Chapter 145: The Immortal Jump?
The room was very dark, with faint light seeping in from an unknown source, vaguely illuminating the outlines of various food items within.
Yet in this dimly lit environment, Lu Yibei could clearly see the twisted face of the woman, because they were too close, merely a hand’s breadth apart. She could even feel the cold resentment emanating from the woman’s spirit energy fluctuation and smell a foul stench of decay.
Sharing a room with a “female ghost,” turning around suddenly and locking eyes should have been a terrifying experience, but Lu Yibei’s emotions were completely flat, even the core of the witch species urban legend was stirring with excitement.
The woman’s experience of transforming into an urban legend could be said to perfectly align with the preconditions for the birth of a witch species urban legend, and an urban legend that had not yet fully transformed into a witch species was practically a delectable dessert in front of one of the highest-ranking spirit energy fluctuators among existing witch species urban legends.
Although she had never had the habit of devouring the core of an urban legend…
Ha! What female ghost? Not scared at all!
To be honest, when Lu Yibei saw the woman suddenly appear behind her, her heartbeat did speed up for a moment, but it quickly calmed down under the lingering influence of human warmth.
It was like a car failing to start on a hill, the engine roaring twice before stalling.
One could only say that the influence of human warmth was incredibly strong, making her feel as if she had lost the ability to fear.
“If this were some horror-themed infinite stream story, it could be considered a god-level passive skill, right?”
But in reality, this was not a good phenomenon; losing the emotion of fear could easily make one drop their guard…
If she accidentally turned into a reckless person, she might end up getting herself killed one day, especially for someone whose mind and mouth were not managed by the same system.
Lu Yibei secretly mocked herself a bit, nonchalantly summoning Ling Tai Purification, causing heavy armor to cover her body. Following this, she concentrated and activated the core of the mythological species urban legend, triggering her recently enhanced talent.
Heat surged from her feet, sweeping outwards, coating the ground with a faint red hue in a two-meter diameter centered around her. Even the temperature in the room rose several degrees in an instant.
Facing Lu Yibei’s “aura,” the woman’s twisted face twitched uncontrollably, and her form suddenly shot backwards, increasing the distance between them.
That action was akin to stepping barefoot on a scorching asphalt road on a hot summer day.
What’s this? Am I not strong enough? Lu Yibei nodded in satisfaction and said, “Yes, just like that, don’t get too close, it’s unhygienic!”
Most of the time, the source of fear stems either from insufficient firepower or insufficient armor thickness…
Although the woman looked quite terrifying now, with spirit energy fluctuations of B-grade or higher emanating from her, barely considered a high-level urban legend, as long as Ling Tai Purification was active and her spirit energy fluctuation levels were crushingly higher than the woman’s, there was nothing to be afraid of.
Seeing the woman retreat, Lu Yibei shrugged her shoulders and said calmly, “I guess you appeared before me to ask for my help?”
“To be honest, I’ve interacted with female ghosts quite a few times…”
Like Zhu Linglong, or Decapitated Senior…
From a certain perspective, she would be forced to swallow the Witch’s Egg, that one forcing her to go to Flower Language Sunshine Resort Hotel by stuffing a pair of scissors in her stomach, at least one-third of the blame had to fall on Miss Zhu Linglong.
As for Decapitated Senior, calculating the time, she should have already met her parents. I wonder if she has returned to school?
“If you have something to say, just say it. I will choose whether or not to help you based on the circumstances. As for why it’s based on the circumstances… you can see it, you’re simply not my match…”
Before she could finish her words, the woman suddenly began to undress.
Lu Yibei, “???”
What the hell? Why is she taking off her clothes? Is this something I can see without paying?
She had seen “female ghosts” who threatened others by harming their own bodies to get them to do things, and she had also encountered “female ghosts” who sought sympathy through unique appearances and tragic pasts. However, like this one selling her looks to tempt others, she had heard about it but never seen it before.
Lu Yibei covered her eyes with both hands, raising her voice a few notches to emphasize, “No, no, don’t do that! I won’t look! I have my own!”
However, it seemed the woman did not hear Lu Yibei’s words and continued with her actions.
The skirt loosened, the crimson dress fell.
In an instant, the woman was left wearing only a thin undergarment. Just as she raised her hands to unfasten the ties of the undergarment, preparing to further reveal herself to Lu Yibei, a powerful spirit energy fluctuation suddenly descended.
Outside the window, on the street.
Dozens of A-grade spirit energy fluctuations, filled with resentment, despair, sorrow, and other negative emotions, appeared almost simultaneously, causing the air to solidify instantly.
[They pushed open the window]
Predictive thoughts flashed through her mind as the intricately carved wooden window behind her silently opened. Outside, waves of thick black mist emerged, gathering together, and followed by several figures dressed in black armor, emerging from the mist, casting cold gazes that locked onto Lu Yibei.
Feeling those gazes slicing across her back like kn*fe edges, Lu Yibei’s body stiffened. Glancing back with her peripheral vision, her once fervent heart suddenly turned cold.
Twisted and deformed bodies covered in tattered black armor stood outside the window, resembling iron towers, making no sound, yet the oppressive feeling quietly approached.
That was a unique pressure from a well-trained army.
With just a slight probe using her spirit sense, Lu Yibei discovered that the strength of those black-armored urban legends was at least above that of the shadows that attacked her before.
d*mn, the moment she undressed, so many hulking figures jumped out?
Could this be the legendary immortal jump?
What did I say earlier? If I lose the ability to fear, I’ll end up messing things up one way or another. Now it’s happened, right? Lu Yibei thought.
In her view, if it were the old her, even in a “thick enough armor and sharp enough kn*fe” scenario, she would have rushed to wake the guardian lady who was sleeping like a dead pig right after suppressing the woman.
But that guardian lady truly was a heavy sleeper. Even with all this happening, she hadn’t noticed a thing?
This level of slumber was not a small difference from that old man Zhang Hainan… Lu Yibei pondered.
Just as she felt a bit of regret for her somewhat arrogant behavior towards that woman earlier, she suddenly noticed an abnormal detail.
The black armor worn by those urban legends outside was almost identical to the black armor worn by Long Bang, self-claiming to be part of the Longxiang Army, in the images she had glimpsed from the distant past.
Lu Yibei, “…”
Could it be that those black-armored urban legends outside were once members of the Longxiang Army?
This was quite baffling. Logically speaking, their general had been tricked to d*ath by this woman, and that young man had also claimed that all levels of the Longxiang Army held a grudge against her…
So why were they here? Were they here for revenge?
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei’s eyes brightened slightly. Steeling herself, she turned around to face the black-armored urban legends outside and performed a fist-hand salute.
“Hey, what’s up, guys? Actually, I don’t know this woman at all. If you have grievances, just look for her. I’m just passing by, you don’t need to worry about me. If I’m not involved here…”
Saying that, she swiftly performed the fist-hand salute and added, “Sorry for the disturbance, I take my leave!” She turned to make her escape.
Although she had Ling Tai Purification and her recently strengthened talent ability as protection, Lu Yibei also knew that she probably couldn’t deal with so many urban legends of A-grade and higher on her own.
The optimal solution was still to hurry to the next room and wake up that guardian lady.
Although that guardian lady had been performing poorly so far, a worthless guardian was still a guardian. Even if her strength had been suppressed by the mysterious forces within Yumen Pass, she was still a genuine cataclysm grade.
“Thud!”
Lu Yibei had just taken two steps when the woman suddenly kneeled down in front of her, blocking her path.
The sound of her knees colliding with the wooden floor was particularly clear.
Lu Yibei paused slightly, and before she could come to her senses, another round of loud sounds erupted outside the window.
One after another.
“Boom—Boom—Boom—!”
Accompanied by the booming sounds, the figures of those black-armored urban legends suddenly disappeared.
Lu Yibei stood on her tiptoes, her gaze gliding over the window ledge, peering outside, only to find that the black-armored urban legends were also kneeling down in unison, just like the woman.
No, what is this? Why are they all like this… Lu Yibei felt a surge of confusion and scratched her head through the thick helmet.
Looking again at the woman kneeling before her, their eyes met. In those murky, seemingly lifeless eyes, she read a pleading meaning.
“No…,” Lu Yibei said, “What are you all doing? Can’t we just talk this out?”
She was the kind of person who would yield to soft approaches rather than hard ones.
If someone tried to use violent methods or discovered some weakness to coerce her into doing something, as long as she had the ability to resist, even if she pretended to be compliant at the moment, she would stab them in the back at a critical moment.
But if someone, like the woman at this moment, pleaded with her, she would undoubtedly soften. As for whether she would help… that depended on how difficult the matter was.
Upon hearing Lu Yibei’s words, the woman opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but no matter how wide she opened her mouth, she could only let out painful whimpers.
Seeing the woman’s mouth full of bl**d and flesh, Lu Yibei was momentarily stunned.
Where’s her tongue?
It was just there, so long, and purple, almost like having eaten too many mulberries…
Why did it suddenly disappear? Lu Yibei thought.
As she pondered, the woman continued to untie the ties of her undergarment, pulling it down halfway, revealing the intersecting, crisscrossing scars on her body and the two hideous bl**d holes piercing through her shoulder blades.
Looking at the woman’s terrifying wounds, Lu Yibei’s pupils shook.
Wait! Didn’t she hang herself to d*ath?
Where did these injuries come from?
Could it be that she didn’t d*e when she hanged herself, but later someone else killed her? Lu Yibei wondered.
Just as she was lost in thought, a sharp pain suddenly shot through her palms, where she had tried to save the woman earlier, as if swarmed by countless biting insects.
In the next moment, her eyes burned with pain once again.
It was an unprecedented burning sensation, hot bl**d gushing from her eyes, as if it would ignite her flesh in its path.
Her vision blurred.
In a daze, she saw the woman hanging white silk from the beam, her neck passing through it, kicking away the chair beneath her, preparing to end her life.
However, just as the woman’s body dropped, at the moment the white silk tightened, it seemed to be affected by some external force; the woman’s body suddenly shook violently, and she broke free from the white silk, crashing heavily to the ground…
Lu Yibei, “!!!”
