"Buzz buzz buzz, I'm a hardworking little bee."

Qiao Yu didn't know how much of a stir his actions had caused.

In a great mood, he was now searching for the last unlucky ghost.

[Current baleful aura value 9999/10000, can be upgraded to the ultimate stage when full.]

He only needed a little more baleful aura to fill up the Yanyue Blade.

Qiao Yu's heart was full of anticipation.

"S...Sir?"

A weak voice sounded. Qiao Yu looked over and saw that it was the scholar ghost who had been chased away by Zhang Nianyu.

"What luck! Someone's bringing me a pillow just when I wanted a nap!"

Just as Qiao Yu was steeling himself to strike, the scholar ghost quickly said,

"Sir, please wait! Hear me out!"

"No!" The Yanyue Blade moved even faster.

"Your friends are in danger!"

At the critical moment, the Yanyue Blade barely stopped in front of the scholar ghost.

Just a sliver more, and the baleful aura on the Yanyue Blade would have directly dissipated his Yin energy.

"What do you mean?" Qiao Yu asked coldly.

Seeing Qiao Yu stop, the scholar ghost finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sir, I have no malicious intentions. If I'm not mistaken, that Taoist priest is leading you to the core of Silent Town, where the Ghost King sleeps. You can't go there!"

"Oh? Is the Ghost King strong?" Qiao Yu asked, eager to try.

The scholar ghost couldn't help but gulp when he saw this.

"It's not just strong, but the Ghost King's ability is to make his words law!"

"Make his words law?" Even Qiao Yu was shocked when he heard this.

Shouldn't this ability only be possessed by immortals? Can a mere Ghost King also make his words law?

"You risked your life just to tell me this?" Qiao Yu asked.

"Of course not!"

The scholar ghost's expression became somewhat excited.

"I want to make a deal with you, sir!"

"Oh? Tell me about it." Qiao Yu became interested. Making a deal with a ghost was indeed something new.

"I know how to deal with the Ghost King, and I can help you! In return, I hope you can help me devour the Ghost King!" The scholar ghost stated his role and purpose simply and directly.

"Is that so?" Qiao Yu tightened his grip on the blade in his hand. He felt that it would be more worthwhile to turn the scholar ghost into nourishment to replenish his last bit of baleful aura.

Just as Qiao Yu was about to make a move, a delicate little hand suddenly stretched out from his chest and, with lightning speed, dragged the scholar ghost into Qiao Yu's body.

"Xiao Ji, what are you doing?" Qiao Yu asked with a dark face.

"Don't kill this ghost. Take him out of this instance. I have a use for him."

The Mechanical Empress's voice sounded from the bottom of his heart.

"Also, I've found out what you wanted to know. The Ghost King's ability to make his words law is limited..."

...

The core of Silent Town.

Yang Xiangdi and Wang Tiezhu and the others followed Zhang Nianyu's compass and had now successfully entered the core area.

They found a tunnel leading downwards. The Yin energy here was so thick that it almost turned into a liquid.

"It's so cold, oh my god." Zhao Ziyue couldn't help but shiver. Her watermelon-sized peaks trembled, almost causing the others to stare.

Seeing this, Ma Fei immediately took off his white robe and wrapped Zhao Ziyue tightly.

"Beast!" Xiang Kaifeng cursed softly.

"I say he's worse than a beast!" Wang Tiezhu echoed.

"That's right! We agreed to be perverts together, but he secretly became a gentleman!" Yang Xiangdi also said.

"Ugh ugh ugh! Ugh ugh ugh!"

Hearing this ugh ugh ugh sound, Yang Xiangdi couldn't help but turn his head and look at the source of the sound, Quan Xinrong.

He saw Quan Xinrong pursing his lips and making sounds, his face also full of indignation.

Yang Xiangdi looked at Quan Xinrong and frowned, asking,

"Did you leave your vocal cords at home or something?"

Quan Xinrong: "..."

"Big brother, don't mind him. He can't speak. If he speaks, it's too powerful," Wang Tiezhu explained.

"What? Does he have bad breath?" Yang Xiangdi quietly took half a step back.

"That's not it. Xinrong, show them," Wang Tiezhu said with a wry smile.

Quan Xinrong nodded, turned around, walked to the front, and aimed at the thick Yin energy.

"Whoa!"

Rings of white, horrifying sound waves poured out of Quan Xinrong's mouth.

The power was so great that even the thick Yin energy in front of him couldn't stop it. The entire tunnel began to tremble, and rocks everywhere turned into powder under the sound waves.

Quan Xinrong closed his mouth in time. He had only opened his mouth for a second, but the Yin energy in the tunnel was instantly swept away.

Only Quan Xinrong's breath remained in the tunnel, with a faint minty fragrance.

The low tunnel, which originally only allowed people to walk one after another in a half-bent posture, could now accommodate three Yang Xiangdis side by side after Quan Xinrong's expansion.

"See that? Xinrong is a sound-type mage. Because his strength is too great, Xinrong can't control his power very well, so he can only not open his mouth," Wang Tiezhu said with an embarrassed smile.

The power of this attack also made Yang Xiangdi and Ma Fei very wary. This Quan Xinrong was a terrifying opponent!

He had such destructive power in just one second. If this Quan Xinrong kept his mouth open, wouldn't he be a human-shaped walking pulse cannon?

The mage profession is divided into elemental mages, black mages, and white mages.

White mages are generally healing, psychic, or blessing types. For example, Zhao Ziyue, a healer, belongs to the healing type of white mages.

Sound-type mages are a rare type of white mage with offensive abilities.

"Awesome! I used to think breath attacks were a joke, but I didn't expect someone to actually have this ability!" Yang Xiangdi gave a thumbs up.

Quan Xinrong's forehead was full of black lines, obviously because he was a humble person and didn't like to be praised.

The group continued along the tunnel. This time, everyone was very cooperative and let Quan Xinrong walk in front.

After all, this guy's sound waves were an indiscriminate area-of-effect attack. It wouldn't be good if he accidentally injured his teammates.

After Quan Xinrong swept away the Yin energy in the tunnel, the view became much clearer.

Water droplets dripped down from the stone edges overhead. After walking a few more steps, the view suddenly became open.

There was actually a different world under the Silent Town!

What came into view was a huge underground cave, with countless stalactites filling the entire cave.

Although it was underground, it was not dark. The cave was filled with strange red light.

"Something's not right..." Wang Tiezhu sniffed. "I think I smell blood."

"You...look down!" Qiu Xin's voice trembled slightly, without her previous arrogance.

The group continued forward and then discovered that there was a blood-red lake directly below the cave!

And the red light source in the entire cave was from this lake.

As they approached, a strong, stinky smell of blood assaulted their noses. The underground blood lake seemed to be boiling, occasionally bubbling with huge blood bubbles, stirring up waves of blood.

"What the hell is this place..." Even Zhang Nianyu, the knowledgeable Taoist priest, was stunned by the scene before him.

From time to time, some white bones surfaced in the waves of the blood lake in front of him.

There were slender fish bones, horrifying cat bones, hideous dog bones, and...human bones.