Chapter 7: The Corpse's Deception

  "This... is a ghost?" Zhu Yuanyu exclaimed, remembering that the old woman had been on her body before, and she felt a wave of nausea in her heart. Of course, for almost everyone present, this should be their first time "seeing a ghost" in their lives. Even Su Muran's eyes showed a surprised emotion, she was originally a criminal police officer, had seen many corpses, but ghosts, really hadn't seen before.

  The most emotionally excited was Jie, when he saw Xiao Xuan easily capture the ghost's spirit body, his eyes suddenly became fiery hot, and in his heart, he urgently wanted to possess such power, urgently wanting to have such ability, this was his grandfather's dream, and also his own dream, but in the real world, it seemed impossible, now that he had arrived in this main god space, what a senior possessed, he would definitely be able to possess too!

  A green and oily human face was pulled out by Xiao Xuan, this face was very illusory, but it really existed and appeared in front of everyone. However, this face now looked very painful because the black flames rising from Xiao Xuan's hands were constantly scorching her. Nevertheless, despite this, the pupils of this face still filled with a kind of resentment, a kind of resentment that seemed to never be resolved.

  "Unfortunately, my current abilities are not enough to raise any ghostly spirits. You're able to condense your ghostly body to such a solid state, which is truly rare. However, you're wrong in that you shouldn't have repeatedly provoked me."

  As soon as the words were spoken, Xiao Xuan's hands suddenly spread open, and the black flames in his hands splashed out, taking the old woman's face with them. At that moment, it seemed like a shrill scream echoed in everyone's ears.

  "Has his soul flown away?" Su Mo Ran asked.

  "Heh heh, I suppose so." Xiao Xuan replied.

  "Is that all?"

  "It's just a wandering soul, you think it's that troublesome? Of course, the main task this time is to deal with an evil infant, its level of life is much higher than the previous one, and it can't be dealt with so easily." Xiao Xuan explained, "After all, I am at least a necromancer, although now just an apprentice, but dealing with this kind of wandering soul is more than enough."

  "Is that it now?" Zhu Yuanyu asked nervously, in fact, she had just been possessed by that thing, so her body was very weak at the moment, and she really wanted to sleep and rest well. Seeing that the ghost had already been dealt with by Xiao Xuan, she asked for her own peace of mind.

  "This is just an appetizer, the real thing hasn't even started yet. The reward from the main god isn't that easy to get."

  Xiao Xuan's words had just fallen when a sudden, ear-piercing scratching sound came from the coffin that Di Jie had drawn symbols on earlier. Everyone immediately fell silent, their eyes fixed on the source of the noise.

  "Sure enough, can't stand the loneliness anymore." Xiao Xuan said as he walked behind Su Mo Ran, somewhat shamelessly saying: "When encountering this kind of thing, mages usually should stand behind warriors."

  "I'm not sure if I can control it." Su Mo said truthfully, this was her first time seeing a ghost, and soon she would see a zombie for the first time in her life. She wasn't clear how scary zombies were.

  "No big deal, this zombie is just a wrongly killed corpse that was stirred up by evil spirits. To put it simply, it's just a low-level zombie in the zombie society, and it can't be compared to those zombies that appear wearing Qing dynasty official uniforms. It won't have any zombie fangs or heart blood, you can just treat it like a wild beast.

  Xiao Xuan patted Su Moran's shoulder, then took a few steps back, his spatial ring flashing as a magic wand appeared in his hand: "Feel at ease when dealing with it, I can help you restrain it at most, if we really can't hold on, we can still exit the Justice Manor and give up this side quest."

  Su Mochen nodded, and the Death God's Thread was released by her. The thread began to rotate around Su Mochen's body in circles, revealing a solemn and murderous atmosphere.

  At this scene, Zhu Yu also ran to Su Mo Ran's back. Originally, she planned to stick with Xiao Xuan, after all, Xiao Xuan's previous move made her feel that Xiao Xuan was very mysterious and could protect herself. However, Xiao Xuan just gave her a cold glance, which made Zhu Yu dare not get close again.

  Su Zihao's face was deathly pale, and he slowly came to. As soon as he woke up, he heard the sound of claws scratching against wood, and his instincts kicked in. He didn't care about his weak body at that moment, and he rolled and crawled to get behind Su Muran. Zhu Biyu still remembered how Su Zihao had treated her before, so she just let him fall beside her without offering a hand to help him up. Instead, she glared at him with some schadenfreude, thinking to herself that men like him were the most vengeful.

  Unlike Zhu Yu and Su Zihao, two newcomers who reacted differently, Di Jie did not think of seeking protection from a veteran after the strange movement occurred. Instead, he ran to the side of the coffin, stretched out his hand, and touched the surface of the coffin. At this time, the wet slipperiness of the daytime had disappeared, replaced by an icy coldness that seemed to pierce through his bones, as if he was touching a block of ice. This was enough to show that the corpse's energy had condensed to what extent.

  "How can he still be standing there? Isn't he afraid of death?" Zhu Yuanyu asked, but no one answered him. Neither Xiao Xuan nor Su Muran were the kind of people who would sympathize with someone who was about to die. If a new recruit foolishly wanted to rush forward and get themselves killed, they wouldn't really care. The new recruits could live if they could, and if they couldn't, they could at least drag down some of their own team members as they retreated. This was their principle. In fact, this was also the principle that most veteran reincarnation teams followed when dealing with new recruits. Of course, there were also more extreme teams that treated new recruits like pigs to be raised for slaughter, and those teams were called "breeding teams".

  "Don't be nervous, although the corpse energy has condensed into a shape, I estimate that she's already grown fingernails and body hair in the coffin, but she won't come back to life yet. It lacks a catalyst, just like gasoline can't ignite without a spark."

  Dai Jie shouted to Xiao Xuan, in fact, this was also a way for Dai Jie to show his value to Xiao Xuan. He wanted to let Xiao Xuan know about his abilities, so that Xiao Xuan would notice him and be able to protect himself more than the other newcomers during the task completion process. His approach was essentially the same as when Xiao Xuan analyzed the hidden tasks of the main god in front of Dong Ge and others. However, in reality, on an intelligence level, Xiao Xuan was far superior to Dong Ge and the others, and it would be quite difficult for Dai Jie to learn from Xiao Xuan's previous performance.

  "Idiot, ninety-nine steps have been taken, do you think the main god would intentionally make a mistake on that one step?" Xiao Xuan's eyes showed a hint of disdain. Zhai Jie was somewhat capable, but he was also a bit too self-righteous. People like him could indeed be helpful, but they might also become a time bomb in the team, because his brain lacked a screw.

  "Meow!"

  A loud meowing sound suddenly came from the beam of the house, and upon hearing this meow, Di Jie's whole body was as if struck by lightning. What is most taboo near a dead person? Cats!

  Dai Jie slowly raised his head and saw that on the beam above, a black wild cat was crouching, its entire body as black as coal.

  Wherever there is a corpse, the black cat stops its steps; otherwise, it fears the corpse will rise!

  "No... how is that possible?!"

  The black cat ignored Jie's muttering, and with a sudden leap, it jumped down from the beam. Jie went crazy trying to shoo away this wild cat, but at that moment, the coffin suddenly let out a creaking sound, the lid slid open horizontally, and hit Jie right in the chest. Jie was knocked back several steps, fell to the ground, and rolled over several times.

  The coffin lid popped open, revealing a gap just big enough for the wild cat that had jumped down from the beam to slip inside. Immediately, a shrill and urgent meow rang out, only to be abruptly cut off.

  "How could this be? How could this be?" Zhai Jie, who was lying on the ground with his hand covering his chest, had an incredulous look on his face, because all of this was just too coincidental.

  Xiao Xuan took a deep breath, and then the main course arrived. It was up to them whether they could finish it or not.

  A loud "ripping" sound was heard, and a pair of arms stretched out straight from the coffin. The arms were dark greenish-blue in color, as if they had grown a thin layer of black hair, and the fingernails on the fingers were so long that they made one's heart shudder. At the same time, a gust of cold wind swept through the entire funeral home, causing the temperature inside to drop by over ten degrees instantly.