Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

Just when she thought the ruler was about to pierce her body, a rope was thrown out and tied around Hu Lizhang's neck without warning!

"Cough!? What..."

"Huh?"

Before Hu Lizhang and Luo Xiaoyu could react, the bandage on Chen Shi's right hand was already glowing with light.

He gave a low shout:

"Get over here!"

The rope tightened instantly, forcefully pulling Hu Lizhang by the neck and dragging him away!

Chapter 69 First Battle

On the fifth floor of the main building, four figures stood in a row.

Hu Lizhang's corpse, the shocked Luo Xiaoyu, Hu Lizhang being dragged away, and then Chen Shi holding the rope.

Luo Xiaoyu stared at Chen Shi in astonishment, still reeling from her earlier daze.

It felt like she had one foot in the grave, her vision completely dark, but someone somehow managed to carve a ray of light through the darkness and snatch her back from the jaws of death.

Through death, she saw Chen Shi's face.

"Gotcha."

Under Luo Xiaoyu's astonished gaze, Chen Shi gripped the rope tightly with both hands, showing no mercy, and pulled with all his might!

"Crench!"

The rope was tightened to its maximum in an instant, leaving a dark purple ligature mark on Hu Lizhang's neck. His eyes bulged as if he would die at any moment.

Luo Xiaoyu looked at the corpse behind her that she had pierced, and then at Chen Lizhang who was being dragged away by Chen Shi. Her stopped heartbeat resumed.

"Their movements and reactions are so fast," she couldn't help but admire in her heart.

She was certain that Hu Lizhang's doppelganger had just suddenly appeared and had never been exposed before.

Chen Shi was able to discover and act so quickly...

Isn't this guy supposed to be a Level One Ferryman? His abilities are nothing like what you'd expect!

Just as Luo Xiaoyu was astonished by Chen Shi's skills, she saw Chen Shi mutter displeasedly:

"He's still alive? Is his neck made of iron?"

Even though he didn't hold back at all, Hu Lizhang's neck still didn't break.

"This guy has a very strong physique, comparable to that elite man Zhang Chengkang."

Chen Shi immediately changed tactics, swung the rope, and flung Hu Lizhang directly in front of the bathroom mirror like a yo-yo.

"cough!"

Hu Lizhang was thrown heavily to the ground. As soon as he got up, his reflection in the mirror behind him began to distort.

The "Hu Lizhang" in the mirror snapped his neck to an astonishing 90 degrees, a sinister grin on his face, and his hands emerged from the mirror...

"It's a Mirror Spirit!"

Hu Lizhang was startled, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Not daring to be negligent, he swung the ruler backhand and stabbed it into the mirror!

"babble--"

The Mirror Spirit immediately let out a miserable howl, its voice sharp as a knife, causing everyone present to grit their teeth.

Without hesitation, he immediately followed up with a punch, slamming his fist into the mirror:

"Bang!"

Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the mirror before the spirit withdrew its hands, flashing past in the mirror.

"As expected, this guy already knew the true rules of the Mirror Spirits."

Chen Shi understood, and at the same time tightened the rope again in preparation for the attack.

Hu Lizhang's eyes narrowed, and he pressed his finger on the markings on the ruler!

"Oh no!" Luo Xiaoyu's heart sank.

Chen Shi was unaware of how this magical artifact operated.

Overcoming her shyness, she picked up her red-tasseled spear to help, her face flushed as she shouted:

"Be careful... that ruler might change its distance..."

However, before she could finish speaking, the distance between Chen Shi and Hu Lizhang changed instantly.

Chen Shi moved like a chess piece, instantly appearing within a meter of Hu Lizhang. Due to the change in position, Hu Lizhang also escaped from the loop of the suspension rope.

"It's over!" Luo Xiaoyu felt a chill in her heart as she saw Hu Lizhang's ruler already aimed at Chen Shi's abdomen.

Just as she was about to swing her red-tasseled spear, a surprising scene unfolded.

As if he had been prepared, Chen Shi straightened his right arm and grabbed Hu Lizhang's wrist!

At the same time, he swung the rope and directly tied Hu Lizhang's upper body, controlling his arms.

It was as if it had been expected all along.

Hu Lizhang: "What!?"

Luo Xiaoyu: "?"

Both of them were stunned.

Luo Xiaoyu was certain that Chen Shi would never have a chance to fight Hu Lizhang—she chased after him the moment he appeared. At that moment, Chen Shi, for some reason, suddenly ran away as if possessed. She chased after Hu Lizhang alone, and then the fight began.

Even she was startled when the magical ruler was activated.

How did Chen Shi calculate it?

"Isn't he a Level One Ferryman? Is his intuitive reaction even better than mine?"

For a moment, Luo Xiaoyu wondered whether she had become weaker or if Chen Shi's ferryman token was malfunctioning.

While he was still in a daze, Chen Shi suddenly sprang up.

He lowered his center of gravity, recalling Jiang Liu's nighttime private lessons, and with a tug on the rope, he forcefully flung Hu Lizhang away!

"Oh!"

In the blink of an eye, Hu Lizhang was slammed against the wall, with a glass window right behind him.

"That kid's reaction time is amazing!"

Hu Lizhang was incredulous; his watermelon-shaped head looked like it had been chewed by a dog, and his glasses had been flung off.

"That girl is so strong, the ruler and the doppelganger would be more than enough to give her a hard time. Where does this kid get all that strength? His moves were all countered in just one exchange?"

Did the young people in The Ferryman all suddenly gain supernatural abilities?

Just as he was stunned, a sinister laugh suddenly came from behind him:

"Giggle..."

The spirit reappeared through the glass window.

This time, however, Chen Shi locked Hu Lizhang's upper body, preventing him from breaking the mirror.

Chen Shi rushed forward and kicked him in the chest, then immediately grabbed the rope:

"Don't you like keeping evil spirits? Then say hello to your precious evil spirit."

"you……!"

Hu Lizhang's eyes widened, and just as he was about to say something, a withered white hand reached out from the glass and pierced straight through his head!

In an instant, bright red blood splattered, and half of Hu Lizhang's head was severed, while his body went still.

Behind her, Luo Xiaoyu jogged up to catch up, her timid heterochromatic eyes filled with admiration.

"Amazing..." she murmured softly, her voice barely audible.

Under Luo Xiaoyu's watchful gaze, Chen Shi calmly retracted the rope.

Looking up, I saw "Hu Lizhang" in the glass slowly transform into "Chen Shi," his pale face growing features and a sinister smile, as if he would emerge from the mirror at any moment.

"Mirror... mirror..."

Just as Luo Xiaoyu was about to remind him, Chen Shi had already clenched his fist and wrapped it around the rope, then looked up at the mirror:

"Stop laughing, you're next."

As soon as he finished speaking, he punched the glass, cracks appeared instantly, and the spirit left.

"Wow... such a quick reaction... he knew the rules were reversed?" Luo Xiaoyu admired him even more.

I thought he was a newcomer I needed to be careful with, but it turns out he's a hidden master.

Are you injured?

After dealing with the problem, Chen Shi strode closer, bent down to look at Luo Xiaoyu's chest, and made sure he wasn't late.

"Well!?"

Luo Xiaoyu's eyes darted away, and she quickly took a few steps back with her hands behind her back.

She put away her red-tasseled spear, took out her notebook, and rustled as she wrote:

"I am extremely grateful."

"You're very skilled. I'm sorry, I thought you were just an ordinary level one fighter."

Luo Xiaoyu looked up, her eyes peeking out from behind the convenience booklet.

She continued, "You reacted so quickly; you figured out his artifact mode so fast."

"It's nothing, thanks to you."

Chen Shi admitted frankly.

That's the truth. Without the message left by Luo Xiaoyu before her death in the previous round, he would have stumbled even if he had been suddenly switched places.

However, Luo Xiaoyu didn't hear it that way.

"Not only is he amazing, but he's also very humble!" Luo Xiaoyu admired him even more.

She gripped the handbook tightly with both hands, stood on tiptoe, and the bun on her head swayed slightly.

Seeing that Luo Xiaoyu didn't seem to be in any trouble, Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's good that you're alright."

Luo Xiaoyu was startled, and then hid her beautiful eyes behind the booklet again.

"By the way, you..."

Just as Chen Shi was about to say something, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that Hu Lizhang had somehow reappeared in front of him!

Sensing something amiss, Luo Xiaoyu immediately turned around and grabbed the silver chain.

"What? He's not completely dead yet... No, that's not right."

Chen Shi looked towards the front of the bathroom—Hu Lizhang's body was gone.

There is a noticeable perforation on the shirt worn by Hu Lizhang.

The corpse has come back to life!

Chapter 70 Acquaintances

"Crunch...crunch..."