[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday":3,"chapter-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-148":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Imperial Hound on an Eight-Hour Shift",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2225206,4113,"Chapter 148","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-148",148,"\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without holding back in the slightest, Li Miao's saber directly pierced into the Miao King's right shoulder and then slashed out from her left rib.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Miao King hadn't even seen Li Miao's movement clearly before she felt the excruciating pain coming from her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witchcraft and Gu, after all, were methods that sought help from external objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for the Miao King, her reaction, eyesight, and speed were only slightly faster than ordinary people, and she could not be compared with a Heavenly Human expert at all, let alone Li Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression had just changed slightly, and her eyes hadn't even focused on Li Miao in front of her, when Li Miao's palm-saber had already slashed out from her abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having succeeded in one strike, Li Miao flashed and appeared a zhang away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took off his right glove and threw it to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the glove touched the ground, a large cloud of white smoke instantly ignited, accompanied by a \"hissing\" sound, and the glove actually melted through the ground and disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood on the Gu soldiers' bodies carried Gu poison, and the Miao King was naturally no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, just one touch had corroded the silk glove Li Miao had used for many years; if it dripped onto a person, it would probably melt a hole right through them instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao looked up at the Miao King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His strike just now had slashed through half of her organs and cut open her entire chest and abdomen. By rights, the Miao King should have had her internal organs spill out and died on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did the Miao King not fall, but she continued to look coldly at Li Miao, showing no signs of injury at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the clothes on her body did indeed have a large hole torn open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Li, your martial arts are truly extraordinary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it weren't for me, anyone else here would probably be preparing their funeral arrangements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Miao King said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unfortunately, you insist on making things difficult for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Man Heavenly Silk, one of the Heavenly Human experts sent by the imperial court to hunt down Rui'er. His famous martial art is the 'Heavenly Silk Skill,' which is best at healing injuries.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But his 'Heavenly Silk Skill' was only created by imitating witchcraft and Gu. The person he consulted back then was the previous Miao King.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I indeed do not know martial arts, but when it comes to witchcraft and Gu, no one in the world can compare with me. Healing injuries, naturally, is also much better than that Wan Tianzong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Miao King spoke slowly and unhurriedly, seemingly confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, when Li Miao's palm-saber slashed across, the moment it left her body, her severed body had already roughly healed, holding in her blood and internal organs, so it seemed as if Li Miao had slashed at empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of healing speed was simply not human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no one knew that she was just pretending to be calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, Li Miao's strike really almost made her unable to resist dodging; she just suppressed it and pretended to be composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she said was half truth and half bluff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also had weaknesses; this healing method could not be used at will and required a price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside her body, an extremely important Gu insect had already died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even so, Li Miao could no longer attack her at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Gu poison in her body was more lethal than any strange poison in the world. Even the silk gloves Li Miao wore couldn't withstand it. If it touched his skin, Li Miao would also suffer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao turned a deaf ear, only looking at his glove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, he looked up at the Miao King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know why I wear these gloves?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can already accommodate a perfect Diamond on my body, and my flesh is far tougher than these gloves. But if I need to kill many people, I always habitually wear these gloves. Because this is a gift from my first soulmate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next time she sees me and asks, what should I say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao said indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've changed my mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you are so hard to kill, that's perfect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will make your death very, very long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will beg me to kill you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, the blood is still fresh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang stood up and threw away the wooden stick that had been picking at the snake corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Li should have left not long ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed in a direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is a fresh smell of blood over there; Lord Li should have gone in that direction. If we follow now, counting the time Lord Li spent killing enemies along the way, we should be able to meet in about half a cup of tea's time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them hurried along, following Li Miao's tracks, and had already chased to the place where Li Miao had slaughtered the snake group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Ziyang's martial arts were not very good, but he had many methods, and having dealt with the Tang Men for many years, his skills in identifying poison, distinguishing poison, and tracking were all above the vast majority of Jianghu people. He could easily avoid poisonous things and quickly see the direction Li Miao was heading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the speed of the two was not slow, and the distance between them and Li Miao was constantly shortening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie nodded, pulled An Ziyang up, and then used his light martial arts to the fullest, entering the cave leading to the Pupa Room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as they entered the cave, the two smelled a nearly suffocating stench of blood and saw the corpses of the Great Shamans of the Twelve Branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But neither of them cared, just walking forward on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crossing countless corpses, the soles of their shoes were soaked with fresh blood, and stepping on the ground made a \"squelching\" sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the two arrived at the end of the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone door at the end had already been kicked down by Li Miao, and there was no obstruction to their vision, allowing them to see the situation inside the Pupa Room at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie's face turned pale instantly, and the hand grabbing An Ziyang also loosened involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he saw the Miao King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would never recognize her wrong... it was her, it was really her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wife, Ling'er's mother, the Great Shaman who went missing ten years ago, Ge Puqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Miao King's clothes were torn to shreds, her beautiful body looming, and she was looking at Li Miao with an ugly expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao was currently stepping on a severed arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flesh and blood splattered, and the severed arm was crushed into a pile of meat paste by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep growing, don't stop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'd like to see just how much flesh you can grow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Pupa Room, it was already a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the various wood chips and broken stones on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, on the surrounding walls and ground, there were dozens of scarlet marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These marks were radial, as if a piece of flesh had been struck by great force and directly scattered, sticking to the walls and ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These marks were all flesh and blood that Li Miao had dismantled from the Miao King's body and then beaten into meat paste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like when he dealt with Old Man Heavenly Silk that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can't you grow? I want to see how much you can grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An immortal body, if it doesn't have enough self-protection power, will only bring more prolonged pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the words fell, Li Miao suddenly disappeared from where he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he appeared again, he was already standing behind the Miao King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The several venomous snakes on the Miao King's body bit toward Li Miao as a reflex, but the Miao King's reaction was slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Squish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Miao King lowered her head, and from her chest, a hand reached out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the hand was her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked up, wanting to run forward a few steps, at least not to hang on Li Miao's arm anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her foot had just lifted, but it was frozen in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gurgle... gurgle...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strained sound came from the Miao King's throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how immortal her body was, speaking required air from the lungs. At this moment, Li Miao had pierced her chest, making her unable to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie, however, knew what she was saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes of the two met across a distance of several dozen zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongjie knew that the Miao King was saying: \"Husband.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1469,"2026-06-17T21:41:15.265Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b9eeac31d9e3abeed732ea0e0fef5834178d8d81216b8e41c4b898bb8441b547","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-149","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-147",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]