Strange Cards

Chapter 164 Nightmare-Level Ghost Artifact

Shi Yu listened to the old Taoist's analysis and said it without caring.

"I have two late-stage cancers, and I'm going to die sooner or later."

"No, no, no, I didn't die from illness."

"My young friend died in battle."

Shiyu gripped the bottle tightly in her hand and quickly asked.

"impossible!"

The old Taoist priest raised his finger and pointed to the pitch-black night sky.

"A night without a moon is a sign of evil; a sky without stars is a sign of calamity; a dark and windy night is a night for murder."

"The stars are not prominent, and fate is unpredictable. However, the three ominous stars, Seven Killings, Broken Army, and Greedy Wolf, are brighter than usual. This is the second ominous sign."

"And the bloodthirsty aura on your body is almost solidified. According to the art of star observation, it corresponds to the three ominous stars in the distance, making it another ominous one."

"Three villains gather, nine coins for fortune telling..."

"Young friend, you may die three times."

"Judging from the golden peony on your collar, young friend, you must be one of the Hunters. Among all the ghosts you possess, there should be one card that allows you to rapidly repair your body, right?"

"But young friend, you possess an extremely terrifying aura, which actually gives you the possibility of surviving against all odds."

"What do you know? Tell me!"

The old Taoist opened his mouth, as if to say something more, when suddenly thunder began to rumble in the sky. When Shi Yu looked up, she found that there wasn't even a cloud in the night sky.

Seeing this, the old Taoist priest quickly shut his mouth and waved his hand at Shi Yu.

"I can't say any more, young friend."

"If you say any more, you might be struck by lightning."

Shiyu, however, had made two lightning rods from the Ace of Spades and attached them to the rabbit, then disarmed the Ace of Spades.

"There's a lightning rod, so it's fine."

"My car won't be damaged by lightning, I need to know what you've calculated."

The old Taoist waved his hand and shook his head.

"I can't say any more, or I might commit a sin."

"Young friend, all you need to know is to follow your chosen path, and that will be enough..."

Before the old Taoist could finish speaking, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky. Surprisingly, the lightning bolt was not attracted away by the lightning rod, but instead came straight towards the old Taoist.

Shi Yu instinctively drew his Demon Blade and held it in front of him, using the Demon Blade to absorb all the lightning.

The thunderbolt rushed into Shigure's body. Although most of it was absorbed by the greatsword, a very small portion still escaped, paralyzing Shigure's entire body.

The old Taoist priest looked at Shi Yu, whose body was crackling with lightning, and made a hand seal with one hand. He then took out a talisman and stuck it on Shi Yu's body.

The talisman quickly ignited without fire, and Shigure felt that he had regained control of his body.

A trickle of blood spilled from the old Taoist's lips. Just as Shi Yu was about to help, the old Taoist placed the Shadow-Stepping Bell, a ghost artifact made from the Shadow-Stepping Gu, into Shi Yu's hand and said.

"Please leave quickly, young friend. I really cannot say any more."

"This Shadow-Treading Bell is destined to be with you, young friend. I'll do you a favor and give it to you."

"This item can separate a person into nine shadows. Each shadow that is separated has the full combat power of the original body. When the shadows are superimposed, your combat power can be multiplied exponentially."

"The fusion of nine shadows can unleash combat power nine times greater than its own, but the damage is also enormous."

"Each shadow merging requires a person's lifespan. The merging of nine shadows can only be used as a trump card and should never be used unless absolutely necessary."

That's all I wanted to say.

The old Taoist priest gestured for Shi Yu to enter, and Shi Yu, looking at the ghost artifact in her hand, suddenly thought of something.

"Who exactly are you? Why do you create ghost weapons?"

"I am just an ordinary Taoist priest, my Taoist name is Guiyuan."

"As for the ghost artifact..."

"Young friend, hunters aren't the only ones who can deal with these monsters."

"We old folks can do it too."

After saying that, Daoist Guiyuan inexplicably disappeared. Shiyu had no choice but to hide the Shadow-Stepping Bell on her person and ride away on the little rabbit.

On a telephone pole, Guiyuan Daoist watched Shiyu riding a rabbit and muttered to himself.

"Old man, your young master has been found."

"This is all I can do to help him. Whether he lives or dies depends on his fate."

"Such strong luck probably comes from the people around them..."

"With such strong luck, he's destined to be a lone star, cursed by heaven..."

"They probably can't escape either."

What Shi Yu didn't know was that the Shadow Stepping Bell was no ordinary ghost artifact, but was crafted by a Nightmare-level Ghost King.

However, the Taoist priest Guiyuan had clearly tampered with the Shadow-Stepping Bell, concealing its aura and leading Shiyu to believe it was merely an ordinary ghost artifact.

..........

Shigure quickly returned to the hunter, and just as he was about to enter, the steel claw suddenly detached from Shigure's body and stood aside.

"My lord."

"What's wrong? Steel Claw?"

Shi Yu looked at the steel claw, which was many times more ferocious and powerful than when they first met, and asked in confusion.

"Have you been starving since we haven't been killing any demons lately?"

Steel Claw shook his head and placed the steel claws on his arms on the ground.

"I'm already at the peak of A-level. If I don't break through, I'll only be a burden to you."

"I sensed the location of my ghost artifact, and since you are to stay in the South China Sea, I must make a trip to retrieve it."

"Are you sure you don't need me to go with you?"

"unnecessary."

Shi Yu thought for a moment, then casually used her ghostly power to create a doll and threw it to Steel Claw Dao.

"If you encounter any danger, crush this thing and I'll come to your aid."

Steel Claw nodded, put the doll away, and with a powerful leap, disappeared into the night.

Shi Yu turned and went inside, intending to re-enter the laboratory, but found Gu Yue waiting inside.

Nan Nan, Xiao Jiu, and Bai Yu were all there. As soon as they saw Shi Yu come in, the three of them rushed over.

Bai Yu seized the initiative and hugged Shi Yu tightly, while Nan Nan and Xiao Jiu each grabbed one of Shi Yu's arms.

After finally managing to get the three little guys off, Shi Yu walked into the laboratory.

"Sister-in-law, have you found what I asked for?"

Gu Yue shook her head and pushed the two documents over.

"I can't find the spade cards you wanted. Apart from Gong Long and the woman on the drug trafficking ship you killed, there haven't been any reports of strange cards causing trouble lately."

"And even if you have a leader, they definitely won't allow you to merge."

Gu Yue tapped the document, and Shi Yu saw that her own card fusion data had been released.

The data was marked with three question marks, and then Gu Yue spoke up.

"The machine can't detect your card fusion limit, so after contacting Qi Wu, Guan Yun, and others, we all came to the same conclusion."

"You can only use these three cards at most, because we don't know your fusion limit. If you accidentally fuse too many cards, you'll be in danger."

"This is for your safety. There are countless tragedies caused by humans breaking through the limits of fusion, and no one wants you to become one of those tragedies."