This actor is full of tricks.

boom! boom! boom!
The sound of slamming against the door continued, and the already fragile wooden door twisted and deformed under the huge impact, and cracks began to appear.

"Are you ready?" Lin Jue took a deep breath, his attitude as if he were about to bravely face death.

Xiao Qiu seemed to feel a long-lost surge of passion; his face flushed red, and he said fiercely, "Ready!"

"I'll count to three, and then we'll rush out!"

Lin Jue hadn't felt this sense of urgency in a long time. He gripped the knife tightly: "3, 2, 1!"

After counting, he suddenly pulled open the door. As soon as the door opened, a filthy ghost hand grabbed in. Lin Jue reacted quickly and slashed down with his knife, slashing hard at the ghost hand.

Although the strike was delivered with all its might, it did not sever the ghostly hand, but it did cut open a large gash, causing the ghost outside the door to grimace and howl in pain.

Because of the door frame, only two ghosts could enter at the same time. Lin Jue blocked one ghost, but another ghost squeezed through the gap on the other side, baring its teeth and claws, trying to grab Lin Jue.

Lin Jue kicked the other person hard, then shouted to Xiao Qiu behind him, "What are you standing there for? Come and help!"

From the very beginning, his voice was loud and imposing, in order to make Xiao Qiu feel the atmosphere of battle and prevent him from deserting when it came time to cooperate.

This is similar to how, in ancient times, two armies would shout and yell before charging into battle, mainly to boost morale.

Looking at Lin Jue's fierce appearance, as if he could hold off ten thousand men, Xiao Qiu felt his blood rush to his head, and he felt that this was the way a true man should be.

"Here it comes!" He gritted his teeth, drew his knife, and charged forward, even more ferocious than before, nearly severing the monster's shoulder with a single blow.

Seeing Xiao Qiu's appearance, Lin Jue smiled with great satisfaction. His performance was worthwhile; Xiao Qiu had indeed mustered up his courage. Once this floor was cleared, he could become a reliable helper.

puff!

With a sound of flesh being torn apart, Lin Jue's knife plunged into the heart of the monster he was fighting. He kicked the corpse away, and soon, the monsters that couldn't get in surrounded the corpse and began to devour it.

"These ghostly things are even stranger than the bizarre; they all look like they haven't eaten in eight lifetimes."

Lin Jue marveled at the bizarre madness of this group. These guys seemed to have completely forgotten that they came to attack him, and were completely absorbed by the corpse.

He grabbed a stool from the side and threw it, hitting one of the monsters squarely on the back.

The monster staggered from the impact, finally shifting its attention from the corpse, and limped toward Lin Jue, a severed hand still in its mouth.

Lin Jue slightly turned his body to dodge the monster's attack, and at the same time stretched out his right foot and kicked the monster's shin with all his might.

The monster let out a cry, and its upper body twisted 180 degrees, its hand reaching straight for Lin Jue's head.

Seeing that he couldn't dodge in time, Lin Jue could only reach out to block the hand. His forearm felt as if it had been hit by a steel pipe, and at the same time, a sharp pain came from the five scratches made by the fingernails, which were bleeding profusely.

Even with his arm scratched, Lin Jue's expression remained unchanged. He grabbed the other man's elbow and pulled him towards him. At the same time, he plunged the knife in his other hand into the man's throat and slashed it sharply to the side, creating a five-centimeter-long gash.

Without pausing, he sheathed his sword and struck again, plunging it into the opponent's heart. All the movements were fluid and efficient, cleanly and decisively eliminating another monster. Meanwhile, Xiao Qiu was still locked in a fierce battle with the monster. They fought without any skill, resorting to the most primal form of physical combat. No, to be precise, Xiao Qiu also had a weapon, hacking at the monster until it was covered in blood and flesh, screaming in agony.

"Fortunately, these guys are all E-rank, so their vitality isn't that strong. If they were any stronger, I wouldn't be able to kill them with my current strength."

Lin Jue gasped for breath, taking a short rest while the monster outside the door devoured the corpse. This body was still too weak; for an ordinary person, fighting against an E-level monster was already the limit.

After resting for less than a minute, Lin Jue tore a strip of cloth from his clothes and tied it to the wound on his forearm. There were still two ghosts outside the door, and Xiao Qiu on the other side was about to finish off his opponent. This battle should come to an end.

"Hey, you two idiots." Lin Jue picked up another stool and threw it at them. Luckily, these things were stupid enough that the corpses distracted him, giving him time to catch his breath. Otherwise, even a battle of attrition would have been enough to wear him down.

The fighting resumed, and five minutes later, all the commotion gradually subsided. Lin Jue slumped onto the tattered sofa, looked at the strange corpses lying in front of and behind the door, and let out a long sigh of relief.

There's no more noise outside; all the ghosts on this floor must have been attracted here and killed.

Xiao Qiu lay in a pool of black blood, staring blankly at the ceiling, a look of bewilderment and disbelief on his face. Just a second ago, he was a cowardly ghost hiding in the closet, trembling with fear, but now he had killed three ghosts in a row.

"Can I still eat it?" Lin Jue straightened his body. He needed to improve Xiao Qiu's strength as soon as possible. If the other party became a D-level, then the pressure on him in this desolate timeline would be greatly reduced. This was one of the reasons why he took the initiative to clear this layer.

Xiao Qiu propped himself up and sat up, looking at the corpse on the ground. His Adam's apple bobbed slightly. "It should be... okay."

"Move them to a better location. Drag these corpses to a room with a good door and let them digest slowly. We'll go to the next floor after you've finished digesting them." Lin Jue stood up, grabbed one of the corpses' legs with each hand, and walked out the door.

Xiao Qiu was stunned for a moment, then dragged the two corpses out the door and found a room with an intact door.

Boom, boom, boom!
Just as they were about to move the eerie corpses inside, heavy footsteps suddenly echoed from the stairwell. At the same time, a darkness even deeper than the surrounding darkness enveloped the stairwell, and the temperature on the entire floor plummeted, as if they had suddenly stepped into a morgue from the outside.

The cursed black lines on Lin Jue's arm were tightly bound by a force several times greater than that of an E-rank.

Something's coming up from downstairs!
And it's at least a D-level!
Xiao Qiu's expression changed, and she immediately became panicked: "What should we do?"

After what just happened, he completely regarded Lin Jue as his backbone, and would subconsciously ask Lin Jue for help when he encountered problems.

"Move as much as you can, then close the door and don't make a sound." Lin Jue reacted quickly, rapidly moving the things while keeping his footsteps light. "Don't be so flustered, I'm here, don't be afraid."

Xiao Qiu was still moving the body when he suddenly couldn't hear Lin Jue's voice anymore. He shuddered and turned his head to look.

Lin Jue, who had just been right next to him, suddenly disappeared.

Holy crap! Where did everyone go?!

Xiao Qiu was immediately alarmed. Hadn't they just said they were going to fight side by side? How could they have disappeared so suddenly!

The most crucial thing is, that thing at the bottom of the stairs is already up there! (End of Chapter)