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

"Hey buddy, move over a bit, squeeze in."

"Where are we at?"

"I can't see clearly, but it looks quite intense."

The area closest to the barrier's exit is a continuous mountain range.

Meanwhile, the mountaintops were filled with people.

These are the remaining senior students from the academy, totaling nearly 170 or 180 people across several hills.

Now all the new students in this batch inside the barrier have been beaten up, and all the bounties have been collected, while many of the older students have made a fortune.

Only one S-class item remains.

However, after the Cangming team made their move, the other senior students consciously put away their fantasies about S-rank and gathered around the exit to watch the show and enjoy the spectacle.

If the tenth-ranked team in the academy makes a move, what else is there for them to fight for?

Moreover, that S-class player had previously dominated the entire field and was clearly extremely difficult to deal with.

It's more fun to just watch the show.

"Why does it feel like there are fewer people in the Cangming team? I haven't seen Dazhuang in a long time."

"I didn't see Zhao Ming either. Logically, he should be at a high vantage point, but he wasn't."

"They're probably setting up some kind of tactic."

"It looks like it."

The senior students on the mountaintop couldn't see clearly, but they vaguely sensed that the duel inside was no simple matter.

However, a roar quickly drew everyone's attention.

"Lu Ye!!!"

They all looked over.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"That voice belongs to Wang Chao, the captain of the Cangming team, right?"

"Why are they yelling and screaming?"

"You're not saying what you should say, and you sound really annoyed."

"Could something have happened...?"

"Probably not, Wang Chao is an A-level in the fifth realm, he's very strong."

However, amidst the discussions, a powerful aura suddenly arose from the distant woods, and a figure exuding an overwhelming and eerie energy appeared on the treetops, running wildly in a certain direction with a gloomy expression.

Before passing several hilltops, a cold gaze fell upon them. Sensing the aura emanating from Wang Chao, the nearby senior students felt a chill run down their spines.

Only after they had walked a distance did they dare to mutter to themselves.

"This must be bad."

"Look how angry Wang Chao is..."

.........

In the dense forest.

A member of the Cangming team, who was also in pursuit, looked at Wang Chao who appeared beside him and asked him warily.

"Is that you, Captain?"

"It's me." Wang Chao, who had arrived, said seriously, "That guy is right ahead, full speed ahead!"

"good!"

The team member gritted his teeth and increased his speed again, breaking a tree trunk with a diameter of more than half a meter, and rushed away.

Then came a muffled groan, followed by a sharp pain in his back.

Turning his head, he saw his captain pulling a long spear out of his buttocks.

"Damn it!!! It's you again, I'll kill you!"

Compared to the pain behind them, the team members' hearts were in even greater pain.

The third time.

This is the third time in a row!

From the moment dawn broke, the battle descended into complete chaos!

When he thinks that the person next to him is his teammate, his teammate will suddenly jump up and hit him hard from behind!

When he thought the person in front of him was the captain, the captain would take advantage of his inattention and strike straight at the heart of the enemy with a long spear!

Even when he was fully prepared and thought he wouldn't fall for it again, an exact replica of himself appeared in front of him, while his teammates in the forest were gritting their teeth and charging towards him, as if they wanted to kill him.

"I'll fucking kill you!"

The team member unleashed the peak performance of his life, sending the guy in front of him flying with a single punch.

However, the next moment, this guy rushed out again.

"Where is he? Have you found him?"

"You son of a bitch, don't even think about lying to me again!" The team member, his eyes red, frantically slashed at the captain who appeared in front of him.

"Stop! I'm the captain! This time it's for real!"

"You son of a bitch! I'll kill you, I'll kill you!"

The team member, wielding two long swords, appeared like a madman, even managing to overpower the captain in front of him at one point.

While they were fighting.

Rustling.

Another Wang Chao emerged from the dense forest, glanced around, and decisively joined the battle with a roar.

"Fine! You've turned into me again, haven't you? Prepare to die!"

"Yes, kill him quickly, he's an imposter!"

"I really am your captain!"

"No! I am the real one, he is the fake one!"

"I really am!"

They kept fighting, you stabbing me, I stabbing you, you stabbing him.

After poking around for a while, one of the Wang Chaos stopped and transformed into Lu Ye's appearance.

"Okay, you really are. I'll go then."

Spider legs appeared on Lu Ye's back, and he was instantly launched away, disappearing in a few leaps.

When it reappeared, it had transformed into the same team member as before, and it happened to bump into the last remaining team member, rushing over in a panic.

"Quick, follow me, the S-rank character who has transformed into a captain is just ahead."

Upon hearing this, the team member's eyes immediately turned red. "Aaaaaah! He's using the captain's appearance to deceive us again! Kill him!!!"

As the other party charged away with overwhelming momentum, Lu had already quietly disappeared.

........

"Mengde will definitely like this game."

Lu Ye sat on the trunk of an ancient tree, holding an apple and taking a bite out of it.

I'm missing my best buddy.

"It's a pity that there's no one to share my happiness with. If Mengde were here, he would fully understand the joy I feel right now and provide me with a lot of emotional value."

Isn't this the duty of an adopted son?

He lost Mengde, just as the West lost Jerusalem.

After reminiscing about his eldest son, Lu waited quietly.

This time, he didn't restrain his aura but released it on his own. It was the last day, and this game deserved a magnificent finale.

Sure enough, a few minutes later.

With an extremely gloomy expression, Wang Chao appeared on the ancient tree opposite, with the only two remaining team members standing beside him.

If looks could kill, these three gazes would have already riddled Lu Ye with holes.

"Since you've released your aura on your own initiative, then fight me head-on."

Wang Chao's voice was almost hoarse; he had to use all his strength to suppress the raging anger and frustration in his heart.

What should have been a glorious hunt has turned into such an absurd situation.

Of the seven team members, four were stolen, and their whereabouts are still unknown.

The last three remaining, including his captain, suffered the most humiliating humiliation in this forest.

The glory of the Cangming team was utterly shattered and crushed.

"I admit I failed, but I can't accept this failure."

"team leader!"

Wang Chao raised his hand, signaling his teammates not to speak, and just looked at Lu Ye, who was sitting there casually swinging his legs.

"I know you haven't used your full strength from beginning to end. What you've shown so far is far from the full extent of your S-rank monster-controlling abilities. Give me a chance to have a real fight and let me see your full power."

"Are you sure?" Lu asked with a smile.

"You could have continued, but you chose to let us find you. Isn't that what you meant?" Wang Chao finally calmed down, and his rationality returned.

Using the same methods as before, the other party could have continued to torture them, then quietly left the barrier and returned to the academy.

But the other party chose to reveal their whereabouts at this moment, and he could guess what that meant.

"Sigh, what can I do? I'm still too soft-hearted." Lu Ye patted his butt and stood up, throwing away the apple core in his hand. "I still can't be a bad guy."

Although he didn't know the significance of the tenth-ranked team in the Mountain Ghost Academy, he could roughly guess that if such a proud and competitive guy were to suffer such a humiliating defeat at his hands, the other party would probably never recover from it.

"Consider this your way of repaying me for making me so happy. Are you ready? I might be a little strong next."

Wang Chao took a deep breath, and a surge of fighting spirit gradually welled up in his eyes.

Even though he's only at the third level of the S-rank, he can sense a special kind of power.

"bring it on!"

Wang Chao slowly brought himself to his peak condition.

Lu smiled silently, and the embroidered image of the "Wedding Dress Ghost" on his chest began to heat up.

He currently uses the S-rank ability to control supernatural beings, [Red Thread - Thousand Curses], which is why Wu Qing and others consider him to be S-rank.

But that's not actually the case.

Other S-rank beings only possess one S-rank ability to control supernatural beings, like his [Red Thread - Thousand Curses].

His S-rank is a bizarre entity that coexists with another S-rank.

The same applies to his other lower-level abilities to control strange entities; they all involve imprinting the strange entity's true form onto his body.

Having an S-rank ability to control ghosts and having an S-rank ghost are two completely different concepts.

"Actually, I'm also very curious about what I'll look like when I go all out."

Since clearing the first bizarre dungeon, Lu Ye has only used the S-rank ability to control ghosts, but has never actually used the "complete form".

One reason seems necessary.

Another reason is...

Male chauvinism is at play.

He could roughly imagine what he would look like when he unleashed his full power, so he was somewhat...

shy.

"Red Phoenix".

She called out softly.

"My lord~"

A pair of cool hands gently touched his cheeks from behind, filled with boundless tenderness.

Unlike before, the moment Hongluan appeared this time, the entire space fell into absolute silence.

Moreover, its form is somewhat elusive, existing in a strange state between the intangible and the tangible, which is a return to a bizarre form.

Hongluan's ethereal body fluttered close to Lu Ye as she flew to his side, nestled in his arms, her arms around his neck, a captivating smile on her beautiful, pale face, her eyes seemingly fixed only on him.

"Finally, I'm going to unite with my husband."

Cool red lips slowly pressed against mine.

A gentle kiss.

Hongluan seemed to have merged into Lu Ye's body.

next moment.

A blinding red light suddenly illuminated everything.

An eerie night fell, and a blood moon hung high in the sky.

In the absolute silence, a lively knocking sound suddenly broke out; the sound could be heard but the figures could not be seen, and red paper fell like snowflakes.

It seemed like only a blink of an eye.

Thousands of ghostly figures of various shapes appeared on the ground, ancient trees, tree trunks, and grass.

Paper dolls, little ghosts, butlers, sedan chair bearers, ceremonial guards, wedding brides...

Holy crap!

One of the team members turned around and was suddenly startled to see a strange creature appear right behind him, looking at him with an eerie smile. He jumped to the side in fright.

"No...it's not just ghosts, it's real eeriness!"

"this........"

The team member looked at the thousands of flamboyant and bizarre creatures around him and his throat moved.

I've never seen anyone summon so many strange creatures at the same time. If they were to fight, wouldn't the monstrous tide swallow them all up in an instant?

A ten-mile-long procession of red bridal makeup.

In ancient times, this was the highest standard for a wedding procession, describing a procession that stretched for ten miles.

The bride, dressed in a wedding gown, was actually accompanied by thousands of other strange creatures as part of her dowry.

"The lowest level of weirdness here is at least C-level..." another team member said blankly.

As the team leader, Wang Chao had suppressed the surging eerie aura emanating from him, and the thousands of smiling ghost faces were all staring at them with icy, bone-chilling eyes.

It was as if if they moved even slightly, they would all pounce on them the next moment.

"Is this what S-rank is?" Wang Chao asked, somewhat lost in thought.

"No, this is just my S-rank."

Suddenly I looked over.

Wang Chao then realized that the blinding red light had dissipated.

Lu Ye, standing before them, wore a long, bright red robe with a gold belt and floated automatically in mid-air.

That face seemed to have been carefully made up; it was as beautiful as jade, handsome and fair-skinned, yet it had an added touch of femininity, and even its voice was much softer and more delicate.

Lu Ye looked down at his exceptionally long and fair fingers and sighed.

"See, this is the second reason why I don't want to go all out—it's too girly."

Wang Chao discovered that the sound wasn't coming from in front of him, but from...

Sky?

He suddenly looked up.

Only then did they see a hundred-foot-tall face half-hidden in the clouds in the sky.

She was quietly watching him.

.........

"Why can't I see it?"

Where are they?

The older students standing on the hilltop not far away, watching the melons, cast long glances at them.

Just a moment ago, they clearly saw two members of the Cangming team, led by their captain Wang Chao, finally successfully intercept the S-rank.

Everyone prepared melon seeds, peanuts, and small drinks, thinking that the show was about to begin.

The next moment, the space suddenly became a little strange, as if a layer of frosted glass had been applied, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Even the light was distorted.

"Why does this look so much like a domain?"

"That doesn't seem right. Aren't domains only possessed by cultivators at the seventh level or higher?"

"He's only at the third realm, how could he have a domain?"

"I meant Wang Chao."

"That's even more impossible, he's only A-level."

.........

"This must be his domain, even though it's not his own."

Outside the gates of the Mountain Ghost Academy, Li Tianyi stared solemnly at the scene appearing on the floating image.

Although the image also had a matte finish, his powerful senses had already reached it and he sensed that unusual aura.

"Yes, but it will become his own in the future." Wu Qing, who was standing next to him, was also watching.

Li Tianyi pondered the meaning of those words for a moment, then finally smiled helplessly and said, "It seems my assessment of him was too conservative. This guy is quite strange..."

"That's what happens when you're at a low level; you can't understand anything."

"I'll take this as a compliment."

"It's pointless now." Wu Qing casually recalled the Five Ghosts and also removed the floating shadows.

Li Tianyi understood Wu Qing's meaning.

In the final scene of the floating image, the frosty texture of that space had dissipated, signifying that the battle had concluded and the strongest obstructing force within the entire barrier had been eliminated.

Game completed.

"Although it was unexpected, we can't let you two really look down on my Mountain Ghost Academy," Li Tianyi said with a smile.

Wu Qing turned her head slightly. "So?"

"I think a 10 million reward is a bit low," Li Tianyi said with a playful smile. "What do you think about increasing it to 100 million?"

"Good."

Wu Qing nodded and stood there with her arms crossed.

"But it's not very useful."

"It's alright, just treat it like a TV drama." Li Tianyi stroked his beard and smiled. "It's mainly because seeing him so smug makes me uncomfortable."

........

On an open space.

The last two members of the Cangming team were lying under a pine tree, one under a pine tree and the other under a pine tree.

Deeply immersed in a sweet dream, his body would occasionally twitch and he would vomit blood.

Once he had recovered, Lu Ye squatted down in front of Wang Chao, whose face was bruised and swollen, and poked him with his finger.

This once proud and dignified man now possessed none of the airs of a noble young master; his blond hair hung limply on his head.

"How was it? Was it good?"

"Cough cough."

Wang Chao coughed up a mouthful of blood, his already bruised and swollen eyelids forced open as he stared blankly at the sky.

A long silence followed.

"Don't be sad. I'm a little different from the other S-ranks. It's normal that you can't beat me," Lu Ye comforted him. "You feel better after being beaten up like this, right?"

"........."

I feel much better now; at least my heart isn't so heavy anymore.

"My teammates..." Wang Chao said hoarsely.

"In a cave to the east, there's something that looks similar to you now, very uniform."

Lu Ye stood up and stretched his muscles.

"Alright, that's settled then. Go dig him out yourself later. I'm leaving."

They've been busy every single day.

"Wait!" Wang Chao struggled to raise one hand. "I have one last request."

"Say it."

"Save some dignity, don't... don't let this get out."

Lu waved his hand.

"Then we'll see if you behave well from now on."