I swallowed, but after seeing so much of the world, all I felt was fear. I took a few more steps forward, pulled out a stack of Skyfire Talismans, and hurled them straight ahead. Then my toes left the ground, and I drifted into the air!
The three team members were jolted by the laughter. They pulled out the bells from that so-called "Master Su." Without hesitation, all three began shaking them. The jingling rang throughout the secret room. A cold smile appeared on my lips. The Soul-Calming Bells did have some effect on ghosts in places that were not too malevolent. But shaking them in a place this sinister was no different from flaunting a target and seeking death. If there really were vicious ghosts lurking here, they were guaranteed to die without even a burial place!
"It looks like... it's working... Master Su said that if we shake these bells in a dangerous place, ghosts can't come near. Let's go capture this brat!" the team member shaking the bell said, then put it away first. I swept my Heaven's Eye over the surroundings, and sure enough, the Soul-Calming Bell had some effect. The atmosphere, which had originally been sinister to the extreme, had eased and gained a trace of sunlight-like energy. The effect was obvious from how fiercely even my own Skyfire Talismans were burning.
"Brat! Thanks to your fire talismans, we can see you clearly in this room. You can't escape. Surrender obediently, and we'll spare your life!" Another team member pounced at me. All three of them held a net, presumably to scoop me up.
I immediately probed deeper inside, but the moment I turned my head, I heard a scream. Only then did I realize that something had acted during that brief turn of my