Ghost Catching System

At this moment, Chu Hao’s condition had fully recovered to his peak, but he wanted to keep a trump card up his sleeve, using this opportunity to draw out those with ill intentions.

Thus, Chu Hao circulated his True Qi, causing his complexion to appear extremely pale.

”Who are you?”

Chu Hao coughed, his face a picture of helplessness.

The man saw Chu Hao’s pale face and felt a surge of joy. The battle yesterday had been intense; it was impossible for Chu Hao to emerge unscathed. To the discerning eye, it was clear that Chu Hao was forcing his body to keep going. He really must have expended a lot of energy or was possibly injured.

The man in the windbreaker sneered and said, ”I know you’re hurt. Stop pretending. Hand over the Ghost Sutras.”

This person raised ghosts and was obviously of the Heretic Path. He didn’t want the True Word Brush or the Emperor’s Yellow Seal, only the Ghost Sutras.

Chu Hao shook his head and said, ”The Ghost Sutras aren’t with me.”

The Ghost Sutras indeed weren’t currently with him.

The man in the windbreaker said coldly, ”Do you think I would believe you? If it were yesterday, when you were at your peak, I wouldn’t dare to make a move. But now? If you don’t give it to me, you’re going to die.”

Chu Hao wanted to speak but couldn’t. Pretending to cough, his face pale, his acting was more than convincing. ”You sure talk a lot of nonsense,” he said. ”Even if I’m weak, I’m not someone a piece of trash like you can provoke.”

The man in the windbreaker didn’t want to waste any more words. After all, it wasn’t just him looking for Chu Hao—others were too. If he were discovered, they would certainly try to steal his prize.

A small bell appeared in the man’s hand. With a gentle shake, a chill descended from above. The terrifying female Fierce Ghost rushed down from the upper floors, freezing everything in its path, including the hotel building, into Cold Ice.

It was the same female Fierce Ghost as before.

Chu Hao had been observing to see if there were any others. Now, he could be almost certain it was just the man in the windbreaker.

Chu Hao sneered. True Qi flowed around his fist, forming a Talisman brand—it was the most basic Soul Extinguishing Curse. Now, he didn’t need to draw talismans; by relying on the flow of True Qi, he could instantly form the Talisman.

This was quite advanced. He had moved beyond low-level Yin Yang Masters and no longer needed the complex process of drawing talismans and chanting incantations.

Chu Hao’s fist suddenly condensed with Talismanic symbols, and he launched a punch.

The Fierce Ghost’s chilly aura was cold, but Chu Hao’s fist was more terrifying. The female Fierce Ghost let out a shrill scream the instant they made contact.

”AH!” With one punch, the female Fierce Ghost was obliterated into flying ash.

”DING... Killed a Peak-level Semi-Ghost King, awarded 500,000 Experience Points.”

”DING... Peak-level Semi-Ghost King dropped a Golden Treasure Chest; it has been added to the inventory.”

As his level increased, the amount of Experience Points awarded decreased, but the chance of item drops also increased.

With one punch, Chu Hao had slain the female Fierce Ghost. The man in the windbreaker spat out a mouthful of fresh blood; he was closely linked to the female Fierce Ghost and naturally sustained injuries himself. He looked at Chu Hao with an expression of terror.

”You, you’re not injured!”

However, just as the man in the windbreaker finished speaking, he saw Chu Hao turn around. Chu Hao’s body swayed, his complexion deathly pale, as if he was about to collapse.

If one were to put on a show, it had to be convincing.

Chu Hao was all in, circulating True Qi to force out a mouthful of blood. He coughed violently, pulling out a white handkerchief and hacking up fresh blood onto it, drenching it red.

Chu Hao, struggling to stay upright, his face white as a sheet, waved his hand and said, ”It’s just a minor injury.”

The man in the windbreaker: ”????”

”DING... The Host has successfully pretended, awarded 4,000 Pretentiousness Points.”

You’ve got to be kidding me! the man thought. To still insist it’s a minor injury even after coughing up blood like that!

At the same time, the man in the windbreaker felt a surge of fear. Chu Hao was truly injured, and it seemed severe, yet he had managed to obliterate his female Fierce Ghost with a single punch. This kind of strength was terrifying indeed.

Chu Hao was delighted. This tactic of feigning weakness to prey on the strong could work wonders. Who knows, he might even encounter some more Ghosts and Demons—killing them would yield Experience Points.

As expected, the man in the windbreaker didn’t want to miss this opportunity. Clenching his teeth, he formed hand seals and chanted an incantation.

Dark energy erupted from the Ghost Curse on his face, and an Old Ghost crawled out from it. The man in the windbreaker vomited blood; the energy consumption was immense. With a gritted, malevolent smile, he said, ”Chu Hao, dying at the hands of my Ghost King Slave is an honor for you.”

This Old Ghost that suddenly appeared was indeed a Ghost King, but of the lowest rank, likely one that had risen to that level after the revival of the Human World.

Chu Hao’s face showed extreme weakness, almost wilted, as he coughed violently. To the man in the windbreaker, it seemed his adversary was at the end of his rope.

”Go die!”

The Old Ghost let out a ghastly wail. A cacophony erupted around them, causing passersby on the street to cover their ears, dizzy and nauseated.

Some drivers even slumped over their steering wheels, having passed out.

The hotel’s glass windows shattered with a series of BANGS and fell from above.

This was the power of a Ghost King; even the lowest-level Ghost King wasn’t something an average Fierce Ghost could compare with.

The Old Ghost lunged, its mouth opening wide. It revealed layers upon layers of sharp teeth, densely packed like a monster’s maw, large enough to swallow a person whole.

”If people don’t provoke me, I don’t provoke them. You’re asking for death.”

Chu Hao stepped forward and threw another punch straight and true, still using the simple Soul Extinguishing Curse.

His fist, like a ray of blazing light, pierced straight through the Old Ghost. The Old Ghost let out a pitiful screech, fell to the ground, and turned to ashes, dissipating bit by bit.

One punch, reduced to flying ash.

”DING… You’ve killed a Low-Level Ghost King and earned 2,000,000 Experience Points.”

”DING… You’ve killed a Low-Level Ghost King and a Diamond Treasure Chest has dropped; it’s added to your inventory.”

The man in the windbreaker vomited blood. He was wounded too; the Ghost Curse on his face vanished, and he was in unbearable pain. Crouching on the ground, he asked fearfully, ”You... you really got hurt?”

Chu Hao took out the blood-stained handkerchief and began coughing violently, his complexion deathly pale as if he’d been through hell and back, and said, ”No, just feeling a bit weak.”

”DING… For an astonishing pretense, you’ve earned 4,000 Pretentiousness Points.”

Damn it! the man thought. That weakness of his must be kidney-related, right? So weakened, yet still capable of killing a Ghost King—what kind of monster is this kid?

The man in the windbreaker’s scalp tingled. He struggled to stand up and turned to flee.

”Don’t run! Let’s talk about life.”

The man in the windbreaker’s scalp tingled even more, and he ran faster. After running a certain distance, he puzzled over why someone so strong hadn’t caught up with him yet. He then turned around.

He saw Chu Hao leaning heavily against a lamppost, gasping for air, looking extremely weakened.

Chu Hao, out of breath, said, ”If you’re so tough, why run?”

The man in the windbreaker was ecstatic. Chu Hao really was injured, looking even more depleted than he, a ghost raiser, did. Are you sure it isn’t kidney weakness?

The man in the windbreaker turned to run again, yelling, ”If I don’t run, I’m your grandson!”

Only after the man in the windbreaker left did Chu Hao straighten his back. My recent act should have fooled that guy, he thought.

Now to wait for the big fish to take the bait. With the revival of the Human World, some Ghosts that already had some initial strength must have become Ghost Kings. When the time comes, vanquishing them will yield a hefty amount of Experience Points.

The man in the windbreaker ran into a corner of an alley, took out his phone, and sent a text message: ”Chu Hao has been seriously injured; he’s been putting up a front all along.”