Chapter 146: In an instant

At this point, I had completed all the work of sealing Patel. All that remained was the most crucial step, breaking the seal.

As for how to break the seal and summon the spirit of the master, I thought it would require the use of the Zhongmao technique, but in my conversation with Uncle Johnny, he told me that I didn’t have to do that. As long as I picked up the soul-nourishing wood in the center of the seal, the spirit of the master would sense my breath and naturally go where it should go.

What is the place where the master should go? At the time, I was very confused about this question. Uncle Johnny looked at the agarwood beads in my hand with a meaningful look and said, “This string of agarwood beads once sealed your master’s spiritual power. Your master’s remnant soul will naturally sleep here. Do you understand?”

Looking back on my conversation with Uncle Johnny, collecting my master’s spirit was a very simple matter. But in fact, I would later have to face life and death.

I don’t know if things have come to this point, I’m a little numb, just leaning over through the gap in the ink line, began to unravel the clothes worn by Patel’s body, Uncle Johnny told me that it was the standard robe of the Son of God, in my opinion, very gorgeous, but its buttons are also unusually complex and difficult to solve, because of Patel for so many years, this piece of clothing has not decayed, and now it is a very test of my patience.

My sweat dripped into the coffin’s sewage and onto Patel’s corpse. I deliberately ignored the increasingly obvious changes on Patel’s face, which was that the corners of his mouth were rising more and more, as if he knew what I was going to do and began to smile coldly.

This is much more obvious than the faint smile it had when it was exposed to Tao Bai’s anger before!

It knows, doesn’t it? It can’t help but be proud… Even if I don’t pay attention, I can still see it in the corner of my eye when I look for it face to face. I can only judge like this, but I’m not afraid anymore. It’s bound to rise from the dead later, so what else do I have to be afraid of?

Ignoring Patel’s strange and terrifying smile, my hand steadily undid the last complicated button. At this point, I should be able to tear off his upper body clothes. Thinking this way, I tore off the clothes on Patel’s chest. For the first time in so long, I saw the seal left by the master.

The seal looked extremely complicated. According to my basic knowledge of formations, I couldn’t figure out the direction of the formation for a while. I was even more confused about the seal’s power, but I could see the special feature of the seal, which was that it wasn’t painted on Patel’s body, but carved into Patel’s skin, cutting through Patel’s brownish-red skin and slightly revealing the shriveled flesh underneath that was strangely gray.

Although I couldn’t figure out the direction of the patterns, all of them were centered around the piece of wood on Patel’s chest.

It was a dark, strangely patterned piece of wood, carved into the shape of a wooden plaque, with a Li character carved on it in a wild and unrestrained manner. Compared to the strange style of my master’s carving, my master’s style was much more normal.

Just by looking at the wooden plaque, I could feel the pure yin energy within it. It was rare that I had not been contaminated after spending so long on a corpse. You have to know that it was not just placed on Patel’s chest, but embedded in his flesh.

In addition, there is no natural soul-nourishing wood in the world. The so-called soul-nourishing wood is wood that is suitable for carrying and absorbing, and can be cultivated. I can certainly tell that the soul-nourishing wood on Patel’s chest is the best, and my master must have spent a lot of time on it.

Just by looking at the seal for a few seconds, these thoughts came to my mind. During this process, Patell was exceptionally quiet. I think it was hoping that I would break the seal faster and faster.

I didn’t hesitate any longer, and reached out to grab the wooden plaque carved from the soul-nourishing wood. It was embedded in Patell’s flesh a little too tightly, and at the same time, I could also feel the toughness of Patell’s flesh, like the toughest rubber… so much so that my fingers dug into Patell’s flesh, and only then did I forcefully pull out the wooden plaque.

The moment I touched the wooden plaque, I felt a familiar soul power suddenly leave the wooden plaque, circle around my wrist, and then quickly disappear, no longer detectable.

As I expected, the figure of my master did not appear, and there was not even any communication of thoughts. The appearance of my master’s remnant soul was so plain, but I was not disappointed at all. On the contrary, I felt at ease… Even though I could not sense it at the moment, I knew clearly that at some point it had entered the agarwood beads on my wrist, and I had finally collected the first trace of my master’s remnant soul.

But there was no time for me to be happy. Within a second of the wooden plaque entering my hand, the changes in Patel had already begun. First, a long howl came from its mouth. It was not at all a human voice, but rather the sound of some ferocious beast in the jungle just waking up and letting out a long-suppressed roar…

I flipped my hand and put away the soul-nourishing wood in my hand. I had done what I had to do. I was destined to raise the corpse, and I could only face it.

But before that, I glanced at Uncle Johnny, as if sensing that Patel had already ‘woken up’. Uncle Johnny suddenly burst out with a strong aura. The upper body that was originally bare was a bright red, and now the red was slowly fading, quickly concentrating on the totem on his chest.

The sound of ‘crashing’ came from the coffin, causing my gaze to return from Uncle Johnny. Then I saw that the source of the sound was actually glutinous rice. The glutinous rice I put into Patel’s seven orifices was ejected by an unknown force, like a sky full of tiny bullets, shooting out of the coffin…

Is this… is this breaking my seal one by one? My expression was tense, and so were the others on the rock… I dared not delay for a moment, quickly sat cross-legged, and pinched my hands together, ready to use my soul to suppress Patel at any time.

The sticky rice was spurting out at a very fast speed. The sticky rice, which was originally blood red, had turned black and scattered all over the ground in less than two seconds… Fortunately, I had kept a distance of two meters from Pater, otherwise these sticky rice, which were full of corpse poison, would be extremely troublesome if just one hit me.

Just hold on for a while, right? The sound of popping kept coming into my ears. That was the sound of the soul binding knots on Patel’s body losing their effectiveness and being forcibly broken by Patel’s soul power. As long as his soul was free in his body, then his body would be completely free with the freedom of his soul…

I can’t remember how many times I’ve had cold sweats. My hands are trembling slightly as I cast the spell. It’s been less than ten seconds since I took the wooden plaque, and already such a drastic change has occurred. The sound of the soul-binding knots bursting resounds in my ears, like a blow to my heart. There are nine knots in total. If I remember correctly, I’ve already burst through the fifth knot… Can I hold on for a moment, as Uncle Johnny said?

The enormous pressure seemed to give me enormous motivation. Under high pressure, my soul power began to fluctuate, stronger than usual, ready to come out at any time to suppress Patel.

The soul-binding knot continued to burst, one, two, three, four… At this moment, the claws of Patell, which had been standing motionless in the air, suddenly moved. It retracted, causing a gust of wind. The next moment, these dry claws grabbed the ink thread I had tied to the mouth of the coffin.

The sound of the claws and the ink line was like cold water being poured onto a fire that had been extinguished. But Patell didn’t seem to care, and instead let out a beastly roar. The next moment, the ink line that had been sealed on the coffin’s mouth was ripped and torn by Patell.

If you have never heard a zombie roar, you have no idea that there is such a terrifying sound in the world. This is the roar that Patel let out after breaking the soul-binding knot. Compared to the previous roar, it has a power that shakes the soul. At that moment, I felt that my heart and mind were almost shaken, and I almost couldn’t help but turn around and run.

But in the end, I still persevered. My hands were wet from the incantation, but I had to face it!

With a loud noise, the ink thread was completely torn. I stared at the coffin without daring to blink. At this moment, it seemed as if it had been quiet for a long time, but it was also as if it had never been quiet. With a “click, click, click” sound, a figure suddenly sat up!

Patel finally rose from the dead!

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, not daring to hesitate. My spiritual power began to gush out recklessly. Uncle Johnny had not yet given any response. I dared not neglect the fierce Patel in the slightest.

However, the moment Patell sat up, I didn’t even have time to see its appearance clearly before I felt a gust of wind pass over my cheeks.

Suddenly, a pair of sharp claws appeared in my eyes, rapidly enlarging in my eyes!

In an instant, Patell appeared before my eyes. How did it get here? These claws were about to grab my neck… At that moment, I dared not hold back in the slightest, and all my power poured out!

This time, not only was it spiritual power, but my entire soul was also suppressed towards Pater!