Chapter 14: The Seventh Gluttonous Eye Reveals Its Power

Chapter 14: The Seventh Gluttonous Eye Reveals Its Ability

Time passed, and the headless ghost collapsed to the ground, motionless. Duan Ming and his companions slumped to the floor, clutching their waists.

"Ah, I'm exhausted, truly exhausted." He Wei rubbed his waist incessantly, yet a look of immense satisfaction remained on his face.

Zhao Gangmen chimed in, "The Big Brother is truly brilliant. Big Brother, how about another round?"

The headless ghost gave a violent twitch.

Duan Ming waved his hand dismissively. "The waist can no longer bear the strain. It simply cannot bear the strain."

The kidneys were vital storage organs for ghost energy. At this moment, everyone present looked utterly drained. Men, after all, remain boys until the day they die—or, in this case, even after they have died.

Just then, Jiang Xiaoxiao, who had gone quiet, walked over gracefully. With every step she took, the blood on her body diminished, not by evaporating into the air, but by being absorbed into her skin, making her already fair complexion appear even more crystal clear. By the time she reached the group, she had transformed back into the innocent girl-next-door look she had worn at the start.

She gave Duan Ming a pure, sweet smile. "You are so impressive, big brother. I’ve never had such a refreshing bath before."

The headless ghost: "???"

Duan Ming chuckled dryly. "Ha! It is our honor to serve such a lovely girl as Jiang Xiaoxiao."

Jiang Xiaoxiao covered her mouth and giggled. "Big brother has such a charming way with words."

Appreciating the blood-bathing spectacle from a distance was one thing; having the person standing right in front of him was quite another. Duan Ming hoped she would leave soon, and meanwhile, he cast an inspection skill.

[Disease Ghost]
[Name: Jiang Xiaoxiao]
[Level: Fierce Ghost]
[Friendliness: 20 (Slightly favorable)]
[Target Information: She suffers from an unknown illness and has been frail since childhood. After seeking out famous doctors across the country to no avail, her family accidentally obtained a folk remedy: using human blood combined with specific medicinal herbs to coat her entire body effectively suppressed the symptoms. Tests showed her condition improved, and she lived a normal life for several years. By chance, she overheard her parents planning to kill people for blood when they couldn't obtain it otherwise. To prevent her parents from going down an irreversible path, she ran away from home and died when her old illness recurred.]
[Hint: You don't seem to need any more hints, but she particularly loves mousse cakes. Due to her illness, she couldn't eat sweets while alive, and she cannot find such things in the Ghost Realm after death. Perhaps you could put some thought into that.]

Seeing the solid 20-point friendliness rating, Duan Ming finally let go of his worries.

"So... may we leave now?"

"Not yet~"

Everyone's hearts tightened.

Jiang Xiaoxiao shivered with laughter again. "Giggle~ Don't be nervous. Xiaoxiao is not an ungrateful person. You helped me, so I must naturally provide a reward."

"Hmm~ what should I give you?" She rested her chin on her hand, then her eyes lit up. She reached into the abyss, rummaged around, and pulled out a pitch-black object, tossing it over.

Duan Ming caught it in a hurry; it still held warmth and a faint fragrance. A barrel, a grip, a trigger... What was this?

A gun? Though it looked exactly like the low-quality toy guns from his childhood.

"This is..." he asked.

"This was my favorite toy when I was little. I’ve kept it with me since arriving in the Ghost Realm. I haven't used it since I promoted to the Fierce Ghost level, but I believe it will be useful for your current level."

There was such a good thing? Duan Ming immediately focused his gaze on the gun in his hand.

[Jiang Xiaoxiao’s Toy Gun]
[Level: Malicious Ghost]
[Description: Ghost energy acts as ammunition. As long as the ghost energy is inexhaustible, the ammunition is endless. It can inflict significant damage on ghosts below the Malicious Ghost level. Even a Malicious Ghost would not dare to underestimate the lethality of this weapon.]

Good heavens, a toy gun was actually a Malicious Ghost-level weapon? Duan Ming immediately stashed it away.

Jiang Xiaoxiao beamed. "I'm glad you like it, big brother."

"If you have nothing to do, feel free to come to Room 403 to play with me, hee hee~"

"Bye~"

As Jiang Xiaoxiao turned to leave, everyone let out a long sigh of relief, but immediately held their breath again.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot." Jiang Xiaoxiao suddenly turned back and swiped lightly at the starving ghost on the ground. The groaning stopped instantly. Before anyone could react, the starving ghost had been sliced in two, dead beyond any doubt.

"No need to thank me~"

"Sayonara~"

Her whole body dissolved into black smoke. Before the sound of her voice had even faded, her figure had already vanished.

"..." x5

A long silence followed.

"Is she gone?"

"She... should be gone, right?"

*Thud!* x4

Everyone collapsed to the ground.

He Wei patted his chest, still shaken. "The Fierce Ghost level is terrifying. Even though Jiang Xiaoxiao wasn't intentionally projecting her aura, her mere presence made my legs go weak."

Zhao Gangmen: "Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch~"

"Alright, alright, she's gone, what are you still afraid of?" Duan Ming kicked him impatiently. "But what did she mean by that last bit? What did she mean by 'no need to thank me'?"

Wang Jue frowned, looking at the halved body of the starving ghost. "I think I understand what she meant. The call made from the starving ghost's home would have been recorded by the customer service department. As a minor celebrity, everyone knew what his demands were. If you had accepted this commission, you were destined to fail. Jiang Xiaoxiao was helping you eliminate the negative impact."

"After all, it’s one thing for the starving ghost to be 'alive,' but once he's gone, no one will care about him anymore."

Good grief! Jiang Xiaoxiao had truly implemented the philosophy of "if you can't solve the problem, solve the person who raised it."

Duan Ming felt a pang of sympathy for the innocent starving ghost, but a second later, he frowned slightly.

A strange sensation rose from within his body, coming from his left hand. The Seventh Gluttonous Eye was opening and closing in his clenched palm, seemingly hungry for the starving ghost's corpse.

Following this sensation, he slowly approached the two halves of the body and touched the surface. Suddenly, a powerful suction force erupted from his palm. The black mist that had been dissipating began to surge into the Gluttonous Eye like water rushing down a drain, and he felt endless power surging through his body.

After about ten seconds, the strange sensation in his palm slowly faded, and at the same time...

[Absorbed 181 units of starving ghost energy.]
[Current Ghost Energy: 856]

Duan Ming was shocked. In such a short time, he was already approaching the Malicious Ghost level? Was this the ability of the Seventh Gluttonous Eye? It was too terrifying!

He looked back at the others.

(○.○) x4

"What... what are you looking at?" Duan Ming subconsciously hid his hand.

Another silence, then an outburst.

"Did he just absorb ghost energy?"

"Be confident, drop the question mark."

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle!"

"My god, someone can directly absorb ghost energy? And drain it completely, leaving nothing behind?"

"Is he a freak? Not to mention how he did it, but won't his body explode from absorbing that much energy at once? That starving ghost had at least two hundred units of energy, right?"

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle!!!"

Duan Ming felt a headache coming on. "Stop, stop, stop! What are you all talking about? What 'absorbing ghost energy' and 'exploding'?"

Zhao Gangmen: "Big Brother, you don't understand. Although we ghosts can eat other ghosts to absorb energy, we actually have to eat them, and we only absorb at most one-tenth of the target's energy."

He Wei: "And the most important point is, Big Brother, you're human! We don't know how you humans improve your strength through such bizarre means, but it's definitely not by eating."

Duan Ming paused and pointed to the now even more shriveled corpse of the starving ghost. "Then why didn't you eat him earlier?"

"..."

Wang Jue: "I couldn't bring myself to do it."

Zhao Gangmen: "It's all bones; it's a hassle to eat."

He Wei: "I prefer the slightly chubby ones."

Chen Haolan: "Gurgle?"

(End of chapter)