The newcomer was none other than Hu Meier, who had once severed her tail to escape.
"Madam, you've come just in time. This brat is about to die at the hands of my Thousand-Faced Centipede. You mustn't go back on your promise to me..."
The short, fat old man left Mu Bai behind and went to greet Hu Meier with a grin. Hu Meier's tenderness melted the bones. "Of course I won't break my word. As long as you kill this man for me, I'll be yours..."
"Heh heh, hahaha..."
Looking thoroughly pleased with himself, the short, fat old man drew closer and called out to Mu Bai, who was fighting the Human-Faced Centipede, "Brat, now you know why I want to kill you, don't you? I'm avenging my father-in-law!"
Hu Meier also said coldly, "You killed my father. Don't dream of surviving my husband today!"
"Oh, at his age, I'd say he's better suited to being Old Fox Mountain's father."
Mu Bai sliced off a section of the Human-Faced Centipede's body, then turned to sneer at the pair.
"Argh, you infuriating brat! I'll kill you myself!"
Enraged, and eager to show off his prowess before Hu Meier, the short, fat old man lunged at Mu Bai with sword and shield in hand, like a glowing golden pellet.
Mu Bai continued swinging his sword at the Human-Faced Centipede while flinging out a massive log so thick it would take both arms to encircle it, sending it crashing toward the short, fat old man. It looked as though a single blow would smash that pellet into pulp. But the short, fat old man was no slouch either. The Golden Sword shot out along his pointing finger, piercing straight through the log and splitting it in half. Immediately afterward, he swung out