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Chapter 499 The King! (Please Subscribe)

East China Sea.

A figure suddenly appeared out of thin air, dozens of meters above the sea, and fell straight into the sea.

puff~
A splash appeared on the sea surface, and a dozen seconds later, Ye Zhen surfaced.

"Ptooey! Ptooey!"

Ye Zhen spat out the seawater that had choked him, and coughed several times before he finally recovered.

"That was close! I almost fell in there!"

Ye Zhen looked at the giant cruise ship a few nautical miles behind her with lingering fear, her eyes still showing a trace of shock.

Since entering the supernatural world, Ye Zhen has become quite unrestrained in his behavior, relying on his ability to act as a scapegoat.

While other ghost tamers were still racking their brains to decipher the patterns of murder, Ye Zhen was already swinging his fists and rampaging through the dangerous ghost realm.

What murder patterns? Just die a few more times and you'll figure it out, right?
Moreover, with Ye Zhen's strength, he could easily crush ordinary ghosts with his power, saving him the trouble of deciphering the patterns of their killings.

Apart from being rebuffed by Mu Sheng, Ye Zhen had never encountered any setbacks.

Who knew that a simple exploration mission would almost result in him being imprisoned on the cruise ship and unable to get out?

"Judging from the interior design of the cruise ship, it should be from Europe and America."

"Damn it, imperialism is still determined to destroy us. This must be a trap set by capital!"

Ye Zhen cursed fiercely, but the movement aggravated his wound, causing him to hiss and gasp for breath in pain.

All over Ye Zhen's body were deep teeth marks that revealed the bone, especially on his face, where half of his skin had been bitten off.

If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad; with Ye Zhen's abilities, he could easily recover from such an injury.

However, these teeth marks possessed an extremely strong suppressive ability, and coupled with the special environment on the cruise ship, Ye Zhen's scapegoat supernatural power was unable to activate for a time.

"Luckily no one saw it, otherwise I would have been so embarrassed!"

Looking at his reflection on the sea, Ye Zhen felt even more depressed.

As the former head of Dahai City and the administrator of Jishui Base, he had never suffered such a loss before.

"Didn't you see anything?"

A voice suddenly rang out above Ye Zhen's head, startling him.

"Who?"

"Yang Jian? It's you?"

Ye Zhen suddenly looked up and saw a man whose style was superior to his, floating in the sky.

Damn it! This guy is such a show-off!

Looking down at Yang Jian, who was riding on a golden-red auspicious cloud, Ye Zhen felt indignant.

His current disheveled appearance made him even more ashamed to face Yang Jian.

"Didn't the Prefect arrive? The things on the cruise ship are no ordinary matter. With your abilities, you can't handle this level of supernatural phenomenon."

"Oh?"

Yang Jian descended from the sky and stood on the sea, looking at Ye Zhen curiously:
"How extraordinary are you? Even if you are extraordinary, you wouldn't have to come out like this, completely defeated and disarmed, would you?"

Yang Jian didn't know where Ye Zhen's hostility towards him came from, and he wasn't particularly concerned about it. However, if given the chance, he wouldn't mind teasing this chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) teenager.

Sure enough, upon hearing Yang Jian's veiled reply, Ye Zhen immediately became furious.

Blood gushed from the wounds on his face.

"Who, who has abandoned their armor and weapons?"

"That was a strategic retreat. I've figured out the situation inside, and once I've gathered enough strength, I can take them down in one fell swoop!"

"It's just a small ghost ship, I, Ye, don't even consider it a threat."

Ye Zhen stubbornly insisted that if his face hadn't been covered in blood and gore, his words might have been even more convincing.

"Really? Then I'll leave?"

Yang Jian turned around as if to leave, gesturing to himself.

"Fine, I'll leave then. I didn't ask you to come!"

Ye Zhen braced himself on the surface of the sea with both hands and with a burst of strength, he emerged from the water.

After leaving the cruise ship, the suppressive force of the bite marks lessened, and he gradually regained some of his strength.

Even the wounds on his body were healing at a slow pace.

"So I'm really leaving?"

Yang Jian's body radiated red light, and his figure became blurry and illusory, as if he was about to transform into a rainbow body and fly away.

Ye Zhen remained unmoved, focusing on activating the supernatural power of the substitute ghost within his body to gradually dispel the oppressive force brought about by the teeth marks.

"Tell me, what's going on inside? Where's your scapegoat? How did things get like this?"

Seeing that he had failed to deceive Ye Zhen, Yang Jian dispelled the power of the Ghost Eye and came to Ye Zhen's side to ask.

As a fellow member of the same divine lineage, Yang Jian had also fought against Ye Zhen.

Without a sufficiently powerful sealing force, Ye Zhen's abilities are practically unsolvable.

Yang Jian could kill Ye Zhen, but he couldn't defeat him!

The latter's ability is like a piece of dog-food plaster; once it's stuck on, it's hard to get rid of it easily.

'With my current merits, I can consider exchanging them for the demon meat.'

Yang Jian thought of the ability to transfer damage in the list of vengeful ghosts in the underworld.

Although it's not as valuable as Ye Zhen's resurrection coins, it's enough for him.

When Yang Jian asked about the situation on the ghost ship, Ye Zhen didn't make a fuss and told him everything in detail.

"Cowboys, assassins, butchers who use firearms"

"From your description, they seem to be members of the King's Organization. Are these people still alive?"

Yang Jian was somewhat surprised, because before the resurgence of the supernatural, the control over supernatural events in the Western world, mainly in America, had already spiraled out of control.

After the supernatural event fully erupted, even the Great Dragon Kingdom was buried by the ghost tide.

If it weren't for the fact that Prefect Mu Sheng single-handedly established seven survivor bases, providing a sanctuary for a billion people...

Even if not all the people of the Great Dragon Kingdom had died, there probably wouldn't be many left by now.

How could anyone still be alive in America, which has long since lost its order?
Even for these ghost tamers, if they cannot create a safe zone, they cannot withstand the endless tide of ghosts for long.

"It can't really be considered living."

Ye Zhen recalled the scene he had witnessed, shook his head, and said, "Those people gave me a very strange feeling. Rather than being alive, they were more like ghosts with the consciousness of a living person!"

"Just be careful when you go in later!"

After Ye Zhen finished speaking, he focused on removing the supernatural suppression from his body. Yang Jian, who was standing beside him, didn't say anything more and just stood quietly by his side, looking at the ghost ship not far away.

A few minutes later, the teeth marks on Ye Zhen's body had faded considerably.

After realizing that the suppressing force had almost dissipated, Ye Zhen had a thought, and the substitute ghost within his body was activated.

His body instantly returned to its peak condition, and the price he paid was nothing more than being a death row inmate in prison.

"Is it ready? Let's set off then, let me see the skills of the demon tamers from America!"

Seeing the changes in Ye Zhen, Yang Jian knew that the latter was alright, and then he walked towards the cruise ship.

Yang Jian's body was flashing red light, and his figure seemed to be skipping frames as he approached the ghost ship.

"Tch! Showing off again!"

Not to be outdone, Ye Zhen also used his Ghost Domain to head towards the ghost ship. Unlike Yang Jian's instantaneous teleportation of ten zhang in a single step, Ye Zhen left behind a series of afterimages that lingered for a long time.

The two moved very quickly, and in just over ten seconds they arrived beneath the ghost ship.

"Can you feel such a strong suppressive force here?"

"No wonder you got beaten up like that!"

As Yang Jian felt the oppressive atmosphere emanating from the ghost ship, he immediately understood why Ye Zhen looked so disheveled.

The most feared thing about scapegoats is suppression and sealing!

Ye Zhen's face remained expressionless, but his eyes betrayed his displeasure: "Hmph! Don't end up worse than me, that would be a joke!"

After giving Yang Jian a look, Ye Zhen skillfully climbed onto the cruise ship.

Yang Jian followed closely behind, and the two quickly climbed onto the deck.

Once on the ghost ship, Yang Jian immediately felt a pressure ten times greater than before, and the spiritual energy within his body became somewhat sluggish.

The headless ghostly figure hidden in his shadow trembled incessantly, trying to shrink back into his body.

Yang Jian became more cautious, and then, led by Ye Zhen, walked into the cabin.

"Be careful of these paintings. Don't look directly into the eyes of the figures in the paintings, or you'll be pulled into the world of the paintings. I suspect these paintings are related to S-class ghost paintings."

"Don't go through the door. Make a hole in the wall and go in. There's a ghost behind the door. If you open the door, you'll be attacked."

"Don't walk in the middle, walk close to the walls on both sides, but don't touch the walls."

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Their destination was the captain's cabin, and thanks to Ye Zhen's reminders, they didn't encounter any problems along the way.

Listening to Ye Zhen's extensive experience, Yang Jian asked with some surprise, "How many times have you died? It's almost heartbreaking how skilled you are."

Don't be fooled by how smoothly they've progressed; Ye Zhen risked his life for it all.

Yang Jian even felt a little guilty, thinking he shouldn't have mocked Ye Zhen like that earlier; Ye Zhen had it tough too!
"Who do you think you are? Do I need to risk my life to scout the way?"

"With my extraordinary wisdom, I can see through these supernatural rules of killing at a glance."

"Even without a scapegoat, I am still the top ghost tamer!"

Ye Zhen said unhappily, quite dissatisfied with Yang Jian's pitiful state.

In his view, the two were evenly matched, and Yang Jian's pity was the greatest insult to him.

Yang Jian had witnessed Ye Zhen's bad temper before, so he didn't care about this.

The two soon arrived at the entrance of a restaurant.

After passing through the restaurant, the captain's cabin is not far away.

The reason we don't take the passageway is because it's a much longer route. This ghost ship is haunted by ghosts everywhere, and taking the passageway might not be as quick as crossing the restaurant.

"Be careful, this is where I last encountered people from the King's Organization."

Before going in, Ye Zhen gave a reminder.

Upon entering the restaurant, you are greeted by a space of over a thousand square meters.

A piano is placed in the center of the restaurant, surrounded by a stage, while the dining tables are placed in the outermost area.

Yang Jian immediately noticed the woman sitting in front of the piano.

A Western woman with long blonde hair, wearing a white dress and glasses.

The back of the woman's dress revealed a large expanse of fair skin.

After Yang Jian and Ye Zhen entered, the Western woman stood up from her stool and bowed slightly to them.

"Welcome, distinguished guests. Simon and his men were a little rude to this gentleman earlier, please forgive them!"

Polya said apologetically, seemingly genuinely feeling guilty about the previous conflict.

“Oh, right, I haven’t introduced myself to you gentlemen yet. I am Polya Cole, a wanderer who drifts on the sea in search of a place to settle down.”

"May I ask how you gentlemen are addressed?"

Polya's voice was soft and had a touch of playfulness.

It's like a young girl from the water towns of Jiangnan, coquettishly pouting at her sweetheart.

Ye Zhen's expression faltered, and the image of the Western woman in front of him seemed to transform into a face hidden deep in his memory.

A girl named Feng Sisi.

Because of this memory, Ye Zhen inexplicably felt a special affinity for the Western woman in front of her.

When I heard that he was adrift and helpless on the sea, a pang of heartache welled up in my heart.

"I'm Ye Zhen, the administrator of the Jishui Base. If you have nowhere to go, you can come to us."

Before he could finish speaking, a golden light suddenly shone in Ye Zhen's sea of ​​consciousness, dispelling the fog that lingered in his mind.

Ye Zhen instantly snapped back to reality, swallowing back the words he hadn't finished saying.

"Are you awake?"

Yang Jian turned to look at Ye Zhen, asking with a hint of mockery.

The tone, which sounded as if she were asking him if he was fully awake, immediately made Ye Zhen feel embarrassed and annoyed.

His gaze toward Polly was also filled with coldness.

That damned bitch dared to humiliate him like that, especially in front of Yang Jian.

Ye Zhen could already imagine how Yang Jian would use this incident to mock him afterwards.

What angered Ye Zhen even more was that Polia actually took advantage of Feng Sisi's image, the childhood sweetheart who had died tragically before his eyes because of his reckless actions.

"You wretch! Feel the pain! Die!"

The ghosts within Ye Zhen's body fully awakened, and their supernatural power eroded his entire body.

Under this completely reckless outburst, Ye Zhen's power was instantly amplified to an extremely terrifying level.

Even the suppressive power of the ghost ship was temporarily broken by this burst.

The next second, Ye Zhen transformed into a figure of light and rushed towards Polia, who was standing in front of the piano.

"boom!!!"

After a loud bang, the central area of ​​the restaurant was filled with smoke.

Broken piano keys flew everywhere, and snapped strings, like sharp steel wires, left thin, deep marks on the surrounding ground and pillars.

Ye Zhen immediately sensed something was wrong; it was too easy!

And what about that bitch?

"Ding ~"

"Ding ding ding~"

A light and cheerful piano melody suddenly began to play.

As the music played, the smoke quickly dissipated, the scattered piano keys flew back, and the broken strings were reconnected one by one.

Time seemed to have reversed.

Even Ye Zhen's body seemed to have reversed its flow; his body, which had been eroded by the supernatural outbreak, regained its vitality.

"Reboot? No, wait! I just died!"

"And they are still dying!"

Ye Zhen's expression changed, and he suddenly looked at the Western woman who reappeared after the smoke dissipated.

This bitch!
(End of this chapter)