Chapter 20: Shedding Armor, Corpse Transformation
This muffled sound scared almost everyone present.
Wu Tianzhen, Da Kui, and Pan Zi all turned pale, while A Ning’s expression also changed abruptly, her beautiful eyes full of doubt.
Only Little Brother and Su Mo were not particularly shocked.
Uncle Wu San’s expression quickly returned to normal:
“A bunch of big men, with less courage than women, what are you afraid of!”
Pan Zi mustered his courage and said:
“Exactly, this coffin has been buried here for more than three thousand years, how could there possibly be a living person!”
He then inserted the crowbar into the coffin seam with Da Kui, and forcefully pried open the coffin lid.
As soon as the coffin lid was opened, a long-stifled turbid breath rushed out, making everyone almost unable to hold back from vomiting.
Immediately after, a human figure suddenly sat straight up from inside the coffin.
Da Kui and Pan Zi, standing closest, were so scared their legs went soft on the spot.
Wu Tianzhen and A Ning also turned deathly pale with fright.
Uncle Wu San, however, had years of experience as a Mountain Mover tomb raiding expert, known for his boldness and carefulness, and was not frightened by the sudden “living person” sitting up. He steadied himself and looked closely, only to discover that the person who sat up was actually supported by an iron rod behind them.
In other words, there was a mechanism inside the coffin; as soon as the lid was opened wide, this iron rod would immediately prop up the body inside to make it sit up.
Everyone then breathed a sigh of relief and carefully looked at the “person” sitting up in the coffin.
They saw that this person was wearing black armor all over, with skin exposed outside that was white to the point of transparency, both eyes closed, but all five facial features already distorted, looking as if in great pain!
Pan Zi suddenly cried out in alarm:
“This… this is really a living person, he’s still breathing!”
Everyone looked closely and saw that this “person’s” chest was indeed rising and falling, and moist air was clearly visible coming from his nose!
Da Kui was already scared pale:
“This… this guy has actually lived for thousands of years!”
Fatty immediately pulled out his handgun from his waist:
“Damn it, whether he’s playing tricks or not, blast him first!”
Uncle Wu San, however, grabbed his wrist:
“Dead fatty, don’t mess around!”
Su Mo knew that this “person,” whether King Lu Shang or the Iron Masked Man, was actually already a living dead!
After consuming the Corpse Beetle Pill and hibernating inside the Jade Coffin Armor, it was in a state nearly like death, with almost no awareness except shedding skin every five hundred years and breathing.
Moreover, as soon as the Jade Coffin Armor was opened, he would be a dead man!
Back then, after King Mu of Zhou’s Jade Coffin Armor was undone, he became a Blood Corpse; it was the same.
Su Mo had no interest in the Jade Coffin Armor or the Corpse Beetle Pill.
He was more eager to find the Ghost Seal.
After all, the Ghost Seal was the key to opening the Ultimate and the Bronze Gate, and with it, he might even have other harvests!
He quickly scanned inside the coffin carefully but did not find where the Ghost Seal was hidden.
While puzzled, Fatty quietly reached for a thread on the “person” in the coffin.
Seeing this thread, he guessed it might be the key to undoing the Jade Coffin Armor, so he wanted to undo the Jade Coffin Armor and take off this armor to pack it in his backpack.
“Don’t touch it!”
At the critical moment, Little Brother roared angrily, then suddenly thrust the Black Gold Ancient Blade toward Fatty’s head.
Fatty reacted quickly enough; hearing the wind behind his head, he instantly shrank his neck, and the blade light of the Black Gold Ancient Blade flashed over his head, clanging as it embedded into the Nine-headed Cypress tree.
Fatty was startled, his face somewhat pale, and he cursed angrily:
“You trying to take Fatty’s life, are you!”
Little Brother looked at him with an icy expression:
“If you dare undo the armor, I will kill you!”
Fatty, furious, reached for his gun:
“Is this zombie your ancestor or something, why can’t it be undone!”
Little Brother said coldly:
“If you undo this Jade Coffin Armor, it will inevitably undergo Corpse Transformation; then everyone will be killed by you!”
Upon hearing this, Fatty’s hand on the gun handle stopped immediately, and he gradually calmed down, though he couldn’t help muttering:
“Fine, don’t undo it then, why stab at me, Fatty!”
Uncle Wu San couldn’t help shaking his head:
“Who told you to act so fast; if Little Brother hadn’t stopped you, you would’ve already undone the Jade Coffin Armor!”
Hearing this, Fatty realized it was true; though angry inside, he had no reason to vent and could only stand aside sullenly.
Everyone stood by the coffin, unable to help exchanging glances.
There were no other grave goods in the coffin; the most valuable thing seemed to be this Jade Coffin Armor.
If the Jade Coffin Armor couldn’t be undone, were they to carry this corpse back?
At this moment, Su Mo suddenly sneered coldly:
“Undoing the Jade Coffin Armor would just cause Corpse Transformation into a Blood Corpse; nothing big!”
Hearing his words, everyone was stunned, then recalled Su Mo’s ability to slay a Blood Corpse before, and had nothing to say.
Su Mo glanced at the corpse sitting in the coffin, pondered for a moment, then struck like lightning, his fingers instantly pinching the corpse’s neck.
“You’ve lived long enough; time to die!”
As he spoke, his other hand instantly pulled the thread of the Jade Coffin Armor under its armpit.
Seeing this, even Little Brother cried out in alarm:
“No!”
Though shocked, he did not stop Su Mo.
First, because Su Mo had saved him before; second, because Su Mo’s ability was sufficient to deal with a Blood Corpse.
The reason he still tried to stop it was just an instinctive fear.
But Su Mo absolutely had to undo this Jade Coffin Armor!
Because he wanted the Ghost Seal!
Up to now, Su Mo still hadn’t seen where the Ghost Seal was, so he naturally guessed it must be hidden inside the Jade Coffin Armor on this “corpse” in the coffin!
Regardless of whether the Ghost Seal had the ability to command Ghost Soldiers, at least it was originally King Lu Shang’s token or treasure, and he must have carried it on him.
To find the Ghost Seal, the Jade Coffin Armor had to be undone.
Even if it caused Corpse Transformation, it was worth it!
Otherwise, coming to Lu Wang Palace would be meaningless for Su Mo and the others!
Snap snap snap…
As the thread was undone, the black armor pieces on the corpse suddenly fell off piece by piece, scattering to the bottom of the coffin.
As the Jade Coffin Armor was undone, the corpse’s originally semi-transparent pale skin suddenly filled with blood in an instant, rapidly turning blood-red at a visible speed!
In just a few seconds, its body had turned bright red, and even more viscous red liquid seeped from the skin surface, like fresh blood flowing out from all its pores.
Its body also rapidly swelled at a visible speed, like a balloon being inflated, with its head expanding two or three times in size in an instant.
Its face became even more ferocious and distorted, its eyes bulging out and protruding beyond the eyelids, with blood-red eyeballs that seemed to be dripping blood.
Roar roar…
A hysterical low roar came from its throat.
In less than a minute, this “corpse” had truly undergone Corpse Transformation into a Blood Corpse!
