Who hid My Corpse!

Chapter 74: 62 Do you want to prove something?

Corey quietly gazed at Ulu, and after a long while, he let out a light chuckle, “Interesting, truly interesting. I have to admit, you really caught me off guard. I thought you might challenge me, but that’s because you have the same goal as I do—I want your finger, and you want my eyes. But in the end, the reason you came to challenge me is just so… interesting.”

Ulu didn’t speak, he just looked at Corey.

“I’m quite curious, did you kill Lu Ji and Kelsay for the same reason? And who was it… Ah, the guy in the library, I can’t quite remember,” Corey said indifferently. “From the day you entered Somo City, you had already been investigating the matter of the insects and planning this day, hadn’t you? Honestly, I remember you as a different kind of person, you should have been like Lu Ji, or perhaps you were meant to be the next Lu Ji. You shouldn’t have such noble sentiments, and…”

Corey paused.

“Such combat skills.”

At the moment his words fell, dozens of Magic Chains burst from the ground, quickly binding Corey to the chair.

But Corey’s expression didn’t change much; he looked down at Ulu’s hand hidden beneath his clothes.

“Had you already started preparing while talking to me?” Corey said calmly, “Even though it’s the lowest rank of Spell, reaching this level is quite impressive, indeed, you’re not just some low-rank Priest from a remote town.”

Corey’s words were not yet finished when white fog had already started swirling around him.

Ulu didn’t need to pretend anymore. Knowing his strength was far inferior to Corey’s, he couldn’t afford to drag this out; a quick and decisive battle would be best.

So he was about to detonate the white fog, planning a preemptive strike.

But seeing Corey’s expression, which had remained unchanged from the beginning, Ulu felt a twitch of unease.

“Pfft.”

A sharp pain transmitted from his left shoulder; Ulu suddenly turned his head and found a centipede, half a person tall, clinging to his back! He hadn’t noticed where the centipede had come from before it had bitten through his shoulder, purple-black blood instantly spilling from the wound, draining him of much of his strength so that he could only let out a cry of “Ah,” before his body half collapsed.

But that was not all, for there wasn’t just one centipede. While Ulu was focusing all his attention on Corey, planning a preemptive strike, these centipedes had silently snuck up on him.

And then they pounced all at once, intending to tear Ulu apart.

With no other option, Ulu mustered all his strength to snap his fingers.

A crisp sound.

The centipedes lunging toward Ulu instantly froze mid-air, then turned to dust in the next second.

Seeing this, Corey raised an eyebrow, seemingly intrigued, “Oh! So that’s the rule of that finger, that’s ‘Termination’…”

Before he could finish, the surrounding white fog also exploded at that moment.

“Boom.”

A massive explosion enveloped the area beneath the statue, covering Corey entirely and stirring up a large cloud of ash.

Only then did Ulu half-kneel on the ground, clutching the wound on his left shoulder tightly. Two seconds later, he vomited mouthfuls of blood, his body shaking as if he were about to collapse at any moment.

But even so, Corey’s voice still emerged from the cloud of ash, “It seems my judgment was correct, that finger has brought a tremendous physical burden on you, your body has long been on the brink of exhaustion.”

Ulu abruptly raised his head and saw Corey walking slowly out of the gray mist, his clothes immaculate. The recent explosion had not affected him in the slightest.

“If you are still thinking about detonating the mist hidden in the dust to harm me, you needn’t bother,” Corey said indifferently, “Not to mention that the process of your fight with Kelsay has already been recorded by my knights. Even without that report…”

Corey lifted his head and pointed to his left eye.

“Do you underestimate this eye of mine? I can clearly see every magic power fluctuation around you, big or small; nothing escapes this eye.”

Ulu slowly lowered his hand.

Indeed, he had intended to deal with Corey in the same way he had with Kelsay, thus the hidden explosive white mist still lurked in the dust, but Corey had seen through his plan.

“It seems you have no other tricks up your sleeve,” Corey said with a smile, “But indeed, as a low-rank Priest, ‘Magic Chains’ and ‘Fog Barrier Karma Fire’ are the most powerful spells you can learn. The rest are only accessible in Somo City. Though you have indeed mastered these two spells to perfection, that’s as far as you can go. I do not know where you found the courage to come after me, but as it stands, it’s impossible. However…”

He paused, then lifted his hand to check his watch.

“It would be rather boring to end things here. I have an appointment at nine o’clock, but it’s still early, and I don’t mind playing with you a little longer. After all, making it this far in front of me is already commendable.”

After saying this, Corey clapped his hands, and one after another, insects appeared between them.

“Let’s have a game, a somewhat fairer game,” Corey said with a slight smile, “You have Visas’s fingers, and I have his eyes. You only know ‘Magic Chains’ and ‘Fog Barrier Karma Fire,’ so I, too, will only use one spell. ‘Insect Control Technique’ was my favorite before I became a Bishop. Although it’s just an intermediate magic, it flourished under my control. I’ll use this spell for offense and defense, you do as you wish.”

Corey paused, and at that moment all the insects turned towards Ulu, their eerie fangs glinting coldly in the candlelight.

“The content of the game,” Corey continued, pulling a exquisite small knife from his pocket with interest, “is for me to walk up to you and chop off that finger that doesn’t belong to you. If I succeed, you lose. Meanwhile, all you need to do to win is… no, just to touch me. If you win, not only do you get to live, but I’ll also grant your wish to erase all ‘Holy Worm’ marks in this city. What do you think?”

Ulu struggled to lift his head to look at Corey.

Bai Wei’s voice echoed in his mind, “Let me do it.”

“No,” Ulu refused.

“I can help you win this game without costing your life.”

“I know, but I want to do this myself.”

“Why?” Bai Wei said, “You can see he’s looking to torment you, and yet you still want to do this by yourself?”

“Yes.”

“…Are you trying to prove something?”

“Yes.”

Bai Wei fell silent for a moment, “I understand. I’ll help you reduce the cost of ‘Termination,’ but even so, you can’t use it many times.”

“I understand,” Ulu suddenly smiled, then whispered softly in his heart, “Thank you, Lord Visas…”

Afterward, he struggled to rise, pushing himself to stand upright, staring directly at Corey, surrounded by numerous demon worms.

“Come.”