“The Five Thunder Protection Curse is actually this powerful?”
Outside the screen, Nan Zhi looked at her palm again and again, unable to contain her delight.
“A level 15 full-health female ghost couldn't even take one hit!”
But thinking about it carefully, the greatest skill of these chang ghosts was their ability to deceive the human mind. Setting that aside, their actual combat power was almost zero.
Perhaps even the injured Painted Skin Ghost from before was stronger than them.
“Lightning techniques are truly useful. No wonder protagonists in novels always love using thunder charms. Aside from being a bit mana-intensive and difficult to cultivate, they have almost no other drawbacks.”
Only then did Nan Zhi remember that her unlucky younger brother was still unconscious nearby.
Just as she was about to approach, a frenzied deputy drew his blade to block her path.
“Are you a person or a ghost?! If you're a person, why don't you have a shadow!”
“Where did you hide my gold and silver ingots, my beautiful wives, and my concubines? I don't care who you are, turn them back right now!”
Moonlight filtered through the dense forest, allowing Nan Zhi to see clearly that the man's eyes were bloodshot. He glared at her with fury, as if she were his mortal enemy.
As soon as he finished speaking, the others, who had been dazed and unconscious just moments ago, scrambled to their feet. Like malevolent spirits, they swarmed toward her in a mass.
“My ingots! My tea! My silk!”
“Give back my gold! That's mine, no one else can have it!”
“You killed my Xiaocui! You killed my Xiaocui!”
“Kill her! Kill her! If we kill her, we can take our things back!”
This was bad.
A ghostly shroud.
Nan Zhi was startled.
She saw a layer of red haze covering the eyes of the group, as if blood had flowed into their sockets. It was a solid, murky red; no pupils were visible.
Translucent ghostly hands were pressed over their faces, making it impossible for them to distinguish reality or recognize friend from foe.
They had been blinded by the chang ghosts in the forest!
No wonder that female ghost had left so decisively!
Dealing with a few injured yamen officers was more than easy for Nan Zhi.
She dodged a blade flying from an unknown direction, her body arching with agility. She raised her back leg and kicked a deputy squarely in the chest, sending him flying over ten feet away.
A strike with that much force would have stunned even a young bull, let alone a stray dog.
But as the man hit the ground, it was as if his buttocks were fitted with springs; he bounced right back up!
Nan Zhi saw it clearly. At that exact moment, a chang ghost was silently attached to the deputy's back. Its ghostly feet were pressed against the soles of the living man's feet, standing on its tiptoes to stay perfectly aligned.
From a distance, the translucent soul and the physical body overlapped, looking like a blurred shadow.
“Kill...”
“Ingots, my gold ingots...”
“So much silver! It's all mine!”
“Xiaocui, Xiaocui, I'll avenge you...”
These chang ghosts seemed to realize Nan Zhi was afraid of harming the men, so they manipulated the deputies to lunge at her!
“This is never-ending! That tiger has practically become a demon; it's playing the divide-and-conquer game quite well!”
Nan Zhi leaped into the air, using her momentum to jump onto a large tree that was thick enough to require two people to encircle it. She looked down from her high vantage point.
There were too many.
In the forest, seven deputies controlled by chang ghosts were moving forward on their tiptoes.
【Ji Fugui】
【An Sanlang】
...
【Huang Yazi】
【Ding Dalang】
With so many chang ghosts, just how many people had that tiger eaten!
Did the magistrate of Wen County really not care at all?
Even if he didn't dare to deal with the tiger spirit, he could have at least reported it to the Demon Suppression Division!
Every chang ghost represented a human life.
The number of people killed by this Mountain Lord would only be more, never less.
Bang!
The deputies, their eyes gleaming with malice, began to slam their heads against the tree trunk without fatigue or pain, seemingly trying to force her down.
Thud!
Bang!
Bang!
The tree trunk thudded loudly, and the entire tree shook, causing the whole screen to vibrate.
Nan Zhi wanted to leave, but she had entered the mountains specifically to save people. If she ran now, not a single one of them would survive.
They would all become the Mountain Lord’s midnight snack.
Wait!
Nan Zhi suddenly thought of something.
According to the information she had found, besides luring living people to feed the tiger, chang ghosts also had to clear the path for the tiger when it moved through the dense forest.
These chang ghosts had already controlled the deputies but refused to leave for a long time. There was an eighty percent chance that the tiger was nearby.
With that thought, Nan Zhi immediately had a plan.
“Ahem!”
Nan Zhi cleared her throat and shouted toward the dark, dense forest with all her might:
“As expected, a beast is just a beast. Even with spiritual awareness, it is ultimately not as clever as a human. You fell right into my trap.”
The dense forest remained silent; only the rustling of leaves in the wind could be heard.
Catching sight of a patch of thicket that was unnaturally dark, Nan Zhi felt certain.
She leaned casually against the tree, trying to make her voice sound as steady as possible.
“I am Nanzhizi, a disciple of the 173rd generation of the Qingyun Sect. While passing through Dingyuan, I calculated that this place holds a foundation establishment opportunity for me.”
“Looking at it tonight, it is indeed so.”
“You beast are quite cunning and cautious, letting these chang ghosts scout the way while you hide in the forest. Unfortunately, you are going to die here today! Hahaha!”
After she finished speaking, the chang ghosts slamming against the tree stopped and looked at her as if she were a fool.
Death was imminent, yet she could still laugh?
Just a slightly capable young cultivator, and she dared to speak such arrogant words about killing the Mountain Lord?
She must have lost her mind and started talking nonsense.
Seeing that there was still no movement in the thicket, Nan Zhi smiled and shook her head.
“By my strength alone, I naturally couldn't catch you. However, before I came up the mountain, I made it clear to my senior sister that there is a white tiger in Wenshan, and I want to skin you to give her a rug.”
After a long silence, a massive, towering shadow slowly emerged from the depths of the forest.
Unlike the tiger Constable Zhang and the others had seen during the day, this tiger was larger and more imposing.
On its head, which was the size of a millstone, a bold, ink-like character for 'King' sat right in the center of its forehead.
Its round eyes were slightly open, and its golden-brown pupils were cold and heartless. Beyond pure animality, they also revealed a hint of cruelty and malice.
Its long fur was plush, and the tip of each hair shimmered with silver light under the moon. Black horizontal rings covered its entire body, each hair distinct.
Its lines were sleek. As the white tiger walked, the bulging muscles on its limbs were clearly visible.
What a massive tiger.
Just looking at it through the screen made Nan Zhi feel an impulse to turn and flee.
It was too big.
When facing a apex predator, a human truly feels that primal fear buried deep within their genes and blood.
This white tiger was not a 'pet' from a zoo that had lost its wild nature. Every movement and gesture displayed the arrogant composure of a predator.
It was the executioner of this forest, growing freely and cultivating savagely.
In its home turf, no one could surpass its majesty.
Nan Zhi had no doubt that if she jumped down, this white tiger would tear her throat open without hesitation.
“Human... lying... stupid.”
The white tiger suddenly opened its massive maw and yawned. Beneath a pair of tiger teeth that looked like daggers was a thick red tongue covered in barbs.
“You... only... Qi Refinement... weak. Cannot... kill... this Mountain Lord.”
Unlike the previous small demons, the words coming out of this white tiger's mouth were clear, standard human speech.
It was actually a demon that had already refined the transverse bone in its throat.
Level 49. No matter how you looked at it, it must have Foundation Establishment cultivation.
But she wasn't panicked at all.
When a human fights a beast, they rely on their brains!
Nan the Great Bluffer was now online.
Using the tree branches to hide her movements, she made a gesture as if tearing something apart, then let out a cold snort.
“Hmph. Like I said, a beast is just a beast with such a narrow perspective. I may only be at the Qi Refinement stage, but my senior sister is a Golden Core Master.”
“She is a once-in-a-century sword dao genius of our Qingyun Sect. Her Jinghong Sword Art is exquisite and unparalleled. She dominated the sect competition and is known as the ‘Jinghong Fairy.’”
“A minor demon like you wouldn't even be able to take a single strike from her.”
“I have just crushed a communication jade talisman. She has already received the message and will be arriving on her flying sword momentarily!”
“Once my senior sister carves out your White Tiger Demon Core, I will give it to a sect elder. I might even be able to ask for a Foundation Establishment Pill in return.”
“As for reaching Foundation Establishment, wouldn't it just be a matter of time for me?”
Saying this, Nan Zhi laughed and looked the white tiger up and down with a contemptuous gaze.
“With my senior sister here, how would you dare touch me? That is why I was laughing just now—laughing at how stupid you are.”
“Tiger... does not... believe.”
A hint of suspicion flickered in the white tiger's eyes, and a long stream of white vapor snorted from its nose.
“Prove... it... to... tiger.”
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