Ghost Detective Records

Chapter 120

Immediately, with a hissing sound, I heard the sound of skin being corroded. It hurt so much! I looked down and saw my palm steaming as if it had been corroded by sulfuric acid. The skin quickly melted away, revealing pink flesh underneath.

"Ouch!" My face contorted in pain, and Fang Lei behind me immediately let out a sharp cry as a purple light struck the head of the basketball that had bounced back after hitting the ground.

With a thud, like the sound of a hand hitting a basketball, the basketball's head was struck back by the purple light. I watched as the basketball's head, which had been flying through the air, immediately dented like a deflated basketball, revealing a strange, inwardly concave face.

The basketball head slumped on the floor like a lump of soft flesh, then rolled forward a little further before landing at the feet of a pair of children.

A little girl in a red dress! She suddenly appeared out of thin air, her face pale. She kicked the head of one basketball, then bent down to pick up the other head, and surprisingly said happily to Fang Lei and me, "Will you play ball with me?"

Judging from her tone, she seemed like an innocent child who just wanted to play with others. Fang Lei and I exchanged a glance, and while holding Fang Lei's hand, I still subconsciously took a step back.

"Play with me...!" the little girl in red said ominously, holding up a basketball head. The other basketball heads around her seemed to join in, emitting strange, shrill cries: "Play together...! Play together!"

"Get out of here quickly!" I turned around, grabbed Fang Lei, and ran towards the exit of the indoor basketball court. But then I heard a thud. The little girl in red behind us had already thrown the basketball headfirst towards us, and the other basketballs on the floor also hopped and bounced towards us.

I didn't look back. Instead, I desperately pulled Fang Lei out the door, and then the two of us turned around almost at the same time and worked together to close the exit door.

"Bang...bang...!" It was the sound of basketball heads hitting the door one after another. I hurriedly locked the door, but the violently shaking door told me that these basketball heads were surprisingly strong.

"Lin Xiao, hold them off for a moment!" Fang Lei said, taking out a talisman from her person and sticking it on the door. Fortunately, the talisman seemed to work very well, immediately stopping the door from shaking, although the sound of a basketball head hitting the door could still be heard.

"This is a freezing talisman; it can only be used to freeze doors now," Fang Lei said.

"Whatever it is, as long as we can stop those monsters, that's enough." I let out a long sigh of relief. At least now, I don't have to play that weird basketball anymore. ××××××× "You don't need to struggle anymore," the middle-aged man said, looking at Abao who was still trying to break free.

"Let me go!" Abao realized his terrible situation and cried out in fear.

"Have the usually calm and collected Moro people ever started shouting like this?" An old woman's voice rang out behind the middle-aged man. Abao tried hard to look, but she was hidden behind the middle-aged man, and he couldn't see her face.

"Who...who are you?" Abao asked in surprise, as she knew her own people.

"Shouldn't your Moro tribe be living in seclusion? How could you let a little girl like you come to the human realm? But it's fortunate that way, so I can gather people from all three tribes." The old voice was somewhat smug.

Three races? Who else?

Seemingly sensing A Bao's confusion, the aged voice chuckled coldly twice and said, "Just wait a little while, a short while, and the Spirit Clan's sole heir will arrive. At that time, the three clans will reunite."

Lin Xiao? Could it be that Lin Xiao is coming? Then, besides my own Moro clan and Lin Xiao being spirit races, what other races are they? The Moon Shadow Clan? No, the Moon Shadow Clan should all be sealed off in that cave in Zuo Mu Village. Could it be the Yana Clan? But my own clansmen clearly told me that the Yana Clan had all awakened their magical powers back in the Tang Dynasty and become like ordinary people.

Who... are they?

Volume 3: Delicacies of Hell, Chapter 68: The Longsword

Volume 3: Delicacies of Hell, Chapter 68: The Longsword

Why is there nothing in the indoor swimming pool? Fang Lei and I wandered around the pool several times, puzzled, but there was no strange sign at all. The blue water was as calm as a piece of lake-blue crystal.

"What's going on?" I looked at Fang Lei in confusion. Had our guess been wrong? Was the Gate of Life and Death not here at all? Or should it be in the center of Xue Si Lake?

"This is so strange!" Fang Lei looked around and suddenly asked, "Don't you think this stadium is a bit odd?"

"eccentric?"

"No, perhaps I should say that apart from the basketball court just now, everything else was too normal!" Fang Lei said.

"You mean...?" I was starting to understand what Fang Lei meant. This gymnasium was too normal! On the way here, the school was filled with ghosts, almost everywhere! But now that I've entered this gymnasium, I realize there isn't a single ghost, except for that girl in red, of course.

Why don't other ghosts appear here? Does this stadium have a ghost-repelling function? But judging from this stadium alone, there is almost no sign of spiritual power.

"Why don't ghosts appear here?" I asked Fang Lei.

"I don't know, but it's definitely a bit too clean here." Fang Lei glanced at the swimming pool; it was still completely empty.

"Is your little devil of yours any use?" the aged voice asked the middle-aged man.

"Don't worry, she's a very obedient brat. As long as she can get Lin Xiao involved, everything will definitely go according to our plan. Hehe..." The middle-aged man sneered and slowly walked to A Bao's side, saying, "At that time, we will use the Spirit Clan's hands and the blood of the Moro Clan to break the seal that has been sealed for thousands of years by our Yana Clan!"

"You really are people of the Yana tribe!" Abao recalled what the tribe elders had said before. It was when he was young that he had accidentally learned about the Yana tribe from the tribe's ancient books, and that's when he went to ask the tribe elders:

"The Yana people are a race that symbolizes betrayal, slaughter, and sin, so the goddess cursed their entire race, forever stripping them of the spiritual power of their ancient race, making them no different from ordinary humans."

"They've been sealed away? But what if they break free of the seal?"

"Heh heh, Her Highness's curse isn't so easily broken! Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Silly child, this is not something you need to worry about!"

Unless what? Ah Bao now truly regrets not pressing the matter further back then. What exactly was that answer?

×××××××× I glanced at my watch; it was already around 6:30. The swimming pool was still completely empty. I sighed helplessly and said to Fang Lei, "Although the empty stadium is a bit strange, it seems we have to give up on this place."

"Okay!" Fang Lei nodded. Just as Fang Lei and I turned to leave, a pair of hands suddenly jumped out of the pool and pulled at Fang Lei's feet.

"Fang Lei!" I immediately grabbed Fang Lei and hugged her, but the strength of those hands was too great, and they actually pulled both Fang Lei and me into the water at the same time!

With a splash, Fang Lei and I fell into the swimming pool at the same time. I quickly kicked my legs out, because I remembered that we were standing by the shallow end, and the water shouldn't be too deep!

But... my foot slipped! I couldn't touch the bottom of the pool, and water choked my nose. I panicked, and my grip on Fang Lei loosened! At the same time, I felt my feet being tightly pulled by two hands. It was so cold, and the water immediately went over my head.

"Lin Xiao...!" I thought I heard Fang Lei's voice. Then a purple light shot towards me, seemingly hitting the hands that were holding me.

Immediately, I felt a sense of relief. My feet actually touched the bottom, and with a strong push, I popped back up from the water with a splash.

"Fang...Fang Lei!" I saw Fang Lei standing in front of me, and I quickly asked, "Are you hurt?"

"No! Let's go up quickly!" Fang Lei grabbed my hand. "No wonder we didn't see any ghosts, it turns out this is the territory of water ghosts!"

Water ghosts? I've always hated corpses in the water the most, because no matter how long a person is soaked in water, their skin will always swell and become enlarged, as if the whole person has been soaked in water.

I glanced back at the pool, as if nothing had happened; there was no time for me to think further. I struggled to paddle forward, hoping only to get out of there quickly.

But as soon as I looked down, a face that had been thoroughly decomposed and submerged in water immediately surfaced—a child's face!

"Watch out!" Fang Lei exclaimed.

I felt a tremendous force beneath my feet, pulling me back into the water. I tried to open my eyes, only to see that Fang Lei beside me had also been pulled into the water.

Buzz...! My ears were ringing from the pressure of the water. I looked down and saw that what was holding me and Fang back wasn't our hands, but strands of water plants! These water plants had turned brown, as if they had withered and died!

I tried to bend over in the water and reach my hands to the place where my ankles were tied with seaweed to try to tear the seaweed apart, but I found that the seaweed was unusually slippery, as if it had been coated with a layer of oil, so I couldn't get a grip on it at all.

Looking up at Fang Lei again, I saw that her hands were also bound by the water plants, making it impossible for her to form hand seals and unleash her magic. What should I do? I feel like I'm running out of oxygen; I can't hold my breath much longer!

Fang Lei was extremely anxious at this moment. After all, she was a cultivator and had learned the Turtle Breathing Technique, so she was better at holding her breath underwater than ordinary people. However, Lin Xiao had not learned it and could only stay underwater for a little over a minute at most! But the worst part was that she was completely bound by these water plants and could not move at all!

I struggled desperately in the water, and as the oxygen in my lungs was depleted, I gradually felt dizzy and my chest tightened! Just when I was about to despair, I actually saw a black longsword lying at the bottom of the pool!

When a person is on the verge of death, they don't think about why there's a sword in the pool, much less whether it's a pre-planned conspiracy. All I know is that with this sword, I can cut those damned water plants tangled around my feet!

Thinking this, I don't know where the strength came from, but I struggled to sink to the bottom of the water and reached for the sword! The moment my hand touched the sword, I suddenly felt a strange sensation. Was it familiar? It was as if this sword was meant to be mine. I could almost hear a resonant sound emanating from within the sword. Did it sense it too? ××××× "It's begun!" As soon as the old voice spoke, A Bao immediately heard the sound of someone falling into the water! Looking up, he saw two people falling from the ceiling! But... why? They didn't fall on him; instead, it was as if they were floating in mid-air above the ceiling!

Upon closer inspection, Abao realized it was Lin Xiao and Fang Lei: "Lin Xiao! Fang Lei!"

"No need to shout, they can't hear you at all," the middle-aged man laughed. "You're deep underground!"

At their bottom? Is this really underwater? But why is the bottom transparent? Can you see everything in the water?

Lin Xiao and Fang Lei initially seemed to have broken free from something's entanglement, but suddenly something like seaweed bound their hands and feet! Looking closer, right below them on the ceiling, a strangely shaped black longsword had appeared! Wait a minute, this longsword looks familiar... I feel like I've seen it somewhere before! Like in an ancient book from my clan, but... what exactly did I see there? I can't remember anything!

Lin Xiao has caught it! They're saved! While A Bao was celebrating for Lin Xiao and Fang Lei, he didn't anticipate the danger that awaited him. The ×××××××× Divine Sword? Fang Lei almost thought she was hallucinating from lack of oxygen! She was actually seeing the legendary divine sword! It was completely different from other named swords, like Gan Jiang and Mo Xie! Because those named swords were all forged by humans, but the divine sword was said to have been created by gods, so it had no human name, only the name "Divine Sword," a treasure coveted by cultivators throughout history. Although she had only seen its appearance in the oldest book of the Emei Sect, this seemingly ordinary black longsword, without even a blade, was exactly like the divine sword.

I got it! I gripped the black longsword tightly in my hand. Suddenly, a surge of heat flowed from the sword, and I felt my body instantly fill with power, like an inflated balloon. The throbbing sensation made me think of a blue lightning bolt stimulating every blood vessel and nerve in my body, causing them to swell up like crazy!

Lin Xiao! Fang Lei couldn't speak at all while underwater, and could only watch helplessly as Lin Xiao's body shimmered with strange blue light, as if countless small lightning bolts were surrounding him.

I felt a surge of power coursing through my body! No. If this continued, I'd burst from the sheer force within me. I needed an outlet! I gripped my longsword tightly, gathering all my strength into my arm, preparing to plunge the sword down and cut the seaweed in two!

The instant I swung my sword, everything went black, and a red figure flashed by! A little girl in red? I only vaguely saw her mouth open, uttering two words: "Left!"

In an instant, everything returned to normal. It was truly just a fleeting moment, but my hand had unconsciously moved slightly to the left—just a little! And then, I plunged it down hard, with all my might.

The water plants were easily and easily cut off like strands of hair, but the hand that was stabbing downwards could not control the power surging from its body. The black longsword was about to pierce the bottom of the water!

A blue, electric-like substance enveloped Lin Xiao. Then, A Bao only saw Lin Xiao looking down at him, but he probably couldn't see him! Then, he stabbed down forcefully!

In an instant, it cut through the water plants, but... the sword actually pierced through the ceiling!

A black sword flashed before his eyes, and then Lin Xiao's body fell from the ceiling. He was holding the black longsword and fiercely thrusting it towards his own chest!

At this moment, Abao realized that he didn't even have the strength to call for help...

The moment the longsword touched the bottom of the water, the bottom of the water suddenly disappeared, and the surrounding water also disappeared. What appeared in front of me was actually A Bao dressed in red!

My body plummeted through the air, the longsword in my hand pointing directly at A Bao's chest, about to pierce her! I tried in terror to move the sword away, but found my entire arm felt as heavy as if it were filled with lead…

Volume 3: Delicacies of Hell, Chapter 69: The Seal

Volume 3: Delicacies of Hell, Chapter 69: The Seal

Fang Lei was also caught off guard. Amidst her gasp, a purple light shot towards the black sword in my hand, but it vanished just inches from the blade, as if the black sword could absorb the light. In desperation, I used almost all my strength to move my arm a few more inches to the left.

With a powerful, piercing sound, the sword plunged deep into the ground, accompanied by the sound of clothes tearing!

What a stroke of luck! I don't know if Lady Luck is on my side tonight, but I managed to avoid stabbing A Bao. The black longsword was stuck right between A Bao's chest and arm!

Good heavens! I can't imagine what would have happened if I hadn't shifted slightly to the left both times; that long black sword would probably be piercing Ah Bao's chest by now!

Left? I suddenly remembered hearing the little girl in red say something to me earlier! Did she foresee this? If so, wouldn't she have saved me and Abao? Shouldn't she be our enemy? Why did she help us instead?

These questions flashed through my mind rapidly, and I was about to crash into A Bao! I broke out in a cold sweat and tried to flip in the air, but I still couldn't avoid colliding with A Bao!

"How could this happen?" The aged voice and the middle-aged man exclaimed simultaneously; this seemed to be outside their plans.

“Zhao… Zhao Xing?” I jumped up from A Bao’s body.

"Bai Ling!" Fang Lei had already landed on the ground, but her landing posture was much more elegant than mine.

Standing before me, clippings of newspaper articles, were Zhao Xing and Bai Ling—no, they were one person and one ghost!

Although I knew Bai Ling had a problem long ago, I never expected that my most respected teacher would be with her! Did they set up the Big Dipper formation? Are all these deaths just because of the two of them? I suddenly felt that the man in front of me was so unfamiliar, not because his appearance had changed, but because his whole heart and soul seemed to be a completely different person from the Zhao Xing I used to know.

"Why?" I stood in front of Abao. He still seemed unable to move.

"How could this happen?" Zhao Xing roared, as if he wanted to tear us apart!

"Hehe, you're indeed extraordinary! I underestimated you!" Bai Ling glanced at Zhao Xing with disdain and said, "But it doesn't matter, hehe!"

The instant she finished speaking, I saw a black shadow flash by. I quickly drew my sword, only to find that her target was not me, but Fang Lei!

"Retreat!" Fang Lei shouted, unleashing several beams of purple light towards Bai Ling, but they only slightly slowed the shadowy figure's movements. In an instant, Bai Ling appeared before Fang Lei, her withered, twig-like hand reaching out towards her.

Fang Lei nimbly leaped backward, already out of Bai Ling's claw shadow range. Her right hand had already taken the hairpin from her hair, which instantly transformed into a purple ribbon-like thing that rolled towards Bai Ling.