"Little girl, I like the look of you. I'll take you as my female disciple." Rotten Devil gave a lecherous laugh and reached out to seize the woman.
"Old man, you stink." The woman broke into a smile. Tang Wen found it extraordinarily bewitching, even soul-shaking.
Rip!
A sharp ripping sound was followed by Rotten Devil's heart-rending scream. Tang Wen looked over and nearly froze in fright.
The woman had torn off the entire arm Rotten Devil had stretched through the air to grab her, then tossed it to the ground, dripping blood.
Rotten Devil instinctively wanted to retrieve it. After all, it was part of his own body.
If he took it back, it could still be buried with him when he died someday. At least he would go to his grave whole rather than in pieces.
But when he saw the woman look his way, Rotten Devil remembered how terrifying she was. Frightened, he shrieked, "You're a demon!"
Then he turned and ran like mad.
Seeing this, Tang Wen released a stream of icy energy, froze Rotten Devil's severed arm, drew it over, and stuffed it into a medical temperature-controlled container from the Star Illusion Empire.
These containers produced by the Star Illusion Empire could preserve human organs and severed limbs for long periods. Supposedly, they could still be reattached a hundred years later.
And if strengthened with Limb-Rejoining Water, they would work even better after reattachment than before.
Of course, Limb-Rejoining Water was expensive too. Ordinary people could never afford it.
"What do you want with a foul, stinking severed leg?" The woman looked disgusted.
"Heh, it certainly stinks to you, but to me, it might save my life sometimes," Tang Wen replied.
"Ugh, you're too weak. No, wait. There seems to be something wrong with you."