Chapter 129: The Little Ghoul Z2

Lu Min and Sang Jingwen, along with Yi Ping, stayed behind. They exchanged a glance, and when Lu Min received Sang Chu’s message, he already knew her plan.

So, what he needed to do now was find a way to collect more crystal cores, and then take the opportunity to board the airship.

“Zihuan, come here!”

A tall, lanky young man, about 1.7 meters, walked out, following behind Elder Yan.

“You don’t trust me, but that girl does. I’m Elder Yan, and this is my son Yan Hao. That girl said, can you take us on board the airship?”

Yan Hao didn’t believe him, but his father did. Elder Yan insisted on bringing him along, saying he had to go with him on the airship and not stay behind.

When Lu Linlin boarded the airship, Elder Yan wasn’t around, so she didn’t know whether he had been affected by Pei Zhao’s ability.

Lu Min looked at Elder Yan and said, “Sang Chu said to trust you, so I know everything. I also know you’re the leader of that group of ordinary people. But if you want to get on the airship, what about him?”

Elder Yan’s eyes narrowed as he smiled. “That’s up to you. If you want him to board, he can. If not, he can stay behind—it doesn’t matter.”

Yan Hao glanced at his father and couldn’t help but say, “He’s one of the few people left in that place. Most of the people he cares about are imprisoned in the underground base at Putaz. Lu Linlin’s father and husband are also there. Only by offering enough food every day can they barely survive. And the people with abilities in the base don’t know about this.”

Sang Jingwen asked, “Then how do you know?”

Elder Yan hadn’t expected his son to blurt it out and sighed, “They came to me too. The ability users can’t get out, but ordinary people can. They can’t last long, but ordinary people can, so I became their go-between.”

Lu Min said, “No wonder you’ve managed to survive unscathed. So many powerful ability users have died, but you old folks and children are still alive!”

Elder Yan nodded. If his son hadn’t awakened his ability, he wouldn’t have wanted him to get on the airship either. For ability users, there’s only death in that place.

“Boom—”

Suddenly, a loud noise came from the distance.

Sang Jingwen’s expression changed immediately. “That’s coming from Sang Sang’s direction!”

He was the first to dash toward the sound, with Lu Min and Yi Ping following close behind.

Yan Hao looked at his father. “Should we follow?”

“Go ahead, be careful.”

By the time Yan Hao arrived, the battle was already raging fiercely.

Pei Zhao was nervously standing in front of a man sitting on a lotus leaf, pleading, “Brother Lin Z, that’s my uncle. Can you not eat him? I really care about him.”

The man sitting on the lotus leaf had blood-red eyes and a face covered in sores. When he smiled, his sharp fangs showed. He might have once been handsome, but now he looked terrifying.

His voice was deep and hoarse, as if someone was squeezing his throat. “Your uncle is fine, but the others aren’t. I’m really hungry.”

As he spoke, he rubbed his empty stomach.

Sang Chu arrived just then, tossing out a string of explosive beads and then summoning a magical talisman to trap them all inside.

Using the power of the talisman, she instantly appeared in front of Lin Z.

The terrified Lin Z hurriedly conjured fireballs and drew his sword, launching a flurry of attacks.

Is that spatial ability combined with fire?

Sang Chu dodged swiftly, all the while observing the little ghoul’s every move.

In a flash, she formed a hand seal, her ability manifesting as a small spiritual body. “Little ghoul, there’s plenty of food here. If you stop attacking, I can give it all to you!”

“Hmph, humans are all liars!”

He didn’t stop, continuing to hurl fireballs. With the boost from his spatial ability, the fireballs would vanish and instantly reappear elsewhere, making them impossible to defend against.

Sang Chu dodged one fireball, but before she could catch her breath, her legs were grazed by another attack.

She quickly rolled on the ground to avoid further harm.

Sang Chu’s eyes narrowed, and a burst of unprecedented sharpness flashed in them.

“Wind Shield!”

With a shout, a shield formed from swirling wind instantly appeared. The little ghoul blinked, clapping his hands in delight. “Hahaha, so fun, so fun! Kill her, destroy her wind shield!”

He loved the beautiful shield formed by the wind. He wanted to make this person his servant!

Sang Chu relied on the wind shield to barely withstand the barrage of fireballs.

But with each collision, the space around them distorted, and sparks flew everywhere.

“This little ghoul is really troublesome!” Sang Chu gritted her teeth, dodging while searching for an opening.

Suddenly—

The little ghoul appeared behind Sang Chu, biting her ear. “You smell so good, I can’t help myself. I’ll just have a little taste, hee hee. Surprised?”

Sang Chu frowned, grabbed him, and flung him away, swiftly drawing her fire jade fan.

With a single swing, a fierce blaze engulfed him.

“Ah—!”

The little ghoul howled in pain, staggering back. Sang Chu clutched her ear and advanced step by step, waving her fire jade fan. The little ghoul’s body was sent flying like a broken kite.

She covered her ear, quickly applying healing ointment, terrified she might be infected. If she caught the virus, what would she do?

Sang Chu’s eyes narrowed as she closed in on Lin Z. “I’m not being cruel, but I can tell you’ve regained some consciousness. You’re not like the other infected. But even so, just because you’re awake doesn’t mean I’ll show mercy!”

“Sis, don’t hurt Brother Lin Z!”

Pei Zhao rushed over and stood in front of Lin Z. Sang Chu looked at her coldly. “Then why didn’t you stop him when he was attacking?”

“I, I…”

Pei Zhao wanted to say, I don’t know you, I only know Brother Lin Z. Why should I care about these outsiders?

But she didn’t dare say it, afraid that if she did, Brother Lin Z would die.

In her mind, Brother Lin Z was the most powerful ghoul. He wasn’t this woman’s match, and neither was she.

So, she didn’t dare argue with Sang Chu, terrified she’d end up like Lin Z, beaten and thrown aside.

Sang Chu shoved her aside, the fire jade fan in her hand slashing cleanly at Lin Z’s neck.

But to her surprise, in the next second, his head actually crawled back onto his body…"

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**Chapter 130: The Little Servant Z3**

Sang Chu couldn’t believe it. She hurried to check elsewhere, but Ying managed to crawl back by herself and then transformed back into her original form.

Although Xiao Qi could survive, he was in so much pain that when he looked at Sang Chu, his eyes were filled with blood. “Don’t! I’m not going to die, okay? I’m sorry, alright? You’re an adult, why are you fussing with a kid like me?”

Sang Chu was both angry and amused. “You really don’t know, do you? If you bite someone, they’ll turn too! If I really was like you, I wouldn’t have been bitten!”

The little servant muttered, “There’s nothing bad about it. You can wake up and not die. The world is so boring anyway.”

He tried to get up, but when he saw Sang Chu take a step closer, his whole body shrank back. “What are you doing? I’m warning you, don’t chop me again! I really can’t die!”

Sang Chu said, “Then I’ll just chop you into pieces, and before you can pull yourself together, I’ll scatter your parts in different places. Let’s see if you can put yourself back together then.”

The little servant’s eyes widened in horror. “You’re so cruel! I’m warning you, don’t come any closer, or—or I’ll have my men kill everyone here!”

“Go ahead, use their lives to threaten me. I think it’s worth it!” Sang Chu replied, walking towards him with a half-smile.

Pei Zhao quickly hugged her and shouted, “Brother Lin Z, run! She’s gone crazy!”

But suddenly Lin Z’s expression changed. “Retreat! Quick, retreat! That damn thing is coming!”

As soon as he finished, he didn’t waste any time. He teleported, grabbed Pei Zhao, and ran off without stopping.

Sang Chu frowned slightly. When she turned around, she saw the mutated plant growing larger.

Under the blood-red moon, the giant plant and the speeding vehicles merged together and then shot up from the ground.

The vehicles, like wild beasts, tried to escape but crashed into an invisible barrier, unable to get out. Sang Chu could even see a bloody mark left on the shield around one of the vehicles.

Sang Jingwen and the others came over to Sang Chu after getting out of their vehicle.

Looking at the group of people trapped and frantically smashing at the vehicles, Yi Ping couldn’t help but ask, “What are those people doing?”

Sang Chu pointed to the sky above Qingliu City. “Look.”

At that moment, all the light from the blood moon was focused on the mutated plant. Its branches reached out over the city, stretching in different directions, and everything it touched was sucked into its ‘mouth.’

Its invisible eyes were fixed on Sang Chu and the others, as if it was greedily eyeing its prey, devouring everything in a frenzy.

The wails that came out chilled everyone to the bone.

Sang Jingwen said, “Isn’t that the same sound Mu Xue heard before?”

Sang Chu replied, “I’m afraid so. Before, it must have been feeding at a higher altitude, so I couldn’t see it.”

Lu Minli said, “This plant is practically a demon. It’s herded all of Qingliu City’s survivors together, separating the powered from the ordinary people. It eats the high-level powered ones, uses their energy to strengthen itself, then uses their crystal cores to turn more people in the city into powered ones. Then it lets the ordinary people kill the new powered ones, takes out their crystal cores, and repeats the cycle again and again. It’s a closed loop.”

Sang Chu said, “Look!”

Everyone looked where Sang Chu pointed.

The mutated plant absorbed both powered and ordinary people into its body, and the crystal cores were spat out like eggs, dropping back into Qingliu City. The process repeated endlessly; the mutated plant was clearly very intelligent.

Ning Song said, “So that’s how the crystal cores are made!”

It was his first time seeing the entire process of crystal cores falling from above. Old Yan followed his gaze and said, “The part of the plant above ground is big, but the underground part is even bigger. I’m afraid there’s no way out.”

He had originally thought that once they left the base, they’d be free. Now it seemed that even the survivors were still trapped by the plant, and escaping was even harder.

Sang Chu said, “Not necessarily. I’ll head back first. The crystal cores are too precious to waste. If Yan Ze and the others want to escape, let’s discuss it together and figure out a way.”

Lu Minli saw her sister standing there in a daze and hurried over. “Ah Chu, what’s wrong with my sister?”

“It’s nothing, she’ll be fine in a bit. I’m going to find your niece. You go back and wait for me.”

Lu Minli nodded. “Okay. Be careful.”

After that, he helped his sister back into the city. Ning Song wanted to leave too, but seeing everyone with Sang Chu heading back into the city, he gritted his teeth and said, “I’ll go back too.”

Yan Hao asked, “Dad, what about me?”

“Go with her.”

After everyone left, Sang Chu turned to Tu You, her tone serious. “How did you get caught? Was it the servant?”

“His spatial ability is too strong. My shield couldn’t stop him. Let’s go to his base first and find Lu Minli’s family. Once we find them, we’ll leave. Do you have any world-altering abilities that can cure that plant?”

Tu You blinked. “You have to be prepared—there might not be any, and even if there are, it’ll be very dangerous!”

“It’s fine. Money can be earned again. At worst, I’ll start over. But if we lose our lives, that’s the real tragedy. We can use all the crystal cores and jade stones we have. I’ll bring my brother along too. While I’m treating the plant, everyone can cultivate together. At the very least, we need to raise our overall strength before we go back.”

The people in Qingliu City were all very powerful. If her own strength didn’t increase, it would be hard to control the situation. That’s why Sang Chu was stalling for time.

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When Pei Zhao followed the little servant back to the base, she saw her father and grandfather and immediately let go of Lin Z’s hand. “Dad! Grandpa! I missed you so much!”

Pei Yiwen was both happy and worried to see his daughter. He asked in a low voice, “Zhao Zhao, why are you alone? Where’s everyone else?”

Lu Yi saw his daughter and granddaughter and was also anxious. “Zhao Zhao, why are you alone?”

The more Pei Zhao was questioned, the more uneasy she felt. She stiffly turned to look at Lin Z. “Brother Lin Z, why didn’t you bring me with you?”

Lin Z glanced at her indifferently. “That mutated plant is too dangerous. Wait until it settles down, then you can look for your friends. For now, just behave. All my men are gone. If you want to die, go ahead, but I won’t save you!”

After the arrogant man finished speaking, he turned and left. He needed to check how many of his men were left at the base.

That giant plant was a real scourge; every time it ate a bunch of people, his underlings had to recruit new ones. This time, he’d finally gotten a group of high-level underlings, but they’d all been eaten!"