"Boss, isn't it impossible for us to get out?"

The Puppet Ghost, now manifesting the Nightmare's form in the front passenger seat, stuck its head out of the window and shouted loudly.

Before entering the Heavenly Mountain, the sun was shining brightly with not a cloud in the sky, and the breathtaking scenery of the Celestial Pool of Tianshan made it seem like a place of absolute bliss.

But the moment the car drove into the entrance, everything around changed—

The sky suddenly turned dark and oppressive, covered in dense clouds, and faintly, eerie and indistinct whispers could be heard lingering by the ear. The towering trees on both sides began to warp and twist hideously.

Combined with the eerily silent and deserted road, the place no longer looked like the stunning landscape from moments before but rather a death land akin to Silent Hill.

"Yeah, we've already entered the supernatural blockade area of the Ghost Wall. Even if we drove until the car ran out of fuel, we couldn't get out. I just want to see when it's going to make its move."

Wu Liang said expressionlessly.

His sensitivity from years of dealing with Fierce Ghosts himself clearly told him that a Fierce Ghost was hovering nearby.

It just hadn't shown itself yet.

Screech—

Just as he finished speaking, Wu Liang suddenly slammed on the brakes, making a piercing sound, leaving a long, black mark on the ground. The Puppet Ghost, which had its head poked out, was flung out onto the ground, rolling five or six meters.

"Hiss... Boss, can't you give a heads-up before braking... Huh? Miss, who are you?"

The Puppet Ghost rubbed its head and stood up from the ground. Before it could complain about Wu Liang's sudden braking, it noticed an absolutely stunning beauty standing not far from it.

The woman was draped in luminous clothing, wearing rich and ornate attire, with a golden hairpin coiled in her hair. An exceptionally dazzling Bright Pearl, as large as a hen's egg, hung on her chest, making her look like a Celestial Maiden descending to save the world, especially in this gloomy and oppressive atmosphere.

"Feiqiong greets the two laymen. The Queen Mother says this Jasper Pool is the bathing place of the Celestial Maidens, and it is inconvenient for men to enter, so please stop."

The woman's tone was gentle and courteous, her voice seemingly echoing directly in the mind, and though not loud, every word was still clear.

Upon hearing this, the Puppet Ghost instinctively turned to look at Wu Liang.

If the boss gave the order, it would charge straight in and tear this stunning Celestial Maiden apart by hand.

After all, it's just a Fierce Ghost, and the beauty or ugliness of the opponent's appearance couldn't sway it in the slightest.

Click—

Wu Liang got out of the car, eyeing the woman's clothing and words with some confusion, then asked, "Wait a minute, the 'Empress' you're referring to wouldn't be the Queen Mother of the West, right?"

"Who are you, layman? How dare you address the Empress by her name!" Upon hearing Wu Liang's reference, the woman's demeanor immediately turned somewhat unfriendly.

Wu Liang could understand her attitude to some extent.

From a young age, he loved reading all sorts of books, and with the presence of the Ghost Compendium in his mind, Wu Liang was particularly interested in mythological and ghostly books.

He realized the abstract nature of the issue when the woman referred to herself as "Feiqiong."

Legend has it that the Celestial Pool of Tianshan was originally the place where the Queen Mother of the West washed and dressed. The two small pools were for washing the face and cleansing the feet, and the Great Celestial Pool was for bathing.

Before the outbreak of the Supernatural Calamity, there was even a West Queen Mother Temple at the attraction above.

Two of the more famous attendants under the Queen Mother of the West happened to be named Xu Feiqiong and Dong Shuangcheng.

"Ha, myths are just fabricated tales. Even the Corpse Concealing Ghost at Wangsheng Village might be better at impersonating you a bit." Wu Liang shook his head and said helplessly.

He then waved at the Puppet Ghost, indicating it could finish off the opponent and consume and digest her.

The self-proclaimed Celestial Maiden, yet with an unmistakable Fierce Ghost aura, was no different from those Artificial Ghosts in the Ghost Valley with the appearances of mythical creatures, was it?

Judging by appearances, this bootleg Xu Feiqiong was indeed the Fierce Ghost preventing their off-road vehicle from entering the Celestial Pool of Tianshan properly.

Wu Liang didn't bother with bantering with a Fierce Ghost—she wasn't worth it.

"Alrighty then!" The Puppet Ghost cheered.

Then its figure instantly appeared beside Xu Feiqiong, completely ignoring her lovely beauty, and with its hand in a claw-like form, it roughly pressed her to the ground with a boom, smashing a big pit.

Its pupils had somehow turned ashen white, and its rampant spiritual power fiercely invaded her mind, attempting to shatter the opponent at its core directly.

Because it took on the Nightmare's appearance, it now mimicked releasing the Deep Dream Realm.

"Bold scoundrel! Knowing that I'm the Empress's attendant yet daring to harm me! Such a crime deserves death!"

Strangely enough, Xu Feiqiong was still able to grit her teeth and reprimand the Puppet Ghost's actions, even under the simulated Deep Dream Realm ability, which was at least above Red Robe and below City Destruction.

The next moment, the Puppet Ghost suddenly felt the space under its hand empty, and when it looked up again, Xu Feiqiong was still floating in mid-air.

She wore an angry expression while wild winds began swirling around her, making the luminous clothes billow incessantly.

The Bright Pearl on her chest emitted a bizarre, dark red glow, as if brewing something terrifying.

Bang—

Before she could make her next move, a sudden noise erupted from the back of Xu Feiqiong's head.

Her body immediately went limp and fell from mid-air, landing headfirst in front of the Puppet Ghost.

Looking down, her entire occipital area was shattered, oozing like paste.

"You're making a fuss over nothing. Getting hit by the Puppet is impressive, isn't it? Try getting hit by me?"

Wu Liang's figure emerged from the hidden mist in the air, his right fist stained deep red with blood, with bits of brain matter sticking to it.

He couldn't fathom where this neurotic Fierce Ghost's bravado came from, actually having her Xu Feiqiong appearance as part of her main body?

Is she facing the enemy with her main body?

As soon as he finished speaking, the seemingly dead Xu Feiqiong's body stiffened visibly, and the originally brilliantly colored clothes turned dark brown.

Ultimately, in expressions from the Puppet Ghost, whose drool was about to hit the ground, Xu Feiqiong transformed into a Terracotta Warrior.

Only the head of this Terracotta Warrior was now completely shattered, with the ground full of dark brown fragments.

"Hehehe, then I'll start dining~"

The Puppet Ghost pawed at the Terracotta Warrior fragments on the ground, just about to stuff them in its mouth, but after a few flips, it sensed something wrong and hurriedly picked something up, waving it toward Wu Liang in the sky.

"Boss! This thing doesn't seem right, come down and take a look?"

In its hand lay the Bright Pearl that was originally placed on Xu Feiqiong's chest.

The pearl hadn't turned into part of the Terracotta Warrior, still present in the world, clearly not aligning with normal circumstances after a Fierce Ghost is exorcised.

Unless this pearl never belonged to this Terracotta Ghost!

"There's definitely something wrong…"

"Puppet, haven't you noticed that even though she's been exorcised, the supernatural blockade above hasn't dissipated?" Wu Liang squinted at the still dark sky.

He had a bizarre thought—

The entire Celestial Pool of Tianshan had all the Fierce Ghosts trapped within it due to Yao Qingxue, and while they couldn't get out, the members of Utopia wouldn't permit anyone else in either.

The Fierce Ghosts were like Gu Zhong's insects kept in isolation.

Xu Feiqiong, this Terracotta Ghost, was probably just another ghost raised in its own domain by other Fierce Ghosts, like emergency rations.

And this supernatural blockade stretching across the heavens…

It looked like some extraordinary entity had been nurtured within the Celestial Pool of Tianshan!

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