“That’s right. If you can really defeat a Ghost Lord, Master Yuan and the others will definitely look at you with new respect… Even your two older sisters haven’t achieved this feat yet.”

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's hurry to the Ghost Realm and hunt down the Wild Hunt!"

Yuan Baixue became even more excited. She looked around and pointed to the tallest mountain peak nearby:

“According to Gu Hao’s description, the castle should be on that mountain… You can leave the way to enter the Ghost Realm to me. Our lineage of witches is quite skilled in various kinds of barriers, and the Ghost Realm is just one of those barriers in our eyes.”

"Don't be impatient yet."

Seeing Yuan Baixue about to rush forward, Miss Yun Que quickly grabbed her, frowning slightly the instant she touched Yuan Baixue's wrist, before casually saying:

"I also have a reliable companion who will be participating in the expedition, but we have been separated for the time being and I need to reunite with him first."

Then Miss Skylark gave a brief overview of Guo Ying's situation, emphasizing her highly reliable combat prowess.

"That's it..."

Yuan Baixue seemed to be pretending to think for a moment, and actually came up with a suggestion that actually made sense:

“I think we don’t need to search in the mountains anymore. We can go directly to the Ghost Realm! Since your companion is so strong, I think he is unlikely to be trapped in the mountains. He has probably already entered the Ghost Realm, which is why he couldn’t receive your message.”

"You mean Lao Guo might have already entered the Ghost Realm...?"

Miss Lark frowned slightly.

She had indeed considered that possibility, but it was a very bad one, because she was very reluctant to enter the Wild Hunt's Ghostlands without reliable teammates; it was too dangerous.

"rest assured."

Yuan Baixue seemed to have noticed this, and nonchalantly puffed out her chest:

"Let's just head straight into the Ghost Realm! If we encounter any danger, I'll stay behind to cover your retreat while you run... You can fly, right? Don't you think you can't escape?"

"...Are you in such a hurry to enter the Ghost Realm?"

Miss Lark seemed somewhat puzzled.

She had long seen that Yuan Baixue was a greedy and impetuous person, but this was too reckless! It was as if all the nutrients that should have been used for brains had gone to grow genitals.

"This……"

Yuan Baixue hesitated for a moment, then sighed:

"Because I really want this credit... I wrote a report to the higher-ups before I came here. If we can't defeat the Wild Hunt as soon as possible, they might send a powerful inspector. At that time, I probably won't get any credit."

"Emmm...okay."

Miss Lark paced back and forth, pondered for a while, and finally agreed:

"I can go directly to the Ghost Realm with you, but let's make this clear first: I'll prioritize protecting myself if we encounter any danger. Don't blame me for being cold-blooded then."

"no problem!"

Yuan Baixue clenched her fists tightly, seemingly already imagining herself returning victorious and basking in the glory of her achievements:

"Just don't steal my credit."

Miss Lark was naturally not interested in the Bureau of Investigation's credit. After the two discussed it, they set off together towards the highest peak in the forest.

Yuan Baixue climbed the mountain step by step on the ground, while Miss Skylark returned to the top of the treetop to keep watch.

Standing atop the tree, looking down at the silly shrine maiden swaying her hot body as she climbed, a serious look appeared in Miss Hibari's eyes.

'Why does this foolish shrine maiden have traces of Ayu's spiritual essence on her? When did she meet Ayu? Did anything happen between them...?'

. . . . .

the other side.

Qin Huanyu, who had been talking about Miss Lark, finally returned to Baiguang City and rushed to the location provided by Gu Hao during his interrogation as quickly as possible, riding her motorcycle.

Somewhat surprisingly, in this rather remote place, Qin Huanyu found a car parked there, completely empty.

'...Could it be one of those reckless outdoor groups again?'

With that thought in mind, Qin Huanyu sighed silently, parked her motorcycle next to the car, checked her equipment, and prepared to enter the mountains.

Before entering the mountains, Qin Huanyu activated her Mathematical Eyes again and stood by the roadside to observe whether there was anything unusual in the forest.

If there are indeed reckless outdoor groups in the mountains, she cannot stand by and watch them die; she must drive the civilians away before the campaign begins.

As the Mathematical Eye observed, a large amount of data from the mountains instantly entered Qin Huanyu's mind and was quickly analyzed and processed.

'……there.'

Soon, Qin Huanyu looked in one direction from the mountains and forests.

The air velocity, temperature, humidity, and distribution of birds and insects over there are all abnormal, as if someone has encountered trouble there.

Qin Huanyu decided to go there first.

Maybe some stupid priestess has already been defeated and is lying there waiting to be picked up.

With this suspicion in mind, Qin Huanyu cautiously traversed the mountains and forests quickly, soon arriving at the location where the abnormal data had occurred.

"Ok?"

After witnessing the scene firsthand, Qin Huanyu quickly hid, as the situation at the location of the data anomaly was quite different from what she had imagined.

There were no reckless outdoor teams, nor were there witches waiting to be picked up after defeat; there was only a burly, dark-skinned man with a full beard who looked like a pirate.

Moreover, this big man was clearly an extraordinary being, and his strength was not weak, but his condition seemed a bit off.

He was wielding a longsword, his swordsmanship was wide and fluid, and each strike was like a raging fire in the physical sense... The blade had been turned crimson red by the high temperature, which was at least 2000 degrees Celsius.

With such a high blade temperature, the hilt must be just as hot. A normal person's hand would be burned off the moment they held this sword, but the big man looked completely unaffected.

Qin Huanyu carefully observed the big man's hands and discovered that his palms were pure black. Under the influence of high temperature, a peculiar carbon layer had formed on the surface of his skin, which had a very good heat insulation effect, allowing the big man to easily wield the fiery sword with a temperature of over 2000 degrees Celsius.

Moreover, while wielding his sword, the burly man's sweat glands continuously expel a mist, just like sweat, which has a high alcohol content... When mixed with oxygen and flames, it can easily cause a deflagration.

This is the fighting style of the Han Dynasty. They are extremely powerful. Among the people Qin Huanyu has seen, only Lü Meng could reliably defeat him, while a patrol officer like Ling would be at most half as good.

Qin Huanyu didn't know the identity of the Han man and couldn't act rashly. More importantly, the Han man was currently outsmarting thin air.

He was fighting as if against an unseen enemy, swinging his sword with all his might, but he couldn't cut down any enemy, only burn some nearby flowers and plants.

Unfortunately, the trees in this mountain forest were very tall and lush, and their canopies could completely block out the firelight. If Qin Huanyu's Mathematical Magic Eye hadn't been able to directly detect the abnormal temperature and humidity, she wouldn't have imagined that there was a powerful fire-type superhuman fighting here.

Unlike the ambitious and reckless Yuan Baixue, Qin Huanyu had received hints from the Investigation Bureau before arriving and had already guessed what kind of extra assistance this campaign would bring, so she also had some guesses about the identity of the Han.

After observing him secretly for a while, Qin Huanyu had to admit that Da Han's combat strength was still quite reliable as a teammate, provided that he recovered to normal first.

The man is clearly hallucinating, but it's unclear whether he's been attacked by a mind-based system or ingested something with hallucinogenic effects.

If he had been hit by a mind-based attack, a shock would probably wake him up. As for if he had ingested some hallucinogenic substance, Qin Huanyu always carried the universal antidote given to her by Bai Ling... This medicine was invented by Linglan and was enough to deal with most poisons, and even if it couldn't cure them, it could temporarily suppress them.

However, in either case, if Qin Huanyu wants to help the giant man return to normal, she must first defeat him who is currently battling against thin air... which is a bit difficult.

Chapter 136 Youyou and Yun Que have merged into one!

The burly man Qin Huanyu encountered was none other than Guo Ying.

In Guo Ying's mind, he had only been in the mountains for a short time when he encountered his target—a high-ranking member of the Truth Society.

He wanted to notify his junior sister, Miss Skylark, to join the attack, but found that although his phone had a signal, it couldn't connect to the internet, so he had to fight by himself.

After exchanging blows, Guo Ying discovered that the Berserker wasn't as powerful as he had imagined, and was being heavily suppressed by his Fiery Slash and Explosive Sword Qi. However, the Berserker seemed to have an extremely long health bar, and he didn't fall even after being continuously attacked for a long time.

Just as Guo Ying felt weak from excessive consumption of spiritual energy, a bolt of lightning suddenly lit up from the side and shot towards him.

At the critical moment, the body, which is experienced in combat, reacts faster than the brain. Guo Ying immediately threw the longsword in her hand and rolled to dodge, managing to avoid being hit directly by the electric arc.

'Where did this new enemy come from?'

After rolling over, Guo Ying looked nervously towards the source of the electric arc, trying to find out who had ambushed him from the shadows, but unexpectedly, he heard a whooshing sound from behind.

Having just managed to dodge an electric arc attack, Guo Ying didn't dodge this time. He was hit in the hind leg and felt a sharp, needle-like pain, like getting a shot when he was a child. A liquid was also injected into his body.

"Varied……"

Guo Ying used his last bit of strength to try to turn around and see who was attacking him, but he failed. He felt a dizzying sensation as the liquid injected into his body quickly took effect, and he passed out.

It's unclear how much time passed before Guo Ying woke up again. Her physical condition had improved considerably, though she was still a little dazed, as if she had been drunk all night.

He was leaning against the trunk of a tree, his neck slightly stinging, probably from the lingering pain of some kind of injection.

Looking down to the left of his neck, Guo Ying immediately saw a syringe, but the liquid inside was empty; it must all be inside his body.

"That's one of the trial products developed by our Ling Su Research Institute. After injection, it can neutralize or suppress most biological toxins and restore some Ling Su... The effect is pretty good, but the experience doesn't seem to be very good. How do you feel?"

A pleasant female voice came from the other side, and Guo Ying quickly looked over before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

She was a very hot and beautiful policewoman. Although he had never met her in person, he had heard of her and read about her many times.

"The experience was really not good. I feel like I was drunk and someone hit me hard on the back of the head with a bottle. My head is spinning."

Guo Ying shrugged, took several deep breaths, and slowly stood up while holding onto the tree trunk. She then nodded amicably to Qin Huanyu.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Officer Qin... I never expected to run into you here."

"...This is the territory of White Light City, which is under my jurisdiction. Is it strange to see me here?"

Qin Huanyu rolled her eyes, speechless.

"So? You're the one from the Treasure Pavilion who came to support us this time? You're the only one? Did you know me before?"

“I am indeed the person sent by the Treasure Pavilion to solve this matter… As for how I know Officer Qin, it’s because we know someone else.”

As Guo Ying spoke, she kept shaking her head and doing stretching exercises, trying to get her body into the best possible condition:

“My junior sister is [Yun Que], and I heard about you from her.”

"...Are you Youyou's senior brother?"

Qin Huanyu raised her eyebrows naturally and asked a question in return, showing no sign of anything amiss.

Yi Youyou and Miss Yun Que were able to react to Qin Huanyu's probing and play along with her using equally good acting skills, but Guo Ying clearly couldn't.

He paused for a moment, then completely sold out his junior sister:

"You already know Junior Sister's true identity? Haha, Junior Sister was bragging to me before that she was having a lot of fun using two identities to play tricks on you. I didn't expect that the one who was actually being played might be herself?"

"Ah."

Qin Huanyu's eyes suddenly filled with laughter, narrowing into slits:

"I am now certain of Youyou's identity, and I have solid evidence... Thank you for your help, sir. Youyou is really too cunning and a bit difficult to deal with."

"you……"

Guo Ying's face instantly turned bright red as he realized he had been tricked. The shame and anger even cleared his confused mind.

But what could Guo Ying do? He could only grit his teeth and snort.

"What the book says is so true—the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie! I will definitely find a good-looking woman to be my wife in the future!"

"Thank you for the compliment."

Qin Huanyu didn't take it seriously at all, directly interpreting Guo Ying's words as a compliment to her beauty:

"May I ask how this senior brother should be addressed?"

"Guo Ying, a third-generation disciple of the Treasure Pavilion."

Guo Ying introduced herself quite readily:

“I’m more than ten years older than you and Junior Sister, and you’re close to Junior Sister, so why don’t you just call me Lao Guo like Junior Sister does?”

"Alright... Lao Guo, since you know me, you must already know my name. Just call me whatever you're comfortable with."

Qin Huanyu, seeing this, also generously expressed her goodwill, and then said:

"Shall we exchange information?"

"Then I'll take the liberty of calling you Little Qin."

Guo Ying nodded, also agreeing with the exchange of intelligence, and then quickly shared the information she knew.

After a quick discussion, the two reached a consensus: the target of this attack, Wild Hunt, is a monstrous being of the level of a Ghost Lord, and its Ghost Realm is located on the highest mountain nearby.

Guo Ying also carefully recalled how he had fallen into the trap—he was ambushed by an ugly tree monster in the mountains and forests. After killing the tree monster with a single strike of Fiery Slash, he fell into a hallucination and fought endlessly with the Wild Hunt.

The two then searched the vicinity and quickly found a charred tree stump. After digging it up, they could still find some remnants.

Qin Huanyu observed the tree with her Mathematical Magic Eye and discovered that the substance inside the tree had a strong hallucinogenic effect, which was doubled after being exposed to high temperatures.

It was obvious that Guo Ying had indeed been ambushed by a tree monster. However, after he defeated the tree monster, the hallucinogenic substances inside the tree monster also erupted in the high temperature, causing Guo Ying to fall into a hallucination and fight against the air until now.

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