"Heh..."
Fang Qing gave a derisive laugh, turned down a corridor, and entered a courtyard.
Mistletoe clung to the wall, while a fountain stood opposite.
In the fountain, several mermaids seemed to be singing their hearts out.
Their lower halves were fish tails covered in iridescent scales with a blue-green base. Their upper bodies were nearly bare, adorned only with shells and pearls.
They looked his way, hair cascading like waterfalls, their eyes full of invitation...
"Such interesting demonic beast girls. I really ought to have some fun..."
A devil-may-care smile on his face, Fang Qing strode forward.
After all, he was here to take the hits for his true self. Why would he fear a trap? He might as well step into one on purpose.
Seeing him approach, the mermaids exchanged glances. The flesh beneath their scales began to rot, exposing stark white bone.
Holes opened in their once-pretty faces. Beneath the skin, there seemed to be nothing at all...
No!
With a rustling sound, beetles crawled out through the holes.
"I knew it... Anything this eager can't be good."
Fang Qing sighed. He pressed the index and middle fingers of his right hand together like a sword and made a gentle slash.
Great Void light flashed. Several silver blades swept across the bony mermaids' necks...
Thud! Thud!
The bodies fell one after another, and an inexplicable radiance separated from them.
"What... Monsters drop rewards when you kill them?"
Before Fang Qing could step forward, his expression turned solemn. "Here comes the big one... Did the aura of that bone flute I revealed draw it here?"
Whoosh!
A pale wind blew through. Wind had no form or shape, yet Fang Qing sensed this wind as pale: it swept away life and vigor.
The castle collapsed with a roar, crumbling