"Woof!"
Qiongqi roared, its body swelled up, and it opened its mouth wide, biting down directly at the skull of the skeleton.
"You beast!"
The skeleton awoke and, facing the gaping maw of the Qiongqi, raised its hand and slapped it down.
boom!
Qiongqi was swatted away and crashed heavily onto the mountainside next to it.
As Qiongqi crashed into the mountain, the granite rock face cracked, sending hundreds of pieces of rock flying in all directions. Qiongqi was completely embedded in the mountain, looking utterly vulnerable.
"Woof!"
Before Rong Xi could order Taotie to make a move, Qiongqi broke free from the mountain and charged at the skeleton once again.
This time, Qiongqi didn't open its mouth at the skull, but instead aimed at the skull's finger bones.
The skeleton swung its hand, and Qiongqi seized the opportunity to bite its finger.
"Snap!"
The crisp sound of breaking bones rang out again, and the five fingers of the skeleton's right hand, which had struck Qiongqi, were gone.
Qiongqi quickly retreated, opened its mouth and began to chew furiously, crushing all the right finger bones of the skeleton and swallowing them.
"You beast, you're asking for death!"
The skeleton let out a hoarse roar, and its aura began to surge.
"Waaah..."
Faced with the surging skeleton, Qiongqi instantly cowered and quickly darted to Rong Xi's side, hiding behind Taotie.
Rong Xi was speechless at Qiongqi's pathetic state; this ancient ferocious beast was truly beneath its dignity. However, considering that Qiongqi's essence had been taken away, she felt relieved.
Although Qiongqi is one of the four ancient ferocious beasts, without the support of its original power, it is now a weakling.
For a weakling to have this level of combat power is already quite good; we can't expect too much!
"Taotie, it's up to you! Suppress this skeleton!"
"Yes, great master!"
When the Taotie appeared, it pressed down with one claw and rubbed the skeleton hard against the ground.
The skeleton unleashed its attacks time and again, but it couldn't even raise the Taotie's claws an inch higher.
"Woof! Woof!"
Seeing that the skeleton was being suppressed, Qiongqi burst out again, rushed to the skeleton's side, and began to feast on the bones.
As Qiongqi chewed up the skeleton's bones one by one, Qiongqi's aura began to surge, while the skeleton's aura steadily declined.
"No--"
"I'm not reconciled!"
The skeleton let out a mournful roar.
He will soon complete his reincarnation into the ghost realm. At that time, he will be a ghost saint, free to roam the vast world. He may even conquer the entire human realm and expand the ghost realm's territory.
But now, he has failed!
He was just a little short; given another six months, he would have succeeded.
But now, all their efforts have been in vain!
I'm not reconciled!
How could I possibly be willing to accept this?
The skeleton roared and howled to the sky: "Gods, are you blind?!"
"Eat faster!"
Rong Xi watched Qiongqi eating with great gusto, but the skeleton still had most of its bones remaining, which made her feel that the efficiency was extremely low—not just low, but incredibly low.
"Master, I'm already very fast! But this can't be rushed!"
As Rong Xi urged her on, she actually heard Qiongqi respond.
"You...you can talk now?"
Rong Xi was quite surprised. Not long ago, this Qiongqi was just a little puppy who didn't know anything. In such a short time, this little thing—well, it's no longer a little thing—has become a giant dog the size of a little girl's belly.
“Master, this old poor man was tricked by this bastard and had his beastly essence stolen. Now that most of his essence has returned, his abilities have naturally been restored!”
Qiongqi was extremely smug.
Seeing that Qiongqi had recovered most of its strength, Taotie stopped suppressing the skeleton.
"Little girl, you are also human, why do you kill your own kind?"
"I, the sage who suppresses the exit of the Ghost Realm, am a saint of the human race. Do you still dare to betray your master and destroy your ancestors?"
The skeleton, having had most of its bones eaten by Qiongqi, was now extremely weak. Rong Xi, whom he had completely disregarded just moments before, had now become his lifeline.
Unfortunately, he was unaware that Rong Xi had already seen through his desire to be reborn into the Ghost Path.
"To betray one's master and ancestors? Of course not!"
Rong Xi chuckled, "However, in this world, everything has its perpetrators and debtors. You schemed against Qiongqi back then, and now that Qiongqi wants to reclaim what he lost, I have no reason to stop him, right?"
"Little girl, you're foolish!"
"Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts!"
"How could you associate with ancient ferocious beasts?"
The skeleton kept lecturing him, hoping Rong Xi could help him escape this calamity.
"Human hearts are unpredictable. The longer I spend with ferocious beasts, the more I like them!"
Rong Xi shamelessly plagiarized a certain sentence.
Upon hearing Rong Xi's words, the skeleton was so enraged that the soul fire in its eyes blazed fiercely.
Unfortunately, it was no use.
Under the suppression of the Taotie, not to mention that most of his bones had already been gnawed away by the Qiongqi, even if he remained intact, there was nothing he could do.
"Little girl, I'm willing to offer up all my treasures from my life, including the very essence of the Qiongqi beast. I only ask that you spare my life!"
The dignified sage of the human race, once an unparalleled being who suppressed Qiongqi, is now truly a tiger fallen into the plains, bullied by dogs.
"Senior, to be honest, I am extremely grateful for everything you have done for the human race. However, you have now chosen to betray the human race and reincarnate into the ghost path. This is a betrayal of the human race, and I cannot forgive you!"
Rong Xi still felt somewhat uneasy about letting Qiongqi eat the skeleton. However, things had come to this point, and she had no way out.
If this skeleton were to truly be reborn into the ghost realm, it would undoubtedly bring terrifying disaster to all living beings in the human world.
With the idea of nipping a problem in the bud, Rong Xi decided to let Qiongqi eat the skeleton. This would restore Qiongqi's strength and completely eliminate the skeleton's threat.
Killing two birds with one stone, only a fool would try to be a moral saint.
I curse you!
"I, Shang Yang, am willing to offer up all my merits and virtues to curse the person before me!"
"Heaven bears witness!"
The skeleton meant what he said; he cursed as he said he would.
Rong Xi initially thought the curse was just a joke. However, as the skeleton spoke, Rong Xi suddenly felt a sense of unease.
Wait, who did this skeleton just say he was?
Shang Yang?!
"Are you Lord Shang? Shang Yang, the one who spearheaded the reforms of the Qin Dynasty?"
Rong Xi stared at the skeleton before her, feeling a strange chill run down her spine.
Shang Yang, isn't it said in history that this great reformer was ultimately torn apart by five horses?
"It is indeed I!"
Shang Yang's skeletal form spoke with considerable arrogance.
"Wait a minute, shouldn't you have been torn apart by five horses?"
Rong Xi licked her lips. What the hell is the history of this timeline?
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Happy Christmas Eve, everyone! Goodnight! I'll resume two updates tomorrow, and I'll try to make up for the missed updates later!
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