The yellow talisman tsunami surged.
Soon, it submerged the entire floor of the mall where Zhao Bingquan and the others were located.
Fortunately, they escaped quickly, moving to the next floor. But before they could catch their breath, they saw the yellow talisman tsunami, which had already flooded the two floors above, continuing its momentum and heading towards their current floor. The number of talismans was far greater than they had imagined.
After all, this was a large shopping mall. The sheer number required to flood two floors and spread to a third was immense.
The faces of the fierce ghosts changed drastically.
The half-step ghost king grabbed Zhao Bingquan:
“Damn it, Zhao Bingquan, you actually dared to betray and kill us! I’ll kill you!”
Zhao Bingquan’s mouth twitched. He knew exactly what the half-step ghost king meant:
“It wasn’t me. If I were to collude with ghost exorcists to kill you, I’d gain absolutely nothing. As you can see, you can kill me right now.”
The half-step ghost king slapped Zhao Bingquan:
“Nonsense! Are you saying this is just a coincidence?”
It pointed at the surging yellow talismans behind them and roared:
“Tell me, is this called a coincidence? A coincidence that a ghost exorcist would be carrying so many yellow talismans around?”
“Someone must have pre-arranged so many yellow talismans here. Otherwise, tell me, who in their right mind would set up so many talismans in a mall? I get it now. You don’t have the merit grafting method at all. You simply want to trap us here and refine us to extend your own life.”
Before he finished speaking.
The half-step ghost king looked up, ready to smash Zhao Bingquan to vent its anger.
Zhao Bingquan’s expression changed. He quickly used his ghost exorcism technique to defend himself and pulled out a yellowed jade slip from his embrace:
“I didn’t betray you. Believe me, look at this. This is the merit grafting method. You’ll know once you see it.”
To clear up the misunderstanding, he had no choice but to reveal the merit grafting method to prove his innocence. Otherwise, without the help of the half-step ghost king and the others, he, a mere practitioner of unorthodox ghost cultivation, would have no way to approach Mr. Wang.
The half-step ghost king was just about to take the yellowed jade slip to examine it.
Just then.
A piercing scream came from behind:
“Ah!!! —”
Turning around.
They saw that at some point, the yellow talisman tsunami seemed to have sensed their presence and suddenly became frenzied, lunging towards a red-clothed fierce ghost running at the rear. In an instant, the red-clothed fierce ghost was engulfed by the yellow talisman tsunami.
It could be seen.
The red-clothed fierce ghost, covered by the yellow talismans, was like its body was immersed in sulfuric acid, emitting sizzling sounds and letting out screams of agony.
…
On the other side.
The highest floor of the mall.
Zhang Wei also looked towards the direction of the half-step ghost king:
“Found you.”
Through the yellow talismans, he sensed the location of the half-step ghost king and knew the number of ghosts:
“Three ghosts, plus a… ghost exorcist?”
He muttered.
Zhang Wei did not hesitate and leaped up.
Instantly.
The yellow talismans flooding this floor surged. The moment he leaped out, they condensed into a giant pair of hands, lifting Zhang Wei, who had jumped out of this floor. Following the mall’s atrium, the hands carried Zhang Wei from the fifth floor across to the third floor.
This scene.
Was witnessed by many passersby who were still evacuating towards Mr. Wang’s location, leaving them stunned on the spot.
“Mom, there’s an immortal.”
A child pointed at Zhang Wei, who was being carried by the giant talisman hands flying overhead, and shouted loudly.
It wasn’t just the child.
Others were no better. Especially a foreigner who was a devout Christian. Not long ago, he had been terrified because of the grave at the mall entrance and couldn’t leave. He was tightly clutching the cross hanging around his neck, praying for God to save him.
However, as he was praying, a shocking scene unfolded.
Looking at Zhang Wei flying, supported by a God-like hand, the foreigner’s eyes widened. He was so shocked that he crushed the cross in his hand:
“Oh God, look! Look there, the immortal over there.”
After praying for a long time, God didn’t come to save him, but a Chinese immortal did.
Even after Zhang Wei flew past, he was still excitedly incoherent, grabbing Mr. Wang’s son, who was busy evacuating the crowd, and asking:
“The immortal over there, so handsome. Mr. Wang, is that the immortal over there? What kind of immortal is that? Erlang Shen?”
Facing the incessant questioning.
Mr. Wang’s son, who was already overwhelmed with work evacuating the crowd, casually replied:
“Yes, yes, yes, he’s the immortal over there. He’s the Jade Emperor.”
The foreign friend’s eyes lit up upon hearing this. He replied in broken Chinese:
“Oh~ God, it’s the Jade Emperor! I know this immortal over there.”
…
On the other side.
Zhang Wei was unaware that he had been mistaken for the Jade Emperor, nor did he know how the Christian foreigner would spread the word about him. At this moment, he was in hot pursuit of Zhao Bingquan and the others.
With the system points he had accumulated, he had reached the level of a ghost king.
With a palm strike, he killed the only remaining red-clothed fierce ghost.
[Ding! The red-clothed fierce ghost looked at the host and sighed, ‘So young!’]
[Host has gained System Points +50]
[Ding! Before dying, the red-clothed fierce ghost looked at the sky full of yellow talismans, cast an unwilling glance at the host, and thought, ‘Such a young ghost exorcist, are there rich second-generation ghost exorcists? Damn capitalist class.’]
[Host has gained System Points +60]
The system notification sounded in his mind.
Zhang Wei charged towards the half-step ghost king.
Instantly.
The half-step ghost king’s face turned green with fear. Compared to the red-clothed fierce ghost’s concern for the yellow talismans, it sensed the terrifying aura emanating from Zhang Wei. Was this young ghost exorcist from the Qilin Guard?! And a ghost king level one at that.
[Ding! The half-step ghost king roared in its heart, ‘Zhao Bingquan, you are truly ruthless! To actually invite someone like this to trap me.’]
[Host has gained System Points +90]
Accompanying the system notification.
Zhang Wei was stunned for a moment. In front of the half-step ghost king, he immediately gave Zhao Bingquan a thumbs-up:
“Well done, Zhao Bingquan! You helped me lure out such a half-step ghost king. I’ll credit you with one kill, hahaha.”
His voice rang out.
[Ding! The half-step ghost king stared intently at Zhao Bingquan, ‘Zhao Bingquan! I’ll kill you!!!’]
[Host has gained System Points +110]
At the same time.
Zhao Bingquan was dumbfounded. His expression was like Uncle Da in Stephen Chow’s ‘Fight Back to School,’ left behind by Stephen Chow’s departing car, looking bewildered as he shouted, ‘I haven’t gotten on the car yet! Hey! I haven’t gotten on the car yet!’
Although he didn’t know how Zhang Wei knew him or why he said such a thing.
Zhao Bingquan quickly denied it:
“No, it wasn’t me. I didn’t. You have to believe me.”
However, his pleas were in vain. The half-step ghost king had already charged forward with bloodshot eyes. It knew it was no match for Zhang Wei and was destined to die here, so it wanted to kill Zhao Bingquan, taking a scapegoat with it even in death.
“Zhao Bingquan, you’re dead! You’re still messing with me now? What the hell, do you think I’m an idiot?”
The half-step ghost king lunged for Zhao Bingquan’s neck.
Seeing this, Zhao Bingquan’s eyelids twitched. Knowing that the situation was beyond salvage, he gritted his teeth, shot Zhang Wei a fierce look, and then used his ghost exorcism technique to dodge the half-step ghost king’s attack and escape from here.
…