Chapter 75 Suppression? Suppressed!

Jiang Huoyu's tone was hurried, as if she were afraid that Chen Mu would force her.

"Besides, although my Jiang Family has some foundations, I snuck out this time, so I don't have any Magic Treasure on me at all."

"It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I'm truly powerless!"

She shook her head, sighed, and when she looked at Chen Mu again, she tried hard to squeeze out a sincere yet helpless smile.

"However, Chen Mu, rest assured, I won't take this Cultivation Technique for nothing. You just go ahead and deal with that Ghostly Creature."

"If you truly unfortunately fall, I, Jiang Huoyu, swear that in the future, once my Cultivation is successful, I will definitely avenge you!"

She pointed to the sky and swore, and actually managed to squeeze a few tears of genuine emotion from her eyes.

Chen Mu was speechless at once. He remained silent for a full long while before slowly speaking.

"If you aren't going to help, that's fine, but can you stop saying such ominous things?"

Jiang Huoyu was choked by these words. She scratched her head and said sheepishly, "I'm just taking precautions. One always has to prepare for the worst, right..."

Chen Mu sighed and handed the scroll, which had already lost all its Spiritual Qi, back to her.

"Forget it, I'll return this scroll to you. I'll go to the Zhao residence to investigate once more. Even if it's a den of dragons and tigers, I must do my best to rescue Qi Huan."

After speaking, he made a Move to turn and leave, but as his gaze swept across the door, his figure suddenly froze.

Jiang Huoyu was still stunned by Chen Mu's sudden change in attitude and subconsciously took the scroll, only to see Chen Mu staring fixedly at the door.

"Chen Mu, what's wrong..."

She followed Chen Mu's line of sight, and the next second, she gasped and cried out in alarm.

"The door... why is there blood on the door?!"

On the originally old but clean wooden door, a patch of blood had appeared at some point, neither dry nor wet, looking like streaming tears.

The blood seemed to have a life of its own, slowly flowing on the door panel, quickly gathering to outline twisted characters.

"Chen Mu, I have subdued the Ghostly Creature. Hurry over and give me a hand!"

The handwriting was extremely sloppy, but the message it conveyed was like a thunderclap!

Qi Huan wasn't dead? And he had even subdued the Ghostly Creature? This...

Chen Mu's pupils constricted. Did Qi Huan actually possess such strength?

However, what surprised him even more was that the other party could find him so accurately and send a message over.

But now was not the time to delve into it. With Qi Huan holding the line in front, his own pressure would be much less. Moreover, now that his Soul-Loss Art was at Perfection and he had the soul-slaying blade in hand, he was specifically equipped to counter the soul bodies of Ghostly Creatures.

With the shift in balance, his chances of winning had increased a little.

Thinking this through, Chen Mu took a look at the bewildered Jiang Huoyu and said in a deep voice.

"The situation is urgent. I must go to the Zhao residence immediately."

"You stay here. If I haven't returned by daybreak, you must leave Yunmeng immediately and go to the Prefecture Demon Suppression Division to report this."

"Just say that Yunmeng County Magistrate Xu Changze is colluding with a Ghostly Creature to murder the Prefecture Banner Officer Qi Huan."

After speaking, he didn't hesitate any longer. With a flash of his figure, he rushed out of the door.

This trip was dangerous; taking Jiang Huoyu along to take risks would be unwise.

Although she had methods, she wasn't willing to risk her life, so it would be better to keep her as a backup plan.

Thinking this, he activated Divine Void Step to its limit and sped towards the Zhao residence in the west of the city.

The dawn light was faint, but Yunmeng was terrifyingly dead silent, with not a soul to be seen along the way.

Chen Mu had no time to look around. His clothes fluttered in the wind as he moved, and soon the vermilion gate of the Zhao residence came back into view.

The gate was ajar, revealing an even more intense and chilling Ghostly Qi than before.

Chen Mu's heart tightened. He restrained his Qi and slipped inside, but the moment he saw the scene inside the gate, his footsteps faltered.

In the courtyard, Qi Huan was indeed still alive.

But his current appearance could hardly be called subduing the Ghostly Creature; rather, it looked like he was being suppressed by the Ghostly Creature.

The official uniform on Qi Huan's body was already tattered, but what was revealed through the tatters was not skin and flesh, but a thick layer of armor covering his whole body, shimmering with a faint black light.

The armor was not forged from metal but was composed of some kind of energy. Looking closely, obscure golden runes were actually flowing across its surface.

And at this moment, this piece of armor, which looked quite miraculous, was enduring attacks like a violent storm.

The golden-bodied Paper Person was hovering in mid-air, appearing slightly more solid than before. The mist around its body had thinned significantly, revealing more of its paper-made body, which still bore traces of the sneak attack by the cat-faced old woman in the dream.

It didn't use any fancy Moves, just simply and brutally brandishing its pale ghostly claws, smashing down at Qi Huan one blow after another.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The dull thuds were continuous. With every impact, the light on the armor flickered, uncertain and unstable.

Qi Huan was shaken back repeatedly by the immense force, his arms crossed to protect his chest, relying on the armor to take the hits head-on.

Looking at this posture, how could this be subduing the Ghostly Creature? It was clearly some kind of life-saving armor he had pulled from the bottom of his chest, and he was like an iron turtle that had retreated into its shell, being rubbed into the ground by the Ghostly Creature.

After seeing the situation on the field clearly, Chen Mu was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

His original nervous mood inexplicably eased up a lot, and he even felt a bit mischievous.

Chen Mu immediately laughed and said, "Banner Officer Qi is truly amazing! This Ghostly Creature will probably be suppressed any moment now! Once this achievement is reported, I'm afraid you're about to be promoted, Banner Officer!"

"You..."

Qi Huan was so angry he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, but at this moment, he didn't even have the strength to curse.

Following that, a roar mixed with intense pain, shame, and exasperation was squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Chen Mu, what the hell are you still standing there watching the show for! Can't you see I'm about to reach my limit? Hurry up and help!"