Realm of the Night God

Chapter 109: Black Talisman

In a fleeting moment of distraction, the pursuing corpse puppets had caught up from behind. Despite their crippled gait due to missing limbs, they closed the distance with Yang Haoran swiftly, as it wasn't much to begin with.

Emerging from the house, the corpse puppets immediately noticed Yang Haoran. Without hesitation, they targeted him as their prey, their bodies surging with strength as they rushed towards him with hoarse, guttural cries.

As he looked at those familiar faces, distorted by the gnashing of their teeth, Yang Haoran could still see their former selves within them—elder relatives, peers, even juniors.

Yet, they were no longer who they used to be. Stripped of their consciousness, they had become mindless corpse puppets driven solely by a hunger for flesh and blood. Despite being his clan members, Yang Haoran found it difficult to strike against them.

Blood ties ran deep, and even if they weren't immediate kin, there was still a familial connection.

But within just a few hours, Yangjia Bay had undergone such drastic changes. For Yang Haoran, it was a blow. Under these circumstances, it was indeed tormenting for him to lay hands on his deceased clan members.

His reluctance to act, however, didn't mean that these corpse puppets wouldn't. Bereft of souls, devoid of their own thoughts, they had transformed into monsters driven solely by their instincts to feed. Facing them, Yang Haoran hesitated.

Resisting while evading, Yang Haoran did his best to keep the corpse puppets at bay. Yet, the more he did so, the more passive he appeared. Within minutes, he found himself cornered by a group of them against the wall.

Meanwhile, two screams rang out from the courtyard as two police officers were overwhelmed by several corpse puppets, who then began to ravage them.

The sight left Chen Ying pale with fear, her body trembling uncontrollably with terror.

The other police officers' responses weren't much better. They were all shaken by the gruesome scene before them, not knowing whether to advance to rescue their comrades or to fend off the onslaught themselves. Powerless, they could only watch as their colleagues were torn apart by the corpse puppets.

Despite their rigorous training as police officers, their martial skills afforded them only a brief respite under the siege of the numerous corpse puppets.

But it was indeed only a momentary reprieve. Besides enduring for a short while, they gained nothing else. Instead of breaking out of the courtyard, they found themselves pinned down by the corpse puppets.

The fear in Chen Ying's heart erupted into a piercing scream. Though she was a police officer with a tough demeanor, she was, at the end of the day, just a woman. Confronted with such an unprecedented situation, once her inner terror was ignited, it became uncontrollable, like a flood bursting through a dam.

Her screams not only failed to alleviate her fear but deepened it. They also attracted the attention of more corpse puppets. Several of them roared towards her, baring their sharp fangs, leaping towards her head to bite.

She tried to evade, but she had nowhere to go. All she could do was emit a terrified and desperate scream!

Boom!!!

Just as the corpse puppets were about to touch her body, a burst of black light suddenly erupted from Chen Ying's body, accompanied by a deafening roar, its momentum astonishing!

At the moment the approaching corpse puppets touched the black light, it was as if they had slammed into a solid wall. Their bodies were collectively sent flying!

This scene immediately drew the attention of everyone present, including Yang Haoran.

Chen Ying stood frozen in place, her face a mask of terror. Just a moment ago, she thought she was done for. But the scene she had imagined didn't unfold. She didn't understand what had happened until she noticed the miraculous black light bursting from her chest. She then suddenly remembered something and hastily grabbed the black cord around her neck, retrieving an object.

It was a black pendant, thumb-sized and square, resembling a black stone with nothing particularly special about it. Yet, this seemingly ordinary pendant was now emitting a deep black light, as if it had been enhanced with special effects.

Watching this seemingly ordinary pendant burst into a miraculous black light, Chen Ying felt a mixture of shock and joy. Recalling the moment the corpse puppets were sent flying by the black light, she clung to this lifeline like a drowning person grasping for straw.

But the next moment, she froze. The black pendant suddenly shattered in her hand, revealing a black talisman radiating a black light, suspended in front of her, enveloping her in its darkness.

The sudden change left Chen Ying's mind momentarily blank. She couldn't understand what was happening. She dared not believe that the pendant her boyfriend had given her could possess such miraculous power, let alone that it contained a black talisman.

The glowing pendant, the hovering black talisman, and the black light enveloping Chen Ying—all these were like a dream to her and the other police officers present. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed such a thing could happen in this world.

But when Yang Haoran saw the hovering black talisman, his heart trembled violently.

"Black talisman! It's actually a black talisman!"

The talisman masters of the Fu Sect were divided into three categories: yellow talisman master, black talisman master, and gold talisman master. Corresponding to these talisman masters were the yellow talisman, black talisman, and gold talisman, respectively!

Normally, it was impossible for a talisman master to draw a talisman of a higher realm. When they could draw talismans of a higher realm, they could ascend to become a master of a new realm.

Moreover, talismans drawn by masters of different realms varied greatly in power.

Judging from Chen Ying's current state, she clearly didn't know that her pendant concealed a precious black talisman. But Yang Haoran immediately thought of Wang Yiming upon seeing this black talisman.

Wang Yiming was Chen Ying's boyfriend. Yang Haoran had learned from the incident at the hotel that Chen Ying was unaware of Wang Yiming's identity as a talisman master. This meant that Chen Ying had never come into contact with these miraculous talismans. So, seeing the hovering black talisman before her, she was understandably shocked and puzzled.

Without needing much thought, it was clear that this talisman had been gifted to Chen Ying by Wang Yiming. However, he hadn't directly given her the talisman; instead, he had found a way to conceal it within the pendant before presenting it to his girlfriend, Chen Ying.

Yang Haoran wasn't intimately familiar with Wang Yiming's abilities, but he had seen enough to know that Wang Yiming's prowess didn't reach the level of a black talisman master. He was merely a yellow talisman master, and even within that category, he was among the weaker practitioners. He didn't possess the capability to craft a black talisman.

This black talisman likely didn't originate from Wang Yiming's hands. How he had obtained it was currently beyond Yang Haoran's knowledge. However, the fact that Wang Yiming could bestow such a precious black talisman upon his girlfriend indicated just how important she was to him.

While Yang Haoran recognized it as a black talisman, he didn't know its specific properties. However, judging from the way several corpse puppets were sent flying by the black light, it was evident that this black talisman had a significant effect on them.

As expected, the subsequent events confirmed Yang Haoran's suspicions. The corpse puppets that had been sent flying by the black light rose to their feet. They stared at Chen Ying enveloped in the black light with frenzied expressions, their gazes becoming even more bloodthirsty. Fearless, they roared and lunged at Chen Ying once again.

Chen Ying's expression immediately turned frantic. Before she could recover from her shock, these horrifying corpse puppets were once again bearing down on her, causing her to scream in terror.

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

Several muffled sounds followed as the corpse puppets that lunged at Chen Ying were once again sent flying. Unlike before, where the corpse puppets were sent flying only after touching Chen Ying and triggering the black light, this time, the black light continuously shrouded Chen Ying, and the corpse puppets hadn't even touched her before being sent flying.

Although Chen Ying was filled with doubts, seeing the corpse puppets being repelled once again before reaching her, even though her mind wasn't functioning properly at the moment, she understood that the black light surrounding her could protect her.

Despite her previous despair, she now felt a flicker of hope. She believed she could still be saved.

Another scream rang out, bringing Chen Ying back to reality. She looked towards the source of the scream and saw another colleague being overwhelmed by the corpse puppets. Several of them were on top of him, viciously gnawing at his body. He screamed and struggled, but his efforts were futile. Alone, he couldn't fend off several corpse puppets.

Perhaps because the presence of the black talisman gave her some confidence, seeing her colleague struggling on the brink of death, she let out a scream, then reached out and grabbed the hovering black talisman in front of her, and directly rushed towards the colleague who was being devoured by several corpse puppets.

She charged forward like a bulldozer, and anything standing in her way or approaching her was sent flying by the black light, without exception.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Ying reached her colleague. Without hesitation, she immediately rushed to his side. Before she could act, the black light sent the corpse puppets still feasting on him flying, revealing a police officer whose body had been ravaged beyond recognition.

He wasn't dead yet, but he was barely hanging on, his body convulsing on the ground, clearly on the verge of death.

The scene before her caused Chen Ying's body to tremble uncontrollably, her expression filled with sorrow.

Because she was the only woman in their team, she often received special care from her colleagues. Even in the recent circumstances, if it weren't for the others constantly protecting her, she might have been one of the police officers who were just overwhelmed by the corpse puppets.

Under their protection, she hadn't suffered any injuries. It was precisely because of this that the black talisman she held in her hand hadn't been activated earlier. If the black talisman had been activated earlier, perhaps their situation wouldn't have deteriorated to such an extent.

Without any hesitation, Chen Ying immediately helped the struggling colleague to his feet. Looking at his horribly disfigured face, she didn't feel repulsed at all; all she felt was an indescribable pain in her heart.

"Go... quickly... get out of here... Don't... don't..."

Before the police officer could finish his sentence, he completely lost his breath, sacrificing himself in this silent and eerie Yangjia Bay.

At that moment, Chen Ying couldn't hold back her tears any longer, and they poured out uncontrollably.