"Fruit orchard... this should be the place, right?"
Outside a large fruit orchard, Lin Feng hid under a stone, muttering to himself.
Yes.
He had left the city again.
After seeing that many Dangerous-Grade ghost-clearing tasks on the communicator had gone unclaimed, Lin Feng picked one and accepted it.
This also triggered the system's task.
Eliminating a Dangerous-Grade ghost grants even more experience from the system. For this task, clearing the ghost in this orchard would give 500 experience, as well as 1 point of Ghost Spirit potential and bond value.
After clearing the ghost, he could also receive 300 Contribution Points from Willow City Base.
Although it was strange that no one had accepted the task, for Lin Feng, it was an opportunity.
Right now, Tong Tong was still 4,000 experience points away from the Horror-Grade.
At least ten Dangerous-Grade ghosts had to be defeated to reach Horror-Grade.
However... Tong Tong's potential was almost at three stars. Once her potential reached three stars, the experience needed for upgrades would be reduced by one-third.
That was great!
In Lin Feng's view, something must have happened outside the city. Perhaps the outermost defense line was under pressure, and a large number of Ghost Tamers had gone to support.
There could also be other changes.
Rushing out of the city could be a bit risky, but... if it meant rapidly advancing Tong Tong to Horror-Grade, this small risk would be worth it.
With Tong Tong's strength and their bond, even if they encountered a Horror-Grade ghost and couldn't defeat it... Lin Feng was confident in his ability to escape!
In Willow City's defense line, Horror-Grade ghosts were actually quite rare.
They only appeared occasionally.
"Let's go straight in."
Lin Feng spoke lightly.
This fruit orchard, also cultivated by Willow City Base, was located near a small farming village. According to the farmers, the ghost in the orchard had only arrived yesterday. It had killed several people in the orchard, and when a Level 2 Ghost Tamer stationed in the village went to exterminate it, he was killed.
Lin Feng held Tong Tong's butterfly knot and walked into the orchard.
It was an apple orchard, and the apples were nearly ripe. The trees were densely packed.
As Lin Feng walked, he spotted a body hanging from one of the trees.
"Farmer's," Lin Feng muttered.
He walked around the body and continued deeper into the orchard.
After walking a little further, Lin Feng saw another body hanging from a tree. Another farmer.
"Is this guy a hanging ghost?" Lin Feng murmured.
Both of these bodies were tied with straw ropes, hung from the apple trees. It looked like they had been hanged. Their tongues were sticking out, their eyes rolled back. The way they died was quite eerie.
For anyone with a weak stomach, seeing this would send chills down their spine.
Lin Feng wasn't afraid, however, and continued searching.
After a while, he came across a third body hanging from a tree. This one was also a farmer, judging by his clothes.
But the ghost still hadn't shown itself.
The orchard stretched over a large area, from one hilltop to another. Each hill had different kinds of fruits, and this orchard could be considered Willow City Base's fruit basket.
Lin Feng searched for most of the day in the orchard but still hadn't found the ghost.
"Strange, did it kill and then leave?" Lin Feng thought.
Some ghosts wander around, some follow human traces, and some ghosts act completely unpredictably. It wasn't impossible for the ghost to have killed and left.
But Lin Feng didn't give up. He continued his search.
Soon, midday came.
Sunlight broke through the gray sky and shone down.
Half an hour of safe time arrived.
Lin Feng sat down and quietly took out some food from his storage space and ate.
Before leaving the city, Lin Feng had packed plenty of food.
The storage space was like a time-freeze, so the food inside remained the same whether it was placed in or taken out.
Lin Feng slowly finished his meal, and the sunlight gradually disappeared.
Lin Feng stood up, and then...
He realized...
His surroundings had changed drastically.
The apple trees were now filled with hanging bodies.
Some of them were the farmers Lin Feng had already seen.
Others, Lin Feng had never seen before.
They all had one thing in common.
All the bodies were tied with straw ropes, their long tongues sticking out, eyes bulging. They looked particularly hideous and terrifying.
"So this is the Ghost Domain of a Dangerous-Grade ghost?" Lin Feng murmured.
He had unknowingly entered the ghost's domain.
However, Lin Feng wasn't afraid at all.
In fact, he felt a bit excited.
This Dangerous-Grade ghost was still here.
And it had come after Lin Feng.
.
"Where are you?"
Lin Feng looked around.
At that moment, a rope silently descended from the sky, appearing around Lin Feng's neck without a sound.
"It's here!"
Lin Feng's 3x human strength wasn't for nothing. His observational skills were sharp, and he had noticed the rope.
He reached out to grab it but failed to catch it.
The next second, the rope tightened, and it tried to lift Lin Feng into the air!
But...
A small hand suddenly appeared and firmly grabbed the rope!
Tong Tong had made her move!
Lin Feng quickly stepped back, avoiding the range of the rope.
"Sure enough, it's a hanging ghost," Lin Feng thought.
He looked at the rope but didn't see any ghostly figure above it. This meant the hanging ghost was likely inside the rope, using the ghostly rope to kill people.
And its method of killing was simple.
It used the rope to hang people.
The eerie thing about the rope was that normal people couldn't hold onto it, but it could easily lift people off the ground... For ordinary people, it was practically an inescapable trap.
But now, this ghostly rope was firmly held by Tong Tong.
The rope struggled violently, trying to escape.
At the same time, the bodies hanging from the apple trees began to move rapidly toward Lin Feng.
Their eyes rolled, and their hands reached for him.
They also let out piercing screams.
Since their tongues were sticking out, the sounds they made were especially eerie, creating a strong sense of discomfort. Goosebumps would surely rise.
"Tong Tong, hurry up!" Lin Feng shouted.
Hearing Lin Feng's voice, Tong Tong finally gave her all. Her white skirt turned red in an instant.
In her normal form, Tong Tong's power wasn't enough to deal with this hanging ghost, and it would take some time.
But when she was in her red dress form, it was a different story.
As soon as the red dress appeared, the ghostly rope struggled even more fiercely.
But...
It was useless.
The next second.
Tong Tong's two hands grabbed the rope and pulled hard.
With a sudden tug.
The rope was torn in two!
Accompanied by a sharp, wailing scream, the surrounding bodies fell silent.
"Task completed. You have gained 500 experience, 1 Ghost Spirit potential, 1 bond."
"Tong Tong has received a boost in Ghost Energy."
"You have acquired a broken ghost rope (a damaged Ghost Artifact, can be used to bind ghosts)."
"You have acquired 1 Ghost Taming Object."
The system's voice sounded consecutively.
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