South of the city, at the abandoned Chemical Plant.
Ghost Pupil slowly rose from his cross-legged seat, a cold, spectral gleam flickering in his eyes. Through the Weird Domain, his perception covered almost all of Jiangcheng.
"Two more rats have come in." Ghost Pupil's voice was calm to the point of indifference. "They're from the Demon Suppression Bureau. One Transcendent Stage Realm Late Stage fighter, one Transcendent Stage Realm Middle Stage fighter. Together with those two from the clan, they now have four Transcendent Stage Realm fighters."
Yinshuang spoke impassively. "Facing four Transcendent Stage Realm fighters head-on would be unwise. How much longer does your Dream-Eroding Eerie Mother need to finish devouring everything?"
"Half a day," Ghost Pupil said. "If we can hold them off until dark, the Dream-Eroding Eerie Mother will turn every host infected by the spores into a walking corpse."
"Then the millions of people in Jiangcheng will all become my Eerie. Even ten Transcendent Stage Realm fighters wouldn't be able to turn things around."
"Then we'll have to act." Yinshuang slowly raised her right hand, her Ice Release Superpower gathering into a translucent ice flower in her palm.
The ice flower slowly rotated, its chill freezing a thin layer of frost over the ground beneath her feet. "Intercept their four Transcendent Level fighters, then keep stalling until the Dream-Eroding Eerie Mother finishes devouring everything."
"Good!" Ghost Pupil nodded, an eerie light flashing through his eyes.
Both figures flickered at once and vanished from the hidden chamber.
When they reappeared, they were hovering above Jiangcheng, facing the four Transcendent Stage Realm fighters-Tie Wuya, Lei Zhenxiao, Su Dingshan, and Su Dinghai-from afar.
Ghost Pupil looked down at the city shrouded in nightmares beneath him, at the walking corpses slowly climbing to their feet in the streets, and at