Chapter 243: Chapter 211: Five Spirits Saintess

The moment Xingzhu transformed into the Dragon and Snake Child, besides releasing the Yin Child to attack Cheng Ge, Sang Que also unleashed the Opera House, sealing the entire courtyard, ensuring nothing inside could affect the outside.

Since the Human Bone Dice required a large sum of money to cast a four, Sang Que now had only seven Copper Coins left, fearing that using the Human Bone Dice again would have little effect.

Countless venomous snakes surged from all directions, and Sang Que took two steps back, grabbing three specially made firecrackers from his bag and lighting them simultaneously, throwing them toward the surrounding snake swarms.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Three loud explosions burst open vast scarlet mist, with vermillion mixed fragments of the Ten Victory Stone scattering, blowing those venomous snakes to pieces.

“Play with me~”

The voices of five mischievous children echoed, and through the gray mist, Sang Que saw five mischievous children hand in hand, skipping around a shadow of a child.

Not far away, Old Tian, wearing ancient butler robes, stood in a pool of blood, in front of Cheng Ge, who was wrapped head to toe in blood-colored clothes, his feet sinking into the blood, struggling in place.

The slender and long Skinning Master appeared silently, attempting to tear Cheng Ge’s skin.

Rip!

A tearing sound, the Blood Robe Evil was torn to pieces, revealing the Cheng Ge beneath, and it’s unclear what he did, but countless tiny venomous snakes crawled out from Old Tian and the Skinning Master’s ear holes, nostrils, mouths, and even eye corners.

In an instant, Old Tian and the Skinning Master completely split open, with countless venomous snakes entwining and falling to the ground.

The five mischievous children were also tightly wound by the sudden appearance of venomous snakes at their feet, falling to the ground and crying while rolling, the Dragon and Snake Child broke free, the child-like shadow suddenly appearing behind Sang Que, the Evil Mist unable to resist at all.

Though the Dragon and Snake Child’s foundation had been destroyed, his current strength was undoubtedly at the Fourth Layer.

At the same time, several venomous snakes crawled out from beneath Cheng Ge’s empty shoulders, hissing and entwining, forming a bizarre arm.

Sang Que once again drove the Yin Child to block Cheng Ge, she swung her knife to slash backward.

However, strangely, the Yin Child resisted her command, seemingly unwilling to strike Cheng Ge.

The shadow was torn apart with a slash, Sang Que immediately felt an itch in both ear canals, something was drilling into her ears.

Sang Que quickly reached out, pulling out a small red and black striped snake from her right ear.

Hiss—

Suddenly, a sharp pain stung her brain, Sang Que’s strength was instantly drained, collapsing to the ground with the knife supporting her body.

The ticking of the countdown to revival sounded, she was ’dead’!

Is the Gu really so hard to guard against?

The child shadow led a tidal wave of snake swarm surging, Sang Que was about to use Instant Teleportation to retreat when a menacing cat’s meow echoed from the darkness.

Meow—aow—

The shadow of the Dragon and Snake Child shivered all over, and those venomous snakes scattered and fled.

Xuan Yu leaped from the darkness, a venomous snake in its mouth, tossing it away with a flick of its head, its black fur standing on end, arched back, with glowing emerald cat eyes coldly fixated on the shadow of the Dragon and Snake Child.

“Don’t hurt my sister!”

Xia Chan appeared behind Cheng Ge, shouting loudly, her flowing black hair twisted into several spears, shooting electrically towards Cheng Ge’s back, also blocking Cheng Ge’s view, preventing him from seeing the Yin Child.

Cheng Ge immediately retreated to evade, just then, Xia Chan gripping a flintlock gun, aimed the muzzle at Cheng Ge’s retreating spot, and without hesitation pulled the trigger.

Bam!

A tongue of flame burst from the muzzle, accompanied by an earsplitting sound, Cheng Ge’s eyes widened, half of his head blown apart, the whole body heavily slammed onto the ground.

Xia Chan always remembered what Sang Que taught her, it’s best to scare people a bit first, anticipate where they’ll dodge and strike with all your might to that spot, often hitting the target perfectly.

Seeing Cheng Ge fall, Xia Chan’s hands holding the gun began trembling, she never expected to succeed.

However, Cheng Ge wasn’t dead, that shot still missed slightly, with half of Cheng Ge’s exploded head slowly crawling up from the ground, without blood or brain matter, instead replaced by a swarm of black insects falling out en masse.

Gathering densely together, extremely creepy.

“Little Chan, come over here!”

Sang Que shouted, and Xia Chan snapped back to reality, immediately running to Sang Que’s side.

It seems Cheng Ge is indeed a Gu Master of the fourth layer. He is just like He Buning; if his power’s core can’t be found, he is essentially immortal.

He Buning’s core is the yin fire in his heart, and naturally, a Gu Master’s core is the Life Gu within his body.

Sang Que reached for the signal smoke in his pocket. In this situation, it’s best to call He Buning; only then will there be confidence in capturing Cheng Ge and Xingzhu.

“Five Spirits Saintess?!”

At this moment, Cheng Ge suddenly noticed the Yin Child standing quietly on one side, motionless without Sang Que’s command, and he exclaimed in shock, staring intently at the Yin Child.

Although it had lost its eyeballs, the Yin Child at this moment looked exactly like the statues of the Holy Daughters once worshipped by the five major tribes of Yun Country.

Moreover, the innate suppressive power the Holy Daughter has over Gu Masters cannot be mistaken!

The five major tribes of Yun Country have been destroyed by Da Xuan, leaving the remaining remnants fragmented and unable to unite, which is why Yun Country has been losing ground to Da Xuan, now having lost two-thirds of its territory.

Cheng Ge understood very well that this was because the remaining smaller tribes all had different beliefs, which made it impossible for them to unite.

In those days, the five major tribes of Yun Country, despite having their own beliefs, also collectively worshiped the same Holy Daughter.

Beneath the Holy Daughter, there were five Children, and the Dragon and Snake Child was one of them.

Cheng Ge could not have imagined, no matter what, that the supreme Holy Daughter of Yun Country, missing for many years, would reappear in this form, under the control of a Xuan Dynasty person, an unbearable humiliation!

The Yin Child held a Ghost Eye in its hand, and its hollow eye sockets watched Cheng Ge. It raised one hand, opening it to demand the other Ghost Eye.

Cheng Ge noticed the Ghost Eye in the Yin Child’s hand and suddenly understood. A snake with golden scales all over its body slithered out from his shattered head, and as it opened its mouth, it spat out the eyeball with flesh and nerves attached.

Before he could hand over the eyeball, the Yin Child flashed to his side, extending a small hand to swiftly snatch the Ghost Eye away.

The Yin Child did not hurriedly place the two eyeballs back into its sockets but instead looked towards Sang Que.

Xuan Yu still stood guard in front of Sang Que, and Xia Chan blocked half of Sang Que with her body.

The Dragon and Snake Child, who initially appeared like a shadow, had already knelt devoutly upon seeing the Yin Child clearly.

Even without words, Sang Que could tell that the Yin Child’s status in Yunzhou was extraordinary, far more potent than the Dragon and Snake Child, likely a Saintess.

Only such status and power could have allowed survival from those experiments conducted by the Evil Suppression Bureau.

This is also why the Evil Suppression Bureau has been unable to mass-produce entities like the Yin Child.

There is only this one Saintess!

Sang Que also understood why the Yin Child destroyed Fengning City; it was the hatred between the two countries.

Cheng Ge also looked over towards Sang Que, frowning, and said, “Kill her; although you, Holy Daughter, would be grievously injured, you would also regain freedom. Once you return to Yun Country, you are certain to lead the tribes to drive all the Great Xuan people out!”

Sang Que’s pupils shrank, watching as numerous insects poured from Cheng Ge’s shattered head like an unstoppable stream, falling to the ground, all highly toxic.

At this point, the Yin Child vanished from its place and appeared before Sang Que.

Incredibly, she wanted to protect Sang Que.

Cheng Ge and Sang Que both displayed expressions of astonishment, unable to comprehend why the Holy Daughter of Yun Country would want to protect a Xuan Dynasty person.

What Sang Que could not understand was that, although previously the Yin Child seized every chance to kill her, it became much more subdued after being marked with the Mountain Ghost Seal, although it still had no fondness for her, always remaining passively resistant without direct orders.

In Fish Woman Village, during her most dangerous moment, it had stealthily gone to grab the Ghost Eye, disregarding her life.

Now, why did the Yin Child want to protect her?

The Yin Child grasped a Ghost Eye in each hand, its sockets still hollow and bleeding, skin turning blue with corpse spots, abdomen split open, with shriveled bluish-black fingers clinging to the edge, while its feet were shod in adult embroidered shoes.

Using this terrifying appearance, it woodenly stared at Cheng Ge.

Though its face showed no expression, Cheng Ge inexplicably felt an immense pressure, causing the surrounding insects to retreat like a tide.

Cheng Ge smiled bitterly, lowering his head, “I understand now. I won’t kill her. I will leave here with Xingzhu and return to Yun Country. I will have everyone resume worshiping the Saintess. When the Saintess wants to return, please give me a sign, and I will personally come to welcome the Saintess back!”

Finally, Cheng Ge took a deep look at Sang Que, “Miss Sang, I’ll say it again, you are a good person. I hope you can clearly see whether your cruel and tyrannical Evil Suppression Bureau is truly worth your loyalty. Today, I spare you, and as for the lost Ghost Eye, I will take full responsibility. If one day you find yourself with nowhere to turn, Yun Country will be willing to welcome you, in the name of the Saintess!”

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