Rules of the Strange: I Became a God in a Bizarre World Through Taoist Arts

"Buzz—"

The surgical saw buzzed, each sound like it was sawing into Shen Xingzhuo's nerves.

Her veins throbbed, a first for her, and her mind went blank for a moment, as if buzzing.

Shen Xingzhu smiled wryly, "I was just joking, how did it really come to cutting off my arms and legs?"

Almost subconsciously, she brought her hands together with eight fingers touching, slowly pushing them towards her chest.

"The three souls return to the body, and the seven spirits return to the body. With a stable spiritual platform, evil cannot invade the true self."

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

A golden light flashed around Shen Xingzhuo.

But nothing happened.

She looked blankly at herself, still trapped in this confined place.

The saw was getting even closer to her body!

Shen Xingzhuo's eyes instantly sharpened, and his spiritual energy surged, as if he was about to break through all constraints.

But the next second she deflated like a punctured balloon, and withdrew the burst of spiritual energy.

It looked like the saw was about to cut into her body.

【Chosen One Shen Xingzhuo, it seems I must give you a reminder.】

"Oh? What do you want to say?" Although Shen Xingzhuo was still breathing rapidly, the anxious look in her eyes had completely disappeared.

The body you see in ghost stories is your own body; any harm you suffer is real.

The ghost story remained smugly pleased with itself.

Shen Xingzhuo let out a soft chuckle. "Isn't this what you wanted to see?"

[Hmph! Ungrateful!]

A playful glint flashed in Shen Xingzhuo's eyes. "Then what can we do? I can't go back into my body, so nothing I do will help."

"Why don't you help me? Aren't you always 'kind-hearted'?"

Shen Xingzhuo emphasized the word "good intentions" very much.

"...You have such a big face."

Shen Xingzhu shrugged. "Then there's nothing I can do. Watching yourself being 'dismembered' is quite a unique life experience."

Her acting was so realistic that even those unfamiliar with the ghost stories were completely baffled.

[What's going on? Sister Shen, don't joke like that! My heart can't take it!]

[Wu Xiang: Isn't she supposed to be very capable? Why is she helpless with such a simple thing?]

[Wu Xiang: She actually sought help from the supernatural? How incredibly stupid!]

【Hey! I'm warning you people of the Kingdom of No Form! Watch your mouth!】

【Our Sister Shen has her reasons for everything she does, and it's none of your business to tell her what to do!】

……

In the ghost story, the knife-wielding ghost was momentarily speechless after being stumped by Shen Xingzhuo's words.

Is it kind-hearted?

Shen Xingzhuo is incredibly audacious to insult it like this!

Just as the strange creature was about to explode, he saw Shen Xingzhuo's indifferent expression instantly change.

Oh! I thought you didn't care.

"How about this? You trade 100 points of Tianxia's national fortune with me, and this time, I'll protect your hands and feet."

A screen of light appeared before Shen Xingzhuo's eyes; it was a barrage of comments sent collectively by the citizens of Tianxia Kingdom.

Almost everyone was demanding, or even threatening, that she accept the conditions proposed by the ghost stories.

Shen Xingzhuo's eyes welled up with tears, but—

"I refuse."

"Lin! Bing!"

As soon as she finished speaking, her chilling aura became impossible to suppress.

The phantom images of Marshal Tianpeng and General Tianyou appeared behind Shen Xingzhuo.

The two men, wielding divine weapons, seemed to be guiding a vast army, charging towards the operating table in front of them!

"Snap!"

The scene on the operating table shattered into pieces, like a broken mirror.

Shen Xingzhu curled her lips into a smile and looked into the void.

"See? I can get away safely even without your help!"