CHAPTER 654: CHAPTER 654: MASTER... IS HE A TOUGH GUY?

The man pierced by the sword on the chest clearly didn’t know Zhang Zidao’s identity as he cursed the scruffy old Daoist.

Blood poured from his mouth as he swayed and collapsed, "Killed... the Gu Speaker. We must absolutely not let... her enter Tianying Village to inherit..."

"Kill!!" In the darkness of the night, a piercing scream shattered the sky.

Torches moved all around, and countless people dressed in long robes and carrying Miao Knives surrounded Zhang Zidao and me.

My heart felt as if it was suddenly seized, and my legs uncontrollably went weak.

So many people, each with a knife.

They could chop Zhang Zidao and me into mincemeat.

No matter how good martial arts might be, it still feared kitchen knives.

"Heh~" Just then, Zhang Zidao let out a cold laugh and drew the gourd from his waist.

He spat on the Bronze Sword, and as its edge slashed through his palm, he said, "Disciple, with your master here, why do you tremble?"

"With so many people, not... trembling would be strange!!" I was naturally timid; though I had gained a bit of psychological quality over time.

At this moment, the air, eroded by the ominous gu energy.

Turned as cold and gloomy as Yama Hall, capable of freezing one’s bones.

After absorbing blood, the surface of Zhang Zidao’s long sword suddenly gleamed brilliantly with a copper light.

With a gentle lift, he cleared the toxic black mist in the air created by poison bees.

Then, the gaze of this elder, who looked like a deity, lightly touched the ground with the tip of his foot.

His raised long sword reflected the celestial Qiong Hua, sweeping 360 degrees, sending blood flying everywhere.

Gurgling heads rolled across the ground, but the bodies whose heads had been severed still managed to stand in place.

Unexpectedly, this frail old man who seemed to have the strength of a chicken, managed to instantly kill dozens of muscular men.

"Is the master... fierce or not?" Zhang Zidao’s sword tip dripped with blood as he turned to ask me.

My mind went blank, and only one word escaped my lips, "Fierce!!"

Unexpected, indeed... Zhang Zidao, with his celestial appearance and gentle temperament.

When killing, he was even fiercer than Yu Longting.

That Bronze Sword, like death’s scythe, cut them down as easily as mowing the grass.

With one sweep, all were dead.

After those strong men fell, countless black worms poured out of their skulls and swarmed toward us like a tide.

"Master, how can horseshoe crabs crawl out of people’s heads?" As I heard the rustling sounds of the bugs moving in the air, my scalp felt like it was about to explode.

Zhang Zidao grabbed my wrist, pulling me several hundred meters away, distancing us from the horse crabs that surged like a tide, "These are brain horseshoe crabs, their eggs can only survive when parasitic in the human brain. Once the host dies and becomes a corpse, they reproduce wildly.

How the hell does Ten Thousand Poison Hall have worm eggs in their brains?"

"To prevent judgment, perhaps! They are catching up, master... why aren’t you moving?" I turned back to see hordes of brain horseshoe crabs approaching, leaving me almost breathless.

Zhang Zidao stood frozen, his face looking extremely dreadful.

He spat out a mouthful of blood and walked another hundred meters, carrying me.

His face was as pale as gold paper, and his body swayed in the wind like a falling leaf, always on the verge of collapsing, "Killing... damages Yin Virtue, especially at my level... the backlash is a thousand times over... karma..."

"You’re being backlashed." Without hesitation, I immediately began transferring Spiritual Power into Zhang Zidao’s body.

But, the backlash inside him was too severe.

No matter how much Spiritual Power I infused him with, it disappeared like a stone into the sea.

I knew not to waste more Spiritual Power, otherwise, both of us would get eaten by the brain crabs, so I decisively supported the staggering Zhang Zidao and ran, "If you knew killing would backlash this terribly, why the hell did you kill, and kill so many? To not drop dead on the spot, you’re already lucky!! Are you out of your mind?"