“Impossible! How could you not have drunk that tea?! I distinctly saw you—”
Huaguzi shrieked in shock, and beside her, One Eyed Immortal was equally horrified.
With their cultivation and keen eyesight, neither of them had noticed when Nan Zhi swapped the tea in her cup! How could that be possible?
“I merely made a swallowing motion for you to see.”
Nan Zhi's throat worked slightly, then she let out a cold laugh. Without another word, her Fish-Dragon Guillotine whirled, and pushing off with her toes, she slashed straight toward One Eyed Immortal—
“How dare you, child!”
One Eyed Immortal's face paled. Retreating several zhang in a flash, he leapt and clung tightly to the stone wall. At the same time, he flicked his right hand, sending several streaks of golden light shooting toward Nan Zhi like falling stars—
They were countless round copper coins with square holes, all transformed into lethal hidden weapons!
“Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!”
Nan Zhi swung the Fish-Dragon Guillotine in her hand, knocking every single hidden weapon aside in a flurry of crisp metallic clangs!
“Huaguzi, help me!”
Seeing that he was locked in a stalemate with this demon suppressor, panic welled up in One Eyed Immortal's heart. Fearing that Huaguzi might harbor selfish motives and refuse to step in, he shouted again:
“This wench is extremely tough to deal with! Don't let her escape!”
“Stop yelling! I'm coming!”
Only then did Huaguzi flick an exquisite silk kerchief in her hand, casting it toward the space above their heads!
The silk kerchief expanded rapidly in midair like a flower in full bloom. Its light grew increasingly dazzling, threatening to swallow Nan Zhi whole.
Having already witnessed the terrifying power of this treasure when it swallowed two snake spirits, Nan Zhi retreated hastily. With a flick of her wide sleeve, a giant red-skinned gourd flew agilely toward the silk kerchief, spraying several streams of purulent green venom!
“Sizzle! Sizzle!”
As the venom splashed onto the silk kerchief, several burning sounds echoed out, leaving dark, charred holes in what had just been a pristine kerchief!
Pressing her advantage, Nan Zhi brought the Fish-Dragon Guillotine down in a vicious strike. One Eyed Immortal's eyes widened in horror, and he hurriedly summoned a massive copper coin to block before him—
“Clang!!”
“My Cloud Gauze Kerchief! One Eyed Immortal, use your real skills, or are you waiting to die?!”
Filled with intense hatred as if wanting to devour Nan Zhi alive, Huaguzi gritted her teeth and yelled. Chanting rapidly under her breath, she suddenly spat out a surge of purple insect mist, sending it spreading rapidly in all directions!
“Bzzzzzt!”
“Bzzzzt!”
“Bzzzzt!”
The insect mist quickly spread out into a dense purple “cloud.” Within the fog, countless tiny insects squirmed and fluttered, emitting an unsettling buzzing roar.
Seeing this, the surrounding ghosts and demons showed expressions of horror and retreated one after another.
Yet Huaguzi paid no attention to the crowd. Her eyes were locked onto Nan Zhi, filled to the brim with rage and murder—
Now that this wench had tricked information out of that fool One Eyed Immortal, failing to eliminate her would leave endless trouble down the line!
Today, either she dies, or I do!
Surging with murderous intent, Huaguzi completely threw the rules of Ruyi Pavilion to the wind, driving the venomous insects directly toward Nan Zhi!
This insect mist was her ultimate trump card. She had selected these venomous bugs and raised them in her own lungs, nourishing them daily with flesh and deadly toxins. As a result, the bugs moved in perfect harmony with her thoughts, making taking lives an absolute triviality!
Come at me then!
Nan Zhi leapt up onto one of the iron chains connecting the stone grottoes. Reaching into her sleeve, she pulled out two sheets of white paper, bit her index finger, and dotted blood upon them. Then, blowing a breath over them, two human figures leapt down from the paper!
This was precisely the Paper Skin Art that Nan Zhi had comprehended from the Painted Skin Manual!
Carrying Nan Zhi's aura, the paper figures sped along the iron chains to the left and right, heading toward the higher reaches of the stone grottoes. The insect mist hesitated for a moment before splitting into three streams, two of which gave chase to the two paper figures—
The light paper figures scrambled up the chains, weaving nimbly through the guards rushing to capture them. By a stroke of chaos, after chasing the paper figures for so long without success, the insect mist went completely wild inside the building!
The guards chased the paper figures, the paper figures dodged the insect mist, and the entire scene fell into total turmoil.
This commotion drew boisterous laughter from many ghosts and demons in the building, while the fat ghost sprawled at the bottom of the hall screeched at the top of its lungs:
“Guards! Someone is causing trouble in the building!”
“Where are the guards?! Some reckless fool is causing trouble!”
“Quick!! Catch them! I want to skin them alive! Use their bones for bowls, their skin for clothes, and chop their flesh to feed the hungry ghosts!”
The entire guard force of Ruyi Pavilion poured out. Tall, imposing ghosts whistled through the air, leading hungry ghosts that opened their bloody maws, drool dripping incessantly!
The spectator ghosts and demons grew thrilled at the sight. They began cheering loudly, egging both sides on in hopes of seeing a life-or-death bloodbath.
Some drunken ghosts even began placing bets, guessing who would win the battle.
“Hey, dark-faced lady! Great skill! Such crisp moves!”
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
“Hurry and chop off her limbs, hehehehe, cut them off and feed them to the hungry ghosts! But save her heart and liver for me! A sturdy fool's heart and liver taste best with wine!”
“I like her eyes, don't go fighting me for them later!”
“I bet twenty taels of paper gold on that black-robed lady to win! If I lose, I'll give you one of my eyes!”
“I bet two years of Yin life that dark-faced gal wins!”
“Heeheehee, if you ask me, they're both gonna get dragged off to feed the hungry ghosts!”
Damn it.
Watching the guards charge straight at her, Nan Zhi cursed inwardly and threw the red-skinned gourd toward them—
“Bzzzzzt...”
Though those bugs were only thumb-sized and looked like ants, their power was astonishing. The remaining stream of insect mist pounced onto the gourd wave after wave. Though many were dissolved into a carpet of dead bugs by the acidic liquid, their sheer numbers prevailed. In mere moments, the venomous bugs gnawed a huge hole into the top of the gourd!
That was the treasure she had seized from Ma San!
She had only used it once!
Aching with regret over her lost loot, Nan Zhi kept her hands moving without pause. Throwing out two pearls, she soared and vanished into the mist. When she reappeared, she was already standing behind One Eyed Immortal!
“Clang!”
The copper coins around One Eyed Immortal stacked together into hard armor, barely withstanding a slash from Nan Zhi's blade. Unbeknownst to him, Nan Zhi still had remaining strength. She summoned a streak of lightning that struck One Eyed Immortal right off the iron chain, sending him falling directly into the crowd of guards!
Countless hungry ghosts swarmed forward, tearing him apart madly. One Eyed Immortal barely had time to let out a single scream before he was reduced to a pile of mashed flesh and white bones:
“Aaaaaagh!!”
“Crunch, crunch...”
“Crunch, crunch...”
“Munch, munch...”
Accompanied by terrifying, spine-chilling swallowing sounds, one of the vicious ghosts opened its bloody maw wide, revealing sharp, menacing fangs as it chewed ravenously.
An intensely greedy and cruel expression suffused its twisted, ghastly face. Suddenly, the vicious ghost snapped its head up, infinite desire flickering in its blood-green eyes as if it wanted to devour the whole world.
This desire swept out like a powerful force, locking relentlessly onto the people standing on the iron chains.
In the next instant, before the guards could even speak, these vicious ghosts surged upward along the iron chains like a tidal wave, scrambling up like a herd of beasts charging against the current!
Run!
Standing face to face, the exact same thought flashed through the minds of both Nan Zhi and Huaguzi.
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