Chapter 1313

Zhao Guangzhi didn't stop halfway; he simply didn't jump over the wall anymore, taking his axe and breaking through two mud walls in a row, smashing through anything he encountered. His strength had always been astonishing, and the mud walls of the civilian houses were like building blocks in front of him, shattering at a single impact.

With seven or eight bangs, the view ahead suddenly opened up: he had rushed onto the main street.

With the war inside the city and Yang Meng's garrison troops blocked outside, and his own men not having reached here yet, there were only a few people on the street. Zhao Guangzhi identified the direction and sprinted toward the city gate.

As long as he reunited with his army, he could launch a counter-kill!

However, he had only run two steps when the mud wall of the grocery store next to him collapsed with a roar, and a behemoth rushed out from the sky-filling dust.

It was at least one zhang tall, its frame thicker than a door and longer than a wall. Before Zhao Guangzhi could see its true face, a pair of tusk-like weapons extended from the dust, aiming to stab his waist.

That pair of tusks was even fitted with two sharp blades, with a total length exceeding seven feet.

The distance between the two sides was really too close, at most five feet. If this stab hit, he would definitely become a human kebab.

Zhao Guangzhi couldn't care about his ungraceful posture; in his panic, he exerted force from his waist and legs, lunging to the side, narrowly avoiding this thrust.

He lacked experience in dealing with such monsters, otherwise he would have known that after the tusks missed, there was usually a whole set of follow-up moves, such as the four pillar-like thick legs directly coming over for a round of trampling, or perhaps it had weapons more lethal and flexible than the tusks and thick legs that could also come into play...

But Zhao Guangzhi finally discovered what this thing was:

A giant elephant.

A giant tusked elephant covered in heavy armor, wrapped head and face like the black-armored knights, but with eerie red light in its eyes; its size was at least a circle larger than an ordinary elephant, but it was just a bit thin.

After he jumped away, the giant elephant raised its large head, and its flexible trunk wrapped him up in one go!

The attacks came one after another, and Zhao Guangzhi finally didn't dodge it this time.

The Soul-Sucking Mirror in He He Lingchuan's arms shouted happily: "Caught him, I caught him!"

This giant elephant was a corpse puppet He He Lingchuan had given it in Mian Village; originally, the Ghost King Xuan Lu had stuffed two little ghosts inside to control the giant elephant corpse puppet to attack Boss Situ's army; after the mirror received it, it followed suit, sending two mirror ghosts to reside inside. These days of diligent practice had exhausted the two mirror ghosts to the point of vomiting blood, so they were quite proficient in controlling it.

The corpse puppet, modified by divine blood, retained a certain level of activity and could be driven by evil ghosts.

However, He He Lingchuan had also asked Dong Rui to help modify it, removing two tusks, getting rid of unnecessary mutations, and shrinking its size by a circle, which made it stronger and more stable in its center of gravity, conducive to running and turning; the remaining hair on the tusked elephant had also fallen off, and it had turned light brown overall. According to Master Dong, the original corpse puppet was "large but useless," and only after concentration was it the essence.

When returning to the Yangshan Archipelago, He He Lingchuan even had a custom set of full-body armor made for this giant elephant puppet; after wearing it, almost no one could tell that underneath the armor was a wind-dried corpse—except for the fact that it was on the thin side.

Its appearance had been greatly altered, so even if Boss Situ Yu, who had participated in the Battle of Mian Village, saw it, he might not be able to link it to the Ghost King's giant elephant corpse puppet.

The Soul-Sucking Mirror hadn't finished rejoicing when Zhao Guangzhi's body shrank, and he actually squeezed out of the elephant trunk's wrap like a loach out of a hole, looking effortless.

"Heretical tricks!" The mirror was furious, "Again!"

But Zhao Guangzhi ran toward the city gate as soon as he landed, without looking back.

A black figure also appeared on the giant elephant's back, raising his hand and firing two crossbow bolts.

Zhao Guangzhi's spiritual sense was quite sharp, and he avoided them all with excellent footwork.

Who knew that as his body tilted, just after dodging the second crossbow bolt, his shoulder felt a sudden chill and pain—

He was pinned to the wall by a throwing spear.

The enemy behind him had even calculated his footwork and reactions. This spear was thrown as if Zhao Guangzhi had leaned into it himself to get stabbed.

Zhao Guangzhi screamed, unwilling to be captured, and swung his other fist, wanting to smash the mud wall down.

At this moment, his mind was still clear; the spear stuck in his back was hard to pull out, but smashing this wall down was easy.

However, just as his fist clenched, another spear whistled over, pinning this hand to the wall too! "Ah...!" Zhao Guangzhi twisted his head desperately, yet the giant elephant sucked up enough mud and dust from the ruins and sprayed it all over him with a whoosh, "Pfft, pfft!"

The Soul-Sucking Mirror was finally satisfied: "With so much dry powder sprinkled on him, I'd like to see if he can escape next time!"

"No chance." He He Lingchuan stood on the giant elephant corpse puppet's head, looking down and firing two more arrows, pinning Zhao Guangzhi's left and right legs to the wall one after another—

Accompanied by two screams.

This is secure.

Zhao Guangzhi couldn't see him, but he was stared at by his gaze, feeling like needles on his back, and had to shout: "How much did Yang Meng pay you? Let me go, and I'll pay you double, no, five times the reward!"

Of course, he didn't believe the other side was really coming to hunt him down because of his heinous crimes.

"Interesting, City Defender Liu seemed to say the same thing just now." He He Lingchuan laughed deeply, "You guys should have a bidding war to see who wins in the end."

The Soul-Sucking Mirror cheered for its master: "I'm betting on this Zhao fellow. He robs every city he goes to; he must be very rich."

Zhao Guangzhi pleaded as expected: "If you spare my life, I will offer you all my treasures! One hundred thousand taels, all for you!"

The pain brought by the dark flames was just beginning to fade, and the despair of having his limbs pinned swept over him.

His screams echoed throughout the entire street.

"Really?" He He Lingchuan tilted his head to look at him, "Swear an oath?"

"I swear, I swear!" Zhao Guangzhi grabbed this straw, shouting his oath, "I..."

He He Lingchuan interrupted him: "Who are you?"

"I, I am Zhao Guangzhi!"

"Louder."

"I am Zhao Guangzhi!" He howled, his voice piercing the sky, "As long as..."

He suddenly choked; what was this guy's name anyway? "As long as you spare me, I will reward you with one hundred thousand taels of gold! If I break this oath, may my head fall to the ground!"

As soon as he announced his name and pleaded for mercy, the surrounding residents poked their heads out, unable to hold back. Zhao Guangzhi pleading for mercy—they had to see it.

The bolder ones were no longer satisfied with peeking through door cracks, but grabbed ladders and climbed onto courtyard walls to watch the spectacle.

Oh wow, this elephant is so big, the tusks are so long! Is the man pinned to the wall bleeding profusely really the cannibal Zhao Guangzhi? Legend says he is very powerful, even City Defender Liu was scared into fleeing without a fight.

And what about the black-armored knight who beat him into this state? "Hmm." He He Lingchuan took his time, "Forget it."

"..." What? "The famous Zhao Guangzhi, I didn't expect you to be such a spineless coward!" A sigh came from under the dragon-head mask, "I dealt with another cannibal, and he had much more backbone than you."

(End of chapter)