Chapter 784: Chapter 777 Golden Immortal
Outside the mansion where Chen Hai resided, in a secret chamber beneath an abandoned house.
Four or five ghosts were huddled in a corner, not even daring to breathe out, their bodies visibly trembling.
“That tentacle monster outside is terrifying—it eats people, no, it eats ghosts.”
“Earlier, I was working together with Red Silk. Right before my eyes, I saw Red Silk devoured by that tentacle monster—flesh, bones, and all. Thankfully, my Concealing Breath Technique is quite good, and I found a sufficient hiding spot, so I barely escaped with my life.”
“Whimpering… Jin Quan, who was with , also died at the hands of that tentacle monster, swallowed whole in one bite.”
“Before coming to Mang Mountain City, I specifically sought advice from several seniors within our Soul Hall who had harvested living souls here before. Those guys took my gifts but didn’t ntion a thing about this tentacle monster in Mang Mountain City. They’ve really screwed over—once I get back, I must tell my foster father and have him seek justice for my escape!”
“Qingyi, the justice you’re seeking—your foster father might find it difficult to claim. My guess is that tentacle monster likely arrived in Mang Mountain City within the last two years. Otherwise, its presence here would definitely have been known to our Soul Hall.”
“What should we do then? That monster is clearly hunting our ghost clan. Apart from the few of us, I reckon all our companions have probably died at the hands of that monster!”
“What else can we do but at the very least wait until daylight? Maybe, just like us, that tentacle monster can’t stand the sunlight and prefers to be active at night!”
…
The few ghosts were whispering to each other, one after another.
Rembering the terrifying appearance of the monster covered in tentacles, they continued to shiver while they spoke.
Especially a naive and sowhat romantic female ghost nad Qingyi, who was terrified to the point of wetting herself at the ntion of that tentacle monster—the ground was damp in patches.
“Mang Mountain City is too dangerous; I don’t dare to stay here any longer. Once it’s light, I’m heading straight back to our Soul Hall!”
Hearing that they would wait until daylight, the few ghosts fell silent for a while, until one with a dog’s head spoke first.
“Yes, I plan to go straight back as well!”
“Within the Soul Hall, they only allotted us a few thousand units, barely enough to fill the gaps between our teeth. With so little living souls, the chance of progressing further to beco a Golden Immortal seems quite slim.”
“With that tentacle monster around, if we continue to stay here, we might not have devoured many human living souls before our own tiny lives are harvested by that monster!”
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Following the lead of the dog-headed ghost, another two ghosts joined in, echoing the sentint.
When they were rampant here, harvesting the lives of the human clan, they were all thrilled and howling with excitent.
But now, due to that roaming tentacle monster, which had cleaned out their companions, flesh and bone, the few ghosts in this underground chamber were genuinely frightened.
After all, they were not mindless beings acting out of pure instinct. As ghosts, their ntality was nearly indistinguishable from that of humans.
Faced with the terrifying, grotesque tentacle monster that seed to feed on their ghostly kind, they experienced fear just as humans would.
“To leave our Soul Hall and co to Mang Mountain City took us seven days. Even if we set off at dawn, how long do you think it will take for us to return to the Soul Hall headquarters?”
“When hunting human targets that interested us, would you allowed them to escape?”
“That tentacle monster clearly sees our ghostly kin as a delicacy. If we try to flee, the monster might very well chase us out of the city.”
“Out in the wilderness, if that monster catches up with us, there would be no escape—only a certain death!”
“In my view, the few of us who have been marked by that tentacle monster have no realistic chance of leaving Mang Mountain City and making it back to our Soul Hall headquarters.”
The ghost speaking now had a touch of green on his head, otherwise, his appearance seed little different from a regular human.
Regarding the proposal of the ghost with the dog’s head, Chen Hai clearly had so objections.
After pondering his words for a mont, he felt there was indeed much sense in them. As soon as he finished speaking, he imdiately drew agreent from two of his companions.
“Green Head, what do you an by that?”
“Can’t leave the city and flee back to our Soul Hall base? Do we have to stay here and wait to die?” The one speaking was the ghost with the dog’s head.
Having his suggestion so readily dismissed naturally filled him with dissatisfaction, and his face showed his displeasure.
“Golden Fur, you clearly misunderstand !”
“I’m just saying, it’s not quite appropriate for us to flee outside the city, but I never said we should stay here and wait to die!”
With a faint smile, Green Head took a brief pause before continuing, “That Tentacle Monster may be powerful, but within Mang Mountain City, we have the City Lord Mansion!”
“Don’t forget, the Mang Mountain City Lord may not co from our Soul Hall, but he is also one of us from the Nether Land.”
“The existence of that Tentacle Monster is a destabilizing factor for the entire Mang Mountain City. Dealing with this trouble is precisely the responsibility of the Mang Mountain City Lord.”
“We just need to inform him about the Tentacle Monster, and everything thereafter will naturally fall under his jurisdiction.”
“If the matter is indeed resolved successfully, the City Lord Mansion will certainly not skimp on our reward. Perhaps, the number of living souls we’ll be allowed to consu will double—nothing’s for certain!”
Calm and unhurried, Green Head slowly spoke.
The others had only thought of escaping, without giving the City Lord Mansion any consideration.
After all, as ghosts under the Soul Hall, they weren’t allies of the Mang Mountain City Lord.
Though on the matter of harvesting human living souls, they had reached a tacit understanding with the other party, it didn’t an they were willing to seek help from the City Lord Mansion and get entangled with them.
At this mont, Green Head’s words clearly lit up the eyes of the other ghosts in the secret chamber.
If not necessary, they did not wish to ask for help from the City Lord Mansion, that was true. But according to Green Head’s logic, what they were doing was not asking for help but assisting the Mang Mountain City Lord.
With this framing, they felt at ease and naturally had no psychological burden.
“That’s right, the matter of the Tentacle Monster should indeed be resolved by the City Lord Mansion.”
“Several of our companions have died at the Tentacle Monster’s hands, not even remains left. We should protest this matter and demand the City Lord Mansion to give an explanation to our Soul Hall.”
“Once dawn breaks, let’s go together, directly to the City Lord Mansion!”
Looking at each other, several ghosts nodded in succession.
After Green Head’s reminder, the few in the secret chamber quickly ca to a unanimous decision.
…
Inside the mansion’s side chamber, Chen Hai had been sitting cross-legged the entire ti.
Within the rolling mists of the Void Space, the power of rit contained within the Five-Colored Stone had been completely absorbed by Chen Hai, leaving no more splendor to emanate from the stone.
The Heavenly Flower above his head, with its complete outline already ford, seed so ethereal that it barely felt real.
“Having stepped on the path of Cultivation for over a hundred years, the Golden Immortal Realm, I’ve finally succeeded!”
Chen Hai, who had kept his eyes closed the whole ti, finally opened them slowly.
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