Amid the viewers' gasps, Tang Xiaoling walked safely out of the Bloodstained Corridor.
Seeing her leave, all the evil spirits in the corridor let out heavy sighs of relief.
The Plague Ghost, in particular, collapsed onto the floor, gasping for breath.
If evil spirits could sweat, it would have been drenched by now.
Yet it did not feel the slightest resentment. Instead, it was grateful to have survived.
The memory of that swipe from Lord Sky Dog nearly scared half its ghostly life out of it!
That was fucking terrifying!
After all, in the entire Amusement Park, the Haunted House was one of the few places considered taboo.
Every evil spirit inside had cultivation at least at the vengeful ghost level!
Yet before Lord Sky Dog, they were as helpless as infants, utterly incapable of resisting!
In the whole Haunted House, probably only the Lady who kept them suppressed could withstand a single blow from him!
If that Lady had not bound them here...
Then the Crimson Amusement Park's difficulty would have risen by at least four levels!
Instance difficulty was divided into Beginner, Normal, Hard, Extreme, Nightmare, Abyss, and Purgatory!
In other words, the Amusement Park's true difficulty was actually Nightmare!
Unfortunately, for certain reasons, that Lady...
Would rather slumber forever than harm humans.
She had even bound all of them, powerful evil spirits that they were, to this place, forbidding them from taking a single step outside!
All to give the humans participating in the Instance a better chance of survival.
The Plague Ghost looked toward the depths of the Haunted House, a thoughtful expression crossing its face.
Why had Lord Sky Dog suddenly come to the Haunted House?
Could he have come specifically to see the Lady?
Oh no!
Could he be here to kill her?!
The thought sent a shudder through the Plague Ghost.
Although they would gain their freedom once the Lady died...
The problem was that she was Lord Ghost King Zhong's wife!
If anything really happened to her, every evil spirit in the Haunted House would be buried along with her, without exception!
"No! I have to tell the Ghost Monarch at once!"
No longer concerned with resting, the Plague Ghost scrambled to its feet in a panic and flew toward the upper floors of the Haunted House.
After passing through two ceilings in succession, it arrived in a dim room.
Without pausing, it quickly dropped to its knees before the Spirit Communication Stone and said respectfully:
"Lord Ghost Monarch, something terrible has happened!"
"Lord Sky Dog, the Ancient Auspicious Beast, is here! He seems to be looking for the Lady!"
"I feared something might happen to her, so I came specifically to report it!"
After blurting everything out in one breath, the Plague Ghost prostrated itself and waited quietly.
About half a minute later, the pitch-black Spirit Communication Stone began to shine with a faint red glow.
Then a deep, commanding voice slowly rang out:
"Was Lord Sky Dog alone? Was there a little girl with him?"
"Yes!" Not daring to conceal anything, the Plague Ghost answered immediately.
But the voice from the Spirit Communication Stone suddenly fell silent, as though pondering something.
A moment later, it said gravely:
"Tell those fellows in the Haunted House to behave themselves. Make absolutely sure the princess has a good time!"
"If anyone dares frighten the princess, I'll make sure they never reincarnate!"
By the end, his words were steeped in murderous intent!
Still prostrate on the floor, the Plague Ghost was horrified, disbelief spreading across its face.
That little girl was a princess? Whose princess?!
Lord Ghost King Zhong's child?!
But that wasn't right!
Hadn't the Ghost Monarch and the Lady's child died a hundred years ago?
Ever since then, even if the Lady became pregnant, she would soon miscarry!
If not for that, why would the mighty Rakshasa Lady Ten devote herself to doing good?
Wasn't it all to accumulate spiritual merit so she could have another child?
Wait...
Could Lord Ghost King Zhong have a mistress?
Was this child his daughter with that mistress?!
Impressive, my king!
He had been henpecked for hundreds of years, trembling three times over at a single cough from the Lady.
And now he actually dared find a mistress behind her back!
He had even sent his daughter over to meet the family!
Tsk, tsk, tsk. You big shots really knew how to get wild!
Thinking itself clever, the Plague Ghost had somehow decided that Tang Xiaoling was Ghost King Zhong's daughter.
As for why the auspicious beast Sky Dog was accompanying her, that was even easier to explain!
Ghost King Zhong must have feared his wife's anger and lacked the nerve to explain in person.
That was why he had swallowed his pride and invited the more imposing Lord Sky Dog to plead his case with the Lady!
Their Ghost Monarch really did have some serious clout!
He could even invite someone like Lord Sky Dog!
"I understand! I'll pass down your orders immediately!"
Believing it had figured everything out, the Plague Ghost answered at once.
Only after respectfully kowtowing three times did it turn and leave.
The moment it left the room, it headed straight into the depths of the Haunted House.
It personally delivered Ghost King Zhong's verbal decree to every place guarded by evil spirits.
For a moment, every evil spirit in the Haunted House was in an uproar!
What?!
Their henpecked Ghost Monarch had a mistress? And she had given birth to a daughter?
The princess had come to the Haunted House herself to meet the Lady and acknowledge her family?
Impressive, my king!
You had taken courting death to a whole new level!
Weren't you afraid the Lady would castrate you?!
What was that?
Lord Sky Dog had come personally to plead his case?
Oh, then everything was fine.
Upon hearing the news, the evil spirits instantly turned into eager spectators, waiting for a spectacular show.
Still, they did not forget Ghost King Zhong's instructions and began making arrangements in their respective domains.
They transformed all the originally terrifying scenes into incredibly cozy spaces, fully prepared to welcome the princess!
Meanwhile, Tang Xiaoling chased Tiantian all the way to an area filled with mirrors.
This area had originally been called the Soul-Locking Mirrors. As soon as a human appeared in one of these mirrors, their soul would be trapped inside forever.
Even their flesh and blood would be dragged into the mirror along with it!
Each mirror housed an evil spirit with vengeful ghost-level cultivation!
Once a living human soul fell into their hands, it would endure endless torment, while the spirits divided up and devoured its flesh!
But now, as Tang Xiaoling looked at her reflection in the mirror before her, she was as plump as a little pig.
Her distorted face looked so comical that she could not help laughing:
"This funhouse mirror is so funny! This is so much fun!"
Feeling playful, Tang Xiaoling ran from one mirror to the next.
She laughed merrily at all the different versions of herself reflected inside.
Meanwhile, the evil spirits residing within the mirrors painfully manipulated their surfaces.
Some bent them inward, while others bulged them outward.
All to make the mirrors work like funhouse mirrors.
But they had long since become one with those mirrors.
Any damage to a mirror's surface was equivalent to an injury to the spirit itself.
Manipulating the mirrors like this was practically self-mutilation!
Yet no matter how much it hurt, they gritted their teeth, not daring to make a sound.
They were terrified that one careless noise might frighten their little princess!
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