"That's it? You come only to tell us to leave?" Tang Shaoyang asked the zombie. He thought he would hear some sophistry words or something. However, the zombie just wanted him to leave.
"Yes! We don't want to war against you, My Lord hopes that you can leave the territory and we will continue the talk for the alliance in the future!" Heron nodded as he conveyed the intention of his arrival.
"Huh!? You are saying something interesting. Alliance? Why would I want to be your ally? I don't even know how strong your lord is, you must be joking right?" Tang Shaoyang shook his head at the zombie's absurd claim.
Alliance was built from two forces with equal power. The zombie came to propose that while they did not even show their power. The zombie did not bring the army, he had to admit though that this Heron was quite strong.
"You have to be grateful that we want to be your ally, yet you dare to underestimate My Lord!" Heron raised his voice.
Tang Shaoyang shook his head, he thought he could get something from the zombie. But it was too stupid of him to expect that from the zombie.
"Unfortunately, we are not fated to be an ally," He smirked at the zombie, "We come to conquer the land!"
"Foolish! Humans are foolish, The Lord is never wrong with his words!" After saying that, Heron turned around, but Wei Xi and Zhang Mengyao blocked the door.
"What's the meaning of this, Human Lord!? Are you going to kill the official envoy?" Heron turned back at Tang Shaoyang. The zombie questioned Tang Shaoyang furiously.
"We will not kill you, but he has desired you," Tang Shaoyang pointed at Yu Shun who stood next to him. The young man was staring at Heron with his gleamed eyes.
Since he could not get anything out of the zombie. Yu Shun would do the work for him. As long as Yu Shun could subdue Heron successfully, they could get more information about the Daian Kingdom.
"My Lord has expected this as well from the treacherous human, that's why My Lord sends instead!" After he said that, Heron entered into his shadow. The shadow then escaped from the house.
"You can't escape from me!" Tang Shaoyang burst out from the house, destroying the house. He activated [Spirit Eyes] and he quickly detected the moving shadow.
The ruckus shocked the other soldiers, "Stay alert! We will be chasing the enemy, you guys stay in the group!" Wei Xi commanded the Tarriors before he tried to follow Tang Shaoyang.
Meanwhile, Tang Shaoyang was using [Sky Walk], running in the air as he chased the shadow who was moving rapidly, 'Should I try an integration with Feera or even Malki? Nah, let's not do some experiment, I need this zombie alive.'
[Advance Spirit Integration]
"Let's do this, Zowen!" He integrated with Zowen. Since the enemy entered the shadow, magic was the right solution to fight this kind of opponent.
He then rained the shadow with lightning and thunder. Tang Shaoyang soon realized the zombie had a high perception to avoid all his lightning.
"Hah, I don't have time to play a chasing game with you. Let's end this quickly!"
[Dragon Transformation]
The black scales started to grow from his skin as the wing opened from his back. His eyes turned dark purple as he quickly followed the shadow.
He then took out the Dragon Destroyer from the inventory. Tang Shaoyang coated the battle-ax with Slayer Energy. The dark red ominous energy covered the battle-ax, giving off a dreaded aura. Tang Shaoyang flapped his wings.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, he appeared above the shadow while raising his battle-ax. He then slammed the battle-ax down to the shadow on the ground.
Heron stopped moving and quickly came out from the shadow. The zombie leaped back right before the dreaded battle-ax could hit him. However, Tang Shaoyang was faster than him.
As soon as he leaped out of his shadow, a hand reached his neck. Tang Shaoyang released his grip on the weapon. His palm clenched into a fist as Slayer Energy gathered into his fist.
He pulled the zombie toward him and punched the zombie in the face.
Splat!
What Tang Shaoyang did not expect that his punch crushed Heron's head. The head burst out into pieces as brain juices and disgusting black liquid splattered around.
He was not expecting this to happen. He expected to knock down the zombie in one hit. Since Heron was a stage-7 zombie and had a class, he thought his Slayer Energy would not be as destructive as this.
Floating in the air, he was flabbergasted at what happened to Heron. He was in a daze while looking at the headless body in his grip.
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Meanwhile, Zhang Mengyao, Wei Xi, and Shredder who carried Yu Shun on the back were tightly chasing Tang Shaoyang.
'He could walk in the air?' Wei Xi questioned himself. He did not think it was possible before, but looking at the disappeared figure, walking in the air was a thing.
"Damn! I know Lord Shaoyang has become a lot stronger, this is too much! The gap between him and us just gets wider and wider instead of closer!" Yu Shun expressed his thoughts.
He was not envious of his Lord, only admiration in his words.
Even Zhang Mengyao was surprised that her man was this fast. She felt that Tang Shaoyang was even faster than Lu An who was the fastest in the Tarrior.
'Just how strong have you become?' Even Zhang Mengyao could not help but imagine how strong the man was.
Quickly, the three caught up with Tang Shaoyang. They saw Tang Shaoyang standing on the top of the zombie.
He had his right foot on the back of Heron's head, pinning the zombie down. Of course, Heron had his head back. It seemed Heron also had the same regeneration skill as the stage-5 Crusher.
Tang Shaoyang was relieved that the zombie managed to regrow his head back, "Come, do your job Yu Shun!" Of course, he was in his human form. He canceled the integration and the transformation as soon as he realized that Slayer Energy was enough to subdue the zombie.
He waved his hand toward Yu Shun to come over. He had to press the zombie with his Slayer Energy. Apparently, Slayer Energy could prevent Heron from blending with the shadow.
Yu Shun came over and was surprised that the stage-7 Heron was not struggling under his foot. Of course, Yu Shun did not witness how Tang Shaoyang popped the zombie's head repeatedly before finally Heron stopped struggling.
Since the zombie could regrow the head back, Tang Shaoyang repeatedly crushed the head until the zombie stopped struggling.
Yu Shun wanted to ask how Tang Shaoyang subdued this zombie, but he was too excited, turning Heron to be his, "Can you turn him around, My Lord? I can only cast my skill only if he looks at me."
Tang Shaoyang nodded as he flipped the zombie and held Heron by his neck, "I have to hold him down or he will escape with his shadow again."
"Okay, I will cast my skill now!" Yu Shun extended his hand to Heron's face and activated his skill, [Zombie Authority].
"You…" Heron seemed to want to say something but stopped immediately after a flash of light shot toward his forehead.
There was a momentary silence as Yu Shun creased his forehead. Tang Shaoyang merely observed the two. He did not dare to interrupt, just in case, he would disturb the process.
"Phew! This one is quite tricky, it took a while for me to subdue him," Yu Shun let out a relieved sigh and looked toward Tang Shaoyang, "It's done, you can release him, My Lord."
Tang Shaoyang released his grip on the neck. Then Heron got up and stood behind Yu Shun. He looked at Heron before looking at Yu Shun, "Does this guy inherit his previous memory?"
"Fortunately yes, that's why it takes me some time to conquer him," Yu Shun nodded his head, "You can ask him anything you want, he will answer you. Undead Blessing, that skill makes the zombie gain intelligence, so he can speak and express his thoughts well."
Tang Shaoyang grinned ear to ear, "Good job," he raised his thumb toward Yu Shun before he turned toward Heron, "What's your name?"
"My name is Heron, My Lord!" The zombie bowed his head toward Tang Shaoyang.
"Good, Heron. Now tell me about your previous lord, the King of the Daian Kingdom!"
"King Biron…" Heron then elaborated everything he knew about the King of the Daian Kingdom.
King Biron, that was the name of Heron's previous lord. He was a Zombie Lord that united all zombies in four cities of Zhejiang Province. There were almost two million zombies under his command.
"Does that mean there is another zombie lord?" Heron was mentioning four cities especially in Zhejiang Province, what about the other cities then?
"Yes! King Rudin of the Dacian Kingdom ruled another half of Zhejiang Province. King Rudin has about the same army as King Biron, and the two kingdoms are in a constant war to rule Zhejiang Province!" Heron nodded.
This was a surprise for sure. Tang Shaoyang was not expecting that the zombie's hierarchy was this complicated. Two zombie lords were waging a war instead of working together.
"So that was why King Biron asked me to leave in disguise of an alliance? Because he is in a war against this King Rudin?" Finally, the pieces slowly connected into a clear picture. It was weird for a zombie to negotiate instead of attacking.
"Yes! The Kingdom is waging war not only against the Dacian Kingdom but also the Bombyx Mobi Tribe. The Daian Kingdom has all its force spread out, that's why King Biron sends me to you, My Lord," Heron nodded again.