Chapter 10: The Daoist And The Skeleton
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
One dark night, a strange laughter echoed from a dilapidated temple.
The darkness and silence caved in, like walls closing in with a muted, eerie echo.
But suddenly, a footstep hammered through the silence.
Then, a middle-aged Daoist priest of medium build and ordinary looks walked over.
He slowly walked forward, and with every step, his figure teleported ten meters forward.
It took no time for him to arrive at the entrance of the ruined temple.
His arrival caused the eerie laughter in the temple to halt.
“You again? Why are you all sticking to me like underfoot dogshit?”
The mud statuette was shocked and angry, and there was also a faint trace of fear.
The middle-aged Daoist stared at the mud statuette and said with a faint smile, “Junior Brother, Junior Brother, if we let you continue to harm the common people, where will our Tianyi Sect put our dignity?
“Look at your current appearance. Look at the ghosts you’ve refined. Where has that gotten you?
“As a former Senior, I’ll offer you one last advice. Looking at how far gone you are, it’s better to die sooner and reincarnate sooner, and start over in the next life.
“Wuwei, Wuwei … Our master was spot-on when he gave you that Daoist name!”
As he spoke, the middle-aged Daoist shook his head repeatedly, as if he was disappointed.
There was even some contempt in his eyes.
The face of the strange mud statuette twisted and became ferocious.
He was clearly furious!
However, he did not make a move directly, as if he was forcefully suppressing his anger.
His Senior Brother’s Daoist name was Qingxu.
Not only was he extremely talented in cultivation, but he was also extremely shrewd.
Obviously, Qingxu had long been watching his movements.
But he had been waiting.
Only after the five elements corpse puppet had devoured Su Mu’s flesh and blood and entered the refining stage did he casually stroll up.
Demonic priest Wuwei had been constantly hunted down ever since he betrayed the Tianyi sect, and he was running out of resources.
Only this five elements corpse puppet provided him with some hope.
But now that he was in the process of advancing, he still needed some time before he could successfully advance.
At that moment, he was at his weakest!
…
When he took in Junior brother’s reaction, Qingxu smiled and said, “Junior Brother, has it still not set in yet?
“The current you is neither human nor a ghost, neither Yin nor Yang.
“Let’s not talk about your power. Your senses have severely dulled.
“A skeleton demon was born right under your nose, and you didn’t even notice it.”
Su Mu’s heart trembled when he heard this!
This time, after his death, Su Mu felt powerful Yin energy gathering in his body, turning him into a demon again.
It was many times stronger than the little skeleton in his previous life.
However, Su Mu was still not confident that he could defeat the strange mud statuette in this broken temple.
After all, he didn’t even know the other party’s background.
Therefore, Su Mu chose to lay on the ground without moving, waiting for the right time to make a move.
After Qingxu’s arrival, Su Mu learned much from their conversation.
However, Qingxu’s words had exposed Su Mu.
Wuwei was shocked.
He did not expect the strange warrior to turn into a skeleton demon right after being devoured!
He even chose to play dead and hide right under his nose.
What made Wuwei feel the most uncomfortable was that he had really become a good-for-nothing like what Qingxu said.
Otherwise, how could he have failed to noticed this?
…
Qingxu’s words broke the silence in the ruined temple.
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Mu leapeed to his feet and rushed toward the clay sculpture.
Su Mu’s skeleton was covered with many malevolent bone spikes, making him look extremely terrifying!
In his previous life, Su Mu had died as a weak child with insufficient Yin energy.
In this life, not only was he eight feet tall and had the physique of a demigod, but he had also absorbed enough Yin under the effect of his [Tianyin]!
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Pale-white bone spikes flew out of Su Mu’s body and shot towards the statuette.
It was like a bleached storm of arrows.
“BOOM!”
The mud statuette burst open, and a twisted figure flew out.
It was Wuwei’s main body!
“You’re just a puny skeleton. How dare you mess with me!”
Wuwei could sense that this skeleton demon was much stronger than ordinary.
However, being pursued and beaten by such a low-level ghost made him very embarrassed.
Especially in front of that Senior Brother who looked down on him!
Wuwei was so angry that he couldn’t care less about Qingxu, who was standing outside the temple with a smile on his face.
He decided to use all his strength to destroy this skeleton demon first!
“Go!”
He flicked his bony fingers and a rotten head with black smoke flew out of his sleeve, heading straight for Su Mu.
In an instant, a black mist enveloped Su Mu.
This strange black smoke wrapped around Su Mu’s bone armor like maggots, causing him to feel as if he was stuck in a swamp. He could barely move!
The rotten ghost head took the opportunity to bite his femur.
As a cultivator, Su Mu’s bones were extremely strong.
After transforming into a skeleton demon, they only grew tenfold.
Furthermore, he was surrounded by Yin, and ordinary creatures would fall ill just by getting close to it.
However, this rotten ghost head had actually broken Su Mu’s bones with its teeth!
Su Mu was shocked and furious. His mind was spinning as he quickly analyzed the current situation.
…
A demonic priest was in the temple, a Daoist outside.
There was no need to say more about the demonic priest, Wuwei.
There was a deep hatred between him and Su Mu, and the only outcome left was to fight to the death.
Qingxu was a decent Taoist.
He waited patiently for Su Mu to exhaust Wu Wei’s energy.
Even if Su Mu killed Wuwei, Qingxu would clean up the mess.
After all, he was now a demon.
It was Qingxu’s duty to exterminate evil.
…
After a quick analysis of the situation, Su Mu realized that if he wanted to survive, he had to kill both Wuwei and Qingxu.
This was clearly impossible.
Even a weakened Wuwei could easily injure him.
Su Mu’s strength, in front of these two titans who had been cultivating for a long time, was still insufficient.
Since he was going to die, he would risk his life to fight!
Su Mu’s heart was driven by an overwhelming sense of desperation!
…
“Ka ka ka!”
“Ka ka ka!”
A strange sound came from Su Mu’s body.
Then, all the bones in his body were separated.
The bones of various sizes floated in the air and pointed at Wuwei!
“He’s using that?!”
Wuwei and Qingxu shouted in surprise at the same time.
The skeleton demon was a low-level ghostly being. It was generally weak and had only one major technique.
However, they did not expect this newly born skeleton demon to go all in on that technique!
There was no coming back after this attack. It would expend all his remaining Yin and his bones would return to human. He would be a pile of dead human bones.
If this is game over for round two, so be it!
But before that, he had to make Wuwei pay!
“Roar!”
Su Mu’s lonely skull let out an angry, ghostly howl.
Immediately after, he led all his other bones and flew towards Wu Zi!
If the dying breath of a footsoldier managed to pull an Emperor down from his horse, it was well worth it!
Su Mu refused to believe that he would not get away without biting a piece of meat off this demonic priest’s body!
This was his fury!