Six Witches

More than ten minutes later, Green prepared to tell Viscount Paul and Vincent about the situation. He left the gardener Gilmore's room and headed up toward the upper levels of the castle along the corridor.

However, after walking for a while, he realized something was wrong. This corridor, which originally had a turn every dozen meters or so, had gone on for so long without reaching its end.

"Not good! What kind of illusion is this? I fell into it without even realizing." Green's heart sank as he immediately entered the Graveyard.

Green was startled. Despite being so extremely cautious, he had still fallen for the illusion. If not for the sliver of true spirit preserved in the Graveyard, and if not for Maxim and several Ghosts holding them back, he would surely have been trapped in a hopeless, deadly predicament by now!

Amid his shock, a surge of anger welled up in Green's heart. He immediately channeled his magic power, activated the Ghost Eye, and shouted, "Get in here!"

In an instant, an invisible suction force targeted the nearest white shadow to Green.

At this moment, the white shadows besieging him also realized Green had awakened. They let out shrill screeches and retreated one after another, seemingly greatly frightened. Yet one of them was locked onto by the Ghost Eye.

The Ghost Eye naturally restrained spirit bodies. Although these white shadows were not Ghosts, they were unusual spirit bodies. Dragged by the suction force, it could not resist at all. After holding out for merely a few seconds, it was sucked into the Ghost Eye. Until the very last moment, that white shadow struggled desperately and revealed its true form—a beautiful young girl, tears streaming down her face as she begged bitterly for mercy. Unfortunately, she could not speak at all, only emitting mournful, windlike wails.

Green remained expressionless. He did not soften his heart simply because she had once been an innocent, beautiful girl. Such anomalies were best at toying with human hearts. Anyone who believed them was a complete fool.

At last, after storing that white shadow in the Ghost Eye, Green snorted. The surrounding mist dispersed, and the remaining four or five troublesome white shadows had long since vanished. The corridor was empty and silent. As all the illusions faded, it returned to its original state.

A corpse hung from the wooden beam of the corridor, swaying back and forth. Inside the gardener's room, the already-dead Gilmore lay face-down on the ground, his eyes wide open, pupils dilated, face suffocated blue-purple. He had been dead for quite some time. Steward Laurence, who had supposedly left earlier, lay several meters away, dead or alive unknown.

Green walked over and tested his breathing. His breaths were still fairly strong; he had merely fallen unconscious.

It had to be said that Steward Laurence was tough as nails. As an ordinary old man, he had encountered an anomaly head-on and somehow had not died! Once the surrounding mist dispersed and the illusion was lifted, he quickly woke up. Though still shaken to the bone, he was otherwise unharmed.

Green ordered the Evil Spirit Maxim to inspect the two corpses. Before long, he discovered traces of Demonic Insect parasitism inside the gardener Gilmore's body. This made Green even more certain that the man was a believer of the Tower of Yin Spirits. He had once been used as a Demonic Insect Parasite and had likely infiltrated the Wilson Family as a spy.

Green told Steward Laurence this speculation and had him immediately inform Viscount Paul.

Steward Laurence had just taken a trip through the gates of hell. Remaining here to face two corpses made him feel as though he were sitting on pins and needles. The moment he heard Green's order, he immediately agreed and hurried away, leaving Green alone.

Green took out the Ghost Eye. He had deliberately found an excuse to send Laurence away just now because he wanted to see exactly what the girl spirit he had imprisoned was.

Based on Green's observations and contact, he could almost conclude that these spirit bodies causing trouble in the castle were anomalies. However, their methods were rather strange. They were not particularly powerful themselves, but they excelled at illusions. They also rarely killed personally, instead using illusions to induce their victims into suicide. By the standards of supernatural ranking, these spirit bodies were only Intermediate Apprentices. Otherwise, when Green had fallen into the illusion earlier, Maxim and several Ghosts would not have been able to hold them off.

These unusual traits made Green deeply interested in the spirit body he had captured.

Green sank his divine consciousness into the Ghost Eye. When he saw the situation inside, he could not help but be startled.

The last time he cleared the Tower of Yin Spirits instance dungeon, several souls had remained behind, occupying eight slots. Because he lacked souls and the success rate of forcibly converting them into Ghosts was too low, Green had temporarily stored them in the Ghost Eye. What he had not expected was that, when his divine consciousness entered again, he discovered that the remaining eight slots had actually been filled by a single soul!

Green's heart stirred, and he could not help but marvel at the soul's tremendous power. A soul of this intensity had already surpassed the apprentice level. Even Formal Rank supernatural beings could not reach this level without special soul training. Yet despite such a powerful soul, its strength was extremely feeble. Why was that?

Green could not make head or tail of it, and his curiosity deepened. He immediately channeled his magic power.

In an instant, the Ghost Eye was pushed nearly to its limit. Light blossomed from it as it trembled faintly, taking a full half minute before gradually calming down. When Green checked again, the conversion had succeeded. Because the strength of that single soul was too high, this Ghost conversion had an obvious directionality. In the end, the Ghost took the form of a young girl with a human body and a snake tail.

At the same time, the young girl Ghost with a human body and snake tail regained consciousness. She had actually retained most of her intelligence. Upon discovering that she was trapped, she immediately began struggling, unleashing a powerful force of vibration. Afraid of damaging the Ghost Eye, Green also dared not release the newborn Ghost into the outside world. He hurriedly sent the Ghost Eye into the Graveyard while releasing the young girl Ghost with a human body and snake tail...

At once, the Psychic Energy stored in the Graveyard began plummeting, dropping by more than sixty points before finally stopping.

Green was secretly astonished. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and his interest in the young girl Ghost with a human body and snake tail grew even greater. According to the Graveyard's assessment, recruiting the Evil Spirit Maxim had required only 45 Psychic Energy, while this young girl Ghost had consumed sixty Psychic Energy merely to receive the Graveyard's recognition.

After receiving recognition, the young girl Ghost with a human body and snake tail appeared near the ruins of the Abandoned Tower. She floated blankly in midair, confused one moment and puzzled the next, as though she were rebooting after a crash.

Green hurriedly checked her attributes:

Evil Spirit Six Sisters of Xignos (Six Witches), one of the deceased souls of the Six-Headed Snake Woman transformed into a Ghost. (Gather the deceased souls of the Six Sisters of Xignos and find Xignos's corpse to upgrade into a Corpse Witch.) Combat power: 11.5. Price: 95. Magic: Mist Illusion Realm, Banshee's Charm...

"Xignos... Six Witches... So that was it."

After reading the attribute description, Green had already guessed that the other spirit bodies that escaped were the other five Xignos Banshees.