Stomp, stomp, stomp!
As the footsteps approached, a terrifying-looking Shadowy Figure appeared at the corner at the end of the Third Floor Corridor of the Hospital.
This was an eerie and terrifying Child, about ten years old, with pitch-black and cyan skin, and a pair of pitch-black, pupil-less dead eyes staring straight at Su Mu Bai in the Third Floor Corridor.
This was not a person.
It was a Fierce Ghost!
“A Ghost Slave of the Starving Ghost? And it’s a Stage Three Ghost Slave!”
Su Mu Bai narrowed his Eyes, saying, “A Ghost Slave of the Starving Ghost at this stage, as long as it devours one Fierce Ghost, it can transform from a Ghost Slave that can be killed into a true Fierce Ghost!”
“And the way this Ghost Slave appeared…” Su Mu Bai looked towards the end of the corridor behind the Ghost Slave.
The end of the corridor was a staircase corner. In Su Mu Bai’s Ghost Domain, that area had been perfectly normal before, with no Ghost Slaves lingering there.
But at this moment.
A Stage Three Ghost Slave of the Starving Ghost walked out from that seemingly normal end of the corridor and appeared before Su Mu Bai.
“Is there a problem with the Ghost Domain’s Perception? Is the Starving Ghost’s Ghost Domain affecting me?” Su Mu Bai frowned, beginning to ponder.
Afterward, Su Mu Bai actually closed his Eyes and began to sense carefully, completely ignoring the Stage Three Ghost Slave not far from him in the corridor.
To Ordinary People, and even to Ghost Controllers, that Stage Three Ghost Slave was a harbinger of death, but Su Mu Bai did not take it seriously.
Even without using the Coffin Nail, Su Mu Bai was confident he could eliminate the opponent in an instant.
After all, a Stage Three Ghost Slave of the Starving Ghost was not yet a true Fierce Ghost; it could die!
Watching Su Mu Bai close his Eyes, the Ghost Slave in the corridor did not attack either, just stood quietly in place, gazing blankly ahead.
“So that’s how it is…”
After a while, Su Mu Bai opened his tightly closed Eyes, his expression somewhat gloomy as he looked behind the Stage Three Ghost Slave.
As Su Mu Bai expected, the environment at the end of the Hospital’s Third Floor Corridor had changed without him noticing. The end of the corridor was no longer a staircase corner, but connected to a Strange Land.
The original stairs had vanished, replaced by a passage, and on the other side of the passage was a Dim, pitch-black and cyan world, like an endless abyss!
“The Starving Ghost’s Ghost Domain has invaded, affecting my Ghost Domain, causing problems with my Perception,” Su Mu Bai muttered to himself.
What puzzled him was that since the Starving Ghost’s Ghost Domain had invaded this far, even counter-invading Su Mu Bai’s Ghost Domain, why wasn't his Black Mist Ghost Domain being suppressed entirely?
“According to the Ghost Eye’s classification, the Starving Ghost’s Ghost Domain Strength is equivalent to a three-layer Ghost Domain, while my Black Mist Ghost Domain only has a one-layer Ghost Domain Strength. If the two Ghost Domains collided, the Black Mist Ghost Domain should have been completely crushed.”
Su Mu Bai’s expression was not good, but he showed no fear; his Eyes even held a faint trace of excitement and anticipation.
Since he chose to come here, he had already prepared for the possibility of a direct confrontation with the Starving Ghost.
Therefore, although the Starving Ghost’s Ghost Domain invading this place was slightly beyond Su Mu Bai’s expectations, it was still within reason.
After all, this Hospital could already be considered one of the breeding grounds for the Starving Ghost’s Ghost Slaves.
Stomp, stomp, stomp!
Suddenly, the Ghost Slave that had been standing still began its Action, walking slowly toward Su Mu Bai with heavy steps.
Its pair of pitch-black, pupil-less Eyes scrutinized Su Mu Bai in the corridor with an eerie and fierce gaze, as if he had inadvertently triggered its Killing Rule.
“Seeking death!” Su Mu Bai glanced coldly at the Ghost Slave, slowly raising his right hand holding the Coffin Nail, pointing the sharp end of the Coffin Nail at the Ghost Slave.
Having read the Original Work, he was very clear about the Killing Rules for every stage of the Starving Ghost’s Ghost Slaves.
A Stage One Ghost Slave of the Starving Ghost would kill any Living Person it saw; a Stage Two Ghost Slave would kill any Living Person it touched.
A Stage Three Ghost Slave, however, would kill anyone who made a sound it could hear.
Therefore, to avoid triggering the Ghost Slave’s Killing Rule, one could only ensure it neither saw, touched, nor heard them.
As for a Stage Four Ghost Slave, that was another level entirely, fundamentally different from the previous three stages.
A Stage Four Ghost Slave was already a true Fierce Ghost!
And for a Ghost Slave of the Starving Ghost to evolve to Stage Four, there was only one possibility: devouring a true Fierce Ghost.
Thus, the Killing Rule for a Stage Four Ghost Slave, in addition to the rules of the previous three stages, would also be determined by the Fierce Ghost it devoured.
Of course, the Killing Rules of a Fierce Ghost are not immutable; under the control of the Starving Ghost, there is still a possibility of being attacked even if the Ghost Slave’s Killing Rule is not met!
“So… the Starving Ghost wants this Stage Three Ghost Slave of its to devour me, thereby evolving into a Stage Four Ghost Slave?!”
The Coffin Nail in Su Mu Bai’s hand was already raised high, ready to be thrust out at any moment.
Simultaneously, the terrifying-looking Ghost Slave arrived beside him, and Su Mu Bai could even feel a Chilling Aura rushing toward his face.
“Die!” Su Mu Bai’s Eyes turned cold, and he swung the Coffin Nail in his hand fiercely toward the Ghost Slave’s Head.
“Swish!”
The sound of the Coffin Nail slicing through the air rang out.
However, just as the rusty Coffin Nail was about to pierce the Ghost Slave’s forehead, it abruptly stopped, suspended in mid-air.
“Perhaps I can find another way to approach the Starving Ghost!”
A sharp light flickered in Su Mu Bai’s Eyes; it seemed he suddenly thought of something, and he abruptly halted his Action.
However, Su Mu Bai stopped his attack on the Ghost Slave, but the Starving Ghost’s Ghost Slave’s attack on him did not cease.
The terrifying-looking Ghost Slave extended its pitch-black and cyan little hands to grab Su Mu Bai’s arm and opened its mouth to bite down.
“Crunch,” “Crunch”…
The Ghost Slave bit down on Su Mu Bai’s arm, tearing off a large chunk of flesh and blood, and began chewing it in its mouth.
Su Mu Bai did not resist, standing quietly in place and watching, even allowing the source of the Dark as ink Mist to actively surge into the Ghost Slave’s mouth.
Time passes second by second…
Su Mu Bai stood there motionless, quietly watching the body he occupied being devoured bite by bite by the Ghost Slave.
This body was torn apart by the Starving Ghost’s Ghost Slave until flesh and blood flew everywhere, revealing bare bones!
Finally, Su Mu Bai abandoned that body and reformed into the slightly blurry, illusory Figure condensed from the source of the Black Mist.
“Bang!” Then, the Mist surged, and Su Mu Bai’s body finally exploded, turning into a mass of Mist that was devoured by the Starving Ghost’s Ghost Slave.
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