Chapter 665

That instinctive craving for blood made me unable to resist lunging forward, opening my mouth to bite.

I indeed lunged forward, gripping Jin Wuya's shoulders from behind with both hands, tilting my head and pressing it against his neck.

I fiercely opened my mouth, ready to bite down.

As soon as I opened my mouth, the bead they had stuffed in my mouth pressed against my gums, preventing me from closing my bite.

I pushed the bead toward my throat, allowing my mouth to close, but my fangs couldn't open enough to bite.

I tried three times, frustrated to discover that the bead, as if designed, firmly restrained me.

Jin Wuya reached out to prop up my head, saying, "Shi Rou, stop struggling; you can't stand the sight of blood—seeing blood will turn you completely into a corpse, so hide obediently behind me and don't get caught."

At that moment my chin still rested in his shoulder socket, my rationality pulled back somewhat by him, and I realized that if I couldn't properly control my behavior, I would ultimately walk down a path of no return.

I didn't release Jin Wuya; I merely moved forward and backward with his advances and retreats.

I could only lessen my inner craving for blood by constantly grinding the bead against my teeth.

But soon we were still surrounded by Shi Yin and his entourage.

I heard Jin Wuya remind me: "Shi Rou, hand over the Red Armor Army's command jade token."

I reacted, then took down the jade token hanging from my neck and handed it to him.

Jin Wuya grasped the jade token and shouted toward Shi Yin: "Red Armor Army, hear my order!"

I had used this trick before, and it indeed subdued the Red Armor Army's zombie troops.

Logically, Shi Yin and his Red Armor Army troops should also submit to this jade token.

But they didn't.

Shi Yin showed no fear, saying: "We have always been loyal to the chief of the Xieling Strongman lineage, not the Shi family."

Jin Wuya frowned: "Chief?"

The chief is the highest-ranking existence in the Xieling Strongman lineage, the leader.

But as far as I know, after the Earth Embryo incident, there has been no trace of a chief in this world.

Shi Yin bringing up the chief at this moment indicates an important point: the chief still exists.

Otherwise, Shi Yin would not utter the word "loyalty."

When I thought of myself deep in the mist, I had considered this point.

Behind the whole affair still hides a person.

A powerful promoter.

Now it seems, undoubtedly, the chief.

But the decline of the Xieling Strongman lineage isn't a matter of just one or two hundred years; the chief has succeeded generation after generation, so who could now be called the chief?

I lifted my gaze and scanned around; when I saw clearly the attire of those around me, I understood why the jade token had no effect on them.

I reminded Jin Wuya: "The Red Armor Army Shi Yin brought is inside the tomb; these outsiders are not the Red Armor Army but the Black Armor Army."

The Xieling Strongman lineage's rank divisions are chief, red armor, black armor, and white armor.

How could the Red Armor Army's command jade token possibly intimidate the Black Armor Army?

It is obvious that Shi Yin's identity is far more than just the direct bloodline of the Red Armor Army.

Hearing me say that, Jin Wuya silently put away the jade token.

Shi Yin sneered contemptuously: "It's not too late to know fear now."

Then he turned to me and said: "Shi Rou, if you come with me yourself, perhaps I can still spare this brat."

Jin Wuya declared firmly: "If you want to take Shi Rou away, you'll have to step over my corpse!"

Actually, I felt somewhat shaken in my heart.

I am already like this; I don't want to implicate Jin Wuya further, and besides, I also want to uncover the truth of the matter.

Shi Yin scolded: "If you refuse a toast, you'll drink a penalty—don't blame me for being impolite!"

He raised his hand, about to issue an order, when another man's voice suddenly rang out: "You dare move the pawnshop manager of my Dang Pu—did you ask my opinion?"

Jin Wuya exclaimed excitedly: "Seventh Lord!"

Everyone turned as one to look into the darkness behind Shi Yin; not long after, Liu Qiye's tall, slender figure appeared in our sight.

Huang Fan stood to his right.

Further back, pairs of red or green eyes flickered in the darkness, looking quite eerie.

Shi Yin's earlier arrogant, predatory aura vanished the moment he faced Liu Qiye.

After all, his true form is a dragon, with a Yellow Immortal standing beside him.

Their remarkable achievements over the past two years, Shi Yin could not possibly be unaware of.

Even if the Xieling Strongman lineage hasn't declined, even at its peak, encountering such animal immortals would require one to steer clear.

After all, even if humans cultivate further, before attaining the Dao, fighting such immortals blessed with merit is also very hard to win.

Moreover, Liu Qiye's followers are certainly not limited to just the Yellow Immortal clan.

Even Shi Yin, at this moment, must weigh his own strength in his heart.

Just then, footsteps sounded behind us again.

It was Xiao Jiu Zhanggui and her companions breaking out of the ancient tomb!

Shi Yin and his group were blocked front and back by Liu Qiye and Xiao Jiu Zhanggui; the situation was already lost.

He glanced at me again with reluctance, waved his hand, and swiftly fled with the Black Armor Army.

Huang Fan immediately led people in pursuit.

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui strode over and asked: "Shi Rou, how are you? Is your consciousness clearer than before in the coffin?"

Upon her asking, I realized that my consciousness was indeed no longer as muddled as when I was in the coffin.

I don't know if it's my imagination, but I feel my lower abdomen has become somewhat flatter.

I nodded, a bead in my mouth making my speech a little muffled: "Better now."

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui said: "Then that's good, let's first return to Wufu Town, we'll sit down and talk slowly about what comes next."

The group headed toward Wufu Town.

In the carriage, I kept leaning on Jin Wuya.

My fangs would occasionally itch, wanting to bite, so I rubbed against Jin Wuya's arm, using willpower to suppress that desire.

Xiao Jiu Zhanggui sat in the passenger seat, she turned her head and said to me: "You were locked inside that golden-thread nanmu coffin for a full seven days, corpse qi entered your body; we almost didn't make it in time to save you and Boss Jin."

I looked up at Jin Wuya, he immediately understood, knowing what I wanted to ask: "That day in the ancient tomb, I had been walking beside you, but when the mist spread, those stone statues began to move, forming a formation array that separated us."

I was the first to notice something wrong with the stone statues, I destroyed them one after another; I even sensed your position, but at the crucial moment you disappeared again.

I then realized that in the tomb chamber at that time there must have been another person controlling you; Shi Yin is the most suspect.

In a direct confrontation, I can't beat Shi Yin; if I died in the ancient tomb, then no one could get the message out to bring reinforcements to save you, so I chose to hide myself first.

I pointed at Xiao Jiu Zhanggui, gesturing to ask him whether he had encountered Xiao Jiu Zhanggui?

"Outside there is not only a pregnant woman cocoon formation array, but also a Red Armor Army zombie troop; I can't get out." Jin Wuya said, "Fortunately Xiao Jiu Zhanggui was quick-witted, she fought her way in…"