Chapter 96: Chapter 92: Special Treatment (Combined Chapter)_2

But this was just a drop in the bucket, as more ghosts surged in from all directions, and even the phantom of the mountain was swallowed whole by the rolling meat mountain.

Chu Xuan was besieged by a large number of wandering souls, and the defense of the Xuanming Armor was broken in almost an instant, forcing him to teleport away again.

Damnit, Six Souls Banner, come out for me!

Isn’t this your home ground?

On the other side, once the aura of life on Qingqing faded, none of the ghosts paid her any mind; they were clearly not very intelligent, acting solely on instinct.

At this moment, her urgency to save lives took precedence over concealing her capabilities. Her lips parted slightly, a stream of yellow energy surged from her chest, and with a "Ha~!" sound, it burst forth.

This sound was not loud, yet it had the power to shatter souls and seize spirits. The wandering ghost souls that were initially swarming towards Chu Xuan were mostly knocked to the ground, and the weaker ones even turned into ashes instantly.

This particular divine technique was designed to counter souls, making it a powerful weapon against ghosts. But the problem was that the number of ghosts was too vast, and they continued to pour in from all sides, leaving Qingqing feeling overwhelmed and powerless...

Chu Xuan had barely appeared in another location when a thin, bluish-black hand suddenly grasped his wrist!

The opponent seemed to already know he would appear here, and the moment the hand closed around his wrist was exactly when Chu Xuan emerged, as if he had walked straight into a trap.

Chu Xuan’s expression changed, just about to counterattack, but he immediately realized something was amiss.

The ghost before him was extremely terrifying!

It looked like a tall, human-like zombie, clad in tattered ancient armor of a military general, with unkempt, long gray-white hair and a stiff, rigid green-black face.

"Heh~" The white-haired zombie exhaled a mouthful of black mist, and from its center, an invisible breath spread outward, quickly turning everything around it gray and dead silent.

The moment it appeared, all the wandering ghost souls driven by instinct fell silent, no longer moving at all.

And both Chu Xuan and Qingqing, who were very much alive, also found themselves unable to move in this situation.

An overwhelming sense of oppression filled their hearts, and they even inexplicably felt a strange urge to return to death, to return to silence.

The sky grew darker without them knowing, heavy clouds hung low, as if it were about to rain...

Chu Xuan couldn’t help but feel despair; the strength of this zombie was terrifyingly formidable, most likely a being from the Life and Death Three Profound Realms.

This crisis came too suddenly. Could walking down the street at night really lead to such a dead end?

Qingqing’s eyes were filled with fear, her lips gently moved, but no words came out, "The Bone that Does Not Melt..."

According to legend, zombies were born from the accumulation of the world’s resentments, death energies, and ill fortunes. They were ageless, undying, indestructible, abandoned by heaven, earth, and humanity beyond the six paths of reincarnation, wandering without home or direction.

Among zombies, based on strength, they were divided into eight levels: Purple Zombie, White Zombie, Green Zombie, Furry Zombie, Flying Zombie, Wandering Zombie, Hidden Zombie, Bone that Does Not Melt.

The white-haired zombie appearing on Ghost Street seemed to be the strongest and highest-ranking Bone that Does Not Melt.

It exuded a dense aura of death, and if anything living stayed close to it for long, they would be assimilated by the power of death.

Although Chu Xuan had Protective Magical Treasure given by his master, none reacted; he attempted to channel the immortal energy within himself, to no avail; even communicating with the Six Souls Banner through his Divine Sense was futile, leaving him seemingly with the only conclusion of closing his eyes and awaiting death.

Yet, Chu Xuan strangely noticed that after grabbing him, the zombie remained motionless.

Its hollow gray eyes devoid of any spirit, Chu Xuan couldn’t fathom what it might be thinking.

Then something even more unexpected occurred: the white-haired zombie took out a black jade token, with a large "Ghost" character written on it.

It thrust the token into Chu Xuan’s hand and vanished immediately, as if it had never appeared.

Chu Xuan was dumbfounded, as was Qingqing—what did this mean??

Strangely, even though the white-haired zombie had disappeared, everything abnormal around them gradually returned to normal, but those overwhelming ghost souls and wandering spirits turned away one by one, returning Ghost Street to its bustling "traffic."

Notably, that conspicuous meat mountain ghost, upon leaving, grabbed two ghost souls and shoved them into its mouth, chewing as it went away, their screams of anguish sounding very creepy.

Qingqing carefully avoided the "crowds" coming and going, and returned to Chu Xuan’s side.

Chu Xuan also snapped out of his stupor, and although he couldn’t make sense of it, he clutched the ghost token tightly in his hand and decided to leave with Qingqing first.

"What was that all about, do you know that Bone that Does Not Melt?"

Qingqing grabbed Chu Xuan’s sleeve, feeling both the relief of surviving a disaster and confusion at the unexplained event.

Chu Xuan shook his head, "I don’t know them at all."

But in his heart, he thought: the other party might know me...

Still, Chu Xuan couldn’t understand; his current appearance should have some difference from the Celestial Evil Period.

Otherwise, if he dared walk around with this face, he wouldn’t even know how he’d end up dead.

Was he recognized in some other way?

Or am I overthinking it, and that zombie doesn’t know me at all, only helping for other reasons?

Chu Xuan glanced at the token in his hand; as soon as he obtained this token, it emitted an invisible ghostly aura enveloping him, which was the reason ghosts in the street didn’t attack him, not because the zombie gave an order.

"Do you know where this place is?" Chu Xuan remembered that earlier, Qingqing had shouted the words "Ghost Street."