Free Web NovelChapter 667: Chapter 529: Backlash_2
"Yang, do you still want to keep fighting?" Lu Wencheng asked curiously.
"After this time out, what kind of access will we get?" Yang Xiao inquired, "The Ghost Level documents will all be open to us, right?"
"Um... roughly speaking, yes, but not absolutely. To be precise, most of the Ghost Level documents in the Small Sutra Pavilion of the Academy will be available for us to view. However, some of the more special ones are still beyond our clearance, which require higher authority," Lu Wencheng explained.
Yang Xiao’s heart skipped a beat, turning ashen in an instant. He had no doubt that the Soul-Capturing Mirror definitely belonged to the category that required higher confidentiality levels, meaning he had to keep fighting.
Seeing Yang Xiao fall silent, Lu Wencheng knew that what he was searching for was not simple. He advised earnestly, "Everyone who comes here has their own difficulties. I can’t help you or offer any advice, but to tell you the truth, with your current skills, it’s going to be very difficult for you to survive the next mission. This time, there were already opponents at the Upper Level of Severe and even at the Peak of Fierce Level. Next time, it’s hard to say whether you’ll encounter someone with one foot in Ghost Level, or even those who have truly reached that stage. Against such an adversary, you might not even have a chance to escape."
Lu Wencheng meant well, but Yang Xiao was well aware of the reason. He had no other choice—the Mirror Ghost was a major issue for him. If he missed this chance, he feared he wouldn’t live to see another, as the Mirror Ghost was also growing.
Given the choice between dying on a mission or being replaced by the Mirror Ghost, he would unhesitatingly choose the former, unwilling to let the ghost take advantage of his handsome face even in death.
"Once the mission is over, would you mind taking off your mask to let me see your face?" Yang Xiao suddenly thought to ask.
Startled at first and then as if realizing something, Lu Wencheng removed his mask, revealing a bronze, resolute face. Yang Xiao also took off his mask, smiling at Lu Wencheng, "Just as I thought, I’m a little more handsome than you."
Leaning against a tree as well, Lu Wencheng snorted with disdain, "Pretty boy, with no good intentions. Although you saved me, in terms of looks, I have the edge. My junior sister says I’m the poster boy for Ru Lin Academy."
After finishing his thought, Lu Wencheng looked at Yang Xiao with some regret, "It’s a shame, after we get out, we’ll forget what happened here. Otherwise, I could introduce you to my junior sister. Your lantern is very effective against her abilities, and you could give her some guidance."
"Is she an older sister type?" Yang Xiao teased.
"It’s Ms. Yu!" Lu Wencheng laughed, "Her abilities are related to water, come without a trace, go without a shadow. Our master has praised her magic artifact as being very suitable for her. Among the three of us disciples, my junior sister is the most diligent; my junior brother has the highest talent, and I modestly claim to be the one with the looks."
Yang Xiao didn’t pick up on Lu Wencheng’s line of conversation, instead, he exclaimed, "Your junior sister’s abilities are related to water?"
"Yes, why? Have you seen similar abilities?" Lu Wencheng asked curiously.
Thoughts returning, Yang Xiao immediately thought of the person who attacked him the previous night, that drenched female ghost, and connecting that to Elder Qingmu, the leader who approached them, it was clear what the identity of the attacker was.
Before he could think further, his ears twitched, and he quickly looked toward the distance, where, unnoticed, a layer of grey fog had begun to drift.
"Crack—"
"Crack—"
The strange friction sound arose, like a pair of stiff feet scraping across the ground, moving without lifting. The next second, Yang Xiao’s pupils constricted. He recognized the sound all too well; it was the Daoist robe old ghost, it had to be!
The Daoist robe old ghost had left a handprint on his back, just attacked him in the outside world, and now it had found him again so quickly!
Faced with this old ghost, Yang Xiao had no intention of resisting. Let alone in his current state, even at his peak it wouldn’t be enough.
"What is... what is that?" Lu Wencheng exclaimed, also noticing the anomaly in the distance.
"Don’t look at it, that’s a ghost, a very terrifying ghost, quick, run!" Yang Xiao struggled to his feet, limping on one leg but determined to escape.
However, Lu Wencheng seemed to have a deeper understanding of the world than Yang Xiao, "It won’t do. The mission is about to end; we need to stay near the safety zone, or we’ll get lost on the way back. This world is very much like the Nightmare World."
To leave the Nightmare World one had to pass through a door, and in this world, the glowing green stone served as that door. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
"Never mind that now, run, just run!" Yang Xiao insisted.
Compared to the sheer terror of facing the ghost, getting lost was a minor concern. He had an eerie feeling in his heart that if he was caught by this ghost, what awaited him would be a hundred times more dreadful than death. free𝑤ebnovel.com
Infected by Yang Xiao’s panic, Lu Wencheng also lost composure. The ghost’s footsteps were not fast, but the spread of the grey fog was swift. Soon, they could see a blurred figure through the mist behind them.
Supporting Yang Xiao was too slow; Lu Wencheng decided to hoist Yang Xiao onto his back and run, "Which way do we run?" he shouted.
"Run in circles!"
Summoning the courage, Yang Xiao glanced back and saw the trees touched by the edge of the fog withering at a visible rate, rapidly corroding in an instant. The pressure the ghost exerted on Yang Xiao was on par with that of the ’good sister’.
The last time, the old ghost only appeared when the world was collapsing. And now, it appeared much earlier, which was not a good sign. Next time, who knew if the old ghost would suddenly emerge halfway through a mission.
