Chapter 90 Black Hair - That black-haired woman in the story is indeed formidable...
That black-haired woman is indeed formidable. She hasn't shown her face yet, but her long hair alone, which drives the corpse puppets, has already caused everyone to be in a state of chaos.
Lu Qing was initially terrified, her hair standing on end. But this woman actually coveted Wu Chen's beauty, which enraged her so much that her eyes practically blazed with fire. Once the fight started, she was so focused on showing the woman what she was made of that she forgot all about being afraid.
Although the Meijianchi is a flat, right-angled blade without any sharp edge, the moves she makes possess a sharpness formed by spiritual energy, and those black hairs break at the slightest touch.
But it kept growing back after it broke, making it very troublesome. Moreover, the corpse puppets dressed as guests that we had just passed through the corridor were also driven over by the long hair.
In desperation, Yu Jitang cursed and shouted, "Wu Chen, who knows how long this female ghost has been here, and how many people she has harmed? This is endless, how can we escape?"
The woman chuckled strangely, “Get away? Since you’re here, why leave? I’ll continue singing and dancing as usual, ignoring all those mundane trifles. Isn’t that great?”
"Good my foot." Lu Qing kicked a corpse puppet away, but the black hair that was driving the puppet away seemed to be alive and took the opportunity to climb up her leg.
Wu Chen reacted swiftly, imbuing his hands with spiritual energy. With a flick of his wrist, the strand of black hair fell away. But in that moment of distraction, a maid pounced on Wu Chen's back. Even though Wu Chen managed to break free quickly, his back was still scrambled and bleeding.
Yu Jitang and Qi Ying fared even worse. The severed black hair coiled around their feet like snakes, making them feel as if their legs weighed a ton, rendering them unable to move. Unable to dodge, more and more black hair entangled them. Qi Ying, the weakest among them, was almost entirely buried in the black hair.
In a moment of desperation, Lu Qing pulled a tinderbox from her pouch and threw it over. But before it could even get off, a corpse puppet caught it and extinguished it by pinning it down.
Yu Jitang grew anxious, "Wu Chen, it's come to this, stop holding back, show us your trump card!"
Wu Chen slashed down the nearby corpse puppets with a few sword strikes, then said to Lu Qing, "Peace Bell!"
Lu Qing immediately took out the white jade bell and shouted, "Wu Chen!"
Yu Jitang nearly fainted upon hearing this. "What time is it? Why are you calling his name?"
Lu Qing retorted angrily, "How should I know? This bell won't work unless I call his name."
"You!" Yu Jitang and Qi Ying were so distracted that they were almost crushed by the corpse puppets. But they couldn't help but mutter to themselves, "The incantation for the Peace Bell isn't this one!" Wu Chen gave Lu Qing something and even changed the incantation to his own name—such a shameless (and highly effective) way of picking up girls was truly... They had to remember it!
A clear bell rang out, and the black hair that almost filled the entire space paused for a moment. Then, the woman screamed, and her black hair suddenly grew back, ignoring the corpse puppet she was driving, and she attacked Lu Qing directly.
Wu Chen frowned. "It worked. Let's try again!"
Lu Qing shook the peace bell, and wave after wave of ringing echoed out.
The woman roared hoarsely, "You think you can deal with me with these tricks? You're dreaming!"
All the corpse puppets pounced at her command, while the black-haired girl, who had no corpse puppets to command, launched sneak attacks from every angle.
Wu Chen's expression darkened, and he said, "Do you still remember Wu Yan?"
"I remember!" Lu Qing used the ruler between his eyebrows and the peace bell in the other hand to force back several corpse puppets.
“Alright, I’ll take you there.” Wu Chen’s Taiyi sword suddenly shone brightly, and with a single, flat stroke, he sliced the mixed white and dark colors in front of him into two pieces.
Lu Qing leaped through the gap and landed opposite the woman.
Only then did Lu Qing realize that this woman actually had no face; she was just a clump of black hair in front and behind.
After Wu Chen finished his sword strike, he, along with Yu Jitang and Qi Ying, were engulfed by the corpse puppets.
Lu Qing, no longer caring about fear, activated the peace bell with one hand and wielded the eyebrow ruler with the other, sweeping it straight at the woman's head. The force was so great that the woman's black hair flew off, her head severed from her body.
But the black-haired head hovered in the air, chuckling strangely, "It's useless. You think you can deal with me like this? You really don't know your own limitations. I've been here for countless years, my power is inexhaustible, none of you are my match."
Lu Qing didn't dodge her black hair; instead, she used the eyebrow ruler to twirl a strand of it. The hair then wrapped around Lu Qing's arm, seemingly about to choke her. Lu Qing's face darkened, and she reached out and placed the peace bell over the strand of hair on the back of her hand.
The tuft of black hair suddenly straightened, locked in a tense standoff with Lu Qing in mid-air.
The corpse puppets stopped moving and fell to the ground. However, Wu Chen and the other two were tightly bound by the black-haired man and could not move.
Lu Qing sneered, "I thought you were a beauty, but it turns out your corpse has long since rotted away. Instead of reincarnating, you've become this pile of weeds, yet you still dare to stir up trouble."
The black-haired man retorted sarcastically, "You sharp-tongued little girl, you're only so arrogant because of this man. You're neither talented nor beautiful, let's see how long he'll be interested in you."
She parted a strand of her black hair and lifted Wu Chen's chin. "How about we make a deal? You want to leave, right? Leave her with me, and I'll let you go."
Wu Chen gripped the Taiyi Sword tightly and said calmly, "We are husband and wife as one. Wherever she is, I will be there too."
The black-haired man sneered, his words filled with malice, "Don't feel embarrassed. Alternatively, I can leave all three of them behind and let you leave safely alone, so no one will know what you've done."
Wu Chen glanced at Yu Jitang and Qi Ying, "One of them is my brother, and the other is my disciple. We will advance and retreat together."
"Hehe." The black hair brushed against his firm chin. "I haven't met such a kind and handsome man in many years. I'm starting to like you. How about this, you stay, and I'll make the three of them leave, how about that?"
Wu pondered for a moment, but surprisingly did not object immediately.
Lu Qing got agitated, "Bullshit, if I don't teach you a lesson today, I'll..."
"How about you?" The black hair floated in the air, a few more strands flying defiantly towards Wu Chen. "Your spiritual power will eventually run out, but mine is endless. Hahaha, when your spiritual power is exhausted, you just wait..."
Her strand of black hair finally climbed up to Lu Qing's neck, tightly choking him, making it impossible for Lu Qing to breathe.
Wu Chen channeled all his spiritual power into the Taiyi Sword, which flew from his hand and slashed towards the strand of black hair. However, it was blocked by the corpse puppets after flying only a short distance.
Black Hair was extremely smug and said to Wu Chen, "Don't try anything funny. You can't handle me with this little bit of skill."
Lu Qing laughed in anger, "You have no body to store spiritual power, yet you say your spiritual power is inexhaustible. You've simply absorbed spiritual power from underground veins."
Her black hair floated in mid-air, seemingly gradually breaking free from the suppression of the Peace Bell. "You're not pretty, but you're quite clever. Yes, the spiritual veins underground are endless, almost unbearable for human cultivators. But for me, they are a source of fortune. As long as they exist, none of you can contend with me."
"Really?" Lu Qing blushed. "Try this..."
"Lu Qing~" Wu Chen's shout could not stop Lu Qing at all.
A surge of powerful spiritual energy rose from the point where Lu Qing's feet touched the ground, and the Peace Bell emitted a blazing white light, instantly as intense as the sun.
The air was immediately filled with a burnt, fishy smell.
The black hair screamed shrilly and suddenly contracted. The black hair that had been binding Wu Chen and the others also seemed to be burned, quickly retracting. In an instant, the corpse puppets fell to the ground. The overwhelming black hair had shrunk to three feet long, screaming and thrashing about, but no matter what, it could not break free from the Peace Bell.
Lu Qing gritted her teeth and said, "Try to compete with me in spiritual power!"
"Why! Why is this happening? If it were any other cultivator, they would have exploded and died long ago. Why are you alright?" The black-haired girl seemed to suddenly realize something, plunging straight into the ground, drawing in a continuous stream of spiritual energy. However, compared to Lu Qing, her speed was like raindrops compared to a stream, or a river compared to the ocean. No matter how frantically she drew spiritual energy from the ground, she couldn't match the girl opposite her. The immense spiritual energy from the ground surged into her body like a raging tide.
The black-haired man finally panicked. "You're not human. What are you?"
Lu Qing sneered, "I'm not human, and neither are you. That's fair, it doesn't mean I'm bullying you." She poured all the spiritual energy she had absorbed into the Peace Bell. The Peace Bell gradually changed from white jade to a fiery golden-red, and flames burned along the black hair from the Peace Bell. The black hair screamed in agony, was pulled from the ground, and shrank into a ball of fire.
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