Tonight was the Ghost Festival, so naturally, it was anything but ordinary.
According to the setting of "Heavenly Dust," after a person died, their dark side turned into a wisp of Ghost Qi. When several wisps of Ghost Qi gathered together, they became ghosts.
Simply put, when Zhang San died, his dark side became a wisp of qi. His qi then fused with the qi of Li Si and others, growing into a ghost.
Fierce Ghosts were fused entities, chaotic entities, new lives born from a series of coincidences.
Ordinary people were already that weak when alive. How could their souls become Fierce Ghosts on their own after death? Several strands of Ghost Qi blending together made more sense.
That was precisely why they were all such fools. They had no brains or Spiritual Wisdom, yet they were deeply sinister.
The Mountain Ghost Lu Xun had killed in the forest was one such creature.
These fools were extremely bloodthirsty, after all, they were composites of negative energy. Thus, in the game, players killed ghosts on sight.
According to the setting, there were no "good ghosts" in the entire world. Forget about charming female ghosts like Nie Xiaoqian; that had shattered countless players' dreams of becoming Undead Knights like Ning Caichen.
Killing Fierce Ghosts came with absolutely no guilt. It was practically enforcing justice on Heaven's behalf, giving players the thrill of feeling like heroes... and they gave a ton of Experience Points, too.
Like other games, "Heavenly Dust" held events during holidays. The Ghost Festival event was usually a "Fierce Ghost Slaughter Contest," with plenty of extra rewards to earn.
Lu Xun had participated a few times before and found it quite interesting, but he had always ranked several hundred places down. A lone wolf like him could not compete with guilds and studios.
Yet the sight before him was truly rather shocking.
On the bluestone road, amid the pouring rain, over a hundred Fierce Ghosts had gathered together, like a wild dance of demons!
Today was the Fierce Ghosts' carnival!
But it was strange. Even if today was the Ghost Festival, how had a mere Wei County produced so many Fierce Ghosts?
Had all the ghosts and monsters within a hundred miles gathered here to celebrate?
What was this? Did Fierce Ghosts go on autumn outings too?
At this moment, Lu Xun's eyes nearly popped out of his head. This was equivalent to over a hundred moving experience packs!
Amid the Fierce Ghosts, a little girl bounced about, laughing and giggling, looking especially excited.
She looked only eight or nine years old, with a Nezha hairstyle tied atop her head. She was the very picture of an adorable little loli.
The little loli wore red clothes, and a small bell was tied around each wrist, both bells flickering with faint golden light.
She continually dodged the Fierce Ghosts' repeated attacks, seemingly just playing around.
The rain was pouring so heavily that anyone outside would have been drenched like a drowned rat, yet somehow, not a drop touched her.
"Hahahaha... hic!" The little loli laughed halfway through, then let out an unladylike hiccup. She had eaten a little too much earlier and could not help rubbing her little belly.
She had already noticed two people at the entrance of Lai Fu Inn, so she turned to glance over.
Upon seeing Lu Xun's face, she froze slightly. She had merely given him a casual glance, but then could not help looking again.
Perhaps that moment of distraction was all it took. A Fierce Ghost struck the ribbon wrapped around her hair. One ribbon snapped, and half of her Nezha hairstyle came undone.
Lu Xun and Ji Li exchanged a look, both momentarily stunned.
Because they could vaguely see ears peeking through her hair, somewhat like... cat ears?
So her Nezha hairstyle had actually been a disguise? She had used her hair to wrap up and conceal two cat ears?
But she clearly also had two human ears. Didn't that make four ears?
Still, thinking back on the anime he had watched, whenever there were Cat-Ear Girls, either their hair covered the sides so it was impossible to tell whether they had human ears, or they simply had four ears.
Otherwise, it would look terribly mismatched...
A... a monster? Ji Li thought, her right hand gripping the Wedding Dress Sword tightening slightly.
Lu Xun beside her remained calm. What truly surprised him was the Cat-Eared Loli's strength.
Surrounded and attacked by nearly a hundred Fierce Ghosts, even at level thirty, he would find it extremely troublesome.
Their eyes might be their weak points, but with so many of them, there was no way he could stab them all.
Yet she appeared completely at ease, effortlessly relaxed.
More accurately, she was simply having fun right now. These Fierce Ghosts had most likely been gathered together by her through some special method.
Lu Xun turned to glance at Murong Yan. She was simply sitting by the door, watching the show without any intention of acting, as though she had complete confidence in the Cat-Eared Loli's strength.
They were probably acquainted.
Only when the little loli's ribbon snapped did Murong Yan's expression change slightly as she thought, Oh no!
Among the Fierce Ghosts, the Cat-Eared Loli raised an eyebrow.
She seemed angry.
The bells on her left and right wrists rang, "Jingle, jingle—"
A flash of golden light passed, and the bells transformed into two small blades.
Golden light flowed over the blades like swimming dragons.
Lu Xun tried to inspect the information on the two blades, but all that appeared before his eyes was "???" He could not even see the names of the blades.
Clearly, these two small blades were of rather high grade, while Lu Xun's level was too low for him to obtain any information about them.
The Cat-Eared Loli swept her gaze over the Fierce Ghosts and said in a childish voice, "I'll chop off your heads with one slash!"
Her voice was rather loud. After saying that, she swung both blades forward.
"Whoosh—" Blade qi spanning dozens of meters slashed outward in a fan shape!
Every Fierce Ghost in its path was beheaded! Then they exploded!
Their fatal weakness was their eyes, but if their heads had exploded, how could their eyes remain intact?
In just a brief moment, over a hundred Fierce Ghosts vanished into thin air.
And this bluestone road seemed to be protected by some kind of restriction, as the battle within had not affected the surrounding area.
"Damn it, at least leave one for me!" Lu Xun watched helplessly as a huge amount of Experience Points flashed past right before his eyes.
How could he still not understand now?
—She was an expert.
Aside from the extra pair of cat ears, she looked completely harmless, but her strength was absurdly formidable!
"At least level forty," Lu Xun thought.
She was definitely far stronger than Murong Yan!
At that moment, the Cat-Eared Loli tossed her Dual Blades into the air. They immediately transformed back into small bells and, with a "whoosh," tied themselves back around her wrists.
Since one ribbon had already snapped, she simply tore off the other one as well. Her Nezha hairstyle immediately fell loose, revealing two cat ears like those of a Little Black Cat.
The two cat ears twitched in the wind, as if stretching themselves.
The Cat-Eared Loli turned and walked into Lai Fu Inn. After casually glancing at Ji Li, she stopped looking at her and instead stared endlessly at Lu Xun.
She was simply too short and had to look up at Lu Xun. But she did not like looking up at others, so she simply floated into the air.
After a long pause, she finally spoke. Her voice was still loud and full of vigor:
"Mortal, I still lack a beautiful mount beneath my seat. Are you willing?"
I created several character roles. I hope Brother Xun, the male lead of this new book, won't rank dead last in heart counts. I want to break this curse!
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