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Chapter 297: Chapter 261: Body Swap (Part 1)

Yan Junze, of course, didn’t know that Yan Long, lying on the ground, had already begun to grow impatient.

Having already sustained internal injuries from the explosion caused by the Super-Energy Burst, Yan Long was, after all, a living person, not like Mo Da who could lie there indefinitely without ever getting up.

As he grew anxious, he noticed a figure moving in the distance and quickly closed his eyes.

Leading the way was Yan Junze, with Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De following one on each side of him. Heedful of his warning, they were both on guard, watching their surroundings closely.

However, Yan Junze focused his attention on the low-lying area and didn’t pay too much notice to the corpse of Guo Youliang that would appear before them.

Just then, Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De both exclaimed “Ah” simultaneously, their gazes fixed on the ground ahead where the ruined body of Guo Youliang lay silently.

They recognized him immediately by his clothing alone.

Both were shocked and almost ran over, but remembering Yan Junze’s admonition not to act rashly, they immediately suppressed their emotions, eyes fixed steadfastly on Guo Youliang’s corpse.

“Old Guo is already dead,” said Yan Junze, pointing at the ground and then to the low-lying area a bit farther away, “There seems to be someone lying over there too.”

“Should we go and check it out first?” Zhang Xiaomo asked.

She had a reason for asking this. During the confrontation with the Red Coffin, she hadn’t seen Yan Junze use his Semi-spirit powers. On the way back, she learned that Yan Junze had nearly exhausted his Semi-spirit powers while dealing with the strangenesses of human skin.

Therefore, if they encountered any sudden dangers, it would be better if she took the initiative.

After all, a Fake Spirit Body without Semi-spirit powers wasn’t too different from an ordinary human.

However, Zhang Xiaomo was also aware that Yan Junze’s methods were not limited to the powers of the Semi-spirit. For example, nurturing spirits, or an eerily predictive sense of danger that could even alert her in advance.

“No need,” Yan Junze shook his head, looking back at Zhang Xiaomo, “You will know when it’s your turn to act.”

Passing by the body of Guo Youliang, Yan Junze didn’t linger; Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De glanced down at it with somber expressions, their eyes struggling to move away.

Looking ahead, they indeed found two bodies in the depression, one lying on its side, the other supine.

About ten meters away, Yan Junze stopped and turned, “You might need to go ahead and check, uh, be careful.”

Tong De, with the magnetic knife held horizontally in front of him, walked ahead while Zhang Xiaomo followed.

Approaching within two or three meters of the two bodies, they could see clearly that one was a person in ancient attire, dressed in plain clothes, and the other was a modern-day individual.

At first glance, it looked as though the ancient corpse had encountered a problem, and a conflict had occurred between it and the modern individual, resulting in mutual destruction and leaving both unable to move, lying there.

Upon closer observation, they noticed that one of the arms of the ancient corpse was broken off.

No sooner had the thought occurred to them than the ancient corpse suddenly stood up straight, its other intact arm swinging from behind, incredibly fast, and at the end of the arm was a sharp ancient sword.

Tong De was the closest, and with quick reflexes, he immediately raised the magnetic knife to block.

The ancient sword was ferociously powerful, shattering Tong De’s magnetic knife into two pieces, the Hidden Buckle on the hilt bursting with a bang.

The tip of the ancient sword grazed across Tong De’s chest, and the next second, a huge rift appeared on the surface of his clothing, with blood seeping through.

Zhang Xiaomo, without time to closely observe, immediately stepped forward, slashing her knife diagonally at Mo Da’s head, a pale blue magnetic glow bursting forth.

Mo Da didn’t retreat but instead stepped forward. With a twist of his body, the ancient sword, whose swing had already lost momentum, was swung around by the turn, its force renewed, slicing towards Zhang Xiaomo’s waist.

Zhang Xiaomo was startled and, while retreating, swung her knife to block, only to meet the same fate as Tong De, with her magnetic knife instantly splitting into two, and the Hidden Buckle embedded in the handle bursting apart.

Just at that moment, Tong De let out a loud shout, closing in on Mo Da and swinging a punch at him.

Upon closing the distance, his fist relaxed, and he pressed the Incinerate Hidden Buckle that he had been gripping in his palm fiercely against Mo Da’s chest.

A fiery red flash immediately appeared, and Tong De leapt back instantly, while Yan Junze had already pulled Zhang Xiaomo back to his side.

The Incinerate Hidden Buckle had already erupted into flames, with a strange fire consuming Mo Da’s upper body.

However, just as everyone thought Mo Da would be burned to death, a burst of white vapor suddenly rose from the surface of Mo Da’s body. It was the scene of ice meeting fire, where the flames were extinguished, and after the white vapor had cleared, Mo Da stood there motionless with a large amount of frost formed on his body, having extinguished the special fire of the Incinerate Hidden Buckle completely.

“This is… a Yin Corpse!?” Tong De exclaimed in horror.

Mo Da shook his whole body, and the ice that had formed all fell to the ground. He took big strides forward, brandishing an ancient sword with a swift stab aimed at Tong De’s neck.

Rewind!

Yan Junze didn’t plan to let them continue fighting; according to the task prompt of “Corpse Qi Spread,” Yin General Mo Da was very strong, which now appeared to be true indeed.

It didn’t matter that Mo Da had set up an ambush here, even if Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De were to directly confront him, the two of them would stand no chance whatsoever.

So, to eliminate the opponent, they couldn’t face him head-on; they had to think of other methods.

This time, Yan Junze didn’t rewind too far back in time, but only to two minutes prior.

The three of them stood before a depression, their gazes fixed on Yan Long and Mo Da lying on the ground.

Yan Junze’s eyes lingered on Mo Da for a moment, aware that the guy was pressing his only arm beneath him in order to hide the ancient sword he was clutching.

After a moment’s thought, he shifted his gaze to Yan Long who was lying motionless on his side.

Being an ancient corpse, Yan Junze guessed Mo Da’s intelligence couldn’t possibly be that high to set an ambush. Even if Mo Da’s flesh was incorruptible, like other strangenesses, he was driven only by his own Obsession.

He couldn’t possibly be lying there, feigning death with deep cunning, despite indeed being dead.

So, the problem very likely lay with Yan Long; this guy might be pretending as well, not truly dead or unconscious.

Considering his apprentice Cheng Jingting’s habitual nurturing of spirits, Yan Long’s spirit-nurturing means should, accordingly, be more formidable. It was very possible that he had adopted Mo Da’s body after discovering it.

Yin General Mo Da, coupled with a crafty Yan Long bolstered by a Monster Spirit Body, would only then make the death of Guo Youliang plausible.

Through such speculation, it seemed everything fell into place.

Suddenly, Yan Junze turned around, beckoning to Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De, who consciously leaned in closer.

In a low voice, Yan Junze said, “Kill the skinny man next to the ancient corpse. Strike fast, don’t hesitate, and while doing so, watch out for that ancient corpse’s counterattack—he’s lying in ambush.”

Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De looked at each other in surprise, but neither questioned why, and in tacit agreement, they did not look back at Yan Long’s “corpse”.

With a slight nod, the two of them moved to the side nearest Yan Long, one ahead of the other.

At this moment, Yan Junze purposefully spoke up, “That corpse in the ancient clothing is very peculiar; you two check out that ancient corpse first. This man’s corpse beside it must have been killed by that ancient corpse.”

“Okay,” Zhang Xiaomo agreed smoothly and pretended as if she were going to circle around to Mo Da’s side.

As she passed by Yan Long’s feet, her steps continued to move, but she suddenly thrust the magnetic knife down fiercely, directing it at Yan Long’s abdomen.@@novelbin@@

At the same time, Tong De, following close behind, also swung his magnetic knife, slashing at Yan Long’s throat.

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