Taoist Mu arrived.
If corpses counted too.
His death looked much more miserable than the other corpses, with a hollow body that had been truly and thoroughly emptied out, an expression frozen in horror, and wrinkles on his face that were filled with the panic of his last moments.
Two burly men carried Taoist Mu's corpse over and set it down to one side, saying as they did so:
"We realized Taoist Mu still hadn't shown up, so we talked it over and went to go take a look. But when we'd walked halfway there, we discovered Taoist Mu's corpse lying in the middle of the road."
When the two burly men got to this point, their voices filled with horror and genuine fear.
Chen Xia stood up and looked over Taoist Mu's corpse, faintly frowning.
He hadn't had much interaction with Taoist Mu, but he did know that Taoist Mu understood some occult arts.
It was said that in his youth he had specialized in slaying zombies and had the nickname "Zombie Hunter", attaining no small reputation within a hundred li and resolving many cases of the occult.
Twenty years ago, Taoist Mu had also accepted money to investigate an evil presence for a wealthy family. At the time Chen Xia had still been a constable and had heard that Taoist Mu seemed to have discovered something, but the matter had ultimately been dropped.
Supposedly there were taboos involved, but Chen Xia truly didn't know what taboos those were.
Chen Xia squatted down in front of Taoist Mu's corpse, opened up his Taoist robes, and prepared to look for what the fatal wound was exactly.
The other villagers didn't dare look directly at this, averting their eyes.
The empty chest cavity represented that his death had been no easy one.
From the inner pocket of the Taoist robes, Chen Xia discovered a small yellow paper slip stained with dark blood. He pulled it out and looked it over.
The writing on it was neat, done in thick ink, seemingly representing the writer's heavy mood.
"To the town chief" was the opening line.
"Twenty years ago I accepted money from a wealthy family to investigate an evil presence. Through many methods and many clues, everything pointed towards the deep mountains at the front end of town."
"At noon, when the sun was at its fiercest, I entered the deep mountains, following the small path hunters had expanded up to the halfway point of the mountain."
"At that point there was no more road. The forests further in were too deep, with no sunlight able to penetrate. Holding a compass and keeping vigilant watch over my mind and spirit, I felt my way along another five li."
"By the time I reached the thickest parts of the dense forests, the temperature had grown cold, as if it were midwinter despite being noon."
"There I saw a dilapidated village, along with over a hundred graves."
"In my panic I hastily took a look - this town was called Tou Mountain Town."
"After I left and stood halfway up the mountain to look back down, I realized that this mountain range was like a spine, with the long and narrow Tail Creek Town shaped like a tail."
"Only then did I recall an elder's legend."
"The 'tail' of Tail Creek Town is the tail of a flood dragon."
"A flood dragon lurks deep in the mountains, surrounding itself with countless ghosts. Occasionally one or two of those ghosts come down the mountain and devour villagers. And the closer it gets to the flood dragon's revival, the more severe these occurrences become."
"In the end, the ghosts move at night."
The yellow paper slip ended there, laying bare Tail Creek Town's taboo in its entirety.
Chen Xia furrowed his brow. If things really were as Taoist Mu described, then this flood dragon should be an extremely formidable existence, lying dormant deep in the mountains and biding its time to emerge into the world.
By all rights, he should find a place to hide right now and quietly add points for ten thousand years.
But after taking on the position of town chief, he had to do something.
And Chen Xia was kindhearted, truly unable to bear watching Tail Creek Town's destruction. So he could only go destroy this flood dragon.
He quickened his pace until in a flash he stood at the foot of the mountain. He didn't make a move right away, first lightly rapping the mountain range with his fist.
With just an ordinary punch, the entire mountain range shook and rumbled as rocks tumbled down.
"Dragon brother, are you there?"
No reply sounded, so it should still be lying dormant.
The corners of Chen Xia's mouth quirked up in a smile. When you could catch it unprepared, who would fight head-on?
He clenched his fist, muscles bulging, and stared straight at this stretch of mountains as his body swiftly reddened and every cell trembled with effort.
This was the first time he had used his full power after raising his strength to 25.
The corners of Chen Xia's mouth stretched open and he exhaled wisps of steam, representing that he had already built up pressure to a terrifying degree.
To borrow a line from a book:
The reason these deep mountains are here is because I hadn't come before.
Now that I'm here, there won't be any more deep mountains.
Chen Xia shifted his feet and stomped.
The ground instantly collapsed, as fragile and unsupportive as an ant nest, sinking down a hundred meters.
His figure shot out like a meteor, trailing an arc of light and continuous rumbles of sonic booms.
All the buildup
was for throwing out a single punch.
Chen Xia didn't know where the flood dragon was lurking or where the dilapidated village was.
So he chose to punch towards the peak - as long as he shattered the entire deep mountains, he would naturally strike the flood dragon.
This was the logic that as long as your attack range was wide enough, you didn't need to worry about missing.
The night wind blew, cool and refreshing.
The punch fell,
striking straight towards the mountaintop.
The terrifying might of 25 points of strength was revealed in that moment.
The deep mountains fractured inch by inch as if made of spiderwebs before collapsing at extreme speed.
Words could not describe this punch - because the mountain had simply collapsed entirely.
Inside there was no flood dragon, only a several dozen meter long snake, half dead as it lay amidst the rubble.
Chen Xia landed before it and squatted down, asking in puzzlement:
"What kind of dragon are you?"
The giant snake actually revealed a hideous face and spat human speech, hissing:
"I was about to complete my transformation into a flood dragon after devouring just a hundred more living humans. Why did you have to stop me? Do you not fear the punishments of the Heavenly Dao?"
Chen Xia smiled and nodded. "I really don't fear it at all."
Since he had grown stronger through adding points, and was not a person of this world to begin with, the Heavenly Dao truly could not control him.
The giant snake twisted its battered body, struggling to strike at Chen Xia in a final gamble.
Chen Xia casually stomped, crushing the snake's head and pulverizing the soul and consciousness within.
The several dozen meter long snake thus thoroughly perished, body and spirit.
If gauged by the realms of cultivators, the snake should have been at the Qi Condensation Realm. If it had completed its transformation into a flood dragon, it would have reached the Foundation Establishment Realm.
In this mundane world it could be considered invincible.
It was just unfortunate to encounter the even more invincible Chen Xia.
He viciously flicked his finger at the snake's head, and the force instantly drilled into its entire body, abruptly shattering it and turning its flesh and blood into mincemeat to be eaten by the birds.
The flesh and blood of a demonic beast that had become a monster was very attractive to these common birds and beasts.
Chen Xia waved his hands to shake off the dust that had gotten on them, resolving a hidden danger for Tail Creek Town.
After the giant snake died, a wisp of profound yellow qi suddenly drilled into Chen Xia's crown, and at the same time a notification popped up in his mind.
[Qiyun effect, obtained low-grade flood dragon qi.]
Chen Xia looked up.
Between the flowing brilliance in his eyes was profound, thick yellow qi!
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
