“No matter what, this kid has to die today.”
Just based on everything this kid had displayed, he could not be allowed to live.
Some things absolutely could not be exposed.
Their Taiping Ancient Town could not be dragged down because of an ordinary person.
One of He Liansheng’s eyes began to flicker with a幽-green light. Very soon, within the ghost domain, smoke drifted, and a dense stench of corpses appeared.
An illusory human figure swiftly appeared at He Liansheng’s side.
The Faceless Man’s heart jolted. “Isn’t this going a bit far?”
Words appeared. He Liansheng did not speak; he merely looked at the taxi ahead, whose taillights were almost out of sight.
Relying on the ghost domain alone, they could no longer catch up.
If he did not use other methods, then there was no way he would be able to kill this kid today.
At that moment, inside the car, Lin Qian’s heart suddenly shuddered. He instinctively looked back. There was nothing behind them, but upon looking carefully, he could see the streetlights along the road flicker eerily.
Then they returned to calm.
Seeing this, Lin Qian’s expression darkened.
Something really was chasing them!
The other party was clearly getting anxious, to the point that it could no longer fully conceal the supernatural traces.
Whatever was coming definitely possessed a ghost domain.
Lin Qian turned back and glanced at the driver’s speedometer.
Three hundred and twenty.
But even this speed was not safe.
How was he supposed to survive?
Countless thoughts raced through Lin Qian’s mind.
Given the current situation, if he wanted to escape from Taiping Ancient Town’s grasp, he either needed to possess a ghost domain, hide in a place the other party did not dare enter, or swiftly leave Dayuan City before they could catch up.
“Master, how long until we get onto the expressway?”
Lin Qian suddenly asked.
“Three minutes.”
The driver stared fixedly ahead. As their speed climbed higher and higher, even he no longer dared to be careless.
Three minutes.
Lin Qian glanced behind them. That ominous feeling was drawing closer and closer, and as time passed, the dormant ghost inside his body began to stir faintly.
Clearly, something of the same kind was approaching nearby.
“Master, do you trust me?”
Lin Qian reached out and directly hung up the call on the driver’s phone.
“What?”
The driver was focused on driving and did not notice Lin Qian’s actions.
“If you can, speed up a little more.”
Lin Qian looked at the driver with a firm expression.
“What? Are you kidding me?”
The driver was instantly shocked, his whole mind going blank for a moment, but right now he did not dare divert his attention.
“I’m not joking, Master. At our current speed, it’ll be very hard to stop.”
“But as long as you keep it steady, we won’t die right now.”
“But if you don’t speed up, we might die in a little while!”
That ominous feeling was getting closer and closer.
That thing was about to catch up to them.
“What do you mean?”
The driver did not quite understand.
What did he mean they were going to die in a little while?
Lin Qian glanced behind them. The driver did not notice, and of course, he had no time to notice.
Behind them, the streetlights were going out one by one.
Lin Qian took the driver’s phone and turned it off.
“I don’t know whether you’ll believe me, but everything I’m saying is true.”
“Right now, behind us, there’s a ghost chasing us!”
The instant Lin Qian finished saying this, the car’s speed directly rose by another notch.
“Damn it, young man, if a ghost was chasing us, why didn’t you say so earlier!”
Lin Qian was stunned. “You… believe me?”
Lin Qian was extremely surprised. The other party just believed him so readily?
“Don’t look so surprised. I’ve dominated the Taiyuan taxi market for more than twenty years. What haven’t I seen?”
“It’s not like I’ve never seen a ghost before!”
The driver’s expression was grave as he stared fixedly ahead. The airport swiftly swept past behind them.
Now they were heading straight for the toll station.
The car was going too fast.
The surrounding scenery flashed by in the blink of an eye.
Vehicle speed: three hundred and forty-five.
A miraculous speed, twenty kilometers per hour higher than the driver’s estimated top speed. It was hard to believe this was a speed a taxi could reach.
In a sense, the driver really was a talent. This guy’s modification skills were absolutely first-rate.
“Master, once we get on the expressway, keep driving. Unless we run out of gas, don’t stop.”
Lin Qian said with a grave expression. At this point, he no longer cared whether the driver had seen ghosts before.
“Young man, you’re testing my skills here.”
The driver licked his dry lips.
Lin Qian gripped the seat belt tightly. “Master, it’s all up to you. If the ghost doesn’t catch up to us, we might still live. But if it does catch up, we absolutely won’t survive.”
Although right now, death could come at any moment, no matter what, it was still better than being killed by a ghost.
The driver swallowed. This was no longer a question of whether they would get into a car accident.
It was a question of whether the ghost would catch up to them.
He now believed Lin Qian without reservation, not because Lin Qian was trustworthy, but because no idiot would joke around in this kind of situation and tell him to go even faster!
Not even a lunatic would do that.
A lunatic was called a lunatic because there was something wrong with his mind, not because he was stupid.
“I know.”
Cold sweat poured down the driver’s face, but at this moment, he did not even have the thought to wipe it away.
In Dayuan City beneath the night sky, red and blue flashing lights rapidly weaved through the streets.
On the road leading to the expressway, all vehicles and pedestrians had been cleared out.
“The vehicle is rapidly approaching. Estimated to reach the toll station in two minutes. Speed is three hundred and sixty, and still increasing.”
A taxi flashed past in an instant. A police officer held a walkie-talkie and looked at the numbers on the speed detector, his heart filled with shock.
“Received.”
“Captain, at three hundred and sixty, can it pass through the toll station?”
The opening at the toll station was not that wide.
Inside a police car, a middle-aged man’s expression was grave.
“There’s no other way. That driver was right. At this speed, if the curve is too large, there’s no way it can make it through.”
“And along the road leading into the city, there are two or three gas stations. The nearest one happens to be right at the intersection.”
“With the current situation, unless it enters the urban area—but if it enters the city at this speed, once something happens, the losses will be even greater.”
“Right now, we can only hope the other party’s skills are that good.”
“Have you confirmed the driver’s identity?”
“Still investigating.”
“Speed it up.”
“Yes!”
……
“What did that kid do to run so fast?”
Beside He Liansheng, an old man frowned as he looked at the taxi that was still accelerating.
“It’s not what that kid did. That car has lost control.”
He Liansheng said with some irritation.
“Lost control?” The old man frowned. “Are cars in this era all this fast? Even with a ghost domain, we can’t catch up?”
He Liansheng did not know what to say either.
This old senior’s ghost domain covered an extremely large range, practically enough to envelop half a city, and his methods of using a ghost domain were far more sophisticated than He Liansheng’s.
But even so, they still had not caught up to that kid.
“So you’re planning to save him, right?” the old man suddenly asked again.
Save him?
The corner of He Liansheng’s mouth twitched slightly. “That’s right.”
Could he say that he had summoned this old senior’s spirit in order to kill the other party?
What a joke. If he said that, there would be no point in continuing.
“Then there’s no need to save him.” The old man stopped.
“No need to save him.”
The taxi disappeared into the distance. The ghost domain stopped and no longer spread.
He Liansheng’s face instantly darkened.
“We have to save him!” He Liansheng hurriedly said.
“How? The other party hasn’t even triggered my killing pattern. I’d like to stop him too, but I can’t catch up.”
“It’s just one person. If he dies, he dies. There’s no need to waste your supernatural power.”
After saying that, the old man’s figure swiftly disappeared.
As the old man vanished, the ghost domain also disappeared at that moment. He Liansheng and the Faceless Man abruptly appeared on the street.
The extinguished streetlights flickered twice and lit up again.
He Liansheng’s expression was gloomy. “I can be certain that kid may become a serious future threat to us.”
“No need to be certain. He already is. The old woman has results on her side.”
He Liansheng looked at the words above the Faceless Man’s head, froze for a moment, then hurriedly asked:
“What results?”
The Faceless Man looked in the direction where the taxi had disappeared. “The mask on the Opera Ghost’s face is gone. It should be on that kid. That kid may have taken control of the Opera Ghost’s mask!”