Brown furrowed his brows. "What do you mean by 'no need'?"

Ed stood there, his expression calm as a still lake, and slowly spoke:

"Do you two really think that because you've obtained the high-level spiritual treasure, it now belongs to you?"

At these words, both Brown and Brian froze, a slight confusion flashing through their minds.

They didn't understand why Ed would say such a thing.

In the next moment, Ed glanced at them and, once again, with no expression on his face, said:

"I don't need to argue with you. I'm just waiting to see how you'll die."

"Because, right behind you, in the cabin, there's a B-rank ghost spirit!"

Brown and Brian immediately scoffed:

"That's nonsense!"

The information they had received came from the vice-captain!

The vice-captain was an extremely powerful figure.

How could the information he provided possibly be false?

Brown sneered: "Who do you think you are? Just because you say there's a ghost spirit, there's a ghost spirit?"

Reve's assistant, the one who had passed along the information earlier, also smiled faintly.

He whispered to Reve:

"This kid is probably just bluffing Brown and the others."

However, just as the assistant finished speaking, the next moment—

"Boom!"

A tremendously loud explosion came from the cabin behind Brown and Brian. Almost without warning, the entire cabin seemed to explode from the inside in an instant!

The tremendous shockwave completely destroyed the cabin, and countless shards of wood flew out in all directions!

Brown and Brian barely had time to react. The moment they heard the sound, they instinctively turned around to look, but by the time they did, the powerful shockwave had already hit them!

"Ahhhhhh!!"

The two screamed in agony as they were sent flying through the air, tossed over ten meters away!

Pieces of the broken walls, now sharp as blades, pierced into their bodies.

They collapsed to the ground, blood pouring from their mouths, utterly panicked, unsure of what had even happened.

When they turned around to look back at the cabin, they saw, in the middle of the wreckage, a giant shadow!

A five-meter-tall, floating entity with an aura of decay and terror. Its blood-red eyes glowed ominously, and just its appearance alone was enough to send a wave of shock and fear through anyone who saw it!

It looked toward the people nearby, and immediately, everyone in the audience could clearly see its face. In an instant, many of the spectators at the venue couldn't help but vomit in disgust!

The face was completely rotted, pale, and covered with blood scabs. One eyeball had fallen out, leaving only a few tendons still attached, hanging outside the socket.

Countless maggots were crawling out of the eye socket.

Its lips were completely worn away, exposing sharp black teeth that were directly exposed to the air, along with a long, writhing tongue hanging out!

"My God!"

The three people standing beside Ed couldn't help but take a few steps back!

In addition to the terrifying appearance, the appearance of this ghost spirit brought with it an overwhelming sense of pressure and murderous intent!

Earlier, there had been a ghost spirit's killing aura lingering in the air.

At this moment, it suddenly became several times stronger!

When a B-rank ghost spirit appeared, an ordinary person could be scared to death on the spot! Even Hunters with lower cultivation could lose their fighting ability from sheer fear!

If not for Ed standing in front of them, Thomas and his companions would have been knocked unconscious by the sheer terror!

Among those who were shocked, in addition to the contestants on the scene and the over a thousand spectators, the important figures in the VIP seats also felt a tremendous shock!

The reason for their reaction wasn't because of the B-rank ghost spirit itself. A B-rank ghost spirit was invincible to low-level Hunters, but as seasoned Hunters, they wouldn't be easily scared.

The real shock came from the fact that they had all believed that no ghost spirit would appear!

The ghost spirits had already left!

This was a conclusion they had all arrived at collectively!

But now, the ghost spirit had emerged! It had really emerged!

And it seemed that Ed had known about it all along!

What on earth was going on?

Even Reve, who had always been calm and composed, felt a jolt run through him at this moment!

His expression, along with the assistant beside him, twisted in disbelief!

"A B-rank ghost spirit? This thing really came out! What's going on?!"

If the ghost spirit had never left and had been present all along, then how could Ed have gone in the first time and come out unscathed?

How did he manage that?

Even though Brown and Brian had entered and taken the high-level spiritual treasure, they hadn't encountered a ghost spirit!

At this moment, everyone's emotions were suddenly stirred!

Their eyes were fixed on the scene now playing on the black screen.

The black screen, which had previously displayed the main and sub-screens, was now combined into one. All other contestants and their footage had been cut out of the broadcast!

Everyone was now solely focused on what was happening in the center of the Nightmare Wasteland, and they only wanted to see what would unfold there!

Brown and Brian, lying on the ground, hastily turned their heads and saw the murderous ghost spirit appear!

Instantly, the two of them felt their scalps go numb!

"What kind of joke is this! How could this happen!?"

Brown and Brian were utterly stunned, unable to believe it. What Ed had said turned out to be true.

But how could the vice-captain, Reve, have made a mistake?

At this moment, only Ed remained calm, without the slightest hint of surprise on his face.

He chuckled lightly: "I told you there was a ghost spirit, and yet you dared to stand at the cabin door."

"If you don't die, then who will?"

As Brown and Brian had been sent flying, the wooden chest in their hands fell and landed a few meters away from Brian.

The B-rank ghost spirit sensed the chest's location, and its eyes immediately locked onto Brian!

"You're the ones who took my treasure!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The B-rank ghost spirit's voice sounded like a maddening murmur, devoid of self-awareness, driven entirely by its obsession with guarding the high-level spiritual treasure.

Its voice was deep, full of resentment, sending a chill down the spine of anyone who heard it!

As it spoke, the B-rank ghost spirit began floating toward Brian.

The terrifying killing intent formed a cold, eerie wind that directly swept over Brown and Brian!

Instantly, the two of them were filled with the utmost terror!

"We have to run! We have to run now!"

"Quick, get up!"

Although Brian, the most powerful of the two, had reached the mid-level Black Iron rank, facing a B-rank ghost spirit in battle was still a death sentence.

It was nearly impossible to escape alive!

And on top of that, both of them were already injured!

After being struck head-on by the earlier shockwave, the two of them had to help each other just to stagger back onto their feet!

But the next moment, the B-rank ghost spirit was right behind them!

"This is bad!"

In an instant, both of their faces contorted with fear as they lost all control of their expressions!

The B-rank ghost spirit swung a massive, terrifying hand and reached out toward them!

"Lord Ed, what now...?"

Thomas and the others had expressions of horror, and without a word, they all looked toward Ed. At this moment, Ed was the only one they could rely on.

Especially after discovering that Ed was the mysterious person.

They didn't even address him by his name anymore. Although Ed was still young, no one dared to use the old informal terms.

Everyone now referred to him with deep respect, calling him "Lord Ed" in both reverence and submission.

Ed turned around and said, "Step back a bit, just watch the show."

Brown and Brian had become so smug and complacent, it could only be said that they brought this upon themselves.

They had taken the high-level spiritual treasure, disturbing the ghost spirit that might have been sleeping below.

Unfortunately, with these two old acquaintances, Ed couldn't deal with them himself. He could only let the B-rank ghost spirit take care of them.

Besides that, with these two guys standing in front, fighting the ghost spirit first, Ed could also take the opportunity to see just how strong the ghost spirit was.

At the same time, it would help weaken some of the ghost spirit's power, making it easier for him to step in later!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

When Brown and Brian realized that the ghost spirit had already reached behind them, their first instinct was to immediately draw their silver swords and fight back!

Steel swords were used to fight monsters or humans.

But silver swords were specifically designed to deal with evil beings like ghost spirits!

However, their movements were too slow. Just as they unsheathed the silver swords, the ghost spirit had already struck. Its massive claws swiped through the air, creating a series of sonic booms!

Then, a terrifying ghostly power collided with their silver swords!

The silver swords rang out with a clear, sharp sound! Visually, there was nothing in front of the swords.

Yet both Brown and Brian gripped their silver swords tightly, as if they were resisting something immensely powerful, straining with all their might!

Both of them gritted their teeth, with every part of their bodies exerting force.

In fact, they were pushing so hard that the ground beneath their feet even started to sink!

But ultimately, despite their best efforts, they were no match for the B-rank ghost spirit's strength!

"Ah!" "Ah!"

After only a few seconds of resistance, Brown and Brian both screamed in agony as they were sent flying backward!

They crashed violently into the ground!

Both were covered in blood!

"Damn it, if I had known, I wouldn't have gone after that damn high-level spiritual treasure! This is a mess!"

Brown was on the verge of breaking down, his body in so much pain that even speaking was a struggle.

After the previous impact, he was now unable to even get up.

Beside him, Brian wasn't doing any better. He was in complete shock:

"This... this is the power of a B-rank ghost spirit? They're this strong?!"

After sending the two flying, the B-rank ghost spirit extended its hand toward the chest that had fallen to the ground.

Then, an invisible force pulled the chest up, drawing it straight into the ghost spirit's embrace!

However, taking back the high-level spiritual treasure didn't stop the ghost spirit's murderous intent!

It turned once more toward Brown and Brian.

The two of them nearly spat blood in disbelief: "No way! It's coming again!?"

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