I'm Going to Bite You to Death

Before they knew it, it was the latter half of the night. The surroundings of Sunset Forest were frighteningly quiet, with only the occasional wolf howl and the intermittent chirping of crickets.

Su Ling, Dugu Yan, and Snow Ji had fallen fast asleep. Dugu Yan lay sprawled over Snow Ji, as though she were back in her childhood, lying on her mother, blissfully happy.

Suddenly, a strange sound came from outside, as though something were dragging itself along the ground.

Snow Ji woke first. With her high cultivation, she only slept to fit in with everyone else's way of life. She warily surveyed her surroundings.

The tent had not been damaged. Snow Ji assumed a snake-type Soul Beast was merely passing by and let out a long breath of relief. She trusted that no Soul Beast would be so blind as to fail to sense her aura and come looking for trouble.

Just after she turned and lay back down, something terrifying suddenly occurred to her.

If it were a Soul Beast, she should have sensed its aura long ago. But now, not only could she sense no Soul Beast's aura, she could not even sense the presence of a living person.

The rustling drew closer and closer. Even though Snow Ji had reached the terrifying four-hundred-thousand-year level, she felt utterly terrified.

She remembered a story her mother had told her when she was little.

According to the story, some Soul Beasts' bodies would not rot after death, but would instead turn into terrifying Zombie Beasts. Zombie Beasts feared sunlight, so they only appeared at night.

Moreover, Zombie Beasts looked horrifying, with two huge fangs.

"No, no, there are no Zombie Beasts in this world!"

Snow Ji kept bolstering her courage, telling herself not to be afraid.

"Those big Soul Beasts just made up all that Zombie Beast stuff to trick the little ones!"

"I'm already a mature, grown-up beast. I can't be afraid of these things anymore!"

Snow Ji stretched out her trembling right hand and lifted a corner of the tent. She saw nothing, and the fear in her heart eased a little.

Sure enough, all that Zombie Beast stuff was a lie.

So she boldly poked her entire head out and carefully surveyed her surroundings. There really was nothing unusual. Just as she was about to pull back inside, she felt as though something were above her head.

She turned and saw a lifeless face glowing green.

It frightened Snow Ji so badly that she shot back into the tent and into Dugu Yan's arms.

"Hm? Sister Snow Ji, what's wrong?"

Dugu Yan rubbed her eyes and sat up, immediately spotting Snow Ji trembling in her arms.

"Th-there's a ghost outside!" Snow Ji pointed toward the spot where she had just lifted the tent flap.

"How could that be? How could there be ghosts in this world?" Indeed, the Douluo Continent did not even have an underworld, so how could there be ghosts?

Dugu Yan was about to lift the tent flap to investigate when she saw a human face pressed against the tent.

"Dugu Yan... Dugu Yan..."

The green ghost kept calling Dugu Yan's name, making the staunch materialist warrior Dugu Yan tremble uncontrollably.

Holy shit! An old ghost has come for my life!

Dugu Yan also ran back under the covers and shoved Snow Ji outward. "Sister Snow Ji, you're powerful. Hurry up and chase him away!"

"I... I don't dare either."

With that, their gazes fixed on someone who was still sound asleep. They exchanged a glance, then both kicked out, booting Su Ling out of the tent.

"Hm? Is this Soft Bone Rabbit really that strong?"

Su Ling remembered that he had just been fighting a Soft Bone Rabbit and had taken a kick when his attention slipped. How had he ended up being kicked out of the tent?

The next second, a creature resembling a water ghost appeared before his eyes.

Holy shit! A water ghost has come for my life!

Su Ling hurriedly drew his gun and aimed at the water ghost. After emptying the magazine, he discovered it had done nothing.

Only then did he remember that, on a pitch-black night, Snow Ji had pulled him onto the bed. At the time, she had been wearing nothing but a pair of white socks.

No, no, this clearly isn't the time to think about that.

"Take my Blue Silver Overlord Spear!" Having absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor, and with the Blue Silver Emperor having evolved into the Life Ancient Tree, he could make up whatever Soul Skill he wanted.

At that critical instant, Su Ling noticed that the water ghost looked somewhat familiar.

"Holy shit, isn't this Dugu Bo?"

Dugu Bo was being ravaged by Jade Scale Snake Poison. His entire body had swollen as though he had been stung by hornets, making him look exactly like a water ghost.

Just as Su Ling was about to go back and tell Snow Ji and Dugu Yan the truth, he suddenly decided to play a nasty prank on them. He could not let this matter slide just like that.

With no more sounds coming from outside, Snow Ji and Dugu Yan were both curious about what was happening, but neither dared move.

Su Ling lifted the tent flap, letting his tongue loll out.

"I died such a horrible death. I'm going to bite you to death." Su Ling imitated a zombie, limping toward the two of them.

The two were so frightened that they clung to each other, without even the strength to run.

Just as Snow Ji and Dugu Yan closed their eyes and waited for death, Snow Ji suddenly felt her Martial Soul being bitten.

"Su Ling, you bastard! How dare you trick us!" Only then did Dugu Yan open her eyes and look at the unbelievable scene.

She lowered her head and looked at her own Martial Soul. It was as hard as a steel plate and had nothing to fear from being bitten.

"Hurry up and let Sister Snow Ji go! Come at me if you've got the guts!"

"What happened to that ghost outside?" Snow Ji was in no mood to fool around with Su Ling. She had been so frightened just now that two drops of milk had leaked out.

"What ghost? That's your grandfather, Dugu Bo." Su Ling pointed at Dugu Yan as he spoke.

"What!"

Dugu Yan hurried out to check Dugu Bo's condition. By now, Dugu Bo looked more like a person. Su Ling had just used the Blue Silver Emperor's power to temporarily suppress his poison.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, how are you?"

Dugu Yan rushed forward and lifted Dugu Bo into her arms, looking at him anxiously.

"Cough, cough." Dugu Bo coughed twice and spat out a mouthful of century-old blood.

"Yanyan? Why are you here?" Dugu Bo remembered that he had truly been unable to suppress the poison in his body and had planned to find Chrysanthemum Douluo, admit defeat, and cling to life for the time being. If anyone on the continent knew the most about Jade Scale Snake Poison, it had to be Chrysanthemum Guan. Although the two had some unpleasant history, they were old rivals, after all. Neither could bear to let the other die; even if the other died, it had to be at his own hands.

Besides, with so many exotic flowers and rare herbs in his possession, getting Chrysanthemum Guan to save his life would certainly be no problem.

"Grandpa, why are you soaking wet? What's that smell?"

Dugu Yan dropped Dugu Bo on the ground and walked away with a look of disgust.

At that moment, Snow Ji and Su Ling walked over to Dugu Yan. At the sight of Snow Ji, Dugu Bo hurriedly knelt on the ground.

"I truly did not mean to offend Your Eminence yesterday. I... I'm willing to atone with my life. I hope Your Eminence will spare Yanyan."

"Grandpa, what are you talking about? I brought Su Ling and Sister Snow Ji here to help you cure your snake poison! It's all thanks to Su Ling that you're alive and talking here right now!"

"What!" Dugu Bo looked at the two in disbelief. That did seem to be the case. Otherwise, since he had already lost consciousness earlier, the snake poison would only have run even more rampant.

How else could he have regained consciousness?