Chapter 161: Heavenly Annihilation Corpse Script

Qin Feng returned to the Earth Corpse Sect.

His first action was to cast a Earth-Communing Talisman, a specialized messaging talisman used within the Earth Corpse Sect. Because the subterranean spaces were exceptionally vast, running back and forth would consume a tremendous amount of time. Consequently, the cultivators of the Earth Corpse Sect mostly relied on this talisman to transmit messages to one another.

After casting the talisman and carefully inspecting his surroundings to ensure there were no abnormalities, Qin Feng retrieved from his storage ring the white hemp robe he had previously traded for three flesh-and-blood pills at the market stall near the Tianhuan Mountain Range.

Gazing at the white hemp robe, slightly stained with corpse grease, Qin Feng fell into a momentary trance.

For the sake of this item, he had actually provoked the Nine Palaces Sect, and even slaughtered one of its young masters. The root of all this disaster was this very hemp robe.

Yet, Qin Feng felt it was entirely worth it!

He unfolded the white hemp robe in mid-air.

With purple light flashing in his eyes, Qin Feng scrutinized it once again.

This time, illuminated by the Purple Heavenly Eye, Qin Feng vaguely discerned strange, black, tadpole-like wriggling runes. Like mysterious ghost sprites, these runes were stitching themselves together according to a certain special trajectory into obscure, esoteric patterns distributed across the hemp robe. Even the cuffs and the hemline possessed these black tadpole scripts.

Qin Feng did not recognize these tadpole-like runes.

However, residing within his body was the Sky Demon.

When one does not understand, one can ask.

"Sky Demon, quickly help me take a look—what are these black tadpole runes?"

Hearing this, the Sky Demon blinked its eye into existence upon the palm of Qin Feng's hand.

Staring at the strange tadpole runes, the Sky Demon sighed in astonishment, "To think these are actually Heavenly Slaughter Corpse Scripts! You brat, with the help of the Purple Heavenly Eye, scavenging for treasures is simply as easy as turning over your hand! This hemp robe is likely a supreme transcendent treasure. Especially having so many Heavenly Slaughter Corpse Scripts inscribed all at once—even this old self is seeing it for the first time."

"Heavenly Slaughter Corpse Scripts?"

Qin Feng was startled. He had never heard of this name before; even within Sky Wind City, his master Long Aotian had never mentioned a single half-word of it to him.

"What on earth are these Heavenly Slaughter Corpse Scripts?"

The Sky Demon chuckled and explained to him, "It is not strange that you do not recognize these mysterious scripts. Let alone you, even though I recognize them, I still cannot comprehend them. In other words, the only ones capable of understanding these tadpole scripts are probably those people down below." The Sky Demon blinked its eye mysteriously, dropping a cryptic remark that Qin Feng could not fathom.

"Those people down below?" Qin Feng furrowed his brow.

The Sky Demon seemed to be deliberately evading the subject and hurriedly shifted the conversation. "Qin Feng, knowing too much about certain things will ultimately work against you. But regardless, it is certain that the garment in your hands has an extraordinary origin. Although you cannot read these scripts, you can utilize them to freely arrange and combine them. Who knows, unexpected surprises might just emerge." Pausing for a moment, the Sky Demon added, "These scripts are restricted exclusively to the dead. Remember that well!"

Having spoken thus, the Sky Demon closed its eye and fell silent once again.

Qin Feng felt utterly speechless.

Yet the sense of shock in his heart was profound.

As he journeyed along his path of growth and encountered an increasing number of people and things, even the Sky Demon had grown progressively more bizarre and mysterious. It seemed this world harbored far too many secrets, waiting for him to explore and unravel them one by one once his strength grew greater.

Even the Sky Demon itself seemingly concealed an unknown, earth-shaking secret!

With this realization, Qin Feng's heart burned even more fiercely.

This was the path he was meant to walk, the vast horizon he was meant to touch!

He relished this sensation, relishing the exhilaration of forging his own path as a powerhouse through his relentless efforts!

Nevertheless, from the Sky Demon's words, Qin Feng had gained a general grasp of the information regarding this garment. Although scant, the Sky Demon had at least provided him with a direction.

At that moment, Qin Feng genuinely felt that having the Sky Demon—part mentor, part friend—was truly a fortunate thing.

At the very least, it had saved him a great deal of trouble.

It had spared him from taking many detours!

Flattening the garment and placing it upon the stone table, Qin Feng first controlled Xing Bing to release a wisp of Azure Scale Flame. Although this flame's destructive power fell far short of the three types of fire he controlled himself, as an initial test, it was wiser to be cautious; Qin Feng feared accidentally reducing the garment to ashes.

Even so, Qin Feng remained extremely careful.

Compressing the flame of the Azure Scale Flame to its faintest degree, he touched it to a corner of the garment.

Yet the result caught Qin Feng quite by surprise.

As soon as the flame brushed against the garment, it directly scorched the corner into a charred, ash-black patch. Qin Feng hurriedly withdrew the flame, terrified of destroying the item.

"Huh? Could it be that this garment possesses not a shred of defensive power? That shouldn't be right—with such densely packed Heavenly Slaughter Corpse Scripts, how could they have zero effect?"

In the Sky Demon's words, it was mentioned that these scripts must be useful to the dead. Could it be...?

At this thought, Qin Feng directly summoned Zhan Bai forth, dressing him in the mysterious white hemp robe. To Qin Feng's utter astonishment, the hemp robe fit Zhan Bai's frame with absolute perfection, precisely like a garment tailored to his exact measurements.

Furthermore, if the hemp robe was left uncinched at the waist, it closely resembled a white cloak, and the style was exceptionally dashing!

Since Zhan Bai had severed ties with the Shu Sword Mountain, he could no longer wear those sectarian garments bearing the character for 'Shu'. Moreover, Zhan Bai had favored white during his lifetime, making this mysterious hemp robe a flawless match for him.

Zhan Bai in hemp looked quite imposing indeed.

Only, Qin Feng had been too busy admiring the sight to notice that the moment the garment enveloped Zhan Bai's body, the Heavenly Slaughter Corpse Scripts upon it had flashed with a bizarre pattern.

Of this detail, Qin Feng remained unaware.

However, Qin Feng was conducting an experiment in the first place. After appreciating Zhan Bai's heroic bearing for a moment, he once again invoked his flames and swept them toward the hemp robe.

Yet this time, no matter how fiercely the flames burned, they consistently failed to scorch even a fraction of the garment.

"Oh?"

"This is getting interesting."

Qin Feng controlled the Corpse Phosphorus Flame, once again intensifying the combustion. With a whoof, the fire blazed fiercely, and the mass of green flames lunged at Zhan Bai like a green phantom crawling from the depths of hell, clawing and scratching.

Unexpectedly, the moment the flames touched the hemp robe, they automatically extinguished.

The garment remained completely undamaged!

Qin Feng was astounded.

"Could it be that this truly is a garment exclusively meant for the dead to wear?"

After experimenting a few more times with identical results, Qin Feng even utilized the other three types of flames he had mastered, testing them one by one. Aside from the Blood-Incinerating Pure Fire, which managed to persist upon the garment for a slightly longer duration, all other flames were extinguished the instant they made contact. Moreover, throughout the experimental process, Qin Feng had kept the Purple Heavenly Eye running to continuously observe the situation on the garment, and he genuinely discovered some clues.

Qin Feng noticed that every time he burned the garment with the Corpse Phosphorus Flame, a mysterious pattern composed of Heavenly Slaughter Corpse Scripts would light up within a specific region upon the fabric. And it was precisely the power of this pattern that blocked the combustion of the flames. The driving force behind this pattern was none other than Zhan Bai's corpse energy.

What a bizarre object!

He had truly struck treasure!

If Qin Feng still failed to recognize the extraordinary nature of this item now, he would be nothing short of a fool.

The next moment, Qin Feng proceeded to test various other forms of attack in succession, even striking Zhan Bai with a punch containing three thousand dragon divine powers.

Because he shared a natal corpse pact with Zhan Bai, Qin Feng could sense the intensity of the force inflicted upon him.

All of this data was silently recorded by Qin Feng.

Following that, Qin Feng tested Zhan Bai's physical strength, speed, agility, and so forth. Whatever he could think of, he tested one by one, recording every single experimental result. Simultaneously, the Purple Heavenly Eye operated without pause, imprinting all those flashing patterns deep into his mind.

When the experimentation temporarily came to a close, Qin Feng let out an astonished sigh.

Followed immediately by wild elation!

He had truly struck a supreme treasure this time.

This hemp robe was practically tailor-made for Zhan Bai by nature. Upon wearing it, Zhan Bai's corpse body experienced a slight enhancement across all attributes. However, the most outstanding feature of this garment lay in its defensive capabilities.

Yet, even in terms of defense, there was a distinction.

Physical resistance far surpassed magical resistance!

Zhan Bai was a sword cultivator, and his innate weakness was physical defense; even transforming into a corpse failed to resolve his vulnerability in defense. Yet this white hemp robe solved this major headache for Qin Feng.

Its formidable defense could even neutralize ninety percent of the impact from his own three thousand dragon divine powers.

This was simply heaven-defying!

It could be said that from this day forward, Zhan Bai no longer needed to fear body cultivators closing in on him, and could even rely on this mysterious hemp robe to engage in close-quarters combat with approaching cultivators!

Furthermore, this would catch opponents completely off guard, making it highly probable that they would forfeit their lives due to sheer carelessness!

All of this was thanks to the blessing of the Heavenly Slaughter Corpse Scripts.

Such mysterious corpse scripts were simply terrifying!

Moreover, through this garment, Qin Feng had also grasped several mysterious patterns. According to the Sky Demon, the Heavenly Slaughter Corpse Scripts could be rearranged and combined. Qin Feng pondered the Sky Demon's implication and soon understood. These mysterious patterns were all formed by the combination of these Heavenly Slaughter Corpse Scripts; if he could dismantle these corpse scripts and rearrange them into novel patterns, might he be able to research some brand-new functions?

For instance, an amplification in strength? A multiplication in agility?

At this moment, Qin Feng suddenly conceived a bold hypothesis!

If he copied these mastered patterns and used some special materials to inscribe them onto the bodies of corpses, would they also exert the same effect?

Qin Feng estimated the feasibility of this matter to be over sixty percent!

And once this bold hypothesis became reality, his comprehensive combat capability would ascend yet another flight of stairs.

For corpses were something the Earth Corpse Sect possessed in abundance, and flesh-and-blood pills were also within his grasp; what he lacked was simply the comprehensive combat prowess of legions of corpses.

If he could rapidly train a batch of combat corpse troops, then the outcome... Hehe!

A wicked, bizarre arc split across the corners of Qin Feng's lips.

Just then, a commotion sounded at the door. Qin Feng raised an eyebrow, put Zhan Bai away, and promptly opened the door.