Protagonist, multiple protagonists.

Xiao Pei's emotions were in turmoil when she suddenly noticed something unusual about Ye Jiang's expression.

"How?"

Xiao Pei was nervous. Could there be something wrong with her mask?!

Ye Jiang glanced at the girl in the cage, her expressionless face showing a hint of thought, "As mother and daughter, the daughter can talk much more than the mother."

When it was just her and the girl, the girl would chatter on and on, and the woman in the top hat seemed to be quite talkative as well, but she turned out to be a woman of action, and she acted much faster than Ye Jiang had expected.

Ye Jiang was taken aback.

Xiao Pei: "..."

What could she say?

She had nothing to say.

"I see." Over there, despite having two masks destroyed, the Ghost Mother remained calm. She didn't continue her attack, but instead revealed an expression of sudden realization. "Little one, you're so tough because you're relying on your skills, aren't you?"

Ye Jiang completely ignored the Ghost Mother, who only talked and didn't make a move. Instead, she stared at Xiao Pei. Xiao Pei, who was already wary of the Ghost Mother, couldn't stand being stared at like that and gave her a look. "Look at the opponent over there! Why are you looking at me? Stop looking!"

The Ghost Mother was clearly just testing her skills; although Ye Jiang was powerful, she underestimated her opponent!

Xiao Pei couldn't help but remind her, "Ye..."

"You can't help me beat up that woman over there," Ye Jiang stated what she had observed.

"... Congratulations, you actually found out." Xiao Pei said expressionlessly, gritting her teeth, "She's a monster! Didn't you realize? She's the Number 4 Ghost Mother in the ' Monster Archives '!"

And she was just a tiny human being!

Ye Jiang's eyes flashed. The Ghost Mother?

What kind of look is that? Xiao Pei's eye twitched. Didn't she really notice?

Before Ye Jiang borrowed the "Monster Archives" from the Ability Control Bureau, the bureau held a meeting and approved it before allowing Ye Jiang to read it. Therefore, Xiao Pei knew that Ye Jiang had read the "Files," and thus she assumed that Ye Jiang knew that they were fighting against the Ghost Mother!

No wonder Ye Jiang never mentioned the Ghost Mother and even asked her to help her beat up people. It turns out this wasn't a joke from the Healer; she simply hadn't realized that she genuinely wanted her to help beat up people!

Ye Jiang remained silent; she truly hadn't noticed.

Ye Jiang did indeed peruse the "Monster Archives," but her purpose in doing so was to find a way to escape a host's body, not to understand the monsters within. At most, she paid more attention to the monsters she was familiar with, but she didn't pay much attention to the unfamiliar ones, such as the Ghost Mother. Unlike the Ability Control Bureau, which had studied each one, she hadn't recognized 357 when she first encountered them. Now, looking back, this woman did indeed match the description of the Ghost Mother in the "Files."

Ye Jiang: "..."

She looked at the Ghost Mother with new eyes, and the latter, seeing her looking at her, smiled and said, "Little one, you're finally looking at me. You're very interesting. Would you like to be my child? Let's stop fighting and become a family."

Ye Jiang: "."

She turned to look at the young man behind her.

He stood right behind her, never interfering with her words or actions. She asked him earnestly, "Is killing monsters allowed in the Monster Realm?"

Xiao Pei initially thought the question was directed at her, until she heard the young man say, " In the Monster Realm, it has always been about survival of the fittest."

The implication is that it's acceptable.

Xiao Pei: "!!"

Why are there other people here?!

No, not human, this is Monster No. 0 — Rong Yin!

Xiao Pei was shocked.

Ye Jiang didn't look at Xiao Pei; she spoke to Rong Yin instead, "That's good."

Ye Jiang's plan to clear the audience was simply to control them first before figuring out how to deal with them; her first thought wasn't to kill them, but regarding the Ghost Mother...

She kept thinking that the Ghost Mother's words were disgusting.

I want to kill.

Ye Jiang's dark eyes flashed with a hint of crimson. The petals that had been frozen in the air suddenly moved, becoming even sharper than under the girl's control, trembling and emitting a metallic clang.

oh?

The Ghost Mother looked up at the sound, and the next second, a smile bloomed on her face.

"Interesting..."

It's a pity I can't be her family!

One mask after another appeared behind the Ghost Mother, some with crying faces, some with smiling faces, some with sorrow, some with anger, appearing one after another, countless in number, spreading to the distant Sky. The Ghost Mother smiled as she looked at Ye Jiang.

When Xiao Pei saw the first mask appear, her combat instincts kicked in, and she instinctively prepared to attack. Then she saw a dense array of masks.

Xiao Pei: "..."

Chapter 162: Multiple Protagonists.

Xiao Pei for a moment, then a slightly cold voice came from beside her; it was Ye Jiang speaking to her:

"Boss, you stay here and watch the cage."

Ye Jiang said, "The girl in the cage is a Polluted."

Polluted?

Xiao Pei was taken aback. Wasn't the girl the Ghost Mother's child?

And this girl clearly seems to be conscious, doesn't she?

... a Polluted with a clear mind.

Just like Ming Chun.

There really are conscious Polluted in this world.

No one answered Xiao Pei's questions. Ye Jiang, who had just uttered those words, vanished from her spot in the next instant, leaving Xiao Pei staring at the girl in the cage... and the indifferent young man standing not far from the cage.

hiss--

Why is Monster No. 0 here, and why does it seem to have some connection with Ye Jiang?

On the other side, Ye Jiang left behind some arrangements, then vanished in a gust of wind.

Ye Jiang was initially slightly disappointed that Xiao Pei couldn't help her beat up the person, but she quickly forgave her and made a new arrangement.

Because the woman opposite is Ghost Mother.

There is a boundary between humans and monsters.

Humans are better suited to guarding the Polluted, while monsters—well, let the monsters handle that!

Petals rained down from the sky, striking the Ghost Mother like arrows; the scene the girl longed to see had now appeared with effects amplified dozens of times.

The girl in the cage saw it, and she straightened up, her eyes filled with excitement.

Ding! Ding ding ding!

The rain of sharp, poisonous flower petals struck the Ghost Mother. Countless masks descended from the Sky, surrounding Ghost Mother and layering upon each other to form a solid defense, like a white tower, completely enveloping Ghost Mother. The rain of flower petals was completely blocked. Upon impact, the petals and masks were destroyed together.

However, the number of petals was far less than the number of masks. Broken masks were replaced with new ones, but the number of petals did not increase. Both sides were being consumed at an alarming rate. In the end, the petals were exhausted first. When the attack stopped, the masks were still stacked up intact, and the defense remained!

A fist came hurtling through the air the instant the petals were used up, aimed at the masked tower with... a simple punch.

Bang!

The mask, layered upon layered, shattered into pieces in an instant. The shockwave blew away all the remaining branches in the garden, and the Ghost Mother's face finally reappeared.

Xiao Pei used her arm to block the flying branches, her eyes always open, staring intently at the battle ahead. Although she wasn't participating in the fight, her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would burst.

Ye Jiang...

So competitive.

but--

The Ghost Mother, now revealed, simply smiled calmly. She looked at Ye Jiang as if she were a mischievous child, slightly shifting her body to dodge a punch aimed at her face. At the same time, masks rained down from the Sky, their mouths wide open, flying towards Ye Jiang as if to devour her completely. The Ghost Mother switched from defense to offense!

Oh no! Xiao Pei's heart stopped, and the chains, imbued with a corrosive effect, flew out violently, attempting to stop him.

A hand reached out from the iron cage and grabbed at Xiao Pei's clothes. Xiao Pei dodged, but this also caused her chain attack to lose its aim, hitting only a few masks and corroding some holes in them.

The corrosive effect is effective!

Xiao Pei's eyebrows twitched slightly as she composed herself. With a twist of the chain, she attacked the hand behind her, dealing with the obstacle first.

The hand seemed to have eyes, and it swiftly retracted. The girl stood in the cage with her hands behind her back, grinning at Xiao Pei who was turning to her. "Auntie, my sister asked you to watch over me, how could you be doing two things at once? That's so mean, Auntie, you're being so disrespectful to me."

"... I'm only in my thirties!" A vein throbbed on Xiao Pei's forehead. Who was she calling "auntie"?

Worried that Ye Jiang would face the Ghost Mother alone, Xiao Pei used chains to bind the girl in the cage. She turned to observe the battle between Ye Jiang and the Ghost Mother. She couldn't see clearly, but the situation seemed alright. Ye Jiang hadn't been devoured by the masks and had dodged their attacks. She was using her speed to kite the masks while attacking the Ghost Mother.

However, the Ghost Mother was also very fast, Ye Jiang managed to get close to her several times to throw punches, but she dodged them all.

Xiao Pei breathed a sigh of relief, and the chains, now imbued with a corrosive effect, were used again, intending to give Ye Jiang a helping hand.

A branch pierced through the iron cage and stabbed Xiao Pei in the waist, causing Xiao Pei chains to lose their aim once again.

Xiao Pei turned around angrily, and the next second she was surprised to find that the girl had somehow broken free of her chains and was holding a bare branch in her hand. It was this branch that had just poked Xiao Pei in the waist.

Seeing Xiao Pei turn around, the girl smiled and said, "Auntie, you really don't respect me."

She was smiling, but there was no smile in her eyes.

With alarm bells blaring above her head, Xiao Pei pushed off with her feet and retreated several meters.

Leaving was the right thing to do, because the next second the branch the girl was holding turned black, burst open, and was swept away by a Pollution, piercing towards Xiao Pei.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The spot where Xiao Pei was originally standing was now covered in thorns.

Xiao Pei: "..."

This is...

Xiao Pei immediately recognized that these things were similar to the rain of flower petals that Ye Jiang had previously summoned.

Those flower petals were actually created by the girl!

For a moment, Xiao Pei didn't know whether to be astonished that the girl could create such a massive rain of petal arrows, or to be astonished that Ye Jiang could control the rain of petal arrows created by the girl.

Xiao Pei stared at the girl in the cage. The girl missed her first attack and didn't launch another. She leaned against the iron cage, her face still a little pale. She looked at Xiao Pei and said, "Auntie, let's have a chat."