Chapter 100 Tracking
To Chen Cheng's surprise, the zombie suddenly and strangely stood up, turned around, and jumped towards him. Although it jumped, it was extremely fast, unlike the charged jumps in movies and TV shows. Instead, it jumped naturally and continuously, reaching him in just a few moments. At this moment, the zombie opened its mouth wide, revealing its four canine teeth. The stench from its mouth made Chen Cheng unable to breathe. When he parried its arm, Chen Cheng felt that the place he touched was incredibly hard, like hitting an iron rod. Moreover, its speed was extremely fast, as if it was chasing after him. For a moment, Chen Cheng was attacked without any power to fight back!
At the critical moment, a figure darted over and kicked the zombie several meters away. The old man with white hair had arrived.
"Are you alright?"
As the old man attacked the zombies, he didn't forget to ask Chen Cheng a question.
"I'm fine, damn it, this bastard is really tough!"
Chen Cheng replied, shaking his aching arms.
"Leave the rest to me!"
The old man with white hair quickly engaged the zombie in a fierce battle. It was a head-on clash, with the old man boasting an invulnerable body and charging head-on without hesitation. However, the zombie was not a normal living person, and its stiff body was practically an impenetrable fortress. The old man seized an opportunity and grabbed one of its arms with both hands, trying to break it off. But the zombie suddenly turned around and threw the old man to the ground. Then it leaped high into the air and stomped on the old man's back. If the old man's back was broken, he would be seriously injured. The old man rolled on the ground and swept his leg back, striking the zombie's legs. But the zombie only staggered and did not fall. Instead, it extended its sharp nails and stabbed straight at the old man with its claws!
With a "boom," a talisman of fire ignited on its back once more. Seeing how troublesome this guy was, Chen Cheng also got really angry!
The zombie was attacked by the karmic fire on its back, which stopped its attack on the white-headed old man. Instead, it fell straight backward, and the talisman fire went out when it got up!
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the white-headed old man jumped up and kicked the zombie back several steps. Chen Cheng had already prepared the Soul-Stabilizing Needle. Seeing the zombie retreating, he threaded an ordinary yellow talisman onto a coffin nail, quickly took two steps forward, and stabbed the nail wrapped in the talisman into the zombie's waist. The zombie was expressionless, opened its mouth and hissed, turned around and slashed at Chen Cheng with its claws. Chen Cheng dodged with a backflip. It was really close. If Chen Cheng hadn't reacted quickly, his neck might have been slashed open by the zombie's sharp claws!
The coffin nail was stuck in its waist, and it couldn't bend its arm to pull it out. Its instincts told it that it was in danger, so it quickly adjusted its direction and jumped away. This time it was in a hurry to escape, and it jumped two or three meters away in one leap. In just a few leaps, it was more than ten meters away from the two people!
"Brother Bai, there's no need to chase after them!"
Chen Cheng stopped the white-haired old man who was about to rush over.
"Xiao Cheng, if we don't destroy it now, it definitely won't dare to come back anytime soon. Can we stay here indefinitely?"
"It's alright. If it doesn't come looking for us, we'll go looking for it. I've already marked it, so it can't escape. Also, we must find its lair. That place should be a corpse-raising ground. If we don't destroy it, it will only cause trouble sooner or later!"
"I see, you've thought of everything. Wow, this guy is really strong. I haven't felt arm pain in a long time!"
The old man rubbed his other arm and said.
"Haha, I thought I couldn't take it, but I didn't expect Brother Bai to be having such a hard time too!"
The old man glared at him: "Even if I'm invulnerable to swords and spears, I'm still made of flesh and blood, not like Iron Man!"
"Haha, that's already pretty impressive, being able to go toe-to-toe with this guy for so many moves!"
"Xiao Cheng, what are your plans?"
"Tomorrow, let's follow the marks to find it. I believe it's not far from here, and it must be hidden in some tomb deep in the mountains!"
The two men walked toward the village, talking as they went. They were covered in mud and water and looked quite disheveled. Now, neither of them had to laugh at the other!
The next morning, the weather was fine and sunny. Chen Cheng was in a great mood. After having breakfast with the old man with white hair, he took some dried meat and steamed buns and prepared to go into the mountains to look for zombies.
"Young men, do you really not need me to find some people to help you?"
When he returned last night, Chen Cheng told him that the beast was a bear that had attacked livestock again, but was injured by the two men and escaped back into the mountains.
"Old village chief, don't worry, we won't get lost or be in danger. We're very professional at dealing with such ferocious beasts!"
"Sigh, we haven't seen a bear in so many years, how could it come to the village and cause trouble!"
The village chief murmured as he watched the two figures disappear into the distance.
Chen Cheng and his companion had reached the place where they had fought the zombie the night before. They chased after it in the direction it had fled the night before and soon arrived at a dense forest at the foot of the mountain. Outside, the sun shone brightly, but inside it was pitch black. They walked in, stepping on the thick layer of leaves and dead branches.
Then, strangely, he stood up on the spot, turned around, and jumped towards Chen Cheng. Although it was a jump, the speed was extremely fast. It was not like the kind of jump with a charged-up motion like in movies and TV dramas. Instead, it was a very natural jump that came one after another! The old man pointed to a deep footprint with two side by side and said.
"Yes, the direction is right, just follow it!"
More than half an hour later, the two passed through the dense forest and looked up to see towering mountains and gullies carved out by floods.
"How do we find it in such a big mountain?"
"Brother Bai, don't worry, there are marks left behind, watch me!"
After Chen Cheng finished speaking, he took out an incense stick from the bamboo tube in the cloth bag, and then took out an ordinary yellow talisman paper. He lit the incense with Taoist karmic fire and looked in the direction from which the incense smoke drifted.
"Come this way!"
Chen Cheng took the first step and walked towards a ditch.
"That's amazing!"
The old man murmured to himself. Despite the wind blowing through the mountain stream, the smoke from the incense in Chen Cheng's hand drifted in one direction, completely unaffected by the mountain breeze.
"A minor Taoist spell. Last night I wrapped a soul-stabilizing needle in a talisman and inserted it into its body so that I could find it today. Normally, zombies sleep in dark environments during the day and only come out at night!"
"Regular zombies? Anything else?"
"Zombies are divided into purple zombies, which are the ones we saw last night, but they weren't so powerful that their whole bodies turned purple. The more purple they are, the more yin energy they absorb, and the harder they are to deal with. Then there are hairy zombies, which have black hair growing on their bodies. The most powerful ones are flying zombies. My master said that flying zombies are extremely difficult to deal with. Unless you learn the lightning-summoning technique, you should run as far away as possible if you encounter one. The most powerful one is the ancestor of zombies, the drought demon. When one appears, there will be no peace within a radius of 100 kilometers!"
"That's amazing?"
"Well, but my master said he has never encountered flying zombies or drought demons. Maybe it's just a legend."
As they talked, they followed the incense smoke deeper into the forest. The ruts along the way grew deeper and deeper. Suddenly, the incense smoke seemed to come alive and turned to the left of the rut. It was a tiny crack in the mountain, hidden behind boulders and trees. The path underfoot became rugged and difficult to walk on. After going in for more than ten meters through the crack, Chen Cheng saw a cave ahead. The surrounding area was filled with deathly energy, and the temperature was several degrees colder than outside!
"Found it!"