Chapter 88 - 85: Ghost Hair Centipede

Chapter 88: Chapter 85: Ghost Hair Centipede

The locomotive car.

Jiang Chaosheng looked toward the door, raised his head slightly, and stared directly at the immeasurably menacing Sea Coachman in mid-air.

His adrenaline was pumping, and a flash of excitement crossed his eyes.

This Sea Coachman was far more powerful than any Yin Yang Master.

Ever since taking over Antique Shop Zero, everything in the mortal world had lost its appeal to him.

Money, women, status—they were all like useless smoke.

Developing the Taboo Association, containing Taboo Items, and witnessing the vast, strange world had become his hobby.

Fighting a monster like this was fun!

Jiang Chaosheng glanced at the five Taiping Daoists.

His gaze then swept past them and landed on Zhong Shu, who was hiding in car number one, peeking his head out to watch the excitement.

Jiang Chaosheng took the Dragon Pearl from his pocket and said,

"Help me stop these five rats. Don’t let them escape."

The five Taiping Daoists froze, their gazes snapping in unison to Zhong Shu.

Zhong Shu was stunned too.

’Let me... stop them?’

’How am I supposed to do that?’

Jiang Chaosheng paid them no more mind and popped the Dragon Pearl into his mouth.

The next second, Jiang Chaosheng took a step, shot out of the train, and soared into the sky, riding the torrential rain!

The woman with her hair in a bun helped the red-robed youth up and settled him back into his wheelchair.

The red-robed youth glared at Zhong Shu and ordered his companions,

’This kid might be trouble. Be careful not to get tricked. Kill him first!’

The twin men and the old man with the long braid approached Zhong Shu, their faces fierce.

Zhong Shu slowly backed away.

Right now, he really envied the octopus monster and the antique shop owner.

’They can all fly, just WHOOSH and they’re gone.’

’What about me?’

Zhong Shu retreated, chuckling awkwardly.

"S-sorry..."

Zhong Shu turned tail and bolted.

The twin men and the old man with the long braid immediately gave chase.

Zhong Shu ran into car number two and slammed the connecting door shut.

The old man with the long braid swung his Western Sword.

"BOOM!"

The connecting door shattered instantly.

Normally, things on the train weren’t this fragile.

It seemed that after the Sea Coachman left the Sea Train, the objects inside gradually lost their enhancement from its Extraordinary Power.

After destroying the door, the old man with the long braid saw a fist the size of a sandbag flying at his face.

Before he could even react, the old man was sent flying backward!

The twin brothers stared warily ahead.

A man who looked like a thug in a suit stood there, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

Zhong Shu was hiding right behind him.

The old man with the long braid shouted fiercely,

"Kill him!"

Zhong Shu looked up and said guiltily to Li Xinyuan,

"I’m sorry, I’ve caused you trouble."

A roguish smile spread across Li Xinyuan’s lips.

"When it’s you and ’him’ asking for a favor, of course I have to help."

Li Xinyuan spat out the cigarette butt.

"Besides,"

He looked at the twin men and the old man with the long braid.

"These guys don’t even count as trouble."

His eyes held two parts coldness, three parts disdain, and five parts arrogance.

Zhong Shu cringed so hard his toes curled.

’So this is how cringey it looks in real life when someone’s eyes try to show that many emotions.’

Zhong Shu reminded him,

"They have Superpowers."

Li Xinyuan said,

"Don’t forget, I have a top-tier Cultivation Technique, the Dragon King Battle God Technique."

The old man with the long braid and the burly twin brothers glanced at each other and couldn’t help but scoff.

Although they possessed power beyond normal comprehension, it all came from Taboo Items.

’How could a normal person possibly have a Cultivation Technique from some fantasy novel?’

The old man flourished his sword.

"Kid, War God Dragon King Technique?

What kind of mystic nonsense are you trying to pull?

If you don’t have a Taboo Item, then you’d better just obediently..."

The next second, a powerful aura erupted from Li Xinyuan, and the surrounding temperature seemed to rise significantly.

The old man’s face changed drastically as he stared at Li Xinyuan in disbelief.

Li Xinyuan struck a pose and sneered,

"War God Dragon King Technique, First Form, Martial Extreme Burning Flame Step!"

Zhong Shu remembered something.

’In his book, he had given Li Xinyuan a very powerful character setting!’

’He was clearly a normal person, but he possessed the Combat Power of someone from a High Martial World!’

Zhong Shu shouted urgently,

"Everyone, fall back to the next car!"

With that, he quickly ran to a seat, grabbed Bai Tasha’s hand, and ran.

Bai Tasha had suffered too many frights recently, but as long as Zhong Shu was by her side, she felt completely at ease.

She stole a glance at Zhong Shu.

’Actually... he’s pretty handsome!’

’The way he takes charge is so cool, isn’t it?’

’Once we get off this train, maybe I can start by being his ’little sister’!’

...

Soot and smoke were torn into spirals by the hurricane-force winds.

Within the dark clouds, a violet-black Dragon Soul was shackled by lightning, seemingly bound by some power of order, unable to break free.

The Jing River Dragon King could only let out furious roars at the enemy beneath the clouds.

Unfortunately, the sound was drowned out by the thunder in the clouds.

Beneath the dark clouds, the giant octopus stood in mid-air.

Its thousand tentacles, secreting a nauseating black mucus, were like an unspeakable monster from the Cthulhu mythos.

Jiang Chaosheng, gripping the Scythe of Death, stepped onto the surface of the sea, which rippled with every drop of rain.

"BOOM!"

Jiang Chaosheng shot toward the sky.

The sea’s surface exploded, leaving a massive crater!

Waves slammed into the Sea Train, and the falling water battered the windows.

The people inside the train gasped, their eyes wide with shock.

That mysterious man actually possessed such incredible power!

Their worldview, already shattered by the Sea Train, was being completely overturned once again.

So this was what the world was really like. They felt as if they were witnessing the world’s deepest secrets.

The Sea Coachman’s six eyes shot out several beams of black light, like a bombardment of dark elements.

Jiang Chaosheng held the Scythe of Death horizontally before him to block, half-covering his deep gaze, while he continuously fired the Penalty Fire Flintlock Gun at the Sea Coachman.

"PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!"

Bloody mists exploded on the Sea Coachman’s body.

The scene was like a high-skill gamer soloing a boss with a top-tier Divine Artifact from the latest patch.

The Sea Coachman reeled in pain, but it only grew fiercer!

Its thousand appendages thrashed, and the sea surged!

Under its control, a colossal wave of millions of tons crashed down on Jiang Chaosheng.

Jiang Chaosheng was instantly engulfed!

A mocking look appeared in the Sea Coachman’s six eyes.

"ROAR!"

With a roar, its thousand appendages traced unknown symbols in the air.

The waves grew even more violent, crushing every living thing in the water.

Countless sea fish were torn to shreds. Blood and flesh flashed within the surging waves like night-blooming cereus—there and gone in an instant.

A hint of satisfaction crossed the Sea Coachman’s lips.

’This tiny human who dared to harm it would probably be obliterated without a trace this time.’

’After all, under that kind of immense pressure, even humanity’s most advanced submarine would be crushed flat like a pancake.’

"BOOM!"

The waves behind the Sea Coachman suddenly exploded, a deep hole forming within them.

Jiang Chaosheng appeared behind it, holding the Dragon Pearl in his mouth and gripping the Scythe of Death.

Item 0-15, the Dragon Pearl.

As long as the Dragon Pearl existed, there was no water on Blue Star that could kill Jiang Chaosheng!

The Sea Coachman whipped its head around.

"BANG! BANG! BANG!"

The bullets from the Penalty Fire Flintlock Gun were already upon it.

"ROAR!!"

The Sea Coachman let out a piercing shriek.

Three of its eyes exploded in a mist of blood.

Foul blood gushed out like a fountain, its ugly octopus face being washed by the downpour.

Its thousand octopus tentacles struggled desperately.

Just then, Jiang Chaosheng saw something and locked his gaze on the door of the Sea Train.

At the door of car number one, the woman with her hair in a bun stood holding the red-robed youth.

The woman undid her hair tie, and her black hair cascaded down like a waterfall.

The black hair grew rapidly, instantly reaching over twenty meters in length.

The strands of hair began to intertwine and twist, gradually taking the form of a centipede.

The woman’s body looked tiny, like the head of the centipede.

The black hair centipede slowly crawled into the sea, the woman still holding the red-robed youth, glaring viciously at Jiang Chaosheng.

The red-robed youth looked at Jiang Chaosheng in the sky and cupped his fists.

"Shopkeeper, I didn’t expect you to have such skills. I admit defeat for today.

But believe me, there are no good endings for those who provoke our Taiping Dao.

The Penalty Fire Flintlock Gun—I will definitely come to retrieve it personally with my elder brother!

If you are wise, Sir, I invite you to join the Taiping Dao and unite with us in our grand cause!"

Jiang Chaosheng aimed the Penalty Fire Flintlock Gun in his hand at the red-robed youth and fired two shots.

The woman quickly maneuvered the hair-centipede, wrapping it around herself and the red-robed youth.

"SIZZLE!"

The sound of igniting flames erupted.

A black, sparking hole was burned into the body of the hair-centipede.

Under the heat of the sparks, the burning began to spread.

"ROAR!"

The Sea Coachman’s furious roar sounded out.

A massive octopus tentacle smashed viciously toward Jiang Chaosheng.

Jiang Chaosheng retreated rapidly, unloading a barrage of bullets from the Penalty Fire Flintlock Gun into the tentacle.

"Hmph, you should worry about yourself first."

The red-robed youth snorted coldly and cupped his fists again.

"We’ll meet again!"

The red-robed youth whispered quickly,

"While he’s busy with that monster, let’s go! Now!"

The black hair centipede’s countless legs moved swiftly across the surface of the sea.

"CLACK CLACK CLACK..."

The insect-like legs kicked up splashes of water, leaving a clear trail on the sea’s surface.

The woman held the red-robed youth, and they were about to disappear from Jiang Chaosheng’s sight.

Jiang Chaosheng glanced at them coldly and slowly opened his mouth.

"Yang, laugh!!"

Empowered by the Dragon Pearl, the words came out as a thunderous dragon’s roar!