"It hurts a little."
Yang Cheng frowned slightly and pulled out the bone spurs from his body one by one.
His muscles had turned a grayish-white color, like a corpse, and exuded a chilling aura.
As the bone spur was pulled out, no blood flowed out; instead, the wound began to twist and writhe strangely, healing completely.
The instant the bone spurs erupted, Yang Cheng burned his essence and blood, transforming his body into the body of Ying Gou.
Of course, Yang Cheng's Ying Gou body is a different concept from the legendary immortal zombie progenitor's body, but it will also greatly increase in resistance to damage and recovery.
At first, Yang Cheng thought that since this thing was said to be immortal and indestructible, it should not feel pain.
Unexpectedly, the pain sensation was incredibly realistic, with almost no reduction in intensity.
With too many bone spurs on his body, Yang Cheng simply ignored them and instead used all his strength to smash into the monster's head!
The sharp bone spikes tore through the monster's head, creating a large hole in it.
Countless sticky tentacles surged wildly from within the flesh and blood, reaching out to grab Yang Cheng.
"Why are there tentacles again? Why are there these annoying things in every world?"
A hint of murderous intent flickered in Yang Cheng's eyes.
It's unclear whether it was due to a simple aversion to tentacles, or because Ying Gou's body brought about some strange change.
With a burst of power from his arms, Yang Cheng's attack became incredibly ferocious, tearing the tentacles apart with his bare hands.
Within the countless heads formed from flesh and blood, Yang Cheng charged wildly, causing countless pieces of flesh and blood to fly everywhere, creating an extremely horrifying scene.
Jiang Xuerou below was completely stunned.
She was still grieving over Yang Cheng's death, but she never expected that Yang Cheng, who was covered in quills, would not only survive but become even stronger and actually shred the monster into a pile of mangled flesh!
At this moment, compared to the monster that had almost turned into minced meat, Yang Cheng, covered in bone spurs and blood, seemed to be the monster more.
"Found you!"
Yang Cheng discovered a heart within that mass of flesh and blood.
It was a black heart, and what flowed inside was not blood, but a black, viscous liquid.
As Yang Cheng crushed it, blood and flesh splattered everywhere, but the black, viscous liquid wriggled and gathered, forming a fist-sized, black jelly-like mass.
Yang Cheng instinctively picked it up and examined it with the detection card.
Name: Black Tai Sui (inactive)
A strange creature born from the body of something deep within an abyss, possessing the instinct to devour flesh and blood.
This item only had these two simple sentences of description, so Yang Cheng put it into his storage space.
Looking around, countless mummies lay on the ground as if all their strength had been drained, and the black, viscous liquid turned into pus and sank into the ground, while the surrounding black mist gradually rose and dissipated.
At this moment, Yang Cheng suddenly looked up.
The black mist drifted in the air, yet it vaguely revealed a scene.
It was a figure dressed in a wide black robe and wearing a pure white mask.
Apart from the eye openings, the mask had two black vertical eyes painted on its forehead, making it look particularly strange.
Behind that person, a hazy, fleshy Buddha with four heads and eight arms stood, its four pairs of hands clasped together in a gesture of chanting, both eerie and holy.
Even though they were separated by the void, the black-robed figure seemed to be able to see Yang Cheng, gazing at him until he disappeared.
"Side quest triggered!"
The Mystery of the Holy Ancestor: Suppressing the Great Brightness Cult, Killing the Holy Duke Zhang Liang, and Unraveling the Mystery of the Holy Ancestor's Descent.
The mighty bandit's roar: He annihilated thirty-six great bandits in the Central Plains and seized thirty-six supernatural powers.
Seize the Dragon Beyond the Pass: Destroy the Jurchen Dragon Court and sever the dragon vein beyond the pass.
Golden Horde Buddhist Kingdom: Deep into the Golden Horde and destroy its Buddhist kingdom on land.
Jianghu Suppression: Suppress major Jianghu sects and reshape the martial arts lineage of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Note: The above tasks offer generous rewards, comparable to those of main quests. Specific rewards may vary depending on the timeline.
There are no penalties for failure, no time limit, and the rewards are immediately given upon completion of a single task. Players can choose to enter the world multiple times to complete tasks.
Yang Cheng was slightly taken aback.
The requirements for this side quest are quite lenient.
No penalties, no time limits, instant settlement, and can be completed multiple times.
It sounds good, but upon closer inspection, none of them are simple.
Needless to say, the Great Brightness Sect was terrifying; Yang Cheng had just witnessed their terrifying and incredibly wicked methods.
The fact that the Thirty-Six Great Bandits of the Central Plains could wreak havoc in the heart of the Great Zhou Dynasty for so long without being wiped out speaks volumes about their methods and strength.
The Jurchens outside the Great Wall and the Golden Horde were major enemies of the Great Zhou in the northeast, repeatedly invading the border and even causing the Great Zhou to suffer heavy losses, leaving it only able to passively defend the frontier.
Suppressing major martial arts sects is even more difficult.
Don't be fooled by the current disarray Yang Cheng has caused the Heavenly Sword Sect members; in reality, the Heavenly Sword Sect has only sent a small number of disciples to the capital. Their true strength is still hidden within the sect.
If the Heavenly Sword Sect is this large, how strong must the combined strength of the other major sects—the One Sect, the Two Temples, the Three Gates, the Four Schools, the Five Families, and the Six Gangs—be?
In short, don't be fooled by the exceptionally lenient conditions of these side quests; in reality, each one is incredibly difficult to complete.
"I accept everything!"
However, Yang Cheng accepted all of them without much hesitation.
Since there's no penalty for failure and no time limit, I won't lose anything by accepting it.
And even if we can't finish this time, there's always another chance.
Yang Cheng's Ying Gou body had already recovered, and those bone spurs had long been expelled from his body.
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