Chapter 329: I'm Here to Save… (3/10, for Alliance Leader

Whether it was an illusion or not, he felt his running growing more and more labored, and the faint sound of breathing rose and fell against his neck.

As if the Charred Corpse were right behind his back.

Boom—!

Another thunderclap exploded, and in the shadows illuminated on the ground, Huishan saw a sight he could not believe.

On his back… there was an extra large black shadow, as if… something was lying on his back.

He stiffly turned his head, and what met his eyes was the old abbot's face, charred black from being struck by lightning.

"Roar—!"

The Charred Corpse grinned wide and bellowed.

Squelch— Huishan's belly was pierced straight through by a charred black hand.

His body lost all strength.

Collapsed on the ground, faintly, he seemed to hear footsteps and voices talking.

"Fang Yue, there's something ahead!"

……

"Fang Yue, there's something ahead!"

Hearing Bai Xiaoya's words, Fang Yue, who had been hurrying through the heavy rain, hurriedly looked toward the direction she was pointing.

Just one glance, and Fang Yue froze.

An old monk in a kasaya had thrust one hand straight through a young monk's chest, piercing his heart.

Holy—?!

Such an explosive scene, and he just happened to stumble upon it?

Fang Yue was still in shock when thunder suddenly exploded.

The bamboo forest turned bright as day.

The old monk's appearance was also taken in completely by Fang Yue.

How could that be a person!

His entire face looked like it had been struck by lightning, half of it ruined, and his body's skin was charred black like a sweet potato roasted until the skin blistered— nauseating enough to make one retch.

With injuries like these, no normal person could possibly still be alive.

The thunder had already passed by now, and the surroundings returned to darkness.

Fang Yue stared at the Charred Corpse, watching its movements.

Then, Fang Yue saw the Charred Corpse move, charging over at a hundred-meter-sprint speed.

Clearly looking like an old fellow, it ran with surprising swiftness.

Fang Yue was just about to shout for the parchment when whoosh— something flew past beside him.

Bang—!

The Charred Corpse, mid-sprint, immediately stumbled; in the darkness he couldn't see clearly, but it looked like something had embedded itself in its head, jamming it in place.

But it wasn't dead— it was shaking its head, like a wild beast trying to dislodge whatever was stuck on its head.

Fang Yue saw clearly now— the thing embedded in the Charred Corpse's head was a phone— Bai Xiaoya's phone.

Fang Yue broke out in a cold sweat as he looked back at Bai Xiaoya; the latter was gritting her teeth and snapping the nearest thick bamboo stalk, seemingly intending to break it off as a weapon— ferociously capable.

"I'll handle it."

From Bai Xiaoya's throw, Fang Yue was quite certain the thing before him was not human.

Then there was nothing to hold back about.

Lifespan, ignite.

Fang Yue did a short sprint, locked both of the Charred Corpse's hands, and added a knee strike!

Before the Charred Corpse could react to anything at all, its heart was directly shattered, and a gaping hole was punched out of its chest.

Fang Yue paused for a moment, dropped the Charred Corpse to the ground, released Synchronize, and frowned as he looked.

The Charred Corpse had already stopped moving.

"This thing… is a person?"

Bai Xiaoya, who had given up struggling with the bamboo, frowned and asked.

"Not sure, but its body is very fragile— it feels like its bones have gotten lighter…"

Fang Yue checked and found that the corpse really had become very light, not at all like the bone density a normal person should have.

Crack.

Bai Xiaoya beside him forcefully twisted off one of the corpse's hand bones, then drew it across the bamboo.

Crack!

The bamboo snapped clean in two.

"I'm taking its left hand— help me twist it off."

After comparing the sharpness of the bone and the bamboo, Bai Xiaoya said calmly.

But Fang Yue was breaking out in a cold sweat.

A girl waving around a hand bone— doesn't she find that terrifying…?

Even so, Fang Yue still twisted the hand bone off and gave it to her.

Bai Xiaoya swung it twice, seeming quite satisfied.

"These two are both monks from Jiangyun Temple— looks like something happened at Jiangyun Temple."

"Let's go take a look and we'll know."

The two headed toward Jiangyun Temple, and soon along the way, they saw one corpse after another.

The corpses mostly looked as if they had been cut to death by something sharp.

When the two of them arrived at the back entrance of Jiangyun Temple, they saw a new Charred Corpse.

Boom!

The rain was still falling, thunder still flashing.

Fang Yue synchronized for one second, and before the Charred Corpse could react, he stepped up and punched it straight in the face.

Crack! Crack!

The Charred Corpse's facial bones shattered directly, caving inward, and it collapsed to the ground, motionless.

This thing was much easier to deal with than Fang Yue had expected.

In terms of speed, it was only slightly more agile than an ordinary person; only when attacking, its fingernails and the like were unexpectedly sharp, able to easily tear human skin.

In terms of threat level, it was even inferior to the strange encounter at Qingshui Park earlier.

Going deeper into Jiangyun Temple, Fang Yue saw corpses all over the ground.

Those who had come to worship had almost all fallen to the floor.

"Call and ask where A Ming is? Don't let something happen to him."

Fang Yue handed his phone to Bai Xiaoya.

That guy had previously thrown his phone onto the Charred Corpse's forehead, breaking it, so they could only use his.

Fortunately, Bai Xiaoya had the habit of noting down numbers, so she dialed...

Ring ring.

Ring ring.

The phone's ringtone sounded from the ground ahead.

Both Fang Yue and Bai Xiaoya were stunned for a moment.

Going up ahead to pick up the phone, Bai Xiaoya quickly recognized it.

"It's A Ming's phone. He didn't stay by the helicopter, he came into the temple."

This was troublesome. Fang Yue had been counting on taking the helicopter; he didn't want to take the subway home. But in this weather, even if they found A Ming, the helicopter was out of the question.

"Should we go look for him?"

"If you don't want to go, just wait for me here." Bai Xiaoya glanced calmly at Fang Yue, then walked toward the first room carrying her charred-black arm.

Fang Yue sighed and followed behind.

After only two steps, he saw half a Charred Corpse fly out from the room.

Fang Yue was briefly stunned, then came to his senses and rushed into the room at once.

Then he saw Bai Xiaoya crouching, her trembling hands tightly gripping the sharp charred-black arm held against her chest, as motionless as a statue.

Only when Fang Yue came in did she slowly stop her trembling hands and straighten up bit by bit.

And before her was a Charred Corpse with only half its body remaining.

"Just now, I came through the door, this thing rushed at me, I crouched down and slashed hard, and it ended up like this."

Bai Xiaoya seemed to be explaining to Fang Yue, and also seemed to be telling herself, her voice carrying a tremor.

Fang Yue patted her back: "Stay close to me."

After searching the room, the two found nothing.

Going to the second room, they pushed the door.

The door was actually locked.

Fang Yue looked closely and saw the door was a metal door, only coated in the color of an ordinary wooden door.

He raised his foot and kicked hard.

Bang!

The big door was kicked flying directly.

"Ahhhhh!!"

"They've broken in! They've broken in!!"

"Help! Help!! Waaah!"

"Amitabha! Amitabha! Amitabha!"

Inside, it was instantly like a pot boiling over, a chaotic clamor of shouting.

The commotion quickly drew the attention of the Charred Corpses outside; one of them had already come around the corner and was charging this way.

(End of this chapter)