"Mmm, another world without ghosts. This is just... too wonderful!"
Miko Yotsuya carefully examined every corner of the room. Seeing the clean, tidy space without a trace of black mist, a look of satisfaction appeared on her face.
Ever since joining this chat group, she felt that a beautiful life was gradually approaching her.
From the beginning, where she could only face those terrifying monsters alone and helpless, to now, where she would kill weak monsters on sight—and even felt uncomfortable if she didn't kill one or two a day—she had grown more than just a little.
However, currently, she could only bully some weak monsters, like the little old men or the few monsters that appeared in her house. Against high-level entities, she still wasn't up to par. For example, the one that used Yurikawa Hana as a barbecue grill, the Hanging Ghost, or the Fox Spirits; she couldn't beat any of them.
But, the enchanted books sold in the group store were an exception. Although they weren't cheap, as long as she could save enough points to buy a "Smite" book, and then borrow a wooden sword from Lin Tian to enchant, she would be invincible!
'Fox Spirit, you saved me three times, so I am returning the gift. This is basic etiquette.'
'What? The gift I brought isn't up to standard? Hmph! Giving you face and you don't take it, huh! Letting you save me was an investment in the future. Since you don't appreciate it, then take my sword! If you survive it, I'll give you the gift!'
But anyway... although she had completely gotten used to dealing with those monsters every day, living in such a peaceful world where she couldn't see any monsters was still very nice.
"No ghosts? Are you talking about this?"
Hearing Miko Yotsuya muttering to herself, Liu Yueyan had approached her at some point and snapped her small fingers.
A spirit body appeared before Miko Yotsuya's eyes. It wore a blood-red wedding dress, floated in mid-air, had a red veil covering its head, and wore embroidered shoes on its feet. Blood dripped from those pale ankles down the tips of the shoes to the ground, creating a rhythmic drip-drop sound.
With the appearance of this figure, the temperature in the entire room dropped by dozens of degrees, making people shiver from the cold.
This was the first bizarre entity Liu Yueyan had contracted, named the Ghost Bride.
Although they were old acquaintances, it was undeniable that the Ghost Bride's power was extremely high. The one Liu Yueyan contracted could no longer be judged by common logic because she had even swallowed the current strongest S-class bizarre entity.
To catch this entity, the authorities had deployed everyone from the Spiritual Affairs Bureau. The high-level personnel were all equipped with enchanted iron swords as a baseline, the mid-level staff were fully equipped with stone swords, and the lower-level staff had to make do with wooden swords for self-defense.
However, that was enough. After all, they didn't need to besiege the Ghost Bride; they only needed to contain the other entities on the periphery.
As for the battle itself...
Seeing the Ghost Bride appear in front of her, Miko Yotsuya looked completely indifferent.
'Eh? Miko really isn't afraid anymore? Miko? Miko?'
Seeing Miko Yotsuya's calm face, Liu Yueyan was unsure of the details. Miko Yotsuya had always appeared calm in the original plot, but now her strength had increased, and she was even actively chasing down monsters to kill!
So, Liu Yueyan thought Miko had already overcome this physiological fear.
"Eh? She fainted?"
Liu Yueyan had the Ghost Bride move aside and carefully examined Miko Yotsuya, only to see that her eyes had lost focus; she had clearly fainted.
As Liu Yueyan got closer, Miko Yotsuya's body gradually went limp. Seeing this, Liu Yueyan hurriedly grabbed her waist to prevent her from falling to the floor.
"Sigh, looks like her cultivation isn't deep enough. Scared into fainting just like that."
Looking at Miko Yotsuya, whose eyes had rolled back as she fainted gracefully into her arms, Liu Yueyan felt helpless. She really didn't do it on purpose. Who knew that Miko, who had withstood those big scenes, would faint just like this?
"Is she that scary? She clearly looks quite pretty."
Liu Yueyan placed Miko Yotsuya on the bed and looked at her indignantly. Her Ghost Bride was obviously very beautiful; she just had a slightly strong intimidation factor, that was all. Was she really that terrifying?
The events here were witnessed by the others as well. Everyone looked at the figure of the Ghost Bride with great interest. This was the first time they had seen a bizarre entity from this world.
Although it looked similar to a human figure, the gradually cooling environment and that soul-gripping sense of oppression proved this entity was extraordinary.
"This is a bizarre entity? It looks different from the ones we encountered during the mission back then."
Lumine examined the Ghost Bride's appearance. The entities they killed during the Blood Moon event felt more like zombies. After all, those things only had physical strength and recovery abilities superior to ordinary people, but basically possessed no special abilities.
If there were any, only the top-tier entities possessed them. The lower-tier entities relied entirely on physical strength and couldn't even perform basic illusion manipulation.
Unlike this world. Although ghosts here didn't have much physical strength, they were incredibly skilled at hypnosis and illusions.
If they had encountered this kind of enemy back then, without mental resistance and attack capabilities, they would have likely been fish on the chopping block.
"Wow..."
Suddenly, squatting down, Lumine saw the face beneath the veil. That level of beauty was no longer comparable to mortals. Like an angel descending? Like the Goddess of the Moon? Like a fairy coming to earth?
No! Far inferior!
Just as Lumine was carefully examining the Ghost Bride's face, the Ghost Bride, who had been staring blankly ahead, suddenly rolled her eyes and looked at her.
Seeing those eyes, Lumine froze on the spot. What kind of eyes were those? Lifeless, hollow, despairing, angry, murderous, resentful. All kinds of despairing emotions wove together until, finally, only two bloody holes remained in those eyes, with gurgling blood flowing down the sockets.
"Wake up! Lumine! Don't look!"
Just as Lumine was captivated, a sharp shout suddenly rang out, waking her up.
Lumine blinked, looking at the ceiling in front of her, slightly dazed.
'Eh? Why am I lying on the bed? Wasn't I just squatting on the ground peeking at the Ghost Bride's face?'
"Lumine, did you just peek at Ah Yue's face?"
The chat group members gathered around the bed, looking at Lumine lying there with some concern.
At this moment, Liu Yueyan asked with a serious expression.
"Saw her face?"
Hearing Liu Yueyan's words, the other girls were a bit confused. Would seeing the Ghost Bride's face cause one to fall into an illusion? And who was Ah Yue? The Ghost Bride's name?
"That's right. I haven't mentioned Ah Yue to you before, so you might not know. She is the most powerful bizarre entity that has appeared in the world today. Leaving the future aside, in the present, she has no rival globally."
As soon as Liu Yueyan finished speaking, she saw everyone looking at her with expressions that said, "I believe you!"
"Hey! What do you mean! I'm telling the truth! Ah Yue especially hates people looking at her face. It's only because she's tamed by me now that Lumine merely fell into a painless illusion. Otherwise, just from that moment, to put it bluntly, Lumine might have already died."
Seeing Liu Yueyan's serious expression, everyone finally began to size up the Ghost Bride seriously. Liu Yueyan wouldn't be unaware of Lumine's strength, yet she said Lumine might not have lasted a single round. In that case, the Ghost Bride's power really needed to be re-evaluated.
"Is this thing really that strong?"
Lin Tian suddenly leaned close to the Ghost Bride and, out of curiosity, ducked his head under her veil.