"Good morning Wu Liang, what would you like for breakfast?"

Yao Qingxue stretched languidly as she walked out, catching sight of Wu Liang opening the door. She greeted him with a smile.

However, before Wu Liang could respond, she quickly noticed the shattered window glass in the bedroom and Wu Liang's hand wrapped in bandages.

"What happened? How did you get hurt?"

She hurriedly crouched down to carefully examine Wu Liang's hand injury, then told him to stay home and not wander around while she went next door to the village's herbalist for some medicine.

Seeing his mother's worried expression, Wu Liang obediently sat at home without moving around.

He simply retrieved the Nightmare Mask from the Ghost Compendium and placed it on his face. The mask's edges gradually blurred and finally blended with his skin.

The next moment, his consciousness emerged from his body, hovering above Taohua Village.

This ability was used against the Shouyi Ghost at that time, but its downside was large: once the consciousness left the body, it could not be controlled, and being found by the enemy was almost akin to suicide.

Moreover, after learning to merge with the Fierce Ghost and carrying the body also transformed into a Spiritual Body, Wu Liang never wore the Nightmare Mask himself again to use this ability.

"Uh... Boss, still mad here? I don't really know why..." Nightmare shyly stood behind Wu Liang's consciousness, apologizing like a child who had made a mistake.

Wu Liang simply shook his head and said, "I don't blame you. This place is indeed too special, and getting Mom out might not be so easy."

After resetting Nightmare last night, it seemed like being slapped sober after a drunken stupor, immediately restoring all memories related to Wu Liang.

However, its ability and strength still remained as they were four years ago when it was first subdued, not yet reaching the Red Robe Level of a Fierce Ghost.

It seems like, just like him, Nightmare's time was also reversed.

Fortunately, the memories returned, and that's enough.

"So, Boss, what do you plan to do now?"

"Find other minions. Your abilities are too dangerous. I'm worried Mom might encounter danger."

As Wu Liang spoke, he searched every corner of Taohua Village as an awareness body.

Nightmare's appearance gave him a bad premonition.

In the dream, he judged that there was one thing that should have been right—

Taohua Village is protected by some unknown force, so it hasn't been harmed by outside Fierce Ghosts.

However, Nightmare dragged the sleeping Wu Liang in his mother's room into that infinitely recurring death dream, which clearly no longer aligns with this judgment.

There could be only one possibility—his Fierce Ghost minions haven't been restrained by that unknown force, and they can freely enter and exit Taohua Village!

"Hey, found one... Damn! Sure picked the spot!"

With that, Wu Liang's consciousness instantly returned to his body.

After stuffing the Nightmare Mask back into the Ghost Compendium, he paid no mind to his hand injury, swung open the door, and raced outside.

On the way, he encountered many villagers carrying farming tools heading to the fields. Everyone warmly greeted him, but Wu Liang had no time to chat with them now.

If he delayed any longer, Mom would be in trouble!

Damn it! That brat went to the herbalist's house? Mom is at the herbalist's now!

Almost there!

The house painted in colorful hues right ahead is the one!

Bam—

Wu Liang didn't have time to knock on the door, instead, using the momentum of his sprint to deliver a powerful kick that launched the door, nearly indistinguishable from a wooden board, flying.

With eyes gleaming viciously, he scanned the room, seeing his mother Yao Qingxue standing at the counter shocked while the female herbalist behind the counter cluelessly held a hand behind her back.

But from his angle, he vaguely saw a sharp knife glinting with a cold light clutched in her hand.

"Mom! Get down!"

No time to explain why he was here, the female herbalist was just too close to Yao Qingxue, she might draw out the knife and stab in the next second.

After shouting, Wu Liang abruptly grabbed a bizarre purple mask from thin air and hurled it toward the herbalist.

It was so fast she could only dodge or raise her hand to block.

However, raising her hand would naturally expose the hidden knife.

"Damn it! What are you!?"

The herbalist narrowly avoided the ominous mask and glared angrily at Wu Liang.

Surprisingly, the supposedly teenage boy in front of her didn't respond, but instead rushed forward attempting to seize the knife from her hand.

"Damn it! Just a stinking brat, how dare you..."

As the herbalist prepared to stab Wu Liang, he seemed to anticipate her move, predicting it by reaching out and grabbing her wrist, then leaping up to press his knee heavily onto her shoulder.

Bam—

He pinned the herbalist firmly on the ground, expertly reaching into a groove ahead of him and unexpectedly pulling out what seemed to be a worn-out doll.

Yao Qingxue hadn't realized what was happening, and exclaimed, "Wu Liang, what are you doing!"

But Wu Liang merely spoke disdainfully toward the herbalist he pressed down, "You're still so insidiously fond of hiding your real form here? Always start fights using the right hand first, were you actually that weak five years ago?"

Having said that, he fiercely stabbed the doll onto the knife.

As it pierced through, the doll's fabric body started oozing a pungent scent of blood, filling the entire room with a nauseating atmosphere.

Splatter—

The moment the puppet was stabbed, the herbalist under Wu Liang transformed into a puddle of blood, as if she had never existed at all.

This left Yao Qingxue, who was about to step forward, stunned.

She never imagined such supernatural activity would occur in the village, leaving her speechless.

"Phew... not bad, only replaced for a morning. There's still hope." Wu Liang yanked the puppet off the knife, disregarding the bloodstains before shoving it into his pocket.

The puddle of blood was not the actual herbalist, just a replica made by the Puppet Ghost.

The real herbalist was likely hidden somewhere, and being replaced thoroughly occurs only after 24 hours, according to information given by the Ghost Compendium before subduing the Puppet Ghost.

The Nightmare Mask on the ground had also vanished back into the Ghost Compendium without notice.

This was when Yao Qingxue returned to her senses.

She was about to speak but saw Wu Liang's face turn solemn as he said, "Mom, you need to quickly gather the villagers to the open space. You've seen what happened just now, there are still many Fierce Ghosts like that lurking in the village. It's crucial to make everyone aware of the seriousness of the situation!"

The peaceful life was short-lived.

Having experienced just one day, Wu Liang now had to return to battling Fierce Ghosts.

The Fierce Ghost minions now were in their undeveloped state from five years ago, which he could still manage.

But if too many villagers were massacred, leading one minion to grow to Red Robe level, everything would turn fatal.

By then everyone would be doomed!

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