Eighteen Ghost Emperors of my ancestors, how dare you make me live in terror?

"Put your hands on your head and squat down, then do 2000 frog squats on the spot."

"Hehe, anyone who doesn't finish will be stripped naked and thrown into the Lake of the Dead to feed the ghosts!"

In a clearing in the woods, two freshmen with bruised and swollen faces lined up and did frog squats around a big tree that was more than ten meters thick.

Four or five senior students in the uniforms of the Mountain Ghost Academy were laughing heartily, enjoying this cat-and-mouse game.

The leader of the group was holding an ID card that he had snatched from a freshman and casually tossing it around.

"We're lucky. They're all freshmen with C-level talent in the 'Controlling Ghosts' skill. Each identity card is worth 10. Once we exchange them, it'll be just enough for us to have a meal."

A level C ability to control supernatural beings is worth 10, a level B ability is worth 30, and a level A ability is worth 50.

This has always been the rule of the Mountain Spirit Academy.

But this time the rules were broken.

Because supposedly an S-class vehicle has arrived, previously worth 200 million, now worth 1000 million!

"Senior...may I ask you, what kind of place is the Lake of the Wrongfully Dead?"

One of the freshmen, while doing frog squats, asked cautiously, wiping his nosebleed as he did so, since he had just heard that they were going to be thrown into some lake.

"Lake of the Unjustly Dead? Heh, that's quite a place."

Another senior student gave a deliberately cruel smile.

"It's full of water ghosts. Once you go down there, you'll know what it feels like to have countless hands touching you all over. People as inexperienced as you two will be played with until they're tired of you before they can come back to the surface to catch their breath."

"When I was thrown in there, my legs were so weak that I couldn't walk for a month after I came out. You can imagine what that means."

Upon hearing this, the two freshmen's faces immediately turned pale.

Seeing this, the senior students laughed even harder.

The hardships I endured as a freshman are now finally going to be borne by others.

I'm so happy.

Although no one actually dies in the Lake of the Unjustly Dead, it's enough to scare these new students.

Seeing that the two guys seemed to have stopped moving as if they were stunned, the senior students stepped forward and kicked them both to the ground, scolding them fiercely:

"What are you staring at?"

"Hurry up and jump!"

"You were running pretty fast before, didn't you? Do you know how many senior students are waiting to ambush you in this forest before you ran?"

"Let me tell you, every new student at Mountain Ghost Academy has ever been beaten up by an upperclassman upon entering the school!"

After a couple of scare words, the two promising freshmen were almost in tears, continuing their frog squats with long faces.

"If only I could run into that S-rank guy, he'd be worth 1000 million."

An older student stroked his chin and looked into the depths of the woods.

I heard that the S-class has already moved from the core of D area to C area. That's really fast.

"Don't even think about it. It's precisely because the bounty is so high that over three hundred veterans have come from the academy this time, including one of the top ten ranked teams. Can you believe it?"

"Moreover, there are now betting odds specifically for that S-class character on the forum, with odds of 1:2.1."

"Tsk tsk, we're doomed."

There have never been so many returning students before, and even the top ten strongest teams have appeared. This batch of freshmen is definitely in for a rough time.

However, one of the older students still showed a somewhat unwilling expression on his face, and began to mutter curses:

"Damn it, so what if he's S-rank? We'll beat him up as long as we surround him! Hmph, no matter how strong he is, he's still a newbie."

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than...

A deep shadow suddenly appeared on the ground beneath his feet.

The next moment, the shadow suddenly rose from beneath his feet, transforming into a pitch-black, eerie hand more than five meters in diameter. Before he could react, the hand completely enveloped him and held him in its palm.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye; no one had time to react.

When the treacherous hand disappears.

The once spirited senior student lay on the ground, utterly dejected, so weak that he couldn't even lift a little finger.

"My eerie aura... has been completely drained."

Not a single trace was left.

"A sinister attack? Oh no! Someone's here!"

The remaining three senior students immediately became alert, their eyes scanning their surroundings warily.

The voice came from above.

"I heard you're looking for me?"

The group looked up and realized that there was a person squatting on the tree trunk above them.

"When did you arrive?"

"He's a freshman!"

Something's not right...

How could a freshman so easily "take down" a senior student?

"Oh no, watch out for your shadow!"

The senior student in the lead noticed that the guy above his head had a slightly twitching left hand with a strange tattoo. Without hesitation, he channeled his power into his legs and tried to move.

But he found that although he jumped up, he was "sucked" back to the ground by something the next moment.

Looking down, I saw that my legs were bound tightly with countless red threads.

Completely unable to break free, he could only watch helplessly as the ghostly hand that emerged from his shadow completely enveloped him, and then all his eerie energy was instantly drained away.

Bang bang bang.

The spiked club with sharp teeth followed closely, striking each senior student's head evenly.

Soon, four or five figures appeared on the tree, swinging upside down.

"It's him... that S-rank!"

The senior student from the Mountain Ghost Academy who was leading the group was a Level B student in the fourth realm. He managed to finish speaking the last few words before fainting.

.........

Lu also jumped down from the tree trunk.

His body was brimming with an eerie aura.

Using the [Strange Hand] technique, I drained the strange energy from several guys, which replenished the strange energy I had used up while running away.

"Your identity cards."

Two red lines, like tentacles, were wrapped around the two identity tags and casually tossed in front of two unlucky freshmen.

"But even though I've returned it to you, you two probably still can't escape. Sometimes, learning to enjoy yourself when you can't refuse isn't such a bad thing."

After saying his last sentence, Lu put his hands in his pockets and prepared to leave.

The two freshmen behind him finally realized that this was a big shot!

"Wait...wait a minute, boss! Can we come with you?"

"It's good along the way... at least we have someone to look after us."

The two freshmen were so embarrassed by what they said.

Who else could have taken down five senior students from the Mountain Ghost Academy with a single move? Only that legendary S-rank...

Even if it's just as good as being a pendant for the big boss, that would be nice.

"Together?"

Lu Ye turned his head slightly, a playful smile on his face, and pointed to himself.

"Are you sure you want to come with me?"

The two freshmen nodded their heads like chicks pecking at rice: "Yes, yes! Please take me under your wing!"

"Why don't you two look back and make a decision?" Lu Ye nodded his chin toward the depths of the dense forest behind them.

"later?"

The two freshmen turned around, sensing the presence deep within the dense forest, and their faces instantly turned deathly pale.

"wipe........"

"Forty or fifty breaths."

Sensing the dozens of auras rapidly approaching from there, the two freshmen stammered.

"They're all... here to chase after you?"

"This is just the first batch; there's more to come." Lu Ye simply asked, "Do you still want to run with me?"

"......."

"Respectfully seeing you off, sir. Take care."

The faster you nodded just now, the faster you're shaking your head now.

What's the point of running when there are forty or fifty senior students from the Mountain Ghost Academy chasing after you...?

If you get caught, won't you get a lot of trouble?

This is a situation they shouldn't interfere in.

"bay".

Lu waved goodbye in a friendly manner.

Then the body suddenly and slowly rose into the air, about four or five meters above the ground.

Eight sharp spikes, resembling spider legs, appeared on his back, holding his body firmly in mid-air.

Each "spider leg" shimmers with red light, looking like eight sharp spikes. Only upon closer inspection can one see that it is composed of countless crystalline red lines.

This was a new idea that Lu Ye suddenly came up with when he saw a giant spider.

The eight spider legs formed by the red thread are not only fast, but can also move regardless of the terrain. When he unleashes his full power, he can even launch himself into the air at a height of hundreds of meters.

It's fun, I love playing, I've become Urgot.

Watching that figure disappear in an instant, seemingly flying off the ground, the two freshmen standing there could only look on with envy.

"He's so handsome."

"They're all freshmen, so why are they so much more prestigious?"