Frenzied Harvesting, Star Sea Realm Ninth Level

Green Forest City, West District, was home to a vast cluster of buildings.

The residence of Malicious Spirit Qiongshan crouched in the shadows like a dormant giant beast.

The gray-black courtyard walls were covered in withered vines, with chains glowing faintly woven between them. Whenever the night wind passed through, they let out soft, fragmented whimpers.

The buildings of the residence were all constructed from dark-purple stone, their tiles an eerie blue-black. Wind chimes strung from skulls hung beneath the eaves, clacking with the sound of bones whenever the wind blew.

The doors and windows were all shaped like twisted ghost faces, their wooden frames covered in mottled dark-brown stains that looked like congealed blood.

Not a trace of green could be seen in the courtyard. Only several dead, crooked-necked trees stood there, their branches stretching toward the sky like ghostly claws.

A thin layer of gray mist covered the ground. Footsteps made no sound upon it, yet ghostly shadows could faintly be seen drifting within the fog.

The air was thick with decay and chill. Even sunlight dimmed when it reached this place.

The entire residence was shrouded in ghostly aura so dense it could not be dissolved, exuding a suffocating gloom.

"Thud, thud, thud—"

Hurried footsteps exploded through the silent corridor like heavy hammers striking everyone's heart.

The butler, his face deathly pale, rushed to a room door. Even the strength he used to knock was trembling. "Master! Something terrible has happened!"

Malicious Spirit Qiongshan's fingers, which had been stroking a bone wine cup, suddenly froze. The ghostfire around the rim nearly went out.

"What are you panicking for? How many times have I told you to stay calm when trouble comes!

Whatever it is, speak slowly. The sky isn't falling!"

His deep voice carried displeasure, yet a