Chapter 45: 44, Consuming the Remnants of the Thought Demon

44, Consuming the Remnants of the Thought Demon

"I, I'll help you!"

Hearing Zhou Chang's words, Bai Xiue summoned her courage, leaned her body close to Zhou Chang, and also reached out, threading strands of lotus silk into the pile of debris blocking the alleyway, making the silk net denser and tighter.

The thought-silk and lotus silk wove together on the wall built from piled-up debris.

Meanwhile, Qu Li Bai Ma remained silent, quietly observing the expression on Zhou Chang's face, which revealed a hint of madness beneath his calmness. After a moment, she suddenly said, "What if Li Xiamei has more than one skin shell remaining?

Even if only two skin shells remain, you will have to pay a heavy price for your actions.

Especially since the taboo of 'Hei Chang' lingers here; a single slip will inevitably lead to death."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chang glanced at Bai Ma, who had emerged from Bai Xiue's cheek, then immediately turned his head back to continue releasing thought-silk to reinforce the wall before him, offering no response to Bai Ma's question.

Where is there any matter that is guaranteed to succeed simply by doing it?

If there is a thirty percent chance of succeeding at a task, it is already worth the effort to try.

If you lose the gamble, just accept the loss!

"Bang! Bang..."

Behind the pile of debris blocking the alley entrance, the sound of Li Xiamei's frantic chopping suddenly weakened, and after a few more strikes, it ceased completely.

Immediately following this, the green brick wall beside the debris pile began to shake violently!

The bricks and stones trembled, and purple-black corpse fluid seeped out from the cracks between the bricks!

The intense stench of rotting flesh pierced their nostrils; merely smelling that odor was enough to conjure countless terrifying associations in a living person's mind!

Gurgling corpse fluid formed a purple-black human shape on the shaking brick wall; threads of blood connected on the wall, merging into flesh and blood; skin membranes grew on the flesh, and dense, wild hair like tangled grass sprouted from the skin—

In the blink of an eye, the emaciated, stick-like body with disproportionately large joints, the 'Li Xiamei', 'grew' out from the wall!

It pulled a dagger from its mouth and, screaming, slashed toward Zhou Chang's neck!

"Clang!"

Iron thought-silk covered Zhou Chang's arm as he raised it to block Li Xiamei's strike!

On the other side, where his shoulder pressed tightly against the 'debris wall', the woven thought-silk and lotus silk instantly snapped in large sections; the entire debris wall was toppled by a force of inertia, shattering into pieces in an instant!

"Boom—!"

Amidst the rolling dust, on Zhou Chang's arm that had blocked Li Xiamei's dagger, the iron thought-silk slithered toward the blade, wrapping tightly around the edge—

Zhou Chang's eyes turned red, and his spirit trembled violently with madness!

As he exerted his mental power with all his might, the dagger wrapped in thought-silk suddenly flipped, its tip pointing at Li Xiamei's throat, and stabbed straight through!

"Sss!"

On the surface, it now appeared as though Li Xiamei was holding the dagger high, stabbing herself through the throat with a reverse thrust!

The dagger piercing its neck continued to drag sideways, severing half of its neck!

The corpse fluid soaked the dagger, causing the blade to dissolve into black nourishing qi and scatter!

Zhou Chang pressed his lips tightly, his face as cold and hard as cast iron—in that instant, he extended his other arm, grabbed Li Xiamei's full head of long hair, and exerted force wildly—

He intended to rip Li Xiamei's half-severed head straight off its neck!

"Rip! Rip!"

"Crunch! Crack!"

Flesh and skin tore; bones and tendons shattered!

Purple-black corpse fluid stained the skin over Li Xiamei's protruding, emaciated chest bones; it screamed wildly, rotated its head ninety degrees, opened its mouth full of canine teeth, and bit down fiercely on the arm Zhou Chang was using to hold its head!

"Swish!"

Strands of lotus silk, woven by Bai Xiue into ropes, wrapped around Li Xiamei's head, pulling with all their might!

Bai Xiue's expression was filled with terror, yet the neatly arranged lotus silk in her hands transformed into ropes according to a strict sequence; this order did not become the slightest bit chaotic despite her fear and panic!

"Aaaaaah—"

In the instant Li Xiamei's sharp fangs pierced flesh and skin, the face of 'Zhou Chang' immediately displayed an expression of pain and wild rage!

Billowing nourishing qi spilled out from beneath Li Xiamei's sharp teeth; that nourishing qi belonging to the Nie corpse was consumed by it—its neck, torn open for the most part, began to regrow muscle and flesh, healing itself by absorbing this nourishing qi!

The Nie corpse's eyes were blood-red, as if bleeding!

While it was biting down hard on one arm, its other arm, wrapped in iron thought-silk, shot out like lightning, grabbed Li Xiamei's neck which had just healed completely, and yanked upward—

"Rip!"

Corpse fluid shot skyward!

The neck of Li Xiamei, which had been difficult to tear even with the combined efforts of the three of Zhou Chang, was now torn apart by the Nie corpse in a single pull!

Li Xiamei's headless corpse instantly froze in place.

The Nie corpse reached out and grabbed Li Xiamei's head; at the very moment Li Xiamei 'died', it finally released its teeth, which had been biting down hard on the Nie corpse's arm.

In the next instant, the Nie corpse, holding this terrifying head, opened its pitch-black mouth, intending to swallow the head whole—

When a Nie corpse undergoes fetal transformation, it initially feeds on nourishing qi and delusions;

Then it feeds on minor ghosts;

Finally, it feasts on the limbs of Thought Demons!

This Nie corpse, which Zhou Chang had strictly controlled, had barely consumed any nourishing qi or delusions, and had instead been drained of massive amounts of delusions and nourishing qi, now skipped the step of feeding on minor ghosts entirely and began directly consuming the limbs of a Thought Demon!

It had clearly received no 'nutrition', yet it was still growing at an extremely terrifying speed!

Beside him, Bai Xiue, seeing Zhou Chang suddenly attempt to gnaw on Li Xiamei's head, immediately became tense and anxious: "Young man Zhou, don't, don't you—!"

Bai Ma, watching the Nie corpse suddenly begin to gnaw on the Thought Demon's limb, seemed to recall something; her face turned deathly pale, and her eyes filled with despair!

"F***..."

At this moment, the Nie corpse, which was bowing its head to gnaw on the Thought Demon's limb, suddenly paused, mumbling in its mouth: "I still have to go to the winery..."

Strands of thought-silk moved beneath the skin of Zhou Chang's corpse, forming a dense network; as Zhou Chang exerted his mental power, this great net of thought-silk trembled, imprisoning the Nie corpse's movements!

The Nie corpse screamed wildly, fighting Zhou Chang repeatedly for control of this body!

Until a moment later, Zhou Chang completely seized the initiative!

His 'body' finally fell silent.

"Go, go, go..."

Zhou Chang looked at Li Xiamei's head in his hand, disdainfully tossed it to the ground, then waved at Bai Xiue: "It will come back to life a second time; by then it will draw out the delusions of those around it.

Hurry and leave now, or you'll be drained of your delusions and turned into a tree stump by it later."

"Good!"

Bai Xiue's eyes lit with joy; she obediently agreed and immediately followed Zhou Chang to hide in a corner.

Bai Ma lowered her eyelids, lost and dazed, unaware of what memories the earlier scene of the Nie corpse gnawing on the Demon's limbs had stirred within her.

"Woo-woo!"

At that moment, Ao Duoji, who had been searching the front courtyard, came sprinting over.

In its mouth, it carried a tanned, blackened human skin.