14: Stealing Home (Seeking follow-up reading and votes)

The City God thought this rookie captain would be afraid and would run away,

but he actually saw an emotion in the other person's eyes.

Excitement.

Yes, it was excitement.

This made a strong sense of unease rise in his heart.

And this unease soon came true.

At this moment, a group of ghosts, with demonic sounds filling their ears, bared their fangs and brandished their claws, pouncing to kill.

But in Chen Yuan's eyes, these were just Luck points.

A pillow was delivered just when he was sleepy.

Since they were gathered together,

he wouldn't be polite.

The Dantian furnace began to hum.

“Buzz”

His True Qi vibrated on his body surface.

Protective Aura spun at high speed,

and the Sword Qi cultivated within it shot out.

“Chichi chi”

The air exploded with a roar.

At the same time, a pair of large fists moved like startling thunder.

When these fanged and clawed ghosts realized something was wrong,

it was already too late.

Either the Sword Qi shooting across the sky cut them into several pieces, turning them into wisps of green smoke.

Or they were blasted apart by a single punch from the Demon Subduing Fist.

Only the ear-piercing wails of ghosts still echoed in the City God Temple.

At the same time, the Banshan Tiger Talisman in Chen Yuan's Mud Pill Palace continuously hummed.

“Killed a Yu, Luck point +1”

“Killed a Snake Bone Granny, Luck point +1”

“Killed a Green-faced Child…”

It vibrated seven times in a row.

Accompanying this was the complete Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering of those grotesque ghosts that had been so noisy just now.

After all, Chen Yuan's punch and sword were both skills of Qi Major Achievement.

How could these ghosts, which had taken form (first realm of ghost Dao), or even hadn't taken form, possibly withstand them?

They couldn't withstand it!

And at this moment, the main hall suddenly fell silent.

Only one person and one ghost remained.

The City God looked at Chen Yuan with some uncertainty.

“How are you…?”

How did this guy's aura become stronger than his?

He had secretly consumed human incense for several months, and was just a little bit away from Evil Qi Major Achievement.

How could this guy do it?

“What, like a rat in a sewer, you've been secretly eating human incense, and now you can't even speak?”

Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow while taking advantage of the old ghost's dazed state.

A wisp of Sword Qi flickered in his hand.

“Slash!”

In a flash of lightning, the Sword Qi struck the old ghost's chest fiercely.

“Ding”

A sound of metal clashing came.

Immediately after, the old ghost's human-like appearance shattered like a mirror.

Black Evil Qi surged out from within.

It looked quite hideous.

The City God, seeing Chen Yuan's sneak attack, furiously roared,

“Despicable, a sneak attack!”

He roared, and black Evil Qi surged wildly.

Then, it transformed into black poisonous snakes, shooting out.

“Against an old ghost like you, what integrity is there to speak of? Killing you is enough.”

Chen Yuan sneered.

His fists shattered the Evil Qi inch by inch, rapidly closing in.

The old ghost grew more and more alarmed as they fought; this guy was simply a brute.

Unknowingly, he began to feel the urge to retreat.

Just at that critical moment, one of the old ghost's arms was clamped by Chen Yuan.

Then, with a sudden pull.

He directly tore off the old ghost's arm.

Next,

the other one.

Then, he spat out,

a sword light pierced directly through the old ghost's chest, creating a bowl-sized hole.

And all of this happened in a flash of lightning.

The old ghost cried out in pain, spitting out a cloud of green mist in anger.

Chen Yuan retreated rapidly.

Wherever the green mist passed, the air made a sizzling, ear-piercing sound, and everything it touched was corroded away.

Clearly, it was highly poisonous.

On the other side, after forcing Chen Yuan back, the old ghost's eyes were filled with venom, then he sneered:

“You think you can kill me like this?”

“That's because you know nothing about Ghost Dao Divine Ability.”

As he spoke, black Evil Qi spewed from his torn off arm, and like flesh growing, a new arm quickly formed.

Then, he gave Chen Yuan a hideous smile, almost gritting his teeth as he said:

“Just you wait, next time, I'm going to skin you alive and pull out your bones.”

With that, with a “bang,” he turned into a ball of black mist and disappeared into the ground, vanishing without a trace.

But the next second,

Chen Yuan stomped his foot and punched the ground a few meters away.

Then he pulled outwards.

He forcibly pulled the ball of black mist out from underground.

The old ghost's horrified voice came from within.

“How is this possible?”

“How could you break my escape technique?”

Chen Yuan almost burst out laughing.

“Is this what you call Ghost Dao Divine Ability?”

“Please, next time you make threats, don't be so verbose.”

After speaking, he unleashed a flurry of punches.

He was preparing to completely obliterate the old ghost's Yin God.

Finally, with the old ghost's screams, the black mist completely exploded into a ball of fire, vanishing into thin air.

Meanwhile, Chen Yuan's Mud Pill Palace vibrated.

“Killed one second-realm Minor Achievement Evil Ghost, Luck point +4.”

This old ghost was close to breaking through to Ghost Evil Major Achievement, a bit stronger than that demonic seed, but a bit weaker than the Human Demon who swallowed the demonic seed.

Four points.

Reasonable enough.

Counting it this way, he gained eleven Luck points from this single encounter.

A glint flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes.

He checked the progress of the Inner Meridian Diagram.

Seventy-five percent.

This time, he should be able to advance to Qi Perfection.

Thinking of this, he beckoned with one hand.

That green lamp still flickered in an ancient and unadorned manner.

He was becoming more and more curious about this thing.

It suited him very well.

This made him suddenly think of that Little Squirrel, and he couldn't help but smile.

He wondered if that little fellow would be so angry that he couldn't sleep.

And what he didn't know was,

at the same time,

that night, a white fox and a “ball” secretly entered the county town.

The white fox jumped around on the rooftops, while the “ball” followed, flying above.

Before long, they arrived at a courtyard filled with green bamboo.

The white fox stopped here and let out a soft cry.

The “ball” tumbled headfirst, pointing at the courtyard to the white fox.

“Jiji”

The white fox shook its head fearfully, unwilling to enter.

The “ball” chirped a few times, then swayed in the air a few times, hovering at the entrance.

Finally, it tentatively floated inside.

Floating towards the roof of the inner room.

Then, it deflated.

With a “thump,” it fell onto the roof.

Hitting the tiles, it made a sound.

This immediately startled a few dog barks.

“Swish”

The Squirrel's fur bristled, and it immediately transformed into a phantom, hiding in the chimney.

After the dog barks stopped, a furry paw reached up from the edge of the chimney, puffing up and shaking its fur.

Then, its ears twitched, listening to the movement inside the house.

After a long while,

it lightly floated down from the roof and entered.

It went into the inner room.

The little fellow first paused with each step, rapidly twitching its ears, then slowly relaxed.

Until it discovered that the terrifying person was not inside.

It began to jump around, searching everywhere in the house.

Until it had searched the entire house.

It still hadn't found its things.

At this moment, the white fox's voice came from outside, seemingly urging it.

The little fellow's fur bristled, its eyes darted around, and it suddenly ran to the kitchen.

A moment later, the little fellow, with a bulging belly, swaggered out of the small courtyard.

After chirping a few times with the white fox.

The two little demons returned along the same path.

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