Broken Cocoon Chrysalis

Cong Shixiang ate the Rust Pill, and not only was he unharmed, but it also caused his weapons to rust.

In his shock, Li Banfeng didn't think twice and immediately lit a match, throwing it at Cong Shixiang.

Enveloped in a cloud of alcohol vapor, Cong Shixiang was ablaze, his body sizzling with the grease on his skin.

He didn't dodge, struggle, or even rush to put out the fire.

He tore off pieces of his rapidly burning flesh and swallowed them along with the flames.

As for the taste, Cong Shixiang was quite satisfied. He took a deep breath, inhaling the flames on his body and the surrounding alcohol mist into his mouth, and then exhaled it back at Li Banfeng.

It wasn't difficult to dodge the flames, but Li Banfeng dared not get any closer.

He wasn't sure what Cong Shixiang could vomit, nor was he sure what he would eat.

Cong Shixiang charged at Li Banfeng again, but Li Banfeng maintained a distance of ten meters and maneuvered around him. Cong Shixiang Ren Wenlie shouted, "You're a young man, strong and powerful, yet you dare not fight a venerable old man head-on?"

Li Banfeng felt a pang of guilt.

Feeling guilty, Li Banfeng was blocked from leaving by Cong Shixiang.

Then Cong Shixiang shouted again, "When two heroes meet on a narrow path, one must be brave..."

If he were to shout the phrase "Shared Script, Shared Rules Technique" in its entirety, Li Banfeng rush forward and fight Cong Shixiang head-on.

If they fought head-on, Li Banfeng wouldn't last a single round. Not only would he lose his life, but his corpse would also be eaten by Cong Shixiang.

Fortunately, Li Banfeng was prepared and suddenly began to sing a tune. "The moon is bright, the wind is still, the leaves are covering the window..."

In a moment of desperation, Li Banfeng could only think of one song, so he sang "Lullaby".

However, this song was quite powerful. First, Li Banfeng was very familiar with the place, and second, Li Banfeng had just come out of the mansion and was in good physical condition, so he performed the Deep Mansion technique very well.

As soon as the song started, Ren Wenlie couldn't resist his drowsiness and almost fell asleep. Wenxiu's Shared Script, Shared Rules Technique was not able to be used, and Dexiu's technique of Seeing Virtue, Think of Equaling It was also disrupted.

Dealing with Ren Wenlie was not difficult, but Cong Shixiang was not so easy to deal with.

Li Banfeng's singing had no effect on him. The two sides were vastly different in strength, and Li Banfeng was forced to retreat into the mountain stronghold. Cong Shixiang kicked the stronghold gate to pieces and forced Li Banfeng against the wall of the wooden house in two steps.

The Fool Cultivator Technique are ineffective, and the Deep Mansion Technique are also ineffective. What means can be used to deal with him?

Li Banfeng climbed onto the roof, Cong Shixiang tried to chase after him, but slipped and fell.

Tea suddenly gushed out from under his feet. Cong Shixiang, who had just gotten up from the ground, found that the skin on his hands and feet was rapidly peeling off in the tea. Li Banfeng was standing on the roof, constantly rubbing the teapot with both hands.

This tea disgusted Cong Shixiang greatly; the grease on his body kept peeling off in the tea.

Li Banfeng was worried that he would crash into the wooden house, in which case Li Banfeng would also lose his foothold.

Cong Shixiang ignored the wooden house; he was focused on getting out of the tea room and ended up crashing into the barrier.

Bang!

The Old Teapot trembled slightly in Li Banfeng's hands.

The last time he trembled like this was when he encountered Qiu Luoye. Li Banfeng asked, "Is this person about as strong as Qiu Luoye?"

Old Teapot coughed twice and said, "He's a little weaker. I estimate he can withstand three to five more hits. Young man, this monster isn't very intelligent. We can only outsmart it, not overpower it."

This senior brother is indeed not smart enough. If he had the intelligence of a normal person, Li Banfeng would have been dead long ago.

Bang! Bang!

Cong Shixiang kicked and punched the barrier, and Li Banfeng quickly stopped his teapot-making technique.

The tea had only reached his knees, but Cong Shixiang's pants were noticeably looser, as if they had lost a lot of flesh.

Now that the tea had gone down, Cong Shixiang's steps slowed, his movements became sluggish, and his resistance decreased. Li Banfeng slashed and burned, tearing a lot of flesh from his body. Cong Shixiang staggered, and the battle seemed to be coming to an end.

The unsteady Cong Shixiang suddenly lunged at a cow at the entrance of the mountain stronghold.

This was left at the door by Niu Guangda. Cong Shixiang opened his mouth and stuffed the entire bull's head into it.

Impossible!

The bull's head was much bigger than Cong Shixiang's head, not to mention that the bull had horns. How did Cong Shixiang manage to put the bull's head into his mouth?

Now is not the time to think about these things. Li Banfeng came up behind Cong Shixiang and Trample Ten Thousand Rivers, crushing the stones on the ground. The stones hit the back of Cong Shixiang's head and body, seemingly causing some damage.

Cong Shixiang ignored him and continued to devour the cow's body at an extremely fast speed.

Li Banfeng saw clearly that before entering the mouth, the cow's body was squeezed and shrunk into a ball of meat.

Cong Shixiang's mouth opened to an eerie degree, the skin and flesh on his face stretched several feet, and his jawbone reached directly to his navel.

Li Banfeng swung his sickle and struck Cong Shixiang on the head.

Cong Shixiang sprouted a pair of horns from his head, which got tangled in Li Banfeng's sickle.

He turned around and kicked Li Banfeng more than ten meters away.

Eating beef will turn you into a cow.

Fortunately, he hadn't fully recovered, so the kick wasn't too powerful. Li Banfeng got up and saw that Cong Shixiang had already eaten a whole cow.

He hadn't finished eating yet, and turned to look at Ren Wenlie.

Ren Wenlie remained calm, grabbed his junior brother Jiang Shirong beside him, and threw him toward Cong Shixiang.

Cong Shixiang pulled on Jiang Shirong's head with one hand and his feet with the other, twisting them together until Jiang Shirong was twisted into a pretzel, then rolled into a ball of flesh, compressed it thoroughly, and put it into his mouth.

This is why Ren Wenlie brought his junior brother along.

Two junior brothers remained, and seeing this, they turned to run away. Ren Wenlie angrily shouted, "On the battlefield, those who fear the enemy die!"

Shared Script, Shared Rules.

The two junior brothers dared not go any further; if they did, they would surely lose their lives.

Having eaten a cow and eaten a man, Cong Shixiang was in excellent condition. He raised his two cow horns and charged towards Li Banfeng.

Now, Li Banfeng only has one choice left.

He shouted to the villagers to make way, leading Cong Shixiang into the cave.

The cave was slippery, Cong Shixiang slowed his pace a little, giving Li Banfeng time to take out his keys.

He opened the Sui Shen Ju (a type of Portable Abode), and just as he threw the key out, Cong Shixiang crashed into the house.

"You shameless woman, tell me, how did you seduce my husband just now? You were just now...!"

Clang!

Li Banfeng was knocked off balance by Cong Shixiang and fell against the wall.

The record player hissed, "Husband, why did you bring back a cow?"

Cong Shixiang continued to rush towards Li Banfeng, but the steam from the record player trapped Cong Shixiang.

"Wow, this Old Cow is so strong!" The record player counted the beats and sang the Peking Opera "The Little Cowherd," "In the bright sunshine of March, the cattle herd to the edge of the village, Bonus Money and beautiful, and the mountain grass is green and fresh..."

Heh~~

The Wife's singing was ineffective.

Cong Shixiang let out a scream and almost broke free from the steam's grasp.

The Wife exclaimed in surprise, "Broken Cocoon Chrysalis?"

What is Broken Cocoon Chrysalis?

The Wife didn't answer, and her hand suddenly hesitated. "This Broken Cocoon Chrysalis, could it be...?"

Hong Ying suddenly spoke up, "Quickly go and bring that slut Mystic Life Crimson Lotus here; she's more suitable for this woman."

Li Banfeng hurried to find Red Lotus. In the past two days, apart from refining Qu Jingzhang, Red Lotus had no other use. Li Banfeng moved him to the Sixth Room.

He was running towards the Sixth Room when Cong Shixiang broke free of the steam and rushed towards the record player.

If this were the record player that came with the house, it might not have been able to withstand the strain now.

But nowadays record players are very different. A record flew towards Cong Shixiang and cut off his legs from the knees down.

Cong Shixiang fell to the ground and then crawled toward the record player.

The record slid across the page again, slicing through Cong Shixiang's hands.

Despite losing his hands and feet, Cong Shixiang swiftly crawled to the record player and bit down on its casing with his toothless mouth.

"Disgusting!" The record player was disgusted and cut off Cong Shixiang's head.

With only a head remaining, Cong Shixiang stopped gnawing on the record player. He turned around and swallowed his own body, hands, and feet.

After swallowing, Cong Shixiang's head first grew rapidly, and then a huge fleshy ball bulged out below it.

With a head attached to a fleshy ball, Cong Shixiang wobbled on the ground like a roly-poly toy, and some fleshy buds had already grown on his limbs.

Give him thirty to fifty seconds, and his limbs will grow back; give him another three to five minutes, and Cong Shixiang will be able to return to human form.

Unfortunately, he didn't have time.

The Wife could have chopped him into minced meat, but she didn't rush to do so.

Li Banfeng moved Red Lotus over.

Red Lotus, covered in dewdrops, was about to argue with Li Banfeng.

Seeing Cong Shixiang, Red Lotus felt much better, and there was even more dew on her body.

Hiss~

As the petals opened, a whirlwind arose from the Lotus Heart, dragging the still-recovering Cong Shixiang along as he slowly slid towards the Lotus Heart.

Cong Shixiang tried to struggle, but his strength seemed to be somewhat limited in the whirlwind.

"Heh~ Ah~"

Cong Shixiang shouted repeatedly, and as he approached Lotus Heart, his body began to deform, much like the way he had devoured the cow.

Red Lotus increased her strength, making the whirlwind even more violent. The Wife added another wisp of steam, pushing Cong Shixiang until she sent him into the Lotus Heart.

This was the first time Li Banfeng had seen Red Lotus actively hunting; in the past, Red Lotus had never attacked any living creature.

Wait, something's not right.

"My Wife, Red Lotus doesn't eat raw food, why has she changed her mind today?"

Sizzle~

"Hey, my lord, this Broken Cocoon Chrysalis isn't a living thing."

What is Broken Cocoon Chrysalis?

"When it came to the transition from Ninth to Tenth Stage, it was only halfway there. The physical body ascended, but the soul didn't; it shattered and became a walking corpse."

Just as an insect emerging from its cocoon doesn't become a butterfly but remains a pupa, hence the term "Broken Cocoon Chrysalis."

Ninth to Tenth Stage?

Thankfully, this thing isn't very smart.

That's true, without a soul, one's intelligence would definitely be lacking.

Hiss~

The Red Lotus closed its petals.

Ren Wenlie was still outside, so Li Banfeng didn't linger and quickly left Portable Abode.

Sizzle~

The Wife turned the megaphone towards Hong Ying: "You wretch, who needs your help?"

At a crucial moment in the battle, Hong Ying reminded Li Banfeng to move Red Lotus over, which indeed helped the record player.

Hong Ying sneered, "Wicked Woman, I'm worried that if that madman gets hurt, we'll all be trapped here. It's been so many years since we fought a war, your tactics aren't what they used to be."

"You bitch, it's none of your business what tactics I use!"

Ren Wenlie stood at the entrance of the mountain stronghold, waiting for his senior brother's reply.

Ren Wenlie was still accompanied by his two junior brothers Pei Maojin and Gao Yangting, who were even giving him advice.

"Senior brother, let's go in and take a look. I'm afraid something might happen to our eldest brother."

The eldest disciple had just eaten a disciple, Jiang Shirong, who had entered the sect with them, yet Pei Maojin was still worried that something might happen to him.

"Senior Brother Ren, we can't let our eldest brother fight alone. Let's go and help him out."

Gao Yangting was equally unambiguous, truly unsure whether this was due to Ren Wenlie's moral cultivation techniques or his own intention.

After thinking for a long time, Ren Wenlie decided to go into the mountain village to take a look.

Of course, he wouldn't go first; his two junior brothers would have to lead the way.

Pei Maojin and Gao Yangting walked ahead, displaying the air of disciples of a sage, shouting all the way, "You are a rabble, committing crimes and evil deeds. Now that the leader of the bandits has been executed, do you still dare to resist?"

Xiao Yeci blocked the road and said, "When dragons and tigers clash, how dare you, mere shrimps, crabs, fish, and turtles, interfere?"

Ren Wenlie was taken aback. Judging from the tone of voice, it sounded like a scholar. Was this some Shared Script, Shared Rules Technique?

Xiao Yeci gritted her teeth. She didn't know Shared Script, Shared Rules Technique, but she couldn't back down even a step now.

Ren Wenlie was hesitating whether to fight the woman when he suddenly heard Li Banfeng say from behind, "Don't fight her. She's an eighth-level cultivator. You should fight me instead."

Ren Wenlie was terrified, unsure whether to move forward or backward.

Walk forward, and you'll be facing Xiao Yeci directly, with your back to Li Banfeng.

If you walk back and face Li Banfeng directly, turning your back to Xiao Yeci, would you really be safe?

Li Banfeng offered another piece of advice. "If you can't figure out which way to go, the best thing to do is to stay where you are and not move."

For a fleeting moment, Ren Wenlie truly felt that remaining motionless was the right thing to do.

He lowered his weapon and shouted, "No one can kill without a weapon..."

Before he could utter the word "Iron," his voice was choked by a mouthful of blood as Li Banfeng slit his throat.

P. S.: Dear readers, Happy Lunar New Year's Eve! Salad wishes you all a Happy New Year!