gently pressing it against the ground. Just like before, his entire arm sank into the earth without the slightest strain...
Witnessing this, Ye Jingyu's mouth dropped open. What kind of power was this? It was terrifyingly potent! It shattered the bluestone floor so easily without needing any external force—this was too horrifying...
"My Si Qi definitely doesn't possess this kind of power. This must be the Liangyi Zhenqi that Master once mentioned to me..." Liang Xiaoke’s face showed a grave expression...
"Liangyi Zhenqi?" Ye Jingyu was taken aback; he didn't understand these things well...
"Yes, the Liangyi Zhenqi representing life and death... I truly never expected that the Si Qi within me would mutate under the suppression of the Qingmu Zhenqi and evolve into Liangyi Zhenqi..." Liang Xiaoke spoke calmly, but his shen couldn't help but tremble with excitement...
Liangyi Zhenqi was the power that countless zombies yearned for, representing both life and death. From this moment on, he would dwell between life and death, possessing the immortal body of a zombie yet retaining the vibrant essence of a human...
From now on, not only would he no longer fear the sunlight, but he wouldn't fear any pure Yang objects either. Even when making i with a woman, he wouldn't need to rely on his cultivation to restrain himself; everything would become the most fundamental instinct. In essence, from this point forward, aside from immortality, he would be no different from a human...
Of course, he still didn't fear pain...
Seeing the growing surprise on Liang Xiaoke's face, Ye Jingyu gradually understood that this was absolutely a good thing for him...
"Then your current cultivation level..." Looking at the wisp of green demonic pattern on Liang Xiaoke's forehead, Ye Jingyu asked with curiosity...
"I have already reached the Corpse King realm. And with Liangyi Zhenqi, I have complete confidence in defeating even a thousand-year Corpse King," Liang Xiaoke’s face was filled with self-assurance...
The destructive power represented by Liangyi Zhenqi was absolute destruction...
"And if you meet a Martial Saint, how confident are you?" Ye Jingyu felt a surge of joy seeing the confidence on Liang Xiaoke's face...
"I don't know the exact strength of the Martial Saints in this world, but as long as it's a Grandmaster, including Bing Ming who is by your side, they will definitely not be my match," Liang Xiaoke spoke quite arrogantly...
"Haha, then congratulations, Big Brother, on your great progress!" Hearing this, Ye Jingyu naturally felt delighted; the stronger Liang Xiaoke became, the stronger those around him became...
"Haha, this time, I really have to thank this Azure Dragon Jade Pendant. Although the Qingmu Zhenqi contained within it almost killed me..." Liang Xiaoke laughed heartily and picked up the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant in his hand, examining it closely...
"What is the origin of this Azure Dragon Jade Pendant?" Ye Jingyu also remembered the powerful energy contained within it—no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't penetrate that force...
"I found it on a soldier, but I know this must be something left over from our era... and a very good thing at that," Liang Xiaoke said mysteriously...
"Hmm?" Ye Jingyu paused. Relics left from their era? Does that mean there truly is a connection between the two worlds?
"Rumble..." Just as Liang Xiaoke was about to explain, a tremendous noise echoed from outside, and the expressions of both men changed simultaneously...