XIAO SHUXIANG'S
392 - The True Face
Ever since his fight with the Death Crescent Prince, Xiao Shuxiang had actually already felt something like a new awakening from within him.
He was excited, his heart was pounding and difficult to control. Both of her hands seemed to tremble, even her beautiful eyes had turned as red as blood.
Xiao Shuxiang tried to control his breathing, he cursed inwardly for starting to think of bad things. He wanted to tear apart the Death Sickling Prince's stomach, burn the young man's intestines, and eat his heart.
"Is it because I don't eat well until the man looks like bacon to me, or is it because of the smell of meat in my hands..?"
Xiao Shuxiang was holding one of the body parts of the Death Crescent Swordsman, it was a hand. He burned the hand with a small blue flame to give off an evocative scent for him.
In his former life, Xiao Shuxiang had always avoided eating human flesh. He just likes to tear and squeeze hard the organs in the creature until he is satisfied.
When familiar and still adventuring with Mu Zan first, his friend liked to offer him meat from the villagers they destroyed. Not to mention in the Demon World, his two uncles and foster aunts had always provided human flesh before him.
"This is not good, calm yourself Xiao Shuxiang.. Be calm.. Tsk, dammit! is it because I accidentally ate human meat until now I want it again? Worry if this happens.."
Xiao Shuxiang tried to resist the desire he felt, but the grin on his face revealed something different.
Ying xiong himself did not attempt to seal Xiao Shuxiang's strength, he instead withdrew his owner's strength and started attacking the Death Crescent Prince who was also darting towards them.
Xiao Shuxiang threw the body piece in his hand and used his little blue flame to help give this opponent a long-range attack.
The Death Crescent Prince did not hold back his strength, he attacked Xiao Shuxiang with all his might while waiting for his hand to grow back.
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Xiao Shuxiang was able to dodge the attack by getting inside his Moving Mirror and then appearing right next to the opponent's right.
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Ying xiong swung strongly and managed to make the opponent bounce until it hit one of the trees.
His voice was loud and the tree seemed to split open, it was obvious that Xiao Shuxiang was not playing around.
"This will be the last.. Aahs.. What the fuck with this feeling..? I wanted to eat it so badly," Xiao Shuxiang had trouble swallowing his saliva, he tried to remain calm even though his heart was pounding.
"Hmph, you think you can beat me?" The Death Crescent Prince tried to get up, he saw how his opponent floated down and treaded smoothly on the ground.
".. Even if you destroy this body, I will still rise again. A human like you cannot do anything about it," the Death Crescent Prince smiled, he told Xiao Shuxiang to pay attention to the condition of this great sect.
"Look! Those disciples, they were all strong. But to me-they are just weak insects, and so are you.. Including in it,"
The Death Crescent Prince closed his eyes while taking a deep breath, he seemed like he wanted to recover his condition to give a final attack that no one would be able to avoid.
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The two eyes of the Death Crescent Prince opened abruptly, the look on his face revealing shock. He was unable to draw out his strength, even his still-yet-ungrowing hands were increasingly bleeding unstoppably.
"How is this possible?!"
"You've been so arrogant since then, do you understand now..?"
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The Death Crescent Prince stared intently at Xiao Shuxiang when he heard the young man's tone that seemed to be mocking him. "What have you done to me?" he looks so angry.
Xiao Shuxiang snorted and told his opponent to think about it himself, ".. But because I like to see that expression on your face.. I'll say it,"
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The Death Crescent Prince belatedly moved, he felt his body being pushed to the ground, his neck even being firmly gripped at this moment.
"You-you.."
The Sky Pagoda Sect was a location that was quite dense with natural Qi and could be absorbed. Xiao Shuxiang was able to fight earnestly without thinking about how much of his Qi he had used up.
The speed just now was one of those moves that was quite draining of Qi, let alone Xiao Shuxiang repeatedly taking out his Moving Mirror. But upon seeing the face of the opponent whose neck he clutched this.. Xiao Shuxiang became even more excited.
"I loved that fight, you and your friend were great. But unfortunately I did not give a good death to your friend.. He died without giving me any consolation,"
Xiao Shuxiang realized the Death Crescent Prince's hand was trying to move, but he quickly thrust Yinng xionng right into the young man's wrist.
Ahhhh!
The Death Crescent Prince groaned, he used his strength to move but could not. His weapon was even just lying helplessly as it connected with his body. If he could move, his weapon could do it.
Xiao Shuxiang touched the opponent's body part, the place where one of the Death Crescent Prince's hands had once been.
Not only was ying xionng soaked in a deadly poison liquid, but it was also smeared with plants whose characteristics were similar to leeches. If Yinng xiong was an ordinary heirloom, he would have already caused many deaths while in Xiao Shuxiang's hands.
"You want to know what I'm thinking? I'd really like to get your heart out and eat it,"
Xiao Shuxiang was not playful, his words and gaze were so solemn. His fingernails even began to lengthen and turn black.
"I never wanted to eat human flesh before, but that doesn't mean I can't eat it. So you'd better choose whether I should start with the heart, the intestines, or.. Your eyeballs,"
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The Death Scythe Prince could not break free. For a moment he was shocked because the young man who was gripping his neck was like he had a terrible aura. This was not something that humans possessed, neither warriors nor cultivators.
"That's impossible.. You're.. You're not-Aaaakh!"
The Death Crescent Prince groaned in pain, he was so difficult to breathe. His opponent's sharp nails were beautifully embedded in his neck and even his opponent's weapons also gave him pain.
Xiao Shuxiang felt a warmth on his fingers, he was able to touch the neck bones of the Death Crescent Prince as well as his veins.
"Will he die when his collarbone is pulled out..? It's interesting," Xiao Shuxiang wanted to enjoy every second of torturing his opponent, but when thought about it again-there was a possibility of someone not being able to bear to see his actions and instead trying to stop this pleasure of his.
"You have a handsome face and a nice voice.." Xiao Shuxiang used the fingernails on his right index finger to scratch the cheeks of the Death Crescent Prince to bleed.
It hurts and also hurts, this is further exacerbated by the grip on the neck that seems to break bones at any time.
The night was almost over, yet Xiao Shuxiang did not want to miss tearing and knocking out every bone of his opponent. He did not even hesitate to pry the eyes of the opponent while revealing his widest smile.
"aaah.. It's beyond biasar. This feeling I have long missed.. I've really been holding it for too long.."
Xiao Shuxiang used his sharp fingernails to tear off the skin and pull one of the opponent's ribs out. He knew this was wrong, but his heart and mind continued to give impetus so that he would not stop.
Xiao Shuxiang liked the cruelty of killing opponents and this was something he could not hate.
"You must have done this to your victims before you ate them, right? So how does it feel now? Is it unbearable?"
Xiao Shuxiang avoided squeezing his opponent's heart and heart, preferring to break every opponent's ribs and occasionally rummage through his opponent's entrails.
Because the atmosphere around this place was still quite dark, the scene when Xiao Shuxiang's hand was buried between the opponent's intestines was not clear, either, but the stifled cries that sounded could give an explanation of just how terrifying this Alchemist Chef was.
No one stopped Xiao Shuxiang's actions, even Ling Lang Tian. The father of Ling Ya Bing had long since gone to overcome the other intruders because he felt that Xiao Shuxiang could be relied upon in fighting the Death Sickle Prince.
If only Ling Lang Tian had known the actions of his sister's Guardian Protector, he might have already stopped Xiao Shuxiang from inhumane deeds.
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Only Qingyu Mao was fighting against the Grand Elder of the Sky Pagoda Sect, next to the disciples fighting against his own brethren.
The big cat-shaped Demonic Beast had made the bamboo forest of the Sky Pagoda Sect fall apart. This could be seen from the existence of five fire points that almost contained the disciples as well as the Patriarch who was still fighting.
"We have to do something about this fire,"
"I also know, but they don't even let us catch our breath for a moment, let alone let us take care of the blaze..!"
Ling Xuan Lu was impossible to use all his strength against his own student, he could have killed this ignorant disciple.
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Not only should they be wary of the controlled attacks of the disciples, they should also not be careless with the collapse of the burning bamboo grove.
TRANGS!
"Well.. Huh.. This is not gonna work. Awake Brother..! Come realize!"
The disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect had almost reached their limit.
Trang!
Fighting against one's own siblings is the hardest thing, especially if their siblings are in someone's control.
"Whoever, please do something!"
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Almost a disciple of the Sky Pagoda Sect was cut down by his five brothers if the Mad Beggar Boy did not come immediately.
The reddish-black-clothed youth swung his staff and made the five disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect bounce seven meters away, where three of them hit his own comrade.
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"It's.." The Crazy Beggar Boy sniffed something, the scent he smelled was so dense and it seemed to come out from the controlled bodies of the disciples.
".. I've smelled this scent somewhere.." The Crazy Beggar Boy rubbed his nose and started fending off the incoming attacks.
His staff clashed with the disciples' weapons, he moved agilely and aimed for their feet. The sound produced by his bamboo staff when hitting a student's weapon is like a pleasant tone.
Nah!
Nah!
While being serious, the Mad Beggar Boy looked like a mighty young man. No one will know that he is a deviant.
"It's the smell of sadness. I remember one of the sects in the Middle Continent whose disciples used human emotions as their strength. But isn't the sect gone? I'm sure I killed all his students and teachers,"
The Mad Beggar Boy hit the neck of one of the disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect and then gave a powerful kick. He remembered about his glory days, before he faked his own death for the umpteenth time.
"The name of the sect was never even heard from again. I burned all their bodies together with their dwellings, only their ashes remain and have even been fused to the ground.."
Crazy Beggar Boy had just thought of a bad thing. The sect that he had once destroyed to the point of nothing was a sect that could bring great chaos, whether to the Middle Continent where he lived, or any other continent.
"Humans cannot escape from emotions, if a style can be created and developed to influence human emotions and control them.. Then that person has been confirmed to be the strongest,"
The Mad Beggar Boy stuck his staff on the ground along with the shock wind that was able to push his opponents.
The color of Mad Beggar Boy's eyes turned red, he inhaled a deep breath and began to focus on using the Mental Profound Power to eliminate the influence of the enemy towards these disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect.
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The Mad Beggar Boy gasped, he could only stop the movements of the controlled disciples. He was strong, but forcing the minds of the disciples to be free from enemy control was risky.
".. The mind and heart are complicated and sometimes incompatible. If I force it any more, their heads can explode."
"Young Master!" one of the disciples of the Sky Pagoda Sect walked quickly up to the Crazy Beggar Boy. Previously he and his other friends were so shocked that their enemy-controlled brother suddenly stopped moving.
"Young Master, how long can you hold them? We intend to use the Big Dipper Star Formation but this takes quite a long time,"
The Sky Pagoda Sect Disciple who spoke to the Mad Beggar Boy was around 34 years old. His body was full of wounds and his face looked pale, a single strike might have knocked him down.
"The Big Dipper Formation of your sect is indeed effective in cleansing the heart and making their emotions stable. But it's too dangerous to use it with your current condition, don't take any chances."
"But Young Master, we're still capable of it-"
"no need. I'll hold them off until the man comes, only he can free your brothers. Go and get some rest, or just take care of the fire in this forest that's starting to make my concentration crumble,"
The Sky Pangoda Sect disciple nodded, he along with Ling Qin Qi and his other companions were trying to extinguish the flames that were burning the bamboo tree grove around them.
At the same time, Ling Lang Tian helped the Grand Elder face Qingyu Mao. They could not calculate how long it would take just to kill a cat-shaped Demonic Beast, but still - every time Qingyu Mao's body was slashed to the smallest part or exploded due to the impact of Ling Lang Tian's attack - he was still able to come back to life.
Ling Chu Zhen, "Our power will be drained away by it. He's an Immortal, it's hard to kill him despite using all his strength."
"Father's right. Even if I release my power seal and attack him, then he is not the one who disappears - but this sect."
For the first time in his lifetime Ling Lang Tian felt helplessness. He was never afraid of fighting anyone even though his enemy was stronger than him, this was because he always believed that as strong as possible the enemy would have weaknesses.
"Death is one form of absolute weakness, but if the enemy is an Immortal being.. I don't know what to do,"
Ling Chu Zhen also felt so. He had always boasted of his talented son and upon hearing Ling Lang Tian's words just now, he was sure that this enemy they were facing was indeed very powerful.
Qingyu Mao laughed, "Why? Hard kill? Is this all your ability, huh? Let's try harder and stop me from destroying this sect."
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Ling Lang Tian and Ling Chu Zhen were shocked when Qingyu Mao launched an attack that looked like an enormous fireball. This was dangerous and even if they slashed it, the attack would still be fatal.
The two were also unable to fend off the attack and divert it to the sky. This was because the Sky Pagoda Sect was confined within its own protective seal, neither Ling Lang Tian nor Ling Chu Zhen were able to damage the seal.
"It seems you can't do anything anymore, so now die and disappear with this place..!"
Qingyu Mao's cry seemed to contain great pride towards his strength. He was indeed a Demonic Beast whose attacks were able to make the sect ravage.
Ling Lang Tian and Ling Chu Zhen had no choice but to die. If they fended off Qingyu Mao's attack and diverted it to the sky, then the attack would touch the protective seal and at worst could further expand the range of the attack.
Qingyu Mao was already too haughty, especially when he saw the eyes of his two opponents who were like they were enveloped in a sense of helplessness. He did not realize that a glowing white line shot out from behind his body and pierced through the area of his back to his huge fireball.
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Qingyu Mao instantly transformed back into the body of her little boy. His face was pale and his mouth was bloodied. His expression seemed to contain a deep shock.
His huge fireball attack did not explode at all, but it turned into a grain of light and slowly disappeared. This sight shocked Ling Lang Tian and Ling Chu Zhen.
The two cultivators looked at the line of light that pierced through Qingyu Mao's body earlier and watched the object closely. The line of light was apparently a white jade spear with both of its pointy ends.
The thing floated in front of them and shot back towards Qingyu Mao, this time right past the top of his head then stopped in the hands of a young man.
Qingyu Mao slowly turned around to look at the perpetrator who had attacked him. Both of his shoulders faded slightly and were like giving off a grain of light.
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Ling Lang Tian and Ling Chu Zhen were able to see an all-white clothed young man who in his right hand was holding a jade spear. The young man they knew very well.
"Young Master Lan?"
The one who had attacked Qingyu Mao from behind was none other than Lan Guan Zhi. The white jade spear that was in his hand turned back into a long ribbon and immediately attached to his forehead.
The calmness on the face of this good friend Xiao Shuxiang was indeed extraordinary. Both his clothes and face were spotless, the scent of sandalwood from him was able to spread peace.
"Someone who looks holy.. I didn't expect to be able to use dirty means by attacking from behind," Qingyu Mao turned the blood back on, she really didn't understand how her body could feel pain.
"The wounds in my body should have recovered, I've been slashed dozens of times by those two people, but only now does my body feel a lot of pain.." Qingyu Mao gnashed her teeth, her roar of breath was irregular and her face grew even paler. He stared intently at Lan Guan Zhi and was like he wanted to kill the young man with the look in his eyes.
"There's no dirty way in a fight. You've got it wrong," Lan Guan Zhi's eyes flashed golden, her face still calm but her eyes were cold to the point of bone-piercing.
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