Chapter 19: Don't be afraid, Little Rider Fist Artist is here to save you!

Even though she was only sixteen, Jia Ji could still be sure that Esdeath was definitely stronger than him, and not just by a little bit.

【Queen of Ice: "Ferocious Rank," is this level a bit low?】

【Xia Na: You can stop, it's impolite to ask further: (】

【Yinyang Yan Jianzi: Someone wouldn't be secretly shedding little pearls under the covers, right? (【ε】)】

The day before Esdeath joined, Jia Ji had just happily announced that he had broken through. Unexpectedly, before 24 hours had passed, he couldn't keep up with the average level again.

If the level "Strong" also had divisions, then he was just at the threshold. Xiao Zou's strength basically wouldn't change, steadily in the middle position, while Xia Na could be called the peak of the half-step Ferocious Rank Great Perfection, just one step away from breaking through.

It was just that Xia Na didn't expect that before two months had passed on her side, the person at the bottom of the group was already about to catch up, and then a newcomer who pressed her down came.

She was a little anxious.

【Da Mengshen: Don't slander me! The one who did this is actually you, Jianzi! It's just a mere Ferocious Rank, I'll reach it in a while! Easy as pie, understand or not!】

【Xia Na: You seem to be in a hurry】

Seeing Jia Ji like this, she suddenly wasn't anxious anymore.

And the one who was least anxious was Ba Yun Zi. Anyway, she was the strongest in the group now, and others couldn't possibly surpass her for a while.

And as a Yokai whose demon power would grow with age, a super talented species that would become stronger even while sleeping, she knew how large the realm span was. Even she had stayed at the "Ferocious Upper" level for decades, and it was even foreseeable that she would have to stay for another decades or hundreds of years before it was possible to complete the breakthrough.

In a hurry? Being in a hurry is useless.

【Yongyuan Shiqisui: Can you still talk? @Da Mengshen】

【Da Mengshen: Hehe, not chatting with you guys anymore, I'm going to practice boxing (run】

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【Yinyang Yan Jianzi: Everyone, save me 【Picture. jpg】!】

In the photo, Jianzi's figure could not be seen, but a man in black wearing a magic hat, and an old woman holding prayer beads in a shrine maiden outfit.

In front of these two third-rate spiritual ability users, there were dozens of twisted, ugly ghosts poking their heads out in the shadows of the woods.

Bloated bodies, deformed limbs, split mouthparts, spider-like hands and feet, pitch-black lines, the number was abnormally large, as if they were being bound in place by something.

There were generally two kinds of things that made humans feel fear. One was that they didn't look like humans; deformity was a most fundamental fear. Hands, feet, facial features, the further they were from human cognition, the more terrifying they would feel.

And the other kind was that they looked like humans. The more similar they were to humans, the more they would be treated as "humans" in the subconscious. And when the performance of this "human" did not match this expectation, greater fear would arise in the heart.

And fortunately, in the picture sent by Jianzi, there were both kinds of ghosts.

【Yongyuan Shiqisui: Little Jianzi, your place is really...】

Ba Yun Zi, who was peeking at the screen all the time, twitched her face. It wasn't that she was scared by the ghost picture. She had seen many demons and ghosts, and even her own gaps were quite creepy. But this was no longer a matter of being scary or not, but a kind of spiritual pollution.

There was a Netherworld in Ba Yun Zi's world, and once, in order to satisfy her curiosity, the boundary Yokai who had just started out had also gone to explore the depths of the Netherworld. But most of the ghosts she saw were groups of white unconscious aggregates. Those with looks like these in the photo were definitely one-in-a-million ferocious ghosts.

It was difficult to meet one usually, let alone appearing in a pile.

How did these little ghosts manage to look both like humans and not like humans? Could it be because no one could see them, so they just grew randomly?

Actually, it was not. In Jianzi's world, the same ghost might present different states in the eyes of different "people who can see."

For example, Takeda Sanjie, the woman by Miko's side at this moment who is known as the "Mother of the Downtown" and has a face full of life's hardships—although she has been a medium her whole life and is rich in experience, her "talent for seeing ghosts" was destined from the very beginning.

The ghosts in Jianzi's eyes were completely different from her. The clearer they were seen, the closer they were to the essence of the ghosts, and the image seen would be more terrifying.

【Queen of Ice: What is this?? Even more disgusting than the most disgusting dangerous species I've ever met!】

【Da Mengshen: My test, the Uncanny Valley effect has been committed】

【Xia Na: What effect?】

【Da Mengshen: Children don't need to know this kind of thing】

【Xia Na: Anger (╬◣д◢)】

【Da Mengshen: How is the situation now @Yinyang Yan Jianzi】

【Yinyang Yan Jianzi: The situation is very bad...】

【Yongyuan Shiqisui: Didn't you say that the little fox land god would help you three times?】

【Yin-Yang Eye Jianzi: That, many things happened... The three opportunities were used up without knowing it, and I hadn't had time to find a new god to worship before I was entangled by that guy... Now Grandma Sanzhi and Rom are preparing to help me solve this matter, but they were surrounded by ghosts before they even entered the shrine】

People in Japan really like to set up shrines for things with a little spiritual power, so many demons and ghosts would nest there to slowly develop and become stronger. Existences that jumped to become gods after gaining a little faith power were also everywhere.

But, this fox god in Sancugu probably didn't expect that someone would plan to "free-ride" it, and after failing to free-ride and being found by it, they still planned to find a medium to solve it?

Yotsuya Jianzi, you are very despicable now!

And it's only been a few days, and all three life-saving opportunities have been used up?

【Xia Na: Jianzi, your luck is really... good when it's good, and not usually bad when it's bad】

Either seeing ghosts, or on the way to seeing ghosts.

【Yinyang Yan Jianzi: Maybe it's because I was too carried away with life-saving measures. I've slipped up a few times in the past two days. I should have had one last chance! As a result... TⅴT】

Although she said so, she must be able to turn danger into safety like before this time, no need to worry too much... right?

No!

Jia Ji quickly recalled the plot he had seen, and did not find this scene appearing. The plot he knew only went as far as Jianzi just using up her three opportunities, and after that, he was completely ignorant.

That means... things have gone out of his control!

What to do?!

Jianzi might really be in danger this time. Even if the possibility of this danger is very, very small, it still cannot be completely ruled out.

If, because of the chat group, the trajectory of fate deviates, what should I do if Jianzi really encounters a life-and-death crisis this time?

Jia Ji recalled the system prompt that only he saw when Esdeath joined two days ago. There was a bit of hesitation in those fierce triangular eyes. Soon, this trace of hesitation finally turned into firmness and sharpness.

"There is only one JK attribute character in the group!"

"We can't lose her!"

Unable to care about continuing to eat, he broke out of the door under the surprised eyes of his three fellow disciples.

【System Prompt: Group members exceed five, group owner teleportation function is now open】

"Jianzi, don't be afraid, the successor of the Fist of the North Star is here to save you!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 20 =====