Ghost Catching System

He circulated his Mana Points. The Night Demon Blade struck—a flash of white blade aura—and directly sliced the Ghost Tongue Lizard in half.

"Ding... Half-demon Ghost Tongue Lizard slain, 50,000 Experience Points gained."

Only fifty thousand Experience Points. Such a huge Ghost Tongue Lizard was merely a half-demon, but there were quite a few of them. Chu Hao could make a small profit from this.

Su Muyue landed on the ground. She was just about to thank him.

Chu Hao had no time for her. He thrust the Night Demon Blade into the ground and thought, System, purchase the Illusion Curse Array.

"Ding... Host has purchased the Illusion Curse Array, spending 3,000 Pretentiousness Points."

Item: Illusion Curse Array

Rarity: ★★

Ability: Causes hallucinations in surrounding lower-level creatures (Unique Item)

A piece of carapace, resembling a turtle shell, appeared in Chu Hao’s hands. It was marked with Inscriptions and Curse Marks. He formed a hand seal and chanted, "Supreme Star Platform, act without delay! Wisdom clear and clean, quiet the chaotic spirits! May the three souls stay eternal, and the spirit never fall!"

The turtle shell floated in mid-air, emitting a palpable fluctuation. Ripples of Inscriptions spread out like a projection, illuminating the entire cavern’s stone walls.

Many people witnessed this scene and all stopped in their tracks, staring at Chu Hao.

Then, ancient Inscriptions appeared beneath Chu Hao’s feet—golden Inscriptions, majestic and grand, continuously emitting powerful ripples.

Suddenly, a Ghost Tongue Lizard charging at him turned its head, its gaping maw biting into another Ghost Tongue Lizard beside it, ripping it in half.

Another, as large as a crocodile, spat out its lethal tongue, piercing through the eye of another equally huge Ghost Tongue Lizard.

Were these Ghost Tongue Lizards starting to slaughter each other?

"Ding... Half-demon Ghost Tongue Lizard slain, 50,000 Experience Points gained."

"Ding... Half-demon Ghost Tongue Lizard slain, 50,000 Experience Points gained."

"Ding... Ghost Tongue Lizard slain, 10,000 Experience Points gained."

"Ding... Ghost Tongue Lizard slain, dropped item, which has been added to the inventory."

A cold smirk curled up on Chu Hao’s lips as he said indifferently, "Little lizards, how dare you act so brazenly before this Taoist Master!"

"Ding... Host has shocked everyone with pretentiousness, gaining 1,400 Pretentiousness Points."

Impressive! Everyone was dumbstruck. These Ghost Tongue Lizards were fighting each other to the death, even more fiercely than before. The larger ones were the most terrifying, their sharp tongues endlessly penetrating the smaller Ghost Tongue Lizards.

After a while, most of the Ghost Tongue Lizards were dead.

Only then did Chu Hao pull Su Muyue up and say, "Let’s go."

Su Muyue was still in a daze and asked, "Where to?"

Chu Hao said, "Just follow me."

Su Muyue’s face flushed. She felt Chu Hao’s dominance, which stirred waves in her heart and gave her a strong sense of security.

She found it incredible, feeling such a sense of security from a boy several years younger than herself.

Meanwhile, for Su Changyu and the others, the immediate danger had passed. Their expressions relaxed considerably, though they were still immensely shocked. They had heard of Chu Hao’s prowess: he had defeated Jiang Yuran and possessed martial arts Inner Strength. However, they hadn’t expected him to handle these monsters with such ease. His versatility was simply overwhelming.

Zuo Lingyun saw Chu Hao leaving with Su Muyue, and his expression grew even uglier.

Just moments ago, when they were in danger, Su Muyue was almost eaten by the Ghost Tongue Lizards. He had been too cowardly, thinking only of his own escape. Now, Su Muyue must surely have a very poor opinion of him.

"Damn it."

Zuo Lingyun’s fist hammered hard against the stone wall. His hatred for Chu Hao intensified, and with it, a deep wariness.

After this attack, the team had lost four members, and Zuo Mu’s abdomen had been pierced, leaving him seriously injured.

Everyone followed Chu Hao deep into the cavern and discovered what seemed like a hidden grotto.

Across from them was a river, ten meters wide. On the opposite bank, there was a dug-out tunnel entrance.

"A tunnel?"

Little Ying exclaimed, "There’s a body by the river!"

Indeed, there was a corpse by the riverbank. Zuo Baoshan went to check and frowned, "It’s one of the He Family’s men, killed in an attack by Ghost Tongue Lizards."

Someone cried out in alarm, "The He Family also came to this cave?"

Chu Hao said indifferently, "Let’s go."

Someone still foolishly asked, "Where to!"

Su Muyue explained, "It’s very likely that other people went through this tunnel. Perhaps it leads somewhere important."

Zuo Lingyun took out a Feng Shui compass and said in surprise, "This place is an Earth Dragon Cave in geomancy! It’s highly possible we can reach the interior of King Chu’s Tomb from here."

Su Changyu said excitedly, "Thank you, Young Friend Chu! Without you, we probably would have missed this tunnel."

Chu Hao glanced sideways at Su Changyu. I’m no fool. This old geezer probably thinks he’s so clever, allying with the Zuo Family to enter the ancient tomb, even bringing along the Zuo Family, who are experts at tomb raiding. Isn’t it all because he believes I can open King Chu’s Tomb? Using Brother Hao as a pawn... Su Changyu, you’ve really calculated this well. Just wait until we reach our destination; I’ll show you how I deal with you then.

Currently, it was still unknown how many people were heading to the ancient tomb. Even foreigners had appeared.

After burying their fallen comrades, everyone prepared to set out, knowing the path ahead would be arduous but still resolved to press on.

Along the way, they found traces of many people having passed. Zuo Lingyun and his uncle Zuo Baoshan led the way. The tunnel was indeed very long. After walking for almost an hour, Su Changyu, being old, truly couldn’t walk any further. Only then did Zuo Baoshan allow everyone to rest.

"I’m getting old... alas..." Su Changyu sighed.

Little Ying was thirsty and drank some water. Everyone was exhausted from traveling all day.

Suddenly, Little Ying felt something drip onto her face. She didn’t pay much attention at first, assuming it was just water from the cavern walls. But then, the dripping grew more frequent. She found it odd. Wiping her face with her hand, she realized—it wasn’t water at all. It was entirely blood!

Little Ying screamed. Shining her flashlight upward, she was immediately stunned.

"AH!"

The group was startled and quickly went on alert, shining their flashlights toward the top of the cavern walls. There, they found bodies—about six corpses—hung up high.

"This... so many corpses?" someone cried out in shock.

Upon closer inspection, there were seven corpses in total, all quite dead. Zuo Lingyun leaped up and pulled down one of the hanging bodies.

Zuo Lingyun frowned, "Their throats were slit, causing them to bleed to death. It’s the same for the others. But why are they all hung up there?"

Zuo Baoshan spoke gravely, "They weren’t hung by someone; they triggered a trap."

A trap! The group was instantly alarmed.

Around each victim’s neck was an extremely thin wire that had strangled them, suspending them. The wire was so fine that it had sliced a large gash into their throats.

Zuo Baoshan examined the wire and said, "Someone deliberately set this trap. This kind of wire is known on the market as ’glass line,’ made using high technology. It can do more than just hang a person; it could pull up a car. Once caught, it instantly cuts the throat."

Su Changyu nodded and said, "The fighting up ahead is more terrifying than we imagined. People have started killing each other before even reaching the ancient tomb, probably afraid of too many competitors once inside."

Chu Hao’s eyes widened. That glass line is terrifying! Especially in the dark. Whoever’s unlucky enough to trigger the mechanism gets strangled and their throat sliced open instantly. And what if the people ahead planted bombs on the ground? Damn it all, this is way too dangerous!