Chapter 236: Chapter 159: Demon Points +1+1+1...

Her eyes widened. She stiffly raised her head and looked toward the rooftop to her right.

"What are these things?"

Gu Zheng stood on the roof, meeting Qing Yimei’s gaze as he asked.

As he spoke, he used Spirit Capturing from a distance to collect the Demon Points.

[Demon Points +5]

’Hm?’

’This half-human, half-corpse Puppet has more energy?’

"Waaaah!"

Qing Yimei looked at Gu Zheng and burst into tears. Enduring the pain, she scrambled to her feet and cried out, "Gu... Gu, quickly, go save my fourth brother! He... he’s just ahead!"

"Qing Yixiao?"

Gu Zheng’s brow arched. Without another word, his figure flashed as he flew toward the sounds of fighting ahead.

WHOOSH!

SWISH~

In less than a breath’s time, Gu Zheng saw Qing Yixiao in a dilapidated courtyard, entangled in a fight with three Puppets that reeked of an exceptionally dense mix of corpse, baleful, and Yin Qi.

Of course, Qing Yixiao was on the defensive, retreating as he fought. His face was just as pale, and his aura was weak.

SHING SHING SHING~!

Gu Zheng controlled the blades with his mind, sending them slicing through the air at extreme speed.

SHLICK! SHLICK! SHLICK!

"THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!"

A cold light flashed as Powerful Qi swept out.

Following a series of strange noises, the three half-human, half-corpse Puppets were sliced into pieces, just like the one before. They fell to the ground, leaving only their torsos to bounce on the spot.

Spirit Capturing!

[Demon Points +5]

[Demon Points +5]

...

’More of the ones with higher energy.’

Gu Zheng’s eyes flickered as he recalled his blades.

"Gu... Gu?"

In the courtyard, Qing Yixiao panted heavily, leaning on a longsword. He looked up at Gu Zheng on the roof, his expression a mixture of shock and joy.

"Gu, thank... thanks!"

Qing Yixiao took a deep breath and forced himself to speak.

"Fourth Brother, Fourth Brother, are you okay?" Qing Yimei scrambled over at that moment and threw her arms around Qing Yixiao, nearly knocking them both to the ground.

"Be... be gentle," Qing Yixiao gasped. "Didn’t... didn’t I tell you to run?"

"I did run! But then I got chased down by a Corpse Puppet."

Qing Yimei supported Qing Yixiao, her voice filled with helplessness, frustration, and resentment. "If it wasn’t for Gu, I would’ve been torn to pieces."

"..." Qing Yixiao opened his mouth, took a deep breath, then clasped his fist and bowed to Gu Zheng. "Gu, you saved my sister and me. I won’t say more, but in the future, if you ever need anything, I would go through fire and water and die a thousand deaths for you!"

"Yes, we’d die a thousand deaths!" Qing Yimei chimed in, nodding emphatically.

"Qing, you’re being too serious."

Gu Zheng raised a hand. "You both took good care of me back then. This was just me lending a hand since I was here."

’This connection to the Qing King’s family has been a great, unseen help.’

"Let’s not talk about that."

Gu Zheng looked at the unmoving pieces of flesh on the ground and asked, "What’s the deal with these things? Where did they come from?"

"The ones outside and these here are all Corpse Puppets created by the Yong Family!"

Qing Yixiao, having caught his breath, spoke through gritted teeth, "Today was supposed to be the wedding day of Zhong Tianlin and Yu Yixi. But then Baili Mingge of the Divine Weapon Baili Family suddenly showed up, caused a huge scene, and snatched Yu Yixi away!"

"And the bastard actually succeeded! Yu Yixi eloped with him and they escaped!"

"...Is this Baili Mingge a King’s Body?" Gu Zheng’s brow arched.

’For something so explosive to happen...’

’The Third Prince, Zhong Tianlin, had his bride-to-be snatched away on his wedding day?’

’Wouldn’t the Zhong Family be utterly humiliated? A complete and total loss of face!’

"Not a King’s Body, just a Heroic Body: Melting Furnace."

Qing Yimei quickly explained, "The reason Baili Mingge was able to snatch Yu Yixi was, for one, he detonated a ’Black Emperor Pill’ on the spot. That Black Emperor Pill was refined from the Demon Pill of a fourth-rank Black Magic Golden Crow. Once detonated, it can disrupt the Celestial Secret and mire the Power of Heaven and Earth, making it extremely difficult to mobilize."

"Once the Black Emperor Pill exploded, the Power of Heaven and Earth within a hundred-li radius of the city was thrown into chaos. Neither Heroic Bodies nor King’s Bodies could mobilize it, reducing their strength by several tenths. They could only rely on their own personal power."

"However, Baili Mingge colluded with the Yong Family—the Yong Family of the Yue Country’s royal family!"

"The Yong Family brought a group of experts, led by Yong Xingzhou, who is at the King’s Body Realm."

"The Yong Family of Yue Country is a Spirit Beast Family. Their contracted Undead Corpse Dragon possesses a terrifying Corpse Transformation ability, allowing them to refine humans and beasts into Corpse Puppets."

"Even the lowest-grade Corpse Puppet, a Spirit Corpse, is equivalent to a peak Alien Body. A Profound Corpse is equivalent to a peak Super Body. An Earth Corpse is equivalent to a peak Heroic Body. And a Celestial Corpse is equivalent to a King’s Body!"

"That’s because the physical body of every Corpse Puppet is extremely tough. Plus, they feel no pain and know no fear. Just cutting off their heads or piercing their chests is useless."

"The only way is to do what Gu just did: sever all their limbs, leaving the torso to bounce in place. This disconnects the Corpse Qi, Baleful Qi, and Yin Qi in the Corpse Puppet’s body, allowing it to dissipate on its own until it finally stops."

Qing Yixiao took another deep breath and continued through gritted teeth, "Baili Mingge fled the moment he grabbed Yu Yixi. Just as the Zhong Family was about to give chase, Yong Xingzhou unleashed over ten thousand hidden Corpse Puppets, which scattered to every corner of the city."

"Among them were three Celestial Corpses, forty Earth Corpses, several hundred Profound Corpses, and the rest were all Spirit Corpses."

"The three you killed, Gu, were Profound Corpses!"

Qing Yixiao pointed at the pieces on the ground. "The body of a Profound Corpse is so tough that only a Middle-Grade Spiritual Soldier can damage or sever it."

"Gu, are these blades the high-grade Spiritual Soldiers you acquired last time?" Qing Yimei interjected, looking at the blades dancing around Gu Zheng.

"They’re the ones I acquired last time."

Gu Zheng spoke softly, "The Yue Country’s royal family, the Yong Family... How did they smuggle over ten thousand Corpse Puppets into the city without being discovered? With the Third Prince’s wedding this month, the city’s interior and exterior were under strict guard. How did these Corpse Puppets get in?"