Chapter 24

Adamantine Gourd Girl [金刚葫芦妹 Jīn Gāng Hú Lu Mèi] is the twenty-fourth chapter of Tong Yao's Guardians of Night.

Summary
Gu Xiaohua's zombies prepare to spew outzombie gas when Ye Yan suddenly strikes his Soul Gong, paralyzing them and their master. Ye Yan then prepares to knock Gu Xiaohua out and interrogate and punish her for her crimes, ignoring her pleas for mercy. As the Soul Mallet he threw is about to hit her head, it is suddenly struck away by something, slightly cracking it. The Gourd Child on Gu Xiaohua's head then lets out a bright flash of light, and something rushes at Ye Yan at blinding speeds. He tries to protect himself from the attack with his Soul Gong, but it instantly shatters and sends him flying back.

Falling onto the ground, Ye Yan wonders what struck him, with Gu Xiaohua revealing that it was the doing of her Star Shattering Iron Gourd, which she was able to summon since the Soul Gong only immobilized her physically. With the Soul Gong destroyed and the paralysis ended, Gu Xiaohua commands her zombies to release zombie gas once again. Wuren then appears behind her and uses Skull Snapping Iron Fist to decapitate the two undead creatures, but is then flung into the air by the Star Shattering Iron Gourd. Injured, Wuren tells Ye Yan that it is all up to him to stop the Untitled Sage now, wih the Nightwatcher reprimanding him for not attacking when their enemies were immobilized earlier.

The zombies were able to spew out a large cloud of gas before they died, allowing Gu Xiaohua to manipulate and move them towards Ye Yan. Knowing that the Ximen Chicken is able to absorb zombie gas like Ximen Guanren, Ye Yan grabs it and orders it to suck in the incoming cloud. The chicken quickly sucks in the entire cloud. Seeing this, Gu Xiaohua sends her gourd flying at Ye Yan as she mockingly asks him how he plans to stop it with his bare hands.

Chapter Notes

 * Gu Xiaohua reveals her Star Shattering Iron Gourd.
 * Ye Yan's Soul Gong is shattered.

Trivia

 * Following censorship that prohibits the depiction of minors smoking, Chapter 24 was redrawn. The cigarette shown in the chapter was changed into a potato fry, and the lighter was changed into a ketchup packet.