Chapter 68 : Chapter 68
Chapter 68: Lord Lu, Quick, Flay Him!
Beneath the scarlet moonlight, before the black coffin, a figure slowly sat up from inside the overturned casket.
“Roar!”
It seemed to still possess some intelligence and wanted to speak.
Unfortunately, the only sound it could make was a beast-like roar. Even so, anyone could feel the joy of rebirth surging from it at that moment.
“Roar... roar... roar...”
Its ghastly white eyes, devoid of pupils, swept over the panicked crowd as though sizing up a table full of delicious food.
Then it moved.
Liao Ming’s heart sank to the bottom.
Lord Lu would still need time to get here.
So Liao Ming grabbed the sword off his back and charged forward.
“Idiot, you even picked the wrong place to come back to life, and instead of running, you’re still standing here acting arrogant?”
With that, he slashed down with his sword, trying to hold it back for at least a moment.
Slash!
Yet the thing paid him no attention at all.
Just like that, Liao Ming’s sword pierced straight through its throat.
Too easy!
Far too easy!
It was as if the thing had not even acknowledged his attack. It simply let him stab it.
Its goal was crystal clear.
It wanted to eat people.
Could it be that the thing was actually weak?
If so, then calling Lord Lu just now would be downright embarrassing.
But the instant that thought arose, every hair on Liao Ming’s body stood on end.
The thing had taken his sword through the throat, yet nothing was wrong with it at all. It continued rushing toward one of the men at high speed.
It looked like a starving ghost.
In the blink of an eye, it seized a man and tore him apart alive, then devoured him on the spot.
“Fresh... living human... delicious!”
After eating, it finally seemed able to speak.
Liao Ming flew into a rage at the sight.
“You’re courting death!”
This specter thing really looked down on people too much. It had actually ignored his attack entirely?
“Shaoyang Sword Art!”
He raised his hand and channeled his qi. A faint layer of red light clung to the sword blade and extended another half meter beyond it.
The sword looked as though it had been heated red-hot.
“Come on, then. If you have the guts, don’t defend yourself. Let’s see whether I can cut you down.”
This time, the specter finally stopped ignoring him.
It raised two fingers and clamped the sword tightly between them, while the extended sword qi vanished the instant it touched the creature.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
A strand of white smoke rose from its fingertips.
“Your... strength... is not bad. If... this seat had only just revived... perhaps I would still have feared you. But now...”
The specter had just returned from the Underworld, when it was at its weakest.
But after devouring living people, it could quickly recover its cultivation. And if it devoured enough living humans, it could even go a step further.
As it spoke, it caught the sword with one hand, while its mouth made scalp-numbing chewing sounds. What frightened Liao Ming even more was that the specter’s speech was becoming smoother and smoother.
At this point, it could even make expressions of contempt.
With a casual flick, it sent Liao Ming flying.
Then it looked at him as though he were an ant and said, “If you interrupt this seat’s meal again, this seat will eat you instead.”
“Understand?”
As it spoke, it casually snatched up another woman trying to flee and began eating with deliberate elegance.
It had not killed Liao Ming at once because it wanted to take him as a subordinate.
“Cough, cough, cough!”
Liao Ming braced himself against the wall and rose to his feet.
What a powerful specter.
One strike.
With just one strike, it had sent him flying.
But...
“You think you’ll live through tonight?” Liao Ming laughed. “No one can cause trouble in his jurisdiction and survive. Not the living. Not Demon Beasts. And the dead? That’s even more of a joke.”
Go on, be arrogant. Be as arrogant as you wanted.
He had seen plenty more arrogant than this thing, and not a single one had lived to see the next day.
The Five Poisons Sect was arrogant enough, was it not? Their stronghold had been wiped out.
Demon Extermination Bureau Jurisdiction Heads were arrogant enough, were they not? Cause trouble, and they were killed on the spot.
The Demon Nest was vicious enough, was it not? He had flattened it all by himself.
Human beings, whether friend or foe, if they caused trouble in his territory, he killed them.
As for Demon Beasts... he had never heard of a single one escaping from his hands. Every one of them had been reduced to meat paste.
And specters... hehe, something that rare. Lord Lu surely would not show any mercy.
The specter finally stopped what it was doing.
“Oh? You seem to have great confidence in this Lord Lu of yours. Could it be that you follow him?”
“Why not follow this seat instead? Rest assured, Bai Yufeng never mistreats his own people. From now on, this seat will let you live well and feast well.”
“Cultivation methods, women, strength, status, glory...”
Before it could finish, Liao Ming cut in.
“Bah! What kind of worthless thing dares compare itself to Lord Lu? You are not even fit to carry Lord Lu’s shoes.”
He was not an idiot. Between Lord Lu and this specter thing, was there even a choice to make?
If Lord Lu were willing to take him in, he would have followed him long ago.
His own talent was still lacking, in the end.
Bai Yufeng’s face darkened.
“Boy, do not think that just because this seat thinks highly of you, you can fail to appreciate my kindness. Otherwise, this seat will show you what it means to wish you were dead.”
By now, Bai Yufeng’s voice had become completely smooth, though its tone remained cold and mocking.
“You are waiting for your Lord Lu to come save you? Heh, I advise you not to indulge in such fantasies.”
“If this Lord Lu of yours truly had ability, then why has he still not shown himself? Could it be that he fears this seat? Or are you simply stalling for time?”
Its deathly white eyes locked onto Liao Ming, and the invisible pressure made it hard for him to breathe.
“This seat will give you one last chance.”
“Kneel.”
“Submit to this seat.”
“Or become the blood meal that restores this seat’s strength.”
Yet in the next moment, its expression changed drastically.
It sensed a figure charging toward it at terrifying speed.
It hurriedly turned around and raised both hands in front of itself.
Bang!
With a dull explosion, it was sent flying dozens of meters.
“Who gave you the nerve to touch my people in my territory?”
The voice was cold, devoid of the slightest warmth.
But anyone could hear the fury in Lu Zhan’s heart.
By the wall, Liao Ming’s face turned ecstatic. He looked at the newcomer with overwhelming reverence, and there was even a trace of fanaticism in his eyes.
Even though he was badly injured, he still struggled to bow.
Then, in a voice full of outrage, he pointed at Bai Yufeng and said, “Lord Lu, it was him, it was him! I want to report him. Not only was he cursing you just now, he was even eating living people...”
“Cough, cough, cough!”
Bai Yufeng lay sprawled on the ground, unable to accept what had just happened.
One move. He had not even taken one move.
As he slowly raised his head, he met a pair of eyes brimming with killing intent.
Pure.
Dense.
Without the slightest impurity.
They struck terror straight into the heart.
Its corpse-white eyes contracted violently as it stared fixedly at Lu Zhan.
There was no flashy entrance, nor was he releasing some overwhelming aura.
He simply stood there in silence.
Yet he brought boundless pressure upon the heart.
Danger!
Extreme danger!
From a single glance, Bai Yufeng knew that this man was absolutely no ordinary person.
“Wait... Lord Lu... this is a misunderstanding... it is all just a misunderstanding!”
“This seat... no, I only just awakened, and I merely needed a little blood meal. Rest assured, I will leave at once. I absolutely will not cause trouble in your territory!”
The arrogant bearing from moments ago was gone without a trace, replaced by unprecedented shock and panic.
Run!!!
Get away from this man.
That thought occupied its entire mind.
Subduing subordinates? Recovering strength?
When faced with this man, all of that was a joke.
Liao Ming laughed. “Arrogant, were you not? Why are you not acting arrogant anymore? Now you want to leave? Do you think that’s possible?”
Then he pointed excitedly at Bai Yufeng, his face twisted as he shouted,
“Lord Lu, quick, flay him!”