Chapter 376 - 360: Audacious Evil Cultivator, Daring to Pose as an Innocent Child

Chapter 376: Chapter 360: Audacious Evil Cultivator, Daring to Pose as an Innocent Child

「Near the ruins of Tongli Money Shop」

The little boy was still pointing at Zhang San and Li, spitting as he spoke, his tone aggressive and accusatory, as if they were the real culprits who had caused his family’s death.

"Why didn’t you come sooner?!"

"Where were you when my dad died? Where were you when I was taken away?!"

The child screamed hysterically, "You’re obviously so powerful, so why did you wait until so many people were dead before you acted? What were you waiting for? Were you waiting for all of us to die so you could come collect our corpses?!"

"And you call this the righteous path? You’re just accomplices to those Evil Cultivators! You let this happen on purpose! Waaaah... It’s all your fault Anhe City ended up like this! It’s all your fault!"

While his logic was... questionable, his emotional appeal was undeniable.

As the child cried and shouted, some of the townspeople began to look away, their expressions growing awkward.

After all, if the cultivators had arrived just an hour earlier, maybe their neighbor Old Li’s family wouldn’t have had to die. If they had acted sooner, maybe the proprietress of the Yuelai Inn would still be pouring wine for everyone... Maybe... maybe... maybe... none of this would have happened...

...

「Private Chat Channel」

[Li]: Hold on, did I hear that right? This little brat has some serious nerve. He’s not blaming the Evil Cultivators, he’s yelling at us—the ones who saved him? Is this that legendary guilt-tripping I’ve heard about?

[Zhang San]: Sigh. Mr. Luo used to say that some people are just asking to be taught a lesson.

Li looked at the child, who was still babbling on, and a cold smirk crept onto his face.

’He really does need to be taught a lesson!’

With a sudden flick of his wrist!

WHOOSH—!

A white steamed bun instantly became a streak of white light, piercing straight through the little boy’s chest!

SQUELCH! Blood splattered everywhere!

It then transformed into a blood-soaked bun and flew back into Li’s hand.

Li caught the bun and roared at the corpse, "Impudent demon! How dare you impersonate an innocent child!!"

"I saw through you from the start!!"

The entire area fell deathly silent. Everyone was stunned speechless by the sudden slaughter.

’He killed him?! He actually killed the child?! Even if the kid’s words were harsh, you can’t just kill him! He was just a child!’

As for his claim about an "impudent demon," they didn’t believe a word of it. Wasn’t it obvious he was just lashing out from shame and anger?!

Even the players watching from the sidelines were losing their minds.

’No! What are you doing, you little brat?! Could you not stir up trouble at a time like this?!’

But at that very moment—a strange transformation occurred!

Billowing black smoke began to pour from the wound on the corpse lying on the ground!

SIZZLE...

Accompanied by a sizzling, corrosive sound, the corpse’s face began to twist violently.

The skin peeled away in flakes, revealing an old, withered face underneath!

This was no child at all. It was clearly a dwarf Evil Cultivator!

’He had planned to use this disguise to sow discord and panic, but he never expected these two to play so dirty! They attacked and killed him without a second thought. Who even does that?’

"You..."

The dwarf Evil Cultivator wasn’t completely dead yet. He glared at Li with wide, fish-like eyes full of indignation. "You... How did you see through my disguise? I clearly..."

SPLAT—!!

Li didn’t even let him finish his sentence, smashing down with a backhand strike!

The bun slammed into the dwarf’s head, instantly causing it to explode! Red and white matter splattered everywhere, only to be completely absorbed by the bun, turning it into a human-blood bun.

The crowd: "!!!"

The area fell silent once more.

’Wait, so it really was an Evil Cultivator?! Doesn’t that mean they had just... once again...’

Meanwhile, the two people at the center of it all, Zhang San and Li, appeared as cool as cucumbers on the surface, but in reality, they were just as shocked.

「Private Chat Channel」

[Zhang San]: Si! You’re a fucking genius! How could you tell he was an Evil Cultivator?!

[Li]: ...Would you believe me if I said I didn’t know at first either?

[Zhang San]: Ummm... I believe you! Actually, I was about to make a move myself!

[Li]: GYEHEHEHEH! I beat you to the punch, didn’t I? But his cultivation was too weak. The resulting human-blood bun only has about fifty percent potency.

Seeing his chance, Zhang San immediately adjusted his expression. He pointed at the stain on the ground and declared with righteous fury, "Luckily, my junior brother is gifted with sharp eyes and a clear spiritual sense, seeing through to your true nature in a single glance! You thought you could use guilt-tripping to shake our resolve? That’s like a mouse licking a cat’s nose—courting death!"

After speaking, he disgustedly scraped the bottom of his shoe near the stain, muttering impatiently under his breath, "...Tch. If it weren’t for that girl from the Su Family, I couldn’t be bothered to meddle in this shithole’s affairs... The rewards are crap, it’s full of bullshit, and I have to listen to these flies buzzing..."

These few words, seemingly muttered in complaint, landed like a thunderclap in the ears of the townspeople.

A wave of shame washed over the crowd.

’So... so we misunderstood our benefactors! That thing was a deadly Evil Cultivator all along!’

And it was also partly because of... Miss Su.

Even though those two Cultivators used what looked like bloody, demonic methods, so what? Immortal or demon, righteous or evil—what did it matter?

In these chaotic times, anyone who could protect their wretched lives was good enough...

The nearby players also breathed a sigh of relief.

’As expected! How could the system issue an impossible mission? So these two from the ninth-rate sect are friendlies! This is in the bag! With these two powerhouses around, it looks like there’s hope for this quest after all!’

However.

Just when everyone thought the situation was settled and they were about to coast to an easy victory...

RUMBLE—!!!

In the heavens above, the clouds swirled and the winds changed dramatically!

An immense pressure descended from the depths of the mist!

It was the pressure of the Core Formation Stage!

In the sky, a ghostly bone sedan chair smashed through the mist, circling above Anhe City amidst black clouds and heaven-shaking rage!

The Ghost Nether Elder had arrived!

His eyes stared down at the ruins below.

He looked at the ground littered with charred corpses, at the majority of his Foundation Establishment disciples—who were meant to be his fodder—now reduced to a pile of cinders.

Finally, his gaze fell upon the few human-blood buns in Li’s hand.

That should have been his blood food—the resources he needed to maintain his sanity while breaking through to a higher realm.

Now, it had become someone else’s meal.

"Huuuu—"

Ghost Nether stood up. As he moved, a Soul Banner unfurled and grew in the wind, and evil spirits behind him let out piercing shrieks!

The players in Anhe City looked up in shock.

"What the fuck?! This event has a second phase?!"

"I knew those Foundation Establishment guys couldn’t be the final boss!! But how are we supposed to fight this one?! Those two from the ninth-rate sect are only at Foundation Establishment too. The odds of winning a fight against someone a whole stage higher seem pretty damn slim!"

At the center of the storm, the expressions on Zhang San and Li’s faces also grew a little more serious.

’This is... going to be a fight for our lives...’

Meanwhile, Su Ling’er was still on her way, flying on her sword.