Chapter 132 Obsession

"Yuxi, because I love you."

The tall, thin man stared at Yuxi's ghostly face and said each word distinctly.

"What?"

Yuxi stopped crying, and her grayish-white eyeball suddenly regained its color.

"I am taking you away from the hustle and bustle of this mortal world, freeing you from all troubles, to sacrifice our souls to the Lord. We will embrace each other in the kingdom of heaven, where all is peaceful, there is never any night, and there is no fear of death..."

The taller man grew more and more agitated, plunging entirely into a state of frenzy.

Yuxi seemed to be infected by this emotion as well. She did not know what the so-called kingdom of heaven really was; she only knew that her eyes held only Liu Mengran, her teacher.

Cui Yue and Old Wu broke out in a cold sweat listening to this. Was this kid suffering from psychiatric delusions? Why was he talking more and more nonsense?

The tall man swung his axe, pointed at the two figures in the clearing, and shouted loudly.

"Therefore, Yuxi, what stands before us now are sinful human demons! Only by eliminating their sinful bodies and cleansing their souls can we accumulate good deeds and ascend directly to the kingdom of heaven!"

Faced with the tall man's murderous command, Yuxi nodded heavily. Even if she were to be killed, she still believed in the man before her, the teacher who haunted her dreams.

Cui Yue almost thought he had misheard. This tall man had actually packaged himself as an angel with wings, while turning them into demons from hell?

Upside down indeed, he was truly quite sick in the head.

"Young man, what should we do? It looks like this pair of man and ghost has no intention of letting us go."

Old Wu whispered.

"What is there to fear? I refuse to believe this guy's physical skills are as strong as his ability to distort right and wrong with his words!"

Cui Yue sneered, drawing a small peach wood sword from inside his tunic, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"This is?!"

Old Wu's eyes widened in astonishment.

"Are you also a Yin-Yang Celestial Master?"

"Uh... sort of, but I don't have time to explain now. When the fight starts, you help me stall that tall man, and I'll restrain this female ghost first."

Although Cui Yue said this, he actually had no idea how to restrain a female ghost. He seemed to have seen a spell formula written when he was helping Li Jianguo flip through a book last time, but right now he had neither cinnabar nor a brush—how was he supposed to cast a spell?

"Fine, leave this kid to me! Do you have any other handy tools on you?"

Cui Yue shook his head. "Old Wu, you're on your own."

"Alright, let's go!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Cui Yue lunged forward in a flash.

"Hey, hey, wait! I'm not ready yet! At least hand me something!"

Old Wu cried out anxiously.

"Your belt!"

Cui Yue shouted without looking back.

A word to the wise is enough!

Old Wu frantically fumbled to unbuckle his belt. Holding it in his hand, it felt somewhat flimsy, but at least it might block a blow or two.

The tall man licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, exceptionally excited. He tore off the raincoat he was wearing over his upper body, bared his chest, and let out a strange howl.

On the tall man's shoulder was a strange scar—a circle containing four short arrows, as if branded into his flesh with a heated metal mold.

"The Lord is above, please cleanse his sinful soul!"

Hearing this, Old Wu instantly flew into a rage. You're a murderer, yet you call me sinful? Today I'll fight you to the death and make sure I send you to meet your precious Lord!

Over on Cui Yue's side, he and Yuxi were already locked in combat.

Yuxi's corpse was not yet very agile, as she was merely a ghost possessing a dead body. Although she had met a violent end, her grievance was not yet monstrous enough to transform her into a ruthless entity like the female ghost in blue.

The small peach-wood sword was naturally repulsed by evil, and reinforced by the spells surrounding it, its power could not be underestimated.

Yuxi reached out her mutilated palm with an eerie smile. Her ordinary fingernails suddenly burst through her skin, growing long and sharp in an instant, turning into a pair of lethal claws!

She lunged directly at Cui Yue's face.

"Yuxi, snap out of it! You can't trust him!"

Cui Yue tried to reason with Yuxi once more, but at this point, she could no longer hear a word.

With no other choice, he raised his sword to block.

The sharp claws of the ghostly hand were firmly checked by the peach-wood sword, unable to move an inch.

Yet Yuxi's strength was shockingly immense. With a sudden jerk, she nearly wrenched the sword right out of Cui Yue's grip.

"Since you insist on assisting the tyrant, I won't hold back anymore."

Cui Yue kicked out fiercely, landing a blow directly on Yuxi's abdomen, and swept his wooden sword across with devastating force!

A flash of golden light cut through the air, and the fingernails on those deadly claws scraped violently against the golden light, instantly dissolving into a puff of mist.

Yuxi hadn't expected him to possess Celestial Master techniques. A sharp pain shot through her hand, and she hastily withdrew it, baring her vicious fangs at him!

"Come on then, let's see who's stronger!"

Cui Yue triumphantly brandished the wooden sword in his hand.

Yuxi let out a roar, and the half-eyeball that had previously settled back into its socket popped out again. The knife scar on her face was deep enough to expose the bone, making her look even more hideous and terrifying now.

Meanwhile, Old Wu was being steadily driven back. The belt in his hand had long been hacked into several pieces, and he had taken an axe blow to his back, blood flowing freely.

"Are you a Chinese teacher or a P.E. teacher, dammit? Why aren't you even out of breath?"

Old Wu dodged frantically while cursing at the tall man.

At this point, Liu Mengran had completely lost his mind, caring about nothing as he slashed wildly and haphazardly with the axe.

"Little brother, are you done over there yet? If you don't come over here right now, I'm going to be hacked to death by this fake teacher!"

Cui Yue could no longer spare any attention for Old Wu. Yuxi was clinging to him like a shadow; the moment he let his guard down, those lethal claws would thrust right toward him.

He delivered a fierce whip kick straight into Yuxi's body, but it had zero effect.

Instead, it gave Yuxi an opening. She wrapped both arms tightly around Cui Yue's leg, and her gruesome head twisted completely around backward, her huge mouth opening wide as she lunged forward to bite him.

Cui Yue's heart tightened. He flipped his hand and jammed his sword right into Yuxi's open mouth.

Sizzle.

The moment Yuxi's ghostly corpse made contact with the wooden sword, wisps of light smoke rose into the air accompanied by the stench of burning flesh.

Yuxi hurriedly let go and retreated to the side.

Cui Yue pressed his advantage, driving his sword straight through Yuxi's back with clean and decisive force!

Yuxi's body abruptly froze, completely motionless.

Before Cui Yue could even feel happy, Yuxi suddenly grabbed the wooden sword with one hand, while her other lethal claw plunged straight toward Cui Yue's heart!

Startled, Cui Yue had no choice but to let go of the sword and throw himself backward, trying to dodge the claws.

"Rip!"

The sharp claws raked directly across Cui Yue's shoulder, sinking deep into his flesh.

"Ah!"

Cui Yue let out a miserable shriek, feeling as though his entire shoulder was being crushed to pieces by the female ghost!

Both of them were struck, and neither was willing to let go first. The excruciating pain made Cui Yue's legs turn to jelly as he tumbled backward.

Not good!

Cui Yue's footing gave way, and the two of them tumbled together into the deep pit Old Wu had dug earlier.

Taking advantage of the moment, Yuxi lunged forward, driving the wooden sword in a few more inches, while her two ghostly hands locked onto Cui Yue firmly, leaving him unable to move.

"This is even worse. We're trapped in the pit."