I subconsciously took two steps back. Li Dapao had told him to take the three ghost officers around the school twice, and he'd let them off after just one lap! But things weren't looking good. The three ghost officers had already gotten out, so why was Li Dapao still inside? What had happened?

Countless thoughts raced through my mind when I saw the middle-aged woman in front of me say, "Criminal Xu Fei, surrender!" Before she finished speaking, the three of them simultaneously transformed back into ghost messengers. They were similar to the two ghost messengers I had encountered earlier, except they were holding knives, spears, and the like.

Su Xiaoniu said that this kind of ghost messenger was the most useless, even more useless than the two drum ghost messengers and horn ghost messengers I met at that time.

I breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "Just the three of you? You think you can take me away?"

I had just finished speaking when a voice, as powerful as the cracking of clouds and rocks, suddenly echoed from the darkness: "The three of them might not be able to do anything to you, but if they all come at you together, can you still resist?"

This sound... is so scary!

Startled, I turned toward the source of the noise, only to see a dark procession slowly approaching from the darkness ahead. About fifty or sixty of them, their bodies a skeleton, clad in black armor, wielding swords and spears. Undoubtedly, they were all ghost messengers. But the leader was quite different from the rest. This person... well, he didn't look human. He held a black gold chain in his hand and wore a jet-black armored robe. Most strikingly, his face resembled a horse's...

"Horse-Faced Demon?" I was stunned. Is this the legendary Horse-Faced Demon? He looks so tall and majestic!

Su Xiaoniu said nonchalantly, "No matter how tall and mighty he is, he's just a ghost messenger from the underworld, just a bit more advanced than these ordinary ghost messengers. His partner, Niu Tou, calls him a 'Soul Catcher.'"

I gasped in surprise: "Is it powerful?"

Su Xiaoniu said noncommittally, "He's definitely much more powerful than these ordinary ghost messengers, especially the soul-catching rope in his hand. If a living person is hit by this soul-catching rope, his soul will be knocked out of his body. So don't get hit by it!"

Holy shit, that sounds terrifying! Also, shouldn't the Bull-Headed and Horse-Faced duo usually appear together? Why is there only Horse-Faced and no Bull-Headed? Is the Bull-Headed duo hiding somewhere, watching the show?

I subconsciously glanced around, but didn't see any bull head.

It seems that the only people who appeared before me were the Horse-Faced Demon and a group of ghost officials.

"Master Horse-Faced, it was he who killed the Horn Ghost Messenger." One of the ghost messengers actually reported him to Horse-Faced! This ghost messenger was holding a large drum. You didn't need to look to know that he was the ghost messenger who had been scared away after seeing the Horn Ghost Messenger being blown to ashes from the inside out by me using the copper coin.

"The sinner Xu Fei refused to listen to good advice and even killed the ghost officer. His crime is unforgivable! All ghost officers, listen to my order and capture him at all costs!" The Horse-Faced Guard gave an order, and immediately a group of ghost officers rushed up and surrounded me.

When these ghost officials surrounded me, I realized that there was a familiar person standing next to the horse-faced official. He only had one right arm left, and he was wearing a robe with a gloomy expression. Isn't this the ghost master? Why is he mixed up with these ghost officials?

I narrowed my eyes. Perhaps, when the Ghost Master was in the deserted ghost village, he failed to perform the Ghost King Sacrifice and lost an arm. He was chased away by me and the crazy man in black. He was unwilling to accept this, so he ran to the underworld and kept instigating the ghost officials like Horse-face, saying all kinds of bad things about me!

Although I had already guessed this, I didn't have the time to dwell on it. I calmed myself down and said to Horse-Faced Guard, "Master Horse-Faced Guard, I don't think your underworld is a place where good people can be framed and bad people can go unpunished. I think you need to go back and investigate this matter thoroughly, especially that ghost advisor beside you."

When the ghost master heard this, his face turned green. "You bastard, you dare to slander me when you are about to die! Master Horse-Faced, you must help me. This kid has not only repeatedly disrupted the local Ghost King Festival, but also violated my agreement. Now he has killed the ghost messenger. He is simply a bad guy!"

"Sinner Xu Fei, stop quibbling! Once you go to the underworld, the Lord of the Punishment Department will make the final decision! What are you waiting for, catch him!" Horse-Faced Guard said sternly.

A group of ghost officials shouted loudly, brandished swords and spears, and suddenly attacked me.