Wooo--!!!
The sharp, piercing flute tore through the night sky, like an invisible whip frantically lashing the entire old dormitory building!
The whole building groaned under unbearable strain like a startled beast, shaking violently! Dust and fragments of stone rained down!
"Heh heh... heh heh..."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Creak--!!!
Countless bone-chilling sounds erupted from below! It was as if Hell Gate had been thrown open!
A suffocating stench of corpses mixed with freezing yin wind, flooding the entire building like a burst dam!
First floor! Rusted iron bunk beds were overturned!
Purple zombies (Grade E), their skin deep violet and covered in sparse white hair, crawled out from beneath beds and broken cabinets with roars!
Second floor! Rotten wooden doors were smashed apart!
More than a dozen white zombies (Grade D), with bluish-black skin and swift movements, broke free! Bloodthirsty light danced in their eyes!
Third floor! The walls were smashed open with great holes! Three green zombies (Grade C), their dark green skin covered in short, stiff green hair and carrying rusted iron rods, roared as they entered the corridor! Their heavy footsteps made the floorboards tremble!
A corpse tide! A true corpse tide! Like a school of piranhas that had smelled blood, driven mad by the flute, they surged from all three floors via the stairs, the holes, and even by climbing the outer walls, rushing toward the sole source of strong living human aura and blazing yang blood--Fang Gang on the fourth floor!
The entire old dormitory building instantly became a boiling nest of corpses! The aura of death was so dense it seemed tangible!
"Sweet mother of mine!"
Chen Tao, beyond the distant cordon, dropped onto the ground in terror. Pale-faced, he stared at the haunted building packed with countless zombie figures and churning like an enormous beehive. "It's over... It's all over! Brother Fang, he..."
Fang Gang stood in the shaking fourth-floor corridor like a lone reef amid raging waves.
The Bronze Battle Halberd on his shoulder trembled slightly, emitting a deep hum.
Facing the corpse tide flooding up from below, reeking of decay and death, he showed not the slightest fear. Instead, battle intent fiercer than Nine Yang True Fire burned in his eyes!
146 Evolution Points glittered on the panel!
Add points! True Nine Yang Divine Skill! Fang Gang roared inwardly!
Boom--!!!
The 146 Evolution Points burned away instantly!
A blazing torrent far more immense and tyrannical than when he had previously broken through to minor mastery exploded from deep within his dantian!
His golden-red Nine Yang Inner Breath swelled, compressed, and underwent a qualitative transformation like an ignited stellar core! The scorching torrent roared through the broad meridians of the mid-Tendon Transformation Realm, its temperature soaring! Strands of golden-red flames erupted from every pore of Fang Gang's body, and the floor beneath his feet instantly blackened and carbonized!
True Nine Yang Divine Skill: Minor Mastery (100/500) → Major Mastery (246/500)!
Major Mastery Nine Yang! The might to burn mountains and boil seas had begun to emerge!
"Come on, then!" Fang Gang roared like divine thunder from the heavens! He yanked the Bronze Battle Halberd from the floor! His Major Mastery Nine Yang Inner Breath poured into the weapon without reserve!
Hummm--!!!
The heavy Bronze Battle Halberd instantly turned crimson from end to end!
Golden-red flames blazed fiercely along the halberd blade, radiating a terrifying heat that could incinerate the eight wastelands! The surrounding air warped under the heat!
Facing the dozen or so purple and white zombies that were the first to roar and charge up the stairs, Fang Gang advanced instead of retreating! With one step, the charred floor beneath him exploded!
"Horizontal sweep!"
He gripped the burning halberd with both hands, using his waist as the pivot as the strength of a savage elephant erupted throughout his body!
The Bronze Battle Halberd, burning with Nine Yang True Fire, swept toward the corpse horde like an awakened flaming dragon, carrying a terrifying shriek that tore through the air and a tyrannical will to burn everything to ash!
Whoosh--!!!
An incomparably blazing golden-red fan-shaped wave of fire erupted violently along the halberd blade's path!
Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!
Like a hot knife cutting through solidified butter!
The seven or eight purple and white zombies at the front did not even have time to scream upon touching the golden-red wave of flames. Their bodies melted and vaporized instantly like wax figures thrown into a steel furnace!
They became clusters of violently burning filthy torches! The stench of charred flesh shot into the sky!
The zombies behind them were sent flying by the violent shockwave and their companions' burning remains. They tumbled down the stairs like rolling gourds, throwing the corpse tide below into chaos!
Ding! Killed purple zombie (Grade E)... Obtained Evolution Points +5... +5... +5! Ding! Killed white zombie (Grade D)... Obtained Evolution Points +8... +8! Available Evolution Points: 146 + ? ≈ 180+ (continuing to increase)!
One strike! The stairway entrance was cleared!
But the corpse tide was endless! More zombies trampled over their companions' ashes and remains, fearlessly surging upward once again!
Green and white zombies also roared as they crawled out through the holes in the walls on both sides!
"Roar!" A green zombie wielding a rusted steel bar burst through the wall from the side. Carrying a reeking gust, it drove the steel bar toward Fang Gang's back!
Fang Gang did not even look. He threw a backhanded punch!
His fist, burning with golden-red flames, struck first despite moving later!
The green zombie's head and half its shoulder vaporized instantly! Its headless body was hurled away by the force of the punch, smashing down half a wall!
Ding! Killed green zombie (Grade C)! Obtained Evolution Points +10!
He was like a tireless killing machine, twisting and weaving through the narrow fourth-floor corridor! Every swing of his burning halberd raised a golden-red sea of flames that incinerated the corpse tide!
The suppression of yin-evil zombies by Major Mastery Nine Yang True Fire had reached a terrifying level!
Any zombie below Grade C ignited on contact and burned at a touch! The occasional straggler that managed to reach him was easily blown apart by his fists, covered in dark golden skin like molten lava!
Corpses burned! Remains flew! Evolution Points surged wildly!
Fang Gang grew braver with every battle! Nine Yang True Fire roared through his body, and every kill made the flames burn even fiercer!
Like a moving incinerator, he reduced the corpse tide to ashes wherever he passed! His dark golden bald head gleamed in the firelight like an undying beacon!
"Now this is satisfying!" Fang Gang shouted, blasting a white zombie that lunged at him into burning fragments with one punch!
The feeling of crushing everything with absolute strength made every drop of blood in his body boil!
However, just as he was killing to his heart's content--
Wooo--!!!
The flute in the night sky suddenly rose to an extremely shrill, utterly mad pitch! It was like countless steel needles plunging viciously into the mind!
With that crazed flute, the corpse tide's assault below abruptly stalled! Immediately afterward, an even colder and more violent aura erupted from the first floor!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three enormous figures crashed through the load-bearing wall of the first-floor lobby. Trampling over countless low-grade zombie remains, they charged up the stairs with thunderous rumbles like three heavy tanks!
They stood nearly three meters tall! Their deep green, almost black skin was covered in thick green hair like steel needles! Their muscles knotted like rock, and savage green ghostfire danced in their eyes!
Most horrifying of all were the weapons they dragged--three enormous horse-chopping sabers the size of doors, covered in dark red blood scabs and barbs!
Their blades scraped across the floor with piercing screeches, scattering sparks! An intense, bloody killing aura rushed forward!
Three armed green zombie leaders (Grade C+)!
Carrying corpse poison domains, they were like three moving walls of death sealing off the entire stairway! They had only one target--the bald man slaughtering zombies above!
"Roar!!!" The lead zombie leader released an earth-shaking bellow, raising its enormous horse-chopping saber high. Carrying terrifying force capable of splitting mountains and shattering peaks, it hacked down at Fang Gang above the stairs!
The blade wind was so fierce that it forcibly snuffed out even the lingering flames on the burning corpses along its path!
The power of that strike far surpassed an ordinary green zombie! It had absolutely reached the threshold of Grade B!
At the same time, the other two green zombie leaders swung their horse-chopping sabers, one from the left and one from the right, sweeping toward Fang Gang's waist with evil gusts that tore through the air! A three-pronged attack! There was nowhere to evade!
"Finally, something tougher!" Ferocity burst from Fang Gang's eyes. Not only was he unafraid, he was even more excited! He drove the burning halberd back into the floor!
Facing three terrifying horse-chopping sabers capable of cleaving through tanks, he chose to meet them head-on once more! He wanted to test the limits of the Vajra Indestructible Body empowered by Major Mastery Nine Yang!
"Vajra! Nine Yang! Activate!"
Fang Gang roared inwardly! The restored incomplete version of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art and the Major Mastery True Nine Yang Divine Skill circulated at full force simultaneously!
Hummm--!!!
The skin across his body instantly turned into dark golden, immortal divine iron! Beneath it, layer upon layer of fascia tightened like the toughest alloy chains! His muscles bulged like dragons!
A layer of condensed, tangible golden-red Nine Yang True Fire burst from his body and blazed across his skin, forming a flowing suit of molten armor!
He clenched both fists, golden-red flames wrapping around his knuckles like two burning miniature suns! Deep within his left arm, the refined lightning rune flickered faintly, ready to strike!
Boom! Clang! Clang!
Three earth-shaking explosions rang out almost at once!
The frontal horse-chopping saber hacked viciously into Fang Gang's crossed arms! Its violent power was like a landslide and tsunami!
Golden-red flames scraped fiercely against dark golden skin, exploding with dazzling sparks and ear-piercing screeches!
The sabers from the left and right struck Fang Gang's waist, ribs, and back at the same time! Blades and barbs capable of tearing steel viciously ripped at that layer of flowing molten armor!
The tremendous impact instantly cracked and collapsed the ground beneath Fang Gang's feet! He was forcibly driven half a foot into the floor as dust filled the air!
And yet!
After cutting less than an inch into the golden-red molten armor, the blades of those three terrifying sabers seemed to strike a wall of countless layered sighs and could advance no further!
Their immense force and corpse poison were furiously burned and purified by Nine Yang True Fire! Even more violent sizzling erupted!
Only three shallow white marks remained on Fang Gang's dark golden skin! There were not even any red marks!
"Roar?!!" The savage ghostfire in the three green zombie leaders' eyes flickered violently, revealing stunned disbelief for the first time!
Their combined strike was enough to break through talismanic defenses, yet it had failed to even break the bald man's skin?!
"Trying to scratch an itch?" Fang Gang's cold voice emerged from the dust, carrying a hint of mockery. He suddenly inhaled, his chest swelling like a bellows! His arm muscles bulged as the strength of a savage elephant erupted!
"Get lost!"
His arms suddenly snapped outward!
Boom--!!!
A terrifying, unstoppable force mixed with explosive Nine Yang True Fire erupted from Fang Gang's body like a volcanic blast!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The three green zombie leaders, along with their heavy horse-chopping sabers, were hit head-on like by a speeding train. They let out pained shrieks as their massive bodies staggered uncontrollably backward, making the stairs rumble beneath their feet!
"My turn!"
Golden flames burst from Fang Gang's eyes! He stepped forward, and the collapsed floor beneath his feet exploded again!
Like a burning meteor, his body instantly appeared before the staggering green zombie leader directly ahead!
Great Sun Incinerating Demon Palm!
He raised his right palm high! His Major Mastery Nine Yang Inner Breath compressed madly!
Within his palm, golden-red flames condensed in an instant into a blinding fireball radiating an aura capable of burning mountains and boiling seas!
It was as if he held a miniature sun in his hand! The terrible heat warped and ignited the air itself!
Without the slightest hesitation, carrying the tyrannical will to incinerate every evil thing, he slammed that blazing sun in his palm into the green zombie leader's chest, which was covered in steel-needle green hair!
Boom--!!!!
An indescribable explosion! Golden-red solar true fire instantly swallowed the green zombie leader's massive body! The supremely yang and unyielding force surged into it like breached molten lava!
Sizzle--!!!!
Dazzling white light and scorching shockwaves erupted violently!
The green zombie leader only managed half a scream before its entire upper body vaporized under the palm sun's blast, like ice thrown into a steel furnace!
Only two charred legs remained standing!
Ding! Killed 'green zombie leader (Grade C+)'! Obtained Evolution Points +30! Available Evolution Points: 210+!
One strike! An instant kill of a Grade C+ leader!
When the other two green zombie leaders saw their companion's horrifying instant vaporization, the savage ghostfire in their eyes was instantly replaced by fear!
They let out terrified shrieks and actually dared not continue fighting, turning to flee!
"Trying to run?" A cold curve lifted at Fang Gang's lips. He made a grasping motion with his left hand, and the Bronze Battle Halberd embedded in the ground hummed as it flew into his hand! Nine Yang True Fire ignited upon the blade again!
"Kill!"
Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, he charged at the remaining two leaders with the burning halberd trailing golden-red flames that could incinerate all things!
Blazing halberd shadows flew through the air, while violent power crushed everything!
Very soon, two brief screams rang out alongside violent explosions. Only two burning, charred remains and scattered enormous blade fragments were left in the corridor!
Ding! Killed 'green zombie leader (Grade C+)'! Obtained Evolution Points +30! Ding! Killed 'green zombie leader (Grade C+)'! Obtained Evolution Points +30! Available Evolution Points: 270+!
Night sky outside the building.
The piercing flute produced an extremely brief, grating crack at the instant Fang Gang withstood the three saber strikes and incinerated a leader with one palm! It was as if the flutist's mind had been violently shaken!
In the distant shadows, a cloaked figure stood atop a water tower, gripping a bone flute as white as death.
Beneath the cloak, two scarlet points flickered violently, filled with incredulous fury.
"How is that possible... That bald man's defense... and those flames..." The hoarse voice carried a barely perceptible tremble.
It looked at the golden-red flames constantly erupting from the fourth-floor windows of the haunted building below, the dying shrieks of zombies, and the dark golden figure standing firm in the corpse tide like a reef. A chill crawled up its spine.
"He cannot be allowed to live!" Scarlet light flared in the cloaked figure's eyes as it raised the bone flute to its mouth again. An even more frenzied and vicious melody was about to erupt!
Just then--
A faint streak of black light, nearly blending into the night, silently shot from the shadows of another abandoned teaching building below like a venomous snake!
Its target was the cloaked figure's back atop the water tower! It was as fast as lightning, its timing viciously precise!
The cloaked figure jolted in alarm! Its flute-playing motion was forcibly interrupted as it twisted sideways!
Pfft!
The black streak grazed the edge of its cloak, tearing away a shred of cloth and a trace of viscous dark red fluid! It sank deeply into the water tower's concrete wall--a black short dart engraved with complex runes!
"Who?!" The cloaked figure was shocked and enraged as its scarlet gaze swept fiercely toward the shadows from which the attack had come!
Within the shadows, a tall figure in a black trench coat flashed past and vanished, as though melting into ink wash. Only a cool whisper drifted through the night wind:
"Your flute is too unpleasant."
The cloaked figure was both shocked and furious, its scarlet gaze rapidly shifting between the restless haunted building below the water tower and the shadows where the attacker had vanished.
Fang Gang's terrifying defense and flames that incinerated everything, combined with this mysterious ambusher...
"Retreat!" It made the decision at once, letting out an unwilling low growl. Its figure flickered, turning into a wisp of black smoke that blended into the night and instantly vanished from atop the water tower.
Fourth floor of the old dormitory building.
Fang Gang was sending the last horse-chopping saber—and its owner's head—flying when he suddenly realized that the flute music frantically driving the zombie horde... had stopped?
As the flute fell silent, the zombie horde downstairs, once savage and bloodthirsty, seemed to have lost its backbone. Its assault instantly became chaotic and sluggish!
Many low-level zombies even stopped in confusion, howling mindlessly where they stood.
"Hm?" Fang Gang raised a brow and looked toward where the flute had last come from, catching only a trace of rapidly fading, chilling energy. It had run away?
The dark-black Resentful Eye mark on his left arm gradually stopped writhing after the flute fell silent, but the dark-gold vertical slit at its tip had not fully closed. The icy greed within it remained fixed on the source of the flute music, as well as...
An exceedingly faint energy fluctuation from another powerful presence, one that had only just dissipated? Fang Gang thoughtfully glanced at a shadowy corner downstairs.
He shook the filthy blood and charred debris from his halberd blade and looked over the mountain of zombie remains and ashes piled across the corridor and stairwell. It was like a slaughterhouse of Asura.
His phone rang. It was Chen Tao's voice, still trembling with fear:
"F-Fang! Are you all right?! My god! That building... that commotion... The flute seems to have stopped?! The zombie horde retreated?!"
"Yeah, I cleared them out." Fang Gang's voice was calm, as though he had merely swept away a pile of trash.
"C-Cleared them out?!"
Chen Tao's voice suddenly rose, filled with incredulous ecstasy and awe. "I-I'll bring people in to clean up the scene right away! No! You should rest first! You're the great hero! The bonus! Leave it to me!"
Fang Gang ignored Chen Tao's excitement. His gaze swept over the devastated corridor before finally stopping at the relatively intact dormitory door at the end, numbered 401.
During the fiercest part of the battle, he seemed to have vaguely sensed an extremely concealed, pure chill flicker behind that door. It carried an ancient aura utterly out of place amid the surrounding stench of corpses.
But when he checked again now, the aura had vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared.
He slung his halberd over his shoulder and strode out of the dormitory building, which reeked of scorched flesh and blood.
His dark-gold bald head reflected a hard, cold gleam in the faint morning light, like a war god who had just emerged from the Hell Furnace.
His phone vibrated, and a new delivery notification popped up:
"Your purchase, 'Dugu Nine Swords (Illustrated Detailed Edition),' has arrived at the Cainiao Station..."
Fang Gang looked at the message, then lowered his eyes to the dark-black mark on his left arm.
"Dugu Nine Swords? Break all techniques?"
"Hmph, perfect." The battle intent in his eyes had yet to fade; instead, it grew sharper. "Just wait, demons and monsters... Next time, I'll definitely break you!"
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