Upon receiving the signal, Wu Dahai responded immediately, as he had always followed Wang Ziting's lead in everyday life.
Bang!
Wu Dahai used his obese body to ram into Zhao Hao, knocking him to the ground.
He then teamed up with Wang Ziting to push Fang Xiu out the door and slammed the storage room door shut.
From then on, the inside and outside of the door were like two different worlds.
Outside the door, Fang Xiu stood alone at the entrance.
Inside the door were his colleagues. Through the small window in the door, Fang Xiu could clearly see the expression on each of their faces.
Zhao Hao seemed to have hit the desk and chairs when he fell and was now screaming in pain on the ground.
Wang Ziting and Wu Dahai were both glaring menacingly at the door.
The last person was looking down, too afraid to look at the window.
Inside the door, Wang Ziting shouted at Wu Dahai, "Block the door tightly! Don't let Fang Xiu come in!"
"Don't worry, Wang Shao. This old wooden door may not stop a ghost, but it can definitely stop a person," Wu Dahai agreed.
However, after blocking the door for a while, they realized that no force was coming from outside. There was no sound of someone banging or kicking the door.
The two exchanged glances and couldn't help but lift their heads strangely, looking toward the small window.
At the small window, a pale, smiling face was pressed against it, calmly staring at the two of them.
The two felt a chill run down their spines.
"I always thought I wouldn't be interested in people anymore, but it turns out that sometimes, people can be much more interesting than ghosts, hahaha...
Thank you for reigniting my interest in this world. Next time, I'll repay you properly."
Fang Xiu's voice echoed through the dilapidated wooden door, reaching Wang Ziting and the others. The strange words were incomprehensible, but the eerie undertone left them with an ominous foreboding.
Just then, the sound of creaking echoed through the air.
The female physician appeared.
That familiar voice sounded like the grim reaper's call, causing Wang Ziting and the others in the storage room to hold their breath in fear, lest they attract the strange entity's attention.
Even though they knew the female physician's murder pattern, they still instinctively felt afraid when the strange entity appeared.
Fang Xiu naturally heard the sound as well, but he didn't even turn his head, continuing to smile as he stared at Wang Ziting and the others, as if trying to memorize their faces.
The next moment.
Swish!
A silver flash, and Fang Xiu's head crashed heavily to the ground.
"Now's our chance, run!" Wang Ziting shouted inside the room, violently pushing open the door and sprinting toward the exit.
As he fled, he instinctively glanced back at Fang Xiu's head.
The head still bore a smile, its calm eyes fixed on him.
Wang Ziting felt his heart nearly stop, and he fled the scene without looking back.
....
....
A cold, slippery sensation came from Fang Xiu's palm.
Long, pale legs came into view.
"You're back," Fang Xiu muttered to himself, and in the next moment, a strange smile appeared on his lips.
The smile flashed by so quickly that Zhao Hao, who was standing nearby, didn't even notice it.
Having just been revived from death, Fang Xiu did not make any unusual moves. He reenacted the events of his previous revival as if in a TV drama.
Touching the thigh, running away, descending the stairs.
The lights in the stairwell were dim, and the darkness seemed to float in the air like tangible particles.
Fang Xiu led Zhao Hao down the stairs at full speed, one floor, two floors, three floors...
Soon, the sound of heavy footsteps echoed ahead of them.
Then came a scream.
"The ghost! The ghost is catching up!"
Fang Xiu, as before, leaped down the stairs and landed on the next floor, successfully meeting Wang Ziting and the others.
"It's Fang Xiu and Zhao Hao! I was so scared, I thought the ghost was catching up." A colleague panted.
Zhao Hao looked at everyone in surprise and asked, "Why are you running so slowly?"
"This is slow? We've already gone down at least twenty floors. How come you guys are running so fast?"
"...."
The conversation unfolded as before.
"The ghost is hitting the wall! It must be the ghost hitting the wall....
Wang Ziting began to explain the wall-smashing technique, but before he could finish, there was a loud bang.
The door opened.
Fang Xiu was standing quietly in front of the door.
Wang Ziting froze, and so did the others. What about the wall-smashing technique? How did they suddenly find the exit?
However, the group didn't think too much about it and rushed toward the door.
The group soon arrived at the fork in the road again and stopped in their tracks.
"Fang Xiu, have you... awakened your spiritual essence?" Wang Ziting asked with a complex expression.
Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze immediately focused on Fang Xiu.
They had previously heard Wang Ziting say that only spirit masters could combat the mysterious, and only those who had awakened their spiritual essence could become spirit masters.
Now that they heard Wang Ziting ask Fang Xiu this question, each of them naturally felt a glimmer of hope for survival.
No wonder Wang Ziting asked this question. After all, Fang Xiu's method of breaking through the mysterious wall this time was different from last time. Last time, he relied on trial and error, but this time, he walked straight to the door and opened it.
Therefore, Wang Ziting mistakenly believed that Fang Xiu had sensed the location of the door through his spiritual energy.
Facing the expectant and complex gazes of the crowd, Fang Xiu did not answer immediately. Instead, he took out his phone and glanced at the time displayed on the screen.
Then he looked up and said, "There's one minute left. The Gui will appear in one minute."
The crowd was instantly startled.
"You even know the exact time the Gui will appear? It seems you've truly become a Spirit Master. Fang Xiu, if you can take me out of the Gui Domain, I'll give you five million!" I'll give you five million!" Wang Ziting said urgently.
"Fang Xiu, hurry up and take us away."
"You must know which path to choose. As long as you take us out, we will definitely reward you."
Fang Xiu shook his head calmly at that moment and said, "No rush."
His words of "no rush" nearly drove everyone mad with anxiety.
"Before leaving, I have one more thing to do. "
Wu Dahai was so angry he almost burst into curses: "What could be more important than escaping for our lives..."
"Ah!!!"
A piercing scream echoed throughout the area, cutting off Wu Dahai's words.
For a moment, everyone stared blankly at Fang Xiu, who was slowly retracting his foot, and Prince Teng, who remained curled up on the ground like a shrimp.
At that moment, Wang Ziting's face was contorted in agony, his complexion flushed red, veins bulging, his body trembling uncontrollably, and piercing screams erupted from his mouth one after another.
Everyone watched him, and for a moment, it seemed as though they could hear the sound of eggs shattering.
"You... you... ah ah ah!" Wang Ziting was in so much pain he couldn't form a complete sentence.
Wu Dahai, who was acting as a lackey, snapped out of it and angrily confronted Fang Xiu: "Fang Xiu! What are you doing? Why did you suddenly kick... kick someone!"
The other colleagues chimed in as well.
"Yeah, why did you suddenly hit someone out of nowhere!"
No one had expected Fang Xiu to suddenly strike, and with such brutal force. Not even the victim, Wang Ziting, had anticipated it.
He might never understand why, after mentioning five million, he got kicked. Was it because the amount was too small? If it was too small, just say so!
At that moment, Fang Xiu offered an explanation.
He spoke calmly, "This strange speed far exceeds human capabilities, so once the minute is up, someone will inevitably die. Now that Wang Ziting has lost his ability to move, he's the one who will die. So, I'm saving you all."
Save... save us!?
Everyone was stunned. They probably couldn't figure out why Fang Xiu had hit him.
After Fang Xiu finished speaking, he didn't give everyone time to react and kicked again.
The next second, another piercing scream echoed through the air.
This time, it was Wu Dahai who fell to the ground.
Wu Dahai's posture was identical to Wang Ziting's—clutching his groin, writhing on the ground, and screaming in agony.
However, his endurance was clearly inferior to Wang Ziting's; after two screams, he fainted.
As everyone knows, the groin is the most vulnerable part of a man's body, and Fang Xiu didn't hold back at all, kicking with full force, shattering it completely.
Therefore, Wang Ziting and Wu Dahai were definitely unable to move for a short time.
Everyone was completely shocked, as Fang Xiu had suddenly kicked out twice without provocation, severely injuring Wang Ziting and Wu Dahai.
"Xiu Ge, you... you... what are you doing..." Zhao Hao instinctively stepped back a few paces from Fang Xiu, his hand unconsciously covering his groin.
The others also looked at Fang Xiu with suspicion and caution.
"Fang Xiu, what are you trying to do! Attacking Prince Teng was to save us, but what about attacking Wu Dahai!" A colleague angrily demanded.
No one wanted to be with someone who would attack them without warning, especially with such brutal force, directly ending their lineage.
Fang Xiu remained unfazed by the accusations, calmly replying, "Keep one as a backup."