Chapter 32: Feeding Him Black Donkey Hoof

“What a delicious smell!”
Hei Wa licked his paw again, savoring the flavor.
Unable to resist, he licked it once more, his face full of greedy delight.
Li Changluo stared in disbelief. The last time Hei Wa ate corpse ginseng, he’d foamed at the mouth—now he was about to indulge himself again?
A hardcore foodie was truly a terrifying thing.
After licking his paw, Hei Wa gazed hungrily at the skeletal monster before him.
If the food was good, even ashes had to be sampled—no holding back.
He alternated between paw-licking and grabbing for the skeleton, his expression revealing a vivid daydream of gastronomic pleasure.
Before long, the skeleton was reduced to a pile of dry bones.
Yet, just as before, it revived once more.
This time, something seemed different: Li Changluo distinctly noticed that the skeleton’s color had dulled compared to before.
If previously it was like fresh bone broth, now it resembled soy-braised marrow bones.
Damn, why do I keep thinking about food?
After several more resurrections, the skeleton had turned a sooty black, and it was no longer as fragile as before—Hei Wa now clearly struggled against it.
“Stop tearing it apart, Hei Wa,” Li Changluo said.
He’d realized that with each rebirth, the skeleton grew stronger. If they kept destroying it, who knew what would happen…
They couldn’t defeat it—
The more setbacks it suffered, the more powerful it became…
Wasn’t this a girlfriend’s trait?
Maybe…
Should I try gifting it a purse?
Li Changluo mused.
“If we can’t destroy it, what should I do? I’m at my limit—if it doesn’t go down soon, I’ll have to chug a bottle of kidney tonic,” Hei Wa panted, frustration thick in his voice. He couldn’t resist licking his paw again.
It really was delicious.
As he licked, a sudden thought struck him. He rummaged through his bag and pulled out—
A black donkey hoof.
He’d swiped it from Fatty Wang’s bag earlier.
He stared at the donkey hoof as if making a momentous decision, then, with great determination, tried to cram it into the skeleton’s mouth.
Teeth clattered to the floor, but the hoof wouldn’t go in.
…
“What are you trying to do with that donkey hoof?”
“That’s what they do in the novels, right? When you meet zombies or something, you feed them donkey hooves…”
At last, he managed to stuff it into the skeleton’s mouth. Hei Wa was delighted, but—

The donkey hoof tumbled right back out of the skeleton’s stomach and landed on the ground.
Even the lifeless skeleton seemed about to cry, jaw slack with disbelief—how could someone this dimwitted dare to rob tombs?
Hei Wa gave an apologetic grin, picked up the donkey hoof, and mindlessly tried to stuff it in again.
Once more, it rolled out of the skeleton’s belly.
“Looks like… it doesn’t work?” Hei Wa scratched his head and gave a sheepish smile, waving the donkey hoof at the skeleton. “Want to try again?”
Li Changluo was stunned, slapping his forehead repeatedly.
What a stubborn little hamster.
Why not chew it up and feed it to the skeleton instead?
But the skeleton wasn’t giving Hei Wa another chance. It lunged to grab him.
Hei Wa was exhausted but still had some fight left; he grappled with the skeleton’s bony claws.
Li Changluo rushed over to grab the skeleton’s torso.
So now it was two monsters and a skeleton, all tangled together in a chaotic struggle.
“Qing, come help!”
Li Changluo called out to Xiao Qing, the super-strong girl, hoping she’d restrain the skeleton.
She was certainly strong enough—one of her was worth two of him and Hei Wa combined.
Best to subdue it first.
But just then, Li Changluo’s phone rang.
Answering took priority over battling monsters—Li Changluo was far more considerate than those boyfriends who switched off their phones during a game.
Even though he…
didn’t have a girlfriend, he still understood the importance of these survival tips.
“Hello, do you need some Power Pills?”
Li Changluo turned to stone.
Seriously? Here I am risking my life wrestling with a skeleton, and you’re trying to sell me Power Pills?
Another one of those spam calls.
“Get lost!”
He hung up and was about to call for Xiao Qing’s help—
But who could have expected—
A wave of cuteness swept toward them: an adorable girl barreled straight into the fray.
After a fierce collision—
Bones flew everywhere—
Utter chaos.
Li Changluo and Hei Wa tumbled aside, staring at Xiao Qing, hearts full of despair.
“What on earth are you doing?” Li Changluo gritted his teeth.
She was out of her mind!
Was brute force really a miracle solution?

Why not just bowl us all over and be done with it?
“You asked me to help,” Xiao Qing said, brushing dust off her shoulder and smoothing her hair, looking pitifully at Li Changluo.
Li Changluo was so annoyed he wanted to slap her, but as he raised his hand, he remembered he couldn’t win in a fight—she’d just beat him up in return, which would be too humiliating.
So, thinking better of it, he instead pinched her cheek gently and said sweetly, “Darling, next time you charge, could you look first?”
Xiao Qing pushed his hand away.
“You always crash right into my heart.”
Li Changluo smiled tenderly and winked at her.
Hei Wa had just gotten up when he heard this. Suddenly, the skeleton he’d been licking didn’t seem so tasty anymore. In fact, it was a little nauseating—he felt like throwing up.
“Sorry, next time I’ll aim for your stomach,” Xiao Qing replied emotionlessly.
Li Changluo clutched his head in frustration. A girl this honest and straightforward was a true rarity—no wonder she was destined to be single forever.
But more surprising still, Xiao Qing seemed immune to his corny pickup lines. She gave him a fierce shove, sending him flying.
This time, she really did hit his stomach.
Li Changluo rolled aside, tears of pain welling in his eyes.
He was about to lose his temper and ask what on earth she had against him, but then he saw the skeleton standing right where he’d been.
He’d blamed Xiao Qing wrongly…
The skeleton had now turned completely black, emanating a chilling, sinister aura.
This was no longer the slow, dopey skeleton from before.
Xiao Qing’s eyes widened in fury as she glared at the black skeleton. Without a word, she started pounding it with her fists.
Li Changluo was too exhausted to try and stop her. This girl was so stubborn—if the skeleton died again, he’d have to throw his teammates under the bus…
It hurt to even think about it…
But Xiao Qing’s punches landed on the black skeleton as if she were hitting a pillow—no damage at all.
She kept pummeling it.
The scene instantly transformed into “little fists thumping your chest.”
Hei Wa saw things were going badly and rushed to help.
But the black skeleton now seemed utterly unfazed by their attacks. Hei Wa’s claws couldn’t even scratch its surface.
Xiao Qing and Hei Wa were forced to retreat—they had no way to deal with this dark creature.
Li Changluo reached into his pants and pulled out the glass marble. Only half the green liquid remained inside. Maybe…
It was time to run!
Telling the truth was so hard…
Alas…
You win, you damned beast.
Li Changluo glared angrily at the marble, then sighed.
“Hei Wa, I need to tell you something…”