Sewn Giant Corpse

It was all thanks to my right arm blocking the front. Otherwise, my body might have been torn apart.

Yu Jing leaned against the wall. The torn wounds on his right arm were being connected and healed by green plant matter, repairing the injuries at a relatively slow pace. At the same time, the internal injuries in Yu Jing's body were gradually being treated and recovering.

As for Yu Xiaoxiao beside him, her right arm, which had originally been stitched back together and suspended before her chest with a brace, had already been severed by the evil spirit.

The wound on her arm seemed to have been cauterized smooth with a red-hot iron. There was still some residual heat, so it had clearly happened only moments ago. Yet Yu Xiaoxiao was able to endure such pain without showing any physical discomfort or distress on her face.

"Your arm..."

"Don't worry about my arm. As long as one of my hands remains, my combat power won't decrease. Once you've repaired your body and are ready to fight, you'll be responsible for telling me where the enemy is! You'll be my eyes, and I'll kill her."

Yu Xiaoxiao spoke with a resolute tone, swearing to kill the woman here.

Yu Jing placed one hand on Yu Xiaoxiao's shoulder. "She moves very quickly. If we communicate through words, the delay between us could prove fatal... I'll think of a way to make contact with her and try to root the plant matter in her spirit body. I'll leave the rest of the fight to you."

"All right."

Yu Xiaoxiao looked at Yu Jing beside her, whose blood at the corner of his mouth had yet to dry, and a strangely obedient feeling sprouted in her heart.

In such a dangerous situation, Yu Jing, who had experienced death and resurrection during the research in District 19, remained extraordinarily calm.

Just as the two were preparing to act, a resentful woman's voice drifted over from all around them.

"Let me play with you two. The harder the prey is to capture, the greater the sense of accomplishment when it finally falls into my hands. A man like you could entertain me for ten years without ever making me lose interest."

In Yu Jing's field of vision, the female ghost was sitting on the edge of the bed and staring straight at him.

The bell in the woman's hand rang once again.

The bell had no effect on Yu Jing or Yu Xiaoxiao. The sound it produced was relatively dull, and it was different from the bell Yu Jing had obtained.

Something living in this room was awakened by the ringing.

At the center of the floor, a heavy coffin made of ebony slowly broke through the ground. The coffin was a full three meters long, and something inside slammed violently against the lid in time with the ringing.

"Crack!"

The coffin lid was smashed apart from within, and wooden fragments scattered all around.

Two hands of different lengths braced themselves against either side of the coffin opening, while a stream of corpse aura seeped out from inside.

A strange-looking man stiffly sat up from within. His enormous body was badly mismatched with his head, and his body was covered in countless conspicuous sutures. Even the skin on his chest and abdomen was visibly different in color.

"These are the five finest specimens among the prey I've collected. I liked He Hengliang's personality the most, so I used Gao Yong and Luo Yuefeng's upper bodies, Gao Liangsheng's lower body, and Sheng Ke's appearance.

"I wanted them to accompany me forever, so I kneaded together the most perfect parts of their bodies and made my most perfect doll. However, the main body controlling it is still my favorite, He Hengliang—the brave man who endured the torture the longest.

"Ever since I was captured by a group of special forces, my beloved doll hasn't eaten any fresh flesh and blood in a long time. Look, his stomach is even a little sunken. You look hungry, don't you, A-Liang?"

Supporting its awkwardly shaped colossal body, the sturdy figure—which stood a full two and a half meters tall—rose from the coffin. Its steps were rather slow as it walked toward the two of them, as if it had lain in the coffin for too long and needed time to adapt to its body.

"Yu Xiaoxiao, let's work together against—"

When Yu Jing saw the giant before him emerge, he felt a slight blockage in his chest. After all, a Spirit Ghost type evil spirit was already extremely difficult to deal with, and the sewn monstrosity before him was clearly even more difficult to handle than the old woman.

"No, I'll deal with this big thing. Follow your earlier plan, Yu Jing. Find a way to drive the plants into the evil spirit's body and make her visible. Once I kill this big thing, I'll immediately kill the evil spirit behind the scenes as well."

"All right." Looking at Yu Xiaoxiao's icy, indifferent gaze, Yu Jing nodded helplessly.

With no idea where Jiang Pengyu and Men Qian had gone, the final battlefield had become a two-on-two fight. Without even considering whether Yu Xiaoxiao or the sewn giant corpse was stronger, having Yu Jing face alone the evil spirit that had stirred up the source of the Deep Mountain Inn placed an insurmountable gap between them.

"Buy some time. Trust your teammates."

When the sewn giant corpse reached the two of them, Yu Xiaoxiao moved with astonishing agility and speed. She kicked off the corpse's body and the wall behind it, dodged its massive palm, and reached the top of its head. Her silver-glinting dagger halted at the edge of its neck, the movement smooth and practiced without the slightest hesitation.

"Whoosh!"

"Go! Dealing with this thing will be troublesome."

When Yu Xiaoxiao cut off the giant corpse's head, she discovered that its body could still move freely. It seemed that another brain was controlling the sewn body—or perhaps it did not have a brain at all. Only by destroying some core inside its body could it be killed completely.

When Yu Jing seized the opportunity to pass through the giant corpse's body, plant roots grew from his right hand and absorbed the organic nutrients in its head. He had originally intended to recover some of his energy, but something unexpected happened.

First, he felt a powerful force surge into his arm. Then, a line of text appeared in the image projected onto his retina.

--Absorbed a small amount of corpse energy. Grass Clone evolution nutrients increased by 2.1%--

"Corpse energy!"

Not only had his evolution nutrients increased, Yu Jing also felt subtle changes in the plant matter within his right arm, along with a slight improvement in his physical abilities.

"Should I absorb this sewn giant corpse first, then... No, there isn't enough time."

Because the white-clothed woman saw Yu Jing absorb the giant corpse's head, a resentful voice immediately reached his mind. "You actually destroyed Sheng Ke's most handsome face and head! I'll have to use your head as a replacement. But before I kill you, I'll torture you until you wish you were dead."

Sensing the danger, Yu Jing caused a large number of vines to grow from his right arm and seal off the area around him.

However, long, slender fingernails wrapped in sinister aura tore all the vines apart.

Shen Yixuan's evil spirit claws lunged straight for Yu Jing's throat. In the next second, his head was about to fall.