Chapter 346: Ghost Seven

346. Chapter 346: Ghost Seven

The Black Giant Salamander wanted to chase them out, but was blocked by the barrier raised by the Locking Dragon Universe Array; it could only let out roar after roar, helpless against those outside the array.

"This thing is truly troublesome; fortunately, the Locking Dragon Universe Array can trap it, otherwise we would be in big trouble today."

Mei Lao Si wiped away cold sweat, his heart still pounding with lingering fear.

"Fighting across major cultivation realms is never easy; the fact that we are still alive is already good enough."

"Although we lost one person, our gains are not small."

Mei Lao Da took out a small segment of the Black Giant Salamander's tail from his Storage Ring and gazed at it with burning eyes.

Only Ghost knows why the Black Giant Salamander had frantically attacked Master Wei just now, completely lowering its guard against everyone else, allowing him to easily sever the Black Giant Salamander's tail; otherwise, it would truly not have been easy for him to succeed.

"Master Wei, can you refine this tail segment into a Regeneration Pill?"

Mei Lao Da suddenly turned his head to look at Master Wei and asked.

Since Master Wei had offered the high price of eleven King-Breaking Pills to hire people to hunt the Black Giant Salamander, he most likely possessed the Pill Formula for the Regeneration Pill.

"No problem; I have absolute confidence in refining the Regeneration Pill."

Master Wei gazed at that tail segment with burning eyes, his heart surging with excitement; although he was currently heavily injured, bringing out a segment of the Black Giant Salamander's tail was completely worth it.

As long as he refined the Regeneration Pill, his severed parts could finally grow back; Master Wei clenched the fist hidden beneath his sleeve.

Hearing this, Mei Lao Da did not hesitate and directly threw that severed tail toward Master Wei.

Master Wei was overjoyed and reached out to catch it.

However, just at that moment, an unexpected change occurred; the severed tail flying through the air suddenly changed direction, shooting vertically toward another direction, before landing steadily in the hand of a person wearing a Black Robe.

Simultaneously, about forty-plus figures in Black Robes suddenly descended from the sky, surrounding the group completely.

All of these people were Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators; previously, they seemed to be floating high in the sky, hidden within the clouds, which was why no one had detected their traces.

Upon seeing this group, Mei Lao Da and the others felt their hearts sink, their faces all turning ugly.

They were far too familiar with this group's attire; these Gu Cultivators were precisely members of the Ghost Gate, one of the strongest forces in the Sinful Land.

How could people from the Ghost Gate possibly arrive in the territory of the Huiyue Empire? At this moment, they finally realized that someone had betrayed them, leaking the secret of the Black Giant Salamander to the people of the Ghost Gate.

Seeing the severed tail flying toward him suddenly intercepted, Master Wei flew into a rage and was about to curse loudly, but upon seeing the person who had intercepted it, he immediately fell silent, his face turning instantly deathly pale.

This person had a yin and delicate appearance, with purple-black lips, exuding ghostly qi from his entire body; Master Wei was far too familiar with him.

"Ghost Seven? How are you here?"

At this moment, Master Wei's voice trembled slightly, clearly indicating he was terrified of this person to the extreme.

Ghost Seven was the Closing Disciple of the Old Ghost of Buried Demons; his combat power was extraordinarily terrifying.

Regardless of the fact that he was currently only at the Spirit Sea Peak realm, it was no exaggeration to say that even if their entire group attacked together, they would absolutely have no chance against this person.

Not to mention that right now, every one of them was injured, while the opposing side outnumbered them by four times.

Once both sides engaged in a chaotic battle, they would not have the slightest chance of victory.

How could Ghost Seven suddenly appear here?

"Damn it! Who exactly betrayed me!"

Master Wei stared at his remaining teammates with eyes ready to burst from their sockets; clearly, he had now realized that a traitor must have appeared among them, otherwise, how could the Ghost Gate, who operated in the Sinful Land, appear here?

"Hehe, don't curse your teammates; it was you who leaked the information to me, and you who trapped them."

Ghost Seven looked at this furiously jumping Master Wei, the corners of his mouth curling into a mocking smile.

"It was me? How is that possible?" Master Wei froze.

"You probably forgot where the Locking Dragon Universe Array came from; that was a Formation Disk refined by me."

"Furthermore, every Formation Disk I sell has been tampered with by me, allowing me to monitor every move of all buyers."

"Since you discovered a treasure like the Black Giant Salamander, how could you possibly hide it from me?"

"Before you even arrived, we had already set up an ambush here." Ghost Seven revealed a sinister smile.

"You... you tampered with the Formation Disk I bought! You are despicable; conducting business with such dishonesty, who will dare to buy your Formation Disks in the future?"

Hearing this, Master Wei instantly broke down, glaring at him with fierce eyes.

Long Xuan looked at him with a strange expression; he actually had the nerve to say others conducted business dishonestly—was his own business conduct honest?

What kind of people were in this City of Sin? Why did everyone tamper with whatever they sold? Good heavens, after this incident, he would never dare to sell any Formation Disks bought from outsiders in the future.

Ghost Seven no longer paid attention to this already frenzied Master Wei and turned his head to look at the Black Giant Salamander inside the array, his eyes revealing an extremely greedy expression.

At this moment, the Black Giant Salamander was still frantically crashing against the Array Formation, attempting to break out from within.

However, no matter how much force it exerted, the Barrier remained utterly unmoved; the Black Giant Salamander grew increasingly anxious, and its collisions became even more fierce.

"Beast, don't waste your effort; how could a Formation Disk refined by me be so easily shaken by you?"

Ghost Seven turned his head again to look at Master Wei and smiled: "This Formation Disk is mine, so naturally, the things inside the Formation Disk must also belong to me; I assume none of you have any objections, correct?"

Mei Lao Da and the others all displayed ugly expressions; how would they dare to have any objections?

There was absolutely no way they could defeat this group of people from the Ghost Gate; if they could avoid disaster by sacrificing their wealth, that would already be the best outcome for them.

However, would Ghost Seven let them leave? No one in their hearts had any certainty.

Their peripheral vision swept over the forty-plus Ghost Cultivators from the Ghost Gate surrounding them, making their moods even heavier; with so many people, they were afraid that breaking through the encirclement was impossible.

"We will give you the Black Giant Salamander; we were just passing through, so how about letting us leave?" Mei Lao Da said at this moment.

"Let you leave? Hehe, if I let you leave, wouldn't the whole world know that I, Ghost Seven, have captured the Black Giant Salamander?" Ghost Seven looked at him with an amused expression.

Mei Lao Da and the others immediately felt their hearts sink, knowing that this calamity today was likely unavoidable.

Ghost Seven had clearly conceived the idea of killing everyone to silence them; even without today's events, seeing a group of Gu Cultivators far fewer in number than his own, how could Ghost Seven possibly let them go?

Many people now displayed expressions of despair, but just as they were preparing to fight to the death against this group of Ghost Cultivators, Ghost Seven suddenly spoke again: "Letting you leave is not impossible, but I can only allow one person to depart."

The corners of Ghost Seven's mouth curled up: "I have thought of a very interesting game."

"Since people from the City of Sin are all evil, I want to know just how evil the people of the City of Sin truly are."

"Each of you must speak of the darkest, most despicable thing you have ever done; whoever's deed is the darkest, I will let go."

As he spoke these words, he placed an Honesty Gu on his shoulder, yet after he finished speaking, the Honesty Gu did not glow at all.

This meant that everything he had just said was true.

However, upon seeing this Honesty Gu, Long Xuan merely sneered inwardly.

He was far too skilled at playing with Honesty Gu; he knew well that words which failed to make the Honesty Gu glow were not necessarily the truth.

Ghost Seven had clearly just played a word game; what he said was 'I will let who go,' but what about the other Ghost Cultivators?

His meaning was simply that he himself might not act, but he had never said the other Ghost Cultivators wouldn't act; he had never harbored the slightest intention of letting anyone here go, he was merely toying with them.

After all, the people here already knew he had captured the Black Giant Salamander; how could he possibly leave any survivors?

Once this matter was exposed, those Gu Kings who were already disabled would inevitably come knocking at his door.

Not to mention he had just voluntarily revealed that he had tampered with the Formation Disks he sold; this matter likewise could not be exposed.

Since he had allowed Master Wei and the others to know about this, it meant he had never intended from the very beginning to let a single person escape.

Therefore, Long Xuan had no intention whatsoever of indulging Ghost Seven in such a boring game; he was a great good person, so what darkest, most despicable deeds could he possibly have committed?

To escape, he must devise another method.

Long Xuan quickly thought that he could secretly break this Locking Dragon Universe Array; then, by releasing the Black Giant Salamander inside, the enraged Black Giant Salamander would tie up more than half the strength of this group of Ghost Cultivators.

Fearing the Black Giant Salamander might leap into the sea and flee, Ghost Seven would also struggle desperately to intercept it, leaving him no time to worry about them.

No matter what the Black Giant Salamander intended to do once escaped, it would inevitably occupy more than half the strength of this group of Ghost Cultivators.

That would be the optimal moment for him to escape; otherwise, he truly dared not act rashly before this unfathomable Ghost Seven.

And breaking this Locking Dragon Universe Array was truly not difficult for him; with the Heavenly Mechanism Eye, he was the most awesome Formation Guest in this world.

Long Xuan focused his attention, his soul beginning to probe toward the Locking Dragon Universe Array...

Yet while he did not trust the Honesty Gu, others held the Honesty Gu in one hundred percent belief.

Seeing the Honesty Gu fail to glow, everyone except Yue Niang, who harbored doubts, believed Ghost Seven's words, truly thinking that doing as he said would allow them to live.

Master Wei looked at his ten teammates, knowing that this group could never survive at Ghost Seven's hands no matter what, so he steeled his heart, preparing to speak of the darkest thing in his heart.

Before the Honesty Gu, he knew there was no way for him to lie, so at this moment he could only reveal the greatest secret in his heart.

"I am the initiator of this mission, so let me be the first to start."

"Heh heh, only the one who has done the darkest thing can live? Then the one who can live must be me."

Master Wei looked at the crowd of teammates, sweeping his gaze across each of their faces one by one, and after sighing, finally said: "Since you are all destined to die here, then there are some matters I no longer fear you knowing."

"Actually, Ghost Seven is not the only one who likes to tamper with goods for sale; I also like to tamper with the Pills I sell."

"I place Parasitic Gu into the Pills I sell; anyone who purchases Master Wei's Pills will be parasitized by Parasitic Gu."

"The Parasitic Gu grows by absorbing the host's nutrients, and once it has grown to a certain degree, it will complete its control over the host, meaning I will control them."

Master Wei proudly pointed at himself, revealing a sinister smile.

"Because the Parasitic Gu is a type of Mother-and-Son Gu, with the Female Gu on my person, everyone parasitized by the Child Gu must be controlled by the Female Gu."

"There are already quite a few people in the City indirectly controlled by me, though most of them are Gu Cultivators at the Cultivation Stage: Essence Refining and Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators."

"Because the cost of creating Parasitic Gu is very high, Low-Realm Gu Cultivators are not worthy of consuming them, nor would I place Parasitic Gu into low-quality Pills."

At this moment, Master Wei finally stopped hiding himself, tearing off his hypocritical mask, his face revealing an extremely sinister smile.

Once these words were spoken, everyone was stunned, looking at him in disbelief.

Especially Mei Lao Da and the others who had purchased Master Wei's Pills, whose faces instantly turned dark.

Everyone turned hostile gazes upon Master Wei, so angry they were nearly going mad.

"Fuck your grandfather! You actually dared to put worms in the Pills! You dog of a thing, you even dared to swindle us, the Mei Mountain Five Ghosts!"

Mei Lao Wu, whose temper was the most explosive, immediately broke into loud curses.

The others also stared at Master Wei with eyes wide enough to split, nearly exploding with rage.

"Ugh!" Yue Niang immediately retched aloud; thinking of how, after coming into a sudden fortune, she had purchased large quantities of Master Wei's Pills and consumed a massive amount of worms, she felt a wave of nausea.

Knowing that countless worms had already parasitized her body, her face instantly turned pale, her eyes filled with terror.

She roared like a madwoman: "You, surnamed Wei! You actually dared to feed me worms! Are you even human, damn it?"

"I am your old friend, often patronizing your business, and this is how you treat me!"

"May you die a horrible death!" Yue Niang cursed with a voice torn from her throat.

"Heh heh, aren't friends meant to be swindled? If I don't swindle you, who else would I swindle?"

"Do not get angry; you have long been parasitized by multiple Parasitic Gu; under their control, you simply cannot kill me."

Seeing that Yue Niang was on the verge of going berserk, Master Wei revealed a cold sneer.

He turned his head to look at Ghost Seven again, speaking to himself: "Is this matter dark enough? I imagine nothing could be darker than this; you can let me go now, right?"

However, before Ghost Seven could speak, Yue Niang let out a mad burst of laughter, saying disdainfully: "You call this dark? I have something even darker."

"Whoever has done the darkest thing can leave, is that it? Then the one who can leave can only be me!"

She scanned the surroundings, sneering coldly: "Things have come to this pass, so I will no longer conceal the truth."

"Actually, those top-tier girls in my possession are not living humans; they are all corpses controlled by my Corpse Control Worms."

"Just think about it, how could there possibly be so many beautiful female Gu Cultivators willing to engage in the flesh trade?"

"Heh heh, you often slept embracing corpses; it must have been quite cool, no?"

"Who here could be darker than me!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone's eyes widened in shock, looking at her in disbelief, before they all began to retch.

Clearly, those who vomited were all people who had patronized Yue Niang's business.

"Damn it! You dead old hag actually made corpses keep us company; you are too poisonous!"

"We brothers often patronized your business, yet you actually made corpses receive guests; are you even human! Ugh..."

"I'll curse your ancestors, Yue Niang..."

The crowd glared with bloodshot eyes, cursing wildly like madmen.

Thinking of what they had touched earlier, everyone felt a wave of nausea.

The group of Ghost Cultivators was stunned...

At this moment, Ghost Seven's eyes also widened in shock.

He liked to give his opponents hope before killing them; that was why he had devised such a game to toy with people, yet he never expected to inadvertently overhear so many explosive secrets.

There were those who stuffed insects into Pills, and those who used corpses to entertain guests; were these things done by humans? These people were simply vicious to the extreme.

Where did this City of Sin find so many talented individuals?

Ghost Seven was delighted now; after clapping his hands excitedly, he laughed loudly, "Brilliant! Brilliant! This play is becoming more and more exciting, continue!"

"Is there anything even more sinister!"

The other Ghost Cultivators were also watching with great relish at this moment, growing increasingly interested in this play.

Long Xuan merely watched silently as the two fought like dogs biting each other, anticipating how matters would unfold next. (End of Chapter)