"Hmm?"
Sitting in his seat, Bryce Gu saw Evan Lin at the back of the bus stand and walk straight toward Ghost Adept. His eyes flickered. "Years ago, Ghost Adept was already a master at peak Inner Strength. If he's shown up today, he might have stepped into the Vajra Realm. Aren't you afraid of dying?"
Bryce Gu looked at Evan Lin. The boy in front of him gave off an unfathomable feeling, which made Bryce pause in surprise.
"A mere Vajra, and you think you're worthy to kill me?"
Evan Lin let out a cold laugh, not even glancing at Bryce Gu sitting there.
You're way too arrogant!
Lydia Liao saw Evan Lin actually talk to her Uncle Gu like that and couldn't help but sneer, "Just don't go begging Uncle Gu to save you later!"
A-Two, dressed in black robes, lunged at Evan Lin. His movements were ghostly, and as he clenched his fist and leapt high, he seemed almost weightless.
His bloodless face looked as if it were dusted with white powder. As A-Two raised his fist, a faint black mist quickly gathered around him, making the surrounding air feel even colder.
"Is this... mid-stage Inner Strength?"
Bryce Gu was slightly shocked. If someone at mid-stage Inner Strength was willing to carry Ghost Adept's coffin, it showed just how powerful Ghost Adept must be now.
A-Two moved extremely fast. With a punch, his pale fist created bursts of sonic booms in the air.
The force was immense, aimed straight at Evan Lin's face, clearly intending to kill with one blow.
With both hands in his pockets, Evan Lin remained calm. Without even glancing at A-Two, who was midair, he took a few steps forward, shifted his body slightly, and narrowly dodged the fierce punch.
"Too slow, too weak, too boring."
Evan Lin shook his head slightly. As A-Two had no time to recover, Evan's right knee shot out like lightning, slamming into A-Two's chest.
A-Two was sent flying into the bus roof, his back slamming hard against it. The roof bulged outward from the impact.
A-Two spat out a mouthful of blood and, struggling to get up, was stomped on the head by Evan Lin, who pressed him ruthlessly to the floor.
"That's it? He won already?"
Lydia Liao was shaken to her core. She looked at Bryce Gu beside her, only to find an odd expression in his eyes as he stared intently at Evan Lin.
"With skills that weak, you still dare to go out and cause trouble?"
Evan Lin stood before Ghost Adept, looking down on him with contempt.
"You! Courting death!"
Ghost Adept roared furiously, slapping his hands on the coffin's edge. His thin body shot up like a spring.
Ghost Adept's entire body was completely shrouded in thick black mist. At first glance, he looked like a massive black cloud, which suddenly lunged at Evan Lin from midair.
Ghost Adept froze, his pitch-black eye sockets fixed on Evan Lin.
"Are those... corpse-corroding worms?"
Evan Lin walked forward slowly. As he moved, the corpse-corroding worms that had been swarming him seemed terrified and scattered, trying to flee.
Corpse-corroding worms can only be found in tombs and graveyards. They feed on rotting flesh and are born saturated with death qi. If an ordinary person gets bitten, at best they'll be sick for days; at worst, they'll die on the spot!
Behind Evan Lin, it was as if an enormous mouth had opened, swallowing the worms one after another.
"Go to hell!"
Evan Lin's expression remained calm. When the worms charged at him, the Three Maiden Spirits in his backpack couldn't hold back and started devouring them hungrily.
"Your Excellency!"
Shawn Shi, just recovering from shock, saw the scene and turned even paler.
"I've spent three years raising these corpse-corroding worms inside my coffin, feeding them fresh meat and blood every day, all for this moment!"
Evan Lin could feel the Three Maiden Spirits slowly growing stronger—the death qi stored in those worms was considerable.
Ghost Adept crouched on all fours, head raised, eyes cold as he watched Lin Yi being completely surrounded by the corpse-corroding worms. He grinned, "Even ordinary Vajra experts, with their externalized force, would be completely devoured by these worms!"
Ghost Adept turned his gaze to Bryce Gu. "Today, I'm going to personally devour you! Your flesh will be a great tonic!"
At that thought, Ghost Adept burst out in a series of bizarre laughs.
The sight made Lydia Liao beside Bryce feel sick. She hurled her lollipop straight at Ghost Adept's face. "So ugly, and you think you can beat Uncle Gu?"
"Little girl, I'll make sure to entertain you later!"
Ghost Adept screamed at Evan Lin, his voice tearing from his throat.
"Hey, you down there—got any more of those bugs?"
Ghost Adept was about to say something else when he suddenly heard the boy, still wrapped up in worms, speak up.
"What?"
Ghost Adept froze, his pitch-black eye sockets fixed on Evan Lin.
"I asked if you have any more of those bugs."
Evan Lin walked forward slowly. As he moved, the corpse-corroding worms that had been swarming him seemed terrified and scattered, trying to flee.
But it was already too late.
Behind Evan Lin, it was as if an enormous mouth had opened, swallowing the worms one after another.
In the blink of an eye, the once-mighty swarm of corpse-corroding worms vanished without a trace.
Evan Lin's expression remained calm. When the worms charged at him, the Three Maiden Spirits in his backpack couldn't hold back and started devouring them hungrily.
The Soul-Sacrifice Beauty Scroll itself is a soul-refining artifact that grows stronger by absorbing death qi.
For the three Maiden Spirits inside, these corpse-corroding worms were the perfect nourishment.
In just a few moments, they'd eaten every last one.
Evan Lin could feel the Three Maiden Spirits slowly growing stronger—the death qi stored in those worms was considerable.
"M-my... Where did my bugs go?!"
Ghost Adept's tongue twisted, orange flames in his eye sockets flaring violently!
Those worms took him so much effort to raise!
And now they've just vanished, gone for good!
Ghost Adept roared in rage, his face twisting hideously. "I'm going to skin you alive and tear you limb from limb! You killed my coffin bearers and wiped out my corpse worms! Now, no one can save you!"
Ghost Adept screamed at Evan Lin, his voice tearing from his throat.
His face twisted rapidly, the orange flames in his pitch-black eye sockets instantly turning jet black. At the same time, his withered body began to regrow flesh.
His body, originally under one and a half meters tall, began to swell in an instant.
Bones snapped and regrew all over his body, mingled with Ghost Adept's shrill screams—a gruesome sight.
"Run!"
Bryce Gu, who had been quietly observing, suddenly turned pale, grabbed the girl beside him, and smashed through the window to escape.