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Swish!
A wisp of blade light bloomed from Wu Anxunâs waist.
Wu Anxun had drawn his saber. Instead of moving back or dodging, he stood his ground and swung his saber at âMei Jinjuâ as it pounced on him.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The saber danced in the air, glimmering and whistling.
With his saber, Wu Anxun weaved an airtight offensive web around âMei Jinjuâ.
Enveloped by the strike zone of the saber, âMei Jinjuââs incomplete body suffered further heavy damage.
Thud!
Half of its right leg separated from its torso, flying through the air before landing on the ground.
Rip!
Its open abdomen was halved into front and back.
Plop!
Half of its head parted its neck, sprang up, and traveled over ten meters before thumping on the ground.
Rip! Rip! Rip!
Its broken body, split into several pieces, lay scattered across the ground.
Wu Anxun stopped. With a cold look on his face, he swept his gaze across the cubed remains of âMei Jinjuâ. He frowned. âFetch me some heavy oil.â
ââ¦R-right away, Sir!â stuttered one of the security team personnelâwho had been lying in ambushâas he snapped out of his amazement.
How incredible!
Although âMei Jinjuâ had been crippled by the heavy firepower and its mobility had been greatly reduced, the sight of Wu Anxun dismembering âMei Jinjuâ with his swift saber still impressed.
It excited and invigorated not only the security team personnel, but also Head Wang and the others.
This was the power of a strong martial artist!
The goal that everyone on Earth Star pursued.
With Wu Anxunâs capabilities, no one ever doubted his chances of winning against âMei Jinjuâ in her Corpse Puppet form.
Still, they chose to start off the attack with heavy firepower as a precaution, lest âMei Jinjuâ flee into town.
The result was perfectâthey successfully took down âMei Jinjuâ.
At present, Wu Anxun had ordered his subordinates to retrieve heavy oil in order to incinerate âMei Jinjuâ.
Even in its dismembered form, âMei Jinjuââs lips and fingers were still moving, its limbs trembling.
It was still alive!
The security team personnel tasked to gather and incinerate the body balked at the sight, subconsciously stepping away from it.
Wu Anxunâs face sank, and he was about to come down on themâ
âIâll do it!â
Su Jingxing called out from a distance as he dashed towards the body. âCollecting bodies is what I do best! Let me handle this!â
âHeâs right, haha! This is right up Little Su and Team Leader Guâs alley,â said Head Wang. All smiles, he said to Wu Anxun, âRelax, Younger Brother Wu. Itâs a matter thatâs best left to professionals.â
âHmph!â snorted Wu Anxun. He did not say anything else.
The security team and office personnel were visibly relieved.
Then, they looked at Su Jingxing with grateful eyes as he scuttled to the body.
Using a pair of abnormally large tongs, Su Jingxing picked up the pieces of âMei Jinjuâ and piled them up.
At the instant when all of the pieces were gathered togetherâ
[Parasitic Worm Zombie discovered. Would you like to extract it?]
It appeared!
As he had expected, there were new cards to be extracted!
âParasitic Worm Zombieâ must have been âCorpse Puppetsââ true name.
Su Jingxing didnât dwell much on that. Once he received the notification, he stifled his excitement and replied âYesâ in his mind.
Silently, a card formed in Su Jingxingâs pocket.
Instead of checking it immediately, Su Jingxing put down the tongs, picked up the bucket of heavy oil brought by the security team personnel, and poured it across âMei Jinjuââs body.
After dousing the body with heavy oil, he stepped away and motioned at a security team personnel holding a lit torch, signaling him to set the body on fire.
The latter nodded gratefully and threw the torch at the âMei Jinjuââs remains.
Boom!
Raging flames soared skyward.
Aflame, the dismembered âMei Jinjuââ roared in agony.
However, due to the inability to move, it could only accept its fate of burning into ashes bit by bit.
Everyone watched the entire process in silence.
For most of the people present, this was the first time they saw a Corpse Puppetâand it was transformed from Mei Jinju. It was a complicated feeling.
Without a doubt, Mei Jinju was the most innocent victim in this potential catastrophe.
Driven by lust, Zhou Hongsong tried to force her to submit, but she resisted fiercely, and that was when Zhou Hongsong accidentally killed her.
Hoping to escape punishment, Zhou Hongsong stored her body in the fridge and waited until midnight, then transported her body to the mountains and buried her in a hole.
Was Zhou Hongsong unaware that corpses attracted insect eggs?
Of course he knew!
Having already confessed, he had laid everything bare.
After killing Mei Jinju by accident, Zhou Hongsong had hoped that by freezing Mei Jinjuâs corpse in the fridge, it could escape detection from Corpse-raising Insects.
After some time, no one would be able to link her disappearance to him.
By then, Mei Jinju could turn into a Corpse Puppet and kill whoever enters the mountain, and it would have nothing to do with him.
He wasnât planning on entering the mountains anyway.
As for those who had died as a result, an unfeeling âSorryâ was all Zhou Hongsong had to offer.
Better you than me.
Zhou Hongsong couldnât care less about the lives of others.
Such a way of thinking could only be described as ruthless.
And this was Su Jingxingâs first time witnessing such ruthlessness.
Because of him, eleven people had died.
The corpses of the eliminated patrol team were also transported to the empty field at the foot of the mountain and burned to ashes.
After the victimâs relatives received the ashes, they ganged up on Zhou Hongsong and beat him until he was half-dead.
All four of his limbs⦠and an additional âlimbâ were broken.
Even if he was treated, Zhou Hongsong would be a cripple for the rest of his life.
Rather than giving him a swift end, it was more satisfying to make him live in hell.
Of courseâ
None of these had anything to do with Su Jingxing.
After a long day, they returned to Qinghe City on an empty truck. On the way back, Su Jingxing endured Gu Boâs long emotional speech, cooperatively chiming in from time to time.
His mind was long away from Forestry Town; all he could think about was the card in his pocket.
When he finally returned to the crematorium, Su Jingxing found an excuse to slip away. He ran to the back of the mountain and took out the card he had gotten from âMei Jinjuâ to examine it.
Martial Arts Practice Card!
Unlike his expectations, it wasnât a strengthening card or physical invulnerability card, nor was it a speed-enhancing card or one that could increase oneâs agility.
The Martial Arts Practice Card he had newly acquired actually had the ability to boost his cultivation level of a specific secret martial arts manual!
Su Jingxing never expected such a card to exist.
Once unlocked, it could be used to increase his cultivation level of any secret martial arts manual.
The maximum duration was ten years!
Take Su Jingxingâs Seven Steps Fist for example. If he cultivated it slowly, it would have taken him an unknown amount of time to reach the highest cultivation level.
But with the help of the Martial Arts Practice Card, he could shorten the time required by ten years!
âWhat level of mastery of Seven Steps Fist can I reach with ten years of cultivation? â
Taking a deep breath to suppress his excitement, Su Jingxing unlocked the card.
Whoosh!
The Martial Arts Practice Card turned into a ray of light that enveloped Su Jingxingâs entire body.
Before Su Jingxing could react, he found himself in a boundless white space.
As though something was driving him, he began to practice the Seven Steps Fist on his own.
Over and over again.
There was no fatigue, no hunger, no thirst, and no soreness.
As though he had forgotten about all other matters, he just kept practicing.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Over and over again.
Time flew by.
After an unknown period of time had elapsed, the white space shattered and his consciousness returned to his body. Only then did Su Jingxing wake up.
He opened his eyes and took in the familiar scenery of the back mountain.
âHow long⦠has passed?â