The road to the underworld is wide-have a safe journey

In Apartment 402, Liu Mei'e had finished washing the dishes and was hovering by the door, looking worried.

The young stranger earlier hadn't listened to her warning and had still gone upstairs late at night. Outsiders might not know, but the building's residents all had some inkling that something was wrong with the sixth floor.

But two neighbors who had warned outsiders before had both died mysteriously, so the women didn't dare spell things out.

"Ah, he's probably dead already." Liu Mei'e shook her head and sighed.

Soon after the young man went upstairs, several loud noises had rung out, like someone chopping something. She knew that, come morning, the Law Enforcement Office and a forensic examiner would probably arrive to carry out a body.

Thud, thud, thud!

Just then, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside, as though someone were fleeing in panic, leaping down several steps at a time.

Liu Mei'e froze for a moment, then hurriedly pressed herself against the door and peered through the peephole.

Could he still be alive?

About three seconds later, a horrifying figure entered her view. Her left shoulder was gone along with a large chunk of flesh, exposing her organs. Her right arm was missing too, seemingly torn off by brute force.

It was a female ghost, her loose black hair dripping blood. Her eyes, nothing but whites, swept toward Liu Mei'e, making her stiffen as every hair on her body stood on end.

G-ghost!

Overwhelming terror nearly drove her mad. She opened her mouth to scream, but the sound caught in her throat.

Liu Mei'e felt certain that, in the next instant, the female ghost would burst through the door and tear her to pieces.

Yet the ghost rushing down merely glanced at her before continuing downstairs without the slightest pause. Her retreating figure looked rather bedraggled.

Liu Mei'e was completely stunned. She didn't know whether she was imagining it, but had she actually seen a trace of panic in that terrifying ghost?

What was she afraid of?

"No, she's already a ghost. What could possibly scare her?" Liu Mei'e thought her guess was absurd.

But just then, heavy footsteps sounded overhead again, along with a man's wild laughter.

"Hahaha! Ghost lady, don't waste your energy. You can't get away!"

Liu Mei'e thought the voice sounded familiar.

The next instant, a burly figure came down from the fifth floor. The moment she saw his face clearly, Liu Mei'e froze.

It's him? That young man from earlier.

Wait, is he chasing that female ghost?!

Liu Mei'e's voluptuous body trembled. Her brain couldn't seem to keep up anymore. A living man was chasing a female ghost in the dead of night. Had the world gone this crazy?

"Ghost lady, don't panic. You only ate a few people. It's no big deal. Just stop and come back to the office with me to give a statement, and we'll let you go." Jiang Chen shouted as he chased her.

The female ghost sprinting for her life ahead of him looked grim.

Like hell I'd believe you!

You're a living human, but you spout more bullshit than us ghosts!

Ghost Qi +30.

Hearing the notification, Jiang Chen grew even more excited and kept gleefully taunting the ghost.

"Ghost lady, could you tell me how you died?"

Mirror Ghost: ???

If you don't know how to talk, shut up!

Ghost Qi +50.

"Ghost lady, does your whole life really flash before your eyes when you die?"

"Ghost lady, did you ever cheat on your husband?"

"..."

He chased her all the way to the first floor, but no matter how much Jiang Chen ran his mouth, the female ghost didn't produce any more ghost qi. Only then did he sigh and give her a reluctant look.

"Ghost lady, I'll really miss you, but all good things must come to an end. Goodbye."

At those words, joy crossed the face of the ghost, who was about to rush out of the stairwell.

Has this bastard found his conscience? Is he going to let me go?

Crash!

A tremendous crash sounded behind her. It seemed the first-floor stairs had collapsed.

The ghost froze and instinctively turned her head. Then her already twisted face contorted even further.

She saw that the stairs had collapsed from the recoil of Jiang Chen's leap. Was this fucker even human? He had to be a monster!

The Mirror Ghost was utterly shaken. Ghost Qi +66!

Jiang Chen unleashed Demonic Python Strength and leaped into the air. As he hung overhead, his right arm swelled unnaturally, and he brought his fist down into the ghost's terrified face.

"Goodbye! The road to the underworld is wide-have a safe journey!"

Bam!!!

Her head was crushed outright.

Ding! Mirror Ghost (vicious ghost) killed. Ghost Qi +99!

The female ghost's headless corpse slowly toppled over, oxidizing and rotting as waves of foul stench rose from it.

Jiang Chen stood beside it, deep in thought.

"So a top-tier vicious ghost can withstand three attacks imbued with demonic power while I'm using a One-Star Monster Transformation Card."

"Not bad at all. One ghost helped me farm this much ghost qi."

He glanced at his panel.

[Host]: Jiang Chen

[Ghost Qi]: 889

[Monster Transformation Card]: Chaos-Dwelling Demon King (one-star)

The only regret was that his ghost qi still hadn't passed a thousand.

"But as long as I run into one more ghost, I should be able to farm enough to reach a thousand." Jiang Chen's eyes gleamed. He had a feeling that once he passed a thousand, he might be able to obtain a more powerful Monster Transformation Card!

"A one-star card can already crush vicious ghosts. How terrifying would a stronger Monster Transformation Card be?"

A faint sense of anticipation rose in Jiang Chen's heart.

He had already checked the Underworld App earlier.

Ghosts were divided into the following ranks.

Resentment: E, vicious ghost: D, Vengeful Ghost: C, blood-robed vicious ghost: B, savage soul: A, ghost king: S.

Resentments were the weakest among them. They wouldn't actively harm people, but an ordinary person who encountered one would still be killed!

In fact, of all the ghost ranks, resentments killed the most ordinary people in the Nine Provinces each year, simply because there were so many of them. With each successive eruption of yin energy raising its concentration throughout the world, resentments became even more likely to form.

Some powerful Unusual Persons on the Underworld App had even asserted that, at the current rate, after a few more eruptions of yin energy, even people who died normally would turn into resentments!

Vicious ghosts were a step above that and would actively harm people. The Knocking Ghost, for instance, had clearly died in Building Four, yet had come to Building One to kill.

Without the aid of special powers, vicious ghosts were almost impossible to kill. Guns and bombs were all ineffective.

Once a ghost reached the vicious ghost rank, an Unusual Person had to deal with it. Otherwise, it would keep killing and growing stronger. After killing enough people, it would accumulate so much baleful energy that it became a malevolent ghost, and then it would be a real problem. At that rank, even Unusual Persons and other gifted practitioners had to steer clear.

Only certain experts could handle them!

"Once I get back, I'll find a low-risk incident and farm a thousand ghost qi as soon as possible." A sense of urgency rose in Jiang Chen's heart as well.

He had once thought the Knocking Ghost was terrifying enough, only to discover that it was merely a low-ranking ghost.

This world was far more dangerous than he had imagined!

"Is it dealt with?" Chen Xue's voice came from behind him.

"Yeah." Jiang Chen nodded. "Can we just leave now?"

After all, he had made quite a commotion and caused considerable damage.

“We can just go. The Cleanup Personnel was probably already on its way when you reported it through the Underworld App. With the recent eruptions of yin energy, the Netherworld is short-staffed, but it's only short on Unusual Persons and Netherworld Messengers. There are still plenty of ordinary staff.” Chen Xue smiled, regarding Jiang Chen with friendly eyes.

Having seen him deal with a top-tier vicious ghost, she knew Jiang Chen was good enough to earn a place even among the entire younger generation of Jiangbei City's Unusual Person World.

"Want a ride?" Once they left the residential complex, Chen Xue saw no other cars and offered him a lift.

She pulled her keys from the back pocket of her jeans and pressed the button twice. The taillights of a red Porsche 918 parked by the road lit up.

Once Jiang Chen recognized the badge, the corner of his mouth twitched.

The latest model. A luxury car worth ten million.

This girl is loaded, too?

Seemingly noticing his gaze, Chen Xue smiled shyly. "Families of Unusual Persons like ours might not be well known, but our resources are far beyond what those famous local entrepreneurs have."

"Of course, even our families aren't extravagant enough to give every junior that much money. I basically earned this car myself. Underworld points are worth quite a lot, you know. If you're interested, my Chen Family buys them too. Ten thousand per point."

Well, damn.

Jiang Chen glanced at his phone. The Underworld App had taken a while to assess the Mirror Ghost, but the notification had now come through. A top-tier vicious ghost had earned him a full 150 points. That was over a million!

Still, he didn't get too excited. After being exposed to Sister Hong's property deeds, he was now uninterested in money... ahem, not quite so desperate for it.

"Sure." In the end, Jiang Chen got into the wealthy woman's luxury car.

It wasn't that he wanted to stop working hard. He just wanted to learn more about the Unusual Person World along the way.