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Chapter 471: End and Choice

Kong Yi, along with three members of his team, searched the city for five minutes before finally encountering a lone, vengeful ghost.

For safety's sake, Kong Yi had the other three disperse and search the area around where the vengeful ghost was located.

After confirming that there were no other suspicious individuals, they began their operation.

It was called an operation, but in reality, only Kong Yi took action.

In their team, only he had mastered the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to the second level, and his internal energy was much greater than the other three.

If he had known that this Yaksha assessment would allow him to rely on his blood and qi and physical strength, he wouldn't have taken the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts so lightly before.

After returning this time, he will have to pick up the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts again and put some effort into it. He cannot place all his hopes on the talisman.

Thinking this, he had already approached within ten meters of the vengeful ghost.

As soon as the vengeful spirit sensed him, Kong Yi rushed out.

He wanted to test whether this Yaksha armor was truly effective against ghosts, so he didn't use his internal energy after the vengeful spirit attacked.

puff!
With a single punch, the vengeful ghost was sent flying.

Kong Yi was overjoyed, but then he realized something was wrong.

Although the vengeful ghost was thrown four or five meters away, it seemed... it was not hurt at all!
"what happened?"

Kong Yi frowned, and with a straight kick, the attacking ghost flew away again.

However, the vengeful ghost remained unharmed.

After that, Kong Yi tried various tools and methods, including fists, feet, backs, and even using his head to hit.

Each time, he could knock the vengeful ghost away, but he couldn't inflict any damage on it.

It wasn't until Kong Yi activated the power of his internal energy that the vengeful ghost let out a miserable scream.

This shows that the problem isn't with the vengeful ghost, but with him.

"This Yaksha outfit can't harm the vengeful spirit? Then why did it send the spirit flying?"

As Kong Yi was thinking, he suddenly paused.

He then ceased all attacks on the approaching ghosts.

The vengeful ghost then lunged at his heart with a claw.

Bang!
With a muffled thud, the ghost's claws gripped Kong Yi's chest, but failed to inflict any harm on him. In fact, its own force repelled the claws.

Kong Yi remained silent.

He understood why the vengeful ghost had been knocked away.

The fact that the vengeful ghost could be knocked away is not because the Yaksha's equipment has any offensive power.

The reason he was able to knock the ghost away was simply because the ghost couldn't break through the defenses of the Yaksha's equipment and was 'bumped' away!
Watching the vengeful ghost furiously clawing and tearing at him, Kong Yi marveled at the powerful defensive capabilities of his Yaksha armor while reaching out to hug the ghost.

As the power of qi and blood surged forth, the vengeful ghost was slowly burned to death in Kong Yi's arms.

"Come all over."

Kong Yi called the other three to his side.

"The Yaksha equipment shouldn't be used like this. Let's each try to find a way to use the Yaksha equipment."

"We've already wasted more than ten minutes, and we don't have much time left."

"Whoever finds the method, remember to share it."

"Although we don't know the benefits of becoming a wandering Yaksha yet, the more people we have, the better. Everyone should share what they have; the more people, the more strength we have."

Seeing the three nod, Kong Yi didn't say anything more.

Immediately, the four of them began their respective attempts.

Some used their qi and blood to stimulate the yaksha equipment on their bodies, some bit their tongues and sprayed blood on it, and others kept chanting the 'name' + 'patrol' incantation that Jiuri had taught them.

Kong Yi, on the other hand, sat cross-legged on the ground, calmed himself down, and began to focus on feeling.

"Most of the other batches of people successfully figured out how to use the Yaksha equipment, although the lengths varied, indicating that the method was difficult, but not to the point of despair."

"So we can't rush it, let's take it slow. The four of us have a great chance to figure it out."

Thinking this, Kong Yi closed his eyes.

His consciousness began to actively move towards the Yaksha armor he was wearing.

It sounds simple, but it's not so simple in practice.

He didn't know how much time had passed when, just as Kong Yi felt he had touched something, a voice disturbed his thoughts.

"what is that!"

"Fuck!"

"Didn't they say that Lord Nine Suns had suppressed the Blood Calamity? What the hell is that?"

Upon hearing this, Kong Yi could no longer concentrate on feeling it.

When he opened his eyes, he saw the other three people all staring in one direction.

Swish!
Kong Yi turned his head.

After he saw the situation clearly, his mouth involuntarily opened wide.

In a residential area a hundred meters away from them, a huge black 'spider' was leaping back and forth between two eighteen-story residential buildings.

With each jump, a black spider web appears between the two buildings.

This process repeated itself for less than half a minute, and then a dense array of horizontally arranged black spider silk appeared between the two buildings.

Immediately, the black 'spider' crawled onto the spider silk and began to move vertically.

Another half minute passed, and a large black net, shaped like a 'well' and resembling more of a fishing net than a spider web, appeared between the two buildings.

But at this moment, the 'spider' did not stop its actions.

After the first web was set up, the 'spider' leaped and found two more residential buildings closer to Kong Yi and the others to continue setting up its web.

In just two or three minutes, four huge spider webs were woven between the eight residential buildings in that community!
During this process, the distance between the 'spider' and Kong Yi and the others decreased from 100 meters to less than 50 meters!
Kong Yi and his group, who were supposed to evacuate, were unable to move an inch.

It wasn't the giant 'spider' that intimidated them, but rather, they saw the true appearance of that giant 'spider'!

The body supported by those eight large, long black spider legs is just a person wrapped in Yaksha equipment, isn't it?

"That, that's not a ghost, that's...that's a messenger from the underworld, a messenger from the underworld who's taking the test just like us!"

"How did he do that!"

"Should we go and ask him?"

Hearing the voices of the other three, Kong Yi felt a sense of urgency.

But even if they ask, will the other party really tell them?

Kong Yi thought it was unlikely, but he didn't mind giving it a try.

Immediately, Kong Yi turned to the teammate who had just said he was going to ask and said, "Go ahead and try. It doesn't matter whether it works or not."

Upon hearing Kong Yi's words, the man was taken aback, but quickly nodded.

"Okay, I'll give it a try!" With that, he rushed towards the residential area.

But what no one expected was that just as the people were halfway there, something changed again in front of the large net at the farthest point.

A black 'spider' with eight legs, stepping on the tall and short buildings in the city, is charging towards this side.

Behind him, there were no fewer than forty or fifty ghosts, leaping and chasing after him!
So many ghosts gathered together that they even created a cloud of mist formed from the convergence of yin energy.

From a distance, it didn't look like a ghost chasing a spider; it looked more like a cloud of mist chasing a spider.

Although Kong Yi and the others were still more than a hundred meters away from those ghosts, they knew from the faintly blood-red mist that there was definitely more than one ferocious beast among this group of ghosts!
This scene startled the person who had rushed over and made him turn back.

"What... what is he trying to do?"

One person murmured, but the question was quickly answered.

Before entering the residential area, the 'spider' rushed directly to the tallest building nearby and stopped on the roof.

It seems he is waiting for the main force behind him!
During this process, the ghosts that had followed him climbed up the building one by one.

Just as the ghosts were about to get close, the 'spider' gathered its strength and leaped, soaring dozens of meters into the air in a parabolic arc towards the large net in the opposite residential area.

Seeing this, the ghosts behind him did not hesitate and followed suit, jumping out one after another.

However, apart from ten seemingly ferocious ghosts that jumped out in a parabola like the 'spider', most of the other ghosts fell down halfway.

However, it was precisely because they fell that those evil spirits escaped their first calamity.

After the spider landed on the web, it quickly climbed up the web, but did not leave it.

Only after the ten fierce creatures landed on the net did he jump away from the first net.

At that moment, the giant net that was stuck between the two buildings suddenly detached from the main structure of the buildings, like a taut rubber band being snapped, making a 'pop' sound.

Then, the giant net contracted, tightly enveloping the ten ferocious creatures within it.

A huge black sphere, five meters in diameter, fell from the sky, smashing seven or eight vengeful ghosts into wisps of smoke before bouncing and rolling to the side.

The capture of the evil spirit did not arouse any interest in the mindless ghosts.

Their gazes were fixed intently on the 'spider' that had jumped onto the second giant web.

Then, he rushed over.

collapse!
Another giant net snapped, and most of the remaining forty-odd ghosts were wrapped up in it, forming a black sphere even larger than before.

After the two giant spheres were formed, the 'spider' stopped trying to escape.

The 'spider' that had been weaving the web earlier also joined them.

Then, the two 'spider's' performed a crushing victory right in front of Kong Yi and the others.

The two 'spider's' sixteen legs suddenly transformed into tentacles, instantly wiping out the remaining vengeful ghosts.

Once the black substance on the tentacles completely covered the vengeful spirits, the cocoons formed by those spirits quickly disappeared.

Then, the two 'spider' went to the two large balls again, one after the other, and used their tentacles to pull out the ghosts from the balls.

He looked like he was eating at a buffet.

Neither the vengeful ghost nor the ten malevolent spirits could escape the torment of the two 'spider' creatures.

The only difference is that the malevolent spirit is more resistant to being eaten.

Kong Yi and the others watched in silence as the two 'spider' finished their feast.

They only realized what was happening when the two 'spider's' were about to leave.

Immediately, Kong Yi rushed over and shouted, "Brothers, could you tell me how to use the Yaksha equipment? I'll offer you a thousand merits after we get out!"

If he hadn't witnessed his two colleagues having a lavish meal, Kong Yi would have maintained a certain level of composure.

But in just a short while, these two guys took care of fifty ghosts!

This is just as good as a talisman from the underworld!

Not to mention, the transformation from spider to tentacle monster is clearly more agile.

Kong Yi could already imagine how quickly he would accumulate merit after becoming a wandering Yaksha!
So he wasn't going to hold back anymore; he needed to quickly learn how to use the Yaksha equipment so he could stand out!

To Kong Yi's despair, the two men merely glanced at him before transforming their tentacles back into spider legs and quickly leaving the spot.

As the two left, the remaining two unused nets also weathered away and disappeared!

Kong Yi was angry, but didn't know who to vent his anger on!

……

Time flies by.

An hour later, a sedan chair appeared next to each of the underworld officials who were scattered throughout the city.

Some people rejoice, others worry.

When the ten people left the place and returned to the gate of the Three Mountains camp, their Yaksha equipment had been taken away.

As he stepped down from the sedan chair, Kong Yi's gaze swept over everyone, but he couldn't determine who the two 'spider's' that were disturbing his peace of mind were!
After the two spiders left, it took Kong Yi ten minutes to calm down, and then nearly twenty minutes of searching before he was able to communicate successfully.

At this point, only about fifteen minutes remained until the end.

In the end, Kong Yi merely imitated the two spiders, killed twenty ghosts, and then ended the assessment.

If it weren't for the appearance of those two spiders, following the direction Kong Yi had explored before, they should have been able to communicate successfully in less than half an hour.

For this reason, Kong Yi harbored deep resentment towards those two guys!

But once the 'clothes' are off, how could he possibly recognize who is who?
Four more hours passed, and after all the underworld officials' assessments were completed, Jiu Ri reappeared.

“Come to me whoever is called by name.”

"Xu Lai, Ding Xiuyuan, Bai Lingfeng... Wang Zhibo, Wang Xiang..."

As each name was called out, some were delighted, some were disappointed, and some gritted their teeth in frustration.

Kong Yi's expression turned even more unpleasant when he didn't hear his own name called.

By this time, he had already determined who the two Spider-Men were, because three people in his batch had passed the test, and among them, Wang Zhibo and Wang Xiang had always been together.

If it wasn't them, who else could it be?
Kong Yi's emotions were churning, but his heart skipped a beat when Lord Jiuri spoke next.

"Next, I will talk about the treatment and corresponding responsibilities of the patrolling yaksha."

"But before that, there's one more thing you ten need to know."

"Once you become a patrolling Yaksha of the underworld, you will not be able to move to other locations. You will be bound to your current location, and this condition will remain in effect unless you die or commit a serious offense and are dismissed."

"Now you have one chance to choose. If you want to join, stay. If you don't want to be tied to the Sanshan base, give up this spot."

"The vacant spot will be given to the next person in line."

"Okay, let's get started."

Upon hearing this, hesitation appeared on the faces of almost all ten underworld officials. However, most of them quickly regained their resolve, leaving only two people with furrowed brows.

The two are Bai Lingfeng and Ding Xiuyuan!

……

(End of this chapter)