I'm modifying myself into the ultimate demon.

Chapter 79 The Ghost Blood Erupts, You Are All Insects!

As Chen Mo asked this question, his inner energy began to flow into his meridians, circulating throughout his body, as he remained vigilant and on guard. At the same time, he glanced at the bride and groom in the living room out of the corner of his eye.

The light in the hall grew dimmer, obscuring the bride and groom's features. Only shadowy figures moved about, and blessings were being shouted during the wedding ceremony. But these blessings deviated from the norm of a typical wedding; Chen Mo couldn't understand them and found them strange.

From the moment Chen Mo stepped into the Li residence, he realized something was wrong.

It's not surprising that the Li family is holding a wedding banquet.

What's strange is the wedding setup.

It doesn't look like a wedding for living people at all, and the way the banquet looks... doesn't look like it's for welcoming living guests either.

Before seeing the bride and groom's appearance, Chen Mo refrained from making a move rashly, lest any unforeseen circumstances arise.

After all, Guo Ziyu had said that Granny Li and Steward Zhou were acquainted. And Chen Qingyan had taken leave again yesterday to remarry.

If we're going to take action, we must wipe out everyone in this house... leaving no trace of them!

We must not leave any trace.

Otherwise, if the Blood Ridge Hall sets its sights on you, you'll be in endless trouble.

While waiting for the bride and groom to come out for dinner, I was pleasantly surprised to hear such a terrifying story from Granny Li.

Just then, Granny Li took a sip of blood tea and said in a sinister tone, "I used to be a maid in the Li family. After the baby went missing, Master Li told us to go looking for the baby with lanterns."

I found the baby in the ancestral hall of the Li family residence. The baby was squatting on the offering table, its back to me, greedily eating the raw sacrificial meat. I was terrified, but I still mustered the courage to call out a couple of times. The baby turned around, bared its teeth at me, and even lunged at me, biting me. I was so frightened that I ran out of the Li family residence that very night and never dared to go back.

Although I left the Li residence, I was still possessed. In other words, outsiders call it madness. Before this, there was no madness in Honghe County. Since then, madness has appeared one after another in the town.

I consulted countless doctors, but to no avail. I thought I would go mad and die like other patients with this madness. But unexpectedly… I survived. I even gained all sorts of unfathomable abilities. Later I learned that these were abilities comparable to the Red Lantern Divine Preservation Technique. And I became a symbiotic entity with this madness.”

Chen Mo suddenly realized something upon hearing this.

It turns out that Grandma Li became a symbiote because she was bitten by the baby.

No wonder symbiotes of madness are so scarce.

Even after investigating madness his entire life, Master Xie only just discovered that Granny Li was a symbiotic being...

So far, Chen Mo has only just learned about Granny Li and himself, the two symbiotic beings.

Perhaps it was because Granny Li felt confident of victory tonight, or perhaps it was because Granny Li, like Chen Mo, was a symbiotic being. This is why she displayed such a strong desire to express herself.

As she drank the blood tea, she continued her story: "I realized then that my chance to change my fate had arrived. With special abilities, who would be willing to be a lowly maidservant who could be ordered around at will?"

I had a statue of the infant carved and enshrined it in my home. Later, I discovered that the more sincere my heart was towards the infant spirit, the greater the power I received. Especially after I gave birth to Hongxi, my power increased further. I also received the infant spirit's blessings. I could hear the infant spirit's commands and serve it. Therefore, I became a revered servant of the infant spirit.

Unfortunately, these days didn't last long. The increasing number of patients with madness greatly affected the stability of the surrounding towns. Later, the Red Lantern Goddess went to Qinghe Town to exorcise the evil spirits… Perhaps because the infant spirit was crippled, my abilities were greatly reduced. Furthermore, my husband, unaware of the situation, killed Hongxi, further weakening my powers.

My husband, that damned bastard, killed Hongxi. Hongxi was everything to me; she carried my abilities and hopes. That's why I've kept Hongxi's body.

I waited in despair, enduring agonizing pain. Twenty long years of torment! I thought there was no hope for anything to come of it…”

At this point, Granny Li suddenly looked very sad and let out a mournful laugh.

Suddenly, the laughter turned cheerful and excited.

Granny Li suddenly looked up, her eyes bright, staring at Chen Mo with a slightly crazed expression:

"I thought I had no hope in this life. Until... I met you. You were able to remove the red wax from the well! I knew then that you were a superior symbiotic entity of madness compared to me. You carried a stronger resentment from the curse of the spirit infant. Unfortunately, I only learned about your ability to remove the red wax from Hongxi after you had left."

I had no choice but to send Little Sugar to find you and take your blood. Sure enough, Little Red Delight was released. As soon as she came out, my abilities recovered considerably. The stronger she became, the stronger I grew. But I still felt the recovery was too slow, and I wanted to kidnap you directly, but unfortunately, you're cunning and capable. Both of my attacks were neutralized by you. I sent Red Delight to the city to find you, but you killed her. Damn it, damn it all!

Granny Li's emotions became frenzied and distorted.

"Hehehe. But you still came for a playbill... You truly are a superior symbiote to me, it smells so good."

Granny Li sniffed the air in front of Chen Mo, her eyes filled with insatiable greed. Her voice became hoarse and deep, "If I eat you, I will return to my peak, and perhaps even surpass it, hehehe..."

Just then, a voice came from the living room, "Mom, you just cooked Dad's ribs. I'll take care of this kid."

Dad's spare ribs?

Chen Mo instinctively glanced at the bloody ribs in the basin and felt a chill: Did these ribs belong to Old Master Li?

No wonder the size is off.

So... Granny Li killed Old Master Li?

He truly has no humanity.

and many more……

The voice in the living room was calling Granny Li "Mother"?

It sounds somewhat familiar...

Could it be...? How is that possible?

brush!
Chen Mo suddenly looked up at the living room, secretly pushing his true energy to its limit, and remaining vigilant in all his spiritual cultivation techniques.

Da da da.

A series of light footsteps slowly approached from the living room. Two people then stepped out of the door. One of them was Li Hongxi, dressed in a bright red traditional Chinese wedding dress.

Chen Mo suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, from head to toe.

This is impossible...

I clearly killed her when I was at the Chen residence.

It even absorbed all the original essence and ghostly energy.

How could she...

The unknown often brings immense fear. Even though Chen Mo considered himself to have achieved considerable success in his cultivation, he still felt a chill when he saw Li Hongxi, who should have been dead, again.

However, Chen Mo soon discovered something even more terrifying:

This Li Hongxi is not a spirit.

But he is a living, breathing human being!

Resurrection!?
Chen Mo felt his mind was a bit confused. When he glanced at the groom beside Li Hongxi out of the corner of his eye, he was startled again. He saw that the groom was an elderly Taoist priest with a wrinkled face and a sinister look in his eyes.

Chen Mo had seen this old Taoist priest before.

It was when I first came to the Blood Ridge Black Market that I saw the old Taoist in red leading the patrol... Under the red lantern banner, Chen Qingyan, the leader of the Blood Ridge Hall!
Remarriage, marriage into another family, a ghost marriage, Li Hongxi's return to life...

With a wealth of complex information gathered together, Chen Mo made a rough guess.

But to everyone's surprise, Chen Qingyan, the leader of the Blood Ridge Hall, actually became the son-in-law of that wicked woman, Li Binghui. Isn't he afraid of being punished by the Red Lantern Police if they find out? Or was he forced into it?
However, this was no longer important to Chen Mo.

Because he had already seen everyone in the house, he already knew what was going on.

Chen Mo composed himself and sat down calmly. The dagger in his sleeve was already prepared.

"Hehehe, we meet again. I thought that once you joined the red-light district, you wouldn't come out anymore. If that were the case, I really wouldn't be able to do anything with you. But I didn't expect you to come out on your own."

Li Hongxi, holding Chen Qingyan's hand, skipped over, a sinister smile appearing on her face when she saw Chen Mo. Although she had applied rouge, the livid spots that hadn't faded were still visible, and a familiar stench emanated from her body.

Chen Qingyan showed no disgust whatsoever, and with a tender expression, followed Li Hongxi to Grandma Li, bowed, and offered tea.

When serving tea, Chen Qingyan completely disregarded his status and dignity as the head of the hall, and actually knelt down in front of Li Bingxiu, offering a teacup filled with blood tea with both hands, saying, "Aunt, please have some tea."

"Oh my, what a thoughtful person." Granny Li took the teacup with a smile, took a sip, and her liking for Chen Qingyan was evident in her eyes.

After the tea ceremony, Granny Li said, "Qingyan'er, Hongxi and I have both worshipped the Spirit Infant and are its symbiotic beings. Our future is bright. You originally worshipped the Red Lantern Goddess, but you couldn't switch to worshiping the Spirit Infant. But today you have a great opportunity. A symbiotic being even better than me is right in front of you. Just eat his flesh and drink his blood, and you will also be a symbiotic being of the Spirit Infant. This person is the best gift for your marriage and the best appetizer for today's wedding banquet."

Chen Qing bowed and said, "Auntie is right. I have been waiting for this day for a long time."

As they spoke, the four members of the family stood in front of, behind, to the left and right of Chen Mo, surrounding him completely.

Granny Li chuckled sinisterly, "Young Master Mo, when I gave you the opera score earlier, I mentioned I needed to borrow something from you. Actually, this opera score didn't originally exist; I wrote it up based on the story of the Li family in Qinghe Town. It was all to lure you out. Now that you're here and have heard the story, it's time to settle the deal." Chen Mo put away the opera score, his ghostly energy flowing through him, suddenly emanating a chilling aura, and his eyes turning crimson.

Perhaps influenced by the ghostly aura, Chen Mo's voice also became hoarse and sinister.

"Jie Jie Jie..."

Chen Mo suddenly let out a laugh that even he himself didn't recognize, and it sounded even more terrifying than Granny Li's laughter.

For some reason, the four members of the Li family felt a chill run down their spines when they heard the laughter.

Li Hongxi said with delight, "You're about to become someone's meal, and you can still laugh? Have you lost your mind?"

"Jie Jie Jie..."

Chen Mo's laughter grew even more unrestrained.

Slowly, Chen Mo stood up.

"What a fascinating story, what an interesting family. I'm just... laughing at your naiveté. You've wronged me countless times, how could you possibly think I'd come looking for trouble for no reason?"

Granny Li said coldly, "It's just that you're also a symbiote, eager to figure out the origin of the spirit infant. How could you resist the temptation of the opera script?"

"Jie Jie Jie~"

The ghostly energy surging from Chen Mo's body grew stronger and stronger, and the Ghost Curse Blood within him was also constantly being activated. His chilling laughter became increasingly hoarse, "Who told you... I'm a symbiote? And who told you I came for the opera score?"

Granny Li frowned: "Then why have you come?"

Chen Mo stared at Granny Li and grinned. His eyes were bloodshot, and his face was pale and eerie.

Those eyes... were clearly those of a hunter seeing his prey, and a prey seeing its prey.

Grandma Li felt a chill run down her spine.

Chen Mo then said, "You see me like a hungry wolf looking at a sheep, but I see you... like a butcher looking at a domestic pig, or a god looking at an ant. Aren't you... also my food?"

Having said that, Chen Mo suddenly appeared before Granny Li like a ghost, his eerie aura crashing down upon her. Granny Li instantly sensed the immense threat and immediately took out a talisman to try and activate it, but found that she couldn't get it to work no matter what she did.

impossible……

She immediately took out a small bottle, attempting to pour out the stored Chen Mo's blood and activate the Nightmare Suppression Technique. But she couldn't activate it either.

"how come……"

Li Bingxiu panicked and stumbled backward, her eyes filled with fear and disbelief as she looked at Chen Mo.

In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through her mind: Why is my power completely suppressed by him? Why am I as weak as a helpless child in front of him? My power comes from the spirit infant; I am a symbiote, and so is he. Why is he suppressing me?

She suddenly remembered what Chen Mo had just said: Who said I am a symbiote?

Is it...

This person has transcended the symbiote?

Do not……

"No!!! Hongxi, run!!!"

Click!

Chen Mo suddenly reached out and grabbed Li Bingxiu's neck without any resistance.

"Though we are all ghosts, there are still differences in status. You see me as a frog in a well seeing the moon in the sky. Die!"

With a sudden burst of force, Li Bingxiu was crushed into pieces with a sharp "crack," turning into a mist of blood that scattered in all directions. He didn't even have time to struggle before he died.

"mother!"

"Mother-in-law!"

"kill him!"

Xiao Baitang, Li Hongxi, and Chen Qingyan immediately realized how terrifying Chen Mo was, and in an instant, they transformed into three afterimages and rushed towards Chen Mo. The power of their attack was so great that the ground trembled and sand and stones flew everywhere. Even a fourth-level internal martial arts master would not be able to handle it.

It should be noted that Chen Qingyan himself is a peak fourth-level internal martial arts master.

However, Chen Mo didn't even look at them, he just raised his hand and pressed down.

hum!
An extremely powerful ghostly aura suddenly surged forth, crashing down like Mount Tai, completely overwhelming the three and rendering them unable to move. As the pressure continued to erupt, the three bent their knees and were forced to kneel on the ground.

Little Sugar panicked, "How could this happen?"

Li Hongxi panicked as well, "Impossible, this is impossible. Husband, why is this happening?"

Chen Qing knelt on the ground, staring wide-eyed at Chen Mo, seemingly realizing something. "This is the suppression of our bloodline from the Infant Spirit. We all worship Infants Spirit, and our power comes from them. This person has already surpassed the symbiotic relationship of the Infant Spirit. So... he has suppressed everyone's power. He can seal off the source of everyone's power."

Li Hongxi gasped, "An existence that surpasses the symbiote? Impossible... Mother never said anyone could surpass the symbiote."

Chen Qingyan said, "Before we married, I couldn't worship the Spirit Infant. After we married, you borrowed my life to return to the living world, and I borrowed yours to worship the Spirit Infant. I'm also considered a follower of the Spirit Infant. We're both controlled by it. Listen to your aunt, run!!!"

After saying that, Chen Qingyan activated all his peak fourth-level true energy, barely breaking through the suppression of the ghost energy, and grabbed Li Hongxi and Xiaobaitang to run away.

"Hehehe... Since we're already here, why run away?"

As a chilling voice rang out behind the three, Chen Mo's body transformed into a blur, instantly catching up and piercing Xiao Baitang's head with a thud.

puff!

The dagger, imbued with true energy, pierced through Xiaobaitang's head in an instant.

With her last breath, Little Sugar cried out, "Sister Hongxi, save me..."

Before he could finish speaking, he collapsed in a pool of blood.

"Little White Sugar!!"

Li Hong exclaimed with joy, but still didn't slow down. She and Chen Qing ran quickly towards the courtyard gate. They could only hear the whistling wind on both sides, and the "hehehe" sound behind them.

Li Hongxi felt utterly devastated.

Even though I'm the ghost, I'm the one being chased...

Li Hongxi was terrified and dared not stop. She was about to reach the courtyard gate and step over the threshold when she suddenly froze. Chen Mo had appeared in front of her at some point, a sinister smile curving his lips.

Startled, Li Hongxi quickly stopped and backed away.

"I wish I had never met you. You shouldn't have dragged me into this hellish place. It's all a karmic entanglement! Go on your way!"

A dagger, imbued with scorching true energy, stabbed fiercely towards Li Hongxi. Li Hongxi tried to mobilize her strength to resist, but found that her power was completely suppressed by Chen Mo. She became no different from an ordinary person and could only watch helplessly as the dagger came hurtling towards her.

"Husband, save me."

In her utter despair, Li Hongxi pinned her hopes on Chen Qingyan, only to find him standing motionless a short distance away, completely stunned.

Chen Qing's face was streaked with tears. "My wife, I'm so sorry. I really had no choice. He not only worshipped the Spirit Infant, but also the Red Lantern Goddess. His method of preserving the spirit is far superior to mine; he has preserved much of the goddess's divine essence, and my spiritual power has been suppressed by him. He's too terrifying, too terrifying!! He's a true demon!"

"You can only worship either the Red Lantern Goddess or the Spirit Infant... Even if your husband successfully converts to worship, you can only worship one... Ah!!" Before Li Hongxi could finish speaking, her head was severed by a dagger.

The head is in a different place!

Chen Mo killed three people with his bullet, then, holding a bloodstained dagger, walked step by step toward Chen Qingyan, letting out a "hehehe" laugh.

How could Chen Qingyan dare to fight Chen Mo?

He immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and begged.

"Jie Jie Jie~"

Chen Mo chuckled hoarsely twice before speaking in human language, “Master Chen. Four months ago, when I first came to the black market, I saw you carrying a revolving lantern and patrolling the night with paper figures. At that time, I, like the other men, knelt on the ground, seeing you as majestic as the moon and noble as a pine tree. But now, seeing you is like seeing a firefly in the bright moon, or a floating creature in the vast ocean. Master Chen, you have disappointed me greatly.”

(End of this chapter)