When the radiant light dispersed, a sinister-faced youth lay among the scattered rocks, his eyes tightly shut and his body motionless.
He had a narrow face and a square jaw, a tiger's head and an eagle's eyes. He wore a Sky-Piercing Winged Benevolent Crown and a Python-Dragon Crimson-Blood Robe, with a Jade Lion Belt around his waist and Gold-Thread Worry-Free Shoes on his feet.
His build was powerful and burly, and his attire resembled that of a military officer in the mortal world. He certainly cut an impressive figure.
"Our success this time was all thanks to you, Chief. This is the realm of Xudu Heaven, governed jointly by Daoists from the Eight Sects and Six Schools. If my Great Turning Wheel Temple intervened, I fear it would be taken as deliberate provocation. That would be awkward indeed. Without you-"
At the sight, Laughing Monk sighed softly, deeply moved.
But before he could offer any further words of thanks,
Zhou Ji had already slapped a paw onto Lu Man's face with great enthusiasm!
Even though Zhou Ji had deliberately held back his strength,
the blow still shattered Lu Man's protective radiance, knocked his mouth and nose askew, and sent blood spilling from his mouth. The pain jolted him awake.
"You..."
As he opened his eyes in a daze, he found a dog's face grinning bizarrely right in front of him.
After a brief moment of shock, Lu Man reacted swiftly. His gaze sharpened, and he raised a hand to release a Red White-Bone Banner, planting it in the ground. Billowing dark clouds immediately poured forth and surged straight ahead.
Within the dark clouds were countless female ghosts baring their teeth and brandishing their claws. Every one of them was pregnant, their bellies a bloody mess of mangled flesh, with Baleful