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Zhong Kui's Diary
I sensed something was off. The earlier performance of the Red-Haired Youth was too useless; he must be afraid of raising our suspicions. The Artistic Youth was also trying every means to lower my guard, leading us to the Dragon Wave Gym. Once the door was closed, it seemed they planned to catch us off guard.
Ugh, I'm not a dog; that analogy is inappropriate. Let's try again—they're planning to catch me in a barrel. Ugh again, I'm not a turtle either.
Forget it; at this point, I shouldn't get hung up on dogs or turtles. I need to focus on the matter at hand. Looking at the wicked smiles on the corners of their mouths, they surely have bad intentions, likely something related to surgery again.
Just dealing with Wang Chuan is tough enough; now with Autumn Red Flag and Gu Quan added in, damn it, this time, Fatty and I are probably in deep trouble.
"What do you want from us? Those people earlier weren't hired by you from somewhere, were they?" I pulled out a pickaxe from my Spatial Bag and waved it around a few times to bolster my courage.
"Haha, I'm not a deity; how could I possibly know you were going to buy a phone? Those youths were called over from the arcade. This street belongs to the Three Talents Gang, and I'm just an incompetent deputy leader in the Three Talents Gang," Gu Quan laughed heartily. He wiped his face with a towel and surprisingly transformed into another person’s appearance. After another wipe, he returned to looking like Gu Quan.
No wonder Zhao Ting couldn't find any information about this person.
I stared intently at Gu Quan, gripping the pickaxe tightly.
"The last surgery wasn't finished; we can continue this time. Don't resist unnecessarily; you're no match for us!" Gu Quan twisted the towel around his neck and tossed it aside before lunging at me with a punch.
I sidestepped and swung the pickaxe toward Gu Quan.
Unexpectedly, Gu Quan's lunge was just a feint; he swerved and charged straight at Fatty instead, kicking him right in front of Wang Chuan and the others. Wang Chuan casually extended a leg and stepped on Fatty, rendering him helpless as he struggled and cursed beneath Wang Chuan's foot.
Knowing full well that Gu Quan wasn't my opponent, I couldn't care less and charged at him with the pickaxe. It seemed Gu Quan didn't want to hurt me; he merely dodged while occasionally landing light hits on me. The places he struck were all irrelevant areas like my thighs or buttocks.
Before long, Autumn Red Flag joined the fray, increasing my pressure significantly. My swings with the pickaxe became wild and uncoordinated.
"It's just a surgery; there's no need to go all out!" Gu Quan said amiably, as if he were a butcher tossing down a Butcher's Knife at a pig while saying, "I'm a kind person; you might as well slit your own throat."
I swung the iron pick like a windmill, preventing the two from getting close. However, this required a tremendous amount of energy, and if I slowed down even a little, Gu Quan and Autumn Red Flag would seize the opportunity to come at me with punches and kicks.
As time went on, my strength waned, and the iron pick felt heavier in my hands. I knew that I couldn't sustain this level of resistance for long; soon, I would exhaust all my energy.
At that moment, a wave of confusion hit me suddenly, an overwhelming fatigue washed over me, spreading throughout my body in an instant.
From the time Guo'er was harmed and I traveled to Mint County with Lin Tao and others to enter the Land of Eternal Sleep, until I narrowly escaped from the depths of the gold mine, I had been in a state of high tension, like a tightly stretched string with no moments of relief. I had relied solely on my strong will to hold on, which is why I hadn't collapsed. However, at this very moment, the relentless pressure from Gu Quan and Autumn Red Flag became the last straw that broke the camel's back; my brain finally couldn't bear it anymore and sent out signals of exhaustion.
Why did it have to come at this moment? I cursed inwardly and bit down hard on my tongue, a metallic sweetness flooding my mouth that brought me back to some degree of awareness.
However, this clarity wouldn't last long; soon enough, that feeling of fatigue surged back with even greater intensity, making my eyelids feel as heavy as lead.
So sleepy, so tired!
My limbs moved slower and slower, my footing becoming increasingly unsteady. Fatty's voice seemed to come from a great distance: "Ghost Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Although Gu Quan and Autumn Red Flag didn't know what was happening, they were pleased with the outcome. They simply jumped out of the circle and watched as I swayed unsteadily in the middle like a drunkard.
Sleep now, sleep now; even if I collapse, I want to sleep first. Even if Gu Quan and the others stab me to death right now, I want to sleep first. Looking at the wooden floor beneath me felt like staring at an enormous bed; lying down would surely be comfortable. Finally, with a thud, I fell onto the floor.
I thought that falling would let me sleep, but I was mistaken. Just as I crashed to the ground, a mysterious energy surged through my body like mercury spilling everywhere without any gaps.
I had felt this mysterious energy once before—during my first encounter with Lin Tao at Red Plum Villa when he used Thunder Demon Sound on me. At that time, this energy had appeared within me trying to help me break free from Thunder Demon Sound's control. After failing, it had lain dormant within me without making a sound.
After returning to Star City, I asked Xiao Qingcheng about it. She took my hand to investigate and confirmed that this energy was the Devouring Soul Energy taken back from Fatty. As for why it was stirring now, Xiao Qingcheng couldn't provide an explanation either; at that time, all my focus was on Revival Fruit, so I didn't think much of it.
Now, just when I was utterly exhausted, this energy suddenly activated as if it had been lurking in my body all along, waiting for such an opportunity.
In an instant, this energy swiftly coursed through the meridians in my body. I felt every blood vessel within me expanding, every muscle swelling, as if I were a balloon being inflated.
The fatigue that had been weighing me down vanished without a trace, replaced by a strange sensation, as if I had two bodies that were striving to merge into one.
I glanced at my skin, which showed no signs of swelling, yet the feeling of expansion inside me intensified. Just when I thought I was about to explode, that feeling suddenly disappeared, replaced by a sensation of collapse, as if someone were using a giant syringe to draw everything out of me, making me feel like I was continuously shrinking.
Eventually, it felt as if my skin was pressed tightly against my skeleton, and all my internal organs seemed to have vanished. A vision of a desiccated corpse flashed in my mind.
Then, that feeling of expansion surged back again... It was a cycle of expansion and collapse, faster and faster. Finally, a sharp pain struck me as if four dump trucks had simultaneously slammed into me from all sides. A sweet taste filled my mouth as I spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.
After expelling the blood, I sprang up from the ground. The sensation of having two bodies disappeared, and I felt completely at ease, as if I had been reborn, filled with explosive power.
Even if I were an idiot, I understood that the energy of Devouring Soul had finally integrated into my body.
Damn it, not only was I now a rare Yin-Yang Physique, but I was also the spokesperson for Devouring Soul.
What happened to me unfolded in a flurry; in reality, it all occurred in just a few seconds. Gu Quan and the others were astonished to see me brimming with vitality.
"Come on, weren't you going to take me for surgery? Try again!" I moved my limbs and felt the surging energy within me. I was very confident that I could take care of Gu Quan and the others.
Gu Quan exchanged glances with Autumn Red Flag. Autumn Red Flag nodded and took a running start before executing a side kick aimed at my shoulder. It seemed he was still worried about hurting me.
I casually blocked it; with a loud 'bang', Autumn Red Flag was sent flying two meters away. Not bad—I had only used half my strength. With a rather arrogant gesture, I beckoned Gu Quan with my finger: "You come too; don't be shy!"
Seeing me knock Autumn Red Flag away, Gu Quan's expression changed. He touched the golden bracelet on his wrist and charged forward with a straight punch aimed at my chest. This punch came with great force; clearly, he wasn't holding back this time.
To test just how powerful the energy within me truly was, I decided to meet Gu Quan head-on and threw a straight punch back at his fist.
With another 'bang', our fists collided, and both Gu Quan and I stepped back simultaneously, shaking our hands. On the surface, it seemed like we were evenly matched, but in reality, I felt a sense of relief because I hadn't used my full strength yet.
Fatty shouted from behind, "Ghost Brother, did you take some kind of stimulant? How come you're so pumped up all of a sudden?"
I laughed and replied, "I was hiding my strength before to avoid making you feel inferior. If the gap is too big, it might hurt your pride."
Just as Fatty was about to continue, Wang Chuan kicked him in the head, and Fatty fell unconscious with a grunt. I couldn't help but feel furious: "Are you looking for death?"
"Who will die is still uncertain!" Gu Quan sneered. "Earlier, we thought your body was very suitable for our boss. Now that things have come to this point, we don't need to hold back anymore. Besides, our boss has found a similar body. Now, we are going all out. Zheng Nan, are you ready?"
The three of them slowly closed in on me, forming a triangle that surrounded me. Strangely enough, they were all twisting the golden balls on their wristbands.
What is this? A special hobby?
Seeing me staring at their wrists, Gu Quan chuckled, "I forgot to tell you; we call these three balls Variable Gears. By adjusting these Variable Gears, we can control our strength. Normally, we don't dare to set our strength to the maximum because we're afraid of accidentally killing someone and attracting attention!"
Now that the Variable Gears were out, I suddenly recalled a scene in my mind when I fought Wang Chuan at the Foreign Trade Hotel. His strength increased with each attack. Looking back now, I realized he had been adjusting his strength by touching his wrist before each strike.
"What gears or whatever—just set them to max and see if I can handle it!" Although I spoke confidently, I was on high alert inside.
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