"Huh?"
"A hair clipper???"
Seeing Zhang Wei pull out a hair clipper from his pocket, Zhang Chao and Wu Nian were stunned, their faces filled with bewilderment.
Zhang Chao rubbed his eyes vigorously. After confirming that Zhang Wei had indeed taken out a hair clipper, he was even more bewildered. His mouth twitched violently as he asked,
"Zhang Wei, don't tell me the way you said you could deal with the Ghost King is with that... hair clipper in your hand?"
There was no mistake.
Whether it was the appearance of the 'thing' or the buzzing sound it made when Zhang Wei pressed the switch, it all proved it was a hair clipper. The buzzing sound was exactly the same as the one he heard in the barbershop.
However, Zhang Chao was still unwilling to give up, not believing that Zhang Wei had gone mad encountering a Ghost King and was using a hair clipper to deal with it.
Zhang Chao speculated,
"Zhang Wei, is your hair clipper... a sect-level artifact?"
The Ghost King was powerful, and ordinary ghost-exorcising artifacts were useless. To deal with a Ghost King, they could only use sect-level artifacts.
"No, this is just a regular hair clipper. I bought it for 9.9 yuan on Taobao a couple of days ago."
"???"
Zhang Chao was stunned for a moment, and the next second, his face was filled with despair.
"Are you kidding me? How can a regular hair clipper deal with a Ghost King?"
"Oh, are you planning to give the Ghost King a middle part, make it laugh itself to death with its hairstyle, and then we win without a fight?"
Let alone Zhang Chao.
Even Wu Nian looked at him strangely and asked with concern,
"Zhang Wei, are you alright? It's okay. Although I can't deal with the Ghost King, I can self-detonate my sarira later to buy you a few minutes. You can then take more people and escape from here."
Compared to Zhang Wei claiming that his 9.9 yuan hair clipper could deal with the Ghost King, Wu Nian was more inclined to believe that Zhang Wei had been scared out of his wits by the Ghost King.
Zhang Chao felt the same way.
He changed from despair to a solemn tone,
"Wu Nian, I'll stay with you to stall the Ghost King. Zhang Wei, you're strong, you might be able to escape. Take more people and leave here. Just remember to burn more paper for me later."
In response.
Zhang Wei naturally knew that Zhang Chao and Wu Nian didn't believe him, so he said directly,
"Trust me, I can really deal with the Ghost King. Just give me a minute."
Saying that.
Zhang Wei picked up the hair clipper and started shaving his hair.
Although the experience card was powerful, cutting hair took time. Zhang Wei needed Wu Nian and Zhang Chao to help him stall the Ghost King so he could cut his hair to a length sufficient to deal with the Ghost King.
This scene.
Was clearly seen by Zhang Chao and Wu Nian, who were petrified on the spot.
Seeing this, Zhang Chao tried to make light of the situation.
"Alright, I get it. Zhang Wei isn't trying to shave the Ghost King's hair, he wants to maintain a good appearance before he dies, so he's shaving his own head before dying. He wants to die looking cool, even in death."
"Zhang Wei, after you're done, help me stall for a minute too. I want to shave my head as well. I'll shave it into a mohawk and die, see if I can make the Ghost King laugh itself to death."
It wasn't just Zhang Chao and Wu Nian who were bewildered.
The Ghost King was also bewildered.
The Ghost King, walking from the distant corridor, approached step by step.
Two days ago, the Ghost King had sensed that the curse it had placed on a woman had been lifted. However, it didn't immediately seek revenge because it was on the verge of breaking through to become a Ghost King. Out of caution, it decided to break through first before coming.
Today, it finally broke through to become a Ghost King and immediately rushed over.
Upon arrival, it saw Zhang Wei and the other two, sensing their ages and strengths.
It hadn't expected that the one who broke its curse would be three genius ghost exorcists. These three ghost exorcists were clearly young, yet they were all powerful. Especially one of them, who had reached the level of a Qilin Guard in the Wei Dao Division.
Thinking of this.
The Ghost King sneered inwardly. Fortunately, it had broken through to become a Ghost King before coming, otherwise, it might have been defeated.
However, before it could think further.
The Ghost King saw from afar that Zhang Wei and the other two, upon seeing it, not only didn't run but the strongest one among them reached into his pants pocket and pulled out something.
[Ding! The Ghost King frowned. Why aren't those three ghost exorcists running when they see me? I wanted to play a cat-and-mouse game with them, but it's a shame. Are they scared silly?]
[Host gains system points +100]
[Ding! The Ghost King sighed. This is the power of a Ghost King. Even three genius ghost exorcists are intimidated by me, hahaha.]
[Host gains system points +110]
[Ding! The Ghost King suddenly realized, not good! What is he pulling out?! Damn it, does he have a sect-level artifact?!]
[Host gains system points +120]
But the next second...
Upon seeing the hair clipper Zhang Wei pulled out.
The Ghost King: "????"
[Ding! The Ghost King is stunned.]
[Host gains system points +150]
Then the Ghost King saw Zhang Wei smiling at it, pressing the switch of the hair clipper, and starting to shave his hair, while warily watching it.
The Ghost King was dumbfounded.
[Ding! The Ghost King is extremely bewildered. What's going on?? I scared a powerful ghost exorcist into... shaving his head on the spot??]
[Host gains system points +160]
At this moment.
Watching Zhang Wei warily watching it and quickly shaving his head, the Ghost King was bewildered.
What was this? Tidying up its appearance before death?
Is this the power of a Ghost King? To scare a Qilin Guard to this extent, making them lose the will to survive and start preparing for their own burial?
For a moment.
The Ghost King stopped in its tracks, stunned, and looked at Zhang Wei in bewilderment.
But soon.
The Ghost King realized something was wrong.
[Ding! The Ghost King is surprised. No, is it an illusion? Why do I feel that person is getting stronger?]
[Host gains system points +100]
Feeling it carefully.
The Ghost King's pupils contracted.
It realized it wasn't an illusion. As it sensed, Zhang Wei was indeed getting stronger, and his strength was increasing exponentially.
Instantly.
The Ghost King seemed to have discovered something and suddenly stared at the hair Zhang Wei was shedding. It found that as Zhang Wei pushed the hair clipper and shaved off some hair, with each shave, if more hair was removed, his strength would increase more, the two being directly proportional.
When it came back to its senses, the Ghost King was horrified.
It felt a heart-pounding power from Zhang Wei, a power comparable to that of a Ghost King!
"Stop shaving!!!"
The Ghost King could no longer sit still and roared as it charged towards Zhang Wei.
[Ding! The Ghost King is shocked and awestruck. For the first time, it feels shaving hair is so terrifying. It believes the host sealed his strength with his hair, and now that the hair is cut, the seal is broken, Bankai!]
[Host gains system points +180]
Meanwhile.
[Using item "Strongman Attribute Experience Card 'Hair'"]
Following the system prompt in its mind.
A small countdown appeared in the upper right corner of Zhang Wei's vision: [Experience remaining time, countdown 29:59... 29:58... 29:57...]
Buzz~
The buzzing sound of the hair clipper started.
Zhang Wei began to shave his hair. For this trump card, he hadn't cut his hair until now. Now his hair had grown long enough to cover his eyes.
As the hair clipper pushed forward, his bangs were cut in half. Zhang Wei clearly felt a terrifying power brewing within him. As his hair fell, that power erupted like a solar flare, increasing exponentially.
...