Ghost Compendium-Chapter 355 - 342: Wu Liang’s Abnormal Condition

Run? When you know there’s no way to escape, stop clinging to unrealistic illusions!

You might as well see where this guy is planning to take you!

One man and one ghost strolled leisurely across the plains.

They walked for more than half an hour.

Zeng Hu finally saw something new in the distance—it seemed to be a rather dilapidated temple.

It stood stark and abrupt in the middle of the endless plain.

The surroundings here seemed much cleaner than the previous areas, which were intermittently littered with wreckage or various debris.

There was even a sense of tranquility, like "the wind blows the grass low and reveals cattle and sheep." If not for the pitch-black sky, this would be an absolutely beautiful scene.

Crack—

Suddenly, the strange man stopped in his tracks.

Then he sighed and said, "Alright, alright, I get it. Why don’t we let Mr. Mist take the taxi for such a far job? Isn’t the boss much better now?"

He then turned to Zeng Hu with a cheerful expression and said, "You go in by yourself. I have some matters to handle. Another troublesome person has come visiting. I need to let them know what it means to ’eliminate those who come from afar’!"

With that, he transformed into mist and vanished, as if he had never been there.

Leaving a bewildered Zeng Hu looking at the dilapidated temple nearby, somewhat at a loss.

Is this... really it? Am I just let go like this?

Brought in a daze to such a strange place, and being told to go inside myself? Is there someone else in there?

Thinking this, Zeng Hu cautiously walked up to the temple and knocked, trying to steady his voice, "Hello... is there anyone? I’m coming in."

Creak—

Pushing open the seemingly ancient temple door made it emit an irritating creak.

Zeng Hu peeked inside to take a look.

Clang— 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Perhaps due to years of neglect or having gone through some highly destructive events, as he peeked, the rickety door suddenly collapsed to the ground with a thud.

The noise made Zeng Hu shiver in fright, and he quickly apologized, "Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean to! It fell off by itself!"

At that moment, as he peeked in, he actually recognized what this place was—Human Ancestor Temple.

Thus, his tone carried a tinge of reverence.

But the Human Ancestor Temple is supposed to be at the top of the Nine Dragon Head Peak! Why is it appearing on this abrupt plain?

"This... is the Nine Dragon Head Peak."

Suddenly, a voice cold enough to come from the Arctic’s everlasting freeze came from behind him, making Zeng Hu’s entire spine stiffen in an instant.

It was so difficult for him to even turn around to see who’s behind the voice!

Click-clack—click-clack—

The other person seemed to notice he couldn’t turn around and thus walked forward by himself, emitting the click-clack sound.

Though it was just usual footsteps, at this moment, it felt like death approaching Zeng Hu. The presence behind him felt like Death itself, with each step taking away a part of his life force.

Yet in the next moment, the imagined gruesome figure did not appear.

Instead, a man, looking somewhat lean under a black cloak without a hood, brushed past him.

He slowly walked to the deepest part of the Human Ancestor Temple, picked up a plate from the altar, and took from it a pill that shimmered with a silvery white sheen.

Turning his head, he tossed the pill in front of him and said, "Eat it, and you can live on."

It was then that Zeng Hu noticed the young and handsome face of the cold-voiced man in front of him, which could even be called youthful like himself.

He couldn’t tell if it was his illusion, but this person bore a slight resemblance to that strange man earlier, though he couldn’t pinpoint exactly where.

More puzzling was the sense of familiarity he felt towards this young man, as if he’d seen him somewhere before.

"Ssss... Wait... Seen... you!" Suddenly, Zeng Hu’s tone became somewhat anxious and nervously excited as he said, "You are! You are Mr. Shadow!"

In his memory, this delicate face in the temple slowly merged with the Awakened Shadow from the Chengyang City destruction battle and the Shenhu City’s supernatural calamity battle seen on TV.

No mistake! I could never be wrong!

He is currently known as humanity’s strongest combat force; an official hero even called ’Human Guardian’ by civilians, who singlehandedly overturned the entire evil organization ’Promised Land’!

Why is he here?

Before Zeng Hu could figure this out, suddenly a resistance burst from his soul, making him instinctively reach for the dagger hidden at his waist to stab forward.

Sadly, that dagger was taken by the Puppet Ghost prior, and now, he had no weapon on him.

Yet even so, Zeng Hu activated ’Material Penetration’ to suppress his initial fear, lunging at Wu Liang.

Kill him! Kill him!

Bam—

When Zeng Hu lay confused on the cold ground, he realized he was hit in the circumstances where ’Material Penetration’ ignored physical contact, and in such a shameful manner.

Wu Liang, facing the guy he slapped down, just sat on his back holding the Immortal Pill, watching coldly.

"Eat or not eat?"

"I’ll eat!"

Feeling like his lower back was about to break, Zeng Hu finally snapped out of the state of wanting to kill Wu Liang right away a bit.

At this moment, whether to save his own life or out of trust in the official hero, he could only swallow that unknown elixir.

Once he got a definite reply, Wu Liang stood up from his back.

Before Zeng Hu could say anything more, a completely irresistible force pried open his mouth, rudely forcing the Immortal Pill inside.

"Mr. Shadow! You! Mmm..."

He instinctively tried to resist the pill with his tongue, but as soon as it entered his mouth, it turned into a strange stream and disappeared inside him.

Then the extreme power of the Immortal Pill rushed through his body, causing Zeng Hu’s eyes to turn red as he writhed in pain on the cold floor.

He felt like he was going to explode from the pain, the uncontrollable force coursing through his blood vessels, skin, bones, and even every pore; this wasn’t something he could control!

"Ah! Oohh... ah..."

By now, Zeng Hu couldn’t afford to wonder why Mr. Shadow made him swallow this substance that could very well be called poison.

All he had left was the extreme pain that dominated his thoughts.

Yet all this, orchestrated by Wu Liang,

Just stood by coldly watching, having noticed that this boy’s body was as overwhelmed as Director Long when ingesting the Immortal Pill, perhaps even worse, he still chose not to interfere.

It was as if feeding the Immortal Pill was to witness him burst apart.

This utter disregard for life was unlike the old Wu Liang; no one knew what transformation occurred in him in these seven days.

At least, the previous Wu Liang would never force such a thing onto an innocent youth.

"Boss, that’s about enough, he’s really dying." Nightmare’s voice silently reminded him in Wu Liang’s mind.

Starting from the fifth day, it noticed Wu Liang’s actions gradually turning cold, he didn’t even bother to guard against the potential threat to the nearest city when destroying the terrain.

Every City-Destroying Level Fierce Ghost that appeared was exorcised by Wu Liang in the swiftest and most ruthless manner.

Now, he was about to conduct an insanely reckless experiment, and Nightmare knew what Wu Liang was planning, thus it reminded him.

"Hmm, bring out the City-Destroying Level Fierce Ghost I had you trap in the Spiritual Dream Realm yesterday, then feed it to him, we’re about to witness the right path of the Symbiont."

"As you wish."