Chapter 146: Elimination

Zhang Wei was somewhat irritated, but he had no official procedure, so now he could only go one by one to find the people staying in the hotel and have them leave.

The hotel manager hurriedly brought security guards to block Zhang Wei, saying, "Officer, you are obstructing our normal business operations; I am going to file a complaint against you."

Zhang Wei suppressed his anger and said, "I am telling you, someone has died here; you won't be able to operate at all in the future."

The hotel manager bit the bullet and said, "What nonsense are you spouting? Our hotel is very safe and will not have any problems."

Zhang Wei laughed in exasperation and asked, "Are you sure? You must remember, you are saying this in front of a police officer. If there is a loss of life in this hotel, I will definitely arrest you."

The hotel manager was frightened by Zhang Wei's attitude and hurriedly took a step back.

Now he was not as tough as before; after all, this concerned his future life.

A job could be found again if lost, but if he were arrested and sent to prison, his entire future life would be ruined.

The hotel manager said with some hesitation, "I have to tell the boss about this matter and let the boss come and talk to you, Officer."

Zhang Wei said irritably, "Then hurry up!"

The hotel manager immediately called the boss and said, "Boss, an officer says there is a ghost in our hotel and he wants us to evacuate the guests immediately."

The hotel boss said in a great rage, "Are you crazy? What ghost? That's all a scam. We live in a scientific age now, and you're talking about ghosts? If you don't want to work as a manager anymore, just say so!"

The hotel manager hurriedly said, "It's not like that, Boss. I checked the officer's credentials, and they are real."

"Besides, I saw that the officer spoke with such certainty; if someone really died in the hotel, it will affect business in the future, Boss."

The hotel boss also hesitated a bit, although he knew that calling the guests out of the hotel now would certainly mean losing a large sum of money.

And if there were no ghost in the hotel, the act of driving the guests away would certainly cause a bad influence and might make the hotel's business plummet.

Therefore, the hotel boss was also somewhat hesitant.

But he would certainly think of his own interests first; as for the life and death of the guests, it had nothing to do with him.

He thought to himself that driving the guests away for no reason would certainly affect his reputation, but as for someone dying in the hotel, that was simple.

If they really died because of a ghost, then he could just hire the media and a master to perform a ritual later.

He immediately said, "What are you afraid of? Even if there really is a ghost that kills you, it's not like you're the one dying. In short, the hotel will operate as normal!"

The hotel manager immediately asked, "Boss, then what if there is a loss of life?"

The hotel boss said with a matter-of-fact tone, "What does that have to do with me? It's the ghost that killed them; just let the police handle it."

"Once the ghost is subdued, won't we just hire reporters and a master to perform a ritual?"

The hotel manager hurriedly buttered him up, saying, "Oh my, Boss, you are truly too smart; this method is excellent."

The hotel boss laughed and said, "Alright, go and dismiss that policeman yourself and don't come bothering me again."

The hotel manager hurriedly nodded and bowed as he hung up the phone, then returned to see Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei immediately asked, "How is it? What did your boss say?"

The hotel manager said with an embarrassed expression, "Officer, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that our boss doesn't believe it; he said we must believe in science."

Zhang Wei said anxiously, "Call your boss again; I will speak to him personally."

The hotel manager hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Hey, Officer, aren't you making things difficult for me? Our boss said that unless there is an official document from above, the hotel cannot stop operations."

With the boss's support, the hotel manager felt emboldened.

Zhang Ling hurried over, and seeing that Zhang Wei and the hotel manager had not yet reached an agreement, she stepped forward and said, "A-Wei, it's almost twelve o'clock."

Zhang Wei looked at the hotel manager, snorted coldly, then turned back to look at Zhang Ling and said, "Let's go, come with me to the twelfth floor and wait."

Afterwards, the two arrived on the twelfth floor, where the Yin energy was increasing, and the temperature was gradually dropping.

"Ring, ring, ring."

As the twelve o'clock bell rang, a sound of ghosts wailing and wolves howling erupted in the hotel.

"Boom!"

Room 1208 exploded directly, and the Ghost King Li Bing, with his aura surging, walked out.

Li Bing saw Zhang Wei at the end of the corridor and laughed loudly, "Hahaha, you have fallen into a trap."

"Ah!"

A scream immediately came from downstairs.

Zhang Wei said in surprise, "You are the only one on the twelfth floor?"

Li Bing said smugly, "Hmph, I am going to turn this place into my territory!"

Li Bing glared, and the carpet surged toward Zhang Wei like a wave.

Zhang Wei hurriedly drew his Seven-Star Copper Sword, channeled his magic power, and slashed out with a fierce strike.

"Boom!"

The ground instantly shattered, falling like snowflakes.

Zhang Wei secretly thought, "Not good," as this Ghost King's strength was several times greater than before.

Li Bing could also see that his strength was slightly above Zhang Wei's; he floated up directly, condensed Yin energy into a ball in his hand, and fired it straight out.

Zhang Wei hurriedly dodged, and the Yin energy ball hit the wall behind him, blasting a large hole in it and sending concrete and stone debris flying everywhere.

"So powerful!"

Zhang Wei exclaimed, then hurriedly took out a Divine Fire Talisman and threw it at Li Bing.

Li Bing waved his hand, bringing up a mass of Yin energy, and collided directly with the Divine Fire Talisman.

"Boom!"

Another explosion occurred, and the Divine Fire Talisman vanished.

Zhang Wei immediately took out an Eight-Trigrams Mirror and shot a beam of golden light at Li Bing.

Li Bing opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of excrement, scaring Zhang Wei into hurriedly performing a donkey roll to dodge it.

A violent stench immediately filled the entire corridor.

Zhang Wei endured the discomfort, put away the Seven-Star Copper Sword, and took out a Ghost-Beating Stick to charge at Li Bing.

Li Bing had a deep memory of the Ghost-Beating Stick, but at this moment he felt he was very strong, so he swung his fist directly at Zhang Wei.

As the two drew close, Zhang Wei struck Li Bing on the head with the stick, and Li Bing subconsciously raised his hand to block it.

"Boom!"

Although Li Bing blocked Zhang Wei's Ghost-Beating Stick, his entire ghost body was driven directly into the floor; the floor exploded into a hole, and Li Bing fell straight down to the eleventh floor.

With the Ghost-Beating Stick, Zhang Wei and Li Bing were now evenly matched.

However, there were still five other ghosts, including Shi Li, active inside the hotel.

Their strength had increased too rapidly, causing their ferocity to flare up; with Zhang Wei and Li Bing locked in a bitter battle, they could only rely on Zhang Ling and Lin Chengying to take action now.

In Room 305, Ling Zhaoxiang had just finished calling his wife and had just taken a shower, preparing to sleep.

But as soon as the twelve o'clock bell rang, he heard a chilling howl.

He complained a bit: "The soundproofing in this hotel is really poor; I don't know who is howling like a ghost in the middle of the night."

Saying this, he got into bed, preparing to sleep.

Recently, his boss was preparing to immigrate abroad, but he had left behind a villa in Hong Kong, which could be rented for only four thousand a month.

Recently, he had been running errands for his boss precisely to finalize this matter; fortunately, things were going smoothly, and the boss was about to go abroad.

He had just called his wife to tell her this good news.

Although the ghost-like howling from just now had dampened his mood, the thought that he could live in a large villa with a small courtyard and a swimming pool for four thousand yuan made him feel he had struck a great bargain.

Of course, he also knew that this was because his boss didn't want to hire someone to watch the house and specifically asked him to live there; it also allowed the boss to collect some money without needing to pay someone else to let untrustworthy people move in.

Although this was his boss's little scheme, Ling Zhaoxiang felt he was still profiting, as he had never had the chance to live in such a large villa in his life.

Thinking of the dream of living in the villa in the future, Ling Zhaoxiang couldn't fall asleep.

"Ah!"

At this moment, a scream came from outside.

Ling Zhaoxiang was a bit puzzled; he couldn't understand what on earth this hotel was doing.

He immediately turned around, picked up the bedside phone, and called the front desk.

But no one answered the front desk phone.

Ling Zhaoxiang said angrily: "What kind of hotel is this? There's actually no one at the front desk?"

Not wanting to believe it, he called the front desk again.

This time, someone finally answered the phone.

The front desk asked: "Sir. May I ask what. service you need help with."

A buzzing sound of electricity always came from the other end of the phone, which was somewhat piercing; the voice sounded intermittent, as if it were gasping its last breath.

Ling Zhaoxiang said with some dissatisfaction: "What is going on with your hotel? What time is it? I was planning to sleep, why is someone always screaming? You need to handle this immediately."

The front desk replied: "Very well. Sir, which room are you in?"

Ling Zhaoxiang suspected nothing and said directly: "I am in Room 305."

After saying this, he hung up the phone directly.

And at the front desk, how could there be anyone? No one answered the phone; the phone was just ringing there. Lin Chengying heard the ringing and was just about to answer it, but the phone hung up.

And less than two seconds after Ling Zhaoxiang hung up the phone, a knocking sound came from outside.

Ling Zhaoxiang was very puzzled; who would be knocking on the door so late?

Ling Zhaoxiang asked loudly: "Who is it?"

A voice came from outside the door: "Room service."

Ling Zhaoxiang was very puzzled; he clearly hadn't called for any room service, and besides, what room service was there in the middle of the night?

Immediately, he thought of something, the expression on his face became excited, and he muttered: "It wouldn't be some lady, would it? Hehehe."

"Ring, ring, ring."

Just as Ling Zhaoxiang was about to open the door, his bedside phone rang; it turned out Lin Chengying had pressed the callback button, calling directly to Room 305.

Ling Zhaoxiang immediately answered the phone and asked: "What else do you want at the front desk?"

Lin Chengying said with some surprise: "You just heard the front desk talking to you?"

Ling Zhaoxiang was very puzzled and said: "A female receptionist just talked to me, who are you?"

Lin Chengying cursed inwardly and asked: "Where are you?"

Ling Zhaoxiang said with some annoyance: "What kind of question is that?"

Lin Chengying said hurriedly: "There is a ghost haunting this hotel, and the ghost is probably already looking for you!"

Ling Zhaoxiang laughed: "Who are you? Playing a prank? What ghost? We have to be scientific nowadays."

Lin Chengying said urgently: "I am not lying to you, where are you? I am coming over immediately."

Ling Zhaoxiang said impatiently: "I am in 305, I want to see what on earth you are up to."

Lin Chengying said immediately: "Fine, I will arrive as soon as possible; before I arrive, do not open the door."

Seeing that the person on the other end of the phone sounded so certain, Ling Zhaoxiang also believed it a little.

At this moment, he carefully recalled that the call he received from the front desk was indeed very strange.

However, he still went to the door and looked out through the peephole.

"Ah!"

Ling Zhaoxiang was so scared he almost fell to the ground.

The person knocking on the door outside had a face covered in blood, with a green face and fangs, looking extremely terrifying.

"Sir. Room service."

"Ah!"

Ling Zhaoxiang couldn't help but scream; he was immediately scared into running back and dove straight into the quilt. Now he was trembling all over, praying for the Buddha's protection.

And outside the door, that Weirdo was still calling out for room service.

Ling Zhaoxiang muttered, "I didn't hear it, I don't know anything."

At this moment, Ling Zhaoxiang felt someone walk to his bedside, and that phrase "room service" seemed to ring right in his ear.

Ling Zhaoxiang was so frightened that he shook even more violently.

After a while, Ling Zhaoxiang felt as if that terrifying sensation from just before had vanished.

He then opened his eyes, only to see the Weirdo right in his face.

"Ah!"

Ling Zhaoxiang was so scared his hair stood on end, and he immediately threw off his quilt to flee.

The Weirdo immediately followed Ling Zhaoxiang as he ran out of the room.

Ling Zhaoxiang ran into the hallway screaming, only to see another Weirdo.

Caught in a pincer attack by the two Weirdos, he was instantly paralyzed with fear and collapsed to the ground.

The two Weirdos grinned hideously and floated to Ling Zhaoxiang's side, four hands gripping Ling Zhaoxiang and lifting him into mid-air.

"Urgh, urgh, urgh."

Ling Zhaoxiang soon found it difficult to breathe, feeling only that he was about to die.

"Stop!"

Lin Chengying shouted, throwing out a Soul-Binding Chain to capture one Weirdo directly into a bag.

The other Weirdo immediately dropped Ling Zhaoxiang and charged at Lin Chengying.

Lin Chengying took out a Eight Trigrams Mirror and struck it against the Weirdo's chest, then immediately captured it into a bag.

Ling Zhaoxiang caught his breath, and feeling the joy of surviving a disaster, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Many thanks, Master, for saving me."

Lin Chengying immediately took out a Yellow Talisman and said, "Hurry back."

Ling Zhaoxiang hurriedly ran back into his room.

Lin Chengying immediately inspected the third floor, then headed toward the fourth floor.

Soon, he reunited with Zhang Ling.

Zhang Ling hurriedly said, "I have already finished checking, all the Weirdos have been captured."

Lin Chengying also said, "I have finished capturing mine as well; now only that Weird King remains."

The two immediately arrived at the twelfth floor, where Zhang Wei was still locked in combat with the Weird King.

At this moment, the twelfth floor had been battered until it was riddled with holes, as if a war had been fought there.

Seeing Lin Chengying and Zhang Ling arrive, Zhang Wei was overjoyed and said, "You came just in time; Li Bing's Yin Qi is almost exhausted."

He immediately threw the Ghost-Beating Staff and the Soul-Absorbing Banner to Zhang Ling and Lin Chengying.

Zhang Wei said, "Let the three of us attack together!"

Li Bing was greatly alarmed and wanted to resist, but facing the Three Talents Formation of Zhang Wei, Zhang Ling, and Lin Chengying, his soul was soon beaten into a weakened state.

Zhang Wei immediately shouted, "Use the Soul-Absorbing Banner to capture him."

Li Bing was very unwilling, but following a roar of rage, he was captured into the Soul-Absorbing Banner.

Only then did Zhang Wei heave a sigh of relief and say, "Finally, this matter can be considered resolved."

As he spoke, he put the Soul-Absorbing Banner into his Universe Bag.

Lin Chengying hurriedly stepped forward and said, "This time, it is all thanks to Junior Brother's help."

Zhang Wei hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, we are all disciples of Maoshan, it is only right."

(End of this chapter)