"Got you~"
Even though my ears had been pierced, that cold, hoarse voice still echoed in my mind, like a curse from the depths of Hell.
Zhang Shucheng's blood seemed to freeze in an instant; fear rendered him unable to move.
He knew he had nowhere to run.
He gripped the hammer tightly and slammed it down hard at the grotesque face in mid-air.
If you can't escape it, you can only face it!
The hammer was a powerful Supernatural Item, and he placed his hopes on it.
Unfortunately, the strange face was too fast and easily dodged his attack.
The next second, the grotesque face revealed a ferocious smile and used incredible strength to pin Zhang Shucheng to the ground.
Zhang Shucheng struggled, trying to break free from the invisible force binding him, but his body seemed to be rusted, and he remained unable to move.
A sense of despair gradually crept into my heart.
The grotesque face slowly approached, exuding a chilling and ominous aura.
Zhang Shucheng felt the threat of death and struggled even more desperately.
However, it was all in vain.
The strange face blinked.
Click, click--
Zhang Shucheng's limbs were broken, appearing in a twisted and bizarre posture.
He collapsed to the ground in agony, clenching his teeth tightly, yet a few muffled groans still escaped from between his lips.
Just then, the strange face floating in mid-air vanished like Phantom, leaving only emptiness.
As the grotesque face disappeared, a strange fluctuation began to spread around, as if invisible tentacles were tearing apart the spatial barrier.
Immediately afterwards, a tall and upright figure slowly walked out.
He was a young man with fair skin and handsome features, yet he exuded an eerie aura. His mere presence added an inexplicable sense of unease to the surrounding environment.
"It's him!" Zhang Shucheng's eyes widened.
It was actually the person in charge of Linjiang City!
Zhang Shucheng's orders were to come to this city to cause trouble and maliciously target the person in charge. Naturally, he needed to find out about the target beforehand.
He had already realized that he had underestimated the abilities of this mysterious person in charge.
Looking at it now, it's even more shocking!
"How is this possible?" Zhang Shucheng muttered to himself in disbelief.
Why would a powerful Ghost Tamer be stationed in such a relatively unimportant city?!
Looking up, I saw Hu Jiu holding a cell phone, making a call.
Zhang Shucheng's ear is injured, so he can't hear what he's saying.
"Yes, I've captured a member of Evernight, and he's confessed that the Eternal Night Organization deliberately orchestrated the Black Cloud Incident."
"Their goal is to seize one of the Fierce Ghost I possess."
Hu Jiu deliberately obscured whether the Fierce Ghost I "possessed" were "controlled" or "contained" by me.
"The Source Ghost of the Black Cloud is extremely troublesome. We need to get Headquarters and the Eternal Night Organization in touch as soon as possible. Either have them deal with the Black Cloud, or have them tell us Black Cloud weaknesses and patterns. Otherwise, I won't be able to resolve it in the short term."
"Oh? The reward resources allocated to me by Headquarters have already been distributed? Well, we'll have to wait until I get through this current crisis."
After ending the call with the operator, Hu Jiu turned his gaze to Zhang Shucheng, who looked like a dead dog.
Zhang Shucheng spoke, seemingly wanting to say something.
But under Hu Jiu's gaze, a strange, Supernatural power, like a ghost in the darkness, silently invaded his consciousness.
His body trembled slightly, as if resisting the corrosive influence of the Supernatural.
After a moment, his expression gradually became empty and numb, with deep confusion and bewilderment flickering in his eyes, but he quickly changed to a completely new look, as if he had just woken up from an absurd dream.
"I've wandered half my life, only regretting that I haven't met a wise ruler..."
"The organization's leader ordered me to release the Black Cloud Fierce Ghost in Linjiang City..."
Hu Jiu frowned as he listened to Zhang Shucheng's impassioned treachery. This guy didn't have a high status in Evernight; he only had access to superficial information.
Just like Yin Wenxian and Xiao Yu's understanding of Playing Cards, they seem to know a lot, but in reality, they can't grasp the core of it at all.
Based on Zhang Shucheng's words, the only thing Hu Jiu could be sure of was that Xiao Yu had not lied to him.
Just then, an unusual movement suddenly came from the edge of the Black Cloud Ghost Domain outside Linjiang City.
Hu Jiu sensed it; someone was attempting to infiltrate.
It wasn't a violent invasion, but rather a strange way of creating a hole in the Ghost Domain.
"Go and turn yourself in." After saying this to Zhang Shucheng, whose limbs were all broken, Hu Jiu disappeared on the spot.
The next second, he arrived at the place outside Linjiang City where the strange activity had occurred, and immediately spotted Han Yang.
Han Yang was thin, with a sallow complexion and heavy dark circles under her eyes, exactly the same as when she first met Hu Jiu, as if she had overindulged in excessive sexual activity and might die suddenly at any moment.
At that moment, Han Yang slowly raised his right hand, and a strange change occurred at the tip of his index finger. The finger bone gradually lengthened, becoming slender and hard, and eventually it became a delicate key shape!
The key formed from the index finger emitted a dim light and easily pierced the barrier of the Ghost Domain, creating a passage.
However, Hu Jiu's arrival interrupted this process.
The moment Han Yang spotted Hu Jiu, her pupils constricted, and disbelief flashed in her eyes.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but before he could utter a word, his body instinctively jerked backward.
The moment he jumped, the spot where he had just been standing was covered in frost, and you could even clearly hear the crackling sound of it freezing!
"Damn it!" He glared at Hu Jiu, then his face turned into a cold smile:
"Don't misunderstand, I mean no harm. I'm here to help. This Supernatural incident in Linjiang City is quite troublesome, isn't it? I can help you handle it, as long as you..."
He had only spoken halfway when several instant-death curses were already cast upon him.
Daring to lie in front of Hu Jiu, the Master of Lies, is truly like showing off one's limited skills before an expert.
Han Yang's expression changed drastically, but then Hu Jiu said calmly, "Headquarters has already investigated and uncovered Evernight's conspiracy. The numerous Supernatural events that occurred in Linjiang City today were all orchestrated by you."
"You do bad things and then pretend to be a good person? Do you think your petty tricks can fool Headquarters?"
"Headquarters has laid a trap for Evernight Night. If you surrender now, you can atone for your sins, and it's not too late."
Han Yang turned and ran without wasting a second.
"Your accomplice, Zhang Shucheng, has surrendered to Headquarters. Not only will Headquarters protect his safety, but they will also entrust him with important responsibilities in the future. He is your role model!"
Han Yang didn't know how much of Hu Jiu's words were true and how much was false, and she didn't have time to discern. She turned around, extended her right hand, and swiftly twirled her index finger, which had transformed into a key, in the air.
A hazy, eerie door appeared out of nowhere.