Tales of the Strange

[Villain protagonist + not a power fantasy + ruthless and taciturn + supernatural horrors + one female lead + paranormal + nearly invincible + evil + demons and monsters]

Flames and blood consumed the village. The youth gripped his bloodstained sickle and became the “Sickle-Killing Ghost,” a name that made the jianghu tremble.

He slaughtered every one of his enemies, never realizing the true culprit was the “Ghost Shadow” lurking in the darkest corners of the martial world.

On the execution ground, at death’s door, he met Mu Jingyun, the third young master of the Ranmu Sword Manor, whose face was his mirror image. “Be my puppet for five days, and I’ll spare your life.” With those words, Mu Jingyun dragged him into the depths of the great clans’ schemes.

But he snapped the real young master’s neck, swallowed a poisoned pill, and became the perfect “shadow.”

“From today on, I am Mu Jingyun.” He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Who could have guessed that when Mu Jingyun eagerly expected his replacement to follow the plan, he would discover in horror that everything had spun out of control?

“If you want the seal, why not ask it first?” Behind him, the resentful soul of a demonic monk crushed a fangshi’s throat, while black blood dripped from its skull prayer beads.

The fangshi’s throat was crushed, and black blood dripped from the skull prayer beads.

The jianghu says the third young master of Ranmu Sword Manor is as gentle as jade by day and utterly vicious by night.

[The Mad Protagonist’s Survival Guide to the Jianghu]

Enemies kneel and beg for mercy? Snap their necks! / Opponents use underhanded tricks? Wipe out their whole family! / Righteous sects preach at him? Chop down their entire mountain gate!

“I’m a very reasonable person,” the youth said with a smile, flicking beads of blood from his blade. “A villain’s reasoning has to be explained with fists.”

#Today’s Jianghu Headlines#

Shocking! The replacement has gone rogue and killed the original?!

That devil has slaughtered his way to the top of the evil-doers’ list!

The Righteous Alliance stays up all night embroidering a banner that reads, “Welcome, Calamity Star!”