Complete Decomposition

Years later, whenever Xian Wu thought back on this, a chill still ran down his spine.

Without the Demon Left Hand, the little girl and he would probably both have had weeds growing a yard high over their graves.

So he called over the culprit and gave her a stern "lesson."

In the blink of an eye, before Xian Wu had time to think things through, his body had already rushed forward.

"Quick... Get out of the way! Do you want to die?" Hu Yan Lan Ruo, atop the dog, finally realized something was wrong.

The main reason was that Xian Wu's black robe stood out too much, clashing with the surroundings like a giant lump of charcoal.

But she realized it too late. Her mount was now just a step away from him.

"It's over, it's over. Xian Wu's dead for sure." Lu Piao covered his eyes, afraid to see the gruesome sight of guts and organs flying everywhere.

"Watch out!" Nie Li stamped his feet in alarm, but there was nothing he could do to help.

"Er Ya, my child!" The shopkeeper dashed outside without a thought for his own safety, but an employee held him back.

Xian Wu put himself between the little girl and the danger. With his right hand, he lifted his robe, while thrusting out the Demon Left Hand.

The little girl had retrieved her ball, but the huge dog and crazy woman charging straight at her had scared her stiff.

"Stop, stop! Make it stop!" Hu Yan Lan Ruo clung desperately to the dog's mane, trying to slow it down, but to little effect.

The Giant Mastiff was moving too fast. At such a short distance, only a Black Gold Spirit Master could make it stop.

With danger bearing down on him, Xian Wu didn't panic. Losing his head wouldn't help; it would only hasten his death.

He fixed his gaze on the Giant Mastiff's foremost protruding part and charged straight at it before it could hit him.

"Secret Technique: Complete Decomposition!!!"

A thunderous roar burst from Xian Wu's chest, like a clap of thunder on a clear day.

In an instant, time and space seemed to freeze.

The moment the pad of the Demon Left Hand touched the dog's fur, its power of decomposition spread through the Giant Mastiff's entire body, brutally and indiscriminately.

Before anyone could even react, the Giant Mastiff vanished into thin air.

Still astride nothing but air, Hu Yan Lan Ruo continued moving forward under the force of her momentum, tracing a parabola through the air.

By some fluke, her legs were spread apart as she flew past Xian Wu's hood.

Then, "Smack! Aah!" She hit the ground, and her butt was probably in eight pieces.

As Hu Yan Lan Ruo sailed past, a storm of charcoal dust rose in front of Xian Wu.

The dust storm wasn't made up of charcoal alone. It contained metal atoms too, but they oxidized the instant they came into contact with the air.

That was also why the charcoal dust was warm.

Luckily, his cloak protected him. Otherwise, he would have been covered in the dead dog's remains.

The reason he could completely decompose the entire dog, rather than just its fur, was that his own perception had played a part.

In other words, Xian Wu hadn't regarded the dog's fur as a separate entity. He had viewed the fur and the dog as a whole.

So when the Demon Left Hand decomposed the fur, it decomposed the whole dog along with it.

As for when Xian Wu had cut up wood at the waste disposal site, he had simply treated the plant cells as individual entities.

A few experiments would be enough to master the technique. After all, scrap wood at the waste disposal site was worthless.

"Wheeze... wheeze..." By the time Xian Wu came to his senses, he was drenched in sweat. He gasped for breath.

His legs gave way, and he slumped to the ground.

Just now... he'd nearly died...

Damn it, why couldn't he ever learn?

Back then, he had transmigrated into the world of Tales of Demons and Gods after trying to save someone. He hadn't expected to end up in a different place and still be just as reckless.

This was ridiculous.

He was the only one who could get drunk on his own foolishness.

Just as Xian Wu was trying to recover from the shock, he suddenly felt a draft around his crotch.

???

Holy crap, Left Hand, what the hell!

Without Xian Wu's conscious control, the Demon Left Hand had automatically decomposed whatever it touched.

"Thank you, mister~" The little girl ran over, ball in her arms, sweet and well-behaved.

Xian Wu rolled his eyes. He might look old, but his body was only thirteen. Wasn't "mister" a bit much?

"You're welcome." Xian Wu rubbed the top of her head with his right hand. "Go home, and don't run into the middle of the road again."

Quickly ducking back under his cloak, Xian Wu grabbed the torn left side of his underwear with his right hand and slowly got to his feet.

"Daddy... Waaah..." The little girl hadn't cried out in the street, but once she threw herself into her father's arms, she burst into tears.

Xian Wu nodded in satisfaction, then got up and left, planning to look for another tailor.

Having done his good deed, he brushed off his clothes and disappeared without a trace.

Then he thought better of it. Why look for another tailor? He'd gotten on the wrong side of the little princess from a Prominent Family. He'd better get out of here fast.

Time to run.

Meanwhile, Hu Yan Lan Ruo, whose butt had taken a terrible fall, forced herself to her feet despite the pain.

She felt as if she were dreaming. Bewildered, she looked around at the passersby pointing at her.

She'd been riding Dog King around town just a moment ago. How had she suddenly ended up sitting on the ground?

"Dog King?" Hu Yan Lan Ruo called out instinctively, her voice sweet and soft, with a hint of sultriness.

"Where's my Dog King? Did you steal him?" Hu Yan Lan Ruo grabbed a passerby by the collar and demanded an answer, baring her teeth and claws.

"I dunno! I just came out to buy some soy sauce."

"Was it you?" After shoving the passerby onto all fours, Hu Yan Lan Ruo grabbed another innocent bystander.

"Miss Hu Yan, I didn't steal your Dog King. He just went 'whoosh' and vanished into thin air all by himself. Really! Ask the people who were watching!"

"Lies!" Hu Yan Lan Ruo snapped through gritted teeth. "He was perfectly fine. How could he just vanish into thin air? You dare lie to me!"

Just as Hu Yan Lan Ruo raised her whip to teach the "liar" in her hand a proper lesson, a clear child's voice rang out.

"Bad woman!"

As the voice rang out, a ball landed squarely on Hu Yan Lan Ruo's head.

"Hm?" Hu Yan Lan Ruo seemed to remember something and turned to look.

The shopkeeper hurriedly hid the little girl behind him and told an employee to take her back inside.

"Don't move! Stay right there!" Hu Yan Lan Ruo tossed the "liar" aside like a piece of trash and strode angrily toward the tailor shop.

"Miss Hu Yan, please be the bigger person. Don't hold it against a child," the shopkeeper pleaded.

"Get out of my way!" Hu Yan Lan Ruo shoved him aside.

Pushing past the shop's employees, she finally saw the little rascal who had hit her with the ball.

She remembered. Hu Yan Lan Ruo suddenly remembered everything.

The events that had just happened flashed through her mind like scenes from a movie.

"Where's that man in the black cloak?!!!" Hu Yan Lan Ruo roared at the sky, and the entire Academy Street trembled three times.

Her roar was as terrifying as a shrew's.

By then, Xian Wu had already run back to Sacred Orchid Academy, holding his bright red underwear.

The passersby hurried to help the young lady search, but Xian Wu and the huge dog seemed to have vanished into thin air.

While Hu Yan Lan Ruo was looking around, the shopkeeper gave an employee a meaningful glance. The employee hurriedly led Lu Piao and Nie Li into the back room.