The Card Apprentice
Chapter 67

Entering the city

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Outside Dongshang Guard City, Chen Mu could not help asking, "We're going in looking like this?" The Devil Woman had just applied some strange things to his face, immediately transforming his appearance into someone else's. He still looked young, but there was absolutely no way to connect him to his former appearance.

His complexion now looked waxy yellow and somewhat sickly, his eye sockets sunken. The Devil Woman had stuffed a yellow fruit into his mouth, and this was the result. The waxy yellow color had not been painted on; it was a reaction in his body, and his entire body had turned that color. Still, Chen Mu felt no discomfort. It had done him no harm.

Such a technique for changing someone's appearance was truly breathtaking. Compared with it, An Xiaoyou's idea was so crude it practically shed crumbs, with little practical value.

"I'm mute." The Devil Woman pronounced the words awkwardly, making Chen Mu want to laugh.

Chen Mu discovered that the Devil Woman was extremely familiar with the terrain outside the city. She could find her bearings accurately in this vast jungle without needing a map card.

Carrying Chen Mu, she had run from the wilderness outside Polinton to the outskirts of Dongshang Guard City's main urban area. Throughout the entire journey, Chen Mu had never even seen her stop to check her direction.

Fortunately, he had grown fairly accustomed to the Devil Woman's formidable abilities.

With a different face, Chen Mu felt a little uncomfortable, but he quickly brought himself under control.

At some point, the Devil Woman had changed her clothes. Chen Mu maliciously wondered which Card Adept she had killed and stripped them from. Her face had changed too. Only then did Chen Mu realize that the scabs and scars on her face had

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