Chapter 174: Eating Ghosts, Conflict

Time kept passing.

Around them, at this moment, people successively could not resist the Incense Stick scent emitted by the Meat Ball and began to eat the Meat Ball one after another.

Fortunately, those people had previously seized some Rice Grain, soaked them with blood and swallowed them; although it could not suppress the Fierce Ghost's revival, it could prevent the revival's erosion of the body.

Under these circumstances, within a short time, no one actually died.

"Lu Zhiwen, this can't go on; the Meat Balls left here are becoming more and more tempting,"

"And have you noticed that the Fierce Ghosts behind us seem to have also set their sights on us few who aren't eating,"

Feng Quan kept a composed face, observing the situation behind, and for Lu Zhiwen, the squad leader of the same cohort as Yang Jian, Feng Quan still trusted his ability more.

The fact was the same: any squad leader who could be in the same cohort as Yang Jian had already demonstrated his greatness to everyone.

"I certainly noticed, but since this is something created by the Red and White Double Evil, would you dare to eat it casually?" Lu Zhiwen said calmly.

"A single Red Letter Paper can pull a person into this unknown Spiritual Realm,"

"These Meat Balls—do you really think they're merely stimulating the Fierce Ghost's revival that simply?"

Lu Zhiwen's tone was faint as he looked at the Ghost Tamers who had eaten the Meat Balls, as if he were looking at a corpse.

"The Red and White Double Evil is an Abnormal with intelligence; its every move clearly cannot be merely to let us come and look,"

"Although it gave us Rice Grain that can avoid Ghost Wound, who can be sure the Meat Balls have no other hazards? If those Rice Grain are merely to deceive us, what then would you do?"

Lu Zhiwen's words gave those who had eaten the Meat Balls a sudden blow to the head.

But with matters at this point, they could only keep a composed face and say nothing further.

Indeed, this strong Incense Stick scent temptation, combined with the Rice Grain that could avoid Ghost Wound, led some people to gamble and eat the Meat Balls.

"Tap tap tap!"

Just as Feng Quan was still thinking of saying something, Footsteps came from afar.

Suddenly, at an unknown time, a bizarre group of infants that looked only five or six years old appeared on the Square.

These infants roamed the Square, seemingly noticing everyone's Gaze and casting a strange look at them.

"Damn! That thing, is it a ghost infant of a starving ghost?"

Feng Quan widened his eyes; having followed Yang Jian for years, he was relatively familiar with ghost infants.

Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but furrow his brows.

"Are you sure?" Lu Zhiwen's face darkened.

"I'm absolutely certain; those are ghost infants," Feng Quan nodded.

"If so, the White Evil gave us food, and now releases ghost infants; it can't be planning to eat ghosts, can it?"

"All the ghosts in the world have been drawn by the Red and White Double Evil; if they eat the Fierce Ghosts here, how terrifying would that become?"

As they spoke, the group exchanged glances and simultaneously thought of a concept—Immortal!

When a ghost gathers the spiritual essence of all Fierce Ghosts, at that moment, calling it the all-powerful Immortal would not be an overstatement.

This Immortal is not the kind of Ghost God that can perform Sealing on Fierce Ghosts, but a being that can create everything.

Because after devouring all Fierce Ghosts, its Killing Rule and spiritual methods can already reach any domain.

Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, a ghost infant quickly found a target.

It was a Fierce Ghost that looked skinny, almost skin-and-bone.

When the ghost infant approached it, its body also underwent a transformation at that moment.

The skinny Fierce Ghost's body began to violently collide, and its blood and flesh seemed to start turning outward at that instant.

In less than a minute, that skinny Fierce Ghost turned into a Meat Ball less than a meter tall.

The earlier ghost infant walked to the side of the Meat Ball and carried it deeper into the Square.

"That thing is very similar to the Blood Clot we ate before!"

"Could it be that what we just ate was the blood and flesh of that ghost thing?"

Someone showed a terrified expression, having eaten a piece of Fierce Ghost's blood and flesh; no wonder the Fierce Ghost revived because of it.

That piece of Fierce Ghost's blood and flesh, whether it revived inside them as a new Fierce Ghost or became part of the Fierce Ghost within them,

in the end would only lead to one outcome: breaking the Balance inside these Ghost Tamers, thereby causing the Fierce Ghost's revival.

Some people began to dry-retch, but the Fierce Ghosts that entered the body are not so easily vomited out. Under the terrified gazes, more and more Fierce Ghosts turned into Meat Balls and were taken away by the ghost infants.

"Damn! We won't become Meat Balls next, will we?" the Ghost Tamer who had first eaten the Meat Ball now wore a terrified face.

However, shortly after his words fell, a strange change suddenly appeared on his face.

His blood and flesh began to turn outward at that moment, his body contracted, and soon became a Meat Ball.

"What a joke, really turned into a Meat Ball?"

Seeing this, the Ghost Tamers who had previously eaten the Meat Balls hurriedly took out the Rice Grain they had seized earlier, mixed them with blood, and began to eat them.

However, can these Rice Grain truly prevent the Fierce Ghost already inside the body from harming oneself? Perhaps they help, but the effect is certainly not as good as giving the Rice Grain to the Fierce Ghost to eat.

"Let's go! We can't stay here any longer."

"Entering the Square, this stage is already complete; if we can now leave, we should be able to avoid the effects brought by Ghost Summoning,"

Lu Zhiwen was the first to stand up, holding a book and a pen, quickly writing something in the book.

A chilling aura surfaced on Lu Zhiwen, and some other patterns appeared all over his body.

Those patterns looked like some kind of symbols, yet also like a script other than Chinese characters.

However, shortly after these characters appeared, a Yellow Paper fell from the sky at this moment.

The Yellow Paper landed precisely, sticking right onto Lu Zhiwen's face.

In an instant, the chilling aura on Lu Zhiwen vanished completely, and the patterns that had surfaced also disappeared.

"Directly suppressed?"

Zhou Deng widened his eyes; he also had this kind of Yellow Paper.

After this Yellow Paper is stuck to a person's face, it can cause a human or a Ghost to enter a state similar to a living corpse.

However, he did not expect that this Yellow Paper could be so terrifying.

When a captain makes a move, a single Yellow Paper is enough to interrupt the opponent's attack, even to control the opponent.

Although his heart trembled, Zhou Deng's reaction was still swift.

He quickly went to Lu Zhiwen's side, pressed his palm hard, and tore the Yellow Paper from Lu Zhiwen's face.

However, Lu Zhiwen's subsequent change startled Zhou Deng.

After the Yellow Paper on Lu Zhiwen's face was torn off, the blood and flesh on his body at that moment seemed to have been drawn out.

His skin could only just cover the bones, looking extremely horrifying.

If Lu Zhiwen were not already an Abnormal, he probably would have died the instant the Yellow Paper was removed. "In this place, the use of Ghost Power is prohibited."

Lu Zhiwen opened his eyes, ignoring the loss of vitality in his body, and stared rigidly toward the distant direction.

"Once we use Ghost Power, we will immediately be attacked by some terrifying supernatural assault." This condition undoubtedly makes their desire to flee even harder to achieve.

The crowd looked toward the four exits of the Square; at each exit, there were a red and a white Ghostly Puppet.

Moreover, around the Square, many Paper Persons stood stationary.

Even more terrifying, deep within the Square, a single Ghost Infant kept emerging.

Those Ghost Infants all seemed to be single genuine Fierce Ghosts, extremely terrifying.

Zhou Deng looked around, and while pondering, took out a Human Skin Mask and put it on.

As he wore the Human Skin Mask, Zhou Deng's aura became increasingly like that of a genuine Fierce Ghost.

However, all of this was in vain.

Because the number of Ghost Infants kept increasing, more Fierce Ghosts began turning into Meat Balls that were taken away by the Ghost Infants.

On the other side, at the center of the Square.

Zhang Hao sat on an Old Taishi Chair, and the Ghost Bride sat beside him.

Many Ghost Infants at this moment carried individual Meat Balls toward here, and Zhang Hao seized these Meat Balls, swallowing them one by one.

Meanwhile, the Ghost Bride also received some Meat Balls to eat.

However, compared with Zhang Hao's one-at-a-time manner, the Ghost Bride's eating speed was much slower, appearing far more refined.

It's not that the Ghost Bride doesn't want to eat faster; mainly, this doesn't stem from her ability, and she lacks the capacity to endlessly devour Fierce Ghosts.

That is, the Rotten Flesh Ghost is rather special; its ability is not to eat Ghosts, but to turn Fierce Ghosts into Meat Balls that can be consumed.

In this situation, the Ghost Bride can eat those Meat Balls, successfully achieving her goal of growth.

But compared with Zhang Hao, who has mastered the Starving Ghost, the Ghostly Servant, and the Rotten Flesh Ghost itself,

the Ghost Bride's swallowing speed is clearly inferior.

Usually, Zhang Hao must eat a dozen Ghosts before the Ghost Bride can eat a single Meat Ball.

In fact, the reason Zhang Hao uses the Rotten Flesh Ghost's ability to eat these Ghosts also stems from his own considerations.

The Meat Balls produced by the Rotten Flesh Ghost's ability are not supernatural assaults, but real Fierce Ghosts.

The Rotten Flesh Ghost can directly strip a portion of a Fierce Ghost's flesh and blood from its body.

In this case, regardless of which Fierce Ghost, in their perception this is a piece of Fierce Ghost flesh and blood.

As long as they eat it, they can complete a portion of the Puzzle.

By this method, Zhang Hao can avoid becoming the enemy of all Fierce Ghosts.

Although Zhang Hao's current Terror Level is very high, the sheer number of Fierce Ghosts is overwhelming.

If truly confronted by all Fierce Ghosts united, even he would be suppressed in return.

But using the Rotten Flesh Ghost's method prevents these Fierce Ghosts from resisting his Ghost Power.

Because in the Fierce Ghosts' perception, after they consume flesh, they are completing the Puzzle, not facing an assault, so they do not rebel.

The second reason, naturally, is the scene just now of the Ghost Bride eating a Ghost.

Although the Ghost Bride's own Terror Level is now nearly complete, there remains a considerable gap compared with Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao hopes that by eating Meat Balls, he can boost the Ghost Bride's potential.

If the Ghost Bride were to eat a Fierce Ghost possessing infinite growth ability, her potential would undoubtedly receive a massive boost.

Moreover, this possibility is not small.

Many Fierce Ghosts have the ability to continuously grow.

Although Fierce Ghosts capable of infinite growth are fewer, they are not that rare.

Most other Fierce Ghosts simply have not yet grown, or have been harnessed by Ghost Tamers.

For example, Yang Jian's Headless Ghost Shadow; this Ghost, in terms of potential, can be considered to have near‑infinite growth ability, able to splice any Fierce Ghost into a part of its body.

Another example is Shen Lin's Ghost Mother; this Ghost, if you defeat it in the opponent's past, can replace everything of its past, including its Fierce Ghosts.

There is also Ghost Dream; as long as a Ghost Tamer or Fierce Ghost is killed by Ghost Dream in a dream, their Ghost Power will become part of the dream.

Many Fierce Ghosts' infinite growth is simply undeveloped.

After all, Fierce Ghosts can grow infinitely, but humans would certainly not dare to use them that way.

The Starving Ghost is strong because Zhao Kaiming, controlled by the Wish Ghost, has been deliberately raised and fed.

As for the Ghostly Servant, this thing is indeed unsolvable; since its birth, it has belonged to a not‑weak tier among Fierce Ghosts.

However, this Ghost's threat is too great; once encountered by a Ghost Tamer, it will inevitably be targeted and eliminated by the Ghost Tamer.

While Zhang Hao was feasting heartily on this side,

outside, they could no longer stay, and as more and more Ghost Tamers began turning into Meat Balls.

Even though they knew that using Ghost Power here would provoke bad supernatural effects, the captains and kings could no longer restrain themselves and began to wield Ghost Power.

At this moment, the sky began to drop sheet after sheet of Yellow Paper, and the grayish Ghost Domain started to contract, reducing the area where people could move.

The Road that led away was cut off at an unknown time, and this Square was completely isolated within a painting, and some rules were broken along with it.

The shrinking of the Square's area caused some Fierce Ghosts to start noticing those captains or kings.

The ones that have not yet turned into Meat Balls by now are basically terrifying beings among the Fierce Ghosts.

For example, the captain who previously clashed with Zhang Hao, and also a Fierce Ghost taking the form of a middle‑aged man holding a newspaper.

Or, not far away, that terrifying old man holding an Iron Shovel, his body covered in mud, along with these Fierce Ghosts, simultaneously turned their gaze toward Lu Zhiwen and the others.

"How about we unite and leave this place first?"

Ya Mu, with a composed expression, proposed to the Headquarters' captains.

"Sure!" Lu Zhiwen nodded gravely.

"Add us on this side!"

A king holding a cross, looking like a believer, walked over.

"This crisis targets the whole world, so we must unite to have a chance to respond."

During this period, the roaming of the Red and White Double Evil caused the King Organization to lose many kings.

Nevertheless, even so, with those reserve kings, the King Organization's numbers still outnumbered those on the Headquarters side.

"Of course!"

Being able to have more combat power, Lu Zhiwen naturally would not refuse.

Only, can they really hold back these Fierce Ghosts?

It is unclear whether someone triggered the Killing Rule; perhaps due to a lack of wisdom, the Iron Shovel old man acted first.

The overwhelming Grave Soil at this moment surged toward Lu Zhiwen and the others, burying them.

(End of chapter)