Corpses, the Original Owners

But my instincts told me Xu Zheng was very likely lying.

Although I had never seen a hou, I had heard that it resembled a dog. Dogs mostly caused harm by biting, yet Xu Zheng's injuries were typical internal injuries. That did not seem to match the descriptions of a hou.

"You're covered in internal injuries. Are you sure it was a hou?" I asked him.

His expression remained calm, and he nodded. "Not just you—even I find it strange. It was huge. While it wasn't as large as that rhinoceros, it was much bigger than a fully grown tiger. It didn't bare its teeth at me. It simply charged straight at me."

Yin Wuyu said, "Since it was such a massive creature, it wouldn't have been easy for someone with your skills to fight it. But avoiding its charge should have been a piece of cake, shouldn't it?" The Doctor nodded as well. That was what he thought too.

Fatty said nothing, merely listening quietly.

Fatty's eyes were also full of confusion.

Xu Zheng said, "That was what I thought too. I couldn't confront it head-on, so I needed to avoid its charge first. But I miscalculated. Every time it charged at me, I felt like my entire body was frozen, as though someone had cast a paralysis spell on me. But once its charge ended, I could move again. I suspect that method of immobilizing people was the key."

Something like that actually existed? Being hit at will after having a "paralysis spell" cast on you—what kind of nonsense was that?

If that was true, then it was no surprise Xu Zheng had been severely injured.

That hou's ability was way too overpowered. It was practically like tying someone up before beating them.

Xu Zheng had said that