Escape

"Bang~"

Half of Master Wu Xin’s body was tackled to the ground by the man. The pain made him release his grip, and Wu You wailed as he got to his feet. His entire body began to swell, bursting through his clothes. His fingernails and toenails grew wildly, his head became thin and elongated, and in the end, he transformed into a snow-white Werewolf.

"Awoooo~~~"

Snow Werewolf Wu You howled furiously at Master Wu Xin. Parts of his skin had turned pitch-black, like several splashes of ink on a sheet of white paper. He looked extremely hideous.

"What kind of monster are you? How are you still not dead after this?"

Wu You roared, but he did not dare approach again so recklessly. Master Wu Xin was now covered in mangled flesh. Touching him directly could cause another injury, and Wu You had no desire to experience that sensation of strong acid being poured over his skin again.

"Come at me if you have the guts!"

Master Wu Xin had also realized that his blood was more effective against the Wolf Demon before him than against ordinary evil creatures.

"It doesn’t matter. I have plenty of ways to deal with you!"

A vicious glint flashed through Wu You’s eyes. He darted to the nearby blue-stone wall, reached out, and tore off a huge chunk of it. Then he raised his arm and hurled it. The slab of blue stone tore through the air toward Master Wu Xin.

"Bang~"

As the stone flew at him, Master Wu Xin pushed off with both hands and feet, barely dodging it. However, the fragments that exploded outward still struck him painfully, making him bare his teeth in agony.

"You’re not a Sorcerer at all. You’re just a monster with somewhat unusual blood. Apart from that blood, you have nothing else. As long as I don’t touch your blood, you’re no threat whatsoever."

Wu You grabbed the trunk of a nearby tree. With a sharp crack, a two- or three-meter-long trunk as thick as a forearm landed in his hands. He swung it, smacking it toward Master Wu Xin on the ground.

"Bastard!"

Master Wu Xin rolled and dodged the main trunk, but the sharp branches still scraped across his body. A hot stream flowed down his cheek and across parts of his skin. His face was injured.

"How much longer can you hold out? Just give up! Tell me where your heart is, and I’ll give you a quick death."

Wu You laughed loudly. Like a cat toying with a mouse, he swept the trunk left and right, driving Master Wu Xin away. Watching the one with only half a body scrape bloodstains across the ground, he laughed louder and louder.

A trace of hatred flashed through Master Wu Xin’s eyes. His right hand suddenly plunged into the abdominal cavity Wu You had ripped open, and with a twisted expression, he tore out a lump of bloody flesh. He hurled it straight at Wu You.

"Ah!"

Wu You was reveling in his triumph and had not expected Master Wu Xin to be so ruthless. The lump of flesh smacked directly into his face. He let out a miserable scream, dropped the tree trunk, and covered his face, frantically wiping away the blood.

Before he could clean himself up, another gust of wind rushed toward him. There was no need to think—it was another counterattack from Master Wu Xin. Wu You rolled aside, dodging the attack as several chunks of bloody flesh smashed into the spot where he had been. Before he could get up, Master Wu Xin tore off another piece of his own flesh and threw it over.

"Ah!"

Another scream of agony rang out, but it was not Wu You’s. It came from the man Wu You was holding as a human shield—the one who had ambushed Master Wu Xin at the beginning and gotten his face splattered with blood. He had already been barely breathing. When a lump of flesh struck his eye socket, he opened his mouth and screamed.

As luck would have it, a piece of Master Wu Xin’s flesh fell into his mouth. After choking on it, his throat moved, and he accidentally swallowed it. Then he began convulsing wildly like someone suffering a seizure. His entire body exploded with a boom, spraying Wu You from head to toe with bloody mist.

"Damn it!"

Wu You cursed and got to his feet. By then, he had become a Blood Wolf. His originally snow-white fur was coated in a layer of blood, and droplets continued to trickle down.

"There’s something going on!"

"Come quickly!"

Just as Wu You was preparing to attack again, a series of noisy footsteps suddenly came from the end of the alley.

"Master Wu Xin!"

Werewolf Wu You gave Master Wu Xin a deep look before turning and leaving without hesitation. He moved as swiftly as the wind. A white blur flashed past, and he vanished without a trace.

He vaguely sensed that something was wrong. There was something strange about what had happened today, and there was something even stranger about Master Wu Xin. Who could have no heart, be cut in half at the waist, and still act as if nothing had happened? It was simply inconceivable.

"Cough, cough~~"

Master Wu Xin leaned against the wall and coughed twice, spitting out another large amount of blood. When he sensed footsteps approaching from both sides, a trace of panic flashed through his eyes. He currently had only half a body. If people discovered him, they would definitely mistake him for a Monster. He would never be able to stay in Wen County after that.

"Bang~"

Master Wu Xin endured the pain, pressed both hands against the ground, and leaped. He crashed down beside his lower half, then grabbed the other half of his body with both hands and pieced the two halves together like putting on a pair of trousers.

Strangely enough, the instant Master Wu Xin’s two halves touched, they stuck together as if they had been sewn. Only the flesh and skin had joined, however; the bones inside were still broken into two pieces.

"Master Wu Xin, why is it you? What happened here?"

One soldier after another ran into the alley. Seeing the horrifying scene around them, which resembled a slaughterhouse from hell, they all covered their noses and mouths. When they saw Master Wu Xin lying on the ground, they were utterly shocked. He was Commander Gu’s trusted aide. If something happened to him on their turf, they would be in terrible trouble.

"Don’t touch me. Let me lie here for a while. Notify Commander Gu and have him come over. Evil creatures entered the city and ambushed me. One died, and three escaped. Tell everyone to strengthen their guard."

Master Wu Xin stopped the soldiers who were about to help him up. His body was currently like something stitched together, connected only by a thin layer of flesh and skin. Most of the flesh and bones inside were a chaotic mess. If someone pulled too hard, he might be split in half again, which would be difficult to explain.

He had suffered a tremendous loss of vitality this time. In his memories, he had never encountered anything like this in nearly a hundred years. Without ten days to half a month, he probably would not be able to get out of bed.

"Master Wu Xin!"

It seemed that Gu Sheng had just arrived. He walked over with Liu Daimei, glanced around, then lowered his head and asked, "What happened?"

Master Wu Xin felt slightly relieved when he saw Gu Sheng and hurriedly said, "Evil creatures entered the city. There were four in total. One died and three escaped. One of them was a White Wolf Demon…"

Master Wu Xin gave a rough description of the characteristics of the Reincarnators, describing Wu You in particular detail.

Gu Sheng nodded and said, "I understand. I’ll notify the Commander and impose a citywide curfew. Your injuries are so severe—should we take you to the hospital?"

Master Wu Xin shook his head. "No need. I’m fine. Just let me go home and recover for a few days." If he went to the hospital, the secrets of his body would definitely be exposed. That would cause endless trouble.

"All right. I’ll send someone to take you. Guards, bring over a stretcher."

Gu Sheng called for someone to bring a stretcher over, then had them carefully place Master Wu Xin on it. Fortunately, Master Wu Xin’s injuries had recovered somewhat after a while, so they avoided the frightening possibility of his body being torn into two again.