Chapter 1277: The Living Dead

Zu An had never encountered a situation like this before. However, he quickly realized something even stranger: the black-furred monster clearly looked furious, so why wasn't his Keyboard Warrior System receiving any Rage points?

Not only was his "Dagger with Poison" ineffective, but even Rage points weren't accumulating. Could it be that this black-furred monster existed beyond the scope of the Keyboard System?

In that instant, countless possibilities flashed through his mind, but he dismissed them all. Previously, whether it was Emperor Zhao Hao or powerful beings like Qin Shi Huang and Mi Li encountered in secret realms, the Keyboard System had always worked. While this monster was powerful, it couldn't compare to those formidable figures.

Suddenly, a thought struck him: Yun Jianyue and Yan Xuehen had previously mentioned that he had a very strong aura of death around him.

"Be careful!" The women on the stone platform cried out, their faces paling in alarm. The black-furred monster was charging towards them at an even greater speed than before, one hand descending like a shadow eclipsing the sky. If it truly landed, not only Zu An, who was its target, but even those standing nearby would be flattened into a pulp.

Yet, Zu An neither dodged nor retreated. At some point, a torch-like object had appeared in his hand. Its tip wasn't aflame, but instead emitted a beam of light.

In the void, the terrifying black palm was instantly pierced by this gentle light, vanishing as if it were a deflating balloon.

The monster let out a shriek and quickly withdrew its hand. Its black fur was visibly smoking, as if it were burning.

It kept swatting at its hand, trying to extinguish the fire, but the burning persisted and even threatened to spread across its entire body.

Everyone was somewhat dumbfounded. Someone with such a high level of cultivation was actually being burned by fire?

Yet, the previous demon masters who possessed fire-based abilities had been completely ineffective against it.

"What is that?" The people on the stone platform, all of whom had significant status and extensive knowledge, had never seen anything like it.

The women instinctively looked at Yu Yanluo, as she was closest to Zu An. Yu Yanluo's pretty face flushed; she hadn't seen this thing before either.

Zu An, now riding his Wind-Fire Wheels again, flew out, continuously waving the "torch" and shining its light on his opponent. "Come on, weren't you quite arrogant just now? Keep it up!"

"Is that a divine weapon?" Yun Jianyue was utterly stunned, watching Zu An chase the monster with the object while the previously invincible creature fled in disarray.

Hearing "divine weapon," Princess Changning's breathing hitched, and even Princess Suolun's eyes showed a strange glint. They had only ever heard of divine weapons, never seen one. What was this man's true identity, to possess such an item at such a young age?

Princess Changning mused that it was no wonder he could defeat Crown Prince Jinwu, who possessed the divine artifact Sun-Shooting Bow; he himself had a divine weapon.

Yan Xuehen, however, shook her head. "I don't think so. I can't feel the pressure of a divine weapon at all, not even that of a heavenly-grade weapon."

"Then why can it suppress a Grandmaster?" Yun Jianyue asked, bewildered. The two women discussed it for a long time but remained completely puzzled.

From the air, Zu An faintly overheard their various conjectures and secretly chuckled.

This item wasn't as exaggerated as they imagined. It was merely the "Magic Flashlight" he had obtained from a system lottery long ago. It would only light up when there was light around, and absolutely wouldn't when it was dark.

While that attribute was somewhat inconvenient, its sole ability was extremely useful: it severely countered all forms of dark and undead beings.

The "Dagger with Poison" had no effect even when directly inserted into the monster's body, unless the opponent was already dead.

Considering that Yan Xuehen and Yun Jianyue had earlier keenly sensed an extremely dense aura of death around the opponent, it became clear what kind of being the monster was.

The flashlight had a total of three uses. The first time was against the terracotta warriors in the Brightmoon Academy secret realm, the second was in the Yin Ruins secret realm, and this was its final use.

The monster shrieked repeatedly, dodging clumsily. But the light seemed to possess a magical quality, turning its once lightning-fast movements into the faltering steps of an old man on the verge of death.

At first, it desperately tried to evade, but eventually, it seemed to be completely drained of strength, rolling and wailing continuously under the light's shroud.

It couldn't even maintain flight anymore and plummeted downwards.

It was then that everyone noticed the pool of blood that had previously surged and filled the entire hall had now vanished, revealing the original ground beneath.

Startled, they all looked towards the Sansan Flower that had been in the center, but alas, it was no longer in its original spot.

Everyone scanned the surroundings, but unfortunately, they couldn't find any trace of it.

However, the black-furred monster was still the greatest danger. It would be best to deal with it first and then slowly search for the flower later.

By then, the black-furred monster, enveloped by the light, was completely immobilized, merely curling up in pain on the ground.

"Look, his fur seems to be falling off!" Yu Yanluo suddenly exclaimed. Everyone looked closer and saw that under the light, the black mist shrouding the monster gradually faded, and its black fur appeared to have been burned away, revealing its true form.

"That's a person?" Yan Xuehen exclaimed in surprise.

Although it was indeed humanoid, covered in black fur and shrouded in dark mist, it had seemed more like a monstrous gorilla. To their surprise, it was actually a human, and one could vaguely discern an extraordinary presence about him.

"Why does he look somewhat familiar?" Yun Jianyue and Yan Xuehen exchanged glances. This was perplexing, as with their Grandmaster-level divine sense, they should have been able to recall if they had met this person before.

Zu An hadn't expected the monster to be a person. However, the "Dagger with Poison" indicated that he was already dead, and so many people had tragically died by its hand. Naturally, it was his duty to eliminate such a great menace from the world.

"Who am I? Why am I in such pain? Ah..." At this moment, a recondite and hoarse voice emerged from the monster's mouth.

Zu An was somewhat bewildered. Wasn't this creature an undead being? How could it still speak?

Just then, a soft, pleasant sigh wafted through the air. "Young master, could you please show mercy and spare him?"

The voice was as gentle as jade, with a hint of youthful charm.

However, no one was in the mood to appreciate the beautiful voice; instead, everyone's blood ran cold.

This was because everyone had clearly seen who the speaking woman was. With eyebrows like distant spring mountains, radiant beauty, high-piled cloud-like hair, and flowing robes, she was a peerless beauty capable of toppling kingdoms, by both human and demon aesthetic standards.

Yet, she was identical to the person previously seen in the jade coffin.

Everyone finally understood where the disappeared Sansan Flower had gone.

"Does an elixir of immortality that can revive the dead truly exist in this world?" Yun Jianyue and Yan Xuehen were momentarily lost in thought.

Zu An also felt his scalp tingle. "Are you human or ghost?"

He wanted to shine the Magic Flashlight on her, but he was worried the black-furred monster might seize the chance to escape.

The exquisitely beautiful woman sighed softly. "I should have died, but my husband revived me. Unfortunately, he ended up turning himself into this living dead state, neither human nor ghost."