Chapter 165 The Head

Fire Captain frowned. Just then, she felt someone suddenly pat her on the shoulder.

Who?!

Fire Captain, already highly focused, was instantly shocked, her pupils shrinking as she turned her head sharply.

The next moment, she saw a human head.

A human head floating in mid-air.

The face on the head was that of an extremely cute girl.

That face opened and closed its lips, making a sound.

It was the last sound Fire Captain would ever hear in her life.

"Hide-and-seek, is it fun?"

The head suddenly burst open, turning into black mist, enveloping Fire Captain.

Before she could even react, Fire Captain was engulfed in the black mist.

When the black mist dissipated, Fire Captain had already fallen to the ground, her eyes wide open, lifeless.

Almost at the same time as the black mist dissipated, a semi-transparent shield flickered into existence above Mo Village, with faint streams of light flowing along the patterns of the shield before quickly disappearing into the night sky.

"...Your Highness, you shouldn't have acted."

"Why? She was making trouble for me, so I killed her. It's that simple."

"...The formation will react."

Hei Da's figure emerged from the shadows, glanced at the body on the ground, and sighed.

"...Let's go. The Soul-Storing Jade Pendant is already in hand. My envoy mission is complete. We'll return to the Wu Yu clan."

"Wait a little longer. I want to kill that guy too! I don't know why, but there's a voice in my head telling me that I must kill him!"

Hei Da knew who Ma Ling'er wanted to kill, and he also knew the reason.

The after-effects of Wu Ji were controlling Ma Ling'er's mind!

Killing Fang Yue was nothing, but if they caused any more commotion and the people of Mo Village activated the complete formation, they would die here.

"...Let's go. After returning to the clan, we'll send more people to kill him."

"No, I want to now..."

"Go!"

Hei Da's tone became heavier. After gradually confirming that Ma Ling'er was only a collateral branch of the royal family, Hei Da was no longer as cautious as before.

Earlier, at the auction, Ma Ling'er had bid against Fang Yue, which attracted attention, something they couldn't afford to do right now.

So after Ma Ling'er made the bid, he immediately stopped her.

The Soul-Storing Jade Pendant was the ultimate goal of this trip, so no matter how high-profile or what the cost, they had to get it, even if it meant killing and stealing!

Now that the mission was complete, and with the sudden appearance of a collateral royal, Hei Da felt it was imperative to return to the clan as soon as possible.

He forcibly dragged Ma Ling'er to the wall, leaped up, about to cross the wall...

Bang!!

In mid-air, the stream-like patterns suddenly burst open.

The flowing light followed the runes of the ancient formation, spreading out in all directions, as brilliant as fireworks.

In that instant, almost everyone looked up, gazing in astonishment at the 'fireworks' bursting in mid-air.

The most bewildered, however, was Hei Da.

He and Ma Ling'er were intercepted by the formation and rolled back to the ground.

Looking at the flowing light formation patterns that had burst open in mid-air at the wall, and the commotion it had caused, Hei Da's face was grim.

"...Go!"

"What happened?"

"...The formation, it's been activated."

...

Bang!!

The brilliant flowing light bursting at the wall instantly attracted Fang Yue's attention.

What's going on?

He looked up in astonishment, staring out the window, utterly bewildered.

Soon, however, he noticed that the Lang Manor had become chaotic, with various disturbances echoing.

Fang Yue glumly closed the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra* and walked outside.

After separating from Wei Liang, he had obediently returned to the manor and had been studying the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra*. He hadn't paid attention to anything else.

As a result, something had suddenly happened outside.

When Fang Yue left the room, he happened to see the Lang family's third young master, Lang Mo, hurrying past.

"Lang brother, what's happening outside?"

Lang Mo glared at Fang Yue when he saw it was him, ignoring him.

Fang Yue followed behind him, causing him to stop abruptly and roar back, "What's it to you! You're an outsider, just stay in your room! If something really happens, can't our Lang Manor protect you?"

Seeing this, Fang Yue shrugged.

Alright then, if I'm not welcome, I'll go back to my room and continue studying the heart sutra. I was just about to finish reading the manual.

Returning to his room, Fang Yue continued to open the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra*.

"Name: Fierce Fire Heart Sutra."

"Level: Top-Tier Houtian."

"Stage: First Stage."

"Prerequisites: 50 Units of Control."

"Description: Cultivating this technique will drain lifespan significantly. Ignite lifespan, self-immolation with fierce fire, burning the heart to temper the body, the heart sutra will naturally be achieved."

"Effects: Increases Control by 30 Units, Damage increased in [Self-Immolation] state."

"Note: An exclusive heart sutra for long-lived races. Try it if you dare!"

Drains lifespan significantly...

Fang Yue's heart skipped a beat, and he felt a faint sense of foreboding.

However, he had no choice now. He would practice it for now, and if it consumed too much lifespan, he would change to a heart sutra that didn't consume so much lifespan after breaking through his realm.

Also, at first glance, the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra* didn't seem as good as the *Spark Heart Sutra*.

After all, the attributes of the maxed-out *Spark Heart Sutra* were...

"Name: Spark Heart Sutra."

"Level: Third-Tier Houtian."

"Prerequisites: 20 Units of Control, 30 Units of Dissipation."

"Description: Using human souls as a guide, absorb the Qi of Heaven and Earth, and temper the body. This is the Spark Heart Sutra."

"Effects: Increases Control by 30 Units, Dissipation by 30 Units when operating, Multiplies the power of the Spark Saber Technique."

"Note: A trash heart sutra that's not worth burning even a few lives for."

However, the *Spark Heart Sutra* was maxed out.

And the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra* was only at the first stage.

He remembered when he first learned the *Spark Heart Sutra*, it only added 5 points to both attributes, which couldn't compare to the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra*.

In addition, in terms of learning condition restrictions, the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra* was more extreme, with no requirements for Dissipation, only a strong demand for as much as 50 Units of Control!

As expected of a technique that could directly reach the Top-Tier Houtian realm, an exclusive heart sutra belonging to the Fierce Fire Sect, the requirements were high.

Ignoring the chaotic sounds outside, Fang Yue focused on reading the last part of the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra* manual, and a system prompt sounded.

"System Notification: Would you like to learn [Fierce Fire Heart Sutra]?"

"Yes!"

The next moment, the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra* manual disappeared as white light.

"System Notification: Congratulations on learning [Fierce Fire Heart Sutra]."

Great! I finally learned it!

In this way, whether it was the Second-Tier Houtian realm or the Top-Tier Houtian realm, he could use the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra* to break through directly, without having to search for heart sutras everywhere.

He opened his stats to take a look.

"Name: Night's Dawn."

"Realm: Third-Tier Houtian."

"Status: Bizarre Curse [Back of Hand]."

"Health: 200/200."

"Internal Force: 300/300."

"Control: 120 [Base: 100/Reached Realm Limit] [Status/Buff: +20]."

"Dissipation: 120 [Base: 100/Reached Realm Limit] [Status/Buff: +20]."

"Realm Breakthrough Progress: 0.1%."

"Talent: Breath of the Night [High-Grade Human]."

"Skills: Eye of Analysis [Low-Grade Human], Spark Saber Technique 1st Layer [Third-Tier Houtian], Water Sky Saber Technique 1st Layer [Crude Martial Art], Fierce Fire Heart Sutra [Top-Tier Houtian/First Stage] Spark Heart Sutra 3rd Layer [Third-Tier Houtian/Max Level]."

"Lifespan: 2 Months 15 Days."

The *Qi Cold Corpse Poison* that Wei Liang had inflicted earlier had already been neutralized by [Breath of the Night], saving a bottle of antidote. He could sell it for money later…

The *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra* had a total of nine stages.

Stages 1-3 were in the Third-Tier Houtian realm.

Stages 4-6 were in the Second-Tier Houtian realm.

Stages 7-9 were in the Top-Tier Houtian realm.

In other words, Fang Yue needed to cultivate the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra* to the fourth stage before he could break through his realm and advance to the Second-Tier Houtian realm!

However, Fang Yue still had internal force, and the foundation was there. The previous heart sutra was also a fire-attribute technique, so it wouldn't take too long to cultivate.

Just as Fang Yue was about to calm down and cultivate the *Fierce Fire Heart Sutra*, there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?"

"It's, it's me."

Fang Yue was stunned, recognizing who was outside.

"Come in."

The door opened, and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu quickly walked in.

"Night bro, it's all a mess outside, why are you still in your room?"

Fang Yue rolled his eyes.

"This isn't Gu Yue Village. We're on other people's turf, so we have to be honest. And even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. What's it to us?"

"Ah, this…"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu said somewhat fearfully, "I see the Lang Manor is in chaos up and down. I'm afraid they can't protect themselves."

Wouldn't that be...

Fang Yue felt that Mo Village had stood for so long and had the protection of the ancient formation, so there was no reason for anything major to happen.

Don't look at how Chief Captain Lang Wu and the others always said that destroying their Mo Village was as easy as flipping their hands, but in reality, once the ancient formation was activated, the strange and bizarre would be reduced to ashes.

As for people, the three captains were all in the Second-Tier Houtian realm, and the chief captain was still in the Top-Tier Houtian realm. Looking at Mo Village, who was their opponent?

In any case, since Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was so afraid, Fang Yue had no choice but to comfort her and go out with her.

Sure enough, in the corridor, the servants were all in chaos, with running figures everywhere.

Fang Yue quickly gathered the people from Gu Yue Village together.

"Aba Aba!" Niu Niu said loudly.

"I know, I know, I know you have a project worth a hundred million, go play by yourself."

Niu Niu waved his fist in anger, "Aba Aba!"

Fang Yue ignored him. Tail then came over and lowered his voice, "Night bro, something's not right. What exactly happened to make them so chaotic? Didn't they say Mo Village was very safe?"

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How would I know...

Fang Yue shrugged to show he didn't know, then asked, "How's Wu Wu been eating lately?"

"Um...I've been supervising her. She's been eating every day, and her Control is already at 12 points."

12 points of Control?

That's almost as much as my stats when I first entered the game. Not bad, not bad, this Ingestion Art really has potential.

Fang Yue's eyes lit up as he looked at Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, causing Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu to subconsciously take two steps back and cover her chest.

"Night, Night bro, what are you going to do?"

"Thinking about letting you have an extra meal."

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu: !!!

Danger!!!

"Night bro, no way, it's too wasteful!"

"It's okay, Lang Manor will cover it!"

"That's still not okay!"

"Why?"

"Because, because I have class tomorrow!"

"Just eat it in the game."

"Wuwuwu! Night bro, really, don't! I can't eat anymore, I can't eat anymore!"

"Eat it for me!!"

"Wuwuwu, Night bro is bullying me!!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu ran behind Tail, crying, and Tail said helplessly, "Let her rest for two days. She also said recently that she's been eating non-stop, and the rate of stat growth has slowed down."

"There's such a thing?"

Fang Yue was stunned.

He didn't know much about the Ingestion Art. If eating all the time actually slowed down the efficiency, then it would be okay to slow down.

"Then let's rest for a day."

"Yay!!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu cheered, and at this moment, the commotion outside suddenly calmed down.

Fang Yue went outside to take a look and found that everyone was rushing to the gate of Lang Manor.

Fang Yue looked in that direction and saw Lang Wu leading the team back.

After dismissing the servants, Lang Wu walked directly to Fang Yue, and his first words caused Fang Yue's pupils to shrink and he was stunned on the spot.

"Fire Captain is dead."

Fire Captain...is dead?

Coming back to his senses, Fang Yue's expression darkened.

"How did she die? Where did she die? What exactly happened?"

Lang Wu glanced at the people from Gu Yue Village, waved his hand to dismiss them, and then took Fang Yue back to his room, closing the doors and windows.

"Fire Captain died near the corner of the south wall. Her death was very strange. There were no injuries, but she just died like that."

Fang Yue frowned. The first thing he thought of was Wei Liang.

"Could it be poisoning? Like *Qi Cold Corpse Poison* or something?"

Chief Captain Lang Wu looked at Fang Yue strangely.

"How would you think of *Qi Cold Corpse Poison*?"

"Um...just guessing."

"...You're hiding something from me, but it doesn't matter. Everyone has secrets, and Fire Captain wasn't poisoned. I roughly checked her body, and her internal organs were all intact, with no signs of injury or poisoning. Rather than guessing that Fire Captain was poisoned, I'm more inclined to believe that Fire Captain was killed by a bizarre being using a curse!"

A curse!?

The first thing that came to Fang Yue's mind was Ma Ling'er, and... the Wu Yu Clan!

However, Fang Yue remembered that Ma Ling'er had disappeared after he rushed into Mo Village.

That meant bizarre beings couldn't enter the village!

At least, that's what Fang Yue had thought before. Could it be that bizarre beings actually had another way to enter the village?

After thinking hard for a while with a frown, Fang Yue looked up at Lang Wu.

"Chief Captain Lang Wu, why do you think it was a bizarre being that killed her? Mo Village should be very safe."

"Only theoretically safe. As I said before, the ancient formation is badly damaged, and Mo Village is no longer an impregnable fortress. In addition...you should have seen the stream of light shield that burst open on the wall earlier. That was proof that a bizarre being collided with the ancient formation and was bounced back!"

So that stream of light fireworks was because of a bizarre being...

In other words, there really was a bizarre being lurking in Mo Village! And it was not weak!

"What's the situation with that bizarre being now? Has it been caught?"

"No. I was debugging and repairing the formation this morning, so I turned on the formation at low power to observe and study it, and I was busy until tonight. I didn't expect to run into the bizarre being attacking the ancient formation.

At the time, I sensed that the bizarre being was attacking the ancient formation from the inside, so I immediately had someone notify Lang Manor to carry out the highest level of alert, and had my three children notify and control the situation separately.

But I didn't expect that when I hurriedly increased the strength of the formation and rushed to the scene, I saw...Fire Captain's body."