Flames Within the Vicious Ghost

Outside the elevator.

A terrifying space resembling purgatory.

A middle-aged man holding an iron rod slowly appeared at the elevator entrance, standing motionless as he stared at the group.

Unlike the other ghosts.

There was not a trace of flame on him, nor any sign of burning. Though the red padded jacket he wore was somewhat old, it was spotlessly clean. There was not even a speck of ash or dirt on his cheeks.

However, some black soil clung to the nails of both his hands, making him look as if he had just clawed through the earth.

"These flames won't burn it..." Zhu Zhongwen's expression tightened.

"Perhaps it's one of the sources of this sea of fire." Jiang Qiao also noticed that all the flames around where the strange figure stood were slightly pushed aside.

It seemed even the ghostly flames feared it.

"I remember that in traditional medicine, the heart governs fire. It's in a sea of fire, and there's also the character for 'heart' on its chest. Could they be related?" Lin Rui guessed.

"Back at the hospital, didn't the words 'vein' also hang at the entrance of the Fire Escape?"

"Perhaps they carry some kind of meaning."

In the hospital corridor, the elevator directly faced the emergency exit.

The group had all seen that sign.

But no one had paid it any mind at the time.

"There's no point discussing this. This Vicious Ghost is extremely dangerous. We have to kill it, or there's no way for us to leave the elevator." Jiang Qiao pressed the elevator's close-door button several times.

There was no response.

Some supernatural force on this floor had forcibly stopped the elevator, preventing them from leaving.

And this force most likely came from the Vicious Ghost outside the door.

So they had