“The orchard… this should be the place, right?”

Outside a fairly large orchard, Lin Feng hid behind a stone and muttered to himself. Yes.

He had left the city again.

After seeing many perilous-level ghost extermination missions on the communicator that no one had accepted, Lin Feng chose one and took it.

This also triggered a system task.

Eliminating a perilous-level ghost granted more abundant experience from the system. Like this time, dealing with the ghost in this orchard would yield 500 experience, plus 1 point of ghost potential and bond value.

After elimination, you can also earn 300 contribution points from the Liucheng Base City.

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Although it was unusual for no one to take on the mission suddenly.

But for Lin Feng, it was an opportunity.

Now Tongtong was still over 4,000 experience points away from reaching the terror level.

She would need to kill at least ten more perilous-level ghosts to have a chance to reach the terror level.

However… Tongtong’s potential was almost at three stars, and once it reached three stars, the experience required for leveling up would be reduced by one-third.

That would be awesome!

In Lin Feng’s view, something might have happened outside the city, like the outermost defense line being strained, causing a large number of ghost masters to go for support.

There might be other changes as well.

Leaving the city recklessly might be a bit risky.

But… as long as Tongtong can quickly reach the terror level.

Taking this risk… is worth it.

With Tongtong’s strength and her bond with Lin Feng, even if they encounter a terror-level ghost and can’t defeat it… Lin Feng is confident enough to escape!

Within the defense lines of Liucheng City, terror-level ghosts are actually very rare.

One only appears occasionally.

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“Let’s go straight in.”

Lin Feng whispered.

This orchard was also cultivated by the Liucheng Base City. There was a small fruit farmers’ village at the foot of the mountain. According to those farmers, the ghost in the orchard arrived only yesterday and killed several people. A Level 2 ghost master stationed in the village went to clean it up but was killed.

Lin Feng took Tongtong’s ribbon bow in his hand and then walked into the orchard.

This was an apple orchard, and it was almost the harvest season. The trees were growing densely.

As Lin Feng walked, he saw a corpse hanging from a tree.

“A farmer.”

Lin Feng whispered.

He walked around the corpse and continued deeper into the orchard.

After walking a bit further, Lin Feng saw another corpse hanging from a tree, another farmer.

“Is this guy a hanging ghost?”

Lin Feng muttered to himself.

Both corpses were hung on apple trees with straw ropes, looking as if they had been hanged. Their tongues were sticking out, and their eyes had rolled back, making their deaths quite eerie.

If someone with a timid nature saw this, they’d be terrified.

Lin Feng wasn’t afraid at all and continued his search.

After walking some distance, a third corpse appeared. It was also hanging, and from the clothing, it was another farmer.

However, the ghost had not yet appeared.

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The orchard was large, stretching from one mountain peak to another, with different fruits on each peak. This place was essentially the fruit basket of Liucheng Base City.

Lin Feng searched the orchard for most of the day and still hadn’t found the ghost.

“Strange, did it run away after killing?”

Lin Feng thought.

Some ghosts wander aimlessly, some follow the scent of humans, and others are completely unpredictable. It’s not impossible that this ghost left after killing.

Lin Feng didn’t give up and continued searching.

Soon, it was noon.

Sunlight pierced through the hazy sky and shone down.

Half an hour of safety time arrived.

Lin Feng sat down, quietly took out food from his storage space, and started eating.

…………….

Before leaving the city, he had already brought enough food.

In the storage space, time is essentially frozen. Whatever is put in remains the same when taken out, so there’s no problem.

After Lin Feng finished eating at his own pace, the sunlight gradually faded.

Lin Feng stood up, and then…

He realized…

The surroundings had drastically changed.

The fruit trees around him were now covered with corpses.

These corpses included the farmers he had seen earlier.

There were also some Lin Feng had never seen before.

They all had one thing in common.

All the corpses were hung by straw ropes, with long tongues sticking out and bulging eyes, looking particularly fierce and terrifying.

“Is this the ghost domain of a perilous-level ghost?”

Lin Feng muttered to himself.

He had unknowingly entered a ghost domain.

However, Lin Feng wasn’t the least bit afraid.

Not only was he unafraid, but Lin Feng was actually pleased.

This perilous-level ghost was still here.

And it had come for Lin Feng.

…………….

“Where is it?”

Lin Feng looked around.

At this moment, a rope silently descended from the sky and quietly appeared around Lin Feng’s neck.

“It’s here!”

Lin Feng’s physical abilities, three times that of an average person, weren’t for nothing. His observation skills were amazing, and he had already noticed the rope.

He reached out to grab it but didn’t catch the rope.

The next second, the rope tightened, about to hang Lin Feng!

However…

A small hand suddenly appeared and grabbed the rope tightly!

Tongtong made her move!

Lin Feng quickly retreated out of the rope’s range.

“As expected, it’s a hanging ghost.”

Lin Feng thought.

He looked at the rope but didn’t see any ghostly figure above it. This meant that the hanging ghost was definitely within the rope, killing through this ghostly noose.

And its method of killing was quite simple.

It just used the rope to hang people.

The eerie thing about this rope was that ordinary people couldn’t grab it with their hands, but it could hang them… for ordinary people, it’s simply unsolvable.

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But now, Tongtong was holding the ghostly rope tightly.

The ghost rope struggled continuously, trying to escape.

Meanwhile, the corpses hanging from the apple trees around them started approaching rapidly.

Their eyes were rolling, and their hands reached out toward Lin Feng.

At the same time, they let out piercing screams.

Because their tongues were hanging out, the screams sounded particularly strange, making not only the hair on one’s body stand on end but also causing a strong sense of discomfort, enough to give someone goosebumps.

“Tongtong, hurry up.”

Lin Feng shouted.

Hearing Lin Feng’s voice, Tongtong finally gave it her all, and her dress turned red.

The strength gap between white-dressed Tongtong and the hanging ghost wasn’t particularly large, so it would take some time to deal with it.

But red-dressed Tongtong was different.

As soon as the red dress appeared, the ghost rope struggled violently.

However.

It was to no avail.

The next second.

Tongtong had grabbed the ghost rope with both hands and pulled it forcefully.

Instantly.

The ghost rope was torn in two by her!

With a sharp, piercing scream, the surrounding corpses fell silent.

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Mission complete
You have gained +500 experience, +1 potential, and +1 bond.

Alert
Ghost Tongtong has had an increase in ghost energy.

Alert
You have obtained a damaged ghost rope,
(a damaged ghost artifact, can be used to bind ghosts).

Alert
You have obtained 1 ghost spirit item.

The system’s voice rang out continuously.