Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1138 - 207:

After completing the control over the scholar within the tower, Li Zhiyuan put the wordless book back on him.

Previously, the old Taoist had a horsetail whisk, and the woman in the black dress had a treasure sword, both of which played significant roles.

Here, it's impossible to let the scholar fight with bare fists.

Meanwhile, the youth harbored thoughts of seeing the effects of the scholar's "deadly study" of the book.

Well, there were indeed effects: the book's material is truly excellent and very durable.

So much so that, in the scholar's muscle memory, he actually used the book to hit people.

Li Zhiyuan sighed in his heart; since the book is being used as a weapon, don't just think of using it as a stick – see if the pages can be taken apart to use as a sword, look for other weapon forms.

The flesh ball rolled to the ground, and amidst the awkwardness, its body further manifested, finally revealing a clear human form.

The figure was tall, yet extremely ugly, with skin that looked like it was patched together from countless scraps of fabric, even the facial features were misplaced, with the mouth above and the eyes below.

This wasn't its natural form; it was due to the facial features being pulled askew during its shapeshifting.

"Roar!"

A roar emitted from its mouth, but due to its position, it sounded like a lone wolf howling at the sky.

It moved like a leopard, swiftly pouncing, seemingly eager to regain its dignity, and the scholar charged at it as well.

The rush from both sides was terrifying, as the bodies in the way were shattered, and the nearby corpses were swept away.

Yet just as they were about to collide, it suddenly kicked its right leg outwards, causing its huge body to twist, its center of gravity swinging as it forcibly changed direction, almost without pausing, it bypassed the scholar and continued at great speed towards the tower door.

However, shortly after changing direction, just as it got slightly closer to the tower door, it sensed a fierce force coming from the side.

The big guy was flipped again by the book.

"Boom!"

The scholar descended gracefully, his clothes fluttering, his hair lightly twirling, even the previously bound book was loosened, he opened it in his hand, seemingly reading.

This wasn't Li Zhiyuan's control, this posture was also part of the scholar's muscle memory.

As the big guy stabilized, the right half of his body, which had been hit earlier, noticeably deflated, but as he got up, flesh rolled and his body structure was realigned.

...

Black-robed man: "Such a gamble."

The black-robed man was confident in the speed of his doppelganger, believing that after a quick change of direction, it would be impossible for the opponent to catch up, catching up meant that during the initial collision, the opponent barely put any real effort, simply waiting for the moment of redirection to chase.

If earlier he'd not allowed the doppelganger to change direction and directly collided, he could have caught the opponent off guard, and the outcome would've been decided.

Li Zhiyuan: "A senior of mine once told me, if you can predict the outcome, it's not gambling."

Black-robed man: "I'm afraid time is running out, this tree is about to decay completely, once the rules vanish, your disaster will still occur, so what's the point of your current obstruction?"

Li Zhiyuan: "It matters, as long as I can thwart your goal, I'm quite happy."

...

Outside the tower, the enraged big guy began actively chasing the scholar.

The scholar's movement technique was agile, letting the big guy leap and jump but deliberately avoiding contact.

Seeing that the big guy wasn't coming for her, Yu Miaomiao stopped approaching the tower door, instead sweeping away the corpses around her with her sharp claws, seeking a corner on the platform for refuge, as long as she didn't block their path to the tower door, the pressure would lessen.

Unexpectedly, the scholar seemed to deliberately find her, landing in front of her.

With a sweep of the wordless book, he first cleared the corpses in front of her, then opened a path leading to the corner of the platform.

Yu Miaomiao looked at the scholar's back, a smile surfaced on her face, while her cat eyes revealed a self-concealed teasing:

Fool, do you think that just because I held off Zhen Sha'an earlier, I'm now on your side?

After performing his "good deed," the scholar gracefully left.

Yu Miaomiao looked shocked because the big guy was also headed towards her.

"Meow!"

Yu Miaomiao didn't dare to linger, quickly evading.

As the big guy crashed to the ground, seeing the scholar running elsewhere again, it hopped up and continued the chase.

Chasing and chasing, the big guy suddenly halted.

As if suddenly having an epiphany, it turned around, facing the tower door, ignoring the scholar, and launched another charge towards the tower door.

The scholar who had been avoiding contact all along, had to descend and appear in front of the big guy.

"Boom!"

They first collided, then punched and kicked at a blistering speed, each clash triggering a stifled sound of pressure.

Within the area of their confrontation, any corpse daring to pass or even approach was shredded by the leaked shockwaves.

...

At the tower's base, Li Zhiyuan was playing chess, holding a chess piece, he paused in contemplation.

Black-robed man: "What, can't focus while playing chess?"

Li Zhiyuan placed the chess piece. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

His previous hesitation was because although the big guy seemed intent on facing the scholar head-on, it was being kite for quite some time.

Logically, attacking an enemy's aid is quite elementary, the opponent clearly could have chosen to initially charge at the tower door, forcing the scholar into a direct confrontation to exhaust his energy.