Chapter 45: Do I Look Good?

　　In the darkness, the stench of decay seemed even stronger, assaulting Lu Fei's nostrils.

　　Fearing that the ghost spirits might attack in the dark, he quickly turned on the flashlight on his phone.

　　But the dim light could only illuminate a small area in front of him. He and Hu Zi stood back-to-back, carefully guarding against any dangers from all sides.

　　The sound of rushing water came from the bathroom.

　　"Tiger, you can't go in. If the ghost-sealing character gets wet, it will be useless," Lu Fei said in a deep voice, "I will lure it out, and as soon as it shows itself, you immediately use the ghost-sealing character to hit it."

　　No matter how many ghost spirits there are, let's capture them first.

　　"Okay!" Tiger nodded heavily, standing guard at the bathroom door.

　　Lu Fei then pushed the door open and shone his flashlight inside.

　　The small space was filled with steam, greatly blurring the vision.

　　Lu Fei narrowed his eyes.

　　In the dim and hazy light, there seemed to be a figure hiding behind the shower curtain.

　　Holding his phone for light in one hand and gripping the willow whip tightly in the other, Lu Fei stepped through the puddles of water and approached the shower curtain.

　　Tiger stood outside the door, watching his back nervously.

　　The figure behind the shower curtain was motionless.

　　Lu Fei pulled the curtain open with a swoosh, and without waiting to see clearly what was inside, he lashed the whip in first.

　　Smack!

　　The sound of the whip striking empty air resonated.

　　The figure behind the shower curtain turned out to be a piece of clothing hanging on the wall.

　　Where is Lulu?

　　Lu Fei looked around frantically, left and right.

　　This bathroom was so small, where could she have hidden?

　　Could she have jumped out the window?

　　Alarmed, Lu Fei rushed to check the window. It was narrow and small, not large enough for an adult to pass through, no matter how slender Lulu might be.

　　"Where did that person go?" Lu Fei felt a bit relieved, but also uneasy.

　　The bathroom was cramped, and it was even less likely for someone to be hiding in the cabinet.

　　Could it be that when the lights were turned off, they secretly slipped out of the bathroom?

　　Thinking of this, Lu Fei was alarmed.

　　Tiger was alone outside; wasn't he in danger?

　　"Tiger, be careful!"

　　As soon as Tiger heard Lu Fei's warning, he felt a chill on his back, followed by a pair of icy hands wrapping around his neck from behind, tightening more and more.

　　In an instant, Tiger felt freezing all over, as if his body had been frozen, unable to move. Even with the Ghost-Repelling Character, it was useless.

　　"Let go!"

　　Lu Fei dashed out of the bathroom and swung a fierce whip towards behind Tiger.

　　The figure vanished instantly, merging into the darkness.

　　Huzi finally managed to catch his breath and began coughing violently while clutching his neck.

　　When the flashlight shone on him, it revealed a pair of dark, bruised finger marks on his neck.

　　"Be cautious. This spirit is very cunning and difficult to deal with!" Lu Fei applied some incense ash to his neck to prevent it from entering his body.

　　"Boss, I can hold on!"

　　After catching his breath, Huzi twisted his neck and, back-to-back with Lu Fei, started searching the small room.

　　The door was locked, and the incense ash by the door was intact, indicating that Lulu had not left and was hiding somewhere in the room.

　　The room was small, with very few places where someone could hide.

　　The wardrobe, under the bed.

　　Lu Fei and Huzi exchanged a glance. Huzi yanked open the wardrobe door, and Lu Fei whipped inside.

　　Inside, there are only messy clothes.

　　Then there's only one place left.

　　Lu Fei and Hu Zi squatted on either side of the bed, nodded at each other, and simultaneously lifted the bedsheet.

　　One shone the Bagua mirror inside.

　　The other chanted the ghost-repelling characters.

　　But surprisingly, there was no movement under the bed!

　　"Could it not be here?"

　　The two were filled with shock and doubt.

　　Lu Fei signaled Hu Zi to guard the other side with the ghost-repelling characters, while he crouched down to check under the bed.

　　The flashlight beam slowly revealed only a floor covered in dust.

　　Where is Lulu?

　　"Do I look good?"

　　Before Lu Fei could straighten his body, he suddenly heard a cold voice coming from above.

　　Looking up, his scalp immediately went numb.

　　Lulu's blood-drenched, lifeless face was hanging in the air, her mouth wide open, with her lips and teeth covered in fresh red blood, as if she had just sucked someone's blood.

　　"It possessed Lulu and drank her blood..."

　　This meant that Lulu had fed it with her blood today, greatly increasing its ghostly power.

　　Lu Fei was terrified and was about to swing the willow whip.

　　Boom!

　　Lulu's mouth opened, and a sharp gust of yin wind rushed towards Lu Fei's face.

　　He felt as if he had been hit by a truck, his head spinning and his internal organs numb.

　　The phone and the willow whip both slipped from his hands.

　　Fortunately, the phone landed in a pile of clutter and was not damaged; it could still provide a faint light.

　　"Boss!"

　　Tiger was greatly alarmed and hurriedly made the character for 'ghost' towards Lulu's direction.

　　But Lulu's body drifted and vanished into the darkness again.

　　"Boss, are you okay?" Tiger rushed to Lu Fei's side, his face full of anxiety.

　　"I'm fine. Find it quickly, don't let it drain Lulu's blood. Otherwise, if it turns into a vengeful ghost, we won't survive either!" Lu Fei gritted his teeth, standing up despite the excruciating pain, and took out the Bagua mirror, staring at the dark room with furrowed brows.

　　"Could it be invisible? No, it's true that ghosts can become invisible, but when a ghost possesses a human body, it cannot make the human body invisible as well. It must be hiding somewhere?"

　　Lu Fei was burning with anxiety.

　　Huzi was also at his wit's end, sweat breaking out from his palms. He quickly blew on them, fearing that the ghost-repelling character would be smudged.

　　"Do I look good?"

　　Suddenly, a disfigured face covered in scars appeared behind him.

　　Huzi turned pale with fright and struck behind him with the ghost-repelling character, but it had been smudged by the sweat and was ineffective.

　　Lulu opened her mouth and spewed a gust of cold wind.

　　"Be careful!"

　　Lu Fei quickly pushed Huzi away. The cold wind rushed towards him, and he hastily used the Bagua mirror to defend himself.

　　Boom!

　　The cold wind was repelled by the Bagua mirror, and Lulu's figure flickered, then disappeared again.

　　"Boss, up there!" Huzi, who had just seen the direction where Lulu disappeared, pointed at the ceiling.

　　Lu Fei immediately shone the Eight Trigram Mirror upwards.

　　On the ceiling, a mysterious dark shadow flashed by.

　　Lu Fei kept adjusting the direction of the Eight Trigram Mirror, tracking the dark shadow. When the mirror's surface was precisely aligned with the shadow, a golden light suddenly illuminated, locking it in place.

　　The dark shadow was immobilized and temporarily unable to move.

　　Lu Fei and Hu Zi, seeing the situation on the ceiling, both had their hair stand on end in horror.

　　Lulu was like a gecko, clinging to the ceiling, with blood all over her face and mouth, and bite marks on both wrists.

　　If they had been any later, the flesh on her hands would have been gnawed away by the ghost.

　　"Hu Zi, quickly find the willow whip!" Lu Fei could not let go of the Eight Trigram Mirror, otherwise, Lulu would escape again.

　　Moreover, the time the Eight Trigram Mirror could subdue a ghost was limited.

　　"Okay!"

　　Huzi hurriedly searched around.

　　The light of the Eight Trigram Mirror was getting weaker and weaker, and time was running out. Huzi was sweating profusely with anxiety.

　　"Huzi, hurry!"

　　Just as the light was about to disappear, Huzi finally found the willow whip.

　　"Hit it!" Lu Fei shouted.

　　Huzi swung the whip and struck hard at Lulu on the ceiling.

　　There was a loud crack.

　　"Ah——"

　　The blow landed squarely on Lulu's belly, and two screams rang out from within her body as she fell from the ceiling.

　　"Catch her quickly!"

　　Lu Fei and Hu Zi rushed over together, struggling to catch Lulu.

　　Lulu struggled wildly, her strength was terrifying, and with a bloody mouth, she lunged at Lu Fei to bite him.