Chapter 98: Advanced Starving Ghost
“That’s good. I’ll go and see you with Hanyan when I have time.”
“You’re always welcome.”
Just then, Jiang Jiajia and Xiao Nian came down, and the phone rang at the same time.
Xiao Xu picked up the phone, nodded, and after a few “mhm”s, she hung up.
“Sister, there’s an emergency. I’ll send you the addresses. There are three locations.”
“Okay. Then Hanyan and I will split up.”
“A Nian and I will split up. It’s a bit dangerous for you to be alone, Chuxia. It’s better to have Hanyan with you,” Jiang Jiajia said, taking some breakfast from the incubator and turning to look at Liu Chuxia.
Liu Chuxia was not a pretentious person. She nodded in agreement. After all, she knew her own limits.
After getting ready, the group set off. Liu Chuxia and Li Hanyan chose an abandoned hospital. As for why there were people in this place, Liu Chuxia didn’t have time to find out now.
When they arrived, Liu Chuxia and Li Hanyan identified themselves and went in directly.
This hospital was actually built on the side of a mountain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the entrance faced the mountain road.
Liu Chuxia turned on her flashlight and pushed open the door.
Instantly, a cloud of dust rushed towards them. Liu Chuxia and Li Hanyan quickly covered their mouths and noses with their hands, and used their other hands to wave away the dust in the air.
“This won’t do. I’ll go and get a mask,” Li Hanyan said and ran back out.
Soon, Li Hanyan ran back with two disposable masks in her hand and handed one to Liu Chuxia.
After putting them on, the two of them walked in cautiously.
The moment they entered, Liu Chuxia saw a few large, bloody words written on the wall behind the front desk.
‘Madmen! Madmen! All madmen!’
Liu Chuxia and Li Hanyan exchanged a glance, both seeing the question in each other’s eyes.
Li Hanyan shook her head, made a gesture, and had Liu Chuxia follow her to the left to check.
Although it was daytime now, the hospital was built in the mountains, and the sky was still overcast, so the light in the hospital was a bit dim.
In this environment, the fear of the unknown would be even greater.
Liu Chuxia always felt like she was being watched, but when she turned her head and shone the flashlight behind her, there was nothing.
“What’s wrong?” Li Hanyan asked in a low voice.
“I always feel like something is staring at me,” Liu Chuxia said in a low voice.
“The temperature here is still normal. It should be some small ghosts. Let’s finish investigating here first.”
“Okay.”
The two of them finished checking the first floor but found nothing.
Then they went up to the second floor. Liu Chuxia was so scared by the scene that she almost knelt down. She suppressed her nausea and threw herself into Li Hanyan’s embrace.
The entire second floor was like a living hell. Dense rows of human heads were hanging from the ceiling, some still dripping blood.
And the floor and walls were all covered in large patches of blood. Some parts of the floor had even formed small pools of blood.
And besides the blood, there were also various dismembered limbs lying on the ground, feet, hands, and even entire torsos. Various internal organs could also be seen lying on the ground.
One didn’t need to think to know how disgusting the smell was. Even Li Hanyan could barely stand it.
Following the dismembered limbs on the ground, Li Hanyan saw that the place that was originally the consultation station was piled high with various corpses and blood. And on top, something was burying its head, doing who knows what.
Li Hanyan frowned and looked at the thing. She couldn’t tell what it was from the back, but she could vaguely see a huge belly.
“A Xia, are you feeling better?”
Liu Chuxia pulled away from her embrace, quickly took off her mask, and then threw up directly on the ground.
Li Hanyan quickly took out a bottle of water from her bag.
Liu Chuxia knelt on the ground and vomited for a while. After recovering a bit, she ran to the window on the first floor to breathe in the fresh air.
“A Xia, how are you?” Li Hanyan asked, handing her the water with worry.
Liu Chuxia had also recovered. She looked at Li Hanyan and said, “Don’t worry, I’m much better.”
With that, she took a sip of water, then spat it out. After repeating this a few times, Liu Chuxia had truly recovered.
“Why don’t you go out and rest for a while? I can handle it here,” Li Hanyan said, holding her hand with heartache.
Liu Chuxia shook her head. “If I run out without even knowing what kind of ghost it is, what kind of Spirit Master am I? It’s just flesh and blood. I’ll just wear a few more masks.”
With that, she ran out to get five masks. After putting them all on, she went up to the second floor.
“A Xia, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me,” Li Hanyan said with some worry.
“Okay.”
The two re-entered this place, walking slowly towards the small mountain of corpses, treading on the blood.
And the thing on top was still burying its head, doing something. When the two of them were about fifty meters away from it.
The thing turned around.
Its mouth was full of minced meat and blood. Its grayish-green skin had mottled black runes on it. And its biggest feature was its particularly large belly.
It was a size larger than a bathtub.
Liu Chuxia directly burned an Exorcism Talisman and then rushed forward, throwing the talisman at the thing.
The feeling of stepping on bones was very unpleasant. Liu Chuxia frowned and retreated again.
And when the Exorcism Talisman hit the thing, it was knocked back a step.
But it calmly picked up a dismembered limb from the ground and started to eat it. As it ate, it said, “Since guests have arrived, I must entertain you well.”
Its voice was high and thin, as if it were speaking in a pinched voice, and it was impossible to tell if it was male or female.
“A Xia! Run!” Li Hanyan quickly ran to Liu Chuxia’s side, took her hand, and quickly ran backwards.
Just where Liu Chuxia had been, a pool of blood fell.
Liu Chuxia looked at the spot with lingering fear. “That was close. Who knows if that thing is poisonous if it gets on you.”
“It is, and it’s very corrosive. Before the blood has even finished falling, you’ll have turned into a pool of blood,” Li Hanyan said, staring at the thing standing on the small mountain of corpses.
“What on earth is this thing?”
“A starving ghost. But not an ordinary starving ghost, because it has already eaten people. So it’s much stronger than an ordinary starving ghost. I’m guessing it’s at an advanced level.”
“Then how do we fight this thing?”
“I don’t know. This is also the first time I’ve seen a starving ghost that has eaten people. I don’t know how many it has eaten or how strong it is. Let’s just improvise. We must be careful.”
“Okay.”
Liu Chuxia turned to stare at the starving ghost. Enduring her discomfort, she rushed forward with her iron sword and also threw three Soul-Extinguishing Talismans at it. Liu Chuxia did a backflip with her sword and then swung it at its neck.
The starving ghost let out a roar. It was clearly in pain. It turned and scratched at Liu Chuxia.
Liu Chuxia dodged with a flash and retreated.
And Li Hanyan, who had already gotten close to the starving ghost, also swung her Evil-Dispelling Sword. Instantly, a large gash appeared on the starving ghost’s body.
“Howl! All of you, go to hell!”
With that, it spat a pool of blood at Li Hanyan.
And its large belly was also slowly deflating.
Li Hanyan dodged its attacks while looking for an opportunity to throw a Soul-Extinguishing Talisman at it.
The starving ghost was beaten back repeatedly, and its belly had already completely deflated.
Liu Chuxia had originally wanted to launch a sneak attack, but the moment she got behind the starving ghost, it disappeared.
Liu Chuxia’s intuition told her that danger was coming. Then she immediately did a backflip and retreated.
The moment she left, the starving ghost appeared behind where she had been.
“That was close.”
Before she could even relax, Liu Chuxia suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold wind blow from behind her.
