"Li Feng, my boy, you only just fused with the Ghost Eye today. Go home early and rest. I won't keep you here. I'll treat you another day, and we can have a proper get-together..."
At the entrance to the first-floor lobby, Zhou Xing patted Li Feng on the shoulder.
"I couldn't let you pay, Zhou. Next time, it's my treat!"
Li Feng said with a smile.
Building a good relationship with his superiors could only benefit him.
Besides, he had just received a five-hundred-thousand bonus a few days ago. Paying for a meal would be no problem.
"Goodbye, Li Jie, Zhou!"
"Li, Zhou, we're heading out!"
After they said goodbye to Li Jie and Zhou Xing, Old Chang started the car and quickly drove away from the Investigation Department.
On the way, Yuan Chengfang began explaining the precautions for using the Ghost Eye to Li Feng.
"Although the Ghost Eye has undergone special modifications and treatment, it's still a weird entity sub-body. Its power will still cause slight corrosion to your body.
"When you use the Ghost Eye Ability in particular, that corrosive power instantly more than doubles.
"So under normal circumstances, don't use the Ghost Eye's abilities casually..."
"Understood, Captain!"
Feeling the wisps of eerie power constantly radiating from his left eye and corroding the eye and the surrounding flesh, Li Feng nodded solemnly, thinking to himself.
So this was weird entity corrosion?
So this was what ordinary Ghost Tamers had to deal with.
If they couldn't remove it, it would be like feeling their lives slipping away every moment.
At any time, they might be completely consumed by the corrosion and become Ghost Servants.
Under that kind of psychological pressure...
No wonder he kept hearing that Ghost Tamers were unpredictable, cold, and heartless.
"Also, under normal circumstances, it's best not to look directly at other people with it.
"If you encounter someone as powerful as the Department Chief, you could suffer a severe backlash.
"Besides, powerful people can sense the Ghost Eye watching them.
"One wrong move could get you killed..."
Yuan Chengfang continued explaining.
In fact, she and Zhou Xing had both sensed Li Feng spying on them earlier.
After a pause, Yuan Chengfang spoke again.
"...We mainly use the Ghost Eye to examine traces of power left behind by weird entities, monsters, and demons, then follow those traces to find them.
"Not to look directly at other people. To some powerful individuals, that's no different from a deliberate provocation..."
Yuan Chengfang warned him again.
Remembering the blazing, sun-like sight he had seen on Wang Jianfeng earlier, Li Feng felt a lingering chill of fear.
Then he recalled how it had felt to be watched by a Ghost Eye.
Fortunately, Wang Jianfeng was the Investigation Department Chief, his superior, and one of their own.
Besides, Li Feng had only just fused with the Ghost Eye and had used it instinctively.
Otherwise, anyone subjected to that kind of scrutiny would have resented it.
Even if they did not kill Li Feng, they would certainly be displeased, and no one would object if they punished him.
Li Feng therefore resolved never to observe others with the Ghost Eye unless absolutely necessary.
Even if they were weaker than him or ordinary people, he would not casually examine them.
Who knew whether they were hiding their true strength?
The car drove smoothly along and soon returned to the South City Investigation Division Branch.
Li Feng left the Investigation Department and headed straight home.
Once home, Li Feng did not immediately begin cultivating as he usually did.
Feeling the power within his left eye, Li Feng began mobilizing his mind fog.
He had already decided to corrode the Ghost Eye with his mind fog.
Regardless of what treatment the Ghost Eye had undergone or how it had been made easier to control, that changed nothing.
But Li Feng would never allow a Paranormal Entity that did not belong to him to live inside his body.
If one did, it could only be a Ghost Servant completely under his control.
Besides, although the Ghost Cat's abilities fell short of the Ghost Eye's, the Ghost Cat could still see supernatural power.
As the Ghost Cat grew stronger, it might well reach the Ghost Eye's level.
Thus, he did not crave a Ghost Eye the way ordinary Investigators did.
If he could gain complete control of it through his mind fog's corrosion, that would naturally be best.
If not, devouring it completely would work too.
He had agreed to fuse with the Ghost Eye earlier only because it might be standard equipment for all Investigators, and he did not want special treatment.
Another reason was that he genuinely wanted to devour and corrode the Ghost Eye, turning it entirely into an ability of his own.
Once the mind fog enveloped his left eye, it immediately began corroding the Ghost Eye.
Bzzzt!
Under attack from an external force, the Ghost Eye instantly grew agitated. Its power surged as it began fighting the mind fog.
"Ngh!"
A wave of intense pain struck, and Li Feng could not help letting out a muffled groan.
His delicate eye could not withstand the clash between the two powers.
Li Feng frowned slightly and changed tactics with a thought.
He stopped using his mind fog to forcibly assault the Ghost Eye within his left eye.
Instead, he mobilized the Ghost Eye's power, drawing it out bit by bit and feeding it into the mind fog.
The mind fog instantly swarmed over it, relentlessly devouring and corroding it.
Although the Ghost Eye's power fluctuated slightly, how could such a small amount compete with the endless flow of mind fog?
In an instant, the Ghost Eye's power was devoured, while a tiny wisp was corroded by the mind fog and became Ghost Eye power belonging to Li Feng.
Li Feng then began extracting the Ghost Eye's power little by little.
The endless stream of wisps actually expanded his mind fog considerably, taking it from fifteen meters to sixteen.
And power continued to flow out of his left eye without end.
Sensing this, Li Feng could not help feeling a little surprised.
Surely there hadn't been this much power when it first entered his left eye?
Unless the Ghost Eye living in his left eye was drawing power from the Ghost Eye Main Body through some sort of connection.
Li Feng did not know whether to laugh or cry. He had never expected the Ghost Eye to possess such an ability, but now he was reaping the benefits.
At the same time, however, his heart tightened.
The Ghost Eye was actually connected to the Ghost Eye Main Body. If the main body lost control, wouldn't it be able to pinpoint him instantly through the Ghost Eye Sub-Entity?
Then his life would no longer be in his own hands.
This only strengthened his resolve to completely corrode or devour the Ghost Eye.
As time passed, his mind fog, mind space, and everything else all grew substantially.
However, the Ghost Eye within his left eye seemed to realize something was wrong. It gradually grew agitated, swelling and throbbing continuously and sending waves of intense pain through his left eye.
Li Feng sensed a faint, elusive gaze watching him.
At this point, Li Feng knew that his continuous extraction might have alerted the Ghost Eye Main Body.
Li Feng immediately stopped extracting its power.
At the same time, Li Feng began directing the power of the Ghost Eye he had corroded back into his left eye.
Because their origins were almost identical, the Ghost Eye did not reject the Ghost Eye power under Li Feng's control. Instead, it naturally merged with it.
Then, perhaps because it sensed that its power was no longer draining away and was even flowing back into it, a change occurred.
The Ghost Eye's agitation gradually subsided, and the elusive sensation of being watched slowly disappeared as well.
By the time the Ghost Eye in his left eye had completely settled down, its power was nearly twice what it had been at the beginning.
However, most of its power had now been corroded by Li Feng.
As a result, Li Feng's control over it reached a new level.
He even felt that he could move the Ghost Eye elsewhere.
After a moment's thought, Li Feng tried to direct the Ghost Eye out of his left eye.
The Ghost Eye twitched slightly and actually shifted position.
Sensing this, Li Feng felt a surge of joy.
His eye was delicate and close to his brain, preventing him from using his mind fog to corrode and devour it at full strength. Elsewhere, however, things would be different.
Little by little, the Ghost Eye moved out of his left eye.
An ink-black eye with an eerie gleam and a hint of crimson deep within its pupil appeared beneath Li Feng's left eye, looking strange and terrifying.
Gradually, that eerie eye began moving down Li Feng's face like a swimming fish, passing along his chin, neck, and arm before finally reaching the back of his left hand.
Whoosh!
Dense mind fog instantly rose from the skin on the back of Li Feng's hand, wrapping tightly around the Ghost Eye and rapidly corroding and devouring it.
At the same time, streams of cool energy gathered within that patch of skin, also enveloping the Ghost Eye and devouring its power as they corroded it.
The Ghost Eye power already under Li Feng's control erupted inside it as well.
Bzzzt!
Bang! Bang!
The Ghost Eye instantly went berserk, battering wildly in every direction as it fought against the mind fog and the power within his skin.
But it faced layer upon layer of containment, powerful devouring and corrosion, and interference from the power inside it.
The Ghost Eye could not escape. Even though it could draw wisps of power from its main body, it weakened rapidly and was on the verge of being turned into Li Feng's own Ghost Servant.
But the next moment, the Ghost Eye's pupil abruptly contracted, and its remaining power exploded.
Although the self-detonation of that little remaining power could not do much damage to Li Feng, it still struck him.
It tore a large chunk of skin clean off the back of his hand.
"Hiss!"
Even though he had frequently endured the pain of Skin Tempering before, this was different.
Having a chunk suddenly ripped off still made Li Feng suck in a sharp breath, grimacing in pain.
Looking at the bloody mess on the back of his hand, Li Feng gave a smile uglier than a sob.
Once someone fused with a Paranormal Entity, dealing with it really was not so easy. There were too many things to worry about.
Any abnormal movement from the Paranormal Entity could inflict severe harm on its host.
And this was merely a Ghost Eye Sub-Entity that had already been modified and treated.
Fortunately, he had finally eliminated this hidden danger.
Li Feng looked at the back of his hand again. It had barely bled.
In just one or two breaths, the area where the skin had been torn away was already showing faint signs of scabbing over.
More remarkably, the surrounding skin was wriggling slightly, growing inward to cover a narrow ring of the wound.
At this rate, it would probably heal completely before evening.
Li Feng had never expected that reaching perfection in Skin Tempering would also grant his skin and flesh such extraordinary self-healing abilities.
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