[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-nothing-is-taboo":3,"chapter-nothing-is-taboo-nothing-is-taboo-chapter-71":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Nothing Is Taboo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2310456,4514,"Chapter 71: Boundless Flesh and Blood","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-71",71,"\u003Cp>Xu Yuan said nothing, manipulating the sword pellet to flash dozens of times rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of pieces of flesh and blood fell off the Flesh Idol with a splashing sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seasoned seventh-rank sword pellet was razor-sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But more flesh and blood writhed upward to replenish the idol’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your so-called effort is meaningless!” Mr. Gao sneered with pure malice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Xu Yuan acted as if he heard nothing, accelerating the sword pellet, peeling layer after layer of flesh from the idol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a race against the flesh: see whether you replenish faster or I carve faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan sped up, and the flesh followed suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the surrounding flesh carpet, flesh surged into waves, frantically rushing toward the altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly ridiculous!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Yuan paid no heed, relentlessly continuing to slice the flesh with his sword pellet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast, grotesque flesh entity—the Flesh Idol or the entire ruin—was finally enraged!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Flesh Idol lifted one arm; its writhing palm opened toward Xu Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the stupa-like structures within the ruin surged forward in rapid motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each stupa opened its orifices—hiss, hiss, hiss—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Streams of filthy blood swords spewed forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan dodged midair while unfolding his umbrella, using its surface to block what he couldn’t evade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seven or eight blood swords, the umbrella’s surface was corroded, emitting foul-smelling green smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More stupas appeared; after firing blood swords, they rotated to expose fresh orifices on the opposite side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The firepower never ceased!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Gao wore a cruel smile, watching Xu Yuan silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he entered the bloody mist, his tragic fate was sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this brat held out so long—and he swallowed six clumps of “Water” without turning grotesque. Truly remarkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does he carry some powerful “restraining object”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it doesn’t matter. With this much layered contamination, no restraining object can withstand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Flesh Idol lifted its other hand; massive flesh tentacles sprouted rapidly across the carpet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each tentacle stretched dozens of zhang long, its tip morphing into a horse’s head—fangs everywhere, nostrils spewing fire, and ghostly claws protruding from its eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick tentacles opened their jaws and lunged at Xu Yuan; if they missed, they spat fire to burn him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan recalled his sword pellet, slashed through one charging tentacle with a crisp sound—the grotesque horse head, spewing flame, fell and was reabsorbed by the carpet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish, swish, swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword pellet moved swiftly, severing several tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But more tentacles rose from the carpet, charging at Xu Yuan with ferocious momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan flicked his fingers, launching one Yin Soldier Pill after another, each exploding midair with a series of pops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Yin Soldier Pills came from Old Qian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gek gek gek…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tinkling laugh rang out; the ghost bride, draped in a red veil, flew from her crimson palanquin and lunged onto a tentacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord!” the ghost bride cooed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So mighty!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I fear I cannot bear it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost bride opened her cherry-red mouth and sucked in the thick qi-blood of the tentacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She burped, and the tentacle shrank noticeably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another Yin Soldier Pill exploded into a swarm of locusts—brown-yellow bodies, blood-red eyes, jaws splitting open into two halves, each filled with countless sharp hooked teeth, swarming a tentacle and devouring it greedily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-human, half-scorpion ghost shrieked, transforming its entire body into a black sand whirlwind that wrapped around a tentacle; chewing sounds echoed within the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven or eight Yin Soldier Pills held the tentacles at bay, allowing Xu Yuan to turn the tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the idol had not only fully restored itself—it had grown another chi taller!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan flicked his hand; the bamboo cage flew out, skillfully dodging three tentacles, then soared above the Flesh Idol and suddenly expanded, descending to engulf it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Flesh Idol sensed the danger; suddenly, a trumpet-shaped fleshy membrane burst open atop its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three zhang wide, it stretched to hold back the cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bamboo cage kept growing; the membrane grew with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flesh was nearly infinite; the membrane could expand endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bamboo cage expanded to ten zhang before reaching its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The idol’s membrane grew to match it—ten zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, the Flesh Idol resembled a giant dark-red mushroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bamboo cage descended and pierced into the membrane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The membrane closed like a blooming flower, attempting to swallow the cage whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood tide beneath the altar surged even more wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fleshy membranes spread upward from all sides; the cage could not resist—it was slowly, inevitably, completely enveloped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost bride, draped in red veil, sucked down three tentacles; her airborne form staggered, nearly toppling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These grotesque flesh entities were not living beings; though they contained “qi-blood,” it differed from that of the living. Eating too much contaminated her, making her body heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The locust swarm had half their bodies turned dark red; the group scattered, movements growing sluggish and unresponsive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-human, half-scorpion ghost tried several times to turn into a black sand whirlwind—each attempt failed. His eyes grew dull, his body sinking slowly, merging with the carpet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha! Cornered and defeated!” Mr. Gao’s face sneered again: “What else do you have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan grunted: “I do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xu Yuan turned and flew backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yin Soldiers dissolved back into their outer pills, following Xu Yuan as he retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Gao mocked loudly: “Then why run? Is your so-called trick just fleeing in disgrace?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan retreated over a hundred zhang; Mr. Gao was still taunting—when suddenly, a terrifying force erupted from within the Flesh Idol!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion shattered the entire Flesh Idol!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ten-zhang-tall Flesh Idol, plus its ten-zhang-wide membrane, was utterly obliterated; flesh and blood sprayed as far as dozens of zhang away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An external explosion would have severely damaged the Flesh Idol—but not shattered it completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this explosion erupted from within—the idol was utterly destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Gao’s face was also torn apart, his eyes blown out of place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original altar became a massive crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Mr. Gao’s face soon reappeared atop one of the stupas, startled: “What was that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You wild brat really know how to surprise me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before entering, Xu Yuan had quietly replaced the musket’s bullets with his own Golden Pellets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan had fully anticipated the difficulty of today’s battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single musket wouldn’t do much—but he brought it anyway, planning precisely for this move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Pellets had infused nine-tenths of the cannon’s inner pill’s “properties,” shrinking the pill to the size of a grain of rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why the explosion was so devastating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan’s relentless slicing of the idol’s flesh was not futile—it forced the flesh to actively replenish the idol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that process, the Golden Pellet buried in the flesh was carried deep into the Flesh Idol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pity,” Mr. Gao’s face murmured mockingly. “Still meaningless!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flesh writhed, filling the crater—first forming the altar, then coalescing again into a new Flesh Idol!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless you utterly destroy the entire carpet, burning every scrap of flesh to ash, the idol cannot be destroyed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I told you already—the moment you stepped into this place, your fate was sealed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here it comes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s pace was a bit slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1193,"2026-06-20T12:07:23.516Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9e9d790c1dd2595a5f3a8f7abddb21e47d786f8c2b143e8fa0f8169d49a3e2ba","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-72","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-70",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnothing-is-taboo-cover.jpg"]