Chapter 38: Only Ghosts Can Deal With Ghosts (34/95)
“Is it that serious? You got scared just by a name?”
Hongmen’s teasing voice angered the Nekomata.
“As if you’re not scared!”
“I haven’t forgotten the embarrassing incident where you were chased by the Guide’s shoes for three days and three nights.”
Hongmen’s old face was a little embarrassed at this moment.
“Tsk! As if you could beat those shoes.”
The two bickered and exposed each other’s secrets, causing Liu Haoyu to fall into thought.
He felt a strange sense of inexplicable feeling, especially when the focus of their conversation was on Qin Liu’s embroidered shoes.
Hiss… If these shoes were also a tool spirit like the Black Book.
Wouldn’t that mean when I was in the restroom…
Liu Haoyu suddenly didn’t dare to speak.
He looked left and right to confirm that there were no embroidered shoes behind him before calming down.
It must have been a hallucination. After all, if it were truly a tool spirit, it should have spoken by now.
And until now, those embroidered shoes had acted like inanimate objects, except for slapping his face twice.
“Tsk…”
The Nekomata was hunched over, and Bai Anting’s eyes had turned into vertical pupils. It stared intently at Liu Haoyu, as if trying to find where the Guide was hidden.
With its strength, it could still win against Hongmen, but it was impossible to win against the Guide.
But the problem was… there wasn’t.
Although the man in front of it had a feminine scent, he lacked the terrifying and suffocating aura of the Guide.
This made the Nekomata suspect whether Hongmen’s words were true or false.
In its memory, this door was very cunning and treacherous, and it was definitely skilled in scheming.
After reconfirming, it finally spoke.
“Are you bluffing me?”
“I’m not bluffing you,” Hongmen said mockingly. “Why don’t you try biting this man?”
Listening to Hongmen’s tone, the Nekomata’s intuition told it that it was best not to try.
Because of being ambushed from both sides, and having just stolen someone else’s existence and body, the Nekomata knew very well that it couldn’t fight here.
How could Liu Haoyu let it leave so easily?
But the other party was controlling Bai Anting’s body. Although it was easy to chop it to death with an axe, Bai Anting would definitely not survive.
Moreover, the distance between them was too far, so he could only take out five Zhenlei talismans from his hand, preparing to give this Nekomata a tough time.
“Zhenlei Talisman!”
Seeing the Zhenlei talismans Liu Haoyu threw, the Nekomata was a little surprised.
After all, Zhenlei talismans were very powerful. Ordinary ghost exorcists might be exhausted after using a few, but this man in front of him could throw five at once.
This ability was indeed stronger than ordinary ghost exorcists.
“Youngster’s strength is good… but not enough.”
If the Nekomata were in its spiritual body state, it would have died on the spot from this attack.
But for it, which had gained a body and become a living creature, the power of the Zhenlei talismans was greatly reduced and naturally posed no threat.
The Nekomata’s body was suddenly covered in green flames. Although the lightning could hit it, the effect was not good. The Nekomata took this opportunity to leap up onto the roof of the house.
By the time Liu Haoyu rushed up, the flames on the Nekomata had extinguished, and it had completely disappeared into the vast night.
“Tsk… its escape ability is still so strong.”
The young Qin Liu walked to Liu Haoyu’s side and couldn’t help but say, looking at the man’s pensive expression.
“What? Looking at your expression, did you feel any pity?”
Liu Haoyu shook his head.
“You think too much. A monster that performed forty human sacrifices and deprived so many people of their sense of existence, how could it feel any pity? Those who kill must pay with their lives, and those who owe debts must repay them. Its sins have destined it to die.”
Liu Haoyu’s cold tone surprised Hongmen, who showed an appreciative expression.
“Heh heh~ I like your personality,” Hongmen floated in the air, crossing its legs. “If you really thought you could let it go, I would be disappointed.”
“You’re looking down on my ghost exorcist’s ethics.”
“Then what were you thinking just now?”
Hongmen was a little curious, and Liu Haoyu answered truthfully.
“I was just wondering why a monster like the Nekomata could also be a ghost exorcist…”
“Want to know?” Hongmen floated to Liu Haoyu’s side and said teasingly, “Kiss my foot and I’ll tell you…”
“…?”
Liu Haoyu looked at the pair of white silk feet in front of him, his eyes glowing red.
That needle-like gaze scared Hongmen into quickly retracting its foot.
“Cough cough!”
Hongmen backed down.
“I am magnanimous, it’s no problem to tell you.”
“Ghosts are the coldest, most malevolent, and most evil beings in heaven and earth.”
“Although there are talismans, if humans want to deal with fierce ghosts…”
“It’s absolutely easier to use ghosts to deal with ghosts!”
Liu Haoyu seemed to understand something after hearing this.
“You mean, it’s a ghost that learned ghost exorcism techniques?”
Hongmen patted Liu Haoyu’s head after hearing this.
“Smart, smart~ Now you should understand why those ghost exorcists had to go to such great lengths to capture the Night Walker back then?”
“Because only ghosts know how to deal with ghosts~”
Hongmen’s figure gradually disappeared, leaving Liu Haoyu to ponder in place.
Most ghost exorcists in this world were not very powerful.
Those with Liu Haoyu’s strength could be described as rare.
So it wasn’t that Liu Haoyu didn’t want to improve his strength, but that he basically couldn’t anymore.
Reality is not a game; if you can’t win a level, you can go level up.
In this world of ghost exorcists, if you can’t win, you can’t win, and you might never win.
And hearing Hongmen say this, the biggest reason for not being able to improve strength was that the human body had its limits.
The Black Book’s voice sounded in Liu Haoyu’s ear.
“So you’re planning to stop being human?”
“No, I still cherish my human identity.”
Although the human body had many inconveniences, becoming a ghost was truly not a good thing.
“Can you still track the Nekomata’s whereabouts?”
“The other party’s strength is very high, and it has concealed its form. Unless a new medium can be found, it cannot be observed.”
“Alright…”
Liu Haoyu felt a little regretful.
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At the same time, at the Naihe Bridge in the underworld.
“Anyone to cross the river? Anyone want to cross the bridge?”
The shouting sound reached Bai Anting’s ears.
“Crossing the river costs 100,000 ghost coins, you can use WeChat Pay, Alipay!”
“Hey? Why is there a little brother here? Do you want to cross the river? There’s a discount for crossing the river now, buy one get one free, no deceit.”
After being nudged several times, Bai Anting slowly woke up.
Just as she was about to retort, she was stunned the moment she opened her eyes.
What was she doing here?
Was this still the human world?
