Chapter 290

Is that it? That's all? Master Mo? Master Pi!

Fang Yue spat at the limp corpse on the ground.

When he was being beaten down earlier, Fang Yue had been seething with rage.

Now that the corpse was crushed, he finally felt some relief.

Fortunately, this corpse, though it copied his body, seemed to have inherited only the Martial Technique, not his talent.

Do you think I, Fang Yue, survive outside by relying on the White Flame Heart Method? Wrong! Totally wrong! I survive by 【Night's Breath】!

Without exaggeration, I am the vessel of Night's Breath! Without Night's Breath, there would be no me—this life was given to me by Night's Breath.

You, a counterfeit without 【Night's Breath】, what right do you have to act like me?! What right!!

Still not satisfied, Fang Yue kicked the corpse on the ground two more times.

But strangely, though the corpse on the ground had stopped moving, no system prompt sounded.

"Is this guy still alive?"

Unwilling to risk it, he pounded the corpse for several more minutes, reducing its shriveled body to an unrecognizable mess, before finally frowning and stopping.

At this moment, the White Flame burning on his body had long since died out, but several puncture wounds marred his face and body, whistling like leaky windholes, occasionally flaring with tiny damage prompts: "-5" "-3."

Fortunately, as Night's Breath took effect, his wounds were gradually healing, and the damage prompts were steadily decreasing.

By the time Liao Moran cautiously poked her head out from the corner and approached Fang Yue, the holes on his face had scabbed over and no longer triggered damage prompts.

"Master Mo, is it dead?"

"Not dead."

"What?!"

Liao Moran jumped back in shock, scrambling to hide behind the pillar again, then peered out: "Then, then, then, hurry up and kill it!"

Liao Moran had just witnessed the battle—had she taken even one of the corpse's frenzied attacks, she'd be dead. She didn't have Fang Yue's monstrous physique, enduring so many blows as if nothing happened, then trading damage to forcibly eliminate the corpse.

"Though it's not dead, it has no aura. I don't know what state it's in now—I'll just smash its corpse first."

Saying this, Fang Yue raised his fist again and pounded the corpse on the ground.

Soon, the corpse's shriveled skin was pulverized, its bones shattered into fragments across the floor.

Yet, as expected, the system prompt still didn't appear.

Fang Yue frowned at the broken bones and ash, activated the White Flame Heart Method, and unleashed a fire directly onto them.

Sizzle-sizzle-sizzle!

The bones sizzled, quickly charred black, turned brittle, and crumbled to powder under Fang Yue's single stomp.

Yet… the system prompt still didn't sound!

This thing is still alive!

Fang Yue's expression darkened. Had it abandoned the corpse and hidden somewhere?

Fang Yue genuinely couldn't think of any way to deal with a corpse reduced to powder that still wasn't dead.

"Great! This time it's finally dead!"

Liao Moran poked her head out again, irritating Fang Yue slightly.

But just then, a sudden flash of insight struck him.

"Shuilian Room!"

"What?" Liao Moran blinked.

"When that female corpse emerged from the Shuilian Room, it told us never to enter the Shuilian Men. What if we collect the remains of this corpse and throw them into the Shuilian Room—what would happen?"

Though phrased as a question to Liao Moran, Fang Yue was already acting.

He quickly gathered the corpse's remains, wrapped them together, and carried them to the Shuilian Men.

"Tail, are you still inside?"

"Ye Ge! I'm still here! Have you found a way to open the Shuilian Men?"

"Not yet, but I'm going to throw something into the Shuilian Men—watch what happens when it enters."

Saying this, Fang Yue hurled the bundle of bone fragments toward the Shuilian Men.

Plop! The corpse's fragments pierced through the water gate.

Yet, the moment the corpse pierced the water gate…

System Prompt: Congratulations, player 【Yese Liming】, you have slain 【Artificial Weird: Su Qi Hao】. Reward: Control Power +20, Deflection Power +20, Lifespan +3 months.

Fang Yue:???

What the hell?

Artificial Weird?

Not Master Mo?

Fang Yue was stunned—when suddenly, the Shuilian Men let out a plop, and a figure shot out from within.

Fang Yue instinctively reached out and caught it, looked down—and there, staring back with a dazed expression, was Tail.

The two stared at each other, silent.

Only when Fang Yue glanced at the female corpse still on the ground, then sent Tail a message, did he confirm: the person in his arms was truly Tail herself.

"Yes, it's me."

Tail quickly pulled away, cheeks slightly flushed: "When I caught the thing you threw in, the entire Shuilian Room generated a strange repulsive force and flung me out."

Really?

Fang Yue couldn't help asking: "Where's the bundle? Still in your hand?"

"Of course…"

Tail instinctively raised her hand—only to realize the bundle she'd been gripping tightly had vanished.

"Gone... Ye Ge, what's going on here?"

"I don't know either. Only Hai Ming, still inside the Shuilian Men, might have some idea. Ask him—what's the situation inside the room now?"

"... I don't have him as a friend."

Fang Yue:!

Poor guy. Locked in the same room and still can't add each other as friends.

Fang Yue sent a message to Hai Ming himself.

"Ye Ge, where's my Tail Goddess! She suddenly flew out! Is she outside now!"

Hai Ming responded immediately. Fang Yue briefly explained the situation, then asked: "After the corpse remains entered the Shuilian Room, did anything change inside?"

"Yes! Many characters appeared on the room's walls! Almost all are Ancient Script I can't understand."

"Almost all?"

"Yeah, because one line was written in basic script we all know—it says: 'Reversal Reshaping, Failed.'"

Reversal Reshaping, Failed?

After seeing the system kill notification that read something like 【Artificial Weird: Su Qi Hao】, Fang Yue had already confirmed the corpse wasn't the Master Mo from Mo Cun's legends.

But there was no doubt—the real Master Mo had conducted some experiments here in the Huanggui Yiji, and this artificial weird was one of the failures.

After thinking for a moment, Fang Yue asked: "Are there any other changes or discoveries inside the Shuilian Room?"

"Yes. The golden box in the room marked with the number 'seven' suddenly opened after the wall characters faded again! Inside was a cold stone—I'm holding it now."

(End of Chapter)