Outside Chen Hai's mansion, there is an underground secret room in an abandoned house.
Four or five ghosts huddled in the corner, not daring to breathe out. Their bodies were obviously trembling.
"That tentacle monster outside is so scary. He eats people. No, he eats ghosts."
"Before, Hong Silk and I teamed up for an operation. Right under my nose, I watched Hong Silk being eaten clean by the tentacle monster, skin and bones. Fortunately, my breathing skills are good, and I hid well enough.
"Before coming to Mangshan City, I specifically asked several seniors in our Soul Hall who had gone to Mangshan City to harvest souls. Those guys received a lot of gifts from me, but they didn't even mention it to me.
They deceived me so much about the tentacle monster in Mangshan City. When I go back, I must tell ***father and ask him to get justice for me!"
"Qing Yi, you're being fair. I'm afraid it will be difficult for your godfather to help you get it back. According to my guess, the tentacle monster probably only came to Mangshan City in the past two years. Otherwise, the news that he was lurking here would have been released earlier.
It has been known to our Soul Hall."
"Then what should we do? That monster is obviously hunting our ghost clan. Except for a few of us, all our companions have probably died in the hands of that monster!"
"What else can we do? For now, let's wait until dawn. Maybe, like us, the tentacle monster hates sunlight and only likes to be active at night!"
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Several ghosts said something to each other, discussing in low voices.
Thinking of the ferocious appearance of the monster covered with tentacles, their bodies were shaking non-stop while talking.
Especially the female ghost named Qing Yi who seemed a bit innocent and romantic. When she mentioned the tentacle monster, she was so frightened that the ground was wet.
"Mangshan City is too dangerous. I don't dare to stay here anymore. After daybreak, I will go directly back to our Soul Hall station!"
Hearing that they had to wait until dawn, several ghosts were silent for a while, and one of the dog-headed ghosts was the first to speak.
"Yes, I'm also going to go back directly!"
"The Soul Hall has given us a few thousand quotas. This little amount of souls is just enough to fill our teeth. If we want to use this to further step into the Golden Immortal, the chance of success is really slim."
"With that tentacle monster around, if we continue to stay here, the human souls haven't been devoured much yet, maybe we ourselves have been killed by the monster first!"
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Immediately after the dog-headed ghost, two more ghosts spoke and echoed.
When they were wreaking havoc here and harvesting the lives of those human beings, they all screamed with excitement.
But now, because of the tentacle monster wandering around, devouring their companions with their skin and bones, the ghosts in the underground secret room were really frightened.
After all, they are not the kind of brainless beings who simply rely on instinct. As ghosts, their minds are almost the same as those of the human race.
Facing the ferocious and terrifying tentacle monsters that seem to feed on their ghost family, they will also be afraid, and they will also be afraid...
"Guys, it took us seven days to come to Mangshan City from the Soul Hall. Even if we set off immediately after dawn, how long do you think it will take for us to return to the Soul Hall?"
"When we are hunting those humans, and we encounter targets that we are interested in, will you allow them to escape?"
"The tentacle monster obviously regards our ghost family as a delicacy. If we escape, the monster will probably chase us all the way out of the city."
"When we get to the wilderness, if we are caught up by that monster, we will have no way of escaping and it will be a dead end!"
"In my opinion, it is simply unrealistic for the few of us who have been targeted by the tentacle monster to leave Mangshan City and escape to the Soul Hall station!"
The ghost who spoke at this moment had only a piece of green on his head.
Other than that, his appearance doesn't seem to be much different from that of ordinary humans.
He obviously had some objections to the dog-headed ghost's suggestion.
After thinking about it for a moment, the words he said made sense. As soon as he finished speaking, his two companions immediately spoke in agreement.
"Lutou, what do you mean by this?"
"If we can't escape from the city and return to our Soul Hall headquarters, is it possible that we will stay here and wait for death?" It was the dog-headed ghost who spoke.
When his suggestions were rejected by others, he was naturally dissatisfied and looked very unhappy.
"Golden Retriever, you obviously misunderstood me!"
"I just said that it wouldn't be appropriate for us to flee outside the city, but I didn't say that we would stay here and wait to die!"
With a calm smile on his face, the green head paused slightly and continued: "Although the tentacle monster is strong, there is a city lord's palace in Mangshan City!"
"Don't forget, although the Lord of Mangshan City is not from our Soul Hall, he is still from our underworld."
"The existence of the tentacle monster is a stabilizing factor for the entire Mangshan City. It is the responsibility of the Lord of Mangshan City to solve this problem."
"As long as the few of us tell him about the tentacle monster, he will naturally make the decision for the next thing."
"If the matter can be solved successfully, the reward for us from the City Lord's Mansion will definitely be huge. Perhaps, the number of souls we can devour will be doubled because of this, but I don't know for sure!"
Unhurriedly, the green head slowly opened his mouth.
The other people only thought about escaping and didn't even think about the city lord's mansion.
After all, these ghosts belong to the Soul Hall and are not from the same sect as the Lord of Mangshan City.
Although their Soul Hall has reached a tacit agreement with each other on the matter of harvesting human souls, this does not mean that they are willing to seek help from the City Lord's Mansion and get involved with them.
At this moment, Lu Tou's words clearly made the eyes of the other ghosts in the secret room shine.
It is indeed true that they are unwilling to seek help from the City Lord's Mansion if it is not necessary, but according to Lutou's logic, this is not called asking for help, but rather helping the Lord of Mangshan City.
In this way, they feel at ease and naturally won't have any psychological burden.
"Yes, the tentacle monster issue should indeed be resolved by the City Lord's Mansion."
"Several of our companions, not even the scum left, died in the hands of that tentacle monster. We should protest about this matter and ask the City Lord's Mansion to give us an explanation from the Soul Hall."
"After daybreak, let's all go directly to the city lord's mansion together!"
Looking at each other, several ghosts nodded repeatedly.
After Lu Tou's reminder, the guys in the secret room quickly made their decisions together.
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In the wing of the mansion, Chen Hai has been sitting cross-legged.
In the billowing white mist of the void space, all the power of merit contained in the five-color stones had been swallowed up by Chen Hai, and no more brilliance could be seen blooming from the stones.
The complete outline of the sky flower above his head has already been condensed, but this thing is so illusory that it feels very unreal.
"After more than a hundred years of practice, I finally successfully entered the realm of the Golden Immortal!"
Chen Hai's eyes, which had been tightly closed, finally slowly opened.