Chapter 25 Fighting the corpse puppet

Jingsheng who was grabbed on his shoulder by Yan Xing was startled, but he immediately noticed the thing that had jumped out from the ground.

It was a corpse puppet.

Both Yan Xing and Jingsheng quickly retreated and looked at the corpse puppet with vigilance. They immediately change into a defensive posture.

'hang…'

The corpse puppet made a sound and looked at them with scarlet red eyes. The color of its skin was dark purplish and had a creepy smile on its face, just like the first corpse they saw in the woods earlier.

The corpse puppet raised its arms and pounced on Yan Xing and Jingsheng.

Jingsheng moved in front of Yan Xing in a protective stance and swung his swords towards the puppet corpse to meet the attack.

Dang…!

The corpse puppet blocked Jingsheng's sword with his arm. It was as if, the sword had met with a metal.

What surprised Yan Xing and Jingsheng was that the corpse's hand was very sturdy like an iron

The corpse puppet brandished its fingers like a claw and randomly started to attack. It doesn't have any consciousness of its own and doesn't possess any martial art skills, but it was very agile and flexible. The corpse puppet kept on attacking Jingsheng. Jingsheng dodged its claws and, making use of its exquisite footwork, he went behind the corpse puppet and gave a hard kick on its waist. The corpse puppet staggered for a second and immediately turned around to attack Jingsheng.

Yan Xing watched the fight from the sidelines. He noticed that the corpse puppet had extraordinary strong bones and its fighting prowess was not to be underestimated too. And the most important thing is that its hand was like an Eagle's claw and there was something on the nails if one looked carefully.

"Don't let the nails of the corpse puppet scratch or touch you. There is poison applied on it". Yan Xing warned Jingsheng.

Jingsheng immediately noticed light greenish color applied to the long nails of the corpse puppet. They don't know what kind of poison it is, but one thing is sure, the poison must be deadly enough to take someone's life.

"Quite clever", Jingsheng snorted and executed a beautiful sword move aiming at the corpse puppet's neck.

The corpse puppet had its claws near Jingsheng's heart, but before it could dig out Jingsheng's heart, a sword landed on its neck.

Jingsheng raised his foot and kicked away the corpse puppet. He was surprised that his sword was unable to sever the head of the corpse puppet.

The bone of the corpse puppet was just too hard.

"Is your bone made of gold", Jingsheng was frustrated.

Yan Xing had a smile on their face, and it looked like he was enjoying the fight between Jingsheng and the corpse puppet. "Little brother, you have already noticed that the bone of the corpse puppet is quite sturdy, so why aim for its neck? Its cervical vertebrae cannot be fragile too. You should aim for its heart instead".

Jingsheng listened to Yan Xing's advice and his sword went straight, aiming for the corpse puppet's heart. The corpse puppet swung its arm and deflected the sword. Jingsheng didn't give up, he continued to target the corpse puppet's heart.

The corpse puppet was not a living thing and was like a machine. Its advantage when fighting with a human is that it can never get tiring. Its energy is inexhaustible, unlike a human.

A few beads of sweat formed on Jingsheng's forehead. He knew that if the fight goes on like this, sooner or later, he will be exhausted. He gritted his teeth and holding the sword with his right hand withdrew the sword backward and with his left hand he sent out a fist attack on the corpse puppet's chest. The corpse puppet made a hoarse intangible noise and its claws made their way toward jingsheng's chest. Jingsheng once again raised his foot high and kicked away the corpse puppet's hand, and the sword in his right hand immediately stabbed the heart of the corpse puppet.

Puchi!

The sword went inside the corpse puppet's heart and dark red blood started to gush out. The corpse stood motionlessly as the blood started to flow out from its heart.

"Whew… finally", Jingsheng said and flicked away the blood on the tip of his sword.

The corpse puppet cannot be killed easily. It can only be killed in two ways. One was to directly sever its head and the other was to stab its heart and drain the blood away.

The corpse puppet collapsed on the ground with a bloody wound on its chest.

"This corpse puppet is difficult to deal with. Senior brother, I think the corpse with a creepy smile on its face is a tier higher than the normal-looking ones", Jingsheng said, putting away his sword.

Yan Xing nodded his head too in affirmation. "If I am not mistaken, this kind of corpse cannot be easily refined"

On their way here, they saw many normal-looking corpses along the brook. But the corpse with a creepy smile on its face was not seen. They only saw one in the woods at first and another one here.

"Looks like they are quite determined to make a comeback this time. The world will not be peaceful anymore", Jingsheng said in a solemn tone.

"We should try to find Elder Mu as soon as possible", Jingsheng said with a grim expression. There was a trace of conflict in the woods where they had first seen this kind of corpse puppet. They don't know where Elder Mu was currently and if by chance he had gotten scratched by the corpse then things would not be good.

Yan Xing nodded his head and they both went in front of the hole where the corpse puppet came out.

It was dark inside and they cannot see anything.

One of the Shadow guards handed a fire torch to them.

Yan Xing stepped on the wooden ladder and went inside the underground room first with a fire torch in his hand.