Chapter 145: Trapping the Opponent

As a result, Shi Li, He Qiang, and the others looked in the direction Li Jialing was pointing, which happened to be the entrance of the restaurant.

At this moment, Li Bing, having recovered from his injuries, walked in swaggeringly with the Driver and Wu Shiren.

Li Jialing also sensed that the atmosphere was wrong; she immediately looked up and saw the fierce-looking Li Bing.

Li Bing walked up to the group, took off his sunglasses, and looked at Shi Li, He Qiang, the three Xiang brothers, and Li Jialing with a fierce gaze.

Shi Li and the others were immediately trembling with fear from that gaze; they could already feel the pressure emanating from Li Bing.

Li Jialing was stunned by Li Bing's fierce aura, which made Li Bing take a few extra looks at her, mistakenly thinking that Li Jialing had decent strength.

After intimidating Shi Li and the others, Li Bing put his sunglasses back on and said domineeringly, "Follow me."

Shi Li and the others dared not refuse; they immediately stood up obediently and followed Li Bing out of the restaurant.

Li Jialing still remembered the task Lin Chengying had given her; she casually picked up the hot dog from her bowl, stuffed it into her mouth, and followed along.

Before long, they arrived at Room 1208 on the twelfth floor.

Li Bing immediately said, "This is our base camp. For the next two days, we will gather here. Everyone, go in."

Worried about being seen through by the few Specters, Li Jialing was the first to step forward and say, "I'll go in first."

Saying this, she used her special ability to pass through the door and enter.

Li Bing opened the door and walked in with some curiosity, saying, "You're quite good; even I don't have that ability."

Shi Li and the others also came forward, gave a thumbs-up, and said, "You are so amazing."

Li Jialing was a bit dumbfounded; she had thought all Specters could walk through walls, but in reality, these Specters had physical bodies, so they naturally could not walk through walls since they were not in a soul state.

Moreover, a house has an owner; Specters cannot enter without the owner's invitation, unless the Specter's strength is very high, or the house's feng shui is ruined and has a gap or something similar.

Fearing that the Specters would be suspicious, Li Jialing immediately put on a proud expression and smiled, "It's a small matter. I had this special ability before I died, and I still have it after death."

Li Bing did not doubt her; he walked to the front and said, "Listen well, from now on, I am your boss."

Wu Shiren immediately buttered him up, saying, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and call him Big Brother!"

Shi Li and the other Specters hurriedly lowered their heads and called him Big Brother.

Li Bing nodded with great satisfaction and said, "Remember, we are already Specters; only by eating humans can we become stronger. Eating incense candles and such are all behaviors of the spineless.

As my underlings, you must never do such things to lose face for me. Rest assured, following me, you will only eat the best and drink the finest.

Of course, you must listen to me. There are a few stinking Daoist priests in this hotel, and one of them has decent strength. You must be careful and not get separated, otherwise, you will be dead for sure."

Wu Shiren immediately said, "As long as we follow Big Brother, those Daoist priests are nothing to worry about."

The Driver also said, "That's right. In two more days, Big Brother will become a true Specter King. At that time, the people in this hotel will all be our food!"

Shi Li was a bit timid; she said in a panic, "Big Brother, I'm worried I won't be able to eat people."

Li Bing frowned and said, "You are truly useless!"

Shi Li hurriedly batted her eyelashes and said, "Big Brother, I'm just a girl, after all."

Saying this, she ran in front of Li Bing and acted coquettishly, "Big Brother, I'm very good at warming the bed; I will serve you well."

Hearing this, Li Bing laughed loudly, "Hahaha, you're quite good. I'll look after you."

Shi Li giggled, "Thank you, Big Brother."

Li Bing looked at the others and said, "You all stay here properly. I'm going out now to eat a chick to nourish my kidneys."

Wu Shiren immediately nodded and bowed, "Yes, Big Brother, don't worry, we will definitely guard the headquarters well!"

Li Bing immediately left swaggeringly.

In the gloomy and dim room, only Li Jialing and the few Specters remained.

Li Jialing found a secluded corner and used her pager to call Lin Chengying.

This was what Lin Chengying had given her.

Lin Chengying, who was discussing with Zhang Wei how to deal with Li Bing, received the message.

He immediately said, "Junior Brother, there is news; Li Bing's lair is in 1208."

Zhang Wei nodded slightly and said, "It's easy to handle things once we know Li Bing's lair, but I don't know if Li Bing is still there?"

Lin Chengying nodded and said, "Wait a moment, I'll ask my cousin."

"Beep, beep, beep."

"What is that sound?"

The lackey Wu Shiren heard the sound of the pager; he was puzzled for a moment, then asked, "Who is using a pager?"

The Driver pointed at Li Jialing in the corner and said, "What is she doing?"

Wu Shiren immediately floated behind Li Jialing and saw her using the pager to tip off someone.

He immediately reached out to grab Li Jialing and shouted, "Aha! So you are an undercover agent. I'm going to tell the boss and have him eat you!"

Li Jialing was startled and hurriedly said to Shi Li and the others, "Brother Dong, help me! I am Lin Chengying's cousin, the one who saved you all."

The three Xiang brothers were still loyal; he immediately patted his chest and said, "You should have said so earlier! Since you are Lin Chengying's cousin, then we will definitely help you!"

Wu Shiren said in a great rage, "Xiang Dong, are you rebelling? Be careful, or I'll tell Big Brother to eat you!"

Xiang Fang immediately shouted, "You think you can eat us just by saying so? Beat him up!"

The three Xiang brothers immediately rushed toward the Driver and Wu Shiren; Shi Li and He Qiang behind them also rushed up to help.

Li Jialing was, after all, a human, so she naturally could not participate in the fray.

Fortunately, the three Xiang brothers were numerous and powerful, and they directly tore Wu Shiren into two halves.

However, because Wu Shiren had been by Li Bing's side, his strength had increased significantly, and his body, which had been torn into two, reassembled in an instant.

Then, his ferocity flared up, and he opened his mouth to bite Xiang Dong, who let out a wail.

On the other side, Xiang Hong and He Qiang plucked off the Driver's head.

As a result, the Driver opened his mouth and bit Xiang Hong's arm; Xiang Hong was in pain and threw the Driver's head away.

It landed in He Qiang's hand, and the Driver bit He Qiang; He Qiang was in pain and threw the head away.

The driver's body immediately reattached to his head, and then he began to fight with He Qiang.

At this moment, Li Jialing had already run out of the room to find Lin Chengying for help.

Just then, Li Jialing ran downstairs and saw Lin Chengying, who was preparing to go up.

Lin Chengying asked in surprise, "Cousin, why did you come down?"

Li Jialing immediately said, "I've been discovered."

Lin Chengying frowned and said, "This is troublesome; that Li Bing is definitely no longer on the twelfth floor."

Li Jialing immediately said, "He has already left; he should be off to eat people now."

Zhang Wei exclaimed, "We cannot let him kill anyone else; I will go find him now."

Zhang Ling followed up by saying, "I'm going too."

Zhang Wei nodded, looked at Lin Chengying, and said, "Senior Brother, I leave the rest of the matters to you."

Lin Chengying nodded and said, "Alright, I know what to do."

Lin Chengying was about to leave immediately, and Li Jialing hurriedly asked, "Cousin, what are you going to do?"

Lin Chengying immediately said, "You stay here and keep watch; I'm going to get some black dog blood."

Li Jialing asked in confusion, "Black dog blood? To catch ghosts?"

Lin Chengying nodded and said, "That's right, I'm leaving now."

He immediately left the hotel, went to the vegetable market to get a bucket of black dog blood, and then drew an array at the hotel entrance.

Li Jialing hurriedly came over and asked, "Cousin, what are you doing?"

Lin Chengying explained, "I am setting up an array. It works out well; Junior Brother has gone to find Li Bing, so you go and catch Shi Li and the others."

Li Jialing asked in bewilderment, "Why do I have to catch Shi Li and the others?"

Lin Chengying immediately said, "They are ghosts, so of course they must be caught. Otherwise, letting them become wandering spirits is what would truly harm them."

Li Jialing seemed to understand but not quite, and she asked, "But I don't know how to catch ghosts."

Lin Chengying immediately dipped his finger in some black dog blood, cast a spell to dot a mole between Li Jialing's eyebrows, and said, "There, now you can go catch ghosts."

As he spoke, he took out the Soul-Binding Lock and the Ghost-Catching Bag and handed them to Li Jialing.

He explained, "Now they are the ones afraid of you, not you afraid of them. Hurry up and catch them quickly."

Li Jialing had no choice but to take the two magical artifacts and go upstairs.

At this time, the driver and Wu Shiren were being beaten up by Shi Li, He Qiang, and the three Xiang brothers.

Li Jialing happened to return to the twelfth floor and saw the driver and Wu Shiren kneeling in the hallway begging for mercy.

Shi Li noticed the elevator door open, and Li Jialing walked out.

After seeing Li Jialing, she felt a golden light that was extremely blinding, and it made her very afraid.

Shi Li screamed, "Ah, Li Jialing isn't dead! The aura on her is so terrifying, run!"

The three Xiang brothers also felt the magical aura on Li Jialing, and thinking of how they had almost been captured by Lin Chengying, they were scared into running away immediately.

He Qiang immediately followed in Shi Li's footsteps and ran away directly.

The driver and Wu Shiren, who were begging for mercy on the ground, also sensed the danger and immediately got up and ran.

How could Li Jialing let them run? She immediately threw out the Soul-Binding Lock and caught Wu Shiren, pulling him into the bag.

She shouted, "Don't run!"

Shi Li screamed, "Ah, only a fool wouldn't run! Run quickly!"

Li Jialing hurriedly shouted, "We are all from the same hometown; I won't kill you. I'm just capturing you to send you to be reincarnated. Come in yourselves."

"Ah!"

A group of ghosts screamed and ran away.

Li Jialing said anxiously, "Hey, why are you running faster the more I talk?"

Shi Li and the others completely ignored Li Jialing and just kept their heads down and fled.

They ran to the entrance of the fire escape and happened to see Li Bing coming up, so they hurriedly said, "Big Brother, Li Jialing wants to capture us."

Li Bing had actually been forced up by Zhang Wei, and he said furiously, "What? I'll go meet her."

Having said that, he pushed open the door and walked into the hallway.

Li Jialing saw Li Bing and asked in surprise, "You're actually not afraid of me?"

Li Bing only found it funny and asked, "I am a Ghost King; why would I be afraid of you? Ptooey!"

A mouthful of excrement was sprayed directly at Li Jialing; Li Jialing hurriedly dodged, and all the excrement sprayed onto the wall.

Li Jialing said with a look of disgust, "You fellow, spewing filth from your mouth is truly detestable. Watch this!"

Li Jialing threw out the Soul-Binding Lock, snared Li Bing, and pulled him over.

Li Bing said dismissively, "Hmph, what can you do to me?"

Li Jialing indeed could not capture Li Bing, so she glanced at Li Bing's waist and smiled, "Take a look and then talk."

Li Bing looked down and saw that his body and waist had separated.

Li Bing's legs were running around uncontrollably, and his torso hurriedly chased after them.

He said in shock and anger, "You cheap woman, I'll settle the score with you later!"

Li Jialing said with unshakeable confidence, "I'm afraid of you? Watch me capture you!"

Li Jialing chased the ghosts all the way out of the hotel entrance.

Xiang Dong ran too fast, crashed into the array Lin Chengying had set up, and was severely injured; Lin Chengying casually put him into the containment bag.

The remaining ghosts were too scared to move.

Li Bing, who had already recovered his body, also chased out. Seeing Lin Chengying, he said furiously, "Fine, it's you again, you stinking Daoist! You actually backstabbed me?"

Lin Chengying said with unshakeable confidence, "It's me. I did backstab you, what can you do about it?"

"I have already set up an array now; you won't be able to get out."

Li Bing said angrily, "Fine, you win."

He looked at Shi Li and the others and shouted, "Do you see? Only by following me is it for the best. Now you come back with me, and in a couple of days, I will deal with this stinking Daoist."

Lin Chengying immediately shouted, "Do not remain deluded and continue making mistakes by following him, or you won't even have a chance at reincarnation."

Li Bing let out a cold snort and left first.

The driver immediately said, "You just helped Li Jialing, look at what she did to you? I'm still going to follow Big Brother."

After speaking, he immediately chased after Li Bing.

Shi Li and the others looked at each other, then followed Li Bing and left.

Li Jialing asked hurriedly, "What should we do now?"

Lin Chengying waved his hand and said, "Don't be anxious yet, wait for Junior Brother to come."

Zhang Wei chased out and discovered that Li Bing had already left. He saw Lin Chengying not far from the entrance, walked over hurriedly, and asked, "Where is Li Bing?"

Lin Chengying looked at the moon in the sky and said, "It is exactly the night of the sixth day now. Once midnight passes in a moment, Li Bing's strength will undergo a transformation; it will only be stronger than it is now."

Zhang Wei frowned and said, "That is indeed somewhat troublesome."

Zhang Ling also chased over and said, "That woman has been settled; she was just overly frightened, there is no major problem."

Zhang Wei said immediately, "Li Bing will become stronger tonight and will definitely seek revenge on us. He still has several ghosts by his side."

Li Jialing counted, "Shi Li, He Qiang, and the two Xiang brothers, plus the driver—five ghosts."

Zhang Wei said with a headache, "Counting Li Bing, that makes six. I am only afraid that the other five will also become stronger. When that time comes, their ferocity will flare up, and the people in the hotel will be in danger."

Like this, we will first evacuate everyone in the hotel so that we will have fewer concerns."

Lin Chengying said with some worry, "I'm afraid that won't work; this hotel manager doesn't seem to want to make a big deal out of this."

Zhang Wei laughed, "That won't be up to him."

He immediately took out his police officer ID and found the hotel manager, telling him to evacuate the crowd immediately. The manager shook his head and said, "Sorry, Officer, I cannot make the decision on this matter."

"Furthermore, the hotel cannot suspend business just because of your word."

(End of this chapter)