CHAPTER 49: CHAPTER 49: BORN MADMAN!

The moment the words fell.

The sound of the crowd suddenly became isolated.

The myriad lights before them remained, yet the strong presence of the bustling atmosphere vanished instantly.

In just a blink.

The bustling crowd disappeared, leaving only the vigilant Old Qiao and Lv Chen.

Old Qiao opened the guitar case.

Inside was a beheading knife and a sword.

After handing the sword to Lv Chen, he immediately said, "You handle the reports, Qingzi, be careful of your surroundings."

"Alright."

Lv Chen responded immediately.

Fang Qingyu also took a deep breath and looked around.

The guard icon showed no anomalies yet.

Lv Chen stood between the two, continuously speaking into the radio.

"Currently no Life Ghosts detected, most likely a solitary one..."

The other team members were on their way.

Once a Life Ghost is detected.

All team members must gather.

Once a superior Life Ghost is detected.

All other team members must retreat...

Truly a very united yet conflicting rule.

Time passed second by second.

Lv Chen’s reporting was particularly clear amidst the dead silence.

The radio was constantly relaying the positions of others.

At this moment, a sudden stabbing pain arose at the back of Fang Qingyu’s neck.

It was a chill similar to a sixth sense, spreading from the tailbone upward to the Celestial Spirit.

The guard skill icon flashed wildly on his retina.

"It’s coming!"

Fang Qingyu instinctively called out.

Just like the situation in the rainy alley that day.

Only this time, there wasn’t the overwhelming terror of certain death.

Old Qiao heard and slowly retreated, moving closer to the two.

Lv Chen’s reporting suddenly ceased.

Fang Qingyu was the first to hear the crackling sound of bone growth.

"Prepare for battle!"

Old Qiao immediately turned with a low roar.

On the surface of the building in front of them, dozens of pustule-like protrusions emerged.

Where the wall peeling off, a viscous, tar-like liquid seeped from the cracks between the bricks.

The instant the first brick was propelled away, Fang Qingyu saw the monster being born clearly.

A human half-spine sprouted like a seed through the wall.

Each bone segment was frantically growing barbs.

The spine suddenly arched like a living serpent, its bone spurs tearing the wall and bringing out a mass of cement debris.

When it fully detached from the building, the black umbilical cord below still dripped amniotic fluid mixed with bone marrow.

The area that should have been the back of the head split vertically, and two rows of barbed teeth rolled out from the deep of the crack, hanging with partially digested flesh.

More strange sounds surged from all sides.

Sewer manhole covers around were being clanged upwards, with a spine covered in excrement slowly rising from the sewage.

"Qingzi, back off!"

Qiao’s knife blade was across his chest.

As if responding to his warning, the umbilical cord from the building creature’s giant mouth suddenly ejected.

The barbed hooks, covered in bone marrow, tore through the air, and Fang Qingyu even saw bone shavings on the hooks.

Lv Chen’s sword blade whipped up an invisible airflow, slicing the umbilical cord at the moment it attacked, and the sprayed amniotic fluid instantly corroded half of the sleeve.

Fang Qingyu, meanwhile, moved behind the two.

Looking at the black profession title in front of him...

Unsure whether to feel happy or helpless.

[Life Ghost·Bone Gu]

Indeed, they encountered a parent-offspring coexisting Life Ghost, just the same type as the umbilicus devourer killed last time.

Requires Observation Method to start, Martial Technique Minor Achievement, 400KG to match!!

Today Fang Qingyu cleared another meridian.

Uncertain of the exact power.

But should be about 350KG.

Adding the Minor Achievement of Baji Fist, is it really impossible to fight?

But since he promised Old Qiao tonight, getting familiar with the process first.

Acting rashly.

Would probably not be good.

The number of Bone Gus was more than expected, about four or five, coming in from all around.

Old Qiao and Lv Chen, although very cautious, were not too worried either.

Both knew the strength of Bone Gus.

With both of them, more than enough.

In the distance, four Bone Gus arched their spines, barbed teeth glinting coldly under the light.

Old Qiao’s beheading knife first cleaved through the mucus.

The blade clashed with the bone spurs, sparking.

Lv Chen’s sword blade stirred airflow, transforming the corrosive amniotic fluid spray into a spiral barrier.

"Three o’clock direction!"

Old Qiao suddenly growled lowly.

The third Bone Gu swooped down from the top of the streetlight pole, splitting into three forked tail spines with creaking bone joints.

Lv Chen spun and swung his sword.

The severed tail spine twisted in the air, spewing foul-smelling bone marrow.

Fang Qingyu just stood quietly behind, watching.

The fight between the two looked...

One word.

Well-coordinated, calm, and pleasing.

Handling the situation in life and death with the most correct methods, completely different from normal sparring.

Watching made Fang Qingyu a little excited.

When the fourth Bone Gu broke through the earth from underground.

Foul soil spewed with broken bones, Fang Qingyu instinctively leaned back to avoid the splattering debris, Old Qiao’s knife back reversed and smashed the Bone Gu’s skull crack.

But before Fang Qingyu could regain his senses.

Both temples throbbed violently.

The guard icon on his retina flashed madly.

Above Old Qiao and Lv Chen in front of him.

The last Bone Gu had already emerged half its body from the advertising sign’s shadow.

Its umbilical cord wound around the steel frame, quietly closing in.

The barbed teeth were barely half a meter from Lv Chen’s back head!

"Get out of the way!"

Fang Qingyu roared while activating the Breathing Technique state.

Immediately, he stomped on the bricks, propelling himself upward.

The Baji Fist stance smashed into the umbilical cord with a bone-cracking sound, his right hand gripping directly into the bone marrow cavity.

Bone Gu issued a shriek like a baby’s cry.

Fang Qingyu followed through, crashing into the monster’s embrace, striking Bone Gu’s head with his left elbow, causing a fragile sound from an overwhelmed skull.

Bone Gu howled and struggled.

The twisted spine suddenly wrapped around Fang Qingyu’s waist and abdomen.

The barbs attempted to pierce his skin crazily.

But Fang Qingyu had long used the strangling force to leap into the air.

His legs clamped the cracked skull of Bone Gu.

His abdominal muscles contracted like a python’s constriction.

Bringing down his full weight crashingly to the ground.

Crack—

As the severe pain of hitting the ground on his back set in, the two rows of barbed teeth within the skull crack had been forcibly torn off.

But Fang Qingyu didn’t stop.

The fetid blood covered the ground.

He flipped in the pool of blood to dodge the dying struggle of the umbilical cord, the sudden knee strike sent Bone Gu’s remnants flying into a nearby wall.

On impact, it exploded into a shower of bone fragments.

"This hell..."

"He’s a natural madman..."

And Old Qiao and Lv Chen had already dealt with their battlefield.

Watching from behind Fang Qingyu with tingling scalps.

"Are you alright?"

Seeing there’s no more movement around, Old Qiao stepped forward.

Only then did Fang Qingyu come to his senses.

The madness in his eyes gradually faded, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Er, I’m fine, sorry..."

Originally, it was agreed to follow the process this time.

But just now seeing that Bone Gu was about to succeed in its ambush.

So he couldn’t hold back from making a move.

"It’s nothing, actually, it’s my fault for viewing you as a newcomer..."

Old Qiao smiled bitterly.

Before, he thought Fang Qingyu managed to kill the umbilicus devourer because the great terror between life and death triggered his potential.

But just now.

Completely changed his mind.

Not only did he save his teammates with timely action.

His seasoned combat skills, combined with exceptionally skilled Baji Fist, had him dominating Bone Gu from the start.

Ultimately, driven by sheer ruthlessness.

Directly slaughtering the Bone Gu!!!

Where was he a newcomer?

He seemed like someone who had walked the edge of life and death for over a decade...

A madman specifically hunting Life Ghosts!