136: The weapon I am most familiar with is the kitchen knife

Lin Chuping had no idea how big of a surprise Li Shun would bring him. With Li Shun's unexpected contribution, the large number of "incense loans" on Lin Chuping could be easily resolved.

After exiting the dream, Lin Chuping cast a large-scale Blessing and headed straight for Yan Province, ready to grind monsters.

Lin Chuping had always been decisive when it came to things he decided to do.

In the blink of an eye, he was already standing on the border of Qing Province, looking at Yan Province, which was shrouded in black mist in the distance, his brows tightly furrowed.

"This isn't good!"

The dense, pitch-black expanse indeed made one's scalp tingle.

"Tong Ge, if I go straight in, will my Soul not be polluted?"

"Host, testing shows that these are a combination of ominous Qi and Devilish Qi, which will pollute the Soul. Try to enter by enveloping your entire body with Divine Power."

"My goodness! This stuff is too potent."

"You said this stuff would pollute the Soul. If the wind blows, won't these mists drift everywhere..."

Such dense Devilish Qi and ominous Qi meant that any living person entering it would instantly become like a living corpse.

He just didn't know how far the drifting mist would affect.

Lin Chuping stood at the border, Divine Power condensing on his fingertips, forming a faint golden shield around his body. Only then did he cautiously step into Yan Province territory.

As soon as he entered, the black mist wrapped around him like a living thing, emitting a "hissing" corrosive sound.

"Tong Ge, the black mist is denser than before!"

When the permission was first granted, Lin Chuping had tried to enter Yan Province to test his Divine Art. At that time, he hadn't noticed these black mists; it was just very dry.

Now, it had reached the level of dense mist, with visibility less than a thousand meters.

With Lin Chuping's eyesight, he could still see something slowly moving in the mist.

Lin Chuping stood at the border where the black mist surged, his Divine Power shield flickering unsteadily under the Devilish Qi's erosion.

"Host, it is speculated that the Devilish Qi outbreak in Yan Province is directly related to the disappearance of the earth veins."

"System, you just stated the obvious."

"Host, I'm trying to encourage you, don't be ungrateful."

"No need, just watch, I'll show you some Moves!"

He was a man with a Golden Finger; what was this mere black mist?

It was all just a stepping stone on his path to becoming a god.

"Watch me annihilate them in an instant."

Before he finished speaking, the black mist in front suddenly surged violently.

Three desiccated corpses, clad in tattered official robes, emerged from the mist. Beneath the decaying brocade, black bones were exposed, and ghostly blue flames flickered in their eye sockets.

"Damn it, I hate these ugly things the most."

Lin Chuping's mouth twitched as he watched the three desiccated corpses emerge from the mist.

These things were truly hideous beyond compare.

The desiccated corpses' bodies were extremely shriveled, all moisture completely drained, their flesh clinging tightly to their bones.

Their faces were like wrinkled parchment, skin stretched taut over their skulls, cheekbones high, eye sockets deeply sunken, like two black holes.

Their cracked lips were slightly parted, revealing a set of uneven teeth.

Their skin was as hard and rough as old leather, covered in crisscrossing wrinkles and cracks.

Humans always exude an innate fear when facing the corpses of their own kind.

This was even more so when seeing walking corpses.

"Damn it, such bad luck. The first time I come out to work, and I see these ghostly things."

The desiccated corpses made "clacking" sounds, their rotten mandibles opening and closing, slowly advancing towards Lin Chuping.

"Take this sword!"

"I chop!"

Lin Chuping's right hand flipped, and a long sword condensed from golden light appeared out of thin air.

The sword light, like a rainbow, instantly struck the desiccated corpse's... shoulder... Although his aim was a bit off, the long sword condensed from Divine Power was still good. The desiccated corpse's entire left arm was severed by it.

"Host, if I may ask, what is your most familiar weapon?"

Lin Chuping awkwardly retracted his long sword and coughed dryly.

"Well... actually, I'm best at cleavers and bricks."

"..."

"System found no related combat skills in the database."

"What do you know! The true killing Move is just this simple and unadorned... and boring."

Lin Chuping dodged the desiccated corpse's attack while defiantly retorting.

"When I was hanging out in the urban village back then, I used a cleaver to chop from one end of the street to the other, hacking through eighteen alleys without even breaking a sweat!"

"Later, because I was so good with a cleaver, I even went to learn at New Oriental."

As he spoke, he suddenly changed his Move, and the golden light long sword in his hand "snapped" apart, re-condensing into the shape of a gleaming cleaver.

"Watch closely!"

He lunged forward, swinging the cleaver with powerful force: "First Move, Patting Cucumber!"

The cleaver struck horizontally, directly causing one desiccated corpse's head to spin three times.

"Second Move, Mincing Meat!"

The blade light rained down, and another desiccated corpse was instantly chopped into dozens of pieces.

"Third Move, Peeling Potatoes!"

The last desiccated corpse didn't even react before half of its body was sliced off.

"Detecting... non-standard combat mode..."

"But efficiency increased by 40%..."

"How about that?"

Lin Chuping proudly flicked the cleaver, "It's much more practical than those flashy sword arts, isn't it?"

The desiccated corpses were disoriented, completely unable to organize an effective counterattack.

"Host..."

"Although I don't want to admit it..."

"But this is indeed more efficient than sword arts..."

"Of course!"

Lin Chuping kicked away the last desiccated corpse, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "Fighting, you know, it's all about what feels natural. Look at those Martial Forest masters, don't they all return to simplicity in the end?"

Just as he was speaking, a earth-shattering roar suddenly came from a distance.

The black mist surged violently, and a huge figure, three stories high, slowly appeared... "Holy crap!"

Lin Chuping almost dropped the cleaver in his hand, "Is this a freaking Desiccated Corpse King?"

"Detecting S-class threat."

"Suggestion..."

"Wait, Host, what are you doing with that brick?!"

Lin Chuping had already swung his arm in a circle: "Watch me crack its head open with this brick!"

Lin Chuping seemed completely controlled by adrenaline at this moment; even when facing an opponent ten times stronger than himself, he felt no fear at all.

Just as Lin Chuping was about to charge forward with his cleaver, the System's urgent voice came through.

"Host, Host, do you still remember the Moves of the God Cultivation Art?"