Chapter 476: Ravage, Abuse, But Do Not Humiliate

What was that just now?

Damn, is that freak outside BanShan Apartment the old man’s relative?

Lu Yibei spent one and three-quarters seconds doubting her life, then the atmosphere began to turn strange.

The stench in the air grew heavier, and she could vaguely hear something pacing back and forth on the wasteland outside. The footsteps were chaotic, as if several people were moving in sync.

“Ka-ka-!”

The entire chimney wall debris was shaking, light noises constantly coming from overhead. The bricks and stones, eroded by weather for ages, seemed ready to collapse at any moment under the strain.

The monster wandering outside seemed to be using psychological pressure, trying to drive its prey into panic, forcing it out of hiding and into its trap.

In this suffocatingly tense atmosphere, Lu Yibei took several deep breaths, forcing herself to calm down a little to face the crisis before her.

Just then, that mysterious thought, after a brief silence, appeared in her mind again.

Lady Witch, it’s charging over!

(〃’▽’〃)

Lu Yibei held her forehead, “……”

Wait, you can actually send text in your bullet comments?

Why didn’t you say so earlier? What’s the point of telling me now?

Instead of this hindsight, why not help me think of a solution?

As if responding to Lu Yibei’s inner complaint, another thought flashed through her mind.

(ง •_•)ง

Ravage it, abuse it, humiliate it!

Lu Yibei, “……”

Wait! Are you sure it’s not me who’s about to be ravaged, abused, and humiliated?

Thinking, she looked out at the pitch-black wasteland, frowning.

But in this situation, there’s no time to worry. Might as well risk it all-maybe the bike will turn into a hearse?

It’s like running into a tiger alone in the wild; either way, it’s death, so why not fight back? At least then, I’ll die with dignity…

Besides, back at BanShan Apartment, I managed to kill that old freak. Maybe I can pull off another reversal this time.

At that thought, a fierce glint flashed through her dark red eyes.

She gripped the toilet plunger tightly, stood up with murderous intent, legs spread in a charging stance.

Listening closely to the sounds from above, the moment she heard the monster move a little farther away, her leg muscles tensed, toes pushing off hard, and she dashed forward with all her might.

Today, either you kill me, or I kill you! Lu Yibei thought fiercely.

—

Under the dim night, a grotesque monster crawled back and forth atop the scattered chimney debris on the wasteland.

Its hook-like claws scraped against the bricks, producing a teeth-grinding sound.

“Whoosh-!” A fierce gust of wind suddenly burst forth.

With the wind, a slender figure darted out from the ruins, tracing an arc through the air and landing several meters away.

Apparently not expecting its prey to be so agile, the monster froze for a moment.

Only when that figure ran deeper into the factory without looking back did it snap to attention, letting out a low roar.

Its six limbs powered up, sending dirt and rubble flying. That terrifying figure shot after Lu Yibei like a cannonball.

—

“Roar-!”

A beastly roar came from behind, making Lu Yibei’s hair stand on end. She instinctively sped up, legs pushing off hard as she leapt forward.

The moment she burst out of hiding, the power her body unleashed exceeded her expectations.

With one sprint, she covered several meters, and compared to the monster’s speed of twenty or thirty meters per second, she was hardly slower.

Faster, faster! At this speed, if I just keep going and rush out of the lime factory, I should be able to shake it off, Lu Yibei thought excitedly.

The next moment, she realized she’d celebrated too soon.

“Clang-!”

With a dull thud, her foot suddenly slipped, giving Lu Yibei a whole new understanding of the phrase “hoist with one’s own petard.”

As she landed, she stepped on the edge of a loosened manhole cover.

The unevenly stressed cover sprang up from the ground, spinning in the air like a tossed coin.

At the same time, she lost her balance and toppled toward the ground.

Just then, a sharp pain throbbed between her brows, and a strange thought flashed through her mind.

[It’s attacking from the left rear]

Left rear? Lu Yibei froze, and before she could figure out where the thought came from, she heard the sound of crumbling earth and screeching metal twisting and rolling on the rooftop of the building to her left rear, echoing in her ears.

Accompanied by a burst of chaotic noise, Lu Yibei’s mood instantly plummeted to rock bottom.

She couldn’t see the enemy, but the fierce wind and suffocating stench constantly reminded her that the enemy was charging at her at several meters per second…

Danger was closing in!

It’s over, I’m dead for sure this time! Lu Yibei thought.

At that moment, her eyes suddenly burned, her brain throbbed with pain, and a scene from her dream memories began to gradually become clear in her mind.

……

“Granddaughter-in-law, do you know why this sword move is called the Wind Chasing Order?” A man of extraordinary bearing said to her.

“Why?”

“Heh! Watch closely!” The man chuckled twice, and an ancient, unadorned longsword suddenly appeared in his hand. He stepped forward and, with a raised hand, swept out a dazzling flurry of sword shadows.

……

“The Diagram of the Gentleman Sword of Taihe…” Lu Yibei unconsciously muttered to herself. At this moment, the reality of her dream memories became even more tangible to her.

In an instant, time seemed to slow down. She could clearly feel the wind brushing against her skin, bringing with it a tremor.

In a daze, the figure of that young man overlapped with her own.

Immediately after, her body moved on its own, as if by reflex.

Her palm slammed the ground, propelling her body, which was about to fall, back into the air.

In the brief moment of suspension, her body suddenly bent like a bow, using her torso to flip in midair. Then, as she descended, her legs stomped hard on a manhole cover in midair, adjusting her position and darting sideways, dodging the attack from behind and landing steadily.

The series of movements flowed smoothly, as if she had practiced them hundreds or thousands of times with someone, forming muscle memory.

The instant she landed, she lunged forward, facing the black shadow attacking from behind. Just as their figures were about to meet, she thrust out what was in her hand…

A toilet plunger.

“???”

The monster froze, confusion flickering in the dozen or so fierce, glowing eyes.

Then, Lu Yibei’s voice drifted eerily into its ears, deepening its confusion.

“There’s nothing strange about it! Who says a toilet plunger can’t kill?”

In the next moment, under its gaze, the toilet plunger, bathed in moonlight, transformed into an ancient, unadorned Broken Sword…

—

At some point, the clouds in the sky had dispersed, and the moon peeked out, casting silvery light onto the ground.

Under the moonlight, the toilet plunger gleamed with a dazzling cold light. Guided by Lu Yibei’s wrist, it vibrated with an indescribable rhythm, and sword shadows burst forth.

“Taihe Gentleman Sword · Wind Chasing Order!”

The Pure Lotus Sword sliced cleanly through the monster’s cheek. With Lu Yibei’s roar, she yanked fiercely, shredding its lips, tongue, and teeth, and the blade burst out from the other side of its mouth.

Her movements were swift as the wind, sudden as lightning.

“Awooo-!”

The monster howled in pain. Before it could react, Lu Yibei, still in midair, pressed a hand onto its shoulder, kicked its raised arms with both legs, spun with the momentum, and stabbed the blade into its neck with a reverse grip.

“Puh-!”

With the muffled sound of flesh tearing, the blade pierced through the other side of the monster’s neck, and then…

Her wrist twisted, the blade swept horizontally, tracing a luminous arc.

Decapitation!

The muffled sound of flesh ripping and the crisp snap of bone rang out together.

Bathed in moonlight, a dazed head, accompanied by a fountain of dark red blood, flew from the monster’s shoulders, arcing through the air before crashing heavily to the ground.

“Thud-!”

Almost simultaneously with the monster’s head hitting the ground, Lu Yibei landed, turned toward the source of the sound, panting heavily, and frowned.

I did it, I really counter-killed that monster, but…

How did I do it?

Aside from the moves looking like they had wirework and special effects, it was as easy as slaughtering a chicken… Lu Yibei thought in shock and doubt.

At this moment, she felt as if, after nineteen years of being a loser, she suddenly discovered she was the reincarnation of the Dragon King, able to slaughter all enemies with a wave of her hand. The feeling was so exhilarating it was almost brain-melting.

“Also, have I really killed that many hauntings?” Lu Yibei muttered. “No, definitely not, those dream memories are fake. I’m such a kind and adorable person!”

Hmm, the murderous dream memories are fake, the rest can be considered real for now… Lu Yibei added silently in her heart.

Then, she suddenly realized something very important-finishing blow!

She’d seen too many stories where the villain boss “starts out like a war god, ends up in a lonely grave,” and the reason was usually that after defeating the protagonist for the first time, they left him alive.

If they’d just cremated, scattered the ashes, and chanted sutras for the protagonist the first time they beat him, wouldn’t there be a lot less trouble?

But, why am I putting myself in the villain boss’s shoes instead of the protagonist’s?

Uh… never mind, that’s not important. What’s important is the finishing blow!

Lu Yibei thought to herself, turned around, and raised the Pure Lotus Sword in her hands toward the corpse beside her.

Just then, the headless corpse lying on the ground suddenly twitched.

Immediately after, the blood gushing from its severed neck quickly gathered together, forming writhing tendrils that dragged the body, swiftly crawling toward the nearby head.

On the other side, the blood-soaked head that had fallen into the weeds also began to struggle, bouncing on the ground with a series of “thump thump thump” sounds, eerily unsettling.

“Damn! A zombie?”

Startled, Lu Yibei rushed forward in a few quick steps, and with a “squelch,” stabbed her sword through the chest of the headless corpse, pinning it to the ground.

Staring at the corpse writhing on the ground, she opened her mouth, ready to recite an incantation and cast a spell formation to finish it off, when that inexplicable thought flashed through her mind again.

Yay yay! Lady Witch, a great victory!

٩(๑>◡<๑)۶

Again? This never ends… Lu Yibei grumbled inwardly, refocused her thoughts, and prepared to release a spell formation. Just then, she suddenly recalled the strange message that thought had conveyed to her earlier.

“Ravage it, torture it, humiliate it… Isn’t that a bit inhumane?” She frowned slightly, muttering to herself, “Alright, let’s leave out the humiliation part!”

“Just pure ravaging and torture, that’ll do. I happen to want to try out all the abilities of this body. But how can I ravage and torture without it coming off as humiliating? Ah, got it!”

“Big bro, you’re so handsome! I want to slide down your nose, swing from your eyelashes, you’re elegant and heroic, invincible under the heavens, unmatched and supreme, may you have fortune as vast as the Eastern Sea, longevity as enduring as the Southern Mountain, prosperous business, and wealth flowing in…”

As Lu Yibei spoke, she conjured a ball of red flame flash in her hands and hurled it at the headless corpse on the ground, then followed up with a powerful healing spell formation, the six-flower bell ringing.

Caught completely off guard, the corpse on the ground stiffened at the sudden wave of heat and the spring-like warmth that followed.

The head lying in the distance also cast a puzzled look her way.

“???”

Are you sure you excluded the humiliation part? Isn’t this even more humiliating?

And so, Lu Yibei began a cycle of attack spell formation, healing spell formation, sealing spell formation, attack spell formation, healing spell formation…

—

A moment later.

Lu Yibei walked dejectedly toward the ruins of the giant chimney.

The enemy was dead, and she felt guilty.

She’d finally caught a punching bag to practice on, but carelessly used it up in one go-such a waste!

“If only I hadn’t tried that Bright Sky Cannon, I could’ve tested a few more skills…” Lu Yibei muttered to herself.

“One spell formation and it’s all ash, didn’t even get a chance to use a healing spell formation…”

“Sigh-!”

She let out a sigh, raised her right hand, and looked at the toilet plunger in her hand, frowning.

And this toilet plunger.

Just now, it really did turn into a Broken Sword and even slew a haunting, so why has it changed back again?

Besides, Pure Lotus Sword and the toilet plunger…

Lu Yibei pondered for a moment, but couldn’t figure out any stronger connection between the two, other than both names having four characters.

She walked on, lost in thought.

Unknowingly, Lu Yibei found herself back at the ruins of the giant chimney behind Workshop Two.

Her successful counterattack earlier had given her great confidence, finally giving her the courage to take out her phone for light.

By the glow of her phone, she searched the wasteland for a while, and soon found several scattered red bricks engraved with strange characters.

“This is it, I’ll take them back to study…”

As she spoke, Lu Yibei picked up a few red bricks, stuffed them into her backpack, then squinted toward the depths of the lime factory, in the direction of the main building.

It’s about time. Let’s see what that thing that’s been calling out to me really is… Lu Yibei thought, her gaze sharpening.