Chapter 11: The Ghost Bride

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At the mountaintop, the wind howled fiercely as the red sun dipped toward the west. Xiao Rong clutched his sword, gazing into the distance.

As expected, there was no sign of Liu Lang.

Dong Feng, experienced in criminal investigations, examined the footprints. “There were three people at the scene. Two of them probably jumped off the cliff. Look down below—the broken branches confirm it. The marks are fresh, likely from yesterday.”

Just as Xiao Rong was about to leap off the cliff, a figure appeared before them—it was Tu Ning.

“Splitting Mouth Woman!”

Dong Feng immediately went on alert. Lan Hua swiftly assembled a rifle from parts taken from a black bag on her back.

Squinting, Xiao Rong sized up the woman in the flowing gown, “Your face is quite pretty. I heard the Splitting Mouth Woman could stretch her mouth to her ears, but yours is just a bit wide, and it actually suits your features. I wouldn’t have guessed…”

She sensed that the Splitting Mouth Woman was also an A-level powerhouse. Three against one gave them the advantage.

Tu Ning smiled faintly, “Splitting Mouth Woman? Not very elegant. Dong Feng, deputy captain of the Special Abilities Unit, only C-level strength. Intelligence says you came from a police background, skilled in investigation, tracking, and analysis. I suppose you wished for ‘solving cases’ or something. Lan Hua, firearm expert, B-level strength, her ability revolves around guns. As for this young girl here, she should be A-level—an emerging cultivator.”

“Your intelligence is impressive,” Lan Hua said, already locking her aim on Tu Ning.

“What’s your objective?” Dong Feng pointed his pistol at her as well.

“To find that cursed signal transmitter, of course. Your blank slate has caused us a lot of trouble. Sneaking alone to steal intel from the bigwigs upstairs, we low-level soldiers have been running ourselves ragged. Since arriving here, not a single day has been easy. I hope you’ll hand over the transmitter obediently, so I can finish this mission and rest...”

Before Tu Ning could finish, Xiao Rong’s flying sword stabbed toward her vital point.

“Too many words!”

Tu Ning dodged several sword slashes; her long gown was sliced into a short skirt.

Tu Ning was uncertain. This kid was no amateur killer. She couldn’t let her grow stronger. “Impressive, but if you kill me, you won’t find that guy Liu Lang or his little girlfriend…”

She thought this would give Xiao Rong pause, but instead, the young fighter attacked more fiercely.

If she didn’t show real skill today, she would suffer losses. Tu Ning cursed, “What are you new kids thinking with your reckless brains?!”

Dong Feng, mindful of the transmitter’s whereabouts, didn’t want Xiao Rong to strike too brutally.

“If we kill you and capture your soul, we’ll know everything anyway. Hey, you two—aren’t your guns loaded? Help out!”

Dong Feng and Lan Hua responded, firing their guns.

Especially Lan Hua—her bullets could curve around corners.

“Give me twenty seconds,” Xiao Rong said, leaping behind Dong Feng and Lan Hua, sitting cross-legged. She formed hand seals and began incanting a spell.

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“Bang! Bang! Bang!” Lan Hua fired three shots in rapid succession. The special bullets collided and exploded, scattering dense steel pellets and shrapnel over Tu Ning.

With nowhere to dodge, Tu Ning’s form quickly dispersed. When she reappeared, it was at a different location.

Lan Hua didn’t bother reloading; her rifle continuously fired various bullets with different effects.

“12 o’clock!” Dong Feng observed for a long time and finally discerned a pattern in Tu Ning’s movements.

There was no one at 12 o’clock, yet Lan Hua trusted the direction and fired. The next moment, Tu Ning truly appeared there.

Tu Ning caught the bullet barehanded, her face grim. “You didn’t wish for ‘infinite bullets,’ did you?”

Lan Hua grinned and kept shooting. “So what if you have spatial abilities, we still…”

“Swift!” Xiao Rong finished her spell’s preparation. She pointed her right hand’s index and middle fingers together at Tu Ning.

Nothing happened.

Tu Ning broke out in goosebumps, sensing an invisible force locking onto her. Without dodging, disaster would strike.

She decisively activated her spatial ability and teleported away, never to reappear.

“She’s saving her strength. If it came down to a life-or-death battle, I might not be her match. I cursed her; if she gets within a hundred meters of us in ten days, I’ll sense it in advance.” Xiao Rong wasted no time, preparing to leap off the cliff to investigate.

Her watch beeped, showing a new signal location.

“Tianjing? Impossible!” Lan Hua looked at Dong Feng in disbelief. He was still thinking.

Xiao Rong hesitated, retracting her flying sword. “The transmitter is with the Splitting Mouth Woman. She just teleported to Tianjing? Didn’t you say the transmitter was with Liu Lang?”

Dong Feng hesitated, “The Splitting Mouth Woman can’t teleport that far. If the signal is really in Tianjing, I fear the Specters have spread.”

“The ‘wishes’ only appeared massively in Min Province. Then the environment changed and the Specters emerged. Min Province has been quarantined—no entry or exit. We had to pay a huge price to get in. Otherwise, reinforcements would have arrived long ago.”

“The Splitting Mouth Woman knows Liu Lang’s name, so she must have encountered him... Given her strength, maybe Liu Lang is under her control. The transmitter isn’t in her hands; otherwise, she wouldn’t have tested us today. And Liu Lang wouldn’t be at the cliff’s bottom.”

Special forces at Min Province’s border block powers—Xiao Rong had already confirmed she couldn’t pass through with her strength.

Now the signal’s location suggested more possibilities. The key to finding Liu Lang lay with this Splitting Mouth Woman.

“No wonder I couldn’t find him. Maybe he’s been captured by the Fusang people...” Xiao Rong was displeased. “What secret does this transmitter hold to involve so many people?”

Dong Feng sighed, “Maybe finding it will reveal why Fusang invaded or what their goal is.”

Back at camp, Xiao Rong summoned Daily and ordered him to investigate a girl named Liu Fei’er.

“My beloved can’t be taken by others. If this Liu Fei’er really did it, she’s dead meat. And those Fusang people—they’re all doomed.”

Daily shivered at the murderous aura Xiao Rong released. “Several young women from nearby villages have gone missing. Some have reportedly seen a ghost bride—said the ghost bride took them.”

“Between the spiritual energy resurgence and the ghost realm, it might be true. I’ll rest tonight and hunt down that ghost tomorrow.” Xiao Rong didn’t take it seriously.

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Dong Feng pondered briefly, “We’ll come too. Maybe it’s a trick from the Eight-foot Country.”

At the cliff’s bottom, Tu Ning dusted off the stones and sat down, crossing her legs.

“I heard your little girlfriend is missing?”

Liu Lang eyed her warily. “How do you know?”

“You don’t need to worry. I know where she is. If you want to find her, tell me where the signal transmitter is,” Tu Ning said with interest, observing the grass-skirted boy.

“Bring her here, and I’ll tell you.”

Tu Ning sighed, clapped her hands, and stood. “I’m leaving. You can wander around this cliff bottom all you want.”

Then she vanished.

Liu Lang’s heart panicked. He couldn’t live without Liu Fei’er. Regret, fear, and confusion overwhelmed him.

“Come out! I promise!”

Tu Ning immediately appeared beside him. “Tell me where the transmitter is.”

“It’s inside me... wait!” Liu Lang clutched his stomach and stepped back. He saw Tu Ning about to tear him open without hesitation.

“It’s my special ability. There’s a pocket dimension inside me that only opens when I... am with her.”

Tu Ning, a spatial ability expert, carefully examined Liu Lang’s body but found nothing.

“Is this your wish?” Tu Ning asked, puzzled.

Liu Lang nodded awkwardly.

She thought to herself: after tracking them for so long, they still hadn’t revealed where the item was hidden. Maybe it was true—and that wish was indeed perverse.

“No, you little pervert! How could you wish for something like that?”

“I don’t believe the space inside you only opens for a specific other sex. It must open for any opposite sex!”

Liu Lang was instantly subdued. His D-level strength was utterly crushed before her A-level power.