BOOM!
A thunderous explosion!
Hu Liang's tombstone shattered instantly, crumbling into powder.
Deep within the Forest of Withered Bones, a pair of blood-red eyes flickered with astonishment, followed by a sudden change in expression.
"This is bad, I'm losing control!"
A strange wave of energy burst forth from his crimson eyes, silently transmitting into the ground and covering the cemetery, as if suppressing something beneath the earth.
Only after completing this did his expression relax, though a flash of anger crossed his eyes - anger directed at Gu Qingfeng.
He hadn't intended to kill them, but this fool was being so reckless, truly courting death!
"Patience. Just one more True Qi Realm warrior's blood and the great work will be complete. Can't let one bad apple spoil everything."
But just as he finished speaking of patience, Gu Qingfeng's voice rang out again.
"You turtle bastard!" Gu Qingfeng shouted arrogantly. "I've smashed your tombstone and you still won't come out? Wang Fatty, Xu Daizi, start digging! Let's dig up his grave!"
The blood-red eyes flickered with changing emotions, momentarily uncertain how to respond.
Meanwhile, on Gu Qingfeng's side.
Wang Fatty and Xu Daizi received the order and immediately wailed, "Lord Gu, please let it be! Show respect for the dead, let him rest in peace!"
"No way!" Gu Qingfeng flatly refused. "I gave him a chance before, but the old fool dared to deceive me. If I don't tear him to pieces today, I'll change my surname!"
"Oh, my lord, how about... if it's really necessary, could I apologize on his behalf?"
Gu Qingfeng's eyes bulged as he raised his Evil-Slaying Sword threateningly: "Are you going to dig or not?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I'm digging, okay?"
Wang Fatty and Xu Daizi hurriedly began digging up Hu Liang's grave.
Before long, thanks to the hard work of two eighth-stage Body Tempering warriors, a wooden coffin appeared before them.
"Move aside."
Gu Qingfeng shooed the two away and kicked the coffin directly.
BANG!
The coffin shattered into pieces.
Inside lay a corpse, somewhat decomposed and blackened with time, maggots crawling upon it.
But Gu Qingfeng recognized Hu Liang instantly.
Trying to deceive me? I'd recognize you even as a corpse!
Before Gu Qingfeng could make his move.
Hu Liang's corpse suddenly sat bolt upright, blood-red eyes snapping open, filled with endless violence and killing intent, staring fixedly at Gu Qingfeng's group.
"Z-z-zombie!" Wang Fatty screamed, quickly hiding behind Gu Qingfeng, though Gu Qingfeng's frame was far too small to conceal his massive bulk.
At this moment, Xu Fan's puzzled voice rang out: "Strange, the corpse appears to have died recently, but how is the corpse energy so strong? It's already transformed into a jiangshi?"
"Xu Daizi, what are you wondering about? It's a jiangshi, a jiangshi!" Wang Fatty nervously exclaimed.
Xu Fan shook his head: "Though Village Chief Hu has become a jiangshi, the transformation is recent, and he wasn't a warrior in life, so he's only a low-level jiangshi. His strength is roughly equivalent to the fourth stage of Qi Gathering. Nothing to fear."
"Fourth stage of Qi Gathering?!" Hearing this, Wang Fatty instantly perked up and stopped hiding behind Gu Qingfeng.
Gu Qingfeng ignored the two, merely grinning viciously at Hu Liang: "Old timer, you've led me on quite a chase."
However, the transformed Hu Liang seemed to have lost all consciousness, becoming purely a blood-thirsty monster. Instead of responding to Gu Qingfeng, he roared and lunged straight for him.
Gu Qingfeng's brows furrowed as he suddenly kicked out, sending the jiangshi flying.
"Xu Daizi, what's going on? He was fine when he was deceiving me earlier, but now he seems to have lost all reason."
After spending some time together, Gu Qingfeng had discovered Xu Fan's strong points - the kid was well-read and knew all sorts of strange knowledge, which is why he asked him.
"Lord Gu, if I'm not mistaken, what deceived you earlier was Hu Liang's ghost - his soul after death. What you see now is his corpse transformed into a jiangshi, and jiangshi have no consciousness."
Hearing this explanation, Gu Qingfeng became unhappy - so this wasn't even the real deal?
By now, the jiangshi Hu Liang had crawled back up, showing no fear as it charged at Gu Qingfeng again.
Gu Qingfeng hadn't used his full strength earlier, originally planning to torture him slowly, but now knowing the jiangshi had no consciousness, he abandoned that idea and decided to finish it quickly before seeking the real target.
Just as Gu Qingfeng was about to act, Wang Fatty suddenly stepped forward: "Lord Gu, there's no need for you to handle such fourth-stage Qi Gathering trash. Leave it to me!"
Ever since learning the jiangshi was equivalent to a fourth-stage Qi Gathering warrior, Wang Fatty had been itching to show off and curry favor with Gu Qingfeng.
However, Wang Fatty didn't realize he had just put his foot in his mouth.
"Who are you calling trash?" Gu Qingfeng asked ominously.
Wang Fatty instantly realized his mistake, his heart skipping a beat.
Oh no! He'd forgotten Lord Gu was also at the fourth stage of Qi Gathering.
Thinking about Gu Qingfeng's petty nature - how he wouldn't let go even after being deceived by a demon - Wang Fatty realized this unintentional mockery might cost him his life.
"My lord, please calm down! I was talking about Hu Liang, not you..."
Before he could finish explaining, Hu Liang charged forward.
Wang Fatty's small eyes bulged - damn you, if it weren't for you, would I have misspoken?
He struck out in anger, raising a leg as thick as an adult man's waist and viciously kicking Hu Liang.
This kick unleashed the full power of an eighth-stage Qi Gathering warrior and his three hundred pounds of weight!
Hu Liang flew back like a cannonball, crashing through a row of tombstones, his supposedly hard jiangshi body nearly falling apart.
"Oh? Not dead yet?" Seeing Hu Liang still struggling to rise, Wang Fatty strode forward with determined steps.
But when Hu Liang stood up, instead of attacking immediately, he threw back his head and roared!
ROAR!!!
The undead howl shook the forest!
Wang Fatty carelessly picked at his ear, but finding his fingers too thick to fit inside, he had to pretend to pull them out and blow on them, about to make some boastful remark.
The ground... began to shake!
Then, before Wang Fatty's terrified eyes, the tombstones began to crack one by one, and rotting, withered arms reached up from the earth.
Then one jiangshi, two jiangshi... a hundred, two hundred!
They frantically emerged from the ground, filling the cemetery as far as the eye could see!
And it wasn't over - more jiangshi continued to crawl out, all with blood-red eyes filled with mad bloodlust!
ROAR!!!
Hundreds of jiangshi roared in unison, a sound that seemed to scatter the clouds above, letting cold moonlight shine down on the earth.
After roaring, their blood-red eyes all turned toward Wang Fatty, who stood closest to them!
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
+【Epic Battles!】 "Your Highness, they say Linxi Temple is miraculous. Won’t you make a wish?" "A wish? It should be making wishes to me." "That may be so, but since you’re already here..." "..." "Fine. Then grant this princess a consort to play with." "He must be obedient, devoted, and utterly infatuated with my body—so much so that he’d kneel and kiss my feet." "Your Highness, that’s not a consort. That’s a dog." "Then add clever, witty, heroic, ambitious yet pragmatic..." "Hmm, that’s enough for now. I’ll add more later." After tossing out these words half in jest, Princess Anle departed the temple—only to catch a fleeting glimpse of the Bodhisattva statue smiling at her. Meanwhile, Yang An, fresh out of university, was having a very bad day. Good news: He’d transmigrated into another world with a cheat granting tenfold combat power. Bad news: He’d immediately fallen into the clutches of a certain villainess. Good news: Said villainess possessed peerless beauty and royal status. Bad news: She was absolutely monstrous!!! In the frozen wilderness, Yang An knelt beneath Qin Guo’er’s feet, drenched in sweat despite the cold. Desperately clutching her porcelain-perfect foot—the very one poised to crush his throat—he could only think: How do I survive this?! Need answers NOW!
esick Sect? Well, at least it's considered a respectable orthodox sect. Wait a minute— What kind of vibe are you all giving off? Shouldn’t this be a love-struck, romance-obsessed sect? Why does everyone here sound more like demonic cultivators? "Master, today he’s getting married. This disciple wishes to descend the mountain and crash the wedding, then toy with him to death right in front of his wife..." "Elder, I only got into your sect through connections, so why won’t you teach me anything?" "Because I also became an elder through connections." Thankfully, Su Ji was just an outer sect labor disciple. Surely, nothing too crazy would— "Junior Brother, you’ve broken through to Qi Refining. Once you sever your useless spiritual root, you can officially become an outer sect disciple." "The Great Dao is merciless. Don’t let a worthless spiritual root waste your essence and spirit, hindering your cultivation." Is this really the Lovesick Sect? ... Three years later, Su Ji sat in the seat of the Lovesick Sect’s sect master, sighing with emotion. His rise to this position all started when his junior sister adamantly insisted on preserving his "spiritual root." "Mmm... Senior Brother, what’s our relationship now?" "Stop talking. Keep going." "By the way, that newly promoted top-tier sect—didn’t they come to buy our Love Beans?" "One top-grade spirit stone per Love Bean—is that really so expensive?" "I suspect they’ve eaten too many Love Beans." "Now they’re lovesick." Well, this really is the Lovesick Sect after all.
