Book 3: Chapter 55

Book 3: Chapter 55

The corpse was like a giant stick insect crawling on the Buddha statue above, and it looked just like the Samantabhadri(1) statue in Tibetan Buddhism since its ornaments and clothing were similar to the Buddha statue. I was just wondering why it didn't continuously attack when it suddenly let go and fell off the Buddha statue.

This corpse was so hugeprobably more than two meters highthat it must have been a giant before it died. It fell directly into the food box coffin, causing all of the coffin liquid to splash into the air and fall like rain. The moment I raised my hand to block it, that corpse appeared in front of me and directly lunged for my neck.

I used all of my strength to turn and avoid it, managing to roll to a safe position. But it was such a close call this time that I could see one of the faces on the side of its head. Shit, this was too scary! As it turned out, the faces didnt naturally grow like this but were the air-dried faces of other corpses. They were worn on either side of this things head just like armor.

So, they turned out to be ornaments.

This time, the giant corpse didn't pause again but immediately followed after me. I saw Poker-Face coming over out of the corner of my eye, so I lay directly on the ground and let the giant corpse throw itself into the air. After it sailed over me, it was now face-to-face with Poker-Face.

But it didnt seem to have any interest in Poker-Face at all and immediately turned around to chase me. But Poker-Face didn't give it the chance to as he got up close to it and leaped onto its body. He then turned so that his knees were resting on the corpses shoulders.

By this point, he and the corpse werent vertical but were almost at a right angle to the ground. But once Poker-Face got his knees up, he dropped his upper body, put one hand to the ground to keep his balance, and then twisted his whole body. After exerting the strength in his waist, he was able to twist the giant corpse's head 180 degrees.

After landing, Poker-Face immediately rolled over to me. I was just about to say that the opponent was useless despite looking so impressive when Poker-Face suddenly said, "Retreat."

At this time, I saw that the giant corpse hadnt stopped moving at all. Its head was twisted at a huge angle, which meant that one of the other faces was now facing us.New novel chapters are published on

The whole giant corpse looked like one completely intact corpse.

I was just starting to have a bad feeling when that second face suddenly opened its eyes and smiled at me.

Fuck, are you changing shifts or something?

Everything around me instantly became dark and quiet and I couldn't hear anything at all. In this enclosed space, the vomit smelled strongly of corpse, which almost had me puking.

I still found this whole situation weird. Poker-Face seemed to be trying to protect me, but why? I was now a seasoned fighter so there wasn't a need for me to hide.

But I still didn't go out immediately.

I pushed at the coffin lid. It was very heavy, but it wasn't like I couldnt open it by myself. But Poker-Face wasnt the type of person who would despise my strength. He was basically assured that I could handle myself after the recent fights we had been through. But why didnt he feel assured this time?

I stuck close to the coffin wall and listened to the sounds outside. But at this time, I suddenly heard the sound of childrens laughter coming from the darkness around me.

I was stunned for a moment, but then I immediately pulled out my windproof lighter, flicked it on, and looked behind me.

I saw six or seven children squatting in the coffin liquid behind me. They were boys and girls dressed in virgin clothes, their hands were clasped tightly, and they were all staring at me and drooling.

Ah, this is bad, I said to myself. This is a fucking large-scale haunting.

But why? I've never encountered this kind of situation before. Have I gone crazy?

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TN Notes:

(1) Can also be called Wisdom Queens. Theyre the female counterparts of Wisdome Kings. Samantabhadri is white (the primary symbol of the wisdom aspect of mind) while her consort is sky blue (represents limitlessness and formlessness). Info here.