Chapter 940: The Resurrection of Lord Han (1/2, begging for monthly votes)

The black blood that had gushed out, in midair, suddenly seemed to receive some kind of control, reversed course, and pounced on Lin Ling's body, swallowing him whole and transforming into a blood-colored egg.

The surface of that blood-colored egg flowed with black blood, rising and falling like living water breathing.

Before Fang Yue and the others could react.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Cracks appeared on the giant blood-colored egg, and pieces began to fall away.

A person slowly walked out from within the giant blood-colored egg.

It was a humanoid creature, its entire body shrouded in black blood, with only its right eye glowing, looking like something uncanny.

The black blood cloaking its entire body, like flowing lava, clung to its whole form, emanating a thick, eerie aura.

"Lord... Han?"

Fang Yue asked hesitantly.

Although Lin Ling had said she would awaken Lord Han, the figure before them was far too different from Lord Han. He couldn't help but suspect that their experiment that morning had failed, and that what they had awakened might not be Lord Han at all.

The blood-person who had just emerged from the giant blood-colored egg, still looking down in confusion at his own body, upon hearing Fang Yue speak, suddenly snapped his head up.

"Han, Lord Ha, Lord Han?"

The blood-person repeated the name, his expression confused, murmuring, repeating those three words.

It felt as though something in his mind was on the verge of bursting forth.

Hum!!

The next instant, a violent stabbing pain shot through his brain, and fragmented, chaotic memories poured madly into his mind.

The blood-person clutched his head in agony and dropped to his knees, as blood-colored spikes burning like lava erupted from his body, stabbing outward in all directions!

Fang Yue's face changed. He grabbed Jing Yan with his left hand, Niu Niu with his right, shouted a warning to Wei Ba and the others, and retreated explosively.

The others had already been watching the blood-person's strange phenomena, and upon seeing the change, they all reacted in time.

But the guards at the gate of You Mansion were startled into drawing their blades and retreating back inside.

One of them even ran deeper into the residence, apparently to call for reinforcements.

Fang Yue's heart sank.

Given the situation before him, he really couldn't believe this was Lord Han's resurrection. That neither-human-nor-ghost appearance might not even be able to maintain its sanity.

At this moment, he missed Qing Chen dearly.

If Qing Chen were present, she would surely be able to explain what was going on, and help Lin Ling safely revive Lord Han.

But as things stood now...

"Could it be... that I have to draw my blade against Lin Ling, and even Lord Han?"

Fang Yue's heart was bitter. He absolutely didn't want to do that, but the situation before him was deteriorating toward that worst possible outcome.

"This way, this way! Lord Xing Chen, it's this way!"

Noisy sounds were already coming from within You Mansion, which meant You Mansion's guards would arrive soon.

"I can't let anyone else see Lin Ling looking like this!"

Fang Yue's mind stirred, resolved to use forceful means if necessary to take Lin Ling away first.

But just then...

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.

The lava-like black spikes that had just erupted from the blood-person's body now all rapidly cooled, cracked, and broke apart on the ground, turning into a puddle of blood.

And the blood-person himself had already risen from the ground.

Just as everyone was stunned, all the blood on the ground, as if receiving some command, madly pounced on the blood-person, writhed across his face for a moment, and was then entirely sucked into his right eye.

When the blood vanished, what was revealed before everyone was a handsome face, as if a skin-whitening filter had been applied!

That face gave people a strange feeling of being both somewhat familiar and somewhat unfamiliar.

Fang Yue looked closely, and the details of the nose, eyes, and other features were unmistakably identical to Lord Han's!

It was just that the Lord Han from Gu Yue Cun had shown Fang Yue the face of a middle-aged man, with some signs of age.

But the face before him now was a more youthful version of that middle-aged Lord Han.

That delicate, fair skin with a rosy glow, paired with that handsome, pretty face—he was the very picture of a beautiful man!

The only flaw was that the right eye remained in its uncanny state, the sclera completely pitch-black, and gazing into it gave one the feeling of staring into an abyss.

"Lord... Han?"

Fang Yue asked once more, but this time, the handsome man before him broke into a toothy smile.

"It's me. Xiao Ye, it's been a long time."

Hearing Lord Han's familiar voice, Fang Yue was momentarily lost in a daze.

The memories of Lord Han in his mind surged up, and his eyes involuntarily grew moist.

Lord Han... it really is Lord Han! Lord Han has been resurrected!!

The promise with Lord Han, the promise to pluck the Other Shore Flower, still had a chance to be fulfilled!

Fang Yue had too many things he wanted to say to Lord Han, too many things he wanted to ask him.

But before he could speak.

Plop.

The flesh on Lord Han's gently smiling face suddenly peeled off and fell, revealing the cheekbone and jawbone beneath.

And the peeled-off chunk of flesh, hitting the ground, went splat and turned into a puddle of blood.

Lord Han smiling, the chunk of flesh and blood on the ground.

That uncanny scene instantly cooled the surging excitement that had just risen in Fang Yue's heart.

But Lord Han himself, as if nothing were the matter, maintained his smile.

It was clearly the same smile, but this time, for some reason, Fang Yue felt that Lord Han's smile carried an eerie sense of foreboding.

"Don't worry, it's Lin Ling's body that's rotting. He can't withstand my power."

Lord Han's explanation did nothing to set anyone's mind at ease.

At the same time, the second piece of flesh, the third piece of flesh, had already fallen from his face. Of his entire face, only half still had flesh and blood; the other half was bare white bone, and one could even see white maggots that had appeared out of nowhere, wriggling about within that hollow half of his face.

"Lord Han, are you alright?"

Niu Niu also gathered her courage at this moment and asked carefully.

"I'm of course not…"

"Where did this freak come from! Such a heavy aura!"

Before Lord Han could finish speaking, a figure that had burst forward cut him off.

That figure was none other than You Xingchen!

You Xingchen came at an extreme speed, almost turning into an afterimage as he charged straight in. Wherever he passed, the marble on the ground all shattered and broke apart, swept up into a sandstorm of gravel that surged toward Lord Han!

"Lord Han?!"

"No!!"

"Wait!"

The crowd cried out in alarm. Fang Yue, half a beat slow, had only just taken half a step forward to make a move when You Xingchen had already charged in and slashed out with his sword!

And in the next instant…

Clang!!!

A blinding blood-light and a half-arc of blazing radiance appeared almost simultaneously.

Centered on that point, an invisible shockwave of ripples exploded violently in the air, shattering the street ground around them. The entrance of You Mansion was caught in the blast and a great hole was smashed open on the spot.

Amid the swirling dust, Fang Yue looked toward Lord Han in astonishment.

He saw that of Lord Han's body, only half remained flesh and blood, while the other half was a bare skeleton!

And before Lord Han stood a blood-colored shield that flowed like molten lava!

(End of this chapter)