"Huff... huff..."
In the dark and gloomy environment, only the sound of Chen Ruoqing's anxious footsteps and heavy breathing echoed continuously.
Behind her, thick, arm-like vines twisted and twisted relentlessly, chasing after her.
At this moment, the entire Fengmen Village had completely fallen into chaos.
Everywhere, terrifying vines were emerging from underground. If she didn't know this was the effect of the Malevolent Ghost, Chen Ruoqing would have suspected she had encountered some ancient mountain demon.
Puff puff!
The black Ghost Hair kept extending, looking incredibly flexible yet unusually sharp.
Just a few swipes could tear apart the vines that were about to catch up to her.
Among the drifting hair strands, a faint blood-red human face appeared behind Chen Ruoqing's head.
In the mouth of the face, a bright red wooden comb was clutched tightly.
Ghost Combing!
Luo Zhi never expected that the balance between Ghost Combing and Ghost Hair would be established so easily.
As a result, Chen Ruoqing quickly mastered her second Malevolent Ghost.
But in her feeling, this mastery was less like suppression and more like enhancement.
The ghostly wooden comb constantly combed through, making her Ghost Hair stronger than before.
The toughness and sharpness just now were the results of Ghost Hair's improvement.
Yet something even more puzzling happened.
Logically, these two auxiliary Malevolent Ghosts should not suppress her Malevolent Ghost's revival; rather, they should have intensified it.
But despite this, Chen Ruoqing remained unharmed and even felt better.
Of course, it wasn't just her—Dr. Luo Zhi also did not notice that the Ghost Hair Ties tied into her hair played an extremely important role here.
In the future, only Chen Xuan would realize that the function of the Ghost Hair Ties was just part of a much bigger secret—one that even shocked him.
Crack!
The Ghost Hair tore the vines behind her to pieces. Chen Ruoqing's pale face grew even paler.
Taking advantage of this moment, more vines crazily burst from the ground. The entire village seemed to come alive.
And all of their targets appeared to be Chen Ruoqing.
"Damn it! Why is everyone coming after me?!"
Chen Ruoqing grit her teeth, struggling desperately.
But even though her Ghost Hair was strong, she had only mastered two Malevolent Ghosts.
Under the siege of the vines, a small crack finally appeared.
In a flash, a vine caught the gap and directly wrapped around her ankle.
With a sudden tug—
Bang!
Chen Ruoqing lost her balance and fell to the ground, her body uncontrollably dragged toward the graveyard.
At that moment—
A figure suddenly rushed out from the side, wrapped in ice shards and radiating cold.
With a leap forward, he grabbed the vine holding Chen Ruoqing.
Crack crack!
The chilling power began to invade the vine, quickly freezing it solid. Then, with a fierce tug, he tore it apart.
"Captain!"
Chen Ruoqing, relieved to be saved, called out, but then her expression suddenly changed.
"Watch out!"
Puff puff!
Vines sprouted from the ground beneath Zhong Qing's feet, tightly wrapping him up.
"Run! Run, Chen Ruoqing, run!"
Zhong Qing's shout abruptly cut off as his figure was pulled into a grave pit. The vermilion coffin slammed shut.
Countless piles of earth fell, soon forming a new grave, a tombstone mysteriously erected.
The Grave of Zhong Qing.
"Captain!"
Chen Ruoqing shouted again but hurriedly got up and fled into the distance.
She knew the captain was done for—no Ghost Tamer ever escaped after being pulled into a grave.
No, only one had escaped: the captain Qin Long they had rescued.
Swish swish!
Several more vines burst through the soil, rushing at Chen Ruoqing again.
Her Ghost Hair surged, forcibly blocking an attack wave.
But because of her momentary pause, she overlooked the ground beneath her feet.
More vines broke through the earth and attacked her.
Despair—at that moment, despair welled up in Chen Ruoqing's heart.
She regretted stopping, giving the vines an opportunity.
But there's no remedy for regret.
As the vines neared, suddenly a swirl of bluish smoke enveloped her.
The next moment, the vines flashed and seemed to lose their target, changing direction.
A hand grabbed Chen Ruoqing's shoulder and pulled her away.
"Captain Pang!"
Within the dense smoke, the figure of Pang Ling appeared with glowing blue eyes and a cigar in her mouth.
Beside her, the tubercular-looking Xue Qian was supporting a dried-corpse-like figure.
From the sunken eye sockets, it was clear the person was the missing strong captain Qin Long.
"Don't run off, follow me."
Pang Ling's voice was sharp, a result of the Ghost Smoke's influence.
If the Ghost Smoke completely invaded her body, it would be like inhaling secondhand smoke and she would undergo full Malevolent Ghost revival.
However, evidently, something inside her body was suppressing this; despite the thick smoke, she hadn't died.
"Damn it, these vines just won't stop? At this rate, cough, cough, we'll probably be wiped out before nightfall."
The tubercular Xue Qian coughed violently, black blood occasionally dripping from the corners of his mouth.
"Running is useless!"
At that moment, a hoarse voice came from Qin Long, who was being supported.
This was the first time he spoke after being rescued.
"Although I was locked inside the coffin, I discovered some patterns."
Qin Long's voice was as unpleasant as a leaky bellows.
"Those vines... are not really vines."
He pointed to the lush banyan tree in the dim light.
"They are its roots."
"What? Tree roots?"
Pang Ling and Xue Qian both exclaimed in shock.
"Impossible. Malevolent Ghosts only use inanimate objects or living humans as carriers. How could it be a tree?"
"Yes, previous records never mentioned such a case."
"Never mentioned doesn't mean it doesn't exist."
Qin Long rasped back.
"I could feel that tree absorbing the power of all the dead buried in the graves, growing stronger."
"The reason we never discovered the Ghost Domain's existence is because it is this banyan tree."
"Banyan tree? Impossible. The tree is less than thirty meters tall. How could it affect the entire village?"
Pang Ling found this theory unreasonable.
However, Qin Long gave a dry laugh.
"The canopy can't reach everywhere, but the roots? Why not?"
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