Yu Ming's Betrayal

"Hmm!?"

The moment Zhang Chen had the Ghoul mouth swallow the book, a dull, nauseating sensation spread through his entire body. At the same time, the old man's voice from the Underworld echoed in his mind. Having slain an evil spirit, Zhang Chen directly gained fifty thousand contribution points and advanced from a Level 2 Jailer Minister to a Level 1 Jailer Minister.

The deeper Black Space closed, while Zhang Chen remained standing on the beach without immediately dispelling his ghostification state.

"Leave this place! Quickly, or you'll die."

Zhang Chen stared at Parker, who was a hundred meters away, and transmitted those low, emotionless words directly into his mind.

Parker had been a prison envoy for more than fifty years. Having witnessed all manner of worldly affairs, he naturally knew that the white-haired young man before him was not trying to scare him. With the manners of a particularly courteous European gentleman, Parker made a gesture of thanks toward Zhang Chen before rapidly heading in the direction Raphael had departed.

"Senior Tengu, since he only saw me and didn't notice you, could you spare his life?" Zhang Chen crossed through space and arrived in the woods atop the small hill a thousand meters from where he had initially stood, speaking to Tengu with utmost sincerity.

Tengu, who had intended to kill, turned to glance at the ghostified Zhang Chen with great interest. During the time Zhang Chen asked and Tengu hesitated, Parker had already fled far away, leaving Tengu unable to strike effectively.

"Interesting. I'll put this life on your account." Tengu said nothing more.

The discomfort caused by swallowing the diary grew increasingly intense inside Zhang Chen, and his ghostification state vanished.

Once he returned to normal, Zhang Chen's resistance weakened. An overwhelming wave of nausea made him