Chapter 14 – Haunted House Vlog (14)

The sky was pitch black, dark enough to block any sight of their fingers as gusts of wing whistled toward them.

The sound of the wind couldn’t mask the sound of chains falling to the ground. The golden light flickered and dimmed, appearing as if it was soon going to be suppressed entirely by the black qi.

Ming Ye hugged Gu An, then walked closer to the well.

The players and NPCs who remained in the courtyard watched the weather, and their hearts were racing like drums. Yang Tu and Yang Fu had no orders from Wang Nie, so they didn’t dare to wander around, afraid that they would be devoured by the evil spirits in the house.

Zhao Yuan took Wen Feifei and walked to the yard where the woman was imprisoned on accident.

As for the others in the yard, Yu Miao had fallen into a coma after the woman floated into the well. This time she wasn’t as lucky as last time. She was immediately spied by the evil spirits that were floating by, and he was neatly and cleanly devoured.

Wang Li, who had been bitten by Yu Miao, was struggling to breathe due to his injuries.

The remaining players didn’t know where to hide. After entering the game world, they disappeared.

The night wind howled.

A loud burst of thunder suddenly rumbled throughout the extremely dark sky, as if warning the woman not to stray too far.

But at that time, the woman had no sense of reason.

Only hatred remained in her heart. She was driven by hatred, and her fury vastly increased her strength. She broke through the iron chains that sealed her underground in the well with just one breath, but the net formed by the Daoist’s seal still blocked her way.

The woman was now completely inhuman. She was like an irrational beast, vicious and full of anger.

Yin qi gather in her hands. When it condensed into a football-sized sphere of black qi, she raised her hands and slammed it against the golden net.

The golden net trembled at the overwhelming power, then broke apart inch by inch. The woman succeeded, and jumped out of the well.

Looking at her long-lost home, two trails of bloody tears flowed from her eyes, dripping down her cheeks.

Gu An and Ming Ye had arrived early enough to watch the scene. Ming Ye watched intently while Gu An took only a brief look. The two lines of bloody tears on her face were very obvious, and they were clear even at a glance.

The woman’s sanity only remained for under a minute. Sensing the breath of living people behind her, she quickly reverted back to her previous appearance, vicious and fierce. Although the evil spirits from earlier were terrifying, she was even more so.

~ After entering the yard ~

Gu An noticed the stench first. The woman’s body had been idling in the well for decades. Even a wine would have long been fermented enough, let alone a corpse.

Normal corpses would begin to smell after a few days at room temperature. The woman in the well, which was full of silt and murky water, had steeped for so many years, so her scent was also very ‘fascinating.’

Ever since the old Daoist had sealed Lin Wan into the well and that group had mysteriously disappeared, the Lin family’s well had never been used again.

The people of the town not only blocked the pathway between the well and the river, but even wanted to fill in the well. In the end, though, they didn’t know the exact situation, so they didn’t mess with the well.

Without nourishment from running water, the well soon became a stagnant pool.

A woman’s eyes shone in the night.

They were as obvious as two LED lights. Gu An wanted to walk forward, but was stopped by Ming Ye.

Ming Ye spoke: “I’ll go. You wait here.”

After he finished speaking, Gu An watched Ming Ye float through the sky to the woman’s side like a gust of wind.

Ming Ye was a ghost, but he was different compared to the woman. He learned from the ghost’s memory that he seemed to be the Ghost King.

— He was a being that could directly kill the woman.

The woman watched as Ming Ye approached.

With a single motion, her nails elongated into black claws, and a thick corpse toxin dripped from them.

After a certain amount of time, some corpses can produce toxins. For a woman who had been in a well full of silt and muck for so many years, the toxins produced by her body would only need to slightly cut the skin of a living person. When the toxin penetrates into their body, it could kill a person almost instantly.

The woman swiped directly at Ming Ye’s chest. Had Ming Ye been an ordinary person, the woman’s claws may have killed him.

But Ming Ye wasn’t human, so he naturally wouldn’t let the woman attack him without fighting back.

He turned into a puff of black smoke, causing the woman to swipe futilely at the air. Seeing that she didn’t catch her target, she roared frantically, and her hair fluttered as her movements became irrational.

Black water from the well dripped from her hair, perhaps because her body had been soaked, or perhaps for some other reason, but the water from the well was truly corrosive.

Gu An only saw the woman swiping; he couldn’t see Ming Ye’s silhouette. He could hear the sound of wind, and the swishing of black water as it corroded the earth.

He was worried about Ming Ye, but wasn’t sure whether or not he would be distracted and subsequently injured after hearing his voice. That wasn’t something he wanted to happed.

Gu An was anxious and worried. The two emotions strayed from his sense of reason, making him feel somewhat restless.

It was unusual for Gu An to feel restless.

Ming Ye had sheltered Gu An within a barrier. As long as he wasn’t taken out, the barrier wouldn’t disappear.

He played ‘peekaboo’ with the woman for a while, but when she realized she wouldn’t catch the black smoke, she gave up and decided to switch targets.

The woman turned around, then ran straight toward Gu An.

Before Gu An could react to the new situation, he heard the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

When the woman was about to swipe at the barrier, she was kicked away by Ming Ye. He used so much power to kick her that she smashed into the wall. It collapsed because it couldn’t bear the force of the impact.

Zhao Yuan and Wen Feifei, who were walking just behind the wall, were startled by its collapse.

However, because the speed of their footsteps were different on the unfamiliar pathway, Wen Feifei was unfortunately trapped under the collapsed wall. Normally she wouldn’t have been affected, but because of the woman’s struggling, the crooked wall next to her also began shaking until it fell.

Mercilessly crushed, Wen Feifei coughed out a mouthful of blood. She reached a hand out to Zhao Yuan: “Help- Help me…… I…… I don’t want the treasure anymore……”

Zhao Yuan was terrified. He didn’t dare to stay longer and ran away.

The woman under the wall smelled Zhao Yuan’s scent. Her eyes that had regained clarity from the pain turned crimson again.

A sound was released from her mouth, slightly intimidating.

The woman crawled forward on her hands and feet. Her arms and legs were broken, but she used yin qi to repair herself as the crawled.

But before she made it even a meter, Ming Ye wrapped a chain around her neck.

The woman scrabbled at the chain with both hands and tried to break it with her sharp teeth, but as soon as she bit down on the chain, it released a dark essence that directly froze her teeth.

Seeing the woman try to struggle her way out, Ming Ye couldn’t help but raise his eyebrows into a sneer: “This is a spirit chain made from the bones of a thousand year old ghost. With your old lady teeth, how could it be bitten apart?”

The woman took in a shallow breath.

She couldn’t help that she was somewhat panicked, and a ring of yin qi floated around her.

This house was closely tied to the woman. Seeing that the woman was entrapped by Ming Ye, the house began to emit black qi. The black qi didn’t attack Ming Ye, but instead chose to target the weaker Gu An.

The yin qi emanating from the house transformed into strands of black rope, and they combined to attack the protective barrier held up by Ming Ye.

Ming Ye also had to control the female ghost, so he was slightly distracted from Gu An, putting him in a bad situation.

The woman was in the middle of a furious rampage, so her power had risen beyond her normal capabilities until she was much stronger than before.

Ming Ye had wrapped the woman up in chains, but there were faint signs that she was almost freed. The black ropes across from them were also somewhat devious.

Gu An couldn’t bear to see Ming Ye working so hard, so he shouted: “If you remove this thing, I can protect myself.”

Ming Ye directly refused without hesitation: “No. Be obedient. It’s so dark out here. You cant see them, so you’ll definitely be injured once I remove the barrier.”

“I’ll be fine if I’m cautious.” Gu An replied. “I’m worried about you, so hurry and remove the barrier!”

“Baobei, be obedient.” Ming Ye clucked his tongue. With a slight growl, he directed: “Don’t come out or I’ll get distracted, and I’ll be hurt if I get distracted. You don’t want me to be hurt, right, baobei?”

Hearing that, Gu An grit his teeth in anger.

He asked 521: “521, that black knife you purchased for me, can Ming Ye use it?”

521 didn’t respond, but a black knife appeared in Gu An’s palm.

For the sake of Gu An’s safety, 521 asked its boss and allowed this benefit. As long as Gu An asked for a weapon, the system space would automatically grant it to him.

That’s what happened just now. As soon as Gu An mentioned something related to weaponry, the system space automatically sent him the black knife.

Gu An didn’t get any reply from 521, so he didn’t dare let Ming Ye use it.

He understood Ming Ye’s concerns, so he shouted again: “Can you brighten the area? I have a knife that can be used to kill ghosts with me!”

Ming Ye was already slightly tired. Not only was the giant amount of yin qi generated by the house tearing at his barrier so that he had to replenish his own yin qi constantly so it wouldn’t be torn apart, but he also had to keep the woman contained to prevent her from attacking Gu An.

From Ming Ye’s perspective, his An An was fragile and must be protected well without any effort spared.

Ming Ye wanted to refuse again, but Gu An interjected once more: “Or do you think that I can only hide behind you and don’t deserve to fight by your side?”

The question was worded very intentionally.

If he answered yes, it would displease Gu An, but if he answered no, he couldn’t reject Gu An’s request.

Just as he began to frown, a light appeared through the courtyard’s gate.

Yang Tu and Yang Fu entered, and in their hands was something that was as bright as artificial sunlight, almost like a flashlight.

Using that, the entire yard had been lit up.

Gu An saw the yard had been lit up and shouted again to Ming Ye: “Remove it quickly!”

After he finished speaking, he waved the long black knife in his hand around.

Ming Ye looked at Gu An’s eager face and felt helpless. He reached out his hand to withdraw the barrier, and instructed him: “Don’t be a stubborn stone. If you falter, just speak up, understand?”

Gu An brandished his knife and replied: “I understand.”

Without yin qi being directed into the barrier, Ming Ye felt re-energized.

The two fought against the woman and the black ropes.

~ At that time, in the dark night. ~

There was a pair of eyes staring at them.

— Watching and waiting for an opportunity.