Chapter 984 - Special Power (1/2)

“Be careful of the altar he’s carrying.” The altar from the futuristic theme park had appeared again. Chen Ge seriously suspected that there were more altars hidden around Eastern Jiujiang. “A Specter beyond the Red Specter is a Demon God. I can understand building an altar for one, but why would they place a mud statuette inside the altars?”

The mud statuettes should have been made by the same person. The handicraft was rough, like they were made by children, and the shape of a human was barely discernable.

“Altar, statuette, who is behind all this? They seem to be targeting children. Is there a ghost that specifically feeds off children in this world?”

When Chen Ge was thinking, the man kneeling on the ground finally noticed him. The hand stopped moving, and he slowly turned his face to reveal a featureless face. It was like a piece of white paper that had nothing on it. On a rainy night, in a room carved with names, a faceless monster knelt, guarding an altar. If not for Xu Yin, Chen Ge would have run away when the man lifted his head.

Since there was no face, Chen Ge could not tell his emotions and could not predict his next move. The monster had no ears, so Chen Ge could not tell whether he could hear him or not. The monster had no mouth, so the most basic communication was impossible.

After a temporarily pause, the monster suddenly pushed his hands against the ground and charged at Chen Ge on all fours.

“Xu Yin!” Even before the order from Chen Ge, Xu Yin had already stepped in front of Chen Ge. His upper body leaned forward, and black capillaries appeared on the back of his hand as he held the monster’s head back. Blade-like fingers cut into the monster’s face. The skin was cut through, but no blood leaked out. Black threads crawled out from the monster’s wound and curled around Xu Yin’s fair hand.

“A curse?” Each thread was marked with a wailing human face. This was similar to what Chen Ge had seen when he encountered the shadow in Li Wan City.

“Such a venomous curse hid under a pure, featureless face. I should have known that the evilest spirit would often hide under the purest appearance.”

Xu Yin was not familiar with dealing with curses, but Chen Ge had one Specter who was. He took out the pair of red heels from his backpack and placed them on the ground.

“You seem to feed on curses. Give this one a taste. See if it matches your appetite.”

Keeping the headless woman by his side, Chen Ge did not give the faceless monster any chance. He summoned Xu Yin, the red high heel, and the stench at the same time. Surrounded by three Red Specters, the faceless monster was immediately cornered. Threads of blood vessels covered the space around him like spiderweb, but they were as sharp as a blade.

The web surrounded the monster, and if he tried to move, his body would be shredded into pieces. That did not mean that the monster had surrendered, though. He did not seem to possess self-consciousness and would not feel pain or sadness. Even though the wounds on his body increased, he continued to attack the three Red Specters.

“This man is not a Red Specter, but he is surprisingly tough. He appears to have been given some kind of command to guard the altar.” Chen Ge had interacted with so many Specters that he spotted the problem immediately. “Ignore him for now. Take down the altar, but be careful to not break the mud statuette inside it.”