Fierce Ghosts! An Organization That Worshipped an Ancient God

Ten minutes later, Su Yang stood in an open field, clutching the car door as he vomited nonstop.

Ten minutes! Just ten minutes! Zhao Shengshen had driven from the city center to the northern suburbs.

That was no longer driving. He was gambling with their damn lives!

Su Yang would never have imagined that the moment Zhao Shengshen gripped the steering wheel, he would become a different person, transforming into a road demon!

The endless stream of pedestrians and vehicles on the streets was like a stimulant to Zhao Shengshen, making him press down on the accelerator and refuse to let up.

Even now, Zhao Shengshen remained in the car, his face full of lingering enjoyment.

He gently stroked the steering wheel with both hands and sighed softly.

"This thing feels great once you get your hands on it!"

"So damn good!"

In the distance, a blonde woman in a long Gothic dress and a black veil shook her head and sighed.

"Another child victimized by the director's driving."

She walked silently over to Su Yang, took out a handkerchief, and offered it to him.

"Little brother, don't ride in the director's car again..."

"Not riding in the director's car is something everyone in our bureau agrees on."

Su Yang took the handkerchief from the woman and wiped the corner of his mouth, his face deathly pale.

Even though he had awakened a Sequence Ability and his physical condition had improved greatly, he still couldn't withstand Zhao Shengshen's torment.

"Thank you, Sister Lina. I'll remember that... Not even a dog would ride in the director's car!"

Zhao Shengshen had already introduced this tall blonde woman to Su Yang in the car.

Her name was Lina, and she was a member of the Soul-Reaping Bureau who possessed an ability of the second sequence.

Although she was only a few years older than Su Yang, she had recently become a third-rank Sword-Guardian.

She would also take part in this mission.

Only after resting beside the car for quite a while did Su Yang feel a little better.

"Thank you for the handkerchief, Sister Lina."

As Su Yang held out the handkerchief to Lina, he caught sight of some vomit left on it out of the corner of his eye, and his hand paused.

A moment later, Su Yang pulled the handkerchief back and said awkwardly,

"I'm really sorry. I'll wash your handkerchief and return it to you next time."

Lina smiled with pursed lips and shook her head gently.

"It's all right. You can return it whenever you like."

With a creak, Zhao Shengshen got out of the car.

He patted Su Yang on the shoulder, his eyes full of teasing.

"What, are you planning to keep Lina's handkerchief for yourself in secret?"

"Kid, are you harboring improper intentions toward our Miss Lina at the Soul-Reaping Bureau?"

Su Yang blushed.

He had to admit, Lina's looks were exactly to Su Yang's taste.

With her deep green eyes, high nose bridge, and exotic charm, she was almost as beautiful as Ren Yexue.

And whatever ground Lina lost to Ren Yexue in looks, she could easily make up for with her figure.

But Su Yang really had only wanted to be polite and wash the handkerchief before returning it to Lina.

"Director, isn't it because you drove too fast?"

"What does my driving fast have to do with you keeping her handkerchief?"

"I'm just being polite. I want to wash it before I give it back to her..."

Seeing Zhao Shengshen and Su Yang trading quips, Lina pressed a hand to her forehead and sighed.

"Director, stop teasing little brother Su Yang. Let's go to the cemetery in the northern suburbs first! The dead Omniscients there are about to mutate."

The words "Northern Suburb Cemetery" instantly caught Su Yang's attention.

Su Yang stopped trading quips with Zhao Shengshen and turned to Lina, his voice full of surprise.

"Northern Suburb Cemetery?! Our mission is at the Northern Suburb Cemetery?"

Wasn't the Northern Suburb Cemetery where he had first met Gai Fengyan?

Su Yang's reaction surprised Lina and Zhao Shengshen somewhat.

Meeting Su Yang's astonished gaze, Lina nodded gently.

"That's right. Our mission this time is to go to the Northern Suburb Cemetery. Dozens of dead Omniscients are buried there."

Dead Omniscients?

Could the people those epitaphs belonged to be dead Omniscients from the Soul-Reaping Bureau?

Su Yang took a deep breath and abruptly looked around.

He discovered that the little road where Zhao Shengshen had stopped the car was the same one he had walked down before.

At the end of this road was the cemetery where Su Yang and Gai Fengyan had first met!

Zhao Shengshen took in every change in Su Yang's expression. Frowning, he asked him,

"What is it? Su Yang, have you been here before? But didn't you only just awaken your Sequence Ability?"

"How do you know about this place? Apart from people in the Soul-Reaping Bureau, practically no one knows about it."

Hearing Zhao Shengshen's questions, Su Yang was at a loss for words.

He had come here because the Dead Man's Book had guided him, of course, but he wasn't ready to let the people of the Soul-Reaping Bureau know it existed.

After a moment of silence, Su Yang answered,

"Gai Fengyan brought me here."

"Oh, no wonder. If Mr. Gai brought you here, that makes sense."

Understanding dawned on Lina. "After all, Mr. Gai's fiancée is buried here."

"Gai Fengyan's fiancée?"

Su Yang's eyebrows twitched. That happened? Gai Fengyan's fiancée is buried here too?

A wistful look appeared on Lina's face, and her eyes were filled with recollection.

"It's a long story. All I know is that ten years ago, the Fierce Ghosts went to war with our Soul-Reaping Bureau, and Mr. Gai's fiancée died in that war."

"The Fierce Ghosts?"

"Yes, the Fierce Ghosts!"

Zhao Shengshen's voice came from behind Su Yang.

At the mention of the Fierce Ghosts, Zhao Shengshen's voice turned cold.

He took a cigarette from his suit pocket and lit it with a lighter.

"The Fierce Ghosts are also a mysterious organization, but the people in it don't worship the Human Race Seven Gods. They worship another Ancient God."

"Another Ancient God?"

Su Yang was a little confused. Were there other gods in this world?

"Yes. The mysteries of this world are far beyond your imagination. Besides the Human Race Seven Gods, there are many other gods. We call them all Ancient Gods."

"Some Ancient Gods are good and some are bad, some are kind and some are evil. Some bear goodwill toward humanity, while others loathe it."

"The Fierce Ghosts worship an Ancient God who bears goodwill toward the Human Race, but for some reason, ten years ago, they began indiscriminately slaughtering ordinary people."

At this point, Zhao Shengshen's eyes turned cold.

He took a hard drag on the cigarette in his hand and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.

"Hundreds of thousands of people—hundreds of thousands of them were killed by the Fierce Ghosts! The souls of those they killed were taken by that Ancient God. Not even a demigod could bring them back to life."

"Before that, our Soul-Reaping Bureau still allowed organizations that worshipped other Ancient Gods to exist.

"But since that war, every organization that worships other gods has been an enemy of our Soul-Reaping Bureau."