Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Panting hard, I pulled out the Thunderstruck Wood Talisman and gripped it in my hand. If worse came to worst, I would use up my last Heavenly Tribulation Token first.

I held my breath and stared ahead, fully focused. On my left, a malicious ghost drifted toward me. On my right, a doll charged at me. No, only two of them. One lightning talisman would be enough for now.

I reached for a lightning talisman, but at that very moment, something unexpected happened.

The malicious ghost floated up in front of the doll and suddenly let out a shriek of utter terror. It spun around and fled.

The doll was also thrown into a panic. As if it had a will of its own, it turned and ran in the opposite direction, but it was already too late.

The two of them were like magnets, flying backward through the air at high speed, as though manipulated by some unknown giant hand, before slamming violently into each other.

The malicious ghost vanished. Its entire body passed through the doll and fused with it.

The doll, which had originally been made of cotton cloth, suddenly emitted a strange red glow. Then, with a bang, it exploded.

Shreds of cloth fluttered through the air. White cotton stuffing drifted down like a heavy snowfall.

My eyes widened in shock.

“So that’s how it works!”

Inside each of these dolls was actually a small Yin-Devouring Array. When dense yin energy drew near, it would trigger the array and devour the Yin Curse energy outside.

Under normal circumstances, the evil ghost would seize the doll’s body. At the same time, however, every doll had been soaked in black dog blood when it was made, leaving a trace of yang power that had yet to dissipate.

When yin and yang suddenly met, the imbalance of power would cause an explosion. The burst of energy produced in that instant was enough to obliterate a malicious ghost’s soul.

This was the cheapest way to get rid of malicious ghosts.

Ordinarily, these dolls couldn’t move at all. But this time, after the Yin-Sha Cloud formed, faint Yin Curse power entered their bodies and happened to achieve a balance between yin and yang. That gave them a sliver of intelligence and allowed them to move on their own, which led to this accident.

At that thought, I couldn’t help feeling impressed.

Back when the village made so many dolls and required every household to place a few inside, it turned out it wasn’t to receive some so-called dragon energy. It was to protect the villagers.

That puppet master was seriously badass.

After the first doll exploded, the other dolls were still standing there stupidly without moving.

These things had low intelligence, so it was hard for them to understand what had just happened. The malicious ghosts were much smarter than the dolls. After witnessing that scene, they were already frightened and were slowly backing away.

Unexpectedly, someone with even lower intelligence appeared.

Jiang Qingsong was utterly stunned.

“Qiao Moyu, Master Qiao-you lured these dolls here so you could take them out together with the malicious ghosts?”

“You thought dealing with one at a time was too easy, so you wanted to instantly kill two at once?”

“Wahhh, I was blind and failed to recognize a true master. Master Qiao, I was wrong! Please save me!”

“You’re practically an immortal. Don’t lower yourself to my level-”

“Just treat me like a fart, like a maggot, like an ant. Please, save my worthless life-”

Jiang Qingsong bawled as he slammed his head against the ground with loud thuds.

The malicious ghosts were confused. A few of them even faintly showed a hint of defiance in their eyes.

“Heh.”

I let out a cold laugh and sat up straight. Then I extended both hands, one to the left and one to the right, and crooked my fingers.

“Not to be rude, but everyone here is trash.”

“Come at me together, both sides. With just two fingers, I can instantly kill every single person here. Oh, no, every single ghost.”

Both sides froze in a standoff. I chuckled, then shook my head and sighed.

“You’re scared even after that? Then I won’t even move my fingers. Do you dare come at me together now?”

My tone was far too contemptuous. A female ghost in a red wedding dress beside me couldn’t take it anymore. With a shriek, she lunged at me.

Seeing this, the other malicious ghosts also bared their claws and pounced.

The dolls took the opportunity to rush over as well, wanting to gang up on me.

Then, there was no then.

Fireworks began going off in midair. Crackle, pop, crackle, pop. Dolls of every color exploded, and cotton stuffing filled the sky.

I sat cross-legged on the ground, my expression calm, steady as a mountain.

While I was secretly overjoyed, I also felt deeply regretful. What an amazing act I had just put on, and only Jiang Qingsong had seen it. What a waste!

I turned to look at Jiang Qingsong’s face.

To my surprise, the guy’s eyes had rolled back. The shockwave from the explosions just now had already knocked the life out of him.

I was so mad I jumped up and stomped on his face twice.

“Get up and praise me already!”

“Useless trash. What was even the point of you?!”