The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 296 The Red-Eyed Bat Devours the Long-Faced Ghost and the Method of Entering the Underworld

A gust of cold wind blew in from outside the tunnel, making the hairs on Acong and Zining's backs stand on end.

Although they couldn't see the evil spirit, the two men, like Huang Yongfa, became tense.

Ah Cong turned on the camera and filmed outside the tunnel.

A strong wind blew fallen leaves from the ground into the tunnel, and the dust that rose up vaguely formed a blurry human figure, which frightened Ah Cong so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Huang Yongfa naturally knew what had happened.

He stood up and looked solemnly at the demon that had entered the tunnel.

The evil spirit was emanating a sinister aura, had a long face, and bore burn marks on its body.

The evil spirit is holding another evil spirit by the neck.

As it stretched out its body, it came to Huang Yongfa's front, exuding a strong sense of oppression.

"You're saying you've found the person who killed my whole family?" the demon said.

The cold wind blowing in his face made Huang Yongfa feel suffocated.

His hair and clothes flew backward at the same time, which looked very strange.

He opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but heard Li Zhen say, "It was me who wanted to find you."

"Who are you?" The evil spirit turned to look at Li Zhen, its body radiating a chilling aura that made the tunnel even colder.

Li Zhen glanced at the evil spirit and smiled at it, saying, "You meet the requirements, very good."

The arrogant demon sensed a strong sense of danger from Li Zhen's smile.

This danger fueled its ferocity, causing it to lengthen its body and suddenly rush in front of Li Zhen. Its mouth split open, revealing sharp teeth, and it lunged to bite Li Zhen.

A suppressed squeak came from the female demon beside Li Zhen, and a pair of crimson eyes peeked out from the gap in her cloak.

The moment the hideous demon saw those eyes, its expression faltered, and then fear filled its face.

Its body shrank, and it transformed into a cloud of yin energy, flying out of the tunnel in an attempt to escape.

The red-eyed bat flew out from under the banshee's cloak and suddenly rushed into the yin energy that the evil spirit had transformed into.

With a scream, the wisp of yin energy fell to the ground and transformed into the shape of a demon.

The terrified demons tried to escape, but were stopped by the red-eyed bats.

Judging from the scene at the time, the massive, blood-red bat seemed more like the villain, while the demon below appeared to be the vulnerable one being bullied.

The ghosts that returned one after another hid in the distance, watching the red-eyed bats in the tunnel with trepidation.

The unbearable evil spirit unleashed a massive burst of yin energy, instantly filling the entire tunnel with a chilling aura.

With a furious roar, the demon's body suddenly swelled into a colossal creature taller than the tunnel.

Its skin is covered with cracks, through which you can see lava-like flames flowing.

The entire tunnel was filled with a peculiar burnt smell.

Huang Yongfa's expression changed slightly, and he shielded the terrified Zi Ning and A Cong behind him.

Although Ah Cong and Zi Ning, who were holding cameras, couldn't see the evil spirits, the red-eyed bats that appeared in front of them terrified them.

"Is that bat fighting...fighting with a ghost?" Ah Cong asked, trembling.

Huang Yongfa remained silent.

When he saw the evil spirit unleash its full yin energy, gain the upper hand, and suppress the bat, his expression turned somewhat ugly.

With his knowledge, he naturally knew that this bat was the evil object that Li Zhen used to deal with evil spirits.

This bat is terrifying; it can fight this evil spirit to a standstill.

But judging from the current situation, the bat may not be able to deal with this evil spirit.

Suddenly, Huang Yongfa's expression changed as he saw the evil spirit open its mouth and swallow the bat whole. He turned to look at Li Zhen.

He was relieved to find that Li Zhen's expression had not changed at all.

Li Zhen shook his head slightly: "Stop playing around, I'll find you more ghosts."

As soon as he finished speaking, the red-eyed bats began to squeak again.

The evil spirit, which had swallowed the red-eyed bat and was trying to escape, suddenly froze, then exploded into a large, scattered mass of yin energy.

The red-eyed bat that flew out of the demon's "belly" opened its mouth and absorbed the demon bit by bit into its own belly.

The evil spirit tried to escape, but couldn't stop itself from being swallowed by the red-eyed bats.

Amidst a piercing scream, the elongated demon was swallowed whole by the red-eyed bat.

Seeing this, Huang Yongfa breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at Li Zhen, he said, "This evil spirit was burned alive before it died, and its wife and daughter were also burned to death, which is why it has such strong resentment."

Li Zhen said, "When my bat swallowed this evil spirit, I saw some of its past."

"This evil spirit used to sell contraband. He had a conflict with a corrupt policeman who was blackmailing him, and the policeman burned his entire family to death. That corrupt policeman is also dying now."

Huang Yongfa wanted to say something.

After circling twice in the air, the red-eyed bat suddenly landed on Huang Yongfa's shoulder and stared at him with its red eyes.

It seemed to have some goodwill towards Huang Yongfa, and did not show any hostility towards him.

Holding his breath, Huang Yongfa forced a stiff smile and smiled at the red-eyed bat: "Hello, Mr. Bat..."

The red-eyed bat shook its head, turned to look at Zi Ning, and adopted an attack stance.

"What...what does it want to do?" Zi Ning, her face deathly pale, slowly backed away.

Huang Yongfa then looked at Zi Ning, his brow furrowing: "You're not quite dead yet? You think you can hide on her body and no one will find you?"

If it weren't for the bats on his body reminding him, he really wouldn't have realized in time that the evil spirit wasn't completely dead and had possessed Zi Ning.

Zi Ning's face twisted into a ferocious expression: "If you don't want her to die, then don't..."

When Li Zhen, growing impatient, reached out and grabbed, the evil spirit possessing Zi Ning was pulled from her body and flew uncontrollably into his hand.

Looking at the evil spirit in his hand that was shifting between yin energy and malevolent spirits, Li Zhen closed his eyes and took a long breath.

Upon opening his eyes, he looked at the evil spirit in his hand with a strange expression: "This aura is indeed different. The underworld here is unlike any I've ever been before."

"Has the real underworld truly dispersed? Is there one here too?"

He released the demon from his grasp. The red-eyed bat took flight, swallowed the remaining demon whole, and then returned to Li Zhen's shoulder.

Behind it, another ghost face began to take shape.

A vengeful spirit capable of granting an extra life to a red-eyed bat is rare, both in the mission world and in other mission worlds.

Last time, Li Zhen had the Red-Eyed Bat devour the Mahjong Ghost, which gave the Red-Eyed Bat an extra life. Now, he has finally encountered another evil spirit that can give the Red-Eyed Bat an extra life.

This evil spirit was even less powerful than the Mahjong Ghost, so the Red-Eyed Bat didn't take much time to deal with it.

In fact, the armored ghost in the real world was strong enough to give the red-eyed bat an extra life, but it didn't have much resentment or bloodstains, and seemed to have not committed any murders, so Li Zhen did not attack the armored ghost.

Of course, wanting the other party to investigate the real underworld is also one of the reasons.

Li Zhen remembered that there were many vengeful ghosts in the underworld of this world.

Even if he didn't want to investigate the truth of the underworld and meet the ghost messengers of this world, he still wanted to enter the underworld and let the red-eyed bats devour more vengeful ghosts.

Once the red-eyed bats have consumed enough vengeful spirits, will they undergo another evolution?
Li Zhen patted the red-eyed bat's head, preventing it from eating the other ghosts here, and stuffed it directly into the banshee's blouse.

Ah Cong, who had been filming Li Zhen and the red-eyed bat with a camera, accidentally glimpsed the demon's true face through the gap in her blouse. He froze, then subconsciously swallowed.

The succubus smiled slightly at Ah Cong.

Ah Cong couldn't help but walk towards the female demon.

Huang Yongfa, who was comforting Zi Ning, was startled by this scene. He grabbed A Cong by the collar, pulled A Cong in front of him, and cursed in a low voice, "What are you looking at? Are you out of your mind!"

“She…is so beautiful, didn’t you see…” Ah Cong swallowed again, bypassed Huang Yongfa, and looked at the female demon.

Huang Yongfa slapped Ah Cong across the face, bringing Ah Cong back to his senses.

Seeing Ah Cong covering his face, Huang Yongfa warned, "You don't even know if other people are human, yet you're already infatuated with their good looks?"

Having understood Huang Yongfa's meaning, Ah Cong's face turned pale, and she lowered her head, no longer daring to look at the female demon.

But after a while, he couldn't help but raise his head and glance at the succubus.

Seeing Huang Yongfa raise his hand to slap her, Ah Cong quickly covered her face: "Don't hit me, don't hit me! I'm not a ghost, why do you have to hit me so roughly?"

After saying that, he muttered, "So beautiful, is she really not human? She doesn't even look like a ghost..."

Huang Yongfa apologized to Li Zhen helplessly, saying, "I'm sorry, he didn't mean to offend this lady."

Huang Yongfa glanced again at the ghosts that dared not gather around and said, "They haven't done anything evil, unlike that evil ghost."

Li Zhen wasn't interested in ghosts to begin with, so he asked directly, "I want to go to the underworld, do you have a way to do that?"

Huang Yongfa shook his head: "To be honest, I can go to the underworld myself, but I don't know how to get you into the underworld, because my method may not work for you."

Li Zhen asked curiously, "How did you get into the underworld?"

Huang Yongfa did not hide anything: "As long as I use a certain method to put myself in a state of suffocation, I can enter the underworld. This method has great limitations. I can't stay in the underworld for too long after I go there. I must come back within a certain period of time, otherwise I may be trapped in the underworld and unable to return."

Li Zhen carefully examined Huang Yongfa for a few moments.

Huang Yongfa's eyes are very special, naturally possessing a yin energy, and he himself has been dealing with ghosts for many years, so his body has also been eroded by the yin energy of ghosts.

Therefore, during the brief period of suffocation, his soul left his body and automatically entered the underworld.
If that's the case, then this method is indeed not suitable for everyone.

But Detective Li also has his own methods.

Since Huang Yongfa's soul can accurately locate the underworld, as long as he binds his own primordial spirit to Huang Yongfa's soul through some method, he can naturally enter the underworld through Huang Yongfa.

After weighing the possibilities and risks of this method, Li Zhen said, "As long as you enter the underworld, I can find a way to go with you."

After a moment's hesitation, Huang Yongfa said, "There are many evil spirits in the underworld, it's extremely dangerous..."

Seeing Li Zhen's ambiguous smile, he knew that Li Zhen didn't care about this at all.

Given the opponent's strength, they certainly might not be afraid of this.

However, Huang Yongfa still earnestly reminded him: "There are many ghosts in the underworld, and there are definitely ghosts that are more terrifying than this evil ghost. This evil ghost is just one that escaped from the underworld."

"Over the years, countless evil spirits have existed in the underworld."

He paused, then reminded them more seriously: "There are ghost messengers in the underworld. These messengers not only strictly control ghosts and prevent evil spirits from disrupting the balance between the human world and the underworld, but they also strictly control other beings that disrupt the balance between the two."

"If you're planning to do anything in the underworld, you'd better consider whether it will interfere with the balance of the underworld. If it will, I advise you not to go to the underworld."

Li Zhen shook his head: "I'm just a little curious about the underworld, so I want to go and take a look."

"Curious?" Huang Yongfa repeated Li Zhen's words, "Curious about the underworld?"

Li Zhen asked, "Aren't you curious? Legend has it that the underworld is ruled by Yama, with Ox-Head and Horse-Face, and Black and White Impermanence. Why don't we have them in the underworld now? Are those legends just legends?"

Huang Yongfa said, "I have had the most contact with ghosts and little contact with underworld officials, so I can't answer these questions. But as for curiosity, I don't have much. The less contact I have with the underworld, the better."

He reminded him again, "As you said, the underworld is very mysterious, and those beings that exist only in legends may still appear."

Ah Cong, who was waiting to the side, raised her hand and whispered, "Don't talk about the underworld, it's giving me the creeps. Can I ask you a question first? Can we post this video on our account? What we captured this time is really interesting!"

"The evil spirit was captured in a picture, along with the bat and the beautiful woman... Hehe, if we post this, we'll definitely become a sensation!"

Huang Yongfa looked at Li Zhen.

Li Zhen said nonchalantly, "Whatever, but it's best to cover my face. When do you have time? I want to go to the underworld as soon as possible."

Huang Yongfa said, "I need to go home first to see someone."

Li Zhen nodded: "Should I go with you, or wait for you somewhere?"

After hesitating for a moment, Huang Yongfa asked, "You said someone used the rest of their lifespan to extend my life. If I want to return my life, is that possible?"

Li Zhen shook his head: "It doesn't have to be so extreme. Maybe there are other solutions, like the underworld and reincarnation... By the time I come back from the underworld, I may have already come up with a solution."

"Or, even if we can't find a way from the underworld, we can try other methods."

Confused, Zi Ning frowned and asked, "What do you mean by 'extending life'? Is there a next life? That sounds a bit scary."

Huang Yongfa did not answer. After greeting the ghosts, he turned and walked out of the tunnel.

Li Zhen, accompanied by the female demon, followed him back to the car.

This time, Huang Yongfa was driving.

On the way, after sending Zi Ning and A Cong away, he brought Li Zhen to his building.

After asking Li Zhen to wait in the car for a moment, Huang Yongfa got out of the car and returned home.

(End of this chapter)