Chapter 90

Hu Donghan first took a rest, then scanned the ten corpse-demons that were frantically absorbing corpse qi, nodded, and thought to himself: "The Great Corpse Cultivation Technique, if one wants to use it, first one must have an excellent place to cultivate corpses, and secondly, one must control it with a soul imprint, opening all the corpse orifices of the zombies!"

"When all the corpse orifices absorb corpse qi together, the growth rate of the zombies naturally accelerates! However, opening all the corpse orifices requires the assistance of runes, and the effectiveness of these runes is closely related to one's cultivation. With my current strength, I can only maintain the opening of all corpse orifices for twelve hours. In other words, I have to reapply the Great Corpse Cultivation Technique every day!"

"Of course, this drawback is a minor issue. It is more than sufficient for cultivating zombies!"

Hu Donghan observed the ten corpse-demons for a while and sighed inwardly: "Although the disturbance of corpse qi here is now quite significant, one of the five runes in the Great Corpse Cultivation Technique has the effect of weakening the fluctuations of corpse qi. If one does not observe carefully, it would be hard to notice the abnormality of the corpse qi here!"

"However, the growth rate of these corpse-demons is not the fastest yet! Among the miscellaneous techniques, there is another secret method for cultivating zombies, called the Corpse Worm Secret Technique! If used, the growth rate of these corpse-demons can be even faster!"

Hu Donghan thought to himself, his mind fully immersed in the miscellaneous secret techniques, practicing the incantations! In his previous life, the zombies Hu Donghan owned were all cultivated from ordinary corpses by feeding on human qi. As for zombies that already had some strength, he had never even heard of them. Therefore, he had not studied the Corpse Worm Secret Technique in depth.

Now, since the Corpse Worm Secret Technique is useful, he naturally needs to study it first.

As for how the Corpse Worm Secret Technique accelerates the growth rate of zombies, Hu Donghan had also pondered. The secret is actually quite simple: it utilizes the characteristics of corpse worms, stimulating their spiritual nature, and blocking the corpse orifices that release excess corpse qi!

As long as it is a zombie, a certain number of corpse worms will inevitably grow inside its body! If it is an ordinary corpse, the corpse worms, without the significant influence of corpse qi, can move freely, even feed, and eventually the corpse will be consumed by the corpse worms, leaving only bones. However, once a corpse becomes a zombie, corpse qi naturally flows within its body. Although the corpse worms still parasitize inside the zombie, they only need to feed on a certain amount of corpse qi to survive and will not damage the zombie's flesh.

In simple terms, corpse worms are parasites inside the zombie's body!

Since corpse worms can move around inside the zombie's body, they can naturally block these orifices that cannot be blocked by ordinary means!

If a zombie only feeds on corpse qi but does not release excess corpse qi, it will eventually burst due to the accumulation of too much corpse qi. If this continues for a long time, the final result will be the zombie exploding into pieces!

Of course, this is all under the premise that the body's strength is insufficient. If the body's strength is sufficient, a larger amount of corpse qi entering the zombie's body will naturally promote its growth! In the case of the corpse-demons, they had cultivation at the Golden Core stage or above in their previous lives, so their body strength is naturally sufficient to withstand a certain intensity of corpse qi.

This is also why Hu Donghan chose to use the Corpse Worm Secret Technique!

Choosing the Corpse Worm Secret Technique can accelerate the growth of the corpse-demons without causing their cultivation to fail. To gain sufficient power in the shortest time possible!

"The Corpse Worm Secret Technique cannot block all the orifices used to release corpse qi at once; it's better to do it gradually! This will take some time."

"However, the Corpse Worm Secret Technique, once applied, will remain effective until canceled, unlike the Great Corpse Cultivation Technique, which is more complicated."

With a slight thought, Hu Donghan felt that the soul power on the soul chart was sufficient to perform the Corpse Worm Secret Technique, and then he began to perform the finger seals.

As he performed the finger seals, Hu Donghan occasionally uttered syllables, and under the influence of these syllables, the exposed corpse orifices of the corpse-demons slowly began to move. Soon, some of the orifices were blocked by a group of gray-brown, nauseating things.

Then, as time passed, Hu Donghan continued to observe and apply the Corpse Worm Secret Technique.

Unconsciously, half a day had already passed. After repeated attempts, Hu Donghan finally maximized the absorption efficiency of these corpse-demons.

Sensing the ten corpse-demons again, Hu Donghan nodded in satisfaction and stood up.

"The Corpse Worm Secret Technique is complete; what's needed next is time!"

"I have an agreement with the girl to return home together in two months. By then, I need to have some self-defense capabilities! If I rely on the girl again, I might really be laughed at."

Hu Donghan thought, then rummaged through his storage ring and took out the Thousand Ghost Banner he had bought earlier: "If it comes to enhancing strength, the Thousand Ghost Banner seems to be a good choice. Although I cannot currently unleash its true power, if I can control a few hundred ghosts, I won't have to fear ordinary Qi Practitioners!"

"Fortunately, I am now in a ghost cultivation field, so I can cultivate the Thousand Ghost Banner at the same time..."

"Hmm? What's this movement?"

Hu Donghan was still thinking when he suddenly noticed that the disturbance of corpse qi around him seemed to increase significantly. Then, one of the corpse-demons in the bone pit began to absorb corpse qi much faster, with the corpse qi around it far exceeding the others! Soon, two loud sounds came from its nostrils, and the streams of corpse qi around it were instantly absorbed into its body, causing its body to tremble violently before stopping.

After the corpse-demon stopped, a jet-black corpse qi surged out of its body, dyeing its scales with a faint black iron color. The previously dull eyes now showed a hint of intelligence.

"This corpse-demon has advanced?" Hu Donghan was slightly stunned and muttered to himself.

"In less than a day, this corpse-demon has actually advanced successfully! The Great Corpse Cultivation Technique and the Corpse Worm Secret Technique are indeed extraordinary! The black iron color appearing on the surface of this corpse-demon is clearly the mark of an Iron Armor Zombie cultivated by the Great Corpse Cultivation Technique... Moreover, looking at the other nine corpse-demons, they should also be close to breaking through to the Iron Armor Zombie stage!"

Sure enough, after about an hour, all the corpse-demons in the bone pit successfully broke through to the Iron Armor Zombie stage.

At the same time, the sky, dark with night, was now filled with gray-brown snowflakes—

It had started to snow.