Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 173 Dream Death and Nightmare Theft

He Liang slowly turned his head to look at Pei Xia in the corridor behind him. His expression froze for a moment, then he smiled as usual: "What am I?"

“Master Su, it’s you,” Pei Xia replied.

He looked somewhat bewildered: "Master Su? Me? What's going on here?"

"If you weren't Master Su, how could you recognize the formation?"

"This... is something I only witnessed when I was traveling the martial arts world back then."

"Heh." Pei Xia grinned.

The guest room door opened, connecting to the open window, letting in a gust of wind that casually scattered the ashes of grass laid out on the floor.

This is not a formation.

Someone is framing him.

He Liang narrowed his eyes, finally realizing with certainty that he might have been exposed.

The jade pendant around her waist began to burn, and from the window of the guest room, the tall, voluptuous figure of a woman leaped in.

Han Youzhi stared intently at the person's face. She didn't speak, but she was very nervous.

This was the first time she had met another Jadeite holder in the real world.

"There's only one bad guy, that's what Lao Han said, and I believe her."

Pei Xia's voice continued from behind, gradually getting closer: "Since there's only one target, and it's us, then the person who proactively invited us to come along is obviously highly suspicious, don't you think, Mr. He?"

He Liang remained calm.

He has worked his way up from the bottom over the years, and besides the help from Qiongxiao Yuyu, he is also a ruthless person in his own right.

He looked Pei Xia and Han Youzhi up and down, and seeing that there was nowhere to escape, he simply sneered and shouted, "I kindly invited you to come along, but I didn't expect you to repay kindness with enmity?!"

The shouts quickly alerted He Yuan and the others who were resting in their guest rooms.

The three young men took their weapons and came out of the room. When they saw their uncle being blocked by Pei Xia and Han Youzhi, their expressions changed. They drew their weapons and shouted, "You despicable villain!"

Only at this moment did Pei Xia become certain.

This He Liang not only had designs on Han Youzhi, but the rest of the He family was unaware of his designs and the secrets he harbored.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have intentionally dragged the younger generation into this situation.

The girl, He Yuan, was especially agitated. She looked at Pei Xia and then at Han Youzhi, a feeling of being deceived welling up inside her: "Our He family has treated you with great courtesy all the way here, how could you do this to us?!"

The twin brothers retorted, "Exactly! If we don't give you an explanation today, you'll really think the He family is easy to bully!"

He Liang grinned maliciously to himself.

The more he traveled through the world, the more he understood that there were two kinds of people in this world.

There are two types of people: the strong and the weak. Pei Xia and the others are clearly the weak.

why?
Because they clearly don't bully the weak.

I want to see how you're going to handle this delicate little girl from the He family.
Just then, hurried footsteps came from downstairs.

Ye Lu brought He Chen back.

Upon seeing the tense situation, He Chen suddenly realized what was happening and quickly shouted, "Xiao Yuan, that's not our Uncle Liang, that's a villain in disguise!"

Caught between He Liang and He Chen, the three children listened to these contradictory words and felt helpless: "But that's clearly Uncle Liang..."

He Liang sighed, his gaze sweeping over the group of people before landing on He Chen: "You brat, you actually managed to avoid triggering my spell. You're quite capable."

This statement completely confirmed the guesses of the group.

He Chen drew his longsword with a clang, its energy surging, pointing it directly at He Liang: "Traitor, you killed my Uncle Liang, I will avenge him!" Finally shedding his pretense, Qiu Sheng cracked his neck and coldly replied: "Killed He Liang? I killed more than just him, you...aren't you all already dead?"

Upon hearing this, everyone present, including Pei Xia and Han Youzhi, was somewhat taken aback.

Weren't the four members of the He family present the same people who had come all the way from the county town with them?

However, as Qiu Sheng finished speaking...

Those long-forgotten memories began to resurface in their minds.

The dark shadows of the woods by the roadside bound everyone.

Wearing a red turban and sporting a large, hooked nose, Qiu Sheng first beheaded He Liang, then killed He Chen's two twin brothers, and finally He Chen himself.

As the memory of their own death returned, the two He family boys were the first to tilt their heads to the side, then their bodies went limp and they collapsed to the ground without a sound.

Immediately afterward, He Chen's eyes widened, and he too suddenly collapsed.

He Yuan was the last one.

She remembered everything: she remembered watching everyone die, Qiu Sheng stripping her naked and raping her, and then being strangled by her shadow in the darkness.

Her face was pale as she looked at Qiu Sheng, her throat bobbing, and she screamed in the most piercing voice, "It's you—"

The roar abruptly stopped the moment it was uttered. The girl's body went limp, her head slammed heavily to the ground, her eyes wide open, dying with unseeing disbelief.

An eerie silence permeated the corridors of the second-floor guest rooms.

In an instant, all four members of the He family turned into corpses.

Pei Xia watched all this with a solemn expression. Only now did the bodies of these four people begin to show signs of having been dead for many days. Even with Pei Xia and Ye Lu's keen senses, they had not noticed anything unusual during their entire day together.

Only "magical arts and supernatural powers" can achieve this level of skill.

"This isn't just simple manipulation of corpse puppets, is it?" Pei Xia questioned him coldly.

Qiu Sheng laughed and said, "This is the 'Dream Death Technique,' a technique that makes the dead dream and have the illusion that they are still alive!"

Death in a dream.

Pei Xia narrowed her eyes slightly. Even with the profound lineage of the Su Masters of Weishan, Pei Xia had never heard of such a strange and evil supernatural power.

Han, on the other hand, was naive, his gaze gradually turning cold.

Pei Xia didn't know, but she certainly understood where Qiu Sheng had obtained such magic.

In the heavens and the earth, as long as you have enough computing power, you can obtain many things that ordinary people would never dare to dream of.

The two scorching jade beads on his body were a constant reminder to Han Youzhi that the other party had come for this reason.

Especially after witnessing this person's actions, Han Youzhi was even more convinced that even if she didn't care about the so-called inheritance and reliance, she absolutely could not let her Yuqiong fall into the hands of such a person, otherwise he would surely become a great calamity in the future!
Having made up her mind, Han Youzhi waved her hand, and three magical nails shot out from under her cloth dress with a "whooshing" sound!

Qiu Sheng himself also possessed martial arts cultivation at the Opening Mansion Realm. As Han Youzhi made his move, he laughed and said, "What a fine Transformation Realm! Let's see if you can break my magic weapon!"

With a flick of his wrist, two white jade discs appeared in his palm, instantly transforming into a translucent white jade disc that blocked Han Youzhi's long nail.

"Hmph, you think I'm afraid of that?!"

Han Youzhi had even defeated Hei Shicheng Zhatu's magic weapon, so a mere Kaifu Realm cultivator was naturally no problem for him.

But the more she felt the spiritual energy surge, the more she felt that her power seemed to be running out.

The sudden feeling of weakness reminded her of the strange sensation when she woke up this morning, as if she hadn't slept at all.

She suddenly looked up: "You did something to me last night!"

Qiu Sheng laughed heartily: "The Nightmare Theft Technique cost me a fortune in computing cores. Even a Heavenly Consciousness Realm cultivator would fall for my tricks after accumulating experience over time!"

(End of this chapter)