Run.
Run.
His skin had been peeled off completely. That much Chen Chaosheng knew for certain.
Though he was a bloody, mangled mess, the man kept running, his expression grim.
I have to survive!
Why?
Why was there a Chief Surgeon Grade powerhouse in a remote place like this?
No...
Chen Chaosheng jolted with alarm.
It was a trap.
Chen Yao had fallen, and the Pestilence had broken out...
It was a trap!
He fled helplessly, but the bones in his body let out agonized howls.
[Bone Shaving].
His bones seemed to have been sawed through. The once all-conquering Seven Shining Star collapsed onto the ground.
Chen Yao was completely dumbstruck. She couldn't believe that what was happening before her eyes was real.
The [Seven Xuanyuan Stars] should have been the most outstanding young generation in all of Xuanyuan, with formidable strength.
Though they had never gone through the Selection, they knew full well that people like the Seven Shining Stars would surely secure a [Ranking] and enter a massive faction.
But now...
This woman was no more than eighteen or nineteen.
Why...
"[Plague Armor Avatar]."
"Xuanyuan has never... had a Chief Surgeon this young..."
"You... who... who are you..."
Chen Chaosheng lay collapsed on the ground, like a pool of black mud.
Click, click.
Red high heels tapped against the ground.
Xia Yu wore a protective mask, and the rose on her right side looked all the more alluring.
"The president told us that villains should act like villains. There's no need to keep introducing ourselves, but I think death deserves a little more fanfare."
Xia Yu narrowed her eyes.
She spoke softly. "[Patient Association]."
"NO.11."
"Xia Yu is my real name, you know."
Chen Chaosheng's eyes widened, even though he had already been stripped of his skin.
The pain in his body was nothing compared to the shock in his heart.
"It... It was that bitch Di Qiuyan who leaked our location to you!"
Chen Chaosheng's voice was hoarse and desperate.
But by then, Xia Yu had lost interest.
[Snake and Scorpion] radiated a suffocating presence.
The game of the big fish eating the little fish had reached its end.
There was no fish bigger than Xia Yu now.
[Secondary Bone Shaving].
Her blade carved a cross.
Every bone shattered.
One of the Seven Xuanyuan Stars, [In-Situ Tremor] Chen Chaosheng, was dead.
Zhou Zhi watched it all unfold with calm eyes.
This world made him feel that death was a terribly careless affair.
The ferocious Yu Jinhai, Wu Ji who had only looked out for himself, Qiu Ti who had mastered his divine art, and even this brutal, terrifying Seven Shining Star—
Everything ended here, becoming ownerless, withered bones.
"It's over."
The scarlet slime dispersed. Xia Yu shed her luxurious, bewitching appearance and returned to the air of a young girl she'd once had.
But Zhou Zhi would never forget that power, terrifying beyond all else.
"[Bone Shaving]..."
Zhou Zhi's eyes flickered.
Since Plague Exterminators all wielded powers rooted in medicine, what kind of system did Xia Yu use?
Chen Yao came to as if waking from a Great Dream, then collapsed onto the ground.
A little while later, some liquid seeped out onto the ground.
And then...
She died.
Zhou Zhi's eyes were cold.
He hadn't noticed a thing. He had no idea how Xia Yu had done it, or when. He knew nothing at all.
"You're quite pretty, but you should've had your eyes altered..."
Muttering, Xia Yu walked over.
The corners of her mouth lifted slightly.
Just as they had when Zhou Zhi first met her.
"Mr. Zhou Zhi, now that all the noisy people are gone, we can have a pleasant chat."
Xia Yu waved her hand.
All that remained of Blue Stone Town Central Hospital were its broken walls and ruins.
With Qiu Ti, the Disease Core, gone, the Mucus Men and Throat Beasts had also lost all signs of life.
"What do you want to do?"
Zhou Zhi asked slowly.
Xia Yu narrowed her eyes. "What I want to do—you've already guessed, haven't you?"
Zhou Zhi fell silent.
The Medical Student had brought Chen Yao to Qingshi.
Blue Stone Town had become pathogenized, and Xia Yu had brought Qiu Ti what she called hope.
That had drawn Chen Chaosheng here.
"It worked. Opportunities to kill a genius in the human world don't come around often."
Xia Yu spoke lightly.
Her crescent-moon eyes were lovely.
Zhou Zhi didn't ask why.
Clearly, the woman before him wasn't a good person either.
Xia Yu narrowed her eyes and stared at Zhou Zhi.
"Do you know, Mr. Zhou Zhi?"
"Normally, I'd kill everyone, you included. But I don't plan to kill you."
Smiling, Xia Yu said the most frightening thing of all. "Because you're interesting."
"I checked Bai Xiu's underground Clinic. That poor wretch, Bai Xiu, was missing a lung, and one of the bodies we'd handled earlier was missing, too."
Xia Yu's eyes widened, as if she'd found some curious new toy.
"Back from the dead, with absolutely no rejection."
"How fascinating."
Zhou Zhi stayed silent.
It was a loophole.
When he'd left the basement, anyone who'd thought to examine it could have reached the same conclusion as Xia Yu.
And Xia Yu, a hidden big boss like her, would never overlook a single detail.
"So, what do you want to do?"
Zhou Zhi looked at Xia Yu's flawless face.
There wasn't a single fault in it. She was so beautiful that she seemed almost unreal.
Xia Yu shrugged. "Don't be scared... Oh, you don't look all that scared, either."
The girl stuck out her tongue.
Then she revealed a strange smile.
"Want to give this a try?"
Zhou Zhi's pupils shifted slightly.
What Xia Yu held was the complete human skin of Chen Chaosheng.
Flesh and blood dripped from it, a sight so gruesome no one could bear to look.
But the innocent, carefree girl treated it like a warm blanket.
"What are you going to do?"
Zhou Zhi asked.
"Run a test."
Xia Yu raised one finger.
"If you succeed, I'll give you a reward."
"If you fail."
"You'll die."
Zhou Zhi looked at Xia Yu. "Can I refuse?"
Xia Yu nodded. "Sure. Then you can just go die."
Zhou Zhi fell silent, then spoke.
"What's the test?"
Xia Yu looked delighted. It was a sick kind of delight. Zhou Zhi always felt that there was something about her that wasn't quite human, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was.
"Put on the [Human Skin] and experience what it's like to be one of the Seven Shining Stars."
"Of course... rejection is inevitable."
Xia Yu smiled. "It should be a painful process, but it doesn't matter. Life is painful to begin with. Suffering in pursuit of beauty is part of beauty, and part of life."
Zhou Zhi had a bad feeling.
A message appeared before his eyes.
About the human skin.
[Complete Human Skin of Chen Chaosheng, one of the Seven Shining Stars].
[Pathogenization Index: 3.6 percent].
[Created by Xia Yu].
[The complete human skin contains mysterious power].
[Put it on, and you might become him. Of course, that is, if you don't find it disgusting].
Zhou Zhi's pupils widened.
In an instant!
The pain burst forth, overflowing!!
His skin...
peeled away!!!
Blood poured everywhere!!!
"Hehe, time to put on your new clothes."
Xia Yu smiled sweetly at Zhou Zhi as he screamed.
Before his eyes, she was as sick and twisted as a demon.
My first recommendation is here!
Come on, give me some reads! Come on, give me some reads!
Before you continue