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Chapter 204: Who Competes for Supremacy
"Youth is too arrogant; it's not a good thing!" Guo Dong said with a faint smile.
I also smiled slightly, holding the Frying Pan and pointing at everyone present, saying, "If I don't eliminate you all today, I, Cao Qilong, vow not to be human."
"Bang!"
As soon as I finished speaking, Bald Ghost, who was standing behind Chen Xiong, suddenly opened his mouth and blew out a wave of Yin Qi. In an instant, papers, teacups, and vases on the table were swept towards me like a storm. A flurry of objects flew at me almost instantly. Holding the Frying Pan, I jumped directly from the Ground onto the Conference Table, then swung the Frying Pan to swat away the objects coming at me while simultaneously speeding towards Chen Xiong.
To capture the leader first before dealing with the subordinates, among these six people, only Chen Xiong posed the greatest threat to society and was truly the Ghost King. As for Chen Xiong and Ding Jin, they could at most be considered Chen Xiong's right-hand men.
With my Heavenly Eye activated, my vision was excellent. I easily swatted away the flying teacups and vases. Then, holding the Frying Pan with both hands, I leaped off the Conference Table and struck down towards Chen Xiong's head.
However, at that moment, Bald Ghost, who had been standing behind Chen Xiong, suddenly jumped up. His skin visibly rotted at an alarming rate. Soon after, his naked body was covered in countless small holes from which maggots might emerge.
He flew directly into the air and aimed his right hand to strike my Frying Pan.
However, he overlooked one detail. Perhaps he was a master of physical techniques when he was alive, but he forgot that now he was a ghost. The moment his hand touched my Frying Pan, he let out a wail as green smoke erupted from his right palm. Seizing the opportunity, I pursued him and swung the Frying Pan towards his head.
Yet it turned out that I underestimated him!
As my Frying Pan burned his right hand and was about to hit his face, he suddenly let out a loud roar at the Frying Pan.
In an instant, a fierce wind swept through the Conference Room. I lost my balance on the Conference Table and was blown back several steps by the sudden gust.
Then, the lights in the room suddenly turned on. At the same time, Chen Xiong, Guo Yongjia, and others disappeared one after another, leaving only Bald Ghost in the entire Conference Room.
He bared his teeth at me and raised his body while letting out a loud roar. Perhaps due to exerting too much force, chunks of rotting flesh fell from him onto the Ground. Among the piles of rotten flesh were wriggling maggots, creating a disgusting sight reminiscent of diluted feces.
I suppressed the urge to vomit, steadied myself, and charged towards the Bald Ghost once more.
At that moment, we were both standing on the Conference Table, the wide Conference Table seemingly becoming our main stage. I wanted to resolve the battle quickly, so I held the frying pan in my right hand and pulled out six Small Yellow Flags from the Bloodstained Bag with my left hand, throwing them towards the Bald Ghost.
The Bald Ghost showed no fear of me; he rushed towards me, leaving damp footprints on the Conference Table with each step.
In the past, I might have been afraid of such a fearless Evil Spirit, but now I felt no fear at all. The six Small Yellow Flags stood in a row between him and me on the Conference Table. Then I took out a Soul-Settling Talisman and sprinkled it into the air, wildly swinging the frying pan with my right hand.
Some of the Soul-Settling Talismans floating in mid-air stuck to the frying pan, while others were carried away by the wind.
The Bald Ghost clearly wasn't intimidated; he continued charging at me. However, as he crossed the line of six Small Yellow Flags, his entire ghostly form suddenly stopped. I frowned slightly; the Small Yellow Flags had many functions, but my intention was to block his advance, not to freeze him in place.
Although I was puzzled, I still swung the frying pan at him. Just then, the brightly lit Conference Room was suddenly plunged into darkness; even the Flashlight I had thrown lost its light.
“Caw caw!”
A chilling laugh suddenly echoed from behind me. I felt a shiver run through my body as if something had entered me.
A ghost possession?
It seemed that this Bald Ghost hadn't forgotten that he was dead, so he attempted to possess me.
But would he succeed?
The answer was no.
From the very beginning, I sensed something was off. First, the Bald Ghost was a spirit; spirits do not have bodies! Yet the Bald Ghost had a corpse that was rotting and deformed. He could either be a Zombie or possessed by one. However, with my Heavenly Eye activated, I clearly saw that he was indeed a ghost. Even if Guo Yongjia had crafted a paper body for him, it wouldn't have decayed flesh.
So there was only one possibility!
From the moment I stepped into the Conference Room, I had already fallen into his trap! Ghosts possess the ability to create Ghost Walls and naturally have the power to confuse people's minds.
Possession by a ghost requires some form of intermediary or physical contact. For example, when someone like Yang Qi is particularly weak, a ghost can attach itself to the cool breeze and enter the person’s body as they breathe, achieving the effect of possession.
If I’m not mistaken, when the Bald Ghost chose to touch my Frying Pan, it had already begun the process of possession.
However, the Bald Ghost was unaware that I possessed a magical artifact! This artifact once belonged to Guo Yongjia, but he didn’t know how to use it. I, on the other hand, am the heir to the treasure of Paper Shop!
At the moment the Bald Ghost thought it had successfully possessed me was also when it was most vulnerable.
I pulled out the Ghost Seal with my left hand and forcefully pressed it onto my forehead!
“Ah!”
The Bald Ghost suddenly let out a scream as a blurry shadow flew out from behind me. At that moment, I kicked the Small Yellow Flag beneath me, sending it flying. The kicked Small Yellow Flag almost instantly pierced into the chest of the Bald Ghost, resembling a javelin. It carried the soul of the Bald Ghost far away before finally stopping. After coming to a halt, the Small Yellow Flag stuck into the Ground like a nail, firmly pinning the Bald Ghost in place.
“Jumping clown!” I coldly remarked before jumping down from the Conference Table. Holding the Frying Pan in one hand, I slowly approached the Bald Ghost. Once beside it, I gripped the Frying Pan tightly with both hands and brought it down hard onto the Bald Ghost's head.
Before the Bald Ghost could make any sound, its head was instantly smashed by my Frying Pan, and its entire body gradually transformed into wisps of black smoke that dissipated with the whirlwind in the room.
After dealing with the Bald Ghost, I returned to my bag under the moonlight and put away the Small Yellow Flag. Then I placed a Soul-Settling Talisman in each of the eight directions—east, west, south, north, northwest, northeast, southeast, and southwest—around the Conference Room.
In late autumn nights around four or five in the morning are at their darkest. My Flashlight had also stopped working. The Conference Room could barely be seen by moonlight, but after cleaning up the Bald Ghost, I looked around and saw that there were no traces of any ghosts left in the entire Conference Room.
Through the glass of the Conference Room, I couldn’t see outside into the corridor; aside from some moonlight barely illuminating one side of the Conference Room’s outer window, everything else was pitch black.
As I hesitated about whether to leave the Conference Room, the glass door creaked open again. A gust of cool wind rushed into the Conference Room, making me shiver involuntarily.
Why did Chen Xiong and Guo Yongjia suddenly leave? Did they have something more important to attend to? Or did they think that the Bald Ghost was enough to deal with me?
I didn’t have time to ponder these reasons. Gritting my teeth and using my Frying Pan for courage, I slowly walked out of the Main Entrance of the Conference Room.
Outside of the Main Entrance was cold and pitch black; I couldn’t see anything even when reaching out my hand. My eyes felt like they were blinded by white light; nothing was visible at all.
"Come out!" I shouted loudly at the door of the Conference Room. "If you have the guts, save them!"
As soon as I finished speaking, I felt the temperature around me drop significantly. Although I couldn't see anything in the dark corridor and had to lean against the door frame for support, I could clearly sense that dozens of eyes were now fixed on me.
Not good!
I sighed inwardly and was about to retreat back into the Conference Room when suddenly, the lights in the corridor turned on.
The sudden brightness was blinding, and I instinctively closed my eyes. However, as I squinted to avoid the harsh light, I felt someone push my body, and then darkness enveloped me again. Before my eyes could adjust to the environment, I felt several 'people' hitting me simultaneously.
"Is that all you've got?"
In the empty corridor, Guo Yongjia's laughter echoed suddenly, followed by a chorus of mocking laughter that intertwined, sounding exceptionally loud and derisive. The cacophony of laughter reverberated through the corridor, transforming into a terrifying symphony of ghostly sounds in the night.
Next, it felt as if I were a ball being kicked around in the corridor. In no time, I was kicked from the Conference Room directly to near the Elevator entrance, where the Elevator doors opened with a ding.
Inside the Elevator was a flickering light, and a woman lying in a pool of blood slowly reached out her bloody right hand and grabbed my foot. At that moment, chaos erupted around me. Through the dim light in the Elevator, I could see that the glass corridor was slowly filling with people. They all had their heads down, their eyelids slightly raised, staring at me with their whites showing. At the same time, they began to close in on me; almost instantly, the entire corridor was filled with dark figures.
At this moment, I was held by Bingqing inside the Elevator, unable to escape. This was thanks to those Yin Ghosts in the corridor sparing my life; if they truly wanted me dead, I would have been long gone.
Realizing that there was no way out of this situation, I thought: since it has come to this, why not make things even bigger and let the storm come down harder?
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