98: Chapter 98 A Terrifying Experience on Set! A Superstar with Wings?

Jiangzhou Film City, the shooting set of the period drama "Peerless Imperial Concubine."

The set, which should have been brightly lit and bustling with noise, was now deathly silent.

The police cordon was pulled tight, layer upon layer, and all the cast and crew were huddled in the outer open space, shivering, their faces pale as if they had just walked through the gates of hell.

"Screech—"

A black Mercedes G-Class broke through the cordon with a harsh screech of tires and stopped at the entrance of the studio.

The car door opened, and Su Yang stepped out with Ye Yuqing.

As for the others, to avoid causing greater panic, Su Yang had them stay in the car to wait for orders, bringing only the little Pixiu that was still gnawing on a Heavenly Thunder Seed.

"Master Su! You've finally come!"

Reba's manager, Sister Hong, was disheveled, having lost one of her shoes while running. Seeing Su Yang, she rushed over crying and howling as if she had seen her own father.

"Help! Reba... she's turned into a monster!"

"Don't panic, tell me slowly."

Su Yang frowned and glanced at the sealed studio.

Even through the thick soundproof walls, he could sense the restless, wild Demonic Qi inside.

"We were shooting a wire-work scene, and suddenly Reba stopped moving in mid-air..." Sister Hong said, trembling.

"Then... then her back split open! A pair of wings grew out! Her eyes turned green, too!"

"She started attacking people like she had gone crazy. The martial arts instructor tried to save her, but she bit a chunk of flesh off him!"

"Now she's hanging on the ceiling of the studio, and she bites anyone who goes in!"

"Her back split open? Wings grew out?"

Su Yang rubbed his chin. The Rice Bucket on his shoulder seemed to smell something delicious, stood up excitedly, and let out an "Awoo-awoo" sound toward the studio.

"It seems to be a case of a golden cicada shedding its shell, forming a cocoon to become a butterfly."

Su Yang sneered.

"This Ghost Granny's methods are getting bigger and bigger. She's not just playing with ghosts, she's started playing with mutated organisms."

"Alright, you all wait outside. No matter what sounds you hear, don't come in."

After saying this, Su Yang pushed open the studio door and strode inside.

"Bang!"

The door slammed shut, cutting off the light from outside.

The studio was dim, with only a few emergency lights flickering with pale light.

The air was filled with a rich, sweet, fishy smell, like rotting nectar.

"Hiss—hiss—"

A hair-raising friction sound came from overhead.

Su Yang looked up.

He saw a silhouette hanging upside down from the steel ceiling more than ten meters high.

It was Reba.

The period costume she was wearing was torn to shreds, and her skin was covered with a thin layer of golden keratin, like the exoskeleton of an insect.

On her back, a pair of huge, transparent cicada wings were vibrating at a high frequency, making a buzzing sound.

The most terrifying thing was her face.

That face, which was originally stunningly beautiful, was now covered in golden patterns, and her eyes had turned into insect-like compound eyes, flashing with an eerie green light.

"Hungry... so hungry..."

She opened her mouth, and her tongue had actually turned into a long, barbed proboscis, dripping with mucus.

"Tsk tsk, with this look, if you went to film 'Alien', you'd save on makeup costs."

Su Yang stood below with his hands in his pockets. Not only was he not afraid, he even had the mood to tease.

"Young Miss Reba, although I know you want to change your career path, isn't this jump a bit too big?"

"Hiss!!!"

Hearing Su Yang's voice, the mutated Reba suddenly turned her head, her compound eyes erupting with bloodthirsty light.

"Eat... eat you..."

Boom!

The cicada wings on her back vibrated violently, and she shot down like a golden lightning bolt. The sharp proboscis aimed straight at the top of Su Yang's head!

The speed was so fast that it even caused a sonic boom in the air!

"Good speed, but unfortunately..."

Su Yang stood in place, motionless.

Just when the proboscis was a meter away from him.

"Freeze!"

He just spat out the word gently, while casting a spell with one hand.

"Golden Light Curse, Body Protection!"

Clang!

A crisp metallic clashing sound rang out.

The proboscis, which was sharp enough to pierce steel plates, slammed into the seemingly thin layer of Golden Light on Su Yang's body.

Sparks flew!

The Golden Light didn't move at all, but Reba was sent flying back by the huge recoil, slamming heavily into the ground and cracking the floor.

"Awoo!"

Rice Bucket, perched on Su Yang's shoulder, saw the opportunity, jumped down, and wanted to bite Reba.

"Come back! You can't eat that!"

Su Yang grabbed Rice Bucket by the tail and lifted it back.

"That's our VIP customer. If you eat her, we'll have to pay compensation!"

"Awoo..." Rice Bucket smacked its lips aggrievedly and could only watch helplessly.

"Hiss—"

Reba on the ground flipped up. Seemingly enraged, the golden patterns on her body became even more dazzling, and a powerful, tyrannical Demonic Qi erupted from her body.

"Golden Cicada Roars to the Sky!"

She opened her mouth and emitted an extremely sharp, high-frequency sound wave!

Buzz—!!!

All the glass in the studio shattered instantly, and even Su Yang's Golden Light shield rippled.

"Interesting. It seems this Gu has developed intelligence and wants to complete the Possession."

Su Yang's eyes turned cold.

"In that case, don't blame me for being impolite."

He flipped his wrist, and a glowing golden rope appeared in his hand.

It was the Magic Treasure rewarded from a previous mission—[Binding Immortal Lock (Imitation)]!

"Just right to test the new equipment on you."

"Go!"

Su Yang tossed it casually.

The golden rope seemed to have a life of its own, turning into a golden Dragon, circling in the air, and then instantly wrapping around Reba with lightning speed.

"Let me go! Let me go!"

Reba struggled frantically, trying to cut the rope with her wings.

But although this Binding Immortal Lock was an imitation, it contained a trace of immortal Restriction, so the more she struggled, the tighter it became.

In the blink of an eye, the "Golden Cicada Empress" who had been ferocious just a moment ago was tied up like a big rice dumpling, falling to the ground, unable to move.

Her graceful figure was even more accentuated by the tightening of the rope, revealing a thrilling curve.

"Tsk, this binding technique... is a bit artistic."

Su Yang admired it for two seconds, then walked over and stepped on Reba's struggling wings.

"Rice Bucket, it's your turn."

Su Yang put the little beast from his shoulder down.

"Don't eat the person, just eat that thing on her back."

Su Yang pointed to the slightly protruding, gold-glowing tumor on Reba's back.

That was the main body of the Golden Cicada Gu!

"Awoo!"

Rice Bucket had long been impatient. Hearing the command, it barked excitedly and pounced directly onto Reba's back.

It opened that small mouth—which looked small but could actually swallow gold and chew iron—and bit down hard on the tumor!

"Screech—!!!"

A shrill insect cry came from within Reba's body.

Immediately after, a cicada-shaped Gu, the size of a fist, golden all over, and with six wings, was forcibly pulled out of Reba's flesh by Rice Bucket!

This Gu was clearly a tough character, struggling desperately, trying to sting Rice Bucket with its poison.

But in front of the ancient Divine Beast Pixiu, this little bug was nothing.

"Crunch!"

Rice Bucket didn't give it a chance to resist, biting off the Gu's head like eating cartilage.

"Crunch, crunch..."

After a few bites, the "Golden Cicada Gu King" that made people tremble with fear had become Rice Bucket's afternoon snack.

"Hiccup~"

After eating the Gu, Rice Bucket burped contentedly. A flash of golden light passed over it, its body seemed to have grown a size larger, and the single horn on its head became even sharper.

As the Gu was eaten, the anomalies on Reba's body began to fade rapidly.

The cicada wings withered and fell off, the golden keratin dissipated, and the compound eyes returned to normal pupils.

"Ugh..."

Reba let out a painful moan and slowly opened her eyes.

When she saw the scene before her—herself tied up, disheveled, lying on the ground, and Su Yang looking down at her—she was completely stunned.

"Su... Master Su?"

"Are... are we playing some kind of... special game?"

"Game?"

Su Yang waved his hand, retracted the Binding Immortal Lock, and incidentally took off his suit jacket and threw it to her to cover her exposed skin.

"You could say that."

"But in this round, you lost."

"And..."

Su Yang looked at the withered cicada wings on the ground, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.

"This round has completely pissed off that old hag."

"The Golden Cicada Gu is her second life-bound Gu, and now it's been eaten as a snack by my pet."

"I reckon she's vomiting three liters of blood on some island right now."

...

Southeast Asia, a nameless deserted island.

Inside a gloomy bone palace.

"Pfft—!!!"

A mouthful of black blood sprayed three meters away, directly corroding a large hole in the stone table in front.

An old woman with white hair and a face withered like tree bark clutched her chest, letting out a shrill roar.

"My Golden Cicada! My child!!"

"Su Yang! Too deceptive! Too deceptive!!"

The old woman's eyes streamed with bloody tears, black Qi rolling around her body, and countless poisonous insects crawling at her feet.

"I won't wait! I won't wait anymore!"

"I'm going to come out of seclusion early!"

"Even if it costs me ten years of Lifespan, I will go to Jiangzhou now and tear you into ten thousand pieces!!!"

Rumble!

With her roar, the entire deserted island trembled, and monstrous waves rose on the sea.

Ghost Granny, had come out of the mountain!