Chapter 474: A Growing Great Ghost! Sweeping All Before It! Picking Up the Spoils! Trouble Flows East!

The group’s emotions were mixed, and each wore a different expression.

Except for Liu Jun, they were all cultivators, but this time, the Liu ancestral hall was far too strange. It had dragged them into this mysterious town, stripping away all their magical powers and artifacts.

At any moment, they could die here. Their previous experience only gave them a slight advantage over Liu Jun, the ordinary girl, but it offered little real guarantee.

Even those with extraordinary power, once stripped of it, might handle terrifying situations no better than ordinary people.

As Li Yanchu left the Liu ancestral hall, sudden gusts of chilling wind swept through the hall, as if someone were whispering in their ears. Normally, these bizarre, malevolent places didn’t let you come or leave at will. The main doors would close, hallways would twist like a labyrinth; this was standard for cursed locations.

Yet this time, for some unknown reason, this unpredictable and ominous Liu ancestral hall, clearly a site of extreme danger, allowed Li Yanchu and his group to leave with ease.

A deep, low sigh echoed from the Eight Trigrams Tower, which manipulated the eight trigrams of heaven and earth, though the sound couldn’t reach the outside at all.

A vague shadow, watching ahead with a hint of regret, also exhaled in relief.

“Where did this Daoist even come from? He shattered that blood corpse in a single strike. No, it’s for the best that he left. We can’t keep him here.”

The shadow sighed, greedily eyeing the flesh of the living, and unconsciously swallowed. He had a vague premonition that if he made a move, even if he could kill a few ordinary people, he would likely be found and killed by this young Daoist. This thought was so strong that it kept him from doing anything as the group left.

However, things didn’t go as smoothly as Li Yanchu had hoped. As soon as they returned to the street, a tremendous roar echoed in their ears, then came the booming sound of destruction.

Just then, a hulking, massive monster was rampaging down the street with a violently fierce aura. Buildings on the street were continuously pushed over, and the ghosts hiding inside were torn out and devoured, and its aura continued to grow stronger.

Earlier in the inn, its size had been merely hulking, but now it could be called a giant. It was nearly three meters tall, with a gaping blood-red mouth on its chest, greedily devouring everything it touched. This terrifying giant wasn’t just destroying buildings, it was hunting.

At this time, a woman in sheer, delicate clothing was fleeing in panic. She was one of the previous guests from Room 5.

Boom! Boom!

The giant shoved a building over and casually grabbed one pale-faced ghost inside. The mouth on its chest immediately crushed the ghost’s head, and the sound of tearing flesh and bones sent chills down everyone’s spines.

Yet the giant’s rampage didn’t stop. It continued to chase the woman in the sheer garment.

The woman’s figure was stunning; in other circumstances, her movements could make any man’s blood race. But here, everyone only felt horror.

Only this woman is left... could the giant have eaten the rest?

A terrifying thought crossed everyone’s mind.

Judging by the speed of this ghost’s growth and the ferocity of the mouth on its chest, it seemed very likely.

The brutal battles in the mysterious inn likely ended with this giant as the ultimate victor. It had grown to a terrifying level, with only this lithe, sheer-clad woman remaining.

“Senior Cao Cao, we need to escape! This monster is extremely vicious and can grow. Who knows what it’ll do next?” Zhang Wei said, terrified.

“Let’s go. We’ll leave here.” Li Yanchu nodded slightly. His eyes gleamed faintly, seemingly intrigued by this terrifying giant.

So it actually likes to eat ghosts...?

They quickly left, but the woman in sheer clothing ran straight toward Li Yanchu and his group. This ghost was cunning; she wanted to divert the disaster, making the giant attack these living people instead.

“Bitch!” Zhang Wei swore. This female ghost was truly despicable.

Li Yanchu let out a cold smile.

You wanna play with us, huh? Fine.

Then, a thought flashed through his mind, and he pointed his finger from afar at the sheer-clad female ghost...

“Freeze!”

He immediately cast the Immobilization Spell. The woman’s face instantly twisted in terror, her body stiffened, and she couldn’t move a muscle.

Li Yanchu then used his Soul Snare to grab the ghost. He waved her in front of the terrifying giant and then directly threw her into the Liu ancestral hall. By his judgment, this giant probably preferred ghosts over living humans, or rather, this giant grows by consuming ghosts.

Sure enough, his guess was correct; the chest-mouthed ghost eagerly chased after the black smoke formed from the female ghost straight into the Liu ancestral hall.

The shadow inside the Eight Trigrams Tower’s black silhouette suddenly opened its eyes, as if it had seen something.

“Damn it!” it cursed.

This young Daoist is way too cunning!!!

The giant followed the black smoke into the Liu ancestral hall. The main gate instantly collapsed under its charge, and dust flew everywhere.

Boom!! Boom! Boom!

Inside the hall, deafening sounds continuously echoed.

“Daoist Master Li, what should we do next?” asked Master Zhiqing.

“Don’t rush. Let the bullets[1] fly for a bit.”

Li Yanchu led the group to the abandoned houses first, searching for useful magical artifacts.

With the help of his Qi Sight and Spirit Eyes, they actually found some valuable items, like a peachwood sword for exorcism, two coffin nails corroded with copper, a Taisui talisman, and two exorcism talismans, all magical artifacts from the previous houses. The ghosts in those houses had already been devoured by the giant, so Li Yanchu’s team obtained them effortlessly.

Continuing under Li Yanchu’s lead, they found a few Buddhist magical artifacts as well.

It wasn’t that these artifacts were unusually common, it was just that the giant’s destruction had been incredibly fast. It demolished the houses and devoured ghosts with smooth, fluid movements, almost effortlessly keeping pace with the scantily-clad female ghost.

Unfortunately, ghosts didn’t know how to clean up the battlefield. The giant had been drawn into the Liu ancestral hall by Li Yanchu, leaving all the spoils of battle for Li Yanchu’s small team.

Then, Li Yanchu distributed the magical artifacts to the people following him, for self-defense. With that, these cultivators who had lost their powers and become ordinary humans could regain basic combat ability. Even Liu Jun received an exorcism talisman for self-protection.

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

1. T/N: The author wrote 子弹 which literally means bullet, though one could argue that bullets didn’t exist in that era. ☜