When Ji Li looked up, he caught sight of layer upon layer of cold threads falling from the sky, soaking the sunken courtyard of Old Yu Street.
The fire in his heart was being extinguished, the white mist was thinning, and the ghosts lined up to ascend the buildings began to stir.
At the Root Ghost's command, they were about to launch a frenzied counterattack against this man who should have died long ago.
One mistake demanded a tremendous price to make amends, yet what came of it was often another, even graver mistake.
That was true of humans, and ghosts were no different.
Not only had Ji Li glimpsed the root of Old Yu Street ahead of time, he had used it as a lead to uncover the rule of ascending the buildings in formation, and had even sent someone up ahead of the others.
That moment then was just like this moment now.
The Root Ghost's mistake had already grown beyond repair, and in the end, it would inevitably become the decisive blade that "killed it."
Because once the pseudo-rule of ascending in formation appeared at the wrong time, killing Ji Li had become far more difficult.
Judging by how events should originally have unfolded, Ji Li's drawing out a vast number of ghosts was a self-destructive tactic akin to "mutual destruction."
For the sake of his long-term plans, weighing the mission as a whole, he could use the ghost tide to break through the Root Ghost's defenses later.
But at the same time, he would face the danger of being surrounded by that massive ghost tide. This had been the Root Ghost's intention all along.
However, the Five Elements Talisman barrier had fused the Ghost Heart, the evil spirit, and the Dream Ghost together, causing the entire