Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost-Chapter 656: Experience the Demon Path Feature Known as Backlash_1

In the Zombie World, Wang Linchi watched the Evil Ghost he had summoned. This Evil Ghost was a behemoth formed from the zombified Meng Wuji, whose corpse Wang Linchi then refined into a zombie.

I can't help but wonder how Meng Wuji would feel seeing himself like this. Wang Linchi couldn't help but chuckle. He had been collecting protagonists; it didn't matter if they died, as they could be revived from history. Therefore, neither Meng Wuji nor Xu Ling had truly died.

The protagonists were indeed perfectly suited as industrial pillars for the Virtue Career System he had just established. Anyway, after resurrection, they became his Family, so there was no need to worry about betrayal; he just let them get on with it.

My goal is simple: all protagonists on my side!

It's just that the goal is a bit distant and will take some time to achieve.

Some modifications are needed, indeed. This massive form isn't very convenient. Wang Linchi looked at the Evil Ghost and the zombie. With a wave of his hand, they soon transformed into human-like figures, albeit rather stiff ones.

The Huangquan Sect establishing the Ghost Banner, Corpse Raising Bag, and Corpse Controlling Bell as basic Magical Artifacts is indeed well-founded; these do have synergistic capabilities.

Wang Linchi watched as the Evil Ghost and the zombie gradually merged into a Ghost Corpse, its power instantly increased by a third. However, its flaws were evident too: it consumed a large amount of Mana, and increasing its power was a difficult process.

For example, the quality of the three Magical Artifacts should ideally be the same; even if there's a disparity, it cannot exceed one small grade.

Secondly, the Evil Ghost and the zombie must have identical strength, which means that cultivating them requires double the expenditure.

Fortunately, Evil Ghosts require living souls, while zombies need blood essence; one person can fully utilize both.

As for future Magical Artifacts and Spells like living puppets or blood fiend souls, their foundation also derives from these paths of ghost and zombie.

It could be said that everything in the Huangquan Sect is built upon living souls and blood essence.

And the Corpse Raising Bag and Corpse Controlling Bell, like the Ghost Banner, can also be upgraded to the peak of Heaven Rank; it's just that the materials are exceedingly expensive.

Damn, this protagonist is truly something else! He directly gave me so much virtue! If I manage to kill nine more like him, I could cultivate the Merit Golden Wheel.

Wang Linchi was also quite surprised. He knew that the zombified Meng Wuji would yield a high amount of virtue points, but he hadn't expected it to be this high.

Unfortunately, finding another nine like him was simply impossible. After Meng Wuji zombified, he became number one in the entire Zombie World; only he could yield so much virtue.

As for the second strongest zombie, it would be very good if it could provide even one hundred-thousandth of his virtue.

The reason was naturally because his predecessor was a protagonist, and furthermore, he was an Evolver who had zombified and devoured a large number of zombies, thus accumulating so much Sin-force.

After being refined by Wang Linchi into a Ghost Corpse, this Sin-force was converted into virtue by the bronze gateway, which is why there was so much. It could only be said that it was born from the fusion of numerous underlying factors; otherwise, it couldn't have come into being.

Perfect! I'll let you level up.

Wang Linchi flicked the Ghost Banner in his hand, and the Corpse Controlling Bell attached to the banner rang, while he hung the Corpse Raising Bag on the finial of the Ghost Banner. This completed the combination; otherwise, it would be impossible to fuse the Evil Ghost and zombie into a Ghost Corpse.

The Ghost Corpse, having received its orders, transformed into an afterimage and charged towards the zombies. With each attack, the living souls were drawn out and devoured, followed by the absorption of blood essence. The entire zombie then turned into a pile of fine powder.

This is interesting. It seems like an unfinished Magical Artifact. Wang Linchi naturally knew this was impossible because he had already collected the scriptures of both the righteous and Demon Paths and had found no trace of it whatsoever.

It could only be said that someone had once inadvertently discovered that these three Magical Artifacts could be combined; even the creator of the Magical Artifacts might not have thought of this.

It wasn't that no one from the Demon Path had tried to refine these three Magical Artifacts into one, but none had ever succeeded, so they could only be used this way.

Many Elders in the Huangquan Sect used this Ghost Corpse technique.

After all, it could increase one's strength by a third out of thin air. Although it meant one less assistant, the combat power itself was enhanced.

Seems like keeping up might be a struggle. Wang Linchi watched as the Ghost Corpse's strength directly entered the Second Layer of Qi cultivation. During this period, the zombies killed by the Ghost Corpse naturally also yielded virtue, all of which fell to Wang Linchi, as the Ghost Corpse was merely his creation.

Moreover, as the Ghost Corpse devoured the blood essence and living souls, it would also feed back cultivation to Wang Linchi, equivalent to getting stronger while lying down.

The feedback ratio depended on the quality of the three Magical Artifacts. The higher the quality, the more the Ghost Corpse would feed back.

Currently, with only Yellow Rank Mid-Grade and Low-Grade artifacts, it could only feed back about one percent.

The fed-back cultivation was directly converted into Experience Value for his game character. Since he didn't practice the Huangquan Sect's Cultivation Technique, it naturally couldn't be transformed into his own strength.

Alright, you should stop. Any more and you'll surpass my overt level, Wang Linchi immediately halted the Ghost Corpse's hunting behavior.

He was just a bit late in calling out. The Ghost Corpse had now reached the peak of the Second Layer of Qi cultivation, only one step away from breaking through to the Qi Cultivation Third Level.

One must know that Wang Linchi's overt identity was only at the early stage of the Second Layer of Qi cultivation.

That's right, each layer among cultivators is divided into four stages: early, middle, late, and peak. Furthermore, the Qi Refinement Realm also has divisions; for example, the first to third layers are the early stage, fourth to sixth are the middle stage, seventh to ninth are the late stage, and the tenth layer is the peak.

This kind of nested doll model made Wang Linchi think of the ploys in pay-to-win games.

After the Ghost Corpse returned, it stared fiercely at Wang Linchi, its gaze savage as if wanting to eat him alive.

This was a characteristic of the Demon Path, also known as backlash.

The Ghost Corpse believed that Wang Linchi, a host merely at the early stage of the Second Layer of Qi cultivation, was not its match and wanted to kill Wang Linchi to gain freedom.

"Saint Master, 'discipline' this kid's rebellious streak," Wang Linchi's expression darkened. This was like biting the hand that feeds; showing such disrespect to him, its master, right after eating its fill.

This thing needed to be taught some respect for seniority.

The Saint Master's colossal figure materialized, its terrifying aura accompanied by horrifying flames as it looked down upon the Ghost Corpse.

The Ghost Corpse displayed a human-like fear and immediately expressed submission. However, the Saint Master wasn't buying it. Wang Linchi wanted this Ghost Corpse's rebellious nature utterly annihilated, and the Saint Master would ensure not a trace remained.

It reached out, directly grabbed the Ghost Corpse, and began a 'societal' thrashing.

Meanwhile, Wang Linchi watched this scene with interest: Though it's deficient in intelligence, it still possesses corresponding logical capabilities.

However, the principle behind this Demon Path characteristic known as backlash seems a bit complicated.

It's likely dominated by instinct. Whether an Evil Ghost or a zombie, after successful refining, residual instincts still form a corresponding intelligence. However, this intelligence doesn't follow normal human logic but is primarily negative, which is why it thinks of devouring its master.

Devouring its master does bring benefits, as in, it would gain freedom.

But the problem is, you are a Ghost Corpse. If the host dies, you'll revert to being an Evil Ghost and a zombie again, Wang Linchi remarked sarcastically. This was a manifestation of its deficient intelligence.

The Ghost Corpse's existence is due to the combination of three Magical Artifacts, not a single one. Without a Cultivator's Mana to nurture it, it will simply perish.

Evil Ghosts and zombies, however, are slightly better off. Even without being refined by a cultivator of the Demon Way, they are naturally occurring species. The cultivators of the Demon Way merely accelerate the evolutionary process of these two species and, in doing so, add their own 'ingredients' to gain control over them.

Other variants of Evil Ghosts or zombies are formed when cultivators add materials during the evolutionary process and modify them, thereby creating entirely new subspecies.

As for whether the abilities and Potential of these subspecies are stronger, that's a different matter.

SPLAT.

The Ghost Corpse, now a pile of mush, fell from the sky and landed before Wang Linchi.

The Saint Master still showed restraint and didn't kill it. The Ghost Corpse was in a miserable state, but it was still alive.

"Dare to try again?" Wang Linchi asked.

The Ghost Corpse was completely unresponsive, but through the three Magical Artifacts, it conveyed a series of meanings to Wang Linchi: 'I wouldn't dare,' 'I submit,' 'I'll be obedient,' and so on.

Indeed, brute force is the only way. Wang Linchi casually pointed. A secret technique from the Huangquan Sect, specifically for healing and nurturing Ghost Corpses, was employed by him. The originally shapeless Ghost Corpse continuously recovered amidst contortions, eventually returning to its original appearance.

Although the Ghost Corpse still looked ferocious, in front of Wang Linchi, it was like a well-behaved baby.

The effects of the thrashing were excellent, especially against this kind of rebellious creature. After this beating, the Ghost Corpse's rebellious streak was completely hammered out; it absolutely wouldn't dare to snarl at Wang Linchi again.

If Wang Linchi told it to catch a dog, the Ghost Corpse absolutely wouldn't chase a chicken.