My White and Rich Beautiful CEO Wife-Chapter 272: A Bit Tricky
"Speak up, what do you half human, half ghost creatures want to do?"
Miao Xian’er might not be tall, but her spirit was undeniably strong.
With her hands clasped behind her back, she walked unhurriedly toward the edge of the cliff.
Qin Yu stood behind Miao Xian’er, also sizing up the three figures in black robes whose faces were shrouded in shadows, never clearly visible.
It was still summer, and he wondered how they could bear being wrapped up so tightly...
Hot, isn’t it?
"Come here, come back to Xiangxi with us, and we’ll release this old fart!"
One of the figures in black robes spoke up.
"Hiss..."
Under the bright sun overhead, this cold and bone-chilling voice reached Qin Yu’s ears, sending shivers down his spine.
"What a joke, why should I go back to Xiangxi with you?"
Miao Xian’er scoffed.
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The Xiangxi Corpse-Driving Clan and the Miaojiang Gu Clan had always been at odds. She wasn’t a fool; following these people back to Xiangxi, what good could come of it?
She had heard that they were adept at a kind of dark magic that converted living people into puppets for battle.
The thought that they might actually want to turn her into one of those puppets alive made Miao Xian’er feel utterly nauseated.
"If you don’t go, we’ll push her off!"
The figure in the black robe said menacingly.
"Wuu wuu..."
Ghost Granny, who was tied up and had a cloth stuffed in her mouth, could only shake her head desperately.
She had watched Xian’er grow up; despite her sharp tongue, she had a soft heart, and she might well agree to go to Xiangxi for her sake.
"Go ahead and push, she is just a servant to me!"
Miao Xian’er shrugged.
"Damn..."
Qin Yu couldn’t help but glance sideways. Was this girl’s mental fortitude really that strong?
"Mmm..."
Ghost Granny’s face showed a relieved expression; she would definitely prefer to die than to implicate Miao Xian’er.
"You..."
The figure in the black robe was taken aback, wondering why this girl wasn’t playing by the rules.
"Stop wasting words with her. If we can capture this old thing, can’t we catch a little girl?"
The other figure in the black robe who had been silent until now spoke up.
The voice was equally cold and devoid of warmth.
"Indeed, go, seize her!"
The figure in the black robe tilted his head.
The third figure in a black robe leaped straight forward, spanning a full three meters in a single bound.
Zombies?
Qin Yu was stunned for a moment. This scene was straight out of a horror movie; zombies bounced just like that!
"Come, have a taste of my Golden Silkworm Gu!"
Miao Xian’er, with her Gu pouch at hand, was like a little fairy with a magic wand, utterly unafraid of the figure in black leaping toward her.
With a flick of her small hand, several golden Gu insects flew towards the figure in black.
Holy shit!
From a distance, Qin Yu had not been able to see clearly, but now that this figure in black was right before him, he could see that the entire eye socket was pitch black, like a black hole, with no eyeballs at all.
The skin on the face was shriveled, clinging to the bone, looking just like a skull.
The color was a dark bluish-black, like it had been dead for several years. Even the corners of the mouth had two protruding fangs.
It made his appearance especially sinister and frightening.
"Swish, swish..."
Despite the black-robed monster’s hopping movements giving an impression of awkwardness, it was surprisingly fast. It stretched out its withered hands, waved them a couple of times, and smacked Miao Xian’er’s Golden Silkworm Gu dead.
"Heh heh... Our Xiangxi Corpse Driver Clan and your Miaojiang Gu Clan have been mortal enemies for generations. Did you think we wouldn’t know about your proficiency in Gu poison? It might work against others, but against our puppets, there’s no chance!"
The figure in the black robe said with a tone of smugness.
"I had only heard that the Xiangxi Corpse-Driving Clan could turn living people into puppets, but I never fought with them before. I didn’t expect them to be quite troublesome!"
Miao Xian’er stared intently at the figure in the black robe, frowning as she spoke.
"How about I give it a try?"
Qin Yu said eagerly, all his pent-up fury looking for an outlet.
"Fine, my Golden Silkworm Gu is an offensive Gu poison, and since it can’t handle that creature, I doubt other Gu insects will work!"
After Miao Xian’er finished speaking, she stepped back behind Qin Yu.
"Another one trying to show off, do you think you can outdo this old timer?"
The figure in the black robe noticed Qin Yu getting ready to move and spoke with disdain.
Ghost Granny and the others had been caught, and this young man clearly didn’t know his own limits.
"How formidable I am, you’ll know once I’ve tried!"
Qin Yu clenched his fists, and like a tiger pouncing forward, he charged toward the black-robed figure.
"Qin Yu, be careful!"
If they were fighting on flat ground, Miao Xian’er wouldn’t be too worried about Qin Yu since he had already defeated Ghost Granny fair and square.
But they were on the edge of a cliff, with only a few dozen centimeters of space; the slightest misstep could lead to a fall.
A few hundred meters of falling, even for the sturdiest of bodies, would end in pieces.
"Swoosh..."
The black-robed figure was indeed quick, and in a flash, it had engaged Qin Yu head-on, its ten withered fingers tipped with black, long nails like miniature daggers.
With ten dark flashes of light, it reached out for Qin Yu’s heart.
An attack aimed to kill from the outset.
"Damn, could there be poison?"
A foul stench wafted faintly to Qin Yu’s nose. The Xiangxi Corpse-Driver Clan had fought against Miaojiang for a thousand years without defeat; they certainly had their unique strengths.
"Boom..."
Qin Yu chose to retreat.
Next to him, there was a jutting piece of rock that the black-robed figure grabbed in its grip.
After a loud bang, a large chunk of the hard rock was missing, as if it had been blasted by a cannon.
This force was terrifyingly strong.
"Here, eat this! It can resist corpse poison!"
Miao Xian’er took the opportunity to toss a medicinal pill toward Qin Yu.
"Okay!"
Qin Yu caught it and swallowed it without hesitation, trusting Miao Xian’er unconditionally. Even if she was a bit childish at times, she would not set him up in this situation.
Otherwise, he would be too cautious about the possibility of poison, and wouldn’t be able to bring his full fighting strength to bear.
"You two jerks, taste my Mad Gu!"
Miao Xian’er wasn’t just standing by either; with a wave of her hands, a dense swarm of Gu insects flew toward the two figures in black robes on the edge of the cliff. Stay connected with novelbuddy
The puppets they had created were not afraid of Gu poison, but were living people not afraid of Gu poison?
"Hmph!"
The two figures in black robes snorted coldly and exhaled a puff of black smoke from their mouths.
The Gu poison that Miao Xian’er released seemed to meet its nemesis, circling above their heads without attacking them.
"You have your Gu poison, we have our corpse poison, you can’t deal with us, and we can’t deal with you!"
The figures in black robes said somewhat triumphantly.
"Once Qin Yu takes down that monster, it’s over for you!"
Miao Xian’er also realized that the puppets were the two black-robed people’s biggest reliance. If they could deal with it, the remaining challenges would be simple.
"I’m afraid it won’t be easy. This puppet was refined by a Half-Step Pill Holding expert!"
The black-robed figure revealed the origins of the puppet.
Half-Step Pill Holding was a level even more formidable than Huajin.
It was said that if one could break through and hold the pill after reaching Huajin, inner strength would be generated within the meridians. Not only would combat power greatly increase, but one’s lifespan would be extended as well.
However, even Miao Xian’er had not heard of anyone in modern society who had broken through to the Pill Holding realm.
And this creature, so powerful, had only half stepped into the Pill Holding realm.
Unfortunately, it had been turned into a combat puppet.
