The corpse-eating insects feed on the decaying flesh of zombies, but they cannot gnaw on the flesh of advanced undead like the silver zombie, unless…
Without wasting time thinking any further, Qi Bei suddenly turned and lunged at the nest of the corpse-eating insects, and just then, the attack of the silver zombie followed.
Qi Bei's movement was somehow slowed down by half a beat. When he dodged the attack, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, but the corpse-eating insect's nest was smashed by the silver zombie's attack, and countless small black creepy looking insects rushed out.
The silver zombie completely ignored these small insects and rushed toward Qi Bei with lightning-like speed. Its filthy mouth opened and bit towards the human's throat.
This was exactly what Qi Bei was waiting for. The bone spear in his right hand suddenly glowed with a faint golden light and stabbed into the zombie's mouth. Through his observations after being here for so long, he knew when a zombie attacks up close, it uses its fangs first, not its claws.
A stinky black liquid flowed out of the zombie's big mouth, falling all over Qi Bei's face and body, but he couldn't care less.
Unless a zombie's head is cut off, it cannot be killed. Qi Bei's attack only wounded the silver zombie, but didn't kill it.
However, just because Qi Bei couldn't kill it didn't mean that these furious corpse-eating insects couldn't.
One by one, the small black insects crawled into the silver zombie's big mouth, and its mouth was stuck by the bone spear, unable to close.
Although the exterior of the silver zombie was as hard as iron, its insides were no different from any other zombie.
In the blink of an eye, both the silver zombie and Qi Bei were covered by corpse-eating insects.
At first, the zombie struggled a few times, but soon it stopped moving. Its skin, bones, internal organs, and brain were all gnawed to nothing by the corpse-eating insects.
At this point, the insects began to disperse, they had to rebuild their destroyed nest.
Qi Bei lay still with his eyes closed. Suddenly, several corpse-eating insects crawled out of his nostrils, followed by a few more from his ears.
"Phew."
Qi Bei breathed out a long breath, and the places where the corpse-eating insects crawled over his mouth and throat began to itch and tingle. He was a living person, and corpse-eating insects do not feed on the flesh and blood of the living, so they crawled around inside him and then crawled out again when they felt his fresh flesh and blood.
Qi Bei pushed aside the silver zombie's now hollow corpse, and his face had turned blue, his lips purple. He had to thank the corpse-eating worms not only for eating the silver zombie clean, but also for eating away the corroded flesh and blood on his wound, or else the area of the corroded injury would be even more horrifying.
"I hope these lower-level Undead Beads will work, or else I will be the meal for these corpse-eating worms," Qi Bei said with a bitter smile as he sat up and took out several Undead Beads to place on the wound.
Undead Beads were not just energy beads; they also had a significant effect of absorbing corpse poison.
After a while, Qi Bei frowned. He had guessed correctly; the toxicity of the corpse poison from the silver zombie was too strong, and the effect of these blue Undead Beads was limited.
Qi Bei scanned his surroundings and was relieved that there was no undead nearby. However, these undead creatures wander around everywhere aimlessly, so he might encounter some later.
Finally, Qi Bei's gaze fell on the nearby silver zombie. He grabbed it and opened its mouth to shake it down.
A silver bead fell from its mouth, emitting a cold white glow.
"Ha, ha the heavens did not kill me after all," Qi Bei laughed. He had escaped yet another disaster.
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In the Imperial City of the Golden Leaf Empire, there were eighteen main roads, each ten meters wide, like eighteen arteries crisscrossing the entire city.
The first road, the Golden Leaf Road, was the imperial road that led directly to the palace. On the left were the offices of the central ministries of the dynasty, while on the right were the residences of the noble families.
The palace had eighteen main halls and one hundred and eighty palaces and gardens, and in the Dreaming Moon Palace lived the Emperor's most beloved princess, Ming Yue.
The unrest caused by the necromancer eight months ago had gradually subsided, but security remained tight in and around the Dreaming Moon Palace.
In the back garden of the palace, exotic flowers vied for attention, and their fragrance filled the air.
The sound of a qin, like flowing water, filled the Dreaming Moon Palace, and its ethereal melody flowed like a river from the fingers of the princess.
A snow-white creature resembling a small unicorn ran and played among the flowers, adorable to behold.
After a while, the princess put down her hands, and the qin music dissipated. She looked up at the sky, her sharp, aloof gaze in stark contrast to her calm expression.
At that moment, a white light shot through the air like lightning. It was the small unicorn playing among the flowers. Its speed was worth marveling at…
"Ming Yue, your heart is complex, and you have a lot on your mind." Suddenly, a majestic and deep voice sounded behind Princess Ming Yue. It was Emperor Han Mo, wearing a golden beast robe, and it was unclear when he had appeared.
The little unicorn near Princess Ming Yue suddenly jumped up, and its eyes flickered with electricity. A purple electric light shot toward the majestic Emperor Han Mo.
Emperor Han Mo didn't even blink, and the purple flickering light was blocked by an invisible wall a few meters away from him and dissipated into the air.
"The young unicorn is really protecting its master. It's worthy of being a seventh-grade magic beast. Katie sure spent a lot of money to take you as her disciple," Han Mo laughed heartily.
Ming Yue turned around and touched the smooth fur of the little unicorn in her arms. She pouted her cherry lips and said, "Father, do you have nothing else to do? I heard that you pursued my master back then, but ended up failing."
"Cough, cough," Emperor Han Mo coughed twice and immediately changed the subject, "Ming Yue, did Katie say when she will take you to Heavenly Mountain Peak?"
"Probably in about half a year. Master said she has something to take care of," Ming Yue said calmly, but her tone revealed her longing and anticipation.
Heavenly Mountain Peak was one of the five Holy Lands, a paradise for mages.
"In half a year, the Nord family should be quiet too," Han Mo said.
At the mention of the Nord family, Ming Yue's eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if she had thought of something unpleasant.
"Ming Yue, are you still blaming me for promising to marry you to Qi Bei of the Nord Family?" Han Mo asked.
"Father, although Qi Bei saved my life, I don't like him like that," Ming Yue said, feeling dissatisfied as she thought of Qi Bei's silly smile.
"Qi Bei Nord has been lost in the Undead Mountain Range for eight months. The necromancer who took him there can't hold on for much longer. When the necromancer dies, Qi Bei, that waste, won't be able to survive either. He's probably already turned into dust. But if I don't make this gesture, I won't be able to appease the Nord family. My plan is still in progress, and since I can't defeat the Nord family in one fell swoop, I can only tolerate them for now. Anyway, we've already endured them for eight hundred years, what's a little more time" Han Mo said, his eyes burning with flames. He didn't hate the Nord family. On the contrary, the Golden Leaf Empire owed much of its prosperity to the Nord family. However, their power was too great, so much so that even the emperor had trouble sleeping and eating in their presence..
"What if he comes back?" Ming Yue sighed. She knew her father's ambitions. The Golden Leaf Empire was in a period of unprecedented stability, with the Orc Empire in the west divided by civil war for thirty years, the newly formed Saint Alliance in the south unable to threaten the Golden Leaf Empire, and the ambitious Goths in the east were blocked by the Golden Fortress that took more than five hundred years to build.
"Ming Yue, you're overestimating that waste of space, haha." Han Mo laughed loudly. If Qi Bei could kill his way out of the Undead Mountains alone, wouldn't even an apprentice mage be able to kill a King-grade mage in seconds?
Ming Yue smiled slightly, knowing that what she said was not the thing to be worried about.
"Father, is that Nord Tiger still causing trouble on the other side of the Undead Mountain Range?" Ming Yue was referring to Huai'an Nord, Qi Bei's elder brother, who was said to have torn apart a tiger at the age of eight, became a Novice Warrior at the age of ten, and was already a Senior Warrior at the age of twenty. He was a true genius. He had a hot temper, but he was meticulous. He was known as the Nord Tiger.
"Huai'an Nord is one of the outstanding young people in the capital. He and his worthless younger brother share the same mother and have a deep emotional bond. It's been eight months and he still refuses to give up searching… Ming Yue, are you interested in him?" Han Mo joked, his tone filled with unreserved appreciation and regret when he mentioned Huai'an.
Ming Yue smiled lightly, but the pride and arrogance in her eyes already showed her attitude. There was no one in the capital who could catch her eye, especially since she was about to go to Heavenly Mountain Peak and become the disciple of a Holy Land.
"Father, that tiger is said to be engaged to the young lady of the Feng family, and Rui Xue seems quite sad." Ming Yue said. Rui Xue, the eighth princess had always admired Huai'an Nord.
"Hmm…" Han Mo's deep gaze flickered, seemingly contemplating something.