[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night":3,"chapter-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-211":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Journey to the End of the Night",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1715514,2193,"Chapter 211 - 211 209 Fierce Ghost Kills","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-211",211,"\u003Cp>211: Chapter 209: Fierce Ghost Kills 211: Chapter 209: Fierce Ghost Kills “Fellow creature?” Baili An’s voice was somewhat cold, “I certainly wouldn’t use someone else’s body to eat such disgusting things.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hand, emanating a chilling and bleak aura, suddenly rested on Baili An’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icy, withered, the nails long and tinged with a pale green color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s really surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought I hid myself very well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did you see through me when, after all…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it wasn’t me who did the killing?” Along with the deep voice, a rotten smell spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This stench was reminiscent of a corpse that had been buried deep in the soil for years, its flesh decayed and fluids seeping out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An might have trouble distinguishing the plethora of flavors in the Mortal World, but he was all too familiar with the scent of yin corpses underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the face behind him had completely changed, covered with corpse spots and with horrific green eyes in which pale corpse worms occasionally wriggled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At midnight, such a sight was enough to send chills down anyone’s spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An slowly turned his head, his dark eyes, which had turned blood red at some unknown time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he turned, the moonlight, which had not been able to penetrate before, somehow broke through the gloom, casting a bleak light obliquely into his eyes, brewing into a limitless cold hue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silent ferocity in the old man’s face abruptly froze, and the strange wrinkles on his forehead trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was intimidated by those tear-stained eyes that glowed like jewels and instinctively drew back his hand, taking a step backwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An suddenly reached out, seizing his wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grip was so strong it was as if a pair of iron pincers had grasped his bones, which creaked under the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re sincerely asking, shouldn’t you at least let someone finish speaking first?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An tightened his grip, forcing the old man to halt any further retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brows were like ink, his pupils demonic, as he looked down with those blood-red eyes upon the gray, undulating ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze was as gentle as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With agreeable composure, he stood up straight in the night breeze, his figure resembling a gentlemanly bamboo, tall and upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the ghost right before him, he said indifferently, “Sit down.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as those words fell, the old man, full of resistance yet unable to defy, suddenly felt an immense force in his arm, as if a giant whale from the depths of the sea had bitten his limb and was pulling him down heavily!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body crashed to the ground fiercely, and his bones throbbed with pain as if crushed by a boulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his tightly gripped wrist, skin burst one by one, as if scales were being scraped away by a sharp blade, and pallid, aged flesh fluttered into the air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His own skin harshly stripped away, revealing a bloody, putrid flesh beneath—the skin he bore was stolen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old ghost was shocked to his core!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His century of cultivation was so easily overcome by a junior!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out an inhuman roar filled with sinister energy emanating from his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An still held his wrist firmly without letting go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I must say, you’ve done an impressive job of disguising yourself as a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t notice anything unusual at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, from the moment you killed that person, you were full of flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You kill and take the eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the girl screamed, you only needed to cover her eyes, yet you covered her mouth as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her extreme panic, such actions could very easily suffocate her to death; you intended to comfort her, but she only trembled with greater fear.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a hoarse voice, the old ghost said, “Just by that…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you knew?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, there’s more.” Baili An’s gaze drifted towards the western horizon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard that outside the city, a Ghost Mountain is sealed, right to the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the tavern was attacked by an Evil Spirit and people fled in panic, I noticed that not one person dared to escape towards the west.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just you…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>taking your granddaughter with you, fled to this secluded alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you really thought it was a ghostly killer, you should have fled towards the light, seeking the protection of Cultivators in the city.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old ghost on the ground struggled, lifting his face which was obscured by flesh and heavy with yin energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His features were indistinct, but his eyes still shone brightly, concealing light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chuckled sinisterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your body’s Demonic Qi is not much less than my Ghost Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both creatures of darkness, why must we destroy each other?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An disregarded his mockery, glanced at his eyes and then said, “If you admire the Empress so much, why commit such a deed right under her watchful eyes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen that the old ghost, masquerading as a storyteller in the tavern, could not conceal his enthusiasm when narrating the tale of the Empress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, there were several Cultivators seated below the stage, yet they were completely ignorant of the Empress’s origin and story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the storyteller spoke with authority, and the tale he told wasn’t much different from what Sister Lin Yuan had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could a poor storyteller come to know such Ancient secrets about the creation of gods and immortals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old ghost narrowed his eyes, his hideous face dripping with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sneered self-mockingly, “Do you really think a hideous yin creature like me would admire and long for a legendary, pure immortal goddess?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t that utterly ludicrous?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An replied, “That’s no reason for murder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fierce Ghosts need no reason to kill.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That girl, she threw Copper Coins onto the stage for your story, too.” Baili An’s casual words made the old ghost’s arm tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in his eyes, there was only spite, no trace of guilt or wavering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glared at Baili An venomously, “Even if I kill, what’s it to you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You are just like me, both Ghost and demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you intend to exorcise evil on behalf of humans?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How noble of you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you really think yourself a Saint?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An stated calmly, “I act according to my conscience.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old ghost laughed coldly, “Do you truly believe you can catch all the yin ghosts in this world?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An replied, “I am not a Taoist, I have no obligation to catch ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m catching you simply because I happened to come across you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old ghost slowly closed his eyes, and his free hand plunged deep into the shadows of the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sneering, eerie laugh, he said, “I’ve told you, the killer isn’t me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baili An’s frown deepened, and his grip on the old ghost’s wrist tightened abruptly with unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no time for anyone to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl lying on the ground unexpectedly opened her eyes, her pupils matching the old ghost’s in a luminescent green, like an Evil Ghost in the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand still held a piece of caramel, but her mouth silently opened wide towards Baili An’s back—a gaping maw, black and bottomless, resembling the Abyss of a Fierce Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crimson tongue, long and spear-like, shot out from deep within her throat, the tip as sharp as a lance, piercing through Baili An’s chest from behind at an incredible speed!\u003C\u002Fp>",1243,"2026-06-06T15:16:24.481Z",1,"novelbin.me","d448b2c3fa1f39bff71cde094a6f35b509ecd25b077d03670d71d0cbfc845928","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-212","journey-to-the-end-of-the-night-chapter-210",1594,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjourney-to-the-end-of-the-night-cover.jpg"]