AWB Chapter 257 The body was recovered, but it seems it wasn't completely recovered.
Chapter 257 The body was recovered, but it seems it wasn't completely recovered.
"Hello? What happened?"
Di Ting was drinking Meng Po's soup tea while talking on the phone.
Qinghuo followed beside him, a skewer of grilled meat dangling from his mouth. The commercial street still had some traces of the mortal world, while the three little rascals were currently running wild and playing all over the street.
Qiong Xiaoqi got so engrossed in playing the fishing game by the roadside that he couldn't catch anything and got so excited that he tried to throw away all the pocket money that Di Ting had given him. In the end, his two brothers dragged him away with all their might.
After a while.
Di Ting put down his phone, his expression slightly serious.
"What's wrong?" Qinghuo asked, his mouth full of food.
"Something went wrong at the prison; Taotie's body was stolen."
"Eh?"
"The beasts didn't tell me, probably because they're too embarrassed to ask? I'll ask Dadi about it."
After saying that, he sipped the Meng Po soup teacup in one gulp, threw it down, and collapsed to the ground. "Earth, oh Earth, where are the Taotie's limbs now?"
He pressed his ear to the ground to listen.
A beast lying on the ground talking to itself suddenly appeared on the street, attracting the attention of passersby. The ghosts stopped and stared blankly at the Di Ting, who was listening intently to the earth's words.
"What are they doing?"
"It seems to be Lord Di Ting."
"Oh, that's normal then."
The ghosts seemed relieved, took a few photos, and left. Qinghuo broke out in a cold sweat and silently took two steps back.
Don't pull this stunt in the street!
After a while, Di Ting stood up again. He looked at the three little fierce creatures still in the distance with a strange expression. Qing Huo tilted his head and stuffed another skewer of food into his mouth.
"what happened?"
"Well, what a coincidence. What they're looking for is just ahead; the three little ones are almost there."
"Eh?"
"Let's hurry and follow them, there might be danger." Di Ting called out to Qing Huo and walked forward quickly.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Qiong Xiaoqi was sweating profusely as he was pulled forward shakily by Tao Xiaowu, muttering something to himself, as if he were talking to himself, or perhaps to his brother beside him.
"It's terrifying, absolutely terrifying... Fishing is even more terrifying than gambling. It can easily wipe out all the pocket money I've saved up for months, leaving me penniless!"
"If you really get involved in gambling, you'll probably lose everything, down to your underwear, or even just your head."
"How could such a thing happen? How could I possibly have the chance to touch that? Compared to that, the seemingly harmless roadside stalls that are everywhere are much more dangerous!"
Qiong Xiaoqi, unconvinced, argued vehemently. Tao Xiaowu opened his mouth but found himself speechless, so he simply pulled his staggering, cursing brother along and continued on.
Three ghosts, completely covered up, brushed past us. One of them suddenly stopped flying and turned around in surprise. "Boss, boss, wait a minute! Doesn't that one behind us look familiar?"
"I told you not to call me boss, which one are you referring to?"
The leader of the ghosts turned his head away in annoyance. A scar could be seen through the gap in his sunglasses and mask. He was holding a long, black-cloth-wrapped object in his arms, clearly a scarred-faced vengeful ghost.
He looked around following his nephew's directions and saw a yellow-black beast pulling another red-black beast forward, with a red fur ball following beside them.
He suddenly narrowed his eyes. The yellow and black claw was so similar to the beast claw they had stolen, except that it was a size 1 smaller and almost identical.
"Huh? Who?"
Taotie suddenly turned its head to look behind it. The bustling street was crowded with people, and three tightly wrapped ghosts hurriedly drifted away.
"Can't we talk things out properly? I just lose my temper and resort to violence. Hmm? What are you looking at?" Qiong Xiaoqi muttered to himself, then looked back with a puzzled expression, but saw nothing.
"Isn't there nothing here? You're not trying to distract me, are you? Hey, where are you going?"
Without saying a word, Taotie suddenly let go and ran back. A familiar scent filled the air—it was his father's smell.
"Why did you suddenly run away? If you didn't want to listen to me, shouldn't you have just attacked me? You shouldn't have run away." Qiong Xiaoqi quickly scooped up Xiao Taotao, put her on his head, and chased after him.
“I can smell my father’s scent, and I feel a resonance of bloodline with those three guys in front of me.”
"Huh? Could it be like in the novels, where your father's body was stolen and we just happened to run into it?"
"But why was it you who found out? It makes me feel like a clueless sidekick who's there to make the main character stand out. I'm the one with the brains, not the one with the intelligence!"
Taotie ignored the chatterbox and kept chasing after him.
Front,
Three vengeful spirits, each holding a beast's claw wrapped in black cloth, swiftly floated through the crowd. Scarface glanced back briefly and couldn't help but curse.
"You were just looking back out of boredom! Now you've been caught!"
"What should we do, boss?" Ghost Number 1 asked in a panic.
"There's an alley over there, shall we go in? If they dare to chase us, we'll find a chance to deal with them!"
Three figures suddenly made a sharp turn and plunged into the alley at the street corner.
The three little villains followed closely behind. Qiong Xiaoqi instinctively stopped at the alley entrance. A cold gust of wind made him shiver and he suddenly called out loudly to Tao Xiaowu.
"Wait, bro! We can't just go in like this! They're not simple people; they can steal Uncle's body, we..."
The yellow and black color seemed to transform into a bolt of lightning, rushing in without looking back!
"Why are you so busy, bro? Hey, wait for me!" Qiong Xiaoqi grumbled, but helplessly followed him inside.
The street corner was quiet for a moment.
Before long, two more figures arrived. Di Ting, while on the phone, rushed to the alley entrance and glanced around. Darkness swallowed most of his vision, and at the end was a corner.
"Hey, the three kids have already chased into the alley. I'm going in too. I'll hang up now."
"Damn it! Those three little brats have gone mad! Beep, beep, beep—"
Qiongqi's curses were replaced by a busy signal. Diting, clutching his phone, instantly scrambled into the darkness on all fours. Qinghuo glanced at the bag of snacks in its paws, hesitated for a moment but didn't throw it away. It grabbed the bag in its mouth and also scrambled in on all fours.
Piles of garbage can be seen from time to time along the winding alleyways and corners.
The two beasts followed the scent at top speed, the wind whistling past their faces. As they rushed around a corner, they saw a blur before their eyes, and two figures, one red and one yellow, flew past and crashed into the wall with a "bang".
In front of the scarred ghost, hovered a black and yellow Taotie beast claw exuding a terrifying aura, with Little Peach struggling desperately in its grasp.
"Di Ting!? What are you doing here?" The scarred ghost retreated in fear upon seeing the newcomer. He never expected that after dealing with three suspected ferocious beast cubs, another important figure would arrive.
"Let him go." Di Ting frowned and took a step forward. The power of the divine beast immediately suppressed the beast claw with only one arm, but considering that there were still hostages in the other party's hands, he did not make a move directly.
Qinghuo silently retreated to a safe distance, then turned his head and glanced back.
Sure enough, the two smaller ferocious beasts that had just flown over were now lying on the ground with dense, blooming cracks on the wall. They tried to get up several times but fell back down each time.
"Ugh... So Uncle and the others were really this strong! We couldn't even fight back against one of their arms!" Qiong Xiaoqi groaned in pain. He propped himself up on his arm and sat up.
"I...does this count as domestic violence by my dad...?" Taotie gritted her teeth and barely managed to sit up using her arms for support.
After looking around, Qinghuo immediately went to the rear to take care of the two wounded.
"Don't come any closer, I have some beasts on my hands." The scarred ghost said, retreating solemnly while beckoning.
The beasts number 1 and 2, sensing the danger, grabbed Little Peach and flew to his side, while the fluffy ball fell into the ghost's hand.
Di was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and his expression suddenly became a bit strange.
"We're leaving you now. Stay right here, don't move. If I find out you're catching up... then don't blame us for being ruthless!"
The scarred-faced ghost picked up Little Peach, his expression contorted with rage by the long, narrow scar. The Taotie's claws then rested their sharp claws on the fur ball's neck.
Qinghuo carried Qiong Xiaoqi and Tao Xiaowu on his back and hid at the corner of the alley. The two little ferocious beasts were stunned when they saw this scene from afar.
Not a brother? He's a ferocious beast! Although he's not strong, not fast, looks harmless, and has no presence, he's a Taotie!!
……
Two streaks of red streaked across the sky. Dijiang carried Chaos on his back, and Qiongqi carried his two brothers on his back. The two beasts flapped their wings and quickly descended into the alley below.
"Hey, is the beast alright?" Qiongqi asked, retracting its black wings.
There was no sign of the ghosts or beast claws in the alley. Di Ting, Qing Huo, and Xiao Tao Tao were all fine, but the other two little monsters looked like they had been beaten up badly.
Upon seeing this, Taotie frowned and cursed, "Did those three bastards get away? Damn it, don't let me catch them!"
"Uh... at least they didn't get away." Di Ting glanced at Xiao Tao Tao with a strange look.
"What?! Where are those ghosts?! I'm going to tear them apart alive!"
"Hmm...it got eaten."
"what?"
"Even your arm was eaten."
"What did you say?!?!"