Ghoul [2]

After exiting the park with embarrassed faces, Jiang Yilan and Yi Long Fei remained silent, unable to exchange a single word. Their shame was palpable, making it impossible for them to meet each other's gaze. They had never realized how loud they could be during intimate moments.

Unbeknownst to them, a boy wearing a red mask with a huge smile was responsible for exposing their private moments across Acoustic City's cyber-space. Now, he sat calmly on the very carousel where they had been intimate.

The full moon's glow was reflected in the boy's red eyes, its intensity seeming to burn brighter with every passing moment.

His gaze was piercing, as if it could shatter the fourth wall – if this world were indeed an anime, his eyes would appear to bore into the viewer's soul, transcending the screen itself.

Despite his intimidating aura, the boy's mind was a jumble of uncertainty.

He muttered helplessly to himself,

"I don't have a plan..."

As they say, no plans, none can be broken.

Time slowly moved, and the moon was finally shining at the peak of Acoustic City. At that moment, a silhouette started to come in from the trees behind him.

The yellow carousel continued to move, and Mickey got a glimpse of this creature. It was like an old man walking with a bent back, and the wrinkles on its skin resembled tree bark.

The fascinating thing was that it had long, razor-sharp claws that stretched for 5 cm.

It was a ghoul!

'He is just in the elementary realm and has at least three grimoires with him,'

Mickey sighed in his mind with the carousel moving him in circles, before he coldly asked.

"Where is my ring?"

"You mean this ring?" The ghoul's voice was eerie and loud, like it belonged to a drunk old man.

The carousel moved, and Mickey saw the ghoul raising its wrinkly right middle finger at him, and his eyes danced with joy when he saw a black ring firmly placed there.

He still didn't let his guard down.

"Which vampire sent you?"

Only his sister and father knew about him being a half-vampire. He just wanted to confirm if another vampire had commissioned his pursuit or if this creature was driven by a personal vendetta.

His actions since being transmigrated had been far from saintly, and wouldn't be a surprise if someone attacked him out of nowhere.

But as he gazed at the ghoul, he saw only fear in its eyes, and his suspicions shifted. This wasn't a hired blade; this was personal.

"You! How did you know about the supreme beings? A lowly creature like you should not have knowledge about them!" The ghoul roared in a voice filled with rage and fright.

It needed to know if Mickey was related to them or not. If he was, then he would turn around and run. His red eyes told the ghoul that he might be related to them, but he just had to hear it for himself.

Mickey knew this and scoffed inwardly, 'Supreme beings my ass! Such people don't even deserve such a title. They are like dogs on a farm; they only know how to frighten domestic animals. They have no knowledge of how dangerous the wild is.'

A spiteful smile formed on his lips, the same as the one on his red mask. "Does that matter? What matters is that I killed someone you loved, right? Was it your wife, brother, son, sister, mother?"

"If you kill me, I will regret nothing! If I go back in time, I will kill thousands and thousands of people and still regret nothing!"

He locked eyes with the ghoul. "This is how cruel the world the Divine Architect made."

The ghoul's body shuddered a little. This young man had caused it to feel chills all over.

'I thought he was just a high school kid who couldn't stand being bullied! I have killed people before, but this punk… is weid

I was going to kill him because of my son, but now I have to kill him before he becomes a threat to the Cult! Yes, I have a justifiable reason for working without any orders!'

A cold light flashed in the ghoul's eyes as they got consumed by rage.

He took off the hood of his cloak, and Mickey's eyes widened at his appearance.

"Mo Bing!"

A cold wind brushed over the two.

Zhu Yichen let out a pained laugh, tears flowing from his red eyes. "Good! Very good! You remember my son; I will send you to accompany him in the afterlife!"

'Isn't Mo Bing's dad said to be dead? No wonder why Mo Bing suddenly joined the Red Cult and started attacking the city. So, his dad linked him up, and since he had A-grade talent, they couldn't refuse him.' Mickey's thoughts were in exertion, but he maintained a cold look.

"You would have been a perfect candidate to join the Red Cult, but blame your ruthless behavior for your death!" Zhu Yichen took Mickey's silence as an act of fear and was ready to kill this shrimp.

The young man jumped off the carousel and signaled the ghoul to come at him with his index finger, as he sneered.

"Don't you want to take revenge for your idiot son? I am all yours."

Mickey's arrogant behavior got to Zhu Yichen, but that also made him suspicious of the source of his confidence. 'He is a spirit realm Book Lord, and must have felt my aura. What is the source of his confidence?'

'Does he think being a Book Lord makes him invincible? I will show him how vast the sea is!'

The ghoul rushed over to where Mickey was standing, and Mickey seemed dazed at how fast this guy was.

Whoosh...

Zhu Yichen swung both his claws, forming a crescent arc that whispered through the cold night winds, leaving a trail of blood dropping to the ground.

"You dodged that."

Zhu Yichen gave a cold smile at Mickey, who had claw marks on his chest after stepping back in a breath's time.

The two weren't even a meter apart, and the ghoul was swift in giving the young man a kick on his side.

Bam-!

Mickey didn't have time to react and was sent flying like a rag doll until he violently landed on the ground.

For a moment, he saw darkness before the rendering pain in his stomach brought him to life.

Body Part Turn Iron.

Before Mickey could even muster the strength to stand up, Zhu Yichen had used his grimoire and turned his legs into iron and was already an inch away from the poor boy.

Bang-!

Mickey was kicked in the same spot as before, and he could even hear his bones cracking from the impact before he crashed into the carousel.

Blood came rushing out from his throat, but he forced himself to swallow it back.

He muttered.

"I am really weak."

"It's a good thing you-!"

Zhu Yichen was stopped mid-sentence as a blood blade came from his back, trying to burst out his head.

Clang-!

The ghoul was quick to act as the back of its head turned iron, blocking the sneak attack. Before he could say anything, another blood blade came rushing towards his chest.

Unlike Blood Blade, Body Part Turn Iron has a time limit of 5 seconds before activating to shield another body part. Hence, Zhu Yichen didn't use it to block the attack.

But what could a Blood Blade spell do to him?

Shadow Wall.

Zhu Yichen's shadow sprang to life, rising from the ground with incredible speed to intercept the weak blood blade.

The Shadow Wall absorbed the impact before dissipating, returning to its place on the ground.

In the next second, Zhu Yichen caught sight of Mickey fleeing towards the bushes, his head hung low in defeat.

"You little shit! Do you think I will let you go?!"

Horizontal Charge!

The ghoul rushed toward the direction of the young man at a speed the naked eye couldn't possibly see.

Mickey was beyond the range of 10 meters, and the attack only made Zhu Yichen shorten the distance between them.

...but luckily Mickey, he tumbled to the ground.

A sinister laugh escaped the ghoul's mouth.

"Hahaha! It seems heaven wants you dead for your evil crimes!"

Zhu Yichen sprinted towards the direction of the boy. On the way, he saw a young blood raven drinking some of Mickey's blood that came out of his body.

'Why can I maintain my hunger in front of such blood?'

Ghouls feed on blood and go crazy at the sight of it. Mickey is part vampire, which makes his blood inedible to ghouls.

Zhu Yichen just shrugged off his feeling and stood before the boy who was crawling on the ground.

Mickey turned to look back with a face contorted in fright.

"Please…please don't kill me…"

Hearing Mickey's voice, Zhu Yichen felt pleased in his mind at the boy's struggle.

However, he soon felt even angrier than before.

"When my son asked to be spared, did you spare him?"

Mickey muttered something under his breath, and Zhu Yichen kicked him on the side.

"Be louder! I didn't hear a thing you said!"

The fear on Mickey's face vanished, and his lips curled up.

"I said, I tortured him even more! You son of a bitch!"

Blood Blade.

Blood Blade.

Blood Blade.

Mickey expended 30 units of his Qi to send three attacks towards the ghoul. This caused Zhu Yichen to feel even more rage as veins formed on his face.

There was blood on his right, left, and the last one coming for his chest.

Unlike other creatures, profound beasts don't have a Primeval World; they use Qi from the surrounding area. Meaning, they don't have to worry about their expenditure.

Body Part Turn Iron!

Zhu Yichen's stomach region turned into shining iron.

Shadow Wall!

His shadow rose from the ground, protecting his front.

He would have used horizontal charge to evade the attack if it weren't for the cooldown period of 3 minutes, but this was sufficient.

Clang-!

Metallic sounds echoed in the air! His shadow blocked the frontal attack, and the two blood blades landed on his iron sides.

"You Little-!"

His words came to a sudden stop. He felt something giving him a huge shade. When he raised his head, he entered a huge dark opening, which crushed his head into sauce.

It was X's beak!

Zhu Yichen's body became headless, and instead of leaving a corpse, he turned into ashes.

He was dead!