Chapter 780: Chapter 773: Evil Infant

In terms of strength, the Evil Infant and Chi Lian White Bone differed little from each other, both being at the peak of Heavenly Immortal Perfection.

In fact, it wasn’t just the few of them; the group of people sent to Mang Mountain City by the Nether Land Soul Hall had some differences in combat power, but their realms were basically the same.

It was for this reason that they were able to obtain the qualifications to come to Mang Mountain City from within the hall, using the humans penned within the city as provision, to attempt a realm breakthrough to achieve Golden Immortality.

The Ning Clan’s ancestor, Ning Wudi, although bearing an invincible name, found his invincibility relative only amongst the dwarfs.

Amongst the ordinary humans in Mang Mountain City, his newly attained True Immortal strength truly made him stand out, but in the face of the Evil Infant, he naturally didn’t amount to much!

Watching the mass of black light the Evil Infant transformed into hurtle toward him, Ning Wudi’s face changed as he had only just lifted his battle blade, and the Evil Infant had already burrowed into his body.

The next moment, he froze on the spot.

Despite being a grown man, his flat abdomen was visibly swelling at an alarming rate.

“Damn it, what the hell is this thing…” Yamasha sensed his life’s vitality and blood draining away at a rapid pace, surging towards the swelling abdomen, and his face was filled with shock and fear as he roared in rage.

Facing this unknown and peculiar threat, it was natural for him to feel fear.

The several corpses that lay on the ground died with their chests and bellies ripped open, withered like mummies, and what’s more, Ning Wudi had just witnessed the Evil Infant drilling out from his granddaughter’s stomach.

Now, he was not spared either, as this ghastly creature had entered his body.

Knowing his predicament, Ning Wudi was acutely aware that if he didn’t react promptly, his fate would be no different from the few dead in the mansion.

This guy was ruthless in his actions, as the battle blade in his hand swung down directly.

The target of the battle blade was not another, but himself.

With one strike, he executed a self-inflicted bisecting punishment, severing his legs and the swelling abdomen from his body.

Had he been an ordinary person, sustaining such injuries would have certainly spelled certain death.

However, Ning Wudi had already stepped into the realm of a True Immortal, and his cultivation’s basic method, although incomplete and fragmented, belonged to the lineage of Demon Cultivation.

Demon Path Immortals might not truly achieve an indestructible physical body, but by relying on the regenerative capabilities of their flesh and blood, the severed body parts could regrow in due time with a little effort.

“Escape! Hurry and escape!”

“This devil is formidable, beyond our ability to contend…”

Ning Wudi, now reduced to half a body, although not fatal, had suffered a significant loss of vitality, which was certain.

Still clutching the battle blade, he tapped it against the ground, propelling himself over a dozen yards away.

With his face full of vigilance, he kept a close eye on the Evil Infant emerging from the severed half of his body, shouting furiously at the remaining people in his mansion.

The reason he didn’t flee was simple: he didn’t believe he could escape from this devil’s grip, especially already being severely injured.

After all, the moment the monster emerged, its gaze had been locked onto him, and unless something unexpected happened, he had become the monster’s primary hunting target.

As the patriarch of the Ning Family, the few remaining in the mansion were his direct bloodline, his descendants.

If he could trade his own life for the others’ chance of escape, Ning Wudi believed, he could consider dying a worthy death.

“Step… step… step…” Just at that moment, the crisp sound of footsteps sounded not far away, reaching Ning Wudi’s ears.

“Hee-hee… hahaha…” the constantly cackling Evil Infant looked surprised, its attention clearly drawn elsewhere.

Ning Wudi, who had been keeping a firm eye on the Evil Infant, had originally not wanted to be distracted.

After all, in his mind, at such a time, the sudden appearance of someone in his own mansion must signal an enemy rather than a friend—most likely an accomplice of some monster.

However, the obviously abnormal reaction of the Evil Infant made Ning Wudi puzzled, and his gaze naturally followed the direction of the approaching footsteps, taking a good look.

Within his line of sight, he could only see a slender figure slowly walking his way.

Under the thick veil of night, the figure’s shape was somewhat ephemeral, and as for his face? Ning Wudi’s eyesight couldn’t make it out clearly.

“Kid, you must be in cahoots with Chi Lian and White Bone, right?”

The owner of the footsteps, naturally, was Chen Hai. With a grin at the Evil Infant, he continued, “Chi Lian and White Bone have caused massive damage to my residence, ruining many of the plants and flowers in my garden!”

“Making a mistake naturally comes with a price. Since you’re their accomplice, you’re responsible for their deeds and the compensation should naturally fall on you.”

“Don’t haggle with me. Just pay up honestly!”

“Otherwise, don’t blame me for being ruthless and picking on a kid!”

Stopping a few steps from the Evil Infant, Chen Hai stretched out his hand and spoke directly.

“What, you want me to pay?” Although vicious and brutal in behavior, the Evil Infant naturally didn’t lack spiritual wisdom.

But at this moment, he was utterly dumbfounded!

During the days he had been in Mang Mountain City, everywhere he went, there was panic and chaos.

Among the human residents of the city, he had seen countless wet themselves with fright at his sight; yet, like Chen Hai, who demanded compensation without a second word, this was truly the first time he had encountered such a thing.

“Chi Lian and White Bone are already dead by my hand.”

“As their accomplice, if you don’t compensate for their evil deeds, who will?”

“You wouldn’t want to follow in their footsteps and die by my hand too, would you?”

With a sinister chuckle, Chen Hai replied.

With the God-Slaying Blade in hand, he was sure about dealing with this ghostly figure that looked like a child.

Of course, if he could squeeze enough compensation out of the Evil Infant before finishing him off, all the better.

Had it not been so, he would have used the God-Slaying Blade to send him off as soon as he entered Ning Mansion, rather than waste words with him!

“AAAAAHHHH…” Finally realizing he hadn’t misheard, the Evil Infant reacted at last.

Furious to the extreme, he opened his mouth wide, revealing sharp teeth, and bit at Chen Hai in front of him.

“I try to talk nicely to you and you’re still trying to dodge the bill!”

“Think I’m an easy target just because I’m an honest fellow? You want to bite me? Come, let’s see who bites whom!”

Barely moving his body, Chen Hai snorted lightly.

The sharp teeth of the Evil Infant were about to clench onto his body, but at that moment, countless fissures suddenly split open on Chen Hai’s thigh.

From within those cracks, numerous tentacles surged out.

The Evil Infant’s mouth was full of sharp teeth, and although vicious, it was no match for the maw-like orifices on those tentacles.

“I’ll be damned, tentacles growing out of your thigh, you’re definitely not human, what the hell are you…”

The Evil Infant, who had always enjoyed terrifying humans, seemed to be frightened by these tentacles himself.

His mouthful of sharp teeth hadn’t yet reached Chen Hai, yet they were preemptively skewered in the face and head by the ghastly orifices on the tentacles.