Is this what a zombie is?

27. Man-made vengeful spirits

No more incense to revive the dead, and the battery is critically low.

A feeling of emptiness filled Jiang Chen; his body no longer seemed to belong to him, and his consciousness was being gradually siphoned away.

Falling into the cold darkness, into eternal silence.

Just then, an elegant figure stepped out of the darkness, silently walked to Jiang Chen's side, and flicked its tail gently.

The iconic nine tails brushed past his face, instantly clearing Jiang Chen's mind considerably.

Cat Lord is here.

It looked down at Jiang Chen from its high position, its emerald green eyes showing no sympathy, only undisguised disdain.

"Tsk." Cat Master clicked his tongue lightly. "To deal with just a vengeful spirit, you've managed to make such a mess of things. You still need to practice, kid."

"If your first punch doesn't succeed in a surprise attack, you're no match for it in a one-on-one fight."

"While sneak attacks are shameful, they are also a tactic. Only by using tactics properly can one achieve victory against a stronger opponent."

"Yes, if you hadn't used lightning magic to ambush and severely injure that cat, you wouldn't have had a chance to fight back at all."

"It is fully capable of tearing the body to pieces within a few rounds, leaving it in pieces that cannot be put back together."

Jiang Chen recalled the battle and felt a wave of fear. It was hard to say what would have happened if they had fought head-on.

"However, you didn't manage to completely eliminate it either."

"What do you mean? I clearly saw it completely disintegrate!"

"When it was severely injured by your sneak attack and its body was about to be shattered, did a part of it escape?"

Jiang Chen remembered it clearly, "That's right, after that its size was only that of a leopard cat, and it never returned to its original size."

"That's it. At that time, what you were fighting was only a part of it."

Jiang Chen twitched the corner of his mouth. He thought of a very fitting adjective: "Even a centipede that has died does not fall down."

Whether the giant cat will make a comeback is not the focus at the moment. Jiang Chen is more concerned about one other issue.

"Master Cat, when did you arrive?"

"I found you by following it. Without it leading the way, I would have had a lot of trouble finding you."

Good heavens, this is a classic case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind

Moreover, the giant cat didn't notice anything the whole time, which shows that the cat's strength is far superior to the giant cat's.

Cat Master truly adhered to his principles, observing the entire process without intervening even when he was nearly beaten to death.

"Master Cat, the Resurrection Incense..."

The cat raised its front paw and gently swiped it through the air.

The space in front of it was like the surface of water where a pebble had been thrown in, rippling out in circles of invisible waves.

The next second, the Soul-Returning Incense pendant and Jiang Chen's personal power bank appeared out of thin air and fell to the ground.

Jiang Chen immediately perked up and carefully examined Cat Master several times, but he couldn't find any storage bags, rings, or similar items on Cat Master.

So, Cat Master's move created a portable space.

Mount Sumeru can be contained in a mustard seed, and a mustard seed can contain Mount Sumeru.

Real cultivation techniques!

Jiang Chen first hung the Resurrection Incense back around his neck. Only when the fragrance of the Resurrection Incense came into contact with his chest again did Jiang Chen come back to life.

The weak and powerless body was awakened and revitalized, as if it had been parched for a long time and then received timely rain.

Although my body is still weak, weakness is also proof that I am alive.

It feels so good to be alive.

After recovering slightly, Jiang Chen's gaze fell on Cat Master again, his eyes filled with an undisguised fervor.

A portable space—a practical and stylish solution, I want one.

"Master Cat... is this a personal storage space?"

"You can understand it that way, it's pretty much the same anyway."

"Could you teach me?"

Cat Master glanced at Jiang Chen but didn't say anything.

Jiang Chen cautiously pressed further, "Is it very difficult? Do I lack talent?"

"Not really, anyone with hands can do it."

A glimmer of hope had just ignited in Jiang Chen's heart.

"However," Cat Master changed the subject, "you're too weak. With your current meager skills, you can't even get rid of that vengeful spirit, let alone open up a personal space. You should train for a few more years before you start thinking about it."

"..."

"You're not in the right state to go looking for the Resurrection Incense," Cat Master advised. "Recharge yourself first."

Okay, I knew it would turn out like this.

Jiang Chen abandoned his unrealistic fantasies and decided to recharge first.

With the crackling sound of electricity, Jiang Chen finally came back to life.

While charging his phone, he managed to ask the question that had been bothering him.

"Master Cat, what exactly is that calico cat?"

"According to your human classification, that would be a vengeful spirit." The cat squatted down and gave Jiang Chen a popular science explanation. "However, it is very difficult for animals to develop intelligence, and it is not easy for them to hate someone and become a vengeful spirit. That one was artificially created."

"Man-made..."

Jiang Chen recalled the image of the giant cat's body sprouting hundreds of cat heads after being hit by the Lightning Thunder Fist, and the answer immediately came to him.

"Slaughter!"

"That's right, it's a vengeful spirit forcibly created from the resentment of hundreds of cats that were tortured to death."

"It is common to create vengeful spirits by torturing and killing them, but it is rare to use the torture of cats to create them. This must be the work of a sorcerer."

Jiang Chen immediately recalled the sorcerer he had killed with his palm lightning not long ago on the cargo ship.

"Sorcerers, are there any here?"

"Yes, there is also a sorcerer here, but don't compare them; there's no comparison between the two."

"The one you killed before was at best a third-rate bastard. He couldn't even raise a ghost properly. To say he was a nobody compared to a great one is an understatement."

"This sorcerer has been lying in wait in this prison for many years, using its uniquely enclosed environment and these hardened criminals as natural nourishment to raise his ghost."

"He's not raising a little devil, he's raising a demon king."

Ghost King!!!

Jiang Chen frowned, as words floated through his mind.

Organ trafficking organizations, sorcerers, Black Stone Prison, the cat-shaped vengeful spirit's words upon seeing itself: "I've found you."

Connecting all these dots, Jiang Chen came to the conclusion that the two sorcerers were definitely connected.

Sorcerers are mostly active in Southeast Asia and are rare in China. Moreover, the local population has its own religions, so there is no suitable environment for them to thrive.

Developing further is even more difficult, and territorial disputes are not unique to gangs.

What's more, he encountered two in quick succession, and this vengeful spirit specifically targeted him as soon as it appeared. He would never believe that the two were completely unrelated.

Therefore, the sorcerer who is refining the Ghost King in prison is very likely the big boss, the core of the organ trafficking organization, or even the BOSS mentioned by the sorcerer killed by Jiang Chen.