Silence, deadly silence.
The sun shone brightly over the entire North Mountain Cemetery, yet, within the Cemetery, it was as cold as an ice cellar.
Two figures stood motionless, facing each other.
Only the black cat, looking terrified at these two figures who clearly weren't very human-like, hid far away.
As time passed, Chu Qing could clearly feel a sense of fear slowly emerging in his heart.
This fear wasn't due to his lack of willpower; the Faceless Ghost's rule ability was already activating. Although there was no special scene rendering, this fear wasn't obvious, but it still made him feel fear spontaneously arise.
He knew that even with the Blood Eye, this Faceless Ghost was already a Ninth-Grade bizarre entity.
Its rule ability, though not immensely powerful, could definitely kill him easily once triggered.
What he needed to do was to make the opponent be counteracted by his own rules before their rules took effect!
But the frustrating part was that the first bizarre entity he truly encountered was one without eyes!
And the Blood Eye's rule ability required the opponent to meet his gaze to activate!
How do you meet a gaze without eyes?
This was a problem.
However, even at such a critical moment, Chu Qing showed no panic.
Having mastered the bizarre entities' killing rules, he could always maintain the initiative.
Even if he couldn't subdue it, he could withdraw at any time.
Thinking of this, Chu Qing looked at the face obscured by dry hair and smiled slightly:
"Such a pitiful thing, don't you even have a face of your own?"
As soon as these words were uttered, the black cat, which had already jumped back onto a tombstone not far away, looked at Chu Qing as if it had seen a ghost.
Even the Faceless Ghost, which had almost no intelligence, was slightly stunned.
Then, it became furious. Low-grade bizarre entities lacked intelligence but, like wild beasts, could perceive emotions. In fact, the Faceless Ghost before him used the opponent's emotions as its killing rule.
On Chu Qing's body, it felt no fear, only full mockery.
In an instant, within North Mountain Cemetery, it seemed to turn cloudy. The sun in the sky disappeared, and in the darkness, the sound of wind occasionally blew.
That sense of fear became even more pervasive.
Chu Qing, however, remained unfazed.
His Blood Eye remained fixed on the Faceless Ghost. He even reached out, attempting to touch the Faceless Ghost's ethereal body.
Unfortunately, the opponent was an Earthbound Spirit, without a physical body, unable to be touched by a hand; only a chill met his touch.
After realizing this, Chu Qing withdrew his hand and continued:
"How about looking at my face? When I was in school, I was considered a campus heartthrob. This face should suit your aesthetic, right?"
Hmm, these were the Blood Eye's original words, so there shouldn't be any problem.
And the black cat beside him continued to watch Chu Qing's actions, which were akin to dancing in a minefield.
Chu Qing slowly brought his head in front of the Faceless Ghost; the foreheads of the human and the ghost even seemed to touch.
"Come and see again, how beautiful are my eyes? They're completely red, aren't they like rubies? Don't you want to pluck them out and put them on yourself?"
Chu Qing blinked his Blood Eye.
He ignored the sense of shame and resistance coming from the Blood Eye, looking as if he was playing a prank, but in reality, his heart had already tensed up.
When confronting a ghost, unless there's an overwhelming grade difference, it's always like walking a tightrope.
Especially with something that has little intelligence, like a wild beast.
In the early and mid-stages of a Ghost Controller, the essence of confronting a ghost is to find rules, break rules, and use the rule ability of one's own ghost to counter the opponent's rules!
And the Blood Eye's rule activation was based on meeting a gaze.
But it never said that meeting a gaze necessarily required eyes!
A ghost's perception isn't just through eyes!
So, what he was doing now was deeply developing the Blood Eye's rule usage.
If it worked, everything would be fine; if not, there was still room to turn around and run.
Facts proved that,
Chu Qing's pair of Blood Eye seemed truly beautiful.
Within the dark ghost-wall environment, those Blood Eye seemed to glow.
As the fear in Chu Qing's heart became increasingly apparent, finally, Chu Qing and the Blood Eye itself almost simultaneously felt a unique perceptive gaze looking at them,
Or rather, looking at his face, and on that face, the pair of crimson eyes.
A fragmented voice then sounded:
"So... beautiful, face, eyes... give them... to me..."
In an instant, the crimson light in Chu Qing's eyes intensified.
The Blood Eye's rule activated instantly at this moment.
And Chu Qing had already calculated the gaze time required for the Blood Eye Ghost to activate its rule against a Ninth-Grade Faceless Ghost: one breath! Less than two seconds!
Indeed, the Blood Eye's potential was unimaginably high.
However, with the Blood Eye's own With Eyes Have Pearls observation, it couldn't analyze the corresponding rule's weight level.
It had to wait until the bizarre era descended and use the 'book of life and death' to investigate.
But this was not the time for Chu Qing to be distracted. Almost the instant the Blood Eye's rule activated, the Faceless Ghost's body in front of him began to tremble violently!
Taking an Eye for an Eye! A tooth for a tooth!
This was the Blood Eye's rule ability: once activated, any ability the opposing ghost used would be completely nullified and returned twofold!
What a terrifying rule ability was this?
And at this moment, under Chu Qing's deliberate provocation, the effect of Taking an Eye for an Eye was also brought into play.
Trembling!
The Faceless Ghost began to tremble violently.
The fear previously inflicted on Chu Qing was all returned to the opponent through these two Blood Eye.
In its eyes, that pair of crimson eyes had occupied its entire vision, as if in the next moment, it could directly devour it.
The immense, instinctive fear made it directly kneel on the ground, burying its head, covered by withered hair, between its arms:
"No... the face, don't take my face..."
Enveloped by immense fear, at this moment, Chu Qing clearly felt that within the rule of Taking an Eye for an Eye, and under the Faceless Ghost's own rule of the face of fear, he could make this Faceless Ghost die with just a thought!
It was like a diner putting food into their mouth to chew. Once sufficiently chewed, swallowing it could be done at any time. This was the ghost's instinct to kill after triggering its rules.
However, Chu Qing did not do so. Although, killing this Faceless Ghost and absorbing it with the Blood Eye should yield a portion of Yin Longevity.
A ghost born at this time, before the era of terror officially descended, had considerable potential.
Although after seeing this thing's ability, Chu Qing had not thought of turning it into his Grave Ghost,
But keeping it in the tomb, judging by this fear effect, it would likely become a stable Yin Longevity-producing ghost for a long time in the future.
Moreover, it was an Earthbound Spirit, practically a fated working ghost!
So, he lowered his head, and even though he couldn't touch the Faceless Ghost with his hand, he still reached out and touched it, then smiled and said softly:
"Don't worry, as long as you behave, I won't peel off your face. And if you perform well, I'll even find you a face you like to use, how about that?"
Evidently, the Faceless Ghost's intelligence struggled to comprehend these words; its ethereal body merely trembled in response to Chu Qing's actions and the perceived emotions.
However, it also expressed obedience.
Ghosts, without intelligence, are like wild beasts, but they also won't seek their own death.
The midday sun was bright and warm.
As if to dispel all the darkness from this gloomy place.
The light and shadow fell upon Chu Qing's scattered black hair, softening his melancholic demeanor considerably.
Chu Qing slowly stood up, looked to the side, and then extended his hand.
The black cat trembled all over but dared not refuse his summons, leaping a few times back into his embrace.
Chu Qing smiled as he held the black cat, facing the scorching sun behind him, and looked at the North Mountain Cemetery before him, and the entire Mang Mountain:
"From now on, with me here, no one will be able to bully you all."
However, just then, the Cemetery gate behind them was pushed open, making a rattling sound.
Chu Qing turned his head to look, only to see Fang Ping pushing open the gate and peering inside:
"Chu Qing! Buddy, I came to see your workplace. Look who I brought!"
Chu Qing looked past the rusty iron gate to Fang Ping's side.
It was a girl about their age, wearing a Chanel long dress, with Valentino studded high-heeled sandals gleaming in the sunlight, and carrying a new toffee-colored Hermès calfskin bag.
After a thorough review in his mind, Chu Qing finally remembered who this was.
His what's-her-name ex-girlfriend from this period, An Ruoxue?