Senior sister, stop working and go home for dinner.

Chapter 74 Closing the Gate, Releasing the Guardian Spirit

Wang Rui, Zhang Hao, Li Ming, and the girl in the dress all looked pale and huddled together, almost walking on tiptoe, taking each step carefully, as if afraid of disturbing something.

The more relaxed and casual Chen Anran appeared, the more uneasy they became.

"Have you dealt with many... things like this before?" Wang Rui asked in a low voice, his teeth chattering.

Chen Anran didn't turn her head, her tone as calm as if she were discussing the weather: "Not much, but enough."

Upon hearing Chen Anran's words, the four people, except for Zhao Mengmeng, turned even paler.

It was only because Chen Anran was too young. Although his kicking open the door had greatly shocked them, they were facing a ghost!

"Master Chen..." Li Ming's voice trembled as he couldn't help but speak, "Can...can we really get out of here? We've tried so many times before, but no matter which way we go, we always end up back in room 304..."

This was his greatest fear; the cycle of despair seemed endless.

Chen Anran didn't stop walking. "If they don't know what's good for them and don't let us out, this cultivator also knows a little bit of martial arts."

Chen Anran's voice echoed in the empty, dilapidated corridor, carrying an inexplicable certainty that brought some relief to the anxious people behind her. However, the deep-seated fear could not be dispelled with just a few words.

The corridor seemed longer than they remembered, and behind the peeling paint on the walls on both sides, it was as if countless eyes were watching. As the beam of the flashlight swept across, something twisted and writhed in the shadows, as if something might pounce at any moment.

"whee……"

A faint, almost imperceptible sound of children's laughter suddenly came from the depths of the corridor.

"Ah—!" The girl in the dress was the first to break down, letting out a short scream as she covered her mouth tightly, tears streaming down her face.

Wang Rui, Zhang Hao, and Li Ming also froze, their faces turning ashen, and instinctively moved closer together.

Zhao Mengmeng's heart tightened, and she gripped the Soul-Soothing Jade even tighter.

Chen Anran paused, and just as he was about to say, "You like to laugh so much?", he saw a white figure suddenly rush towards that direction behind him.

The laughter abruptly ceased, and the guardian spirit's white shadow silently drifted back, carrying a small imp in its hand. The next second, it swallowed the imp whole. Immediately afterward, the guardian spirit's shadow solidified further.

Upon seeing this, Chen Anran's eyes lit up instantly.

Originally, after his guardian spirit was injured by that old bald monk, he needed to nourish it with his spiritual power every day to restore it to about 70-80%. Unexpectedly, after the guardian spirit ate him, it was completely restored.

Chen Anran suddenly had a thought: what if it devoured all the ghosts in this building...?

Zhao Mengmeng and the others also saw the white figure at this moment. Everyone's scalp tingled instantly, and a chill ran from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads!

The white shadow was blurry and indistinct. It seemed to be holding a small, struggling black shadow in its hand, and then... it swallowed it whole! Then it silently melted back into the shadows behind Chen Anran.

The entire process was silent, yet more impactful than any horror movie.

"What...what was that just now?" Zhang Hao's voice trembled so badly that his legs were so weak that he almost knelt down.

"My guardian spirit," Chen Anran said with a smile, as if introducing her own pet cats and dogs, "is specially designed to deal with these unclean things."

Guardian spirit? The guardian spirit of the Devourer?

The way the group looked at Chen Anran completely changed. Their previous doubts vanished, leaving only deep respect and a strong sense of security.

Anyone who can control such a being is a true master!

After dealing with the brat, Chen Anran continued leading Zhao Mengmeng and the others, walking leisurely along the dilapidated corridor. Meanwhile, Zhao Mengmeng and her group of five walked with a powerful and imposing air.

As for being afraid? What a joke! We have a celestial master protecting us!

While Chen Anran appeared casual, his spiritual senses had already spread out, perceiving the flow of every trace of yin energy in this abandoned hospital.

At the same time, he completely released the restraints on the guardian spirits and sent them a command through his mind: "Devour them."

With permission granted, the white guardian spirit, like a wild horse unleashed or a hungry wolf straying into a flock of sheep, excitedly let out a silent shriek, transforming into a blinding white light that lunged at the distorted shadows.

"Waaaah—!"

"Ugh—!"

In an instant, the entire corridor, and even the entire building, seemed to come alive! The mournful howls of ghosts, the venomous curses, and the desperate cries rang out from all directions, but then abruptly stopped the next moment.

A chilling wind howled, whipping up dust and scraps of paper from the ground. The temperature plummeted, and a dark red, blood-like liquid began to seep from the walls. What had been a somewhat eerie corridor instantly transformed into a purgatory filled with the wails of a hundred ghosts!

The guardian spirit devoured everything at an incredibly fast pace. Its white shadow darted wildly through the corridors, wards, and stairwells, clearing away the yin energy and silencing the ghostly howls wherever it passed. The white light emanating from its body solidified and shone brightly at a visible speed, even faintly tinged with a pale golden luster, and its aura continued to rise.

Chen Anran could clearly feel that the guardian spirit's power was growing rapidly, even feeding back a trace of pure soul power to nourish his soul. He was secretly delighted; this rescue had become a feast for the guardian spirit.

However, just as the guardian spirit devoured the last lingering ghost on the third floor and prepared to rush to the fourth floor—

"Enough!!"

A roar filled with anger and heartache echoed throughout the hospital like a thunderclap!

The surging yin energy instantly solidified, all noises vanished, and an aura far more powerful than all the previous ghosts combined surged forth from the depths of the hospital like a tidal wave, locking onto the guardian spirit that was "feeding," and... Chen Anran!

"You brat! How dare you destroy my sacred ground and devour my treacherous servant! I will tear your soul from your body and refine it, so that you may never be reincarnated!"

With that roar, a figure in a filthy white coat appeared at the end of the corridor. He looked to be in his forties, with a pale face tinged with bluish-black, bloodshot eyes, and a thick aura of black resentment swirling around him, within which seemed to be countless tormented and distorted human faces struggling and screaming.

Chen Anran glanced at the newcomer, then calmly said, "I knew the spiritual energy recovery had only just begun, how could so many strange creatures have gathered? Sure enough, someone is behind this." As she spoke, Chen Anran sneered again, "I thought you were going to wait until I devoured all your 'stock' before you would come out."

"Arrogant!" The evil cultivator trembled with rage. Without another word, he immediately began to use his evil magic.

In an instant, the black and red resentment around him surged, transforming into countless grotesque ghost phantoms that let out piercing screams, rushing towards Chen Anran and the people behind him like a black torrent!