92: Chapter 92 The Black Demon Flower Blooms! A Feast for Ten Thousand Ghosts! The Entire City is in Panic!

It was already 4:00 AM when they returned to Locust Tree Alley 44.

Although it was not yet dawn.

The courtyard, however, was exceptionally lively.

Because the ten thousand souls banner Su Yang brought back had far too many "tenants" inside, crowding them until they were wailing like ghosts; if he didn't deal with it quickly, the banner would be burst open.

"Little ones, stop sleeping, get up for an extra meal!"

Su Yang stood by the spirit field and shouted at the dozing Soul-Devouring Black Demon Flower.

"Whoosh—"

The Black Demon Flower seemed to sense something; its massive flower disk jerked upward, and its previously closed, gaping mouth instantly opened, drooling with greed.

It smelled it!

It was the scent of thousands of wronged spirits!

It was the most delicious fertilizer in the world!

"Don't be impatient, there's enough for everyone."

Su Yang untied the ten thousand souls banner from his waist and gave it a gentle shake.

"Release!"

"Hum—!"

A black torrent gushed out from the banner.

These were thousands of evil ghosts that had been severely damaged during the "Hundred Ghosts Camp Explosion" or were too full of resentment to be purified.

"Ah! Where is this?!"

"What a terrifying aura!"

"That is... that is the legendary Soul-Devouring Black Demon Flower?! Help!"

This group of evil ghosts, having just escaped the restraints of the ten thousand souls banner, hadn't even had time to rejoice before they saw that gaping mouth, which resembled a black hole, and were so terrified their soul bodies were on the verge of dissipating.

"Roar—!!!"

The Black Demon Flower let out an excited roar, and dozens of thick vines shot out like tentacles, weaving into an airtight web in the air.

Whether they were fierce ghosts or wronged spirits, once entangled by the vines, they would instantly be pierced by the thorns on them and sucked dry as if drinking bubble tea.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

With the influx of a large number of souls, the Black Demon Flower's size swelled again!

The plant, originally two meters tall, was forced up to three meters, and streaks of blood-red patterns appeared on its pitch-black petals, making it look both bewitching and sacred.

And in the very center of the flower disk, a fruit the size of a fist, emitting a faint purple light, was slowly coalescing.

"Is this... a Soul Fruit?"

Su Yang's eyes lit up.

The Soul-Devouring Black Demon Flower could not only gather spirit but also produce this kind of fruit specifically for enhancing the power of the Divine Soul; this was a priceless treasure!

"Not bad, not bad. Looks like I'll have to take you out for more buffets in the future."

Su Yang nodded in satisfaction and gathered the remaining small ghosts who still had their wits about them or whose sins were not too deep back into the ten thousand souls banner.

He would keep these as laborers for later—for things like moving bricks, building roads, or weeding the spirit field; he couldn't just feed them all to the flower.

After dealing with this batch of "fertilizer," the sky was already turning slightly white.

Su Yang stretched and was about to head back inside to catch up on sleep.

"Ring, ring, ring—!!!"

A sharp, urgent alarm suddenly rang out in the quiet morning.

It wasn't an alarm clock, but... an air-raid siren?

"What's going on?"

Liu Waner and Ye Yuqing, who had just gotten up to make breakfast, ran out, looking panicked.

"Did a war break out?"

"Probably not."

Su Yang frowned and looked up at the sky.

It should have been a time when the morning glow filled the sky, but at this moment, the sky over Jiangzhou City was shrouded in a thick layer of grey haze.

It wasn't smog, but an extremely massive, and one could even say terrifying, aura of... Corpse Qi!

This Corpse Qi seeped out from deep underground, permeating the streets and alleys, making the entire city permeate with a deathly silence.

"Boss! Look at the news!"

Ye Yuqing rushed over with a tablet, the screen playing an emergency broadcast from Jiangzhou TV.

In the footage, the once-bustling pedestrian street was now in chaos.

Manhole covers were blown off, and countless massive rats, cockroaches, and even stray cats and dogs with rotting bodies were swarming out of the sewers like mad, biting anyone they saw!

Even more terrifying, a "corpse resurrection" incident had occurred at the morgue of the city center hospital.

Several corpses that had just been brought in had actually smashed through the doors and run out into the streets!

The host spoke rapidly, face pale:

"...According to the latest news from this station, starting at 5:00 this morning, there have been incidents of animals attacking humans in various parts of Jiangzhou City, and there are even witnesses claiming to have seen walking corpses..."

"The police have currently blocked off main roads; please stay at home, lock your doors and windows, and do not go out! Do not go out!"

The scene cut away, and the camera switched to the vicinity of the "Dragon Bay" construction site in the east of the city.

That was an even worse disaster area.

The ground had collapsed, revealing deep, bottomless holes, and black Evil Qi was shooting into the sky like signal smoke, dyeing several kilometers around it black.

"This is... the earth vein has stirred."

Su Yang looked at the Evil Qi shooting into the sky, his eyes slightly cold.

"That idiot Chen Tianyang not only wanted to borrow ghosts to accumulate wealth, but he was also used as a pawn."

"Once that Formation is broken, the Evil Qi underground loses its suppression and will spread throughout the city along the earth veins."

"And..."

"Someone is fanning the flames, deliberately triggering this Evil Qi."

"They want to turn the entire Jiangzhou into a dead city."

"Then... what should we do?" Liu Waner asked, her small face pale with fear, "Will we also be bitten by those zombies?"

"Don't worry."

Su Yang pointed to the imposing Black Demon Flower in the center of the courtyard, then pointed to the Nine Palaces Soul-Bewildering Formation above their heads.

"Let alone a few zombie cats and dogs, even if a Ghost King came, it would have to shed a layer of skin to enter this courtyard."

"Our place is currently the safest spot in all of Jiangzhou."

Although he said that, Su Yang didn't feel so relaxed inside.

Because he sensed that, within the Corpse Qi permeating the city, there were also several extremely ancient and obscure auras mixed in.

These were signs that old monsters who had been sleeping for thousands of years were waking up.

"Hum—hum—"

Just then, Ye Yuqing's phone rang.

It was a call from Lin Bing.

As soon as she answered, the sound of dense gunfire and Lin Bing's anxious roar came from the other end:

"Su Yang! Something big has happened!"

"Where are you? Can you come and provide support?!"

"We can't hold out much longer here!"

"What's wrong?" Su Yang asked, "Aren't they just a few dead rats? Can't the Supernatural Bureau handle even this?"

"It's not rats!"

Lin Bing's voice carried a hint of trembling.

"It's... it's ancient corpses from the Qing Dynasty!"

"The underground storage room of the city museum collapsed! Those dried corpses that were originally for exhibition... came to life!"

"They are impervious to swords and guns; bullets can't penetrate them at all! They've already injured several of our brothers!"

"And... they are moving toward the city center!"

"Qing Dynasty ancient corpses?"

Hearing these four words, Chu Ling, who was brushing her teeth nearby, suddenly stopped. Her ears perked up, and her pair of purple eyes were instantly filled with contempt and disdain.

"Pah!"

Chu Ling spat out the foam in her mouth and floated to Su Yang's side with a look of disgust.

"What kind of status do they have to dare call themselves zombies?"

"Mere dried corpses from a few hundred years ago in the Qing Dynasty—these low-class things have ruined the reputation of our zombie clan! All they know is hopping around all day; there's no aesthetic sense at all!"

"Boss! Take me with you! I'm going to clean up the clan!"

Su Yang couldn't help but smile as he looked at the indignant Chu Ling.

"Fine, since Your Highness has spoken, let's go meet this group of uncultured Qing Dynasty zombies."

"Daring to run wild in Jiangzhou."

A cold glint flashed in Su Yang's eyes.

"Then we'll send them... to die again!"

"This time, let them die thoroughly, until there's nothing left!"