Chapter 101: Aftermath of the Battle

But giving up the Ghost Infant in the Urn was like asking Gao Tian to gouge out meat he had already swallowed.

On the other end of the mobile phone, Xu Yuan waited quietly. He was immensely patient, waiting for Gao Tian to state his final price.

"Of course, once Ghost Cave comes out, I will thoroughly educate it. I can guarantee that the two of them will never cause you any trouble again.

"Memory Ghost, I am not a good negotiator, nor do I know how to haggle.

"The offer I just made is my absolute limit. I cannot raise it a single fraction higher."

Xu Yuan's meaning was already very clear.

The conditions he offered were already exceedingly generous. If Gao Tian still refused, Xu Yuan would personally come to the Jinhai Building to retrieve his people.

At that point, let alone keeping the Urn, Gao Tian himself might end up imprisoned by Xu Yuan.

Gao Tian didn't dare ask what exactly that small bottle from the Divine Tree was.

Asking would only expose his ignorance, and Xu Yuan might grow suspicious of their agreed-upon transaction.

Regardless, it was definitely an incredible item. Even someone as shrewd as Xu Yuan couldn't hide the heartache in his voice when mentioning it.

Like a spoiled brat squandering the family fortune.

Gao Tian knew that, having pushed the negotiations this far, he had no choice but to agree.

Xu Yuan wasn't an unreasonable ghost, but he could absolutely afford to be if he so chose. Beyond that, there was only one small detail left to confirm.

"Why should I trust your words?" Gao Tian asked.

"What if you go back on your word after I release them?"

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about, Memory Ghost?" Xu Yuan said haughtily.

"Would I, the dignified President of Galan Society, fail to honor my own words? Just how much do you look down on me?

"Since things have reached this point and you're still unwilling to believe me, fine.

"I swear before the Corrupted Evil Buddha that our transaction will be honored. Furthermore, I will repeat our agreement in front of all the ghost users in the Chat Group, letting everyone bear witness. They can judge for themselves whether I am someone who breaks his promises.

"Can you believe me now?"

Corrupted Evil Buddha? What was that?

The more Gao Tian talked with these ghosts, the more he felt like a country bumpkin who had just entered the city, completely clueless about everything.

Yet he didn't dare ask too much, terrified of exposing his ignorance and his disguise as a ghost.

Forget it. Based on Xu Yuan's tone, it had to be a Supernatural Item specifically used to enforce oaths. Even ghosts wouldn't be able to violate an oath sworn before it.

He knew that even if Xu Yuan hadn't sworn an oath, he still wouldn't break his promise. This wasn't just because of the pride of a powerhouse; it was because Gao Tian's soaring Fortune was still holding strong today.

Gao Tian replied, "I believe you, President of Galan Society.

"As they say, a gentleman's word cannot be chased back by four horses. According to our agreement, I'll release the ghost first."

As for the small bottle from the Divine Tree, the lifespan, or how the other party would hand them over, Gao Tian didn't press the matter.

Since Xu Yuan had guaranteed to give them to him, he would definitely deliver.

Taking two Urns out from the Mirror, Gao Tian began checking which one contained the Ghost Infant.

He couldn't afford to make a mistake and accidentally let out the Shattered Face Ghost.

His hand pressed against the second Urn, and he gently lifted the lid.

Lying inside was a bloodstained doll with vacant eye sockets.

After being contained in the Urn, the Ghost Infant had regressed to its initial state. Even when shaken out of the box and dropped onto the floor, the bloodstained doll remained completely motionless, as if it had truly turned into an inanimate object.

Xu Yuan's instructions came through the mobile phone once again: "Place the phone by the Ghost Infant's ear. I have something to say to it."

It was clear that while Xu Yuan's voice was highly restrained, it resembled the eerie calm of a black sea before a storm.

Beneath his deeply calculated tone lurked thunderous fury.

As Gao Tian crouched down and placed the mobile phone next to the bloodstained doll, he didn't know if it was just an illusion, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw the broken doll seemingly tremble for a moment.

Through the phone, Xu Yuan's voice remained steady: "The vanguard unit of the Supernatural Disaster Bureau, Abyss Echo, will arrive in Shanghai City in fifteen minutes.

"Before those sluggish living humans get here, I expect you to take Ghost Cave, leave Shanghai City within five minutes, and return to the Divine Tree. I will deal with your mess later.

"Have Ghost Cave dispel its ghost domain. Hasn't it caused enough of a mess today? Is it planning to drag the entire ruins of the Jinhai Building back as a present for me?"

The bloodstained doll slowly sprouted human arms and legs, transforming back into the humanoid monster with a woman's face on its back.

After recovering, the Ghost Infant didn't just refrain from attacking Gao Tian; it didn't even cast him a single glance. It walked straight toward Ghost Cave, which was still slumbering inside its cocoon.

First, it dispelled the ghost infants inside the cocoon that had been gnawing and tearing at Ghost Cave.

Once Gao Tian opened the Urn, he naturally lost control over this Killing Rule. The Killing Rule returned to the Ghost Infant, who then cancelled it.

At this moment, Ghost Cave only had half of a hollowed-out head left. The Ghost Infant muttered something into the cocoon. Following that, both of them slowly sank into the ground. It was unknown what Supernatural Item the Ghost Infant had activated to take itself and Ghost Cave away.

With this, the great battle finally came to an end.

In the distance, the sirens of countless fire engines and ambulances blared. Amidst the raging inferno, there were even reporters risking their lives to rush into the fire, broadcasting the situation live in front of the ruins for the cameras.

With Ghost Cave's departure, the ghost domain "Cave" that had swallowed the entire Jinhai Building was dispelled. The sounds and crowds outside could once again reach the Jinhai Building, which had now returned to the normal world.

What happened here today would soon become the top trending headline across all major media platforms. Although quite a few supernatural incidents had occurred in the past, an entity like Ghost Cave directly making an entire building vanish was truly beyond comprehension. It would be impossible for explosive news of this magnitude to be suppressed.

Looking at the mess of ruined walls and debris—the originally magnificent Jinhai Building now littered with corpses—Gao Tian felt a deep sense of self-blame.

So the fatal tribulation Yusheng had mentioned, the one that was supposed to arrive before the fourth Green Text Mission, was referring to today.

Indeed, under normal circumstances, with two Fierce Ghosts like the Ghost Infant and Ghost Cave personally coming for him, Gao Tian's chances of survival should have been close to zero.

If it weren't for Ghost Cave being trigger-happy and insisting on slaughtering an entire floor, thereby causing Gao Tian's Fortune to skyrocket and forcibly suppress the star of death looming over his head—

Gao Tian stopped dwelling on the matter. Even though he had won today, it was a pyrrhic victory. Far too many ordinary people in the Jinhai Building had been killed or injured in the crossfire.

Right, he wondered what had happened to Wang Wenbo, who had been waiting for him on the first floor.

In all likelihood, he was already long dead.

Gao Tian took a look around. On the floor he was currently on, the escalators, emergency stairwells, and everything else had long since collapsed. There was a massive hole right in the middle of the floor; a single jump would take him straight down to the first floor.

He might as well go down and take a look. There was still a chance he was alive.