Qin Ye didn't make a move. After all, he was still a newbie when it came to ghosts. The only Hunter-class ghost he had encountered so far was Cao Youdao.
He really wanted to know what kind of habits the other ghosts had.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
His feet were still on the ground.
The fourth second.
Then, almost as though he had just thought of something, Qin Ye abruptly raised his head.
Under the dim yellow light, a fat female head with disheveled hair and a twisted face was staring at him from above the compartment!
If it was an ordinary person, their heartbeat would have stopped at this moment!
The head was held high by a hand, and the fingers that were holding it could be vaguely seen.
It locked eyes with Qin Ye, and the corners of its lips curled up into a peculiar smile, "I've … found … you …!!"
His torn facial features were twisted together hideously, like a puppet that had been randomly sewn together.
Boom!!
A split second later, as soon as Old Huang pounced forward, Qin Ye's demonhead saber was even faster than Old Huang. It transformed into a bolt of lightning that shot straight towards the wooden door!
With a loud bang, the door shattered into pieces. Just outside the door, a headless body wearing a nurse's uniform and white high heels, holding an old-fashioned tape recorder in one hand and her own head in the other, was slashed into the wall.
"Damn it, I was scared to death!"
Qin Ye was infuriated, and he swung his blade again, "Didn't your mother ever tell you to be a good ghost?!"
"It's not your fault that you're ugly. Are you going to take responsibility for scaring the flowers and plants when you wander around?"
Boom!!
Accompanied by a loud bang, the nurse screamed as she smashed into the wall. Even though her body wasn't that tall, she had smashed into the wall, causing cracks to appear on the wall. Mixed with blood clots, the surface of the wall rustled and fell.
"You're … disobedient …" Unfortunately, the nurse didn't seem to notice anything amiss at all. She continued to stare intently at Qin Ye with her scarlet eyes as she roared and rushed forward. Then, she grabbed her hair and smashed her head down like a meteor hammer, "You're not allowed to eat!!"
"Eh?
You don't seem to have any respect for Emissaries of Hell at all. Are all local ghosts like you? "Qin Ye raised his saber and blocked the attack. His head smashed into the blade of the saber, and he screamed as though he had been pricked by a needle.
At the same time, the nails on her right hand grew longer.
He arched his body and charged forward like a cheetah.
It was as fast as a gust of wind, and the sound of wind rustling could be heard in the air.
Then, the earth-shattering claw shadows swiped at him.
"Interesting."
The corners of Qin Ye's lips curled upwards, and the pale blade of his saber suddenly danced in the air like a ball of silver light. Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Countless cracks appeared on the walls and the ground beside him, each of which was several inches deep.
However, Dao Qi's silver ball was like his absolute defense. No matter how hard Nurse tried to break through it, he couldn't advance an inch.
"I've just become a Soul Hunter not too long ago, and I don't even know how to use my strength yet." Arthis stared at the screen for ten seconds before yawning, "What's the point of grinding?
He quickly dealt with it.
You can crush ghosts of the same level as you. What's the point of playing for so long? "
Qin Ye shrugged his shoulders, and the saber light suddenly changed. If the previous attack was like a torrential downpour, the current attack was like a frightening dragon emerging from the sea.
With a crisp sound, the nurse's pitch-black nails cracked inch by inch. She screamed and retreated, her right hand waving in front of her like a madman.
But even so, she did not let go of the recorder in her left hand.
The bathroom wasn't that big. A few seconds later, there was a heart-wrenching scream, and a pale right hand flew into the air. The demon-head saber was already pointed at the tip of the nurse's nose.
A split second later, the saber light flickered, and it slashed straight down!
SSS!!!
The evil ghost screamed at the top of its lungs. A large amount of Yin energy surged out of the demonhead saber as it pierced through the head. Then, just as the demonhead saber was about to pierce through, a melodious tune suddenly began to play.
"Soft silk blows in the courtyard … Swaying like a thread of spring.
Pausing for a moment, adjusting the flower's ornament … Missing the water chestnut flower, stealing half a person's face, teasing the rosy clouds … "
It was a Kunqu tune.
At some point in time, the nurse had already pressed the button on the recorder in her left hand. With a rustling sound, a shrill female voice echoed throughout the bathroom.
Buzz … As soon as the music began to play, Qin Ye suddenly felt his ears rumbling. His mind was spinning, and he groaned in pain and nearly fell to the ground.
"This is …" He felt as though the world was spinning around him, just like the damned spinning cups in the amusement park. His legs were trembling uncontrollably.
That said, his fighting spirit had never once relaxed. He clenched his right hand tightly, only to discover that he had unknowingly let go of the hilt of the demonhead saber.
Not good!
That was his first reaction. As he retreated, he covered his heart with his right hand, lowered his head, and covered his head with his left.
He could only hear the hoarse screams of the malicious ghosts, and the sound of them tearing through the air rang out!
Failed miserably in an easy task … He laughed bitterly. At this moment, he already knew what the recorder was.
Yin artifact …
Furthermore, its quality was not any lower than Cao Youdao's Human Bones Necklace. Furthermore, it had a strange sound wave attack that was impossible to defend against.
His ears buzzed, and at this moment, he heard an angry "Woof!"
In the spinning field of vision, a black shadow rushed toward the nurse like lightning. With a click, the music stopped abruptly.
SSS!!! The evil ghost shrieked at the sky, and Qin Ye's dizziness immediately subsided.
The moment he woke up, he arched his body and shot forward like an arrow. He grabbed the demonhead saber and used all his strength to stab through the nurse's head.
Pu!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
The tip of the blade pierced through the nurse's bones, and she shrieked miserably as she was reduced to a cloud of Yin energy.
Qin Ye shook his head and heaved a sigh of relief.
As far as he could see, Old Huang was still holding the recorder in its mouth, wagging its tail at him as though it were asking for credit.
"It bit off the nurse's hand." Arthis muttered, "It's a good quality Yin artifact.
Sixty thousand merit points were now in his hands.
Even if you hadn't discovered the existence of thirty million Yin energy stones, you'd still have made a killing this time. "
It was indeed a good item.
Qin Ye picked up the recorder, and then suddenly realized what it was, "Sixty thousand?"
Blinking his eyes, he immediately squatted down, switched on the recorder, and pulled out an old cassette tape from within.
It was old, and it appeared to be something that had only been around since the turn of the century.
It was stained with dark red bloodstains.
The transparent cassette tape was taped over with a single line of words - Peony Pavilion.
"Are you saying … that this is also a Yin artifact?"
"The recorder itself is an item … and the cassette tape is also an item?"
I've hit the jackpot!
Coupled with the merit points that I'd received earlier, I'd be in possession of a whopping eight thousand Yin spirit stones!
No … there's also Cao Youdao's Human Bones Necklace.
Wan Yuanfu!
"Arti, will eight thousand Yin spirit stones be enough to build the soul induction platform?"
"It's more than enough to build a framework." Arthis was also somewhat excited, "Everything is difficult at the beginning. All we need right now is an east wind."
He needed to find the location of the thirty million Yin energy stones!
Hell that had collapsed for a hundred years would finally have a chance to see the light of day again!
Qin Ye drew a deep breath, squatted down with a smile on his face, and patted Old Huang on the head, "Old Huang, one last thing. Can you take me to the eye of the formation array?
Don't worry, I won't purge you from the afterlife. Once I'm done with Hell, I'll personally confer upon you the title of Cerberus. How does that sound? "
"... Allow me to ask a question, but why do you always come up with names that have a strong international feel to them?
And I feel like I've heard of it somewhere before. "
Almost as though he understood Qin Ye's words, Old Huang barked twice behind Qin Ye.
Then, he leapt onto the sink and spat out a mouthful of black blood into the mirror.
Qin Ye immediately turned around, only to discover that the black blood had flowed across the surface of the gray mirror behind him, and six emblems had appeared.
These emblems were strange, almost as though they were drawn on the surface of the mirror, and yet they also appeared to be growing inside the mirror.
One was an animal, and it was a wolf head totem.
One was an asura, with a green face and fangs, with three heads and six arms.
One was a human, but he had a miserable look on his face, and his clothes were tattered.
One was an evil ghost, with a big belly and a small head.
One was a devil, with a blazing body and a ferocious appearance.
The last emblem was still a human, but it was a fluttering immortal robe, as though it were traversing the void.
The six emblems were arranged in a circle, with three bright and three dark.
The two human and one devil emblems were dark, while the other three emblems were bright and vibrant.
"This is …" Qin Ye gasped. He'd seen this wolf head totem before!
This was the totem drawn in blood by the puppeteer back in Clear Creek County!
This was also a thorn in his side.
Back in Westriver, he had kicked over a terrifying existence's pot of poison, and had no choice but to come to the City of Salvation. Who would've thought that he would see a wolf head totem in the future headquarters of cultivation!
Just then, the six emblems appeared to have been activated, and they began to rotate slowly. A split second later, three powerful bursts of Yin energy erupted!
Previously, even evil ghosts wouldn't be able to sense the slightest trace of Yin energy in this hunting zone.
But as soon as he touched it, a stream of Yin energy immediately gushed out!
In less than ten seconds, the Yin energy in the fourth hunting zone was like a candle in the night sky. One only had to touch it lightly to know that the ground was filled with Yin spirits!
The Yin spirits that were curled up in the darkness all shivered as they silently retreated into the deep darkness.
Qin Ye felt as though he were standing in the eye of a storm, and his Hell's Emissary uniform fluttered wildly behind him.
Cold sweat beaded up his forehead.
Thump … His heart almost stopped beating.
Just then, Arthis bellowed, "Get out of the way!!"
Needless to say, Qin Ye had already taken a few steps back.
With a thud, he leaned against the wooden door of the cubicle behind him and glanced at the circle of emblems with lingering fear.
The emblems were lifelike. The three bursts of Yin energy were all at the level of a Soul Hunter. But … each of them was stronger than Cao Youdao's!
If that were all there was to it, it wouldn't have struck fear into his heart.
What was even more frightening was … the emblems themselves.
Looking at them was no different from looking at hell itself.
"I can't believe there's still something like this …" Arthis gnashed her teeth, "They're actually still alive!"
"This … is absolutely inconceivable!"
Qin Ye drew several deep breaths, before asking hoarsely, "What's this?"
Silence.
After a long time, Arthis finally spoke through gritted teeth, "Wrong …"
"We've all been mistaken …"
"Earlier, we'd thought that the barrier here was set up by the government.
But that's not the case … the barrier here … was set up by these people. "
The soul sphere trembled slightly, but it was hard to tell whether it was from anger or fear. "Six!" it said, one word at a time.
Dao!
Masses! "
"What's this?" Qin Ye clutched at his chest and gasped for breath.
The six emblems exuded an incomparably great pressure and an incomparably demonic aura.
Arthis continued hatefully, "The six paths of reincarnation … Only those who have attained the rank of Infernal Judge would know that each of the six paths of reincarnation is suppressed by a terrifying evil spirit.
Each of them is an Abyssal Prefect!
I hadn't even thought of this when I looked at the wolf's head earlier, but it actually represents … the path of the beast! "
"The asura represents the path of the asura. Of the two humans, one represents the path of the mortal, and the other represents the path of the celestial. The evil ghost with the big belly represents the path of the hungry ghost, and the demon represents the path of the netherworld. The three dark represents the path of the celestial and the path of the mortal. The three ghost kings of the netherworld have already been purged by Ksitigarbha, while the light represents …"
Qin Ye gasped in horror, "They've … crawled out from the ruins of Hell?"