Corpse Brother: From Calabash Brothers to Corpse Emperor

"Gah——!"

The piercing bird cry suddenly echoed through the night sky, and the woodpecker's body twisted and deformed abruptly as it was surrounded by the ninjas.

His skin gleamed with a metallic sheen, his arms transformed into jet-black wings, and he became a two-meter-tall giant woodpecker with a gleaming beak.

"Second-tier ability: Beast Transformation!"

With a flash of black light, the shockwave generated by the supersonic movement sliced ​​the three ninjas in half at the waist, leaving them no time to react.

As blood splattered on the wall, the woodpecker appeared at the end of the line, its scythe drawing a graceful arc, and two more heads flew off.

"Back off!"

Oni no Miyabi shouted sharply to stop the junior ninjas who wanted to continue charging. These people were no match for him, and going up would only be suicide.

"His speed has broken the sound barrier; it's impossible for the naked eye to keep up! Even if your eyes could keep up with his speed, your body would have a hard time keeping up!"

Before the words were even finished, the spinning scythe had already hurtled towards them. Guiye Miao immediately formed hand seals, unleashing a purple spiderweb from his sleeves—

"Ninja Technique: Dragnet!"

The sticky spiderweb, strong enough to trap even a powerful Earth-level expert, was easily torn apart by the scythe. Gui Yemiao's pupils shrank sharply; seeing no way to dodge, he used a substitution technique at the last moment.

"boom!"

The moment the wooden stake was cleaved in two by the sickle, the real Oni no Miyo appeared ten meters away.

"Shh-!"

The woodpecker's black wings sliced ​​through the night sky, catching the spinning scythe with near-instantaneous speed. Then, its body twisted eerily in mid-air, the blade aimed directly at Oni no Mio's throat!

Too fast… Cold sweat beaded on Guiye Miao’s forehead as his hands rapidly formed hand seals:

"Ninja Technique: Yin Gui Clone!"

Gui Yemiao bit his thumb, and as blood splattered, twelve clones instantly materialized.

"Secret Technique: Exploding Leaf Skyflower!"

Each clone simultaneously formed hand seals, and hundreds of poisoned shurikens shot into the air like a torrential rain.

"Too slow! Too slow!"

The woodpecker laughed wildly as it climbed vertically, its wings flapping suddenly, and its body soared higher.

All the hidden weapons whistled past his feet, embedding themselves in the wall behind him with a dense, rattling sound.

He hovered high in the air, his two sickles crossed in front of his chest, his beak stretched into a ferocious arc:

"Hahaha! You guys are fighting so hard, let me give you some fresh air!"

"Wind and Rain!"

Dozens of slashing waves poured down in a fan shape, and Oni no Mio's clones shattered one after another like bubbles.

However, at that moment, the real Oni no Miobi appeared silently behind the woodpecker!

Its arms clamped down on the woodpecker's wings like iron clamps, refusing to let go no matter how the bird struggled.

"What?!" The woodpecker's pupils contracted sharply.

"Lord Seian! Now!" Guiye Miao shouted violently.

"Demon Sealing Barrier - Suppress!"

Upon arriving, Qing'an formed hand seals, and a beam of golden light shot out from her mouth, transforming into countless rune chains that wrapped around the woodpecker's body.

"Where do you think you're going to run to?"

"hateful!"

The woodpecker twisted its body frantically, and its right sickle stabbed backward with a sudden thrust!

The woodpecker's eyes flashed with ferocity, its right arm muscles suddenly bulged, and its sickle stabbed backward at an odd angle!

"Demon Wilderness Secret Technique: Fearful Purple Flame!"

At the critical moment, Guiye Miaobi's entire body suddenly burst into eerie purple flames.

The flame had no heat, yet it made the woodpecker scream in agony; it burned not the flesh, but the soul!

"Aaaaah!" The woodpecker's feathers charred and fell off rapidly in the purple flames.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Guiye Miaobi released his arms and performed a beautiful flip in the air, his legs landing heavily on the woodpecker's back like battle axes!

“Crows fly!”

"boom!"

The woodpecker crashed into the ground like a cannonball, creating a crater five meters in diameter in the road, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and its beak was cracked from the impact.

"Take him!"

Qing An waved his hand, and dozens of ninjas wielding specially made chains surrounded him.

At this critical moment of life and death, the woodpecker suddenly grinned maliciously. Beneath its tattered wings, the veins began to throb eerily.

"Bloodline Burning - Overclocking!"

"boom!"

With a loud bang, a blood-red aura erupted from the woodpecker's body, and its speed instantly broke through the limit.

Everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and all that remained on the spot was a pool of blood and a few charred feathers.

On a rooftop a hundred meters away, the badly injured woodpecker staggered out, turned around, and glared fiercely at the bird:

"Hmph! You little brat! I'll definitely be back!"

Before he finished speaking, his figure once again vanished into the sky as a blur.

The bamboo forest in Xiongmu Lane rustled in the wind. Bei Chenlie sat cross-legged on the bluestone. Although he was blind, his hearing was exceptionally sharp.

His bare upper body was covered with knife marks, each one a testament to past life-or-death battles.

Suddenly, the bamboo leaves trembled almost imperceptibly—

"Shh!"

Bei Chenlie instantly drew his sword, unleashing a wave of emerald green energy that sliced ​​the incoming green snake in two. However, the snake's head managed to bite his forehead at the last moment.

"Tsk..."

Bei Chenlie frowned and casually tossed the snake carcass aside. Suddenly, his nose twitched—the smell of blood?

He turned to the back of the split rock, where two pieces of a corpse were clearly visible.

"father!"

Before Bei Chenlie could even get a closer look, a piercing cry echoed from the depths of the bamboo forest. Bei Chenlie shuddered.

"Yu'er!"

A mysterious figure draped in a black cloak stood silently beneath the bamboo, with Bei Chenyu kneeling at his feet, bound hand and foot. The boy's face was streaked with tears, and his right arm was twisted unnaturally.

"Dad...Dad! There are so many foreigners! Grandma was killed by them! Waaah! Dad...I couldn't fight them...I couldn't protect Grandma...Waaah..."

The cloaked figure chuckled: "Bei Chenlie, the most promising genius in Japan to break through to the god level..."

He slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of blue-glowing eyes beneath his hood.

"We dare not leave a potential hazard like you alive."

Bei Chenlie's hand gripping the knife bulged with veins: "I have long since ceased to concern myself with anything in this world, focusing solely on pursuing the pinnacle of martial arts! What are you foreigners doing here looking for me?"

"Single-mindedly pursuing the pinnacle of martial arts...that's dangerous..."

The cloaked figure suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Bei Chenlie, shouting sharply:

"What if I accidentally become a god... wouldn't that mean Japan suddenly has two god-level experts!"

"Hahaha!"

Bei Chenlie suddenly burst into wild laughter. Would that old dog Xu Fu allow a second god to influence his position? Impossible! The tip of his blade pointed directly at his opponent.

"Hmph! I owe my eyesight to him... You're overthinking it! Release my son!"

The cloak slid off, revealing the face of Jedi Spear. His skin was pale, his upper body was bare, he wore red earrings, and there were red swirling tattoos on the back of his neck and hands. His eyebrows were straight red, and he wore a small red hat.

"Hey hey hey..."

Jedi Spear grinned, revealing a mouthful of metal teeth.

"Mr. Lie, how about this—you commit seppuku on the spot, and I'll release your son, how about that?"

Bei Chenlie's knife tip drooped slightly, his nostrils twitched slightly beneath the blindfold, and suddenly, a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth:

"When did these EU scumbags learn Japanese manners?"

Jedi Spear's expression froze.

"and……"

Bei Chenlie slowly turned the hilt of his sword, causing the shadows in the bamboo forest to distort.

"You really think you can take me down by sending two S-rank trash?"