Beginning with the Ubume Bird-Chapter 379 - 16 Suppress and Execute
Chapter 379: Chapter 16: Suppress and Execute!
Chapter 379: Chapter 16: Suppress and Execute!
“So this is how Old Madam Zhen died.”
Cao Yongchang’s mind churned out this thought, but there was no time to move; he could only watch as a jet of clean water pierced through most of the paper window. A part of it touched the tip of his nose, while the rest eerily stopped midair.
“Ah!”
Cao Yongchang thudded to the ground, his back drenched in sweat. He felt a searing pain at the tip of his nose and instinctively bit down harder on the Copper Coin in his mouth, which began to heat up again. But even if the heat was scalding his teeth and gums, he did not loosen his grip.
From midair, a pained scream echoed, and a few clear droplets fell from Cao Yongchang’s nose to the ground. Immediately, twisted black lines in the shape of worms sizzled into fried corpses.
Then, to Cao Yongchang’s horror, he watched as the old crone standing in front of the window seemed to melt away, with much of her body vanishing into thin air.
“Trying to escape?”
The chill spread. The courtyard already had unthawed snow; now, it became more like a hell of icicles. The old hag’s lower body had been sinking into the ground, but now her upper body got stuck, immobilized.
A fiery blade descended from the sky, and the old crone looked up in horror.
Splat!
Her whole head of white hair split open, like a water balloon pierced, splashing water everywhere.
This old crone had no bones, no viscera, no flesh and blood—underneath her skin was all clear water!
Water Hag Corpse Worm: A corpse nurtured by the underground Disaster Water. When all its bones and flesh have been consumed by the Water Hag Corpse Worm as nutrients, it becomes a witchcraft monster with a certain degree of intelligence, extremely difficult to deal with. In the end, it takes specific malignant spells, old mountain corpses, and the Disaster Water veins to form.
Attributes (Skills): Burrow (underground traversal)
Water Worm (surrounding poisonous water fatal upon touch)
Bewilder (attracts people with weak wills)
With one slash from Cha Xiaodao, the splash was inevitable, drenching his chest and one arm. Some of it reached his face, even sneakily aiming for his eye sockets!
“Hmph!”
Cha Xiaodao’s face was grim as flames engulfed his entire upper body.
“Aaaaah!”
A bone-chilling scream emanated from Cha Xiaodao, accompanied by wafts of burnt stench and black smoke as copious amounts of clear water flowed from the split-open head of the old hag’s corpse. These waters, agitated, avoided Cha Xiaodao, fleeing in all directions.
Normally, these Corpse Worm Waters that seemed like clean water would seep into the soil, and as long as they found a not too decomposed animal carcass underground, they could temporarily reside and continue to harm people. But today, this plot of land was peculiar, covered with a tricky layer of frost. Wherever the Corpse Worm Water flowed, the frost would form.
Li Yan stepped out of the shadows, watching the scurrying clear water with indifference.
The Water Hag Corpse Worms knew he was the one causing trouble and, with a last-ditch effort, launched themselves at Li Yan.
Li Yan pointed to the ground, and the clear waters of the Corpse Worms gathered involuntarily under his fingertip, condensing into a twisted bulge of water with a radius of one and a half meters. It thrashed left and right, yet could not break free from the gravitational pull.
A jet-black current of water flowed from Li Yan’s fingers.
Disaster Water.
The clear and the dark streams had yet to collide, but one could already sense a stark contrast between them.
The Water Hag Corpse Worms appeared crystal clear, yet their flow gave off an exceedingly sticky and rotten malignancy. In contrast, the pitch-black Disaster Water exuded a pristine and translucent evil, swirling in the air, even with a hint of majestic splendor.
As the two streams of water mingled and collided, the Disaster Water easily engulfed the Water Hag Corpse Worms. Yet immediately after, Li Yan’s expression changed, and even more tumultuous Disaster Water surged forth.
“How is it going?”
Prepared, Cha Xiaodao, who had switched back to his coarse clothing from his personal insignia, asked.
“No problem.”
Li Yan’s brows furrowed, showing no sign of it being ‘no problem.’ He realized that although the Disaster Water could suppress and even destroy these corpse worms, incorporating them into his own Calamity Wave was not an easy task.
Once more, within Li Yan’s pupils, a long-absent iceberg emerged; suddenly, a few blue sparks ignited atop the ice, and behind Li Yan, a creature with green-golden fur and bulging forehead and sunken eyes, the Electric Eye Malevolent Ape, appeared out of nowhere.
The Fierce Ape’s mouth thundered like spring thunder, astonishingly speaking human language, “Insolence!”
This cry reverberated through the mountains, and upon hearing it, Head of Security Lin, who was lying in wait around the house, jerked into action. Seizing the gong in his hand, he struck it while yelling at the top of his lungs:
“The Governor purges evil to benefit the village; every able-bodied man in our village, come with me.”
“The Governor purges evil to benefit the village; every able-bodied man in our village, come with me.”
At least twenty strong men responded with a resounding roar, carrying torches, sickles, hoes, and harrows as they charged towards the courtyard of the Zhen Residence with imposing ferocity!
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The Disaster Water in front of Li Yan trembled, and finally, he took a deep breath. A large mass of black Disaster Water pressed towards him, slowly flowing away to disappear behind him.
Without anyone’s guidance, Li Yan felt that his understanding of the Power of Wu Zhiqi had climbed another level. At the same time, he could clearly feel the Water Hag Corpse Worms that he had been nurturing in the Disaster Water, a pure emotion of fear and submission. Also, breeding and growing in such a new environment as the Disaster Water was slowly influencing the nature of the Disaster Water itself and even the characteristics of the Water Hag Corpse Worms.
A body of water without living creatures is ultimately stagnant water.
“Please continue to transform the Disaster Water for the Water Hag Corpse Worms over the course of seventy-seven days. When the time comes, you will obtain a new secret technique to strengthen the Power of Wu Zhiqi.”
“Lord Governor! Lord Governor!”
A group of robust men surrounded the place from the main and side doors. Head of Security Lin was banging gongs and drums, and behind him were others ready with hunting bows, hook poles, iron rakes, and hemp nets, creating quite a stir.
As soon as Head of Security Lin entered the gate, he was first seized by a shiver from the cold. The remnants of Li Yan’s Nine Phoenix Power still lingered, and the courtyard was like a giant freezer, with icicles over a meter tall hanging from the eaves. Only underneath Xiaodao’s feet was a pile of ashes, but what made Head of Security Lin gasp in cold air was the shriveled old hag’s human skin in the courtyard.
This human skin, complete with clothes, hair, and nails, sent chills through anyone who saw it.
“Beyond imagination, utterly inconceivable.”
Head of Security Lin exclaimed in amazement.
“This is the Evil Ghost that killed Old Madam Zhen.”
Li Yan pointed to the human skin.
“The Governor is truly a divine being in this world.”
Head of Security Lin gave Li Yan a thumbs up.
Just regaining his strength and stepping out of the door, Cao Yongchang wanted to say something but ultimately closed his mouth.
The one who split open the old hag’s head was clearly my uncle.
However, Cao Yongchang was not blind; he had seen Li Yan’s abilities himself. Moreover, if not for Li Yan’s Victory-Defying Coin, he himself would likely have been in great danger this time.
After all, who is entirely impartial? His impression of Li Yan was actually not bad, but because Li Yan was an official, people praised and flattered him all along the way, while not caring about his uncle Xiaodao. Even Xiaodao himself had subtly shown a tendency to look to Li Yan as the leader.
On the one hand, this stirred Cao Yongchang’s rebellious mentality against those who fawned over officials, and on the other, made him feel sour on behalf of his uncle.
I don’t expect Head of Security Lin to especially favor my uncle, but he should at least treat everyone equally.
Fans are always blind, and younger fans even more so.
“My uncle is the most awesome.”
He muttered to himself.
Xiaodao saw his expression and couldn’t help but vigorously pat his head.
“Uncle, I have to tell you,”
Cao Yongchang suddenly whispered to Xiaodao.
“What is it?”
“Early fat isn’t real fat, late fat crushes the bed. Don’t mind that these people are ignoring you now; in a hundred years, Uncle, your name will certainly far surpass General Li’s.”
Xiaodao blinked and after a long pause said, “Are you cursing me to die early or what?”
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Cha conducted himself righteously, often not vying for credit, generously granting it all to Mr. Li, between whom there was no discord.
— “Twenty-Four Military Terms·The Twin Blades”
