"Anran, come to the basement and take a look." Qi Ziqi ran up and found Xu Anran, who had just finished dealing with the butcher.
Later, the rest of the team joined them. They followed Qi Ziqi and Yang Ru to the basement, where Qi Ziqi said, "There's something strange in the basement. He looks a bit odd."
"Isn't it similar to the strange creature we found before?" Luo Xi asked.
Seeing Qi Ziqi nod, Luo Xi and Xu Anran knew who it was. The group of them walked into the room and sure enough, they saw the strange creature chained up. Xu Anran smiled back at him, and after he gestured at her for a while, Xu Anran nodded seriously. Then, with a swift movement, she dealt with the strange creature.
Xiaoyue looked at Xu Anran's series of actions with confusion and asked, "Sister Anran, did you understand what he meant?"
Xu Anran shook her head: "No."
"Then why are you nodding?" Xiaoyue asked.
“Oh, I just feel that nodding is more polite,” Xu Anran said matter-of-factly.
"Huh? So you killed him? Aren't you curious about what happened to him?" Yang Ru asked.
Xu Anran shook her head: "I'm not curious. Look, our score has gone up again." Xu Anran happily pointed to the blank board, and everyone looked and sure enough, it had gone up by quite a few points. This time, their ranking had risen by one place.
Several crows flew by in the woods, cawing loudly. Xu Anran led her team, flashlights in hand, as they walked through the woods. Momo held Maisui's hand, the zombies all around them. Momo whispered to Maisui, "Sister Maisui, your hands are so cold. Don't be afraid, I'm here."
"Anran, where are you going?" Xiaofeng asked, puzzled. After leaving the factory, Xu Anran led everyone straight here, seemingly looking for something. Walking in front, Xu Anran sensed her surroundings and looked around, saying, "I feel like something is calling to me."
"I called you?..." Xiao Feng was about to say something when a crying sound came from behind. Yi Yi, who was standing nearby, immediately flew to the back, and Xu Anran also ran over. They saw Mo Mo behind them, holding a steel pipe and wailing loudly.
She cried and cried out, "Sister Wheat Ear is gone! She suddenly disappeared!"
Upon hearing Momo's words, Xu Anran's expression immediately changed. Her once clear eyes turned icy cold as she squatted down and asked, "What's wrong?"
Momo recounted what had just happened: "We were walking peacefully in the middle of the group when I felt that Sister Maisui's hand was cold. I thought she was scared, so I comforted her. But when I turned around, I saw that Sister Maisui, who was supposed to be next to me, was gone, and what I was holding was this thing." Momo held up the steel pipe in her hand to show everyone.
Luo Xi then asked, "When did you notice that Mai Sui's hands were getting cold?"
Momo said, "Not long after we entered the woods, Sister Wheat's hands got cold."
After listening, Xu Anran closed her eyes and sensed anything strange nearby. Soon, she sensed a familiar aura and immediately ran in that direction.
Everyone followed Xu An and chased after him.
It was pitch black all around, but some red dots could be seen flashing through the woods. Those were the eyes of crows perched on the branches, silently watching the group of people running through the forest.
Following the scent, Xu Anran ran into the darkness, and the people chasing after her only saw her disappear into the darkness.
The little ghosts on Xiao Feng and Xiao Yue's bodies came out, and Su Shuzhi also let the mourning ghost on his body come out. They sensed the Ghost King's ghost domain. Xu Anran must have entered. Everyone wanted to enter as well, but the mourning ghost and the two little ghosts couldn't open the ghost domain.
Wheat trembled as she crouched in the darkness, hugging herself tightly and looking around in panic. She saw a tall figure approaching from the depths of the darkness. He was clad in armor and had bloodshot eyes. He looked at the small ball of wheat crouching on the ground and walked towards her step by step.
He stretched out his sharp claws toward the head of the wheat ear. He hadn't eaten a child's brain in a long time, and he was surprised to find one here. He couldn't wait to enjoy this delicious meal.
With a loud "bang," the sound of claws clashing against refined iron rang out. Xu Anran's golden knife blocked the Ghost King's claws. The moment the Ghost King's claws touched the golden knife that Xu Anran had formed, the tips of the claws made a crackling sound as they melted away.
Upon seeing the uninvited guest, the Ghost King took a step back. He cautiously examined Xu Anran, feeling that she looked somewhat familiar. Combining this with the golden knife in Xu Anran's hand, the Ghost King remembered that she was the woman who protected the laurel tree back then, and she had also taken the Vulture Bell.
Although he desperately wanted to devour the child, his own life was more important; he was no match for the woman before him. So, the Ghost King turned to retract his demonic domain and flee.
Xu Anran would not let him leave so easily. She would eliminate anything that could harm her teammates, whether it was a person or something else.
Xu Anran used golden light to conjure a rope, which bound the Ghost King who was trying to escape. The rope made crackling sounds as it touched the Ghost King, and smoke rose from the places it touched. Black smoke continuously emanated from the Ghost King's body.
Seeing that escape was impossible, the Ghost King's eyes turned fierce. His eyes were bloodshot, and two streams of bloody tears flowed from his eyes. Black smoke billowed out of his body.
He used a large amount of Yin energy to fight against the golden light, broke free from the ropes, and attacked Xu Anran's head. Just as he was about to reach her, Xu Anran swung her golden knife forward, and a cunning glint flashed in the Ghost King's eyes.
He vanished in a puff of black smoke. This was his ghost realm. The ghost king did not reappear after his disappearance, but he did not run away either, because he knew that as long as he made a move, Xu Anran would be able to sense him. So he waited, waiting for Xu Anran to reveal a weakness.
After waiting for a while, Xu Anran saw that the Ghost King had not appeared. There was still wheat here, and the people in the team outside must be very anxious because they couldn't find them. So Xu Anran turned around, squatted down, and picked up the wheat to leave.
Just then, as Xu Anran picked up the wheat ears, the Ghost King appeared and tried to escape.
A golden light flashed by, and the Ghost King was split in two. He looked at Xu Anran in disbelief, then at the other Xu Anran holding the wheat, and pointed at her in surprise, asking, "What happened?"
Xu Anran rolled her eyes, snapped her fingers, and the Xu Anran who was holding the wheat ears turned into a monster covered in white fur with a rather cute appearance. This was the monster Bobo on Xu Anran's arm.
Xu Anran transformed it into her own image, while Xu Anran attempted to make herself transparent, deliberately revealing a flaw to lure out the Ghost King.
Xu Anran scolded in annoyance, "How can you be so useless! You call yourself the Ghost King? Is this all you've got? I thought you were going to ambush me, but after all this time, you're trying to run away?! You're so utterly useless!"
Amid Xu Anran's curses, the Ghost King turned to ashes with a humiliated expression.
As the crowd outside the Ghost Realm anxiously awaited Xu Anran and her companion, they saw Xu Anran reappear in the spot where she had just disappeared, carrying wheat ears.
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