329: Ghost Eater, here comes another one who is not afraid of death

Old Daoist Qingfeng, who was swinging his sword at something, heard Yang Dian’s voice and his pupils constricted sharply:

“Why are you here?”

“Didn’t I say not to let you come?”

“Damn it, kid, why don’t you listen?”

As soon as Old Daoist Qingfeng finished speaking, several people he was protecting behind him, with pale faces, sunken cheeks, and dark eye sockets, also looked at Yang Dian:

“Director Yang.”

Yang Dian nodded.

Perceiving that their biological magnetic fields were like wisps of smoke, as if they could dissipate at any moment, he immediately took out a jar.

He had just opened the jar and hadn’t had time to take out the contents when he felt a strong gust of 陰風 (yin wind) 袭 (attack) him, or rather, the jar.

“Don’t take out the heaven and earth treasures!”

“And don’t use your fists or feet…”

Before Old Daoist Qingfeng finished his sentence, Yang Dian had already curled his fingers into a claw and tore at the 陰風 (yin wind).

“Hiss!”

Five black cracks ripped through space, and amidst a wail that seemed to echo through the Soul, Yang Dian held down the Little Black Cat that wanted to pounce out from his arms, and looked back at Old Daoist Qingfeng, whose eyes were wide:

“What did you say, Daoist Priest?”

Old Daoist Qingfeng’s expression froze:

“Damn it, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

After speaking, he still couldn’t suppress his curiosity and asked:

“You kid, can you still freely use extraordinary means?”

Yang Dian glanced at the black cracks rapidly disappearing into the air, and reached out to grab the strange object he sensed:

“Most extraordinary means cannot be used.”

“Those that can be used also have greatly reduced power.”

“However, sending a few people out should not be a big problem.”

As he spoke, he felt his fingertips touch something icy cold.

Then a terrifying shriek sounded at his fingertips, traveled up his arm, and finally entered his mind, sounding outside the dwelling place of his Soul.

The starlight barrier protecting the dwelling place of the Soul rippled in circles.

But it was only ripples.

The shriek, which seemed capable of shattering the Soul, had no effect on Yang Dian.

His five fingers slightly curled, Yang Dian frowned as he felt something in his palm.

“Is this thing a ‘ghost’?”

“Aren’t ghosts supposed to be incorporeal?”

As soon as he finished speaking, a sense of dread suddenly exploded in Yang Dian’s heart.

“Shit!”

He instinctively raised his hand and punched forward, and a long-haired, faceless head that had just appeared in his vision was instantly blown apart by his punch, emitting countless tiny black Qi before disappearing into the air.

His thoughts wandered around the dwelling place of his Soul.

In that instant, 17 stars above the dwelling place of his Soul instantly dimmed.

“It really is a mental attack?”

He rubbed the goosebumps on his arm.

Yang Dian then handed the icy cold object in his hand to the meowing Little Black Cat:

“You want to eat this?”

The Little Black Cat stopped meowing.

It jumped directly onto Yang Dian’s arm, hugged Yang Dian’s fist, and bit into the ‘ghost’ that Yang Dian was loosely holding.

“Meow meow meow~~~”

As the Little Black Cat bit and chewed, Yang Dian clearly felt the ‘ghost’ he was holding shrink by a circle out of thin air, and the shriek transmitted from his palm to the dwelling place of his Soul became even more terrifying.

Besides that, the Little Black Cat, which hadn’t grown at all after being raised for almost a year, finally started to grow.

In just a few seconds, it grew a full circle under Yang Dian’s gaze.

One bite, two bites, three bites… After the Little Black Cat finished eating the ‘ghost’ in Yang Dian’s palm, it had already become a half-grown cat.

As its body crouched low and it looked around, it even had a hint of ferocity only found in beasts.

However, when the Little Black Cat’s gaze fell on Yang Dian, it became somewhat silly and cute again.

It hugged Yang Dian’s arm and started meowing:

“Human, so delicious, cat wants to eat more, cat wants to grow up!”

Rubbing the Little Black Cat’s head, Yang Dian turned to look at Old Daoist Qingfeng beside him:

“Daoist Priest, are you sure that’s a ghost?”

Old Daoist Qingfeng was silent for a moment:

“It’s not necessarily a ghost, it might be some kind of spirit body.”

“We perceive it as a ghost because we’ve been taught from a young age that ghosts are terrifying, and we fear them.”

“So in our perception, when it occasionally appears, it’s a ghost.”

Yang Dian nodded thoughtfully, then reopened the jar containing the heaven and earth treasures.

This time, however, that thing seemed to have learned its lesson and didn’t pounce again.

“Daoist Priest, look, people fear ghosts by three parts, but ghosts fear people by seven parts.”

“As long as you’re fiercer than a ghost, it won’t dare to provoke you.”

“What’s more, that thing probably isn’t even a ghost.”

With a flick of his finger, Yang Dian cut off five peanut-sized heaven and earth treasures from the main body and threw them to Bai Zhi and the other four:

“Eat them.”

Bai Zhi and the other four, who received the heaven and earth treasures, exchanged glances, then unhesitatingly put the heaven and earth treasures into their mouths.

“Thank you, Director Yang.”

Yang Dian nodded.

He only spoke after seeing their complexions visibly improve:

“What’s the specific situation?”

Old Daoist Qingfeng looked around, then at Bai Zhi, “Bai girl, you tell him.”

Bai Zhi took a deep breath and began:

“We entered the underground passage at 1 PM yesterday, followed the markers left by Director Yue, and found this place a few hours ago.”

“After realizing the strangeness of this place, we first reported the situation to the surface, and then walked up the steps.”

“After walking up the steps, we confirmed that this place belongs to a ‘Dimensional Rift Alien Planet Fragment Drop Zone’, and that this place has a strong suppressive effect on strength, so we wanted to leave.”

“But no matter how we tried to retreat, we couldn’t get back down the steps.”

“It’s as if this place is in an independent space, or like we’re caught in a ‘ghost wall’, unable to leave.”

“Later, we discussed it and decided to explore further up the steps, to see the full moon.”

“After all, there was a figure in the full moon, and that figure looked very much like Director Yue.”

“But you saw what happened next, Director Yang. We encountered an attack from an ‘untraceable’ unknown creature. After one of the attacks, I suddenly felt that the thing was like a ghost, and it really turned into a ghost.”

“It possesses high intelligence.”

“It could have easily killed us, but to keep us as a burden on Daoist Qingfeng, it kept us alive.”

“Finally, Daoist Qingfeng discovered something, used the Zhan Tian Ba Jian Shu (Sky Severing Sword Drawing Technique) to tear open a gap, and allowed me to send out a talisman containing spatial power.”

At this point, Bai Zhi looked at Yang Dian again:

“I originally wanted to warn you not to come, but I didn’t expect you to come anyway.”

Yang Dian nodded, indicating that it was not a big problem, then turned to Old Daoist Qingfeng:

“Daoist Priest, what did you discover?”

Old Daoist Qingfeng drew a circle with his sword:

“We are currently inside an energy barrier.”

“It’s easy to get in, but difficult to get out.”

“Supernatural power can tear the barrier, but after entering this damned place, neither my Qi and blood power nor anyone else’s Awakening abilities can be used.”

“In the end, I could only use a tiny bit of Sword Intent that I had comprehended to tear open a crack, allowing Bai Zhi to send out a piece of paper, warning you not to come in.”

“But you, kid, didn’t listen to advice and still came in.”

Yang Dian was about to reply when he suddenly sensed something and looked back at the steps.

The next moment, a black-gold figure burst through the mist and appeared on the steps.

The Daoist Priest slapped his thigh:

“Well, another one who isn’t afraid of death.”