Chapter 1237 - 866: The God-Beating Whip Emerges

After hearing what The Queen Mother of the West said, Zhang Chen was unimpressed: "You’re talking like if I don’t profane you, you’d actually let me go!"

As he spoke, Zhang Chen jumped into the coffin, reaching out to undo The Queen Mother of the West’s outer robes. She was so shocked her tone changed: "Stop! I’ll talk!"

Zhang Chen’s palm halted. His gaze burned as he looked at The Queen Mother of the West: "Then hurry up and talk! Where exactly did Lady Biyun go?"

"Previously I brought Lady Biyun back to Kunlun Mountain, but I didn’t take her into the great tomb. I only had her in charge of overseeing matters outside. After I fell asleep, I don’t know where she went. This palace has always been sealed inside the coffin; how would I know what happened outside?" The Queen Mother of the West’s voice was full of helplessness.

Zhang Chen’s expression eased a bit at these words: "You’re not lying to me?"

"Why would I lie to you? The White Ape and Biyun are this palace’s trusted aides. I left them outside to erase the traces of the great tomb. How could I bear to have them buried with me?" The Queen Mother of the West said.

Zhang Chen was half-convinced, half-suspicious. He stared at The Queen Mother of the West in silence.

Seeing the fierce glint in Zhang Chen’s eyes, The Queen Mother of the West quickly spoke again: "To be honest, Lady Biyun was formed from a strand of my Essence Qi. To me she’s the same as a child; how could this palace harm her own offspring?"

"You’ve got some nerve saying that. Back on Kunlun Mountain, when you laid poisonous hands on Lady Biyun and flogged her, you sure didn’t show any mercy. You couldn’t see at all that Lady Biyun was your daughter." Zhang Chen reprimanded.

The Queen Mother of the West hastily argued back: "What do you know? Biyun’s injuries looked serious, but they were merely flesh wounds. You know the Substitute Death Technique—do you think Biyun doesn’t? That was just this palace discovering your flaws and cooperating with Biyun to put on an act."

"What?" Zhang Chen froze. The Queen Mother of the West had actually colluded with Biyun to put on a show and fool him?

"Silly boy, now you see how formidable this palace is, don’t you? It’s a pity that little girl Biyun actually fell for you, ruining this palace’s plan." The Queen Mother of the West gnashed her teeth, her voice seething with fury:

"She actually joined forces with an outsider like you to harm me! Trapped me in Kunlun Mountain and turned me into this corpse."

Zhang Chen’s expression relaxed a bit at these words. He was just about to speak, but at that moment The Queen Mother of the West suddenly controlled the zombie body to sit bolt upright, grabbing toward Zhang Chen: "Boy, how dare you offend this palace—I’ll have you dead!"

That palm strike was fast and fierce, locking down the space so that Zhang Chen couldn’t use Divine Techniques to escape. Fortunately, Zhang Chen’s Corpse Control Skill activated, and at the instant the palm was about to reach him, it suddenly froze in mid-motion.

Even so, the residual force spread out. Zhang Chen’s flesh body directly exploded into blood mist, then the blood mist in the sky reassembled, reforming into Zhang Chen’s original appearance.

"Blood Dao?" The Queen Mother of the West frowned at Zhang Chen, a hint of solemnity flashing in her eyes. But in the next instant her gaze shifted to her own palm: "Strange. Why did my palm suddenly stop? Could it be that the will of this flesh body is obstructing me? I still can’t fully control this body?"

The Queen Mother of the West withdrew her palm and slowly stood up, a sovereign will that would lord over the world spreading out: "But it doesn’t matter. I already hold the overall situation in hand. Even with a few flaws, killing a petty man like you first won’t be difficult."

Looking at The Queen Mother of the West standing up, seeing her flesh body complete its rebirth, Zhang Chen couldn’t help letting out a soft sigh: "Lady, from Ancient Times to the present, spanning countless tens of thousands of years, can our grievances really not be resolved?"

"You plotted against this palace and turned me into a zombie, and you still have the face to speak? This palace must perform Soul Extraction and Refining on you!" The Queen Mother of the West’s voice was icy and sharp: "This palace’s hatred is like the surging river, endless and unbroken."

Zhang Chen let out a quiet sigh at her words: "Very well. Since you and I must decide a victor in the end, today I can only behave discourteously toward you, Lady."

Mysterious Power flowed around Zhang Chen’s body, and in the next instant the God-Beating Whip appeared in his hand, hidden in his sleeve so she wouldn’t notice. If he wanted to subdue The Queen Mother of the West, he could only rely on the God-Beating Whip to force her soul out of the zombie body; only then could he apply his skill mark.

"The Queen Mother of the West, your era is over. Now it’s the era that belongs to me, Zhang Chen." Zhang Chen’s voice brimmed with pride. Subtle Qi Mechanism flowed within his sleeve, and in the next instant the God-Beating Whip turned into a streak of light, flying straight toward The Queen Mother of the West’s flesh body.

"Such a trivial trick—how could it possibly harm me?" The Queen Mother of the West tried to raise her hand to block, but her arm suddenly lost control at that moment. At the critical instant, strands of golden radiance burst from her body, keeping the God-Beating Whip outside the glow.

The God-Beating Whip was knocked back and returned, caught in Zhang Chen’s grasp. His expression darkened. He had calculated every angle, yet never imagined she still had this move. The Queen Mother of the West truly deserved her name: even just standing there, she was not someone he could shake.

His God-Beating Whip could indeed strike her flesh and soul—but only if it hit. If it couldn’t land a blow, what was there to talk about?

The Queen Mother of the West used her Divine Techniques to block Zhang Chen’s God-Beating Whip, leaving Zhang Chen momentarily at a loss, not knowing how to proceed.

Right at this moment, that flesh-body consciousness suppressed by The Queen Mother of the West seized the chance to rise up and rebel, ramming against her and scattering the protective multicolored glow around her.

"Perfect timing!" Zhang Chen saw The Queen Mother of the West and the flesh-body consciousness locking horns again, and the God-Beating Whip once more turned into a streak of light and shot out.

"You bastard, you damned fake consciousness, you dare ruin my grand plan!" The Queen Mother of the West cursed viciously, her voice full of fury. Multicolored radiance was about to drape down around her again, but the moment it appeared it was shattered by the flesh-body consciousness driving Zombie Power. Then, in the next instant, the God-Beating Whip struck the zombie’s body—an agonized scream echoed from the void, and a phantom Primordial Spirit head was smashed out of the zombie’s flesh.

With that single blow, Zhang Chen merely smashed part of The Queen Mother’s Primordial Spirit out of that body, but in a flash her Primordial Spirit drilled right back in. Yet in that brief out-and-in instant, the zombie’s flesh-body consciousness had once again taken the upper hand.

"You bastard, damned Jia Shiba, you dare to be insolent to me!" The Queen Mother of the West was burning with rage, and the green light in the zombie’s eyes was gradually fading, being overtaken by red glow—the zombie consciousness of the flesh body was starting to gain the advantage.

"Your Ladyship wants me dead. In the face of life and death, what can’t be done? Either you die or I die—of course I choose you to die." Zhang Chen stood there, the God-Beating Whip in his hand flashing with flowing light, and lashed once more at The Queen Mother’s flesh body.

"You wretch! You’re one of Kunlun Mountain’s people too—how dare you loot a burning house? As long as you lend this treasure to me and help me suppress this flesh-body consciousness, not only will I pardon your death sentence, I’ll also teach you a Supreme Technique and guide you to attain the Primordial Heavenly Creation Daluo realm." The Queen Mother of the West’s tone shifted, starting to soften.

Zhang Chen chuckled at her words, a strange look flashing in his eyes: "Now Your Ladyship knows fear? Now you know how to bow your head? Where was all that earlier?"

Zhang Chen let out a cold snort, and the God-Beating Whip in his hand flew out again, smashing toward the zombie.

"Block it for me!" The Queen Mother of the West tried to circulate her Divine Techniques, manifesting radiance to block the God-Beating Whip, but it was ruined yet again by the zombie. The golden glow was torn apart, and the God-Beating Whip slammed into The Queen Mother’s flesh body, smashing her head out once more.

As luck would have it, the zombie had only consciousness and no soul, and thus was immune to the God-Beating Whip’s attacks—so right now, it was The Queen Mother who was suffering.

While the two were locked in a back-and-forth tug-of-war, Zhang Chen kept brandishing the God-Beating Whip. The Queen Mother’s Primordial Spirit’s shoulders and head were repeatedly smashed out by the whip.

"Boy, don’t go too far. Even if I abandon this flesh body and have only my True Spirit left, a single thought is enough for me to kill you! If you force my True Spirit out, you’re dead for sure. I’ll kill you first—you’d better stop, now!" The Queen Mother of the West’s eyes blazed with man-eating fury, nearly spitting fire.

Zhang Chen shook his head at this: "If Your Ladyship really had that kind of skill, why bother with this trash talk? You could just strike and instant-kill me."

While mocking The Queen Mother of the West, Zhang Chen was simultaneously deploying his target Soul Hooking and Soul Stealing lock, but right now her soul hadn’t completely emerged, so he still couldn’t get a confirmed target.

The Queen Mother of the West was seething: "Boy, you’re playing with fire!"

After speaking, her Primordial Spirit drilled back into the flesh body again, starting another struggle for control with the body’s consciousness.

At the same time, Zhang Chen raised the God-Beating Whip, ready to keep lashing, but suddenly he sensed something subtle—his Corpse Control Skill imprint was now taking control of the zombie’s body at a speed more than ten times faster.

"Huh, so there’s an unexpected bonus? Makes sense—The Queen Mother and the zombie consciousness are battling, constantly stripping away the zombie’s control over the flesh. And as the zombie’s control is whittled down, my corpse-control imprint’s rate of invasion increases, doesn’t it?" Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen’s mind. He paused his God-Beating Whip for the moment, letting the zombie’s flesh-body consciousness and The Queen Mother’s True Spirit clash.

Without Zhang Chen’s God-Beating Whip affecting the situation, The Queen Mother’s True Spirit consciousness began to slowly gain the upper hand again. The red light in the zombie’s eyes gradually faded, replaced bit by bit by green glow.

"The Queen Mother of the West truly lives up to a Primordial realm existence!" Zhang Chen muttered in grudging admiration.

Admiration aside, Zhang Chen’s hands didn’t slow in the least. The God-Beating Whip flew out once again, and just as The Queen Mother had started to dominate, her True Spirit was shaken by that lash—half of her Primordial Spirit’s head was knocked out.

"Jia Shiba!!!" The Queen Mother of the West roared, her voice shaking the entire great tomb.

"I haven’t been called Jia Shiba for a long time. Just call me Zhang Chen." Zhang Chen said with a squinting smile.

"I’ll make you die a miserable death!" The Queen Mother’s voice was full of fury. "Pray I don’t manage to seize this flesh body—if I do, I’ll flay you and strip your tendons without fail."

"Mere flesh-body consciousness, how dare it oppose me? Be refined!" The Queen Mother’s voice was thick with rage.