Parallel World. →
Zuo Xiangming appeared out of thin air amid ripples in space, then fell flat on his face.
This Zuo Xiangming was bloated and fat, his face covered in corpse spots. Once he got up, he cursed, "Shit! It's all shit! Anyone who judges by appearances is shit!"
Why had the Dark King chosen another Zuo Xiangming?
Because that Zuo Xiangming was the best-looking!
The other Zuo Xiangmings were either ancient and decrepit or had mutated further, like him. Some had enormous heads; others had bodies like giant insects, with half a terrifying human torso at the front.
One glance was enough to tell they were no good.
This Zuo Xiangming was a perfect example.
His body was bloated, yet his legs were thin as bamboo poles. One arm was thick and the other skinny. A face resembling Situ Shibai's grew on the thick arm, while the skinny one gripped a bone staff. Green flames burned inside the skull at its tip.
Needless to say, any normal person who saw him would frown and suspect he was some wanted criminal with a mountain of crimes to his name.
When he finished cursing, Zuo Xiangming spat hard at the ground. His saliva was green, and the instant it landed, it turned to mist and dispersed.
The plague began to spread.
Farther away, several wild deer with golden antlers were eating the tenderest leaves from the trees.
They were a herd of Mutated Beasts. Every deer possessed the Golden Light Shield. When they activated it, their antlers radiated dazzling golden light that could both ward off enemy attacks and cleanse all kinds of Negative Status effects.
Suddenly, one deer collapsed. Startled, the others activated their Golden Light Shields, and brilliant golden light spilled through the grove.
But their defenses did