The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 89 Zombies Fighting Ghosts
It's quiet at night.

The only lights in the house were the small table lamp in the living room and the bedside lamp in the bedroom.

In the bedroom, Wang Baoling was lying on the bed. Although her eyes were closed, it was obvious that her eyeballs were constantly moving under her eyelids.

This is a sign of very restless sleep.

She hadn't slept well for several days. With He Anping and "Master" Li Zhen both at her home, she felt much more secure and fell asleep while sitting.

He Anping carried Wang Baoling to bed and found a thin quilt to cover her.

The doors and windows of the room have been sealed.

Although there was no wind blowing in, it was still a bit cold at night.

After touching Wang Baoling's face, He Anping yawned and came to the living room.

"Master, when will that ghost come?"

"Don't you believe in ghosts?" Li Zhen, who was carving a puppet under the lamp, asked without turning his head.

The vampire zombie sat stiffly beside Li Zhen.

The yin energy was heavier at night, and the zombie became more violent, shaking constantly on the chair.

If He Anping hadn't seen it moving, he would have thought it was dead.

But it was also very strange that a living person sat stiffly for such a long time, without making any sound or movement.

He Anping couldn't help but look at the vampire zombie a few more times, completely unaware that the other party's shaking was actually due to its desire for his blood.

Walking to a recliner, He Anping sighed, "It's not that I don't believe it, but after living for so many years, it's a bit hard to accept that someone suddenly told me that my girlfriend has encountered a ghost."

"To be honest, Master, please don't be angry. When I encounter this kind of situation, my first reaction is that the Master wants to cheat me out of money."

"Baoling's complexion is getting worse. I certainly hope that Baoling will go to the hospital for treatment first. If there is any problem that cannot be cured, then we can consult a mage."

"It's human nature." Li Zhen's impression of this guy changed a little.

"Master, don't worry. I won't affect your actions."

He Anping found himself a thick winter coat to use as a quilt when sleeping, and also found two thin blankets for Li Zhen.

"Master, if you are tired, just lie down on the sofa for a while. If that friend is tired, please find a place to rest by yourself."

He had worked a full day and was a little tired, so he lay down on the recliner and fell asleep quickly.

He Anping didn't know how long he had slept, but he was suddenly awakened by the crisp sound of something falling to the ground.

There was an unpleasant creaking sound from the recliner.

He Anping stood up and looked to his left, and found that a small metal ornament that was originally hanging on the wall had fallen to the ground.

He moved his eyes, but did not see any trace of Li Zhen and the vampire zombie.

"Mage? Mage, are you in the bathroom?"

After shouting a few words in a low voice, He Anping came to the toilet, but saw that there was no one inside.

After checking behind the door, He Anping still didn't see Li Zhen, which made him feel very strange.

Didn't we agree to wait for the ghost to come? Why did the wizard disappear first?

Rubbing his eyes, He Anping, feeling a little uneasy, checked the doors and windows and saw that they were all closed tightly.

Pushing open Wang Baoling's door, he checked on Wang Baoling again and found that Wang Baoling was still sleeping uneasily as before.

"If you look this good, you must have seen a ghost..."

He Anping covered the thin blanket that Wang Baoling had kicked away.

Suddenly, he heard a strange sound coming from outside the door.

Listen carefully.

Like someone whistling outside the door.

The sound was not sharp, but very penetrating. Despite so many obstacles, it still reached He Anping's ears.

He Anping walked out of the room quietly.

The whistle faded away.

There was a rhythmic "tapping" sound outside the door, like the sound of hard leather shoes stepping on the corridor.

The sound was getting louder and louder, indicating that the owner of the leather shoes was approaching.

The lights in the corridor of the building came on.

From He Anping's perspective, he could see a shadow as long as a person's shoulder width through the crack under the door.

He Anping imagined the scene outside the door in his mind - the visitor was standing quietly outside the door, and the light in the corridor shone on the visitor's back, creating a shadow under the crack of the door.

Could this be the wizard?

Looking at the motionless shadow at the crack of the door, He Anping felt a chill in his heart.

If it was that wizard, then why was he standing outside the door?

If not a mage, then who is this person?

Thinking of what Wang Baoling said, He Anping felt even more uneasy.

He wanted to ask "Is he a wizard?" to give himself courage, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't say anything.

As long as I don't open the door or make any noise, maybe the guy outside will leave on his own...

As this thought flashed through his mind, He Anping immediately saw something even more bizarre.

The lock on the door actually started to turn little by little by itself without anyone opening it.

He Anping's heart gradually rose to his throat with the slight knocking sound coming from the door lock.

Just as the door was about to be opened, He Anping grabbed a glass and slipped behind the curtains.

After a slight sound of the door opening, the door of the house was slowly pushed open.

A man stood outside the door against the light.

He Anping stuck his head out to observe the situation and saw the man outside the door. His breathing became more and more rapid.

This is not that wizard!
The man lifted his legs and walked into the living room.

He Anping finally saw the man's face clearly.

The man looked to be in his thirties, with a tall figure and wearing a fitted black windbreaker. He had a strong facial contour, regular features, and sharp eyes. At first glance, he gave people a sense of elegance.

But there was an evil aura in this man's eyes and temperament that made people afraid.

This doesn't seem to be a ghost...

He Anping subconsciously looked at the man's feet and found that he had a shadow, and he felt a little relieved.

The man glanced around the living room and walked straight to Wang Baoling's bedroom.

When he was about to pass the curtain, the man suddenly stopped and looked at He Anping who was about to pounce.

"Is it fun hiding there?"

When the man looked at him, He Anping's heart skipped a beat.

Knowing he couldn't hide it from the other party, he immediately rushed out and smashed the cup on the man's head.

Regardless of whether it was a ghost or not, anyone who broke into someone else's house in the middle of the night was definitely not a good person, so he did not hold back at all.

The man turned his head to avoid the flying cup and roared at He Anping.

In the dim light, the man's face turned blue, his eyes turned into a cloudy orange, and his pupils became vertical like those of a wild beast.

Even after seeing such a horrifying scene, He Anping, whose legs were shaking with fear, still gritted his teeth and pounced on it.

The man stretched out his right hand, easily grabbed the neck of He Anping who was rushing towards him, and threw He Anping out.

He Anping first hit the wall and then fell to the ground. In great pain all over his body, he struggled for a few times before finally getting up with difficulty.

Without even looking at He Anping, the man walked into Wang Baoling's room and turned on the light in the room.

Wang Baoling was awakened by the light and saw a man with an evil face as soon as she opened her eyes. She was scared to death and subconsciously pulled the quilt to shrink into the corner.

"Shi Zhongjie?! What...what are you going to do?"

"What did you say I was going to do?"

"Why are you looking for me? Why don't you go find someone else!"

"You were greedy for a small advantage and used my contact lenses, which left my mark on you. You can only blame yourself for being greedy. I'm curious, why didn't you take the usual route home from get off work tonight? I waited so long for you and you didn't see me."

Watching Shi Zhongjie approaching little by little, Wang Baoling looked desperate: "I've asked a magician to deal with you! Don't go too far!"

Shi Zhongjie smiled. "Oh? A wizard? Call out the wizard you invited. I haven't seen a wizard in many, many years."

A strange light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

Wang Baoling's expression gradually became confused as she looked at him.

"Baoling...Baoling..."

He Anping endured the severe pain and rushed into the bedroom using his hands and feet.

Before he could see what was happening inside, he bumped into a dark shadow that appeared out of nowhere.

The black shadow's body was as hard as wood, and it hit He Anping so hard that he felt dizzy.

The strong smell of blood penetrated He Anping's brain directly from his nasal cavity, making him dizzy.

He looked up and saw from under his hat a pair of sharp fangs that were more terrifying than the teeth of a wild beast, and a rotten face next to the fangs.

"Ghost... ghost..."

Seeing that Shi Zhongjie didn't say anything, He Anping screamed in fear.

When He Anping rushed into the room, Shi Zhongjie didn't notice anything wrong.

But after He Anping bumped into something, he finally realized that the situation seemed to be beyond his expectations.

The light in his eyes quickly dissipated, and Shi Zhongjie lowered his head to look below him.

A shadow extended from behind to his heels and quickly covered his body. Even as a mysterious being, Shi Zhongjie felt an inexplicable pressure at this moment.

He turned around suddenly and pounced towards the dark shadow fiercely.

With his hands through the curtain under his hat, Shi Zhongjie, with a ferocious expression, grabbed the other person's neck.

Anyone who is strangled by him will be at his mercy.

But this time he miscalculated.

The "person" was not knocked down by him as he expected, but stood there without moving at all.

Shi Zhongjie felt that the "person" standing in front of him seemed to have his feet rooted to the floor. No matter how he pinched or pushed, he couldn't make the other person take a single step back.

"Who are you? No! You don't have the breath of a living person..."

Two hands with sharp nails stretched out from under the black cloak and suddenly grabbed Shi Zhongjie's arms.

The stiff fingers bent slightly, and the sharp nails pierced into Shi Zhongjie's flesh.

The strange thing is that not a drop of blood flowed out.

A black gas with a strong stench of corpses gushed out from under the bamboo hat. The vampire zombie's head suddenly rushed forward and bit Shi Zhongjie's neck in an instant. It pulled back and tore off a large piece of dry flesh.

The hat fell off, revealing the face of a vampire zombie.

Even though most of it was wrapped in white bandages, this face with only half of it exposed was still hideous and terrifying enough.

……

As soon as Wang Baoling recovered from her dazed state, she saw He Anping struggling to get up.

She hurriedly got out of bed, walked around Shi Zhongjie and the other man, and ran to help He Anping up.

As soon as the two stood up, they turned their heads and saw the face of the vampire zombie. They were immediately scared and at a loss.

Even though he had seen a corner of the vampire zombie's face, He Anping was still so scared that his whole body went numb after seeing the zombie's full face.

The two of them ran desperately to the living room.

As soon as I arrived at the bedroom door, I saw Li Zhen walking in from outside.

"Mage..."

Wang Baoling called out subconsciously.

Thinking of the thing in the bedroom that was scarier than a ghost, she and He Anping retreated to the wall in fear.

Although the wizard said that the person next to him was not a human, he did not say that this thing was such a terrifying existence.

Judging from the monster's posture, it's likely that after dealing with the ghost, it will eat them as well.

In the minds of Wang Baoling and He Anping, this mage was even more terrifying than Shi Zhongjie inside...

Li Zhen smiled at the two of them and said, "Don't be afraid. I'm exorcising ghosts."

Wang Baoling swallowed his saliva: "Get rid of ghosts?"

"Yes, as you can see." Li Zhen walked towards the bedroom. "If I don't go out for a while, the ghost might be scared away if it notices my presence."

"If he simply gave up on you as his target, it would be difficult to find it. Now he can't escape."

Looking at Li Zhen's thin profile and listening to the ferocious roars and painful screams coming from the bedroom, Wang Baoling didn't know what to say for a moment.

He Anping pulled Wang Baoling's sleeve and said, "Let's... go wait outside."

……

"What the hell are you?!"

Seeing the hideous and terrifying face of the vampire zombie, Shi Zhongjie's face changed drastically.

Even he felt a long-lost sense of fear in his heart.

But no matter how he struggled, he could not break free from the vampire zombie's hands.

In the crisis, Shi Zhongjie's eyes lit up again.

But this ability to bewitch everyone he met before was now completely useless.

He didn't feel any soul in the body of the monster before him.

In the past, others fearfully called him a monster, but now he thinks other beings are monsters...

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Shi Zhongjie felt even more frightened.

The vampire zombie exerted force and roughly tore off one of Shi Zhongjie's arms.

Shi Zhongjie could no longer maintain his condition and turned into a humanoid monster with a charred body.

There was not a single hair left on his head, his face was burned into a sticky ball, his eyes hung out of his sockets, his tongue stuck out long, and from the neck down his whole body was dry and black, covered with terrible cracks.

Anyone could tell that this man had definitely been burned to death.

However, such a corpse that is deader than dead is still struggling, which looks quite evil.

However, the vampire zombie standing in front of this strange corpse is even more terrifying.

Just like grabbing a doll, the violent vampire zombie tore Shi Zhongjie into pieces in a few moves.

Shi Zhongjie's head was connected to a small half of his neck, and only a small half of his body was left below his neck.

Other body parts were scattered around the bedroom.

Li Zhen walked to the side of the vampire zombie, cut his right middle finger, and put his blood on the vampire zombie's forehead.

The violent vampire zombie froze in place.

Li Zhen squatted down and looked at the charred head struggling on the ground: "What are you?"

The remaining arm supported the body, turning the broken body over, and Shi Zhongjie turned to face Li Zhen.

His jaw opened and closed slightly, and he uttered a dry sound: "Who are you?"

Li Zhen laughed and said, "Of course, only a magician can deal with a monster like you."

Shi Zhongjie's jaw twitched for a while: "I... have never... seen a wizard as evil as you."

Li Zhen said unconcernedly, "Every mage has his own unique way of exorcising ghosts. What's so strange about that? I'm more curious about who you are."

Shi Zhongjie opened and closed his mouth several times: "I am Shi Zhongjie."

"No, you are not. The real Shi Zhongjie was burned to death in the fire a few years ago."

"I am...Shi Zhongjie's ghost, I am unwilling..."

"You're still not behaving yourself." Li Zhen stood up and stepped on the charred head. "A ghost like you, once you lose your body, you'll be a wandering ghost. It won't be long before you die completely, not even a trace of you will be left."

There was no response from his footsteps for a long time, and Li Zhen was a little surprised.

He moved his foot away and looked at the head on the ground, and found that there was a big crack on the top of the head caused by his stepping.

The pair of eyes hanging under the eye sockets fell completely to the ground and turned into two sticky things.

The incomplete body, including the head, quickly turned into an even drier skeleton.

"Reduced to ashes?" Li Zhen was surprised.

The fact that the negative energy of this corpse is rapidly dissipating cannot be false.

Li Zhen's soul was very powerful and he could sense that the corpse had completely turned into a dead object.

As a ghost, the opponent's ability must be related to the soul, and the vampire zombie naturally does not have its own soul, so it can naturally restrain this kind of ghost.

This ghost relies on a tangible corpse to exist. If it encounters a vampire zombie whose strength far exceeds that of an ordinary person, it can only wait for death.

But this ghost died so easily?
After looking at the corpses on the ground a few more times, Li Zhen suddenly laughed.

Walking out of the bedroom, Li Zhen saw Wang Baoling supporting He Anping as they walked towards the door.

"What are you going to do?"

When they suddenly heard Li Zhen's voice, He Anping and Wang Baoling froze at the same time.

The two of them slowly turned around and looked at Li Zhen with unconcealable uneasiness in their eyes.

Wang Baoling forced a smile on her face: "Anping is injured. I will take him to the hospital for a checkup. We will give the reward to the mage when we come back."

The frail He Anping also said, "When we return from the hospital, we will definitely satisfy the Master."

Li Zhen walked straight to the door and closed it.

He Anping and Wang Baoling were startled.

The two men took a few steps back tremblingly.

Turning around, Li Zhen looked at Wang Baoling: "Your ability is quite interesting. You can actually transfer to another body right before my eyes. If I didn't know your ability, I might really be fooled by you."

Wang Baoling's face changed drastically and she quietly moved behind He Anping.

He Anping blocked Wang Baoling behind him and asked uneasily, "Master, what do you mean?"

A strange light flashed in Wang Baoling's eyes.

But Li Zhen, who was looking at her, neither looked away nor was he affected by her.

The light flickered for a moment, making her face even paler.

"The ghost is not dead. It ran onto Wang Baoling." The strange light seemed to be non-existent to Li Zhen.

He Anping's heart skipped a beat and he turned to look at Wang Baoling's familiar face.

Wang Baoling forced a smile at He Anping: "This...how is it possible? Haven't I always been with you?"

I don’t know if it was influenced by Li Zhen’s words, but He Anping felt that Wang Baoling was a little strange at this time.

Holding Wang Baoling's hand tightly, He Anhua turned to look at Li Zhen: "Master..."

"She can still be saved, she's just possessed." Li Zhen looked at Wang Baoling. "I'm only saying a few more words to you because I don't want to waste time using my power. Do you think I can do nothing to you?"

He took out the puppet he had carved and said, "I'll give you one chance. Come in by yourself. I won't kill you for now."

Wang Baoling's expression changed repeatedly, and finally hesitantly asked, "Are you telling the truth?"

(End of this chapter)