Medical and Martial God

”Get out of the way! All of you, get out of the way...!”

The first prisoner to rush the deck was frantically slaughtering the oncoming zombies, so furious he could have pissed himself. He was the first one to reach the deck, with Ye Xiu right in front of him, yet he was now bogged down by zombies. It was infuriating.

The prisoner was powerful—a Fourth Realm War God! But too many zombies were besieging him, a seemingly endless tide. To make matters worse, he watched as zombies formed several rings around Ye Xiu and Ghost Shadow, effectively protecting them. What the hell...

At this moment, to prevent anyone from snatching Ye Xiu’s head, Wulong and Fledgling Phoenix ordered the zombie army to attack all prisoners and bounty hunters. Before them, however, a clear path opened up, with no zombies to block their way.

Finally, Wulong, pushing Fledgling Phoenix in her wheelchair, arrived on the deck of Ye Xiu’s ship, followed by dozens of people in black robes with obscured faces.

”You two monsters, why did you have the zombies attack me?” the prisoner, who was still wildly killing zombies, demanded angrily upon seeing them.

The expressions of Wulong and Fledgling Phoenix changed instantly. From her wheelchair, Fledgling Phoenix thrust out a palm, and the prisoner’s head instantly exploded.

A woman of few words and brutal actions.

”Trash!” Fledgling Phoenix cast a disdainful glance at the corpse before turning her gaze to Ye Xiu.

With just that look, the zombies encircling Ye Xiu and Ghost Shadow retreated to the sides of the deck.

”Ye Xiu, come meet your death!” Fledgling Phoenix’s wrinkled, triangular eyes, sharp as a hawk’s, bore into Ye Xiu as she commanded.

”So you’re Wulong and Fledgling Phoenix?” Ye Xiu, who had been sitting cross-legged, slowly rose to his feet and asked in a cold voice.

Ghost Shadow immediately stepped in front of Ye Xiu, staring intently at the pair. If they dared to make a move, he was ready to charge forward and take them down with him.

”You face your doom, yet you still dare to address us with such an attitude. Are you not afraid of death?” Fledgling Phoenix said with a sinister smile, her ghastly expression chilling to the bone. ”It seems you don’t understand what the names Wulong and Fledgling Phoenix truly mean.”

Fledgling Phoenix stared at Ye Xiu with malice, letting out a low, eerie chuckle.

Wulong said expressionlessly, ”Then let him experience the meaning of fear and despair.”

”My thoughts exactly,” Fledgling Phoenix agreed, snapping her fingers. Instantly, one of the black-robed figures behind them stepped forward. ”You’re exhausted. Let an Iron Corpse show you the meaning of fear and despair!”

An Iron Corpse was refined from the body of a Third Realm War God. It lacked independent thought, possessing only the instinct to fight, but its defensive power was strong and its strength was no less than when it was alive.

”Pick another one. This one’s too weak.”

Ye Xiu raised his sword. From a great distance, a single strike cleaved the Iron Corpse in two.

”This...” Wulong and Fledgling Phoenix were shocked.

Ghost Shadow was flabbergasted. Wasn’t Ye Xiu exhausted? How did he still have the Martial Prowess to unleash such a powerful long-range attack?

”So you’ve been pretending to be exhausted all along?” Fledgling Phoenix asked, her triangular eyes narrowing ferociously.

Ye Xiu laughed and shrugged. ”If I didn’t pretend to be exhausted, why would you two show yourselves?”

Ghost Shadow was completely bewildered. My lord, you’re too good at acting! As your teammate, I was so scared I nearly needed a diaper. Couldn’t you have given me a heads-up or something?

”So, you’re just a crafty, cunning brat.” Wulong and Fledgling Phoenix fumed, enraged at being deceived.

Fledgling Phoenix said, ”Since you weren’t exhausted, why didn’t you attack when you saw us?”

Heh. If I kill you two, the zombie army dies with you. I’m still counting on your zombie army to help me eliminate all the prisoners and the bounty hunters.

Ye Xiu smiled. ”No rush. Let’s chat for a bit first.”

Fledgling Phoenix frowned, suddenly feeling that she couldn’t see through Ye Xiu. What vile scheme was this boy cooking up?

”He’s stalling for time, waiting for reinforcements!” Wulong said.

”I see.” Realization dawned on Fledgling Phoenix. She glared viciously at Ye Xiu. ”Then I can’t let you succeed. Even if you aren’t completely exhausted, you’ve been fighting for a long time. Your Martial Prowess must be nearly depleted.”

Ye Xiu shrugged. ”You’re welcome to test how much Martial Prowess I have left.”

”My thoughts exactly!” Fledgling Phoenix snapped her fingers.

Instantly, another black-robed figure charged toward Ye Xiu.

”Next!” Ye Xiu raised his sword.

The black-robed figure was dead.

Fledgling Phoenix snapped her fingers again, and this time two black-robed figures rushed out.

”Continue!”

Ye Xiu dispatched them with two casual sword strikes. The two black-robed figures were dead.

After that, Fledgling Phoenix kept snapping her fingers. One after another, the black-robed figures charged out, only to be sliced in half from a distance by Ye Xiu.

A Third Realm Iron Corpse entered the battle and died.

A Fourth Realm Bronze Corpse entered the battle and died.

A Fifth Realm Silver Corpse entered the battle and died.

A Sixth Realm Golden Corpse entered the battle and died.

Finally, of the dozens of black-robed figures behind Wulong and Fledgling Phoenix, only four Seventh Realm Corpse Kings were left.

”Keep it up!” Ye Xiu taunted playfully, as if he hadn’t had enough.

Wulong and Fledgling Phoenix suddenly laughed.

Fledgling Phoenix said, ”Ye Xiu, do you know what Wulong and I are best at?”

”Witch Gu Techniques,” Ye Xiu shrugged disdainfully. ”If you’re about to say you secretly placed a Gu on me while I was busy slaughtering those corpses, then save your breath. Gu are useless against me.”

As he spoke, he held out his left hand. In his palm squirmed a pink, fly-sized insect. The next moment, his hand burst into flame. His Mysterious Ice Fiery Palm incinerated the tiny insect.

”This...”

Wulong and Fledgling Phoenix’s expressions finally faltered. From the beginning, they had dismissed Ye Xiu as a young brat, unworthy of their concern. Now, they realized they had underestimated him.

”Wulong, you’re up! My Gu is useless against him!” Fledgling Phoenix said, gritting her teeth as she glared furiously at Ye Xiu. The insect he had just burned to ash was a Corpse Gu, used to refine Corpse Kings. She had intended to silently use the Corpse Gu to control Ye Xiu and refine him into a Corpse King. She hadn’t expected to fail, let alone have Ye Xiu destroy an incredibly precious Corpse Gu.

”Very well.” Wulong nodded, pulled a small bell from his robes, and began to shake it.

”ARGH!” Ghost Shadow suddenly let out a blood-curdling scream. He clutched his head and collapsed, rolling on the ground as if his mind was under a brutal, continuous assault.

”Soul Control?” Ye Xiu scoffed. He gave Ghost Shadow a casual kick, and the man stood up as if nothing had happened.

”Pfft—”

Wulong, who was shaking the bell, suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, spraying it all over Fledgling Phoenix’s head.

”What—you... you’re immune to the Soul Control Bell’s influence, and you even broke its power so easily... H-how did you do that?” Wulong exclaimed in utter disbelief.