There's Something a Little Off About You

"The Water of Eternity tastes good, doesn't it?"

"Tsk, that blade's so sharp it scares even me!"

At two squat toilets, Zhang Xuezhou squatted glumly over one, while Hongku squatted over the other.

Sure enough, Hongku had dealt with a small fry like him without breaking a sweat, even though he had been exposed to Soul-Severing Powder and had drunk the Water of Eternity.

Despite his diminished fighting strength, Hongku had unleashed a burst of pressure. Zhang Xuezhou, who had swung his blade at him, struggled for less than half a second before he was flat on the ground. Hongku then forced a ladle of water mixed with the "stuff" down his throat.

Because he had swallowed a fairly large dose, the Water of Eternity took effect in him much faster than it had in Hongku.

"You have to believe me. The Soul-Severing Powder, the Water of Eternity, the knife and everything else just fell off me by accident. Venerable Lei even told me to ask you for a storage pouch, so the things in my pockets wouldn't keep falling out everywhere!"

Zhang Xuezhou strained to push himself up with both hands, but the torrent pouring out of him forced him to abandon his plan to get up and bolt through the door once again.

A feeling of weakness swept through his body after the bout of diarrhea. Zhang Xuezhou stretched his arms and legs and finally concluded that his mouth was the only part of him he could still move.

Hearing the noises Hongku was making, which were scarcely any less impressive than his own, Zhang Xuezhou glumly lowered his head.

Only after the smell had dispersed a little did he make an effort to defend himself.

"I believe you completely," Hongku said with a frown. "In fact,