Chapter 837: So You Were an Evil Ghost Too!

That bullet was like a death god demanding a life. Almost the instant Yin Qin turned her head, it shot into her left eye socket. Her body instantly flew backward under the massive impact force, and bright red blood and the bullet that had pierced through burst out from the back of her skull, splattering onto the ground.

This sudden turn of events caused the faces of every investigator present to change drastically.

The pitch-black pistol still smoked from its barrel.

But just as the surrounding investigators reached for their waists and turned to look at the investigator who had fired.

Bang——

Several intense gunshots rang out.

Blood flowers burst from the chests of two investigators, and they collapsed heavily to the ground. Only the few investigators who were farther away managed to roll behind nearby iron crates at the last moment, narrowly avoiding being hit.

Bai Yi roared and almost instantly rushed to Yin Qin's side, trembling as he hurriedly propped her up.

But looking at her pierced eye socket and the bright red blood that fell onto his hands.

He knew.

She was dead!

Intense gunshots rang out once again. The chest of the investigator who had opened fire was also hit by the investigators hiding behind cover, but he did not fall. His face still wore a cruel, cold smile as he stood staggeringly, painfully walking step by step toward that twisted corpse.

"Traitor! Kill him!"

The surrounding investigators were already furious beyond reason, and bullets flew madly toward his body.

This was something they had never anticipated.

And all of this had already made one thing clear: the Flesh and Blood Cult had long ago planted their moles within the Supernatural Administration's internal ranks. This was a setup, a trap and snare designed specifically for their only spiritual medium.

But even after being shot multiple times, that investigator still wore a smile on his face.

"Really now……"

"To snipe and kill all of you……it really wasn't easy at all……"

And it was at that moment that his blood-soaked hand, amid the hail of gunfire, reached toward that twisted corpse.

In an instant.

Stream after stream of blood-red Qi surged wildly from the corpse's eyes, nose, and mouth, rushing with a splashing sound along his fingers and spreading across his entire body. Accompanied by a sharp, piercing shriek, bursts of terrifying resentment exploded from within the investigator's body. His clothes were completely blown apart, and one after another ferocious evil ghost faces slowly emerged on his chest.

BOOM——

An investigator hiding behind cover was instantly blasted into countless sprays of blood mist by the hand he extended.

The faces of the remaining investigators changed drastically.

But they had no time to react at all. His twisted head suddenly rotated a full one hundred and eighty degrees, and he looked with a cruel smile toward their hiding spot.

Blood-colored mist instantly obscured their vision.

And soon, from within that blood mist came sounds of gnawing and bodies twisting, along with the piercing, agonized screams of those investigators.

Bai Yi gripped the blade in his hand with all his strength, desperately supporting Yin Qin's corpse in his arms. The immense resentment and bone-chilling cold nearly surrounded him completely.

"Still, the progress has been fairly smooth."

Within the blood mist.

Accompanied by the sounds of gnawing, the investigator whose chest bore several evil ghost faces slowly emerged, wiping the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth. In his hand he held an investigator who was still barely breathing, on the verge of death. He tore a large chunk of flesh and blood from the back of the man's neck, chewing it fiercely and savagely.

His crazed gaze turned toward Bai Yi, and a slight smile appeared on his face. Blood trickled down from between his teeth.

"We knew we would definitely die after coming into contact with that Evil Spirit, but if we only lost a few cult members for nothing, no matter how you looked at it, it wouldn't have been a worthwhile trade. So we set up a trap specifically for you. Otherwise, what do you think was the point of us filming that video?"

He rolled his neck, gazing at the faces on his chest, his muscles squirming with a creaking sound.

"Still, the Necromancy I received from my god really does work quite well. Originally I thought swapping out a few organs from those corpses would be discovered, but now it seems I overestimated all of you. Still, I have to thank her. If she hadn't summoned them over after they had already turned into Wraiths, they probably wouldn't have been able to regain consciousness."

He smiled faintly at Bai Yi.

"And you are our best prize."

Bai Yi stared fixedly at that evil ghost, forcefully drawing the silver sword from his hand, and with great difficulty propped up Yin Qin's corpse.

"Your goal……is me?!"

A twisted face on his chest sneered: "No, you're just our unexpected bonus. But we're far more interested in your ability to summon that denizen of hell. And we've already gathered more than enough data, so if we can capture you and take you back for study, then besides "Wrath," perhaps your Big Brother will also stand on our side."

The moment those words were spoken, Bai Yi was instantly shaken to his core.

"You want to summon my Big Brother?! Stop dreaming! You think my Big Brother would serve you?! What a joke!"

He asked through gritted teeth, furious.

That investigator looked at him with a cold sneer and said: "No, child, you don't understand those devils from hell at all. As long as you're willing to pay enough chips and offer enough sacrifices to please them, then they won't care about anything else! The monsters in hell are far more selfish and cruel than you can possibly imagine, heh heh."

He walked toward Bai Yi step by step.

The rolling blood mist and resentment turned his face completely pale, and even his whole body couldn't help but tremble.

They wanted to summon Big Brother!

They actually wanted to summon Big Brother to this world!

But he knew. Big Brother, though he was mad and a bit neurotic, was fundamentally different from the other monsters in hell. He would absolutely never harm this world for the sake of sacrifices!

Because……

Because this world had the family and parents that Big Brother cherished for his entire life!

But he didn't know.

He didn't know whether the Flesh and Blood Cult might have other methods to control summoned entities, or whether the chips they offered were indeed so enormous that even Big Brother might be unable to resist going mad for it. After all, to Big Brother, this was just a parallel home, not……not his real home……

He retreated, pale-faced, gripping the pendant in his hand with desperate force.

He thought he wasn't afraid.

But he was still afraid. He still couldn't help but tremble. He was, in truth, still that cowardly high school student. Even after becoming a Demon Hunter, nothing had changed.

He……he……

"Let's go, kid."

That twisted Evil Spirit Conglomerate sneered.

"But don't worry, you won't die just yet. After we return to our headquarters, we'll slowly cut you open, and after studying every piece of tissue in your body, we'll remodel you into an evil ghost like me. And you will become a member loyal to my god, and you will feel honored by it."

In an instant.

Those blood-dripping claws reached toward his head.

He could even clearly see the bright red bloodstains and bits of flesh remaining in the palm of that hand, the blood of those colleagues he had just savagely murdered.

Was he really going to just surrender?

No!

Even if he really was a Waste, he would absolutely never submit to them!

"DIE!!"

At that moment, not knowing whether it was blood or tears, he abruptly retreated, nearly crushing his own teeth, and suddenly raised the silver blade in his hand. A tearing look flashed in his eyes as he charged toward that evil spirit.

But it was also at that very moment.

He suddenly felt his wrist being gripped tight by a cold hand, stopping his drawn sword mid-motion.

His entire body shuddered.

"Go!"

A low voice suddenly came from his arms.

And almost simultaneously, the instant that evil spirit's blood-soaked hand reached over, Yin Qin's right eye in his arms suddenly snapped open. Cold, pupil-less white, it abruptly released an extremely chilling wave.

Hummm——

Caught completely off guard, the body of that twisted Evil Spirit Conglomerate was struck heavily, sending it staggering backward again and again.

And when it raised its head again, Bai Yi and Yin Qin were already gone from where they had been.

"Interesting."

He slowly stood up, cracking his head with a series of pops, and waves of coldness floated through his eyes.

"So……you were an Evil Ghost too……"

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