Chapter 4 – Mo Shuang’s Robbery

After passing down a small path, four masked figures suddenly appeared.

Mo Shuang: “Brother, we just want some money, not your life, so you know the drill.”

Su Ming looked at the woman before her and the three burly men around her, momentarily stunned. Aren’t you people aware of your own strength to dare block my path?

Mo Shuang looked at the Fourth Realm Blood Soul Ghost and felt this was somewhat troublesome, since among the four of them, only she was at the Third Realm, while the other three were at the Second Realm.

Su Ming clearly didn’t yet realize how great her advantage was, so she sent a telepathic message to Blood Soul Ghost: “If you can’t win, return to my body. I don’t believe Sword Ghost can’t take them down.”

Blood Soul Ghost: “None of them have a higher realm than me. At most, their ghosts or beasts might be slightly higher in realm. It should be fine.”

Su Ming: “Then be careful. Sword Ghost is too strong, and I’m afraid he might cause a commotion in the surroundings.”

Mo Shuang saw that Su Ming didn’t intend to pay, and immediately grew furious: “Brothers, summon your ghost creatures!”

Blood Soul Ghost directly released a burst of ghostly qi. Su Ming didn’t feel anything, but the four on the other side panicked.

Only Mo Shuang managed to summon a Fourth Realm bat ghost; the other three were all unable to summon theirs.

“It’s over. I can’t feel the connection with my ghost inside my body. Boss, we can’t summon.”

Neither Mo Shuang nor Su Ming had expected that Blood Soul Ghost possessed such a special ability. This was simply too absurd.

Mo Shuang hastily racked her memory, but she had never heard of such a ghost, nor had she even seen it in any books. That meant this kind was so rare that even the official records hadn’t included it…

Mo Shuang realized something was wrong: “Brothers, retreat now!”

Blood Soul Ghost gathered power for a strike, and the bursting Blood Claw directly knocked the bat ghost out of the air. The bat ghost hadn’t expected Blood Soul Ghost to be this fast, because it was used to fighting easy battles and hadn’t reacted in time.

Su Ming hadn’t expected the enemy to be this weak… They were just scaring themselves…

The three burly men saw that Blood Soul Ghost had already distanced herself from Su Ming, and thought to capture the leader first to defeat the group, intending to take Su Ming down directly.

Just as Su Ming was hesitating whether to summon Sword Ghost, Sword Ghost came out on his own. With a single burst of sword qi, he severely wounded them.

The three burly men fell to the ground simultaneously, each with a sword wound across their chest—precisely injuring without killing.

Su Ming felt somewhat awkward: “This… can’t be blamed on me, right? You made the first move…”

The three burly men sensed Sword Ghost’s terrifying aura. This suppression was an absolute suppression of realm. Even if Sword Ghost remained silent now, they couldn’t even manage to approach him.

Su Ming withdrew Sword Ghost. She hadn’t expected Sword Ghost to be so eager to protect his master that he came out on his own. But this was also somewhat troublesome—what if he came out at an inappropriate time? That would be a problem.

Su Ming, regardless of whether Sword Ghost could hear her, said: “Old pal, from now on, don’t come out without my command. It’s too dangerous…”

At this moment, the battle between Blood Soul Ghost and the bat ghost also came to an end. The bat ghost, having lost its ability to fly after being wounded by the Blood Claw, was unsuited for ground combat and quickly lost.

Su Ming glanced at Blood Soul Ghost’s condition. Her spiritual power was still at forty percent of its original amount. It seemed she was fine, considering she had first suppressed the other three’s summoning and then fought against a bat ghost of the same realm.

Mo Shuang hastily withdrew the bat ghost. Su Ming also found it strange—now that she had withdrawn the bat ghost, did she still have any combat capability left?

Mo Shuang looked defiant. “We lost. Do whatever you want with us.”

Blood Soul Ghost looked at Su Ming. In a sense, the lives of all four of them now hung on a single thought from Su Ming.

Su Ming thought it over. Aside from those three burly men who had tried to grab her earlier, they hadn’t actually made a move against her from the start.

Su Ming said, “How about this—each of you gives me a hundred yuan, and as long as you promise not to hurt anyone from now on, I’ll let you go. What do you think?”

Mo Shuang was puzzled. “You’re not going to kill us?”

Su Ming replied, “You didn’t fight me from the start, so I figure you’re not the type to hurt people recklessly.”

Mo Shuang fished a pile of loose change from her pocket and counted it. “We’re still a hundred and thirty-five short.”

Then the four of them pooled their money together and finally scraped up four hundred yuan.

Su Ming more or less understood—these guys were genuinely broke…

The four handed the money to Su Ming, then helped each other up and prepared to leave.

Su Ming looked at Mo Shuang and felt she seemed a bit familiar. “Wait, can you do me one more favor?”

Mo Shuang turned back. She was still wearing her mask, but Su Ming couldn’t shake the feeling that her face shape was indeed somewhat familiar.

Mo Shuang asked, “What’s wrong? Changed your mind?”

Su Ming said, “Big sister, could you let me see your face? I’ll give back the four hundred yuan.”

Mo Shuang immediately grew wary. People in this line of work feared nothing more than showing their face—once their identity was exposed, it would be trouble…

Su Ming noticed her wariness and returned the money to her. “Just tell me—is your surname Mo?”

Mo Shuang’s heart tightened. She quickly tossed the money back to Su Ming and hurried away with her people.

Su Ming asked Blood Soul Ghost, “What was that about? Is her surname Mo or not? I keep feeling her face shape is a bit similar to Mo Nian’s.”

Blood Soul Ghost replied, “That surname is extremely rare, but judging from her reaction, it’s actually possible. However, Master, the way you asked just now was too direct. Even if she really is, she wouldn’t tell you.”

Su Ming scratched her head awkwardly, then let it go. “Come on, come on, let’s go get some food. Tonight we’re eating like kings.”

That evening, after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they each went to rest. Mo Nian was still hiding under Su Ming’s bed, holding the red talisman and pondering whether to draw on it or not.

The only one who hadn’t sat at the table was Ice Crystal Turtle, who was resting in another room with Blood Soul Ghost. Although ghosts didn’t need rest, Su Ming felt it wasn’t right for Ice Crystal Turtle to stay in that room alone, so she had Blood Soul Ghost go along as well.

Ice Crystal Turtle was still pawing at his feed. “Damn boss, still won’t let me have two weeks off today. Values looks over friendship, damn lolicon.”

Blood Soul Ghost stifled a laugh. Good thing Su Ming wasn’t there, or she’d have smacked him dead.

Sword Ghost had no consciousness and remained inside Su Ming’s body. For now, he was just arranged properly by Su Ming.

Su Ming lay on the bed. “Mm… it’s about time I checked out my comrades’ strength.”

She opened the system panel and looked at Sword Ghost first.

Ghost Type: Sword Ghost

Strength: Eighth Realm

Skill 1: Ghost Sword (Can transform Sword Ghost into a ghost sword for use. Since the ghost sword is composed only of Sword Ghost’s ghostly qi, its strength is merely Third Realm.)

Skill 2: Soul Sever (Ignores all defenses; a single strike kills the soul.)

Skill 3: Shadow Kill (Can move at extreme speed for a short time; speed-type ghosts or beasts of the same rank can barely keep up.)

Skill 4: Armor Breaker (Can unleash countless sword qi attacks at the enemy, with devastating destructive power.)

Su Ming was astonished. “Sword Ghost is this strong?”

System: “Yes, but please note, Host, that all skills cannot be used consecutively within a short period of time and require a certain cooldown.”

Su Ming continued scrolling down to look at the Blood Soul Ghost’s information next.

Ghost Type: Blood Soul Ghost

Realm: Fourth Realm

Skill 1: Blood-Qi Soul Severance (In normal state, within a certain range, can sever the connection between a ghost tamer and their ghost. If there is a lack of trust between the ghost tamer and the ghost, it can also be severed. Upon reaching half-step ghost king, it can directly complete Soul Stripping on those three realms below.)

Skill 2: Blood Claw (Can be launched, can convert the opponent’s blood qi for one’s own use, and can also strengthen oneself. The damage caused is difficult to heal within a short period of time.)

Skill 3: One Heart One Body (Can possess injured people or beasts, restoring their injuries. Control of the body is theoretically split equally between both parties. It can also possess the Host when injured itself, allowing the Host to gain the abilities of the Blood Soul Ghost.)

The Ice Crystal Turtle’s information was as follows.

Beast Type: Ice Crystal Turtle

Realm: Third Realm

Skill: None (Naturally possesses extremely high mastery over water, no skills needed)