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Most evil spirits looked the same. The point is, they all looked terrifying and hideous enough to scare children. Speaking of which, Gu Yan had seen one when he first crossed into this world. Instead of Gu Yan being frightened, it was the ghost who'd run away. As for why, Gu Yan didn't know the reason until he entered the ghost city.

The evil ghost he met in the Shen family's ancestral home was called Eleven. This name was something his family's Qiuqiu had given to it. This name had no special meaning; it was merely because it'd been on the 11th floor of Hell when Xie Lan chose it. Therefore, it'd adopted this number as its name.

Although the evil spirit looked like a ferocious beast, Gu Yan had seen the evil spirit named Eleven tamed and subdued like a little pet while he was in Ghost City. At first, the other party would still look at him with a pitiful look. It was extremely simple to understand that the other party was begging him not to tattle on it to its master.

If the dark-haired youth complained to its master about its attempted attack, even though it stopped in time, its master would definitely throw it into the bottom of hell. Even though it was stupid, Eleven knew who to plead for help.

Therefore Gu Yan, who had seen a demon with pitiful eyes begging for mercy, couldn't feel much fear while facing another demon, even if it was one he'd never seen before. On the contrary, he was instead reminded of how he'd been to the ghost realm before and even wanted to laugh… Yes, he just wanted to laugh.

Moreover, his family's Qiuqiu was right beside him. The master of the ghost city belonged to him; if he was going to fear this evil spirit, shouldn't he first express some fear towards his family's Qiuqiu?

However, he still needed to respect his opponent. Just as the corners of his lips began to pull up, Gu Yan quickly controlled himself.

The youth had laughed. Although the angle and magnitude of his smile were barely discernible and had disappeared as quickly as it came, the silver-haired officer – who'd placed all his attention on him – noticed.

The smile was directed towards the spirit tamer opposite him. It was a satisfied smile. This realisation made the Heidis unhappy, and therefore, the narrowed gaze fixed on the evil spirit grew colder by several more degrees.

"Ah Yan, you don't need to be polite." The pair of light-green vertical pupils darkened into a gloomy, yet sublime, colour. The silver-haired officer just vaguely remembered that the youth had once told him that 'smiling is a form of courtesy'. He didn't remember which world he'd heard it from, but he knew that his response at that time was exactly the same as now.

"…" Gu Yan, who'd just suppressed a smile, instantly froze. He'd heard these words in the last world, and afterwards, he'd been pushed down by the other person and done until they both reached the heights of pleasure. That was because his family's Qiuqiu had directly drunk a whole pot of vinegar after he'd smiled at other people.

At this time, Gu Yan turned back to look at the Heidis who said this. He found that it was too difficult for him to act frightened of his family's Qiuqiu, even if it was just pretence.

With his narrowed eyes, the four characters 'I am very unhappy' were practically written on the man's cold and handsome face. The gaze that was gradually growing frigid was like a knife, stabbing through the evil spirit over and over again. The pitiful evil spirit did not dare to move in the slightest, and could only tremble on the spot.

The ghost he had summoned was trembling in fright, but its master didn't realize it at all. He was immersed in the roaring applause coming from his surroundings. Whether it was the accusing eyes or the cries of surprise, and even when some people's faces turned particularly ugly, all these only made the golden-haired Chris more excited.

Chris did not expect that after deliberately waiting some time, his opponent still hadn't taken the initiative to forfeit the match. His ability made it so that evil spirits dared not attack him and also allowed him to control these spirits against a target. However, he could not guarantee the extent of the evil spirits' attacks.

When evil spirits lose control, merely losing a limb could be considered an extremely light result. Even losing one's life was extremely normal. He'd heard that Chinese people were extremely proud and it looked like it was true. For the sake of appearance, he would even risk his life.

The evil spirit summoned by the young man had a rickety figure and a hideous appearance. Its quivering figure didn't cause others to think that it was frightened, but rather, that it was excited over the prospect of a new meal. Unfortunately, it was restrained by its master and forced to wait.

"Shifu, look at how pitiful that ghost is. It's nearly frightened to death, right…?" When he said this, Zhao Huan realised how wrong he sounded. This ghost was already dead, how could it die again? Thus, he quickly changed his sentence, "I mean, it's almost frightened back to life, right…?"

Zhao Huan had yet to swallow his food when he once again received a blow from his Shifu. "How many times have I told you before not to speak while eating? Otherwise, don't eat."

He no longer made a sound as he clutched the back of his head. After he swallowed the snacks he'd been eating, he hurriedly admitted his mistakes, "Yes, yes. I'm sorry, I'll definitely remember it. Don't get angry. Anger is bad for old people's health."

Even if the people of the spiritual organisation had never seen it before, they would have certainly heard of how difficult it was to deal with evil spirits. Wanting to control such ghosts that didn't have a shred of rationality left in them was definitely much more difficult than taming a regular ghost.

Despite how the general public did not regard such dangerous practices kindly, they couldn't help but admit that this younger generation from Helun was indeed gifted. Especially in the current scene – where spirit taming was a practically dying industry – this person appeared even more outstanding.

"Hurry up and let Xiao Gu know to give up. We don't need this point. Why is this child so stubborn…?" No one was more anxious than Grandmaster Wen. From the moment that evil spirit appeared on stage, his heart had been burning with anxiety.

Was this something you should risk your life for? What was an evil spirit? There was no difference between sending a rookie in the spiritual world to deal with this ghost and death. No one could blame Grandmaster Wen for being worried. This was the normal reaction of any grandmaster with even a little bit of experience.

Gu Yan had seen the meaning in his eyes as well as his hand gestures, but he shook his head. In the end, he even mouthed the words 'it'll be fine'.

In the next second, Grandmaster Wen saw the expression of the golden-haired youth from Helun change. Then, he looked down and glared at the crooked figure of the evil spirit that was much shorter than him. He no longer used his inaccurate Chinese to command it and had reverted back to English.

The divination masters, who seemed to know everything, did not necessarily understand this foreign language, just like how Grandmaster Wen did not understand what this westerner was saying.

"Why are you still not obeying my command? Do you want to be locked up in the holy sanctuary again—?!" Chris berated the evil spirit that had suddenly refused to carry out his orders. Using his usual threat, he would normally only have to teach it a lesson and it would obediently listen to him in the future.

Just because an evil spirit didn't have any rationality, it didn't mean they couldn't feel pain. After being locked up in that kind of place and left unable to fight back, it would have no choice but to obey.

However, right at this moment, this trick seemed to have lost its effectiveness. Despite having brought up all sorts of punishments that he'd typically use, the blonde-haired youth was still unable to command the evil spirit move from its spot. The only difference was that the evil spirit had now been forced onto its knees, but the person it was kneeling towards wasn't him — rather, it was towards the other two.

'Holy Sanctuary'. The name of this place was a terrifying existence that had been carved into the soul of this evil spirit since a long time ago. Yet, right now, in the face of this frightening fate, it was refusing to move. Its master had ordered it to attack the person standing in front of it, yet it had refused.

The reason was simple: on the other side there was an existence more deadly and terrifying than the 'Holy Sanctuary'; this terrifying existence was staring at it coldly. This was its true master. Even if his appearance had changed, the fear that the evil spirit felt attested to this undeniable fact.

Knowing that the evil spirit had already realised its position, the silver-haired officer looked away. The pair of eyes that naturally carried a frigid air of coldness lowered, making him appear even more attractive.

By human standards, this Heidis' appearance was simply too beautiful; no one would be able to find any faults with it. It was a pity that in the eyes of the evil spirit, this person was simply more terrifying than the 18 levels of Hell.

"What is going on with Chris?" Earlier on, it was the grandmasters from China who didn't look too good. But now, the situation seemed to have changed. The people on Helun's side seem to be growing restless and their expressions had also changed

Anyone who had realized that their perfect plan had fallen apart at the most critical period would definitely be in a bad mood.

The spectators at the scene began to whisper and contemplate. Although the blond-haired youth's defeated expression held no interest to him, once the petty ghost king remembered how the youth had smiled at him earlier, he couldn't help but hold a grudge.

He never ordered the evil spirit to attack its own 'master' simply because he wanted to personally do it.

The spirit tamers from the Spirit Taming Division were far from being well-rounded. Apart from the exception that was favoured by the 'Rules', it was practically impossible to find a second person who would be able to do something like this. For a tamed spirit to disobey its master command was a massive blow to the spirit tamer since they'd be left utterly defenceless.

Bang—

A perfect arc; the blonde-haired youth who'd just been standing on the stage was suddenly sent flying through the air and off of the stage, accurately landing on his face upon hitting the ground. Throughout the entire time, the only thing that all the spectators saw was the cold and aloof silver-haired officer moving his fingers.

That was not the end. After the evil spirit stood up and walked towards its 'enemies', it stopped three feet away from them and abruptly knelt.

What was going on? All the witnesses present were dumbfounded.

"Qiuqiu helped Ah Yan to win. How will you reward me?" Although he never made any intimate gesture, the Heidis narrowed his eyes in a manner that was akin to looking at his most precious treasure. The slightly furrowed brows on the Heidis' stoic face made him appear a little warmer when he was interacting with the youth.

But it was also this warm and obedient ghost who'd deliberately sent the blonde-haired youth flying out of the stage and onto his face.

That's right — deliberately.