Chapter 287: The Return of the Tiger

"Hurry!" the barber shouted, charging forward first.

Wild Boar Fang's resistance is too high; we don't know how long the medicine will hold it.

Old Black Dog lowered its head and lunged, clamping its jaws tightly onto one of Wild Boar Fang's ears.

The barber leapt onto Wild Boar Fang's head, raising his razor.

Wild Boar Fang clawed into Old Black Dog's belly and ripped out a handful of intestines.

But Old Black Dog refused to let go.

The barber's razor came down—but scraped uselessly, unable to cut through Wild Boar Fang's scalp.

The barber gestured, and the brazier from his cart flew over, crashing with a boom onto Wild Boar Fang's head.

Scorching charcoal ignited the pig's hair.

Wild Boar Fang screamed in agony, trying to raise its stone axe to crush this man—but its body refused to obey.

The barber couldn't wait for the fire to die; he slashed again with his razor.

This time, he finally tore open Wild Boar Fang's scalp.

But the bone beneath remained unbearably hard.

The barber gestured again; the tongs flew in, piercing the skull with a hiss.

Wild Boar Fang let out a shriek, then suddenly tilted its head—two massive tusks shot out!

Puff!

Puff!

Two enormous tusks pierced the barber's body; he staggered, straining to extend his razor toward Wild Boar Fang's skull—then vomited a gush of blood from his mouth.

The razor slipped from his hand.

The barber collapsed, his body going limp, and soon died.

Xu Yuan watched secretly; indeed, Wild Boar Fang possessed methods similar to "Wu Mi."

Old Black Dog released Wild Boar Fang's ear and lunged again, biting down on its neck.

Crack!

Two canine teeth shattered and flew off.

Old Black Dog still bit down—the bristles on its neck, like steel needles, pierced into its mouth.

With desperate tearing, it finally ripped open Wild Boar Fang's neck.

But Wild Boar Fang had barely regained movement; its hands slowly gripped Old Black Dog's front and hind legs, then tore with all its strength.

Old Black Dog was torn in two.

Blood and organs sprayed everywhere.

Old Black Dog didn't even let out a cry—it died instantly.

Its body slowly shifted back from dog form to human form.

Wild Boar Fang gasped, blood gushing from its neck wound.

It struggled to sit up, then suddenly saw a malevolent spirit emerge from the cliffside.

Wild Boar Fang erupted in furious rage: That damned "in-law" who deserved to be killed ten thousand times!

It surged to its feet—then suddenly felt a sharp cramp in its belly.

It screamed "Aaah!" and collapsed back down.

Its body was incredibly resilient; under normal circumstances, even with two Longzhu Waidan writhing inside, it could have endured and killed this in-law.

Xu Yuan chose the Sinew Pill and Skin Pill instead of the Sword Pearl precisely because these two were, fundamentally, "food."

Mixed into the food, they were hard for Wild Boar Fang to detect.

Had he used something like a Sword Pearl, Wild Boar Fang's keen nose might have smelled it out.

Moreover, Xu Yuan waited until after Wild Boar Fang had eaten the barber's medicine before slipping in the two pills.

After taking the medicine, Wild Boar Fang's reactions would be slower.

The two Longzhu Waidan writhed inside Wild Boar Fang's belly; Xu Yuan arrived swiftly, a long knife in hand.

Wild Boar Fang gritted its teeth against the agony and hurled the stone axe at Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan's feet ignited with fire wheels, flames roaring as he dodged swiftly aside.

The stone axe whistled through the air and slammed heavily into the cliff.

Boom—it shattered a deep crater into the cliff, sending a cascade of rocks tumbling down.

"Still this fierce?"

Behind Miao Yu suddenly appeared, raising his great seal high and bellowed: "Malevolent spirit harming humans—by law, it must be executed!"

Wild Boar Fang felt a force press down upon it.

Though it couldn't fully subdue the creature, it was still a nuisance.

Wild Boar Fang roared and shook its shoulders—

Behind Miao Yu felt his "divine artifact" wobbling violently—unable to hold back this malevolent spirit!

"So strong!"

Xu Yuan seized the opportunity, suddenly appearing beside Wild Boar Fang and tapping his long knife against the tongs embedded in Wild Boar Fang's skull.

Lightning flashed!

Wild Boar Fang's entire body blazed with blinding brightness.

Xu Yuan pulled out another pill and, facing the immobilized Wild Boar Fang, unleashed the "Putrefaction Malady" trick.

Xu Yuan released nearly all the lightning from the Hidden Weight Nine Dragon Pearl.

Wild Boar Fang's body turned completely charred black, its hair burned away, leaving it utterly bald.

After the lightning vanished, Xu Yuan cautiously approached a bit closer.

The Wild Boar Fang's hand suddenly moved, and a crackling sound of scorched shell shattering erupted from its body.

It grabbed the fire tongs above its head and yanked them out with force.

Hiss—

A sword of blood shot up from its forehead like a geyser.

Miao Yu was now quite certain: "This evil spirit must be of the Fifth Rank!"

But the time for "ulcerative mutation" had arrived!

Both the body and the soul of the Wild Boar Fang began to ulcerate together.

It could withstand the ulceration on its body, but the ulceration of its soul caused it unbearable pain, and it let out continuous screams of agony.

Xu Yuan circled repeatedly on the Fire Wheel dozens of zhang away; this evil spirit looked like a bowstring at the end of its strength, but... My Lord Xu always felt it was unsafe.

Clang!

Two Dragon-Slaying Swords left their sheaths and thrust toward the Wild Boar Fang from both sides.

The Wild Boar Fang let out a roar that shook the heavens, suddenly lowered its head, and its entire body instantly swelled into a giant boar three zhang tall and five zhang long!

"Good heavens, it truly still has a trump card up its sleeve."

Xu Yuan urged the Fire Wheel to soar high into the air.

The Wild Boar Fang rushed past beneath My Lord Xu's feet and headed straight for Miao Yu!

Everyone from the Evil-Dispelling Office scattered and fled.

Miao Yu's two trusted subordinates, covered in cold sweat and gritting their teeth, shouted: "Protect My Lord!"

Suddenly, a rope shot out from the Wild Boar Fang's nostrils, latched onto its nose, and yanked—

The Wild Boar Fang was in excruciating pain and crashed to the ground with a boom.

It crushed several drug-dazed evil spirits beneath it.

The Wild Boar Fang quickly got back up; the ulceration on its body continued to spread, but its powerful physique was also healing itself.

However, the ulceration of its soul gave it a feeling as if its head were splitting apart.

Add to that the fact that Xu Yuan had just channeled lightning through the fire tongs, and its pig brain was the first to take the brunt of it.

Now it felt as if its entire brain were boiling.

As it stood up, it was already somewhat unsteady; with Xu Yuan still holding its nose with the beast-tendon rope, the Wild Boar Fang flew into a rage and struggled to break free, even if it meant tearing its nose apart.

The Sinew Pill and the Skin Pill thrashed about inside the Wild Boar Fang's belly, but the Wild Boar Fang was too strong, and its internal organs were even more resilient than the beast-tendon rope.

They caused no substantial damage.

So Xu Yuan simply drew them out and tied them to the Wild Boar Fang's nose.

As the Wild Boar Fang struggled to break free, suddenly it could not see again.

The Skin Pill split in two and wrapped around the Wild Boar Fang's eyeballs!

The Wild Boar Fang grew panicked; while shaking its head to break the rope in its nostrils, it also ran wildly.

The rope pulled it to the left, so it struggled fiercely to the right.

After being pulled back and forth several times, the beast-tendon rope suddenly went slack, and the Wild Boar Fang crashed headfirst into the cliff with a boom.

The entire cliff shook.

Large chunks of stone fell away.

A pit one person deep appeared on the cliff face.

A portion of the Wild Boar Fang's head was also flattened.

It sat down with a thud, momentarily dizzy and unable to move.

Yet Xu Yuan still refused to approach; the two Dragon-Slaying Swords fell from left and right, clanging as they sliced across the Wild Boar King's body, yet they still could not pierce its pig skin.

Xu Yuan glanced stealthily at Miao Yu, then raised a hand once more and summoned the "Tiger-Head Guillotine."

(End of this chapter)