Life Spirit·Umbilical Evil

Chapter 36: Life Spirit·Umbilical Evil

The damp, moss-stained brick wall, rainwater forming trickles on the uneven flagstones.

Puddles reflected the scattered light of distant streetlamps.

In the alley, two figures stared at each other.

"Are you insane?"

Fang Qingyu's initial surprise turned to confusion, and finally, he looked at the other person silently.

He had considered many possibilities.

Perhaps the mixed martial arts fighter he'd beaten badly before, or maybe someone from the Le You Merchant Guild, sent for revenge after he refused them.

Even more outlandish, maybe his biological parents' family in this life wanted him dead.

But he had never imagined...

That the person across from him was Ying Kai!!

As fellow disciples of the Martial Hall, Ying Kai should know that Fang Qingyu had held back at least twenty percent of his strength with his Mountain Pressing Shoulder strike that night.

Furthermore, he had always felt favorably towards the Martial Hall disciples.

It was all healthy competition.

He'd never encountered anyone who would play dirty behind the scenes.

And now, he'd run into a lunatic trying to kill him.

"I'm not insane. You don't know what the Le You Merchant Guild means to me."

Seeing the confusion in Fang Qingyu's eyes, Ying Kai seemed like a different person, his gaze growing more frenzied as he slowly drew the long saber from his waist.

"What does it mean?"

Fang Qingyu slowly adopted the starting stance for Baji Quan.

Since things had escalated this far, there was nothing more to say. The other party clearly intended to fight to the death!

But he was genuinely curious why Ying Kai had come for him with such a death wish.

"Heh..."

Ying Kai didn't answer Fang Qingyu's question, merely letting out a cold laugh, his eyes filled with a deathly stillness.

Only Fang Qingyu, reflected in his pupils, brought him a sliver of light.

"Die!!!"

Without another word, Ying Kai leaped from the car.

His long saber sliced through the rain, heading straight for Fang Qingyu's face.

Fang Qingyu instantly entered the Dragon Hibernation Breath state, shifting his body slightly to the side. The saber grazed his clothes as it slashed down. Simultaneously, he placed his left hand on Ying Kai's right hand holding the saber, pressing it down.

His right hand bent upwards, and a Ding Xin Elbow struck Ying Kai's chest.

In a fight to the death, every move was lethal!

Bang—

Ying Kai was sent staggering back several meters by the elbow strike.

However, after regaining his footing, he merely rubbed his chest, a grin spreading across his lips.

"Did you think I wouldn't be prepared for anything?"

Fang Qingyu frowned slightly and retracted his right hand, his elbow bone aching.

He looked at Ying Kai's chest.

An iron plate?

No, even an iron plate would have been dented by that elbow.

It was more like some kind of soft armor that could absorb kinetic energy?

But...

That wasn't enough.

Fang Qingyu adjusted his breathing. Before Ying Kai could make a move, he attacked first.

Although he didn't understand the reason behind all this yet.

As long as he could take the opponent down, everything would be easily resolved.

"Arrogant!"

Seeing this, Ying Kai's eyes widened in anger. He charged forward with his saber.

The moment the blade cut through the rain like a silver snake, Fang Qingyu's spine suddenly arched.

He shifted three inches to the side before the blade could touch his clothes, his right forearm sweeping towards Ying Kai's wrist like a steel whip.

His fingers precisely entered the gap between the radius bones.

"Let go!"

Amidst the roar, Fang Qingyu twisted his waist and hips, his rain-soaked shoes leaving half a circle of watermarks on the bluestone.

Ying Kai's entire right arm was twisted into a distorted pretzel, his knuckles instinctively loosening their grip on the saber handle due to the intense pain.

But Fang Qingyu's movements didn't stop. He used the momentum to bring the captured saber horizontally across his chest and brought his right elbow down heavily, channeling all his strength!

"Clang—!"

A metallic wail pierced the rain.

Water splashed between the two, exploding into a white mist.

"Now, continue."

Fang Qingyu dropped the saber hilt and looked at Ying Kai, who had retreated explosively.

This is bad.

Ying Kai gasped for breath, looking at Fang Qingyu as if he were a monster.

How could it only be a few days?

This kid's strength was so different from when he was on the stage before!!

He couldn't beat him.

The thought involuntarily popped into Ying Kai's mind.

He couldn't beat him even with the scale armor on.

But I have to survive!!

Ying Kai suddenly dropped his defensive posture, the madness in his eyes and the killing intent all over his body receding. As if giving up the struggle, he said with a tone of helplessness.

"Do you know what it means to join the Le You Merchant Guild?"

Fang Qingyu's forward steps suddenly halted as he heard this, his pupils widening slightly.

Goosebumps erupted all over his body.

In the Dragon Hibernation Breath state, Ying Kai seemed to have a great terror behind him!!!

However, he still subconsciously asked, "What?"

"It means a chance to step into the Transcendent realm."

"In the Martial Hall's Formal Class, you need to reach 300KG of strength before you can practice the Observation Method, and by practicing the Observation Method, you have a chance to step into the Transcendent realm!!!"

Ying Kai became more and more excited as he spoke.

"But for three years, a full three years, I haven't been able to touch the threshold of 300KG!!!"

"So I could only join the Le You Merchant Guild and try to catch a glimpse of that world that didn't belong to me."

"But now I understand, that world is for geniuses like you. It's not a place I can covet, so can you understand me?"

"Yes."

Fang Qingyu didn't advance at this moment; instead, he was slowly stepping backward.

"Then can you let me go this once?"

Ying Kai's face immediately lit up with joy upon hearing this.

"How much money do you want, I can give it to you, and it won't be easy to explain if you kill me."

"Yes, goodbye!"

As a shadow faintly appeared in the darkness, a string of black titles materialized under the car headlights.

Fang Qingyu left a sentence and turned to run.

[Life Spirit·Umbilical Evil]

There really were black titles!!

But this thing was completely different from what he had imagined!!!

With just one glance, Fang Qingyu was deeply impressed by it.

It was about 1.5 meters tall, its skin a bloated grayish-white like a drowned person, covered in black stitching. Its head retained the contours of human facial features, with its mouth split vertically down to the sternum, the opening filled with hook-like baby teeth.

The most disgusting part was the un-detached mass of flesh hanging from its navel.

Was this a human!!?

He had to run.

Or he would die!

This was the limit of Fang Qingyu's Level 3 Vigilance skill.

"Ah—"

He had only run a few dozen meters before Ying Kai's scream came from behind.

Fang Qingyu currently has no attribute points.

Otherwise, he would definitely add them to speed.

Less than 3 minutes had passed since Ying Kai intercepted him.

He estimated the police wouldn't arrive that quickly.

So if he wanted to live now, He could only rely on himself!!

So it turns out he wasn't mistaken that day after finishing work at the bar.

There really was a black title.

And the video Old Li showed when they ate with the delivery drivers was also real!!!

His breaths exploded in his chest, and the sounds of the wind, rain, and the splashing of his soles through puddles filled his ears.

Along with some lingering, Clammy, gurgling sounds like those from a meat grinder.

Fang Qingyu slammed on the brakes.

The streetlight ahead sparked, and within the pale blue arc of electricity, a fleshy umbilical cord mass dangled and writhed on the lamp.

The Life Spirit·Umbilical Evil hung upside down, its mouth split open to the sternum, dripping purple-black mucus from its hook-like baby teeth. The fleshy umbilical cord tumor suddenly contracted and bulged like a heart.

The sound of cracking bones came from within.

Ying Kai was dead.

That body was currently being devoured by the Life Spirit·Umbilical Evil's tumor.

"Hngh"

The hairs on the back of Fang Qingyu's neck stood on end, and he subconsciously activated Dragon Hibernation Breath.

Damn it, the rain was still falling.

Listening to the rain, which sounded as peaceful as ever.

Fang Qingyu suddenly took a deep breath.

This moment felt a bit like when he was a child.

Just like all those times he couldn't escape the bullying.

Since that's the case, He would fight!!!

But this time, it wasn't about beating them into submission or fear.

It was about beating them to death!!