The Mightiest Little Master of Metaphysics
Chapter 169 - 167: The World’s Crisis, Tip of the Iceberg (Second Update)

Chapter 169: Chapter 167: The World’s Crisis, Tip of the Iceberg (Second Update)

"Crap, the Thunder Duke? It’s really the Thunder Duke!" Huang Mingzhuo fell to his knees with a thud, bowing fervently in the direction of the dark figure.

"The daughter of Fengdu Ghost King?" The Thunder Duke looked down at the ground, his voice booming like thunder, shaking the heavens and earth, "Stand aside, I don’t want to strike you down along with everything else."

Yun Qi smiled sweetly, "So you know my father, huh? But today’s issue isn’t related to him. Could you come down, so we can talk it out clearly?"

The Thunder Duke scoffed, his flame-like eyes full of ridicule, "You? Out of respect for your father, I don’t want to kill you, but to have me come down, you’re not qualified."

"Then watch closely, see if your lightning can hit me. If it can’t, you’ll have to come down," Yun Qi said, hands clasped behind her back, full of confidence.

Huang Mingzhuo looked up at the young girl in front of him with shock, "Are you crazy? That’s the Thunder Duke up there, a god we’ve worshipped here for thousands of years, and you dare to wager with him?"

"Say one more word, and I’ll throw you out right now for him to strike you dead," Yun Qi threatened with a furrowed brow, huffing angrily.

Huang Mingzhuo immediately dared not make a sound, hiding behind Yun Qi like a turtle retreating into its shell.

"Alright, you said it. Don’t blame me if you’re struck dead, your father can’t hold it against me."

"Don’t worry, our family is reasonable," Yun Qi smiled sweetly, suddenly holding a stack of Spirit Talismans, but they were all blank.

"Little girl, what are you doing with those blank Spirit Talismans? That’s the Duke of Thunder, without infused spiritual power, do you think a stack of paper can kill him..." Huang Mingzhuo said with great pain, glimpsing Yun Qi’s cold stare, he quickly covered his mouth, "Okay, I won’t say any more, any more and I’m a turtle!"

Yun Qi turned her head, biting her fingertip hard, using the blood-soaked hand to draw scarlet talisman marks on the Spirit Talismans.

All were talismans to evade Heavenly Thunder.

"Little girl, don’t blame me if you’re struck dead!" Finished saying, the Thunder Duke raised his axe and chisel, striking them fiercely.

Instantly, countless dense lightning appeared at the horizon, crisscrossing like swimming dragons, roaring as they rushed from the horizon to their eyes.

"Aaaaaaah!" Huang Mingzhuo had never seen so much Heavenly Thunder, thinking he was doomed, he lay behind Yun Qi, crying out chaotically.

Yun Qi remained calm, opening her palm, the Spirit Talismans all flew into the air with the wind, the scarlet talisman marks peeling off, emitting a golden glow, quickly forming a semicircular golden Barrier.

Rumble—Rumble!

Lightning struck densely, one after another, yet each was repelled by the Barrier, falling on the ground nearby.

The earth trembled, the sky roared, the night was illuminated as if it were day, streaks of lightning whipped the ground, unable to approach the Barrier at all.

The Thunder Duke was furious, roaring, as five silhouettes appeared at the five corners of the lightning web on the horizon.

Huang Mingzhuo raised his head, his chin nearly dropped to the ground in shock.

The Thunder Duke actually summoned five Thunder Generals, the Divine Realm’s most adept at summoning thunder and lightning, all gathered. How much grudge did he hold against the little girl Yun Qi, no... it seems these guys came for him.

Thinking this, he felt even sadder.

On the lightning-formed web, in the center stood a Thunder Duke, flanked by five Thunder Generals.

The lightning’s power greatly increased, mercilessly striking down from the sky, as if heralding the apocalypse.

Yun Qi once again used fingertip blood to draw more Spirit Talismans, layers upon layers of talisman marks enhancing the Barrier’s function.

After a long while, the Thunder Duke lowered his hand, giving a glance to the five Thunder Generals, who nodded and instantly vanished from the horizon.

"Little girl, is it fitting for someone so young to have such courage?" The Thunder Duke’s thunderous eyes fixed on Yun Qi.

Yun Qi put her hands behind her back, tilting her head slightly, smiling sweetly, "Didn’t hit me, do you keep your word?"

The Thunder Duke grunted, flying down from the lightning web, wrapped in intense pressure and violent godly aura, landing with a boom, causing the ground to tremble.

"Why did you save him?" The Thunder Duke landed and appeared before Yun Qi, pointing his axe at Huang Mingzhuo behind her.

"Then why did you want to strike him dead?"

"I have protected Guyue County for thousands of years, worshipped locally as the highest god, partaking in the people’s offerings, so I must uphold justice and eradicate injustice here. He refines corpses, creating Evil Corpses, harming the local populace. What’s wrong with me wanting to kill him?"

Yun Qi directed her gaze backward, signaling Huang Mingzhuo to come forward.

Huang Mingzhuo timidly revealed his head, respectfully saying, "Thunder Duke, I did refine corpses, creating Evil Corpses, but I didn’t kill those people. They were already dead when brought before me, and the Evil Corpses I refined haven’t killed anyone."

"Still arguing!" The Thunder Duke raised his axe, ready to chop off his head.

Yun Qi reached out a hand to block, coldly asking:

"Who let you refine Evil Corpses, and where did the Evil Corpses you refined go?"

"I..." Huang Mingzhuo hesitated.

Yun Qi gestured invitingly towards the Thunder Duke, whose massive axe wrapped in lightning swiftly lifted again.

"I’ll speak, I’ll speak, but I really don’t know. Every year, I receive a large sum of money, people bring corpses for me to refine. After successful refinement, they’re transported out. On the day of the Nuodance parade, I mix the Evil Corpses into the parade procession, then someone at the end of the long street picks them up."

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Yes, I can recognize the people delivering and picking up the corpses, but I don’t know their identities, names, or residences."

Yun Qi frowned deeply, realizing the bizarreness of the situation beyond imagination.

Someone had Huang Mingzhuo refining Evil Corpses, yet no cases of them harming people occurred globally, meaning these Evil Corpses weren’t introduced into the human world but hidden at some location.

But what was the mastermind waiting for, were they... waiting for the right moment?

If so, then for what purpose?

A terrifying thought suddenly appeared in Yun Qi’s mind; beneath the peaceful surface of Six Paths of Mirror Flowers and Water Moon lurked a monster, waiting for the right moment to strike and devastate the world!

"Were the six people in the photos from today also refined by you?" Yun Qi asked sternly.

"Yes, it was me."

"So it really was you." Yun Qi furiously raised her hand, ready to hit him.

Huang Mingzhuo covered his head in fear, "That was a separate order, not the same batch as the Nuodance Evil Corpses. Those six were already dead when delivered, the client’s request was to refine them into Evil Corpses capable of killing their former masters. Initially, I didn’t want to accept, but they offered too much."

Yun Qi looked towards the Thunder Duke, "This person is indeed deeply sinful, killing him would be no loss, but he holds important clues. If he’s killed, the only clue will be gone, so please hand him over to me. I’ll make him live, yet it will be akin to death."

Huang Mingzhuo was stunned, what did living but akin to death mean?