Chapter 48: Is This Reasonable?

Shang Yang’s mockery was realistic and cruel, leaving the group of reincarnators speechless.

Wen Feifeng, that exceptionally handsome Daoist priest radiating righteousness, did not offer a defense, merely tightening his face before finally spitting out a sentence:

"Fellow Daoists, whatever consequences follow this matter, I, Wen, will bear them myself. Though I have borrowed your magic power, I will never let your lives be lost."

"Hahaha... If you, this hypocritical priest, are going to say that, then you had better be on your guard against me, Shang Yang. A single reincarnator is worth quite a few merit points."

……

Amidst this commotion, Li Yu’s gaze was fixed entirely on the center of the great hall, upon that spring of void poison.

As a newcomer Order Master entering the strange domain, he had accidentally encountered two "cheating players" who were fishing in troubled waters, yet he had still completed three side quests, earning hundreds of merit points and a rare item he could take out: [Pistil Nectar].

By rights, he should be content, choose to stay far away from this dangerous area, and honestly wait outside the palace for these two ruthless men to decide the victor and end the conquest mission, so he could return to Wanfu City with his rich harvest.

But Li Yu, staring at the corpse of the woman in plain clothes, felt an inexplicably intense impulse rising within his body.

He wanted to peek!

He wanted to touch the corpse!

As these two thoughts emerged, Li Yu did not feel he was a pervert.

Instead, he vaguely realized:

"The rule really took effect. If I’m not mistaken, this [Corpse of the Penglai Female Immortal] must be related to the Spirit Venerable path I am cultivating."

"Is she my predecessor?"

"Or does she hide the subsequent sequences, secret medicine formulas, or main materials for rare items that I need...?"

Before Li Yu could figure it out.

The "dazed monarch of the Sui State," who had been mowed down by Wen Feifeng and Shang Yang, finally could not hold on any longer. He had become completely insane, his withered, inverted body seemingly about to slip from the flower bud and plunge headfirst into the poison spring.

His six arms, ignoring the immediate side effects, scrambled to scoop up the poison and stuff it into his mouth.

Meanwhile, he began to loudly curse the Pistil Empress.

"Vile wench, where are you? Why don't you come to assist Us?"

"Have you gone out to steal another man again? Haven't you had enough after all these years?"

"You filthy wench, if not for Our bestowal back then, you would have long been corrupted into a medicine corpse. Yet you dare to harbor dissatisfaction toward Us? Every time there are intruders, you try to satisfy your lust, then give birth to one retarded monster after another, yet in the end, you still didn't escape."

"You came just now and then disappeared... are you hiding because you see Us in trouble... is it useful? Once We die, and this immortal’s remains fall into the hands of these intruders, this corpse city will collapse and vanish, and you will have nowhere to be buried."

"Come out, come out for Us."

"No, something is wrong. Though you are stupid, you know the principle of the lips being gone, the teeth being cold. Vile wench, you haven't already died, have you?"

"Who is it! Who killed Our Empress?"

……

Sentence by sentence, incoherent and rambling, it was impossible to tell if the monarch loved the Empress or loathed her.

Listening from within the corpse tide, Li Yu felt a bit uneasy.

He hadn't expected that just by borrowing a bit of nectar from the Pistil Flower Demon to sneak into the palace, it would lead to this aftermath.

Just as Li Yu was listening to the dazed monarch’s roars and curses while weighing his options.

Suddenly, his whole body jolted, and as if sensing something, he glanced toward Wen Feifeng and Shang Yang.

His eyesight was sharp; in an instant, he saw that although the two were still slaughtering the monarch, their bodies had subtly shifted, and a significant portion of the killing intent in their eyes was now directed toward the corpse crowd.

"Not good!"

"Have I been exposed?"

As the doubtful thought arose, Li Yu didn't care about anything else; he chose to follow his heart and turned to flee against the corpse tide.

Unfortunately, he was one step too late, as two voices came from behind simultaneously:

"It really is you, you rat!"

"Fellow Daoist, the strategy of fishing in troubled waters works once, but it won't be effective a second time."

Before the words faded, accompanied by a phoenix cry, the large group of medicine corpses behind Li Yu was instantly cleared away by the Sacred Fire of the Spirit Sparrow.

Following closely behind were several beams of death light that had become incredibly thick after merging.

Even though Li Yu had performed an extreme dodge, he was still grazed, and a large circular piece of flesh and blood under his ribs was evaporated on the spot.

Regret, intense pain, and the omen of death surged over him together.

He had indeed been exposed!

Shang Yang and Wen Feifeng were truly as they boasted; both were heaven-sent geniuses and top-tier clever people.

Through the monarch’s curses and anomalies, they guessed that the so-called "Empress" must have died at the hands of that Order Master of the Demon Star who possessed special concealment methods.

Since that Order Master could disguise himself as a medicine corpse, he might also have the means to disguise himself as a Pistil Flower Demon.

Thus, without even needing to discuss it, the two tacitly attacked Li Yu.

It was very reasonable for Wen Feifeng to do this; he was from the reincarnator faction and was determined to obtain the "remains of the Penglai Female Immortal," so he would not allow someone like Li Yu to hide in the shadows and reap the benefits in the end.

As for Shang Yang?

He was purely ruthless; whoever stood in his way would be killed.

If they were in the same faction and didn't act as his "nourishment," they had to be slaughtered all the same.

"Damn it all to hell!"

"I’m just a newcomer, what right do I have to be targeted by two cheating ruthless men?"

"Is this reasonable?"

While cursing in his heart, Li Yu made a frantic reaction in his extremity.

He first fiercely poured nearly a third of the [Pistil Nectar] into his mouth, and then, amidst a hissing sound, a massive and vision-obscuring cloud of fragrant Qi surged out.

"Empress, you vile wench!" "You finally dare to appear, come and help Us quickly."

The half-insane Sui State monarch did not realize that in the thick fragrant mist was not his charming flower demon wife, but a man.

While roaring, he desperately swallowed a few more mouthfuls of poison, spawning a large number of fleshy tentacles to attack Shang Yang and Wen Feifeng.

Taking advantage of the moment the two were entangled, Li Yu began to pop pills.

God-Foot Pill!

Compassionate Heart Pill!

Especially the latter; although he had already picked off quite a bit to eat, a fist-sized amount remained, though it was pitted and uneven.

Swallowing it in one go was difficult.

But Li Yu didn't care; he reached out and tore his own mouth open, then stuffed it in, and with the help of his saliva, gulped it down, the pill passing through his throat.

Before he could be choked to death, he activated the art of ingestion.

Finally, he completely entered the "Compassionate State."

At the same time, the two in the rear had shaken off the entanglement of the Stamen Emperor and, once again without a word, with extreme tacit understanding, fired a major move at Li Yu from a distance.

Wen Feifeng summoned three Sacred Fire Spirit Sparrows capable of incinerating hundreds of medicine corpses, which swept toward Li Yu in a triangular formation.

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Shang Yang was much more ruthless; those flesh-and-blood death stars suddenly merged into a cannon-like mechanical monster. After only one breath of charging, a "giant death light" that could almost completely encompass Li Yu’s body and evaporate him instantly shot out from the muzzle.

Without a doubt, the death light arrived first.

Seeing this scene!

The group of reincarnators, pinned in place as "magic power batteries," couldn't help but feel sympathy for that insidious and cunning Order Master of the Demon Star.

To die in such a way was too miserable.

But soon, the next moment, the crowd did not see the scene of Li Yu being completely evaporated.

Or rather, they only saw half of it.

At the moment he was struck by the giant death light, Li Yu’s body shifted sideways by half a meter, so only one arm, one leg, and a small portion of his torso were evaporated by the death light.

Normally, this "way of dying" wasn't much better.

Unfortunately, Li Yu was not normal at this moment.

A large amount of egg filaments erupted from his remaining half-body, instantly beginning to repair the evaporated flesh. His limbs turned into sharp claws, his muscles bulged, his skin rapidly hardened, and a wickedly scarlet vertical eye grew on his forehead, while large patches of flame-like markings sprouted and crawled all over his body.

When he finished changing and turned to look at the crowd.

Including Wen Feifeng and Shang Yang, everyone felt a cold killing intent and an eerie indifference.

It was as if they were not "human," but some kind of ingredient.

They were being sized up by this strange butcher-chef, and even though he had no knife in his hand, the horrific scene of being perfectly sliced into pieces involuntarily appeared in everyone’s minds.

"What kind of monster is that?"

As this thought arose, they soon saw him flickering like a ghost, easily dodging the three Sacred Fire Spirit Sparrows.

"Forbidden God Sect?"

"Food-human?"

Shang Yang and Wen Feifeng showed no fear on their faces, but asked in confusion.

As the former asked, the flesh-and-blood mechanical cannon in front of him began to charge again.

But Li Yu didn't give him the chance; he stared at the two without a word, then flickered and completely disappeared from the hall.

Escaped... he escaped?

The magic power batteries, who were looking forward to a slaughter, felt disappointed.

It was no wonder; Shang Yang and Wen Feifeng were also greatly astonished, feeling both amused and frustrated.

But immediately, a sense of wariness arose in their hearts.

"Cunning and alert, he is an extraordinary person."

"Hmph, consider yourself lucky to have run fast."

After speaking, the two of them turned their heads in tacit agreement once more, continuing to slaughter the Emperor of Stamens, who was now nothing more than a shell of a demonic flower.

In another two or three breaths, he would not even have a complete corpse left.

In the final moments of his life, this muddled emperor did not forget to howl: "Where has that base slave of an Empress gone? Do not abandon Us, come back quickly."

……

Outside the Imperial Palace, Li Yu’s face was pale as he deactivated his Compassionate Heart form, unable to suppress the thoughts of regret in his heart.

"A loss, a huge loss this time."

"I hesitated for only a breath or two, and I was discovered by those two beasts."

"Both of them are shameless, was it necessary to use their ultimate moves right from the start against a newcomer like me?"

"There wasn't even a buffer; if I hadn't been quick-witted, I would be a dead man by now, perhaps not even having a complete corpse, having been evaporated clean away."

As Li Yu cursed Wen Feifeng and Shang Yang, he subconsciously calculated the losses he had paid to save his life.

One Divine Foot Elixir!

One-third of the Pistil Nectar!

All remaining Compassionate Heart Elixirs!

Suddenly, his heart ached even more, and thoughts of revenge surged up within him.

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(End of this chapter)