Chapter 1 He Peels the Skin

It wasn't until Miss Red Wine plucked the red thread dangling from her mouth that Hu Ma realized that Ji Tang, the Beggar Gang leader, hadn't truly escaped.

At first, when she pulled out this red thread, one end held in her mouth, Hu Ma didn't know what she was doing. He even thought it was one of her quirks, after all, the bright red thread reflected against her fair face had a strange beauty.

It wasn't until she plucked the thread that Hu Ma reacted. This thread seemed to be connected to something mysterious.

Hu Ma could almost see Ji Tang pulling on a rubber band, running away into the distance as if his life depended on it. The more fiercely and farther he ran, the stronger the force accumulated in the rubber band, until it was suddenly released.

"Chi!"

With a hook of her little finger, the plucked red string suddenly released a cloud of blood mist.

The blood mist not only burst out around him and Miss Red Wine, but also permeated the surroundings, as if the wind blowing from all directions was stained with a faint bloody smell.

In the next moment, Hu Ma suddenly saw something flying from afar, drifting lightly like a kite. When he looked closely, he realized that it was none other than Ji Tang, being pulled over by something.

No, not Ji Tang.

Just a piece of skin. This piece of skin was suspended by invisible threads, spread open in the air, looking as if Ji Tang had been pulled back.

Even his voice sounded somewhat calm.

"..."

"You should have told me sooner that you blocked my path so completely. I wouldn't have bothered escaping; it's so embarrassing..."

Miss Red Wine gently raised her hand and caught the human skin, shook off the bloodstains, folded it a few times, and put it into the purse beside her. She turned to Hu Ma, whose eyes were wide open, and explained softly,

"If he hadn't escaped and charged straight at me, I might not have had the strength to peel off this skin."

"Skinning and refining a ghost? And this is the skin of an Entering-the-Manor Guardian of the Year..."

"The skin of an Entering-the-Manor Guardian of the Year is not easy to peel..."

So, this wasn't just a nickname, but a genuine skill she possessed?

More importantly, Ji Tang seemed to have escaped very far just now, but she was still able to peel off a complete piece of skin from Ji Tang's body from this distance?

Skinning...

He saw Ji Tang walking out along the path in the distance.

That blood-soaked man, or Ji Tang, walked back step by step, suddenly opening his mouth in a deep voice, startling everyone. He could still speak clearly.

And as he walked back step by step, behind him, a person holding a knife put it away with some regret, shaking his head gently: "If it weren't for that letter, I would have really liked to be the one to collect this last head..."

On either side of the road, the old man wearing a melon cap and burning incense, and on the other side of the road, the plump woman riding a donkey and holding a peach blossom branch in her hand, both showed their figures briefly, and then disappeared gently, leaving no trace.

There was no skin left on his body, and his muscles and blood vessels were all exposed. On the ground, two lines of bloody footprints were left behind by his feet.

"But where did you find so many good fighters to besiege me?"

Or rather, it was a blood-soaked man.

Hu Ma was even more horrified. He had seen the fierceness of General Jin Ge. Now, with the addition of the Entering-the-Manor Guardian of the Year's skin, what kind of thing would it be refined into?

"It's about time, I'll leave the rest to you."

Had Miss Red Wine actually peeled off his entire skin?

It wasn't until this moment that Hu Ma suddenly remembered Miss Red Wine's nickname: Skinning-and-Clothing-Making Han Niangzi...

"However, this is something I've wanted for a long time. The Acrobatic Arts Sect is not good at dealing with evil spirits and ghosts, so of course, I have to prepare something good for General Jin Ge. He is my only means of dealing with these things."

"Rather than saying that I peeled off this skin, it's better to say that he nailed his own skin to the wall and then tore it off with force."

But before he could ask, Miss Red Wine had already nodded gently to Hu Ma beside her, instructing,

Hu Ma didn't understand for a moment. The person had already escaped, and his skin had been peeled off, so what else could there be? But his heart suddenly stirred, and he turned his head to look, and was immediately slightly startled.

Ji Tang spoke in a low voice, looking at the bloody wounds all over his body, squatting on the ground and grabbing a handful of dirt, trying to sprinkle it on the wounds to stop the bleeding, but how could this be enough?

He simply lay on the ground and rolled around, his whole body covered in mud, before slowly getting up from the ground and slowly raising his head. His eyes, without eyelids, stared intently at Hu Ma and Miss Red Wine.

If anger could be materialized, his anger at this moment was like a raging sea. Especially since he had been skinned, Hu Ma felt strength from his anger.

This man had been skinned, but he definitely still had the strength to fight, and he would be even fiercer than before.

"You can only blame your Beggar Gang for not doing anything good. How many people have rushed to help when they heard that I was going to kill you in the martial world?"

Miss Red Wine only smiled coldly, still holding one end of the red thread in her mouth, and then gave Hu Ma a wink, as if asking him why he hadn't gone up yet since the person had already come over.

Hu Ma was a little unsure: I'm just bait...

"Listen to your sister."

Miss Red Wine only glanced at him and said, "Do you know how rare it is to have a chance to fight a dying Entering-the-Manor Guardian of the Year?"

"This one fight is more useful than any kind and experienced master teaching you hand-in-hand for three years."

"..."

"Okay!"

Although Hu Ma was aware of the situation in his heart and didn't dare to fight against the Entering-the-Manor Guardian of the Year, he could also see that Miss Red Wine had taken the lead, and killing Ji Tang was just a matter of flipping her hand.

She was keeping him alive now just to let himself learn something, so he nodded and rushed forward with his knife.

"Shua!"

At the same moment that Hu Ma drew his knife and rushed up, Ji Tang roared and charged forward, brandishing his knife.

He was full of anger, walking back step by step, preserving his strength in order to regain his strength and take back his skin.

In his eyes, he didn't even look at Hu Ma at all, but only stared at Miss Red Wine holding the red string in her hand, treating her as his only target.

However, suddenly a gust of wind hit him, and Hu Ma used all his strength to strike at his face with a mountain-opening style. His foundation was solid and his strength was not weak. Even Ji Tang now did not dare to use his body to resist this knife head-on, so he suddenly turned his knife and chopped down at Hu Ma's head.

"Chi!"

Weapons collided, sparking a string of sparks.

When Hu Ma received this knife, he felt a violent shock all over his body, and both his hands sank into the mud.

Ji Tang's knife was a treasure knife, but the blade had been scorched by fire and was already blunt. It was unable to cut off the serrated knife, but the force of this knife still crushed his body, causing his bones to crack, and his spine seemed to be crushed all at once.

His body was uncomfortably impacted by the huge force. Fortunately, his five internal organs had already been refined and activated, so they did not explode immediately.

"Swoosh!"

But before he could completely dissolve this force, Ji Tang had already changed his knife stance and slashed fiercely at his neck. The ferocity was terrifying.

Hu Ma himself was a Guardian of the Year, and he had also learned a whole body of skills. He usually spent his time figuring out how to chop people most directly and effectively, but now he felt how real skills were used.

When Miss Red Wine and Ji Tang fought a few moves just now, there was vaguely a sense of ease.

But once he was replaced, it was not the same thing at all.

Fortunately, he had indeed put in a lot of hard work. At the critical moment, he used the Ghost Ascending the Steps technique, his legs firmly on the ground, but his body leaned back horizontally, which was a move called Iron Bridge, barely avoiding Ji Tang's knife that was slashing at his head.

"Ha!"

But at the same time, Ji Tang changed his move immediately when his knife missed.

Without waiting for Hu Ma to finish his Iron Bridge move, he had already darted forward, his blood-soaked elbow striking downwards, slamming towards Hu Ma's chest.

This elbow was like a spear, and Hu Ma felt that if he was hit solidly, a hole would appear in his body.

However, when fighting against people with greater cultivation and skills than himself, Hu Ma did not dare to be careless at all. When this Iron Bridge move was used, he had already abandoned the serrated knife in his hand, and clasped his hands together in front of him, bowing forward.

This was the Four Ghosts Bowing to the Door that was used in a hurry, but because he knew that his skills were not enough, he made preparations early and prepared it while using the Iron Bridge technique.

In an instant, a burst of Yin energy rushed forward, hitting Ji Tang firmly, but this Yin energy, which had been invincible before, was now completely reversed when it hit Ji Tang, and it was even more fierce, completely wrapping around Hu Ma.

"Chi!"

Hu Ma borrowed the Yin energy to wrap around his body, and his body moved horizontally for more than ten feet, barely dodging Ji Tang's blood-soaked elbow.

"Bang!"

His elbow smashed on the ground, and actually smashed a pit in the ground.

"No!"

After fighting Ji Tang for three moves, Hu Ma immediately came to a conclusion: "I am not an opponent at all."

"The other party simply made three moves and forced out all of his skills, and he may be killed at any time."

"How can I fight this?"

"The two are not on the same level at all."

"Even if Ji Tang has been skinned, he is not on the same level as himself at all."

"..."

"..."

"Not bad..."

But at this moment, Miss Red Wine saw that Hu Ma had actually dodged Ji Tang's three moves, and her expression was also somewhat approving. One side was Entering-the-Manor, and the other was only Ascending the Steps. The difference in skills was unknown how much.

Hu Ma was able to dodge three moves under Ji Tang's anger, which showed that this kid's foundation was extremely stable, and he had put in a lot of hard work in the skills of the Guardian of the Year.

This performance far exceeded her expectations.

While thinking, she wrapped her fingers around the red thread and pulled it gently, as if playing cat's cradle.

First, she turned out the simplest one, a small handkerchief!

"Chi!"

When Miss Red Wine turned out a handkerchief pattern, Ji Tang, who was full of ferocity and was pressing Hu Ma to beat him, suddenly let out a muffled roar.

His skin had been peeled off, but the silver needles were still there. Two of them were only shallowly pierced into his body surface, but at this moment, they suddenly drilled into his body.

In the next moment, his limbs cracked, and layers of blood mist burst out, and his strength was suddenly reduced by more than half.

With a flip of her hand, Miss Red Wine had abolished most of his cultivation.

(End of this chapter)