Chapter 28: Fourth-Stage Ghost Infant

By this point, besides Wang Xiaoqiang, no one opposed Wang Xiaoming's plan.

After driving unevenly for several minutes, they finally reached the vicinity of the hospital; at this moment the hospital's lights had completely gone out, and from afar the people could see nothing except the vague outline of the building in the darkness.

"Is that the hospital we're looking for?"

Zhang Han said somewhat uncertainly.

"That's right!"

Sun Yi pointed to a sign not far away, which read "Dachangshi First Hospital".

"Chen Shoushan, let's begin; the lab is on the fourth floor, we'll enter from the side door and go get the Ghost Finger."

Wang Xiaoming said decisively.

"Good!"

Chen Shoushan also didn't dilly-dally; at a time like this, being indecisive just means waiting to die.

Taking out the specially prepared ordinary coins, he handed one to each person except Wang Xiaoqiang; of course, Ye Feng and Zhang Han each got two.

"Chen Shoushan, your ghost is quite costly..."

Sun Yi said with a pained expression.

"Don't worry, if you come back alive, you have to return these coins."

Chen Shoushan joked.

Bribery—Weakening!

Those who received the coins quickly felt the ghosts inside them rapidly subsiding, and an unprecedented sense of ease came over everyone.

"Great, I never expected to feel what a normal person feels in my lifetime."

Zhang Han couldn't help but say.

"Let's go!"

Wang Xiaoming didn't waste time, after all Chen Shoushan's ability also has a time limit.

Thus Wang Xiaoming's group vanished into the darkness, leaving only Wang Xiaoqiang and Chen Shoushan in the car.

"If something happens later, if you want to leave, just go on your own."

Wang Xiaoqiang kept staring in the direction Wang Xiaoming and the others had gone, muttering to himself.

"How can you be so sure I'll leave?"

Chen Shoushan shifted to a more comfortable position, lying down and laughing as he spoke; he needed to hurry to restore his own spirituality, having just bribed six ghosts in one breath, which had consumed a lot of his spirituality.

"You're not leaving?"

Wang Xiaoqiang asked doubtfully.

"Let's see how things go! Even when surrounded by evil god's followers before, I didn't run, and those are followers of the Mother God!"

Chen Shoushan closed his eyes and murmured softly as if asleep.

"What?"

Wang Xiaoqiang didn't hear Chen Shoushan clearly, but seeing that Chen Shoushan seemed asleep, he could only close his mouth.

"I'm impressed, you dare to sleep at a time like this."

………………

Meanwhile inside the hospital, Ye Feng wearing the Ghost Shroud walked in front, Zhang Han at the rear, while Liu Guang and Sun Yi guarded Wang Xiaoming in the middle.

The darkness inside the hospital was obviously darker than outside; even with a strong flashlight, they could barely make out the situation three or four meters ahead.

"Something's off, the hospital's environment has expanded; we may have entered some kind of Ghost Realm."

After walking a few minutes, Wang Xiaoming suddenly spoke, saying his memory wouldn't mistake the hospital's area.

"Eh? Professor Wang, haven't we always been in the Hungry Ghost's Ghost Realm?"

Zhang Han asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It's a second-layer Ghost Realm; you can think of it as a Ghost Realm within a Ghost Realm."

Wang Xiaoming briefly explained.

Although Zhang Han still didn't quite understand, he felt embarrassed to ask again, so he just nodded as if he understood.

"Professor, what should we do?"

Sun Yi leaned over and asked.

"Ye Feng, can your Ghost Fang bite through this layer of Ghost Realm?"

Ye Feng froze upon hearing Wang Xiaoming's words; before he would definitely have been unable, but now with Chen Shoushan's Weakening enabling him to fully mobilize the Ghost Fang's power, he actually hadn't tried yet.

"I'll give it a try! If it works, maybe I can also bite open the outer Ghost Realm."

Ye Feng suddenly said excitedly.

Ye Feng reached out and tore open the Ghost Shroud on his chest, revealing the terrifying Ghost Fang at his sternum; under his control, the Ghost Fang wildly opened its disordered two rows of teeth and then bit down heavily.

The next moment, the darkness before Ye Feng seemed to have been bitten, revealing a large hole; shining a flashlight through it, one could easily see the ground ahead.

Although Ye Feng's face was pale, he could not hide his joy; he turned and said, "Professor Wang, I can, I can bite open the Ghost Realm; we can leave Dachangshi."

But when he turned back, he didn't see the others' delighted expressions; instead, each looked frightened at what was behind him, and even Wang Xiaoming's face showed some solemnity.

"Ye Feng, run!"

"What..."

Before Ye Feng could voice his question, a huge force from behind pulled him; four dark-blue arms simultaneously grabbed his shoulders, and amidst the frantic struggle of the Ghost Shroud, Ye Feng finally got a chance to turn his head.

He saw four deathly pale faces, exactly the four missing Ghost Masters; what terrified Ye Feng even more was seeing Li Li, who that day at the Shangtong Building entrance had only half a brain left, now standing here with a full brain.

At this moment, the hole bitten open by the Ghost Fang was rapidly being filled by darkness; seeing Ye Feng about to vanish completely into the dark, Zhang Han and the others finally reacted.

Zhang Han roared, and the clothes on his back suddenly tore open, a pair of blood-stained pale arms shooting out from his back as he lunged toward Ye Feng.

Sun Yi's mouth opened unnaturally wide, a pure white eyeball rolling from his throat onto his lips; at that moment the eyeball was aimed at the four ghosts, and the next instant, the ghost gripping Ye Feng's shoulder suddenly froze, motionless.

Only Liu Guang was anxiously busy; in this situation his ghost was useless, so he could only tightly grab Wang Xiaoming, lest his ghost infant also be taken away.

"Fourth-stage ghost infant? If you eat the Ghost Master's ghost infant, you'll become a fourth-stage ghost infant! But what about the ghosts originally on them? Could the ghosts swallowed by the ghost infant appear on the starving ghosts?"

Wang Xiaoming hadn't forgotten to study the ghost infant either; he noticed that the four ghost infants before him, though they bore the Ghost Master's face, the Ghost Master's own ghosts had vanished.

Finally Zhang Han reached the four ghosts; he used an Iron Mountain Lean to crash into one of them, and the pallid arms behind him seized the opportunity to firmly grab that ghost's neck, hoisting it up violently.

In a moment, only two of the four ghosts remained; with the help of the Ghost Shroud, Ye Feng finally caught his breath, and the Ghost Fang on his chest flared open, causing the two dark‑blue arms to break off, finally freeing Ye Feng completely from his bonds.

Ye Feng didn't hesitate, rolling toward Wang Xiaoming with a donkey roll; at the same time, Zhang Han controlled the ghost arms behind him, violently flinging the ghost in its hand away.

This wasn't over yet; Zhang Han again controlled the ghost arms behind him, throwing the ghost that Sun Yi's eyeballs had pinned in place, then rushed toward Wang Xiaoming without stopping, shouting in terror:

"Run! Behind those four big ones there's still a bunch of little ones!"

(End of chapter)