Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 76 Conflict
"What are your plans for this rescue operation? Li Jun and the others will fully cooperate with your operation."

On an open space in the suburbs outside Dachang City.

Zhao Jianguo looked at Li Hui, who had already put away the ghost candle, and asked.

Upon hearing this, the other ghost tamers also turned their gazes to Li Hui, each with a different expression on their face—some inquiring, some puzzled, but most curious.

They seemed eager to know what Li Hui's response would be.

He fought Ye Zhen to a draw, mastered the supernatural power of the Ghost Painting, and even used the Ghost Domain to travel, yet his own condition was exceptionally good... All these events combined made Li Hui appear mysterious in the eyes of others.

"It's actually not that complicated."

Li Hui said, "I can handle the rescue operation on my own; I don't need anyone else's help or assistance."

What a joke.

Are you sure that having such a group of people cooperate with you isn't just a hindrance?

A dozen or so ghost riders have been gathered together for several days, yet they still can't even get into Dachang City, which speaks volumes about their abilities. If we were to take them along, it would simply be adding more difficulty to our mission.

Most importantly, Li Hui knew that many of these people were the kind who were 'not very capable, but had big mouths' and were completely incapable of cooperating with him. They were nothing more than burdens, and the kind that were particularly prone to courting disaster.

Li Hui remembers it very clearly.

In the original work, most of these ghost tamers looked down on Yang Jian, who had successfully imprisoned the starving ghost, displaying a typical, inexplicable confidence and mindset of "I could do it too."

Of course, we can't condemn them all outright. Among these people, there were a few who were quite capable and later became captains, such as Li Jun and Cao Yang.

"You're going to act alone? What do you mean? Do you look down on us?"

As soon as Li Hui finished speaking, a Ghost Tamer couldn't help but say, "I admit you are very strong, but that doesn't mean you can so easily look down on us."

The speaker was a man.

He walked through the crowd to stand beside Zhao Jianguo, looked directly at Li Hui, and continued:
"To put it bluntly, any one of us is one of the top ghost tamers in the country. If we join forces, you might not be a match for us."

"Who are you?" Li Hui asked indifferently, looking coldly at the man in front of him. He showed no emotion at the man's words and looked at him as if he were looking at a helpless, barking stray dog.

"My name is Sun Jun, and I am a ghost tamer who has commanded two vengeful spirits!"

Sun Jun said in a deep voice, "The fact that the Ghost Domain is powerful only means that you have the ability to invade Dachang City, but it doesn't mean that you alone are enough to deal with the dangers inside. The best solution is for us all to join forces. Then, this supernatural event in Dachang City will be nothing to worry about."

"Sun Jun?"

"never heard of that."

Li Hui said.

This wasn't meant to be sarcastic, but rather to state a fact: he genuinely had never heard of this name before, and it must be some nobody in the original work whose name wasn't even worth mentioning.

"You're humiliating me." Sun Jun's face instantly darkened. Being told he didn't recognize him in front of so many people made him feel utterly humiliated. If it weren't for Li Hui's strength, he probably would have already attacked him.

"Is this meant to humiliate you?"

Li Hui's expression remained unchanged, still indifferent, as he said, "You say you are one of the top ghost tamers in the country, then I want to ask you, after being here for so long, why can't you even enter Dachang City?"

"Someone who can't even enter the realm of hungry ghosts boasts that he's one of the best in the country, and thinks I'm humiliating him? You think you're worthy? What right do you have to make me humiliate you?"

Li Hui's tone was unusually forceful, and his words were utterly merciless.

He realized that the other party was just trying to make a name for himself. Since that was the case, he might as well let Sun Jun make a big splash and give him a huge boost in front of everyone.

"you wanna die!"

Despite his reservations about Li Hui, Li Hui's words completely broke Sun Jun's defenses. He lost all his remaining rationality and immediately decided to attack Li Hui.

"Sun Jun, stop!" Zhao Jianguo's expression changed, and he shouted at Sun Jun, but it had no effect.

Sun Jun was determined to teach Li Hui a lesson. If he were to swallow his anger after being humiliated like this, he would become a laughingstock and would never be able to hold his head high in the supernatural community again.

Therefore, Sun Jun ignored Zhao Jianguo's words and directly took action. At this moment, he exuded a cold aura, his skin color was rapidly turning black, and something seemed to be constantly wriggling under his skin, making him look extremely eerie.

Sun Jun, the Ghost Corpse.

This is his code name.

Soon, a new change occurred on Sun Jun's body. Something wriggling under his skin seeped out—drops of black liquid. With the appearance of this liquid, a pungent stench of corpses began to spread around him.

"Corpse fluid?"

Those who knew Sun Jun recognized the liquid as corpse fluid, but it wasn't formed from the decomposition of an ordinary corpse. Instead, it was corpse fluid flowing from the body of a vengeful ghost, a manifestation of some kind of supernatural phenomenon.

"Stop Sun Jun quickly! We can't let him fight with Li Hui here!"

Seeing the scene he least wanted to see unfold, Zhao Jianguo's expression turned even uglier, and he spoke to the other ghost tamers.

However, most of the other ghost tamers present had no intention of stopping it; they simply watched the scene unfold with cold expressions.

It would be best if someone took the initiative to probe Li Hui's background and see if the reputation of this "ghostly painter Li Hui" was real.

After all, there are too many mysteries surrounding Li Hui. If Sun Jun could get him to reveal something, it would be of great help in understanding Li Hui's existence.

Therefore, the indifferent attitude of the group of ghost tamers was on full display at this moment.

Among the few ghost tamers present who were willing to follow Zhao Jianguo's orders, there were only a handful, including Li Jun. But just as Li Jun and the others were about to intervene, the confrontation between Sun Jun and Li Hui had already begun.

Tatata!
Sun Jun strode up to Li Hui and reached out his hands, which were covered in black corpse fluid, to grab Li Hui's body.

And then... no more.

Li Hui held the special box containing the ghost candle in his left hand, and suddenly reached out with his right hand, grabbing Sun Jun by the neck and lifting him up.

Li Hui, who possesses 30% of the supernatural power of a bus, is like a walking human-shaped bus. His seemingly simple and ordinary grab contains unimaginable supernatural power, as if he had been hit by a supernatural bus.

The black, chilling corpse fluid returned to Sun Jun's body, and his skin color quickly returned to normal.

this moment.

All the vengeful spirits controlled by Sun Jun were suppressed, and the supernatural phenomena fell silent, unable to resist the suppression of the bus.

"How can this be?"

Sun Jun's expression changed drastically. He was still conscious, but his body was no longer under his control.

Under his perception, all the vengeful spirits within him had vanished. Apart from the parts of his body that had been corrupted by the supernatural, there were no traces of the supernatural within him. He was just like an ordinary person, which made it impossible for him to even put up the most basic resistance.

As a ghost tamer, Sun Jun knew very well how desperate ordinary people would feel when facing the supernatural, and how helpless they would be at the mercy of the supernatural.

"Are you kidding me? It's over already?"

"There was no confrontation process. The result was achieved the moment the two came into contact. Sun Jun was completely suppressed."

"Not only that, Li Hui didn't even use the Ghost Domain, and he also ignored the supernatural power controlled by Sun Jun. The two are not even on the same level; the gap is too big."

Other demon tamers were equally shocked by this result.

The fight between Sun Jun and Li Hui ended too quickly, so quickly that even Li Jun and the others didn't have time to stop it. Sun Jun was already being lifted up by Li Hui's neck like a dead dog.

At the same time, many ghost tamers asked themselves what would have happened if they had been the ones facing Li Hui just now.
But the moment they had this thought, their expressions turned extremely ugly.

Judging from Li Hui's performance just now, dealing with Sun Jun was as easy as drinking water and eating. By the same token, it would be no problem for Li Hui to deal with them either.

Although Sun Jun's strength wasn't top-tier among them, it wasn't far off either, after all, he was a ghost tamer who had controlled two fierce ghosts.

Many of the ghost tamers present believed they could suppress Sun Jun, but none of them were as simple as Li Hui. Even when killing a chicken, the chicken would hop around a couple of times before it died, while Sun Jun had no ability to resist Li Hui.

"Wait, Li Hui, don't kill him."

It was only then that Zhao Jianguo realized what was happening and hurriedly said, "This time it was Sun Jun's fault. I apologize to you on his behalf. I hope you can let him go. After all, he is still a member of headquarters. Killing him will not do you any good."

"Are you threatening me with headquarters?"

Li Hui looked at Zhao Jianguo, exuding a dangerous aura. The surrounding light suddenly dimmed, and some faint things began to drift down from the sky.

That's paper ash falling.

In just a moment, the surrounding colors turned gray, and a hazy ghost realm appeared, enveloping Zhao Jianguo and the group of ghost tamers behind him. At the same time, Li Hui's figure disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Ok?"

See this.

The group of ghost tamers became unusually vigilant, scanning their surroundings and preparing to deal with any potential dangers.

They were completely bewildered, wondering how things had suddenly escalated to this point. What was supposed to be a conflict between Sun Jun and Li Hui had suddenly become like a war between headquarters and Li Hui.

"Li Hui, are you going to make an enemy of the entire Ghost Tamer Headquarters?" Li Jun immediately shielded Zhao Jianguo behind him, while a blue light emanated from his body.

This is his ghost realm.

Logically speaking, Li Jun's ghost domain strength is not high, and it cannot be used in Li Hui's ghost domain, which is 70% ghostly and supernatural, and would be completely suppressed.

However, the ghost fire controlled by Li Jun was an exception. The ghost fire could ignore the suppression of the ghost painting and the supernatural. Even though the ghost domain was not strong, it could still be opened and used normally.

This is an extremely peculiar sight.

In this hazy, illusory world, there exists a cluster of cyan light, adding a unique touch to the world.

But that's it.

As Li Hui deliberately targeted the area, the supernatural influence on the bus increased on the ashes floating in the air, and Li Jun's ghostly aura began to be gradually suppressed.

Grayish paper ash continued to fall, and the blue ghost realm gradually became illusory. The ghost realm was being distorted, and from a distance, it looked like a ball of blue flame constantly flickering in the air.

But the flames can also be extinguished.

Grayish paper ash began to appear in Li Jun's ghost domain, proving that his ghost domain was being invaded. In this supernatural collision between ghost domains, Li Hui had the absolute upper hand. If it weren't for the special ghost fire that Li Jun controlled, he probably wouldn't have been able to open his ghost domain smoothly.

"In the clash between two ghost domains, Li Jun is going to lose. Li Hui's ghost domain is obviously more terrifying, both in terms of the range it can cover and the degree of its terror."

Cao Yang, standing in the crowd, squinted and made up his mind.

It seemed to be to verify what he was thinking.

next moment.

The azure ghostly light began to tremble violently, and then the area covered by the ghostly domain rapidly shrank.

"Li Hui, don't misunderstand. I didn't mean to threaten you. I just want to make a deal with you. Killing Sun Jun won't do you any good. Instead, use him as a bargaining chip to exchange for some useful resources."

Zhao Jianguo shouted loudly. He hadn't expected Li Hui to be so sensitive, and to attack them all at the slightest provocation.

But now we can only hope that Li Hui's rationality can overcome his impulse, and that the two sides can sit down and talk calmly.

Zhao Jianguo's voice rang out for a long time, but there was no response from the hazy, illusory world.

The ashes continued to fall, carrying a chilling aura. The eeriness was permeating the air; the ghostly presence of the painting combined with the eeriness of the bus, suppressing the supernatural forces within everyone.

Just when everyone thought the negotiations had failed and all the ghost tamers were considering using their own ghostly abilities to resist, Li Hui's voice echoed throughout the entire ghost realm.

"Three red ghost candles and two scapegoat dolls. I'll pretend this never happened. Also, I can return this piece of trash to you."

Actually.

Li Hui's actions this time were not impulsive, nor was it an attempt to take this opportunity to kill Zhao Jianguo and the group of ghost tamers at headquarters; rather, it was a negotiation tactic.

He didn't hide his Ghost Domain when he came; instead, he used it to move over in a grand manner to demonstrate his strength. This wasn't to show off, but to avoid being provoked by some idiots.

What he didn't expect was.

He has already shown some of his strength, but there are still some blind fools who want to step on him to gain attention.

Therefore, Li Hui chose to make an example of someone to scare others, and further demonstrated his toughness, which would give him absolute initiative in subsequent conversations with the headquarters staff.

Moreover, the "monkey" he was killing this time was not just a warning to those present; he was also expressing his attitude to headquarters and declaring his toughness to the paranormal community.

After this incident, there will likely be far fewer cats and dogs daring to act arrogantly in his presence.

Of course, the prerequisite for doing all this is having enough strength. In this world, strength is the real factor that determines one's voice.

But it is clear that Li Hui now has the strength and qualifications to engage in equal dialogue with the Ghost Riders headquarters.

To put it bluntly, apart from Elder Qin, he fears no one in the entire headquarters. This is the source of Li Hui's confidence to act in this way.

"You're asking for far too much. Three red ghost candles and two substitute dolls are beyond my authority, especially the substitute dolls. Even headquarters doesn't have many in stock. How about one red ghost candle and three white ghost candles?"

Zhao Jianguo tried to bargain.

"My requirements are actually not high. Whether it's the ghost candle or the substitute doll, they are just consumable items and cannot be compared with the value of a real ghost tamer."

Li Hui continued, "Take this piece of trash in my hands, for example. No matter what, he is a ghost tamer who has controlled two fierce ghosts. Such talents are rare even in headquarters."

"Even if we take a step back and consider the two vengeful spirits he controls, they're already worth a lot of money. And then there's the misunderstanding between us. I suppose headquarters wants to maintain a friendship with me, not be on the opposite side, right?"

"So three red ghost candles and two substitute dolls aren't that many."

In a hazy, illusory world.

Li Hui's voice came from all directions, making it impossible to pinpoint his location, and he didn't reveal anything in his words.

……

(End of this chapter)