Nine Serenity Venerable no longer acted tough this time.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he simply didn't even have the strength to speak.

At this moment, he only felt that he had lost all sensation.

Only the pungent, sweet, rotten smell of corpses remained in his nostrils!

All he could do was close his eyes, lest his mind be seized by ghosts.

At the same time, he continuously chanted various exorcism incantations in his heart, silently waiting for both sides to leave...

He didn't know how much time had passed.

It seemed that the incantation truly worked.

The sound of suona and gongs and drums gradually faded away.

The mixed, sweet, rotten smell of corpses in the air also disappeared.

Nine Serenity Venerable's lips couldn't help but curl up, and he thought to himself:

'Fortunately, this old man is experienced; even encountering such an ominous phenomenon, I can remain safe...'

With that thought, he slowly opened his eyelids.

But he didn't expect,

The 8 white ghosts carrying the coffin and the 8 red ghosts carrying the sedan chair had formed a circle, surrounding him, and were all staring at him with an extremely eerie smile!

It was exactly like a playful look at prey!

They hadn't left at all...

The disappearing sound was an Illusion Realm, and the disappearing smell was also an Illusion Realm!

It was all an act...

It was all an act!

It was all to trick him into opening his eyes!

Nine Serenity Venerable's scalp immediately tingled, and his legs trembled.

He wanted to close his eyes again, but it was too late.

With a "swish," the red and white teams merged.

Nine Serenity Venerable was shoved into the black coffin, unable to move an inch.

He knew what awaited him—

Once these little ghosts carried the coffin into the water, he would become a scapegoat!

"No... no!!!"

Nine Serenity Venerable frantically clawed at the black coffin, his nails breaking and bleeding continuously.

Inside the black coffin, his sanity value plummeted at a terrifying rate of 5 points per second!

At this moment, water had already begun to enter the coffin.

"Items... there are still items!!!"

Not long ago, the game items he had regarded as toys now became his only reliance.

He frantically pulled out a Level 3 Exorcism Incense and lit it with a match.

The second before the water submerged his head,

He painstakingly held the Exorcism Incense high above his head, extending it out of the water...

...

"Hoo...!!!"

Nine Serenity Venerable suddenly opened his eyes, gasping for air.

The moment the water submerged his head just now, he truly felt a sense of impending death.

At this moment, the surroundings were pitch black, he couldn't see his hand in front of his face.

But compared to the eerie, confined black coffin from before, it was infinitely better.

Nine Serenity Venerable's sanity value, in just a few short seconds during the collision of red and white ominousness, had actually dropped to 53 points.

He was very eager to find light.

Because the various negative effects brought by low sanity were simply too tormenting.

Just then,

The lights suddenly came on.

Two bright red lanterns, carved with the character "囍" (double happiness), appeared exceptionally eerie in this dark atmosphere.

Nine Serenity Venerable was greatly alarmed, immediately feeling that something was wrong.

Turning his head to the side, he indeed saw a ghost bride with a pale, purplish face and a red veil.

"!!"

Nine Serenity Venerable gasped, instinctively wanting to run.

But he couldn't move an inch!

Behind him, two huge, stiff-faced ghost men held him down tightly.

At this moment, Nine Serenity Venerable finally realized—

He was wearing a black garment, he didn't know if it was a wedding dress or mourning clothes!

Two words exploded in his mind—

Ghost Marriage!

"Time's up!"

From the confined, dark passage, a chilling shout echoed.

The two ghost men behind Nine Serenity Venerable pushed him forward a few steps.

"First bow to Heaven and Earth!"

Nine Serenity Venerable didn't want to bow, stubbornly resisting and trying to pull out items with both hands.

How could the two ghost men allow him to move freely?

They directly pressed his head down, forcefully pushing it forward into the quiet darkness.

"Second bow to the Ancestors!"

The same operation followed.

"Husband and wife bow to each other!"

The ghost men gripped Nine Serenity Venerable's neck, forcibly turning his head, making him stand face to face with the lifeless bride.

Nine Serenity Venerable understood in his heart,

Once this step was completed, his Life Qi would also come to an end!

He couldn't!

He couldn't bow!

Extreme panic caused him to fail repeatedly even when trying to draw items.

Just a second before the ghost men were about to press his neck down, making him bow to his partner,

Nine Serenity Venerable finally lit the second stick of Exorcism Incense!

Under the effect of the Exorcism Incense, both ghost men lost their vision and covered their eyes.

"Get out! All of you, get out!!!"

Nine Serenity Venerable hysterically waved the Exorcism Incense in his hand, even though the action was harmless.

His eyes were red, and his legs trembled.

Exorcism Incense only makes ghosts lose their vision, temporarily allowing one to escape eerie events;

But ghosts are not harmed.

Seeing that the ghost marriage was only one step away from completion, the ghost men and ghost bride frantically searched for Nine Serenity Venerable's whereabouts in the ancestral hall.

There was no retreat.

Watching the Exorcism Incense in his hand about to burn out.

Nine Serenity Venerable, filled with terror, turned and walked into the pitch-black, gloomy passage.

"Haha... Hahahaha..."

"This old man isn't dead... This old man is still alive!!!"

"This old man isn't afraid! This «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» old man isn't afraid at all!!"

"A mere Illusion Realm, nothing more... nothing more!"

"Why aren't you speaking... Where are the people? Where are the people!?!"

In the long passage, Nine Serenity Venerable somewhat crazily shouted into the darkness.

Because...

The netizens' bullet comments were gone!

He didn't even know when they disappeared...

Bullet comments were his only connection to the real world.

Even if nine out of ten were mocking him, they still gave him some peace of mind.

Little did he know,

At this moment, in the live broadcast room, bullet comments were discussing this scene heatedly.

【The old man is so miserable... Doesn't he know that if your sanity value drops below 30, you can't see bullet comments?】

【30 sanity value... Even a solitary ghost should be starting to hunt, right?】

【Fellow Daoists, prepare to offer incense to Nine Serenity Immortal Master!】

【Rest in peace!!!】

【Red and white ominousness followed by a ghost marriage, it's hard to imagine Old Devil Lu is human.】

【Is there a possibility that there are even more terrifying evil beings later?】

【Speaking of which... these are all eerie events, but the actual "ghost" hasn't appeared yet...】

【Oh right, what did he bow to when he bowed to Heaven and Earth just now?】

...

Nine Serenity Venerable stumbled through this gloomy passage for an unknown amount of time, finally discovering a glimmer of light ahead.

In extreme fear, only light could bring him peace of mind.

He frantically, desperately squeezed himself out of the tunnel.

However, what came into view was a Buddha statue.

A black Ghost Buddha.

In the live broadcast room's view, this Ghost Buddha was only two meters tall, no different from an ordinary Buddha statue.

But in Nine Serenity Venerable's eyes,

That Ghost Buddha was supreme and majestic, its immense oppressive presence almost made him unable to breathe!

Under the hollow eyelids of that evil Buddha, scarlet eyes suddenly appeared, and its mouth stretched into an eerie smile.

The next moment—

Before Nine Serenity Venerable's eyes, a thousand terrifying scenes of himself being tormented to a tragic death by the Ghost Buddha appeared!

Blood, flesh, screams...

Countless terrifying illusions flashed before his eyes one after another.

Finally,

He saw himself, trembling, kneeling before the Ghost Buddha, as humble as an ant.

At this moment, Nine Serenity Venerable finally knew why the two ghost men had pressed him to worship in this direction earlier...

Bowing to Heaven and Earth?

This Ghost Buddha was the Heaven and Earth here!

It,

Was the true evil being he was looking for!

Just as Nine Serenity Venerable's brain almost crashed,

A faint, ethereal, and utterly evil voice emanated from the Ghost Buddha's mouth:

"Since you have seen the future..."

"Why do you not bow?"