Otherworldly Desert Dust

"Little Yi, the bow!"

Wu Hen extended his left hand, and with his right hand, he assumed the posture of drawing a bowstring.

A large number of Xuan Silk threads rapidly appeared, forming a bow made of Xuan Crystal material in Wu Hen’s palm. When he pulled the bowstring into a full moon, an arrow formed simultaneously!

"Whoosh!"

The Xuan Crystal arrow shot out, piercing precisely into the Ghost Bride’s forehead, propelling her head through the alley before nailing it to the far end!

Even after her forehead was pierced, the Ghost Bride did not die. Just as she was about to graft onto a new body, Wu Hen shot her entire head off, making her even more furious!

She opened her demonic mouth, emitting an extremely ear-piercing scream, as if calling out to something in Yinzhou City.

"Uh uh uh!! Uh uh uh uh!!!!!!"

Soon, all kinds of strange cries echoed near Yinzhou Street.

Though Wu Hen couldn’t see them, he could hear a large number of ghostly beings converging towards his direction!

Were they summoning other ghosts to ambush him?

Wu Hen hadn’t expected that the Ghost Bride had quite the influence in Yinzhou.

After glancing at the terrifying Yin Dragon and ensuring it wasn’t coming his way, Wu Hen felt a bit less fearful.

A bunch of snacks and cold dishes, no matter how many come, I’ll devour them all!

The Mystical Jade Mask reappeared, and Wu Hen’s body surged with numerous crystal threads. They adhered tightly to him like a soft garment and armored him as though made of hard armor!

"I have absorbed all the Yuan You, perfect timing for a massacre!"

Holding the Cold Stab, Wu Hen’s figure flashed quickly between the long street and the alley. A group of Washing Ghost Women with ferocious faces crawled towards him, but with a swift strike, he instantly exorcised these Washing Ghost Women!

Desert Dust creatures of this caliber were already like slow-moving puppets in Wu Hen’s eyes. He could flash back and forth seven or eight times in front of them before they realized they should pounce.

Clean and efficient execution allowed Little Yi to continue his feast.

The only somewhat threatening ones to Wu Hen were the Pig-faced Butchers. With their thick skin and immense strength, the rusty butcher knives they wielded could chop joints from a distance...

For other Spirit Awakeners, Pig-faced Butchers were an absolute nightmare. Even if they managed to escape dozens of meters away, a virtual chop from the Pig-faced Butcher could split the weaker ones in half!

Wu Hen didn’t know what kind of slaughter law the Pig-faced Butchers followed. Their movements weren’t particularly fast, and every time they swung their butcher knives, their entire bodies would make obvious sounds. With his keen hearing, Wu Hen could dodge the butcher knife the moment they swung, leaving it to fall only where he had previously been.

Pig-faced Butchers were considered Night Ghost Level Desert Dust creatures, but Wu Hen could take on four at once, a feat utterly astounding to other Spirit Awakeners.

On the other side of the long street, Fei Ying and Cai Jinlin were hiding in a restaurant.

In the restaurant’s kitchen, there was a Pig-faced Butcher. Initially searching for their scent, it got confused as both had smeared themselves with a large amount of lard.

After a while, the Pig-faced Butcher heard the Ghost Bride’s call, rushed out of the restaurant, and headed to the long street.

Fei Ying and Cai Jinlin breathed a long sigh of relief, covered with grease that emitted a nauseating odor.

"I reckon about half of the people are dead; just hold on a bit longer," Cai Jinlin whispered.

"How did you know the Pig-faced Butcher uses smell to lock onto living people?" Fei Ying asked.

Qin Sheng’s team and Cai Jinlin’s team had scattered after crossing the bridge.

Now, everyone in their team relied on their own abilities. After all, the more people gathered together, the more likely they were to become targets for the Yin Ghosts.

"Desperate times called for desperate measures... by the way, it looks like there’s a big shot on the street. He drew away this Pig-faced Butcher; otherwise, it would have surely found us," Cai Jinlin said.

One-eyed Fei Ying nodded, curiously peeking out to see which skilled Spirit Awakener dared to confront the ferocious Pig-faced Butcher head-on!

But upon seeing this, Fei Ying’s face became even more shocked!

Initially, he thought the person was only dealing with one or two Pig-faced Butchers, but the street was actually packed with Yin Ghosts of various sizes. They were originally hunting a man, but it looked like these Yin Ghosts were being hunted down one by one!

"Boom!!!!!!"

With a loud crash, a massive Pig-faced Butcher flew over like a meat-shell cannon, smashing heavily into the restaurant!

The restaurant collapsed instantly, forcing Fei Ying and Cai Jinlin to flee outside hurriedly.

They turned their heads to see that the Pig-faced Butcher who had been tracking them had its chest pierced through, oil leaking and vaporizing from its body!

Dead??

The Pig-faced Butcher had only been fighting for a short while and was already dead!

How could the abilities of Spirit Awakeners differ so much? They had been running like street rats, but the person on the street was slaying hundreds of ghosts! Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Temple fair escape, how did it turn into a temple fair monster hunt??

"Now’s our chance, hurry to the end of the street, the Yin Dragon is heading that way," Cai Jinlin said excitedly, taking advantage of the ghost-slaying man’s actions to escape to another street!

Fei Ying didn’t hesitate and followed Cai Jinlin towards that end.

As they ran past the long street, Fei Ying took a glance at the person fighting at the cross street. All he saw was a cold and sinister mask amidst the surging ghost horde, resembling a cold-faced priest ravaging these ghostly beings!

"It’s quieter here; we should be able to hide a while longer." Hiding in a civilian house along the street, Cai Jinlin sighed with relief.

More than half the people were dead. They were one step closer to survival, and they had gained some equipment while hiding, making a small fortune.

"Hey, why aren’t you talking?" Cai Jinlin asked, puzzled.

He turned to check on Fei Ying, only to see a gruesome female head with a large hole in its forehead. Her face was delicate, but her features were contorted...

Most terrifying was how this head was staring intently at Fei Ying, eyes possessing her, leaving her like a soulless husk.

It was the Ghost Bride!

To be precise, it was the head of the Ghost Bride!

No one knew what had happened. The Ghost Bride lost her body, and her forehead had a hole punched through!

"Don’t look into her eyes!" Cai Jinlin hurriedly shouted.

But it was already too late. One-eyed Fei Ying’s mind had been taken. Mechanically, she raised her arms, placing one high and one low on her head.

One-eyed Fei Ying began to exert force, slowly, slowly, twisting her own head off her neck!!!

Cai Jinlin, witnessing this bizarre scene, felt his hair stand on end.

Back at the temple fair loft, he had known this Ghost Bride was terrifying, but seeing her now, compelling a woman to twist off her own head to make way for her, made him realize how foolish his note "Ghost Bride poses no threat to women" was!

When the Ghost Bride tossed the embroidery ball to choose a suitor, indeed, she posed no harm to women.

But when she lost her body, the woman would become her prey!

"Creak creak creak!!!!!!"

Fei Ying’s head had twisted past ninety degrees, the cracking of her neckbone evident.

It was apparent the Ghost Bride was satisfied with Fei Ying’s body. As a Night Ghost Level Spirit Awakener, Fei Ying had a Second Rank Physique. Once she possessed this body, the Ghost Bride’s power would also increase!

Thus, the Ghost Bride summoned the ghost horde to besiege Wu Hen, her real aim being to buy time to find a more suitable body!

Fei Ying’s physique, while not as dainty as a delicate woman’s, was healthy with some muscle, perfect for combat!

"No... no..."

Tears streamed from Fei Ying’s eyes. Her mind remained, but her body wouldn’t obey her.

She could feel her own hands twisting her head off, the pain, suffocation, and fear overwhelming her with despair. She had never imagined she’d be reduced to a helpless chicken before the Ghost Bride, no chance to resist!

Her neck had been twisted to an impossible angle; Cai Jinlin could only watch in horror.

"Whoosh~~"

Suddenly, a figure flashed by like lightning...

Immediately, Fei Ying saw a cold mask, sinisterly handsome, appear before her.

Then, a cold shadow, scorpion-stinger swift, pierced viciously through the Ghost Bride’s head!!

The Ghost Bride, anticipating a body switch, never expected someone to be listening closely. While she concentrated on twisting Fei Ying’s head, Wu Hen used a sound flash to appear behind her!

"You’re not the only one who can sneak up behind others..."

Wu Hen grabbed the Ghost Bride’s hair with one hand, repeatedly stabbing the Xuan Crystal Cold Piercing into her "scalp" with the other!

The Ghost Bride’s gentle face froze entirely, her pupils filled with shock and rage. She never anticipated becoming someone else’s prey, her life taken so easily!

The lingering hostile aura quickly dissipated, the Ghost Bride’s head no longer floating, dropping like a ball.

"Sssluurrrp~"

Little Yi wouldn’t miss this hot dish, gratefully devouring the Ghost Essence in the Ghost Bride’s "scalp"...

Little Yi’s digestion was rapid.

Wu Hen immediately felt his skin tingling, a black Xuan Silk attached to his follicles, quickly replacing his White Jade Xuan Silk.

As it densely weaved and solidified, Wu Hen’s entire arm took on a perfect black jade texture, with Black Jade Xuan Crystal covering other parts of his body.

One-eyed Fei Ying recovered beside him.

Looking at the man whose White Jade Mask had turned into a Black Jade Cold Face, Fei Ying felt for a moment as if a Fighting Saint in Black Qilin Clothes stood before her.

Surviving death and feeling a deep gratitude intertwined into intense excitement and admiration, Fei Ying yearned to see the face behind the Black Jade Mask!