Chapter 41 Action
If it were someone else, Liu Haoyu might have hesitated.
But his opponent was Gu Qianyang, a ghost exorcist worse than livestock, who could even turn his own cousin into a ghoul, let alone Gu Wanxue, a descendant many generations removed.
He could kill without any burden.
However, it was precisely because of this that the situation was already very critical.
There is no such thing as guarding against a thief for a thousand days in this world. Even the strictest defenses will eventually have oversights.
So the best way is to gather the Special Task Force and other ghost exorcists to completely surround Panwang Temple before Gu Qianyang can react.
Wang Wenqi removed the disguise from his face and asked Liu Haoyu.
“Do you need to mobilize people from the military region? If you need to mobilize them, I can go and contact them.”
“No, no need.”
Liu Haoyu shook his head. Army blockades were indeed effective in normal times.
The problem was that Gu Qianyang was definitely hiding in the tunnels of Panwang Temple. Although those tunnels were left from the Anti-Japanese War, it was definitely not easy to flatten them with artillery fire.
It might even alarm the enemy, allowing Gu Qianyang to escape in the chaos.
The best way is to act covertly, seal off and infiltrate the tunnels, and capture Gu Qianyang without a sound.
“Can you gather all of the Special Task Force and ghost exorcists?”
“Our time is a bit rushed, I estimate we can’t gather too many people.”
“Gather as many as you can. We’ll act tonight to avoid prolonged trouble.”
Liu Haoyu calmly analyzed the situation and continued.
“At midnight, Qin Liu and I will wait for you outside Panwang Temple.”
Those eleven Mirror Ghosts needed someone to hold them back, while he would follow Qin Liu straight into the center of the tunnel, capturing Gu Qianyang with the speed of lightning.
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Time reached midnight, on the mountainside of Panwang Mountain.
A large number of special task forces from Jiangliu City, Beiming City, Jiangquan City, and other places silently dispersed. These people were almost armed to the teeth, hiding in the dark and ready for battle.
As the organization responsible for handling supernatural events for the country, although their strength was not comparable to Liu Haoyu’s, such a large number of people could hold their own against the Mirror Ghosts.
Liu Haoyu stood in the middle of the team, looking at the eerie and terrifying temple in the distance. He slowly put on his gas mask and held the fire axe in his hand.
“Remember, your mission is to hold back the Mirror Ghosts, don’t fight them head-on,” Liu Haoyu’s breath made a “hissing” sound through the gas mask. “Qin Liu and I will go straight to the depths of the tunnel, striving to take Gu Qianyang’s life in one fell swoop.”
Everyone nodded, then began to disperse. Wang Wenqi glanced at Liu Haoyu, then left. No one knew what he was thinking.
Liu Haoyu didn’t notice the other’s gaze either; he walked towards the temple’s gate.
When he pushed open the decaying wooden door, the pungent smell mixed with rotten wood assaulted him. His gaze looked forward.
However, bizarrely, the Buddha statue that was originally in the center of the temple had disappeared.
What was going on?
Liu Haoyu’s gaze became a little solemn, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.
You must know that the Buddha statue originally placed in Panwang Temple was hollowed out and filled with corpses, thus carrying a large amount of resentment.
When Liu Haoyu left here, he had specifically purified the Buddha statue with talisman paper and confirmed that there were no problems before leaving.
But… where was this Buddha statue now?
Liu Haoyu was on full alert. He didn’t know what Gu Qianyang wanted to do, but it was never wrong to be cautious.
Just then, fierce fighting and explosions erupted outside.
It was obvious that the Special Task Force had already engaged the Mirror Ghosts, so Gu Qianyang should not have known that he had entered the temple.
Or, even if he knew, it was too late.
Liu Haoyu’s speed was very fast, leaving no chance for Gu Qianyang to transfer or escape.
He quickly arrived at the entrance of the tunnel, which was as hidden as ever.
Liu Haoyu knocked on the ground with his fire axe, confirmed there were no traps, then opened the entrance and entered the tunnel.
The inside of the tunnel was as dark as ever. Liu Haoyu turned on his flashlight and cautiously groped forward.
Since he had been here once before, Liu Haoyu could roughly guess Gu Qianyang’s location.
He rushed to the depths of the tunnel without stopping, arriving outside the spacious room.
Looking at the rusted iron door, Liu Haoyu took a deep breath and then kicked it open.
“Zhenlei Talisman!”
After opening the door, Liu Haoyu threw out a large number of Zhenlei Talismans, bombarding all corners of the room without any blind spots.
A series of deafening explosions occurred. The explosions generated by the Zhenlei Talismans stirred up a lot of dust. When the dust dissipated, Liu Haoyu saw the missing Buddha statue standing motionlessly in the center of the room.
However, the Buddha statue’s originally kind face now appeared terrifyingly green-faced and fanged.
It seemed to have come alive, with decaying flesh exposed where the gold paint had peeled off.
And the entire Buddha statue grew eight arms, spread out like spider legs, looking extremely creepy.
Through the mirror behind the Buddha statue, Liu Haoyu clearly saw that the hollowed-out back of the Buddha statue had now been filled with something.
And the filling material… was Gu Wanxue’s corpse.
Gu Wanxue seemed to have melted, her hair and bones mixed together, leaving only half of her pale face exposed, a sight truly disgusting.
“Heh heh…”
The Buddha statue’s mouth didn’t move, but the voice came from all directions.
Although it had an extremely harsh echo, Liu Haoyu immediately recognized it as the voice of Gu Qianyang, that old bastard!
“Not only did you not run away, but you came towards me? Liu Haoyu…”
As he spoke, the Buddha statue’s face began to change, gradually transforming into Gu Qianyang’s ugly old face.
“Qin Liu must be hiding on you, right? Don’t hide it, come out together.”
Hearing the opponent’s voice, Qin Liu’s figure slowly appeared behind Liu Haoyu.
“Calling you livestock is still praising you,”
“You didn’t even let your own descendant go, and you even turned her into an evil Buddha statue… tsk tsk~”
“Descendant?” Hearing Qin Liu’s words, the evil Buddha statue let out bursts of maniacal laughter. “What descendant? They are just flesh and blood containers!”
“The Mirror Gate is only missing one person, but… it doesn’t matter anymore… it doesn’t matter anymore…”
Gu Qianyang, like a madman, his entire Buddha statue body began to twitch unstoppably.
“Because I just discovered that the Mirror Gate can be opened without the final sacrifice for some reason.”
“Heaven helps me… Heaven helps me!”
