"Yuna, are we going to die here? I haven’t even had a boyfriend yet!!"

The girl, who had a delicate, oval face and was quite cute, whimpered softly. Her name was Liu Xin, a Spirit Warrior-level Spiritualist. Having just been assigned to the Lei Jiang Branch only to run into such a bizarre and terrifying situation, she was naturally on the verge of a breakdown.

The Guardian Flame’s branches stationed in various places were basically peacekeeping combat units. They usually dealt with Void Demons that hadn’t even reached the Spirit Warrior Level; at most, they would handle some Spirit Warrior-Level Void Demons.

Being thrown right into a high-difficulty deathtrap like the Ghost Village naturally had Liu Xin on the verge of collapse.

Yuna said in a low voice, "Quiet. We’re not going to die! I’ve already called for backup. As long as we stay hidden, we can survive."

The jet-black scroll was called [Ghost Hide], a Secret Treasure refined from the hide of a Spirit Sect Realm Ghostly Void Demon. Once draped over someone, it could disguise them as a Ghost, making other Ghosts treat them as one of their own.

BANG!

The room’s door was suddenly pulled open, and a head—with three human faces embedded in it and covered in bloody hair—poked inside.

On those three faces, six bloodshot eyeballs rolled around, exuding a hair-raising aura.

Hiding behind the [Ghost Hide], Liu Xin clamped her hands tightly over her mouth, her body trembling, not daring to utter a single word. Her Spirit Warrior-Level Spiritual Sense was screaming at her that if that terrifying three-faced monster discovered them, there would be absolutely no escape from death.

The moment Yuna saw the three-faced monster, goosebumps erupted all over her skin and a chill rose up from within. Her Spiritual Sense, sharpened by her recent advancement to the Spirit Master level, told her instinctively that the three-faced monster possessed a level of terror far beyond her imagination.

The three-faced monster’s six eyeballs rolled about for a moment, but finding nothing amiss, it slowly retracted its head.

*Cough!*

Liu Xin finally let out a long sigh of relief. Just then, a wisp of black energy silently entered her mouth, causing a tickle in her throat that made her cough.

The three-faced monster whipped its head around. Like a cheetah, it lashed out with its two-meter-long, pitch-black claws, swiping directly at Liu Xin’s position.

"Run!"

Yuna dove forward, shoving Liu Xin to the ground and rolling away with the momentum.

BANG!

A terrifyingly loud crash echoed. A single swipe from the three-faced monster had carved out a horrifyingly large crater right where Liu Xin had been standing, with cracks spreading out in all directions.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Yuna immediately drew [Hei Ya] and fired several shots at the three-faced monster. A few Demon-Breaking Bullets slammed into its body, blasting three holes in it as plumes of black smoke rose up. Facing such a terrifying monster, she didn’t dare to engage it in close combat.

After being hit, the three-faced monster opened its three gaping, bloody maws and let out an incomparably sharp and bizarre shriek.

The moment Liu Xin heard that bizarre shriek, her face twisted in agony. She started bleeding from every orifice and writhed in pain on the ground.

Yuna’s body trembled. Her eardrums ruptured, her head throbbed with excruciating pain, and the Spiritual Power throughout her body dissipated. Her eyes turned bloodshot as she collapsed weakly to the ground, a look of despair on her face. ’Am I going to die? Dammit, and I haven’t even fallen in love yet!!’

"So noisy, you monster!!"

An ice-cold voice rang out from the side as a terrifying Sword Aura, shining like the sun, slashed down upon the three-faced monster.

In an instant, the seemingly unstoppable and incredibly bizarre three-faced monster was shattered and purified by that terrifying, sun-like Sword Aura.

"Hey, Yuna, I’m back!!"

Shu Feng stepped into the room with a smile, holding [White Light], a Fourth-Tier Spirit Sword he had obtained from a Void Demon Hunting Ground.

Yuna stared at Shu Feng, her eyes flashing with disbelief. "Shu Feng, it’s you! You kid, how did you get so strong?"

Even a Great Spirit Master-Level powerhouse would have had difficulty dealing with that three-faced monster. Yet Shu Feng had shattered it with a single slash. The strength he displayed was far beyond Yuna’s imagination.

Ma Jin walked in and said, "Yuna, this kid already has combat power on par with the Spirit Sect Realm. What’s more, he’s founded his own Noble Family. He’s the Patriarch of the Yuanhai Shu Family!"

"Spirit Sect Realm combat power!! A Noble Family Patriarch!! This kid?"

Yuna stared at Shu Feng, her eyes flashing with disbelief. She felt as if she were hearing things.

Two years ago, Shu Feng was just a Spirit Warrior Apprentice whom Yuna could push around at will. In just two short years, he had gained combat power on par with the Spirit Sect Realm and had even become the patriarch of a new Noble Family. It was simply unbelievable.

Especially in the Qianyuan Republic, founding a new Noble Family was exceedingly difficult. Even a powerhouse at the Spirit Venerable Realm would struggle to establish one. This was because unclaimed Little Worlds were incredibly rare within the Erosion Realm; otherwise, the coordinates to a New World wouldn’t sell for the astronomical price of over 10 billion yuan.

Yuna’s expression changed slightly as she cried out, "Watch out!!"

A horde of expressionless corpses dressed in burial shrouds madly rushed at Shu Feng.

"Die!"

Shu Feng executed Great Sun Across the Sky, unleashing a terrifying Fiery Sun Sword Aura that slashed down upon the dozens of shrouded corpse-monsters.

Wherever the terrifying Great Sun Sword Aura passed, the dozens of shrouded corpse-monsters were all hacked to pieces by Shu Feng’s single slash. Within a radius of over ten meters, all the monsters vanished, leaving behind only rising plumes of black smoke.

A strange light flashed in Yuna’s eyes. ’So strong. It seems he really has advanced to the Spirit Sect Realm!’

"Shu Feng, this entire Ma Family Village is under the control of Ghostly Void Demons. I suspect a very terrifying Ghostly Void Demon is hiding somewhere in this village. It’s very likely a Spirit Sect-Level Ghostly Void Demon."

"The reason that Spirit Sect-Level Ghostly Void Demon hasn’t revealed itself, I think, is because it’s wary of the Heart of the World. It wants to turn this village into a Ghost Realm, which would allow it to unleash its full power."

"To destroy this Ghost Realm, we have to find that Ghostly Void Demon. We don’t have that kind of strength. Let’s leave first and request reinforcements from our superiors!"

Yuna steadied her nerves, quickly regaining her usual competence and beginning her analysis.

Blue Star is protected by the incredibly powerful Heart of the World, so any Void Demon powerhouses that infiltrate Blue Star are directly weakened. However, those Void Demons have conquered countless worlds, so they naturally have various Secret Techniques to exert their power on Blue Star.

Powerful Ghostly Void Demons can lure ordinary people into depravity, transforming them into Void Demons. Then, step by step, they can erode a village, a town, or a city, slowly transforming it into a Ghost Realm. Only within such a Ghost Realm can those Ghostly Void Demons exert their full strength.