After a moment of contemplation, Taoist Hu said, "Brother Lin, this is too dangerous. Why don't we just give up? The immortal-devouring energy has been with me for hundreds of years. At most, I can still take it."
Lin Jin shook his head. "Brother Tiger, you should know better than anyone that you're already at the end of your rope. If this goes on, you'll be turned into a zombie by the immortal-devouring energy in a few years. That would be even more troublesome."
This was true and Taoist Hu knew it too. Hence, after some thought, he didn't say anything else.
In fact, Lin Jin had another worry. He was worried that Taoist Corpse would come after noticing the immortal-devouring energy. Who knew what would happen then?
Hence, if he could resolve this problem as soon as possible, he shouldn't drag it out.
Many things that were difficult to clean up in the end were usually dragged out.
However, Lin Jin still had to think about how to proceed. Lin Jin had experienced the ferocity of the headless zombie and the immortal-devouring energy wasn't simple either. After staying in Taoist Hu's body for hundreds of years, it had developed some sentience. Lin Jin was worried that if he forced the immortal-devouring energy out, the headless zombie and the immortal-devouring energy wouldn't clash. If that happened, the balance Lin Jin envisioned wouldn't be achieved.
Hence, he had to lure it into a fight.
How?
That was the key.
Suddenly, Lin Jin turned to Taoist Hu and an idea came to him.
The immortal-devouring energy had been pestering Taoist Hu for hundreds of years with the goal of refining him. This was the key to the immortal-devouring energy gaining sentience. It was also a form of obsession.
The more impossible it was to achieve, the stronger this obsession became.
This was why the immortal-devouring energy was so difficult to deal with. Even with Taoist Hu's strength, he couldn't do anything about it and was on the verge of defeat.
If the headless zombie's corpse were to be contaminated by Taoist Hu, the immortal-devouring energy would surely retaliate.
With that in mind, Lin Jin acted immediately.
He first had Shu Xiao Lou stabilize this layer of the Painting Realm, and then he flew down with Daoist Hu to observe the headless zombie from a close distance. That required even more courage.
Even with the demon sealing sword's suppression, the aura of death here was still thick. The ground had been completely corroded, forming a black substance that resembled pitch that was slowly spreading.
At this, Lin Jin couldn't help but feel sorry for Shu Xiao Lou.
The Painting Realm could be considered the foundation of the Little Book Building, and even though the headless zombie was sealed, it was still corroding everything around it.
The Corroding Painting Realm could also be considered as the Corroding Book Pavilion.
This was like a thorn in his heart. Even if it wouldn't affect him much in the short term, a thorn was still a thorn. It wouldn't disappear just because it was small.
Lin Jin had no idea what this feeling was, but he knew it wasn't pleasant.
It was for this reason that Lin Jin decided to take the risk. Based on his calculations, the immortal-corroding energy could greatly suppress the headless zombie.
This way, the headless zombie's corrosion would also stop under the suppression of the Immortal Eroding Corpse Qi and the Demon Sealing Sword, and even shrink.
There was one more thing. Only under these circumstances would Lin Jin have a chance to approach the headless zombie. Then, Lin Jin planned to feed a monster sealing pill into the creature's mouth.
This was all Lin Jin's brainwave. The headless zombie was a corpse that had gained sentience so from a certain perspective, it could be considered a zombie monster.
Since that was the case, feeding it the monster sealing pill might produce an unexpected effect.
Even if it didn't work, it didn't matter. He wouldn't lose anything by giving it a try. At most, he would just lose some monster sealing pills.
In any case, Lin Jin had prepared quite a lot to deal with the monsters in Black Wind Cave. Due to Taoist Hu, he had saved up on them, and now, they came in handy.
At such a close distance, Lin Jin could see that the headless zombie was quite sturdy. Even without a head, it was still much taller than Lin Jin. The Demon Sealing Sword pierced through its body. The headless zombie was now hunched over and motionless, but that dangerous aura still remained.
"Brother Tiger, stay here and don't move. No matter what happens, you can only run if I tell you to. Otherwise, don't do anything reckless," Lin Jin reminded again.
Taoist Hu laughed. "Don't worry, Brother Lin. Just do whatever you want to do."
Lin Jin nodded. Taoist Hu was powerful. Even if he hadn't improved after centuries of resisting the zombie energy, he was still ridiculously strong. His steel-like body was able to withstand the corrosion of death's aura far more than an average person.
This was also where Lin Jin's confidence in choosing this method came from.
Had it been anyone else, Lin Jin wouldn't have dared to do this.
"Alright, let's begin. Brother Tiger, go over and grab this headless zombie's hand!" Lin Jin said, but Taoist Hu was clearly stunned.
"Grab the zombie's hand?" Taoist Hu glanced at the headless zombie's hand, his scalp tingling.
Seeing Lin Jin nod, Taoist Hu recalled his boast earlier and gritted his teeth. He had no choice but to bite the bullet.
As he got closer, Taoist Hu steeled his heart and reached out to grab the zombie's hand. In an instant, the motionless zombie seemed to come to life. The large eyes on its nipples abruptly opened and its purplish-green hand reached out to grab Taoist Hu's wrist.
"Such strength." Taoist Hu was shocked. But he wasn't one to be trifled with. Enraged, he began to wrestle with the headless zombie.
If Taoist Hu didn't use his strength, his arm would be ripped off by the headless zombie.
This was considered a hand-to-hand fight. Perhaps only someone of Taoist Hu's caliber could go toe-to-toe with a creature as ferocious as the headless zombie.
Meanwhile, Lin Jin retreated to a distance of ten feet away to observe.
Taoist Hu's muscles were bulging and his body had doubled in size, revealing his ferocious tiger form. In terms of strength, he was now stronger than the headless zombie.
He was indeed ferocious.
But just then, a cloud of death energy surged out of the headless zombie's hand. Knowing this was the moment, Lin Jin immediately invoked a spell and shot out a dozen needles into Taoist Hu's body.
Lin Jin wanted to force out the immortal-corroding and refined corpse energy.
In fact, if Lin Jin were to force it, the immortal-corroding and refined corpse energy would automatically 'fight' against the headless zombie's corpse energy, and the battlefield would be Taoist Hu's arm.
Now, Taoist Hu was in excruciating pain. He gritted his teeth and was drenched in sweat.
Lin Jin continued with his needles. This time, Lin Jin exerted his full strength, forcing the two types of corpse energy out of Taoist Hu's body and into the headless zombie's body.
Once there was nothing left of the corpse energy, Lin Jin shouted, "Run!"
Taoist Hu had been waiting for this. He immediately struggled free and retreated a thousand feet away before collapsing to the ground, panting heavily.
Taoist Hu's arm was riddled with wounds, caused by the two types of corpse energy fighting each other.
However, Lin Jin could tell that Taoist Hu was fine now. These external injuries were nothing to Lin Jin. Even the wound on Taoist Hu's back was healing under his powerful healing powers.
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