The Daoist

"Let's fight him to the death!"

Xu Chunliang's arrogance made these eerie beings realize they had no room to negotiate. At the jade ruyi's command, they sprang into action. The jade ruyi then fell to the floor,

and began writhing and rubbing against it, scraping back and forth as she rapidly grew larger and longer.

The ruyi patterns carved into her body began to change, turning black and rising like veins bulging beneath human skin.

At the same time, an eerie being who had maintained the appearance of a normal woman and only used her sharp claws to launch sneak attacks from the side began to change as well.

She reached up and undid the hair coiled on top of her head like a hat...

Her black hair spread out, weaving a giant web inside and outside the Jade Splendor Pavilion. The woman's body twisted over in a bizarre fashion, propping her head against the enormous web while her tender white feet and delicate hands rose high. Eyes opened on each of her toes and fingertips, all looking at Xu Chunliang.

All fifteen of her eyes stared fixedly at Xu Chunliang.

Another three or four eerie beings had completely lost the appearance normal human-shaped eerie beings should have. Twisted and rotting, they had become lumps of flesh dripping with pus and blood, hanging from the web like insects caught by a spider.

Xu Chunliang stared intently at the web before him. It gave him a very eerie, powerful feeling.

Just as Xu Chunliang prepared to raise his blade and slash at the eerie humanoid on the web, a beam of green light shot at him from the side. It was extremely fast.

Xu Chunliang hurriedly threw himself down, but the green light still grazed his arm.

A foul stench filled the air. His arm had been scorched.

Ignoring the pain in his arm, Xu Chunliang slashed behind him, but no black light appeared.

On the attribute panel, the new skill [Deliverance] had also turned gray. Chance of activation: random.

Knowing that the power even eerie beings could not resist belonged to that existence high above the heavens, Xu Chunliang was not discouraged. When one slash proved useless, he slashed again,

and lunged toward the web in front of him.

Then three more beams of green light appeared, and one struck him squarely in the back of the head.

It smashed his head like a watermelon.

The woman before him undid her hair, and her black locks spread out...

All fifteen of her eyes stared fixedly at Xu Chunliang, and Xu Chunliang stared right back at her.

Suddenly, a beam of green light shot at him from the side.

At the same moment, Xu Chunliang stepped back half a pace with his left foot, turning his body halfway around. He saw a human figure standing in the darkness.

A human? Or an eerie being?

Xu Chunliang was not quite sure what he was.

Seeing Xu Chunliang dodge the green light, the shadowy figure chuckled and stepped out of the darkness.

Such an eerie Daoist? Xu Chunliang thought. Recalling the green light that had just blown his head apart, he could not help but grow wary.

The newcomer wore a blue cloth Daoist robe, and his hair was tied in a disheveled Daoist topknot. In his left hand he held a human head glowing green. In his right was the jade ruyi the other eerie beings called [Boss Ruyi]. The head's face was contorted in agony, and blood still flowed from the severed neck. It had clearly just been torn from someone's shoulders.

Most bizarrely, he had his head tilted back and was swallowing a sword of unknown length, like a street performer.

The exposed hilt was covered in rust, and one glance was enough to tell it had been dug out of the ground.

His belly rose and fell, and a muffled voice came from within it. "You've already killed six of my eerie slaves. I won't hold it against you. How about you leave now?"

Xu Chunliang shook his head.

"No room for discussion?" the man asked again.

Xu Chunliang shook his head once more.

"Fine."

"Then I'll send you to reincarnation." The Daoist raised his hand and tapped the jade ruyi against the human skull.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Three human teeth wreathed in green light shot from the skull, flying toward Xu Chunliang at extreme speed.

Three more followed.

The green lights surrounded Xu Chunliang, covering an area three meters around him like laser cannons.

There was nowhere to dodge.

Under the Daoist's astonished gaze, Xu Chunliang opened his eyes wide and carefully studied the angles at which the green lights were flying toward him.

Then the green lights blasted him to pieces.

"Madman!" The Daoist casually tossed aside the now-toothless human skull, turned, and walked back into the darkness.

Crack!

Space and time shattered, and everything rolled back.

"Then I'll send you to reincarnation." The Daoist tapped the jade ruyi against the human skull, and green lights shot out.

Like a drunken dancer, Xu Chunliang twisted his waist and loosened his hips. He even performed the signature "Chicken You're Too Beautiful" move twice.

After the green lights flew past,

Xu Chunliang appeared beside the Daoist, his small brass knife thrust precisely into his neck.

Clang!

Metal rang against metal. The Daoist's throat had been pierced, and the small brass knife struck the decayed sword.

Xu Chunliang twisted his wrist out of habit, turned the blade upward, and slashed fiercely.

Squelch!

The small brass knife's sharp edge cut upward from the center of the Daoist's throat, splitting his jaw in two.

The Daoist's face flopped apart on either side like a pig's head cut in half.

Blood sprayed.

At the same time, Xu Chunliang pressed his left hand against the Daoist's chest.

His Solar Halo Grade bones exerted force, and his fingers easily broke through the Daoist's breastbone and seized his heart.

Bang!

Xu Chunliang crushed the heart in his grip.

At the same time, he turned the small brass knife and cut the jade ruyi in the Daoist's hand in two.

Then he swiftly retreated and raised his knife, charging at the black-haired eerie being.

"Awooo!" Eerie Tiger Howls at the Heavens!

A low-frequency roar swept out, striking directly at the soul and leaving the eerie beings stunned for an instant.

Anyone who liked playing games knew that crowd control was used to unleash massive damage and wipe out the opposing team.

So Xu Chunliang, having used Eerie Tiger Howls at the Heavens for the first time that night, immediately put all his force into a slash of Eerie Tiger Splits the Earth.

In an instant, the ground shook and the building rocked.

The few eerie beings still alive were wiped out in an instant.

White light flew into his body, and his attribute points increased once again.

Xu Chunliang put away the small brass knife and began searching the entire brothel in the dark.

The money here was all hard-earned money the girls and the eerie beings had earned one mouthful at a time. It could not go to waste.

Besides, he had hired a doctor for the girls the Jade Splendor Pavilion had thrown out and provided them with a place to stay. The Jade Splendor Pavilion ought to give him some money.

So he intended to take it himself.

Silver was too heavy and took up too much space, so Xu Chunliang took only gold and silver notes.

Once he had stuffed silver notes into his robes and around his waist, Xu Chunliang carried a bundle of gold downstairs and out of the Jade Splendor Pavilion.

Xu Chunliang glanced in the direction where the Daoist had died, and his pupils contracted.

The Daoist whose jaw he had split and whose heart he had crushed was gone.

All that remained were the jade ruyi, cut in two, and a line of large, bloody characters...

This Daoist master will have his revenge.

Xu Chunliang rolled his eyes and carried the bundle out of the Jade Splendor Pavilion.

Normal people thought there was no sense in guarding against a thief for a thousand days.

But Xu Chunliang was different. If you wanted revenge, you could come whenever you liked. He would be overestimating you if he spent even a minute guarding against you.

If you hate me, you'd better stay far away from me.

Because you're welcome to come kill me anytime.

Xu Chunliang pushed open the Jade Splendor Pavilion's tightly shut doors and stepped into Fireworks Lane. His body went rigid.

He stared blankly at the sky and murmured, "Is this the... problem Blind Chen spoke of?"