Bang—

With a loud crash, an unusually sturdy tree trunk rolled out from the sea of fire.

Just as it was about to reach Wu, the trunk suddenly split open revealing a small sapling about half a meter high, its twisted and struggling body also had a face wailing in agony.

"How dare you burn this place! Nature will unleash its fury and consume you as well!"

It roared, rooting itself into the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, its height reaching five or six meters in an instant, and continually growing taller.

Wu Liang stuffed the plastic bag packing back into his resource pack, muttering indistinctly around a mouthful of chips: "I've heard of divine punishment before; buddy, your reasoning is really cliché."

Clearly, this thing in front should be the main body, as none of the other burning trees could continue to move.

But Wu Liang did not hastily exorcise it and instead glanced at the Nightmare beside him.

"Alright, alright, I get the boss's point."

The Nightmare, bobbing its head, passed over the increasingly sturdy and wildly waving branches, as a spiritual body it dominated even a Fierce Ghost of the same level.

A mere Red Robe Level Fierce Ghost, it easily entered its consciousness.

While the Nightmare tangled with the Tree Ghost on the spiritual level, Wu Liang waved his hand spreading a vast Mist, with the Thunder Ghost transforming it into clouds.

However, this time no lightning struck.

Instead, the clouds formed and continually gathered moisture from the air, until the cloud body could contain it no longer and it fell, forming what people often see in weather—rain.

An artificial downpour quickly extinguished the fire in the primitive forest.

Right then, the Nightmare sauntered casually out from the Tree Ghost's trunk.

As it left the trunk, the towering giant tree, already grown to nearly twenty meters, seemed to wither in seconds, turning yellow and brittle, ultimately splintering into broken dead wood.

Obviously, the Tree Ghost had been exorcised.

"Damn! Did you alone gobble it all up?" Everyone present eagerly awaited Nightmare's disclosure of the intelligence obtained.

Only the Puppet Ghost regretted that the Tree Ghost's main body had become worthless.

After all, Nightmare was a special Fierce Ghost, having devoured the Tree Ghost's consciousness the main body was now just a heap of rotting, dried wood.

"Come on, Nightmare, tell us, what's the situation?"

Wu Liang was quite concerned about the situation in this forest and especially at Bogda Peak ahead regarding the City-annihilating Fierce Ghost.

Whether or not the Nightmare successfully gleaned information from the Tree Ghost would suffice for him to judge the upcoming situation.

If information was obtained, it would naturally be easy to understand; if the Nightmare failed to obtain information, it would prove there was indeed a City-Destroying Level Fierce Ghost ahead.

Because only the shelter of a Fierce Ghost of the same level would cause the Nightmare to fail in seizing the consciousness of a mere Red Robe Fierce Ghost.

Just like a few days ago entering the Celestial Pool of Tianshan meeting the self-proclaimed Xu Feiqiong Terracotta Ghost, and later encountering two maids at the East Small Celestial Pool.

Nightmare was not chosen to plunder their consciousness, as Wu Liang had already confirmed that Queen Mother of the West's consciousness was sheltering them.

"Well... the situation is a bit odd, indeed there's a City-Destroying Level Fierce Ghost on the snow mountain, but unlike the Queen Mother of the West, it hasn't taken control of all the Fierce Ghosts nearby." Nightmare frowned and said.

"Hmm? That shouldn't be."

Wu Liang immediately realized the anomaly.

Theoretically, Fierce Ghosts have a repulsive nature among them, absolutely not allowing other Fierce Ghosts to act recklessly within their supernatural sealed area.

This results in only three possible situations—

Either, like the West Queen Mother Statue Ghost, the weaker Fierce Ghosts are turned into servants.

Or, all Fierce Ghosts within the supernatural seal are slaughtered, becoming the only Fierce Ghost in the area.

The last situation would be a standoff where neither party can overpower the other, thus forced to coexist as neighbors.

But there would never be tolerance for weaker Fierce Ghosts to freely frolic within one's supernatural seal!

"Yes, according to the Tree Ghost's consciousness, the City-Destroying Level Fierce Ghost on the snow mountain never troubled those Red Robe Fierce Ghosts, instead it constantly seeks out nearby City-annihilating Ghosts for battles, having headed towards the Celestial Pool a few days ago."

"I suspect the previous injuries of Queen Mother of the West might have been caused by it." Nightmare pondered aloud.

This moment, Wu Liang's eyes gleamed as he spoke in unison with Nightmare:

"But it shouldn't be that strong!"

Indeed, if it continually seeks fights with ghosts of the same power level, if Queen Mother of the West is severely injured, how could it continue unabated?

Is it possible that this guy doesn't get hurt?

"Wait a moment, if it really went to the West Queen Mother Temple, found Queen Mother of the West gone, what will it do next?" Wu Liang questioned the Nightmare.

Hearing this, Nightmare shrugged helplessly and said, "Based on the Tree Ghost's consciousness, it always returns to the snow mountain after each battle, now... it's probably on its way back."

Swish, swish, swish—

Upon hearing this, Puppet Ghost swiftly picked up the resource pack off the ground and slung it onto his back.

Then he gazed at the stunned Wu Liang and the other Fierce Ghost Minions, with a look of incredulity, saying, "So what are we waiting for? Let's escape!"

While the remaining body left after a City-Destroying Level Fierce Ghost is equivalent to excellent provisions.

Clearly, this thing is awry!

If it can constantly find ghosts of the same level to fight and still survive surely there's a reason behind it.

Boss's ultimate goal seems to be "saving Yao Qingxue" and "searching for clues to the Promised Land" in two ways.

Exorcising Fierce Ghosts essentially is secondary, no need to waste time with such a troublesome opponent!

Better to hurry up the mountain while it's away, making use of the time gap!

"Wait a minute... I was meaning to ask, Boss, in our group of ghosts, we don't have anyone who could make it snow to extinguish an inferno, do we?" Nightmare ignored Puppet Ghost's routine insolence and suddenly raised its head to speak.

Wu Liang nodded again with a serious expression.

He was already prepared to integrate with the Nightmare anytime.

Because originally the sky was filled with clouds creating rain to quell the fire, but now has inexplicably turned into a heavy snowfall, plus Thunder Ghost clearly hinted that the clouds were no longer under its control.

Silently wresting control of clouds from Thunder Ghost, the intruder's identity is self-evident.

City-Destroying Level!

"Sigh... be ready to work overtime, seems like that smoothie maker has caught up, probably even tougher than the Queen Mother of the West."

Wu Liang couldn't help but sigh.

Just as he intended to throw a few habitual jokes to ease tension before battle.

A familiar aura inadvertently exposed a hint of surprise in his gaze.

[Ghost Compendium]!

Moreover, it's not the [Ghost Compendium] in his mind!

Wait! This aura wafting amid the widespread snowfall contains a trace of [Ghost Compendium] barely perceptible!

Or perhaps... previously it was the aura of something that attracts [Ghost Compendium]!

The City-annihilating Ghost is connected with the Attractive Object!

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