Mu Ye's Purpose

The bloody scent, tinged with a faint sourness, still lingered in the air. It was the trail left behind after the failed ambush on Chu Han, when two tentacles had been severed.

That Ghost Species had not left. He was still lurking nearby!

Just as Chu Han focused completely, preparing to flush out the Ghost Species and deliver a fatal blow, another unexpected change occurred—

Pop! Pop! Pop!

A rapid series of sounds suddenly rang out, accompanied by the cries of animals that immediately cut off as if their throats had been strangled.

Chu Han was startled and instantly dashed toward the source of the sounds below!

Unfortunately, he was already too late. Lu Bingze's animal companions who had come to guide him had all fallen to the ground in an instant, each reduced to a dried corpse. Even their blood and hearts had been completely drained!

What terrifying speed—and what meticulous planning!

Everything had unfolded like a carefully arranged sequence. They had waited for Chu Han to arrive, to pass through that alley packed with zombies where there was nowhere to step, then force him to leap onto the roofs of the low houses. Next came the diversion: after ambushing Chu Han and distracting him, they had quietly slipped among the animals guiding him and slaughtered every one of these creatures so vital to Chu Han!

At that moment, the Ghost Species finally revealed his full form. He was less than one and a half meters tall, but his entire body was covered in black tentacles. His upper body was bloated, and every patch of exposed skin was blanketed by writhing tentacles that continuously slid around and made frightening chewing sounds.

The instant Chu Han saw this Ghost Species, he identified his rank from his physique. This was at