Chapter 121: The Strange Banshee

The furnishings inside the wooden hut were similar to those in a ghostly cabin—only a wooden bed and a dressing table, nothing else.

Jiang Kai and his team searched the place thoroughly—under the bed, inside the table, through the drawers—but found nothing.

They circled around the hut again, knocking and tapping at different spots, finally reaching a conclusion.

This was just an abandoned wooden hut.

"Captain Kai, do you think Azure Dragon tricked us?", Ruan Yu frowned, "What does this wooden hut have to do with the secret realm?"

Jiang Kai was also at a loss.

Logically speaking, Di Sang made his promise in front of everyone. With Azure Dragon Guild's reputation, they wouldn't pull such a scam, right?

Hu Yan returned from checking behind the hut and shook his head at Jiang Kai and Ruan Yu, "Nothing. Could it be a mistake?"

Jiang Kai shook his head. "Unlikely! Did you notice? The exterior of the hut is extremely worn down, but inside, it's unusually clean—not a speck of dust."

"Someone has clearly been here and even conducted a detailed inspection."

Hu Yan added, "Indeed. There are signs of digging around the courtyard, but they've been covered up again. Azure Dragon's people were probably searching for the entrance to the secret realm as well."

Jiang Kai recalled what Di Sang had said—Azure Dragon hadn't found the entrance yet, but they were sure a secret realm existed here.

Azure Dragon Guild was one of the top ten guilds. If even they couldn't find the entrance, what made the Fire God Squad think they could locate it so easily?

Secret realms were rare and difficult to enter.

So the question was: How did they confirm that this ordinary wooden hut was the entrance to a secret realm?

Jiang Kai frowned in frustration...

Before they realized it, night had fallen. Jiang Kai thought for a moment and said, "There must be some hidden mechanism in this hut. We shouldn't disturb its environment just yet. Let's set up camp nearby for the night."

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That evening, Ruan Yu set up a campfire, sipping some liquor while roasting mountain rat meat.

"Little Kai, Little Hu, want a drink?"

Jiang Kai and Hu Yan ignored him.

Ruan Yu couldn't go a day without alcohol—he was an absolute drunkard. Jiang Kai and Hu Yan were used to it. They just hoped he'd get drunk soon and go to sleep.

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Late at night, Ruan Yu's snores echoed through the camp, but Jiang Kai and Hu Yan remained awake.

"Any movement?", Jiang Kai asked.

Hu Yan shook his head, "Not even wild animals show up here. Nothing unusual so far."

Jiang Kai frowned, staring at the wooden hut. It stood silently in the darkness, exuding an eerie stillness.

Midnight arrived, and Hu Yan eventually dozed off. Jiang Kai, however, continued watching the hut.

'Did Azure Dragon really trick us?'

Just then, a night breeze swept through, sending a chill down Jiang Kai's spine. He shivered involuntarily, suddenly feeling much more alert.

Suddenly, he spotted a shadowy figure moving at extreme speed—darting through the wooden hut's window.

If not for his Ghost Eyes, he wouldn't have been able to detect it in the dense darkness.

"Hu Yan, Ruan Yu, wake up!", Jiang Kai called out, rousing the groggy duo before rushing toward the hut.

Inside, the once-empty hut now had a figure standing in it.

It was a woman, dressed in a white nightgown, floating slightly off the ground. Her long hair draped over her face, and from beneath her sleeves, ten claw-like fingers, sharp as wooden spikes, hung at her sides.

"A ghostly banshee?", Jiang Kai gasped.

After waiting so long, all they got was a banshee occupying an empty house?

"Whoa... so beautiful...", Ruan Yu murmured in a daze.

Hu Yan quickly nudged him. Ruan Yu rubbed his eyes, looked again, and shuddered in horror, "Shit! A banshee!"

The banshee noticed the three of them and slowly lifted her hair, revealing a deathly pale, smiling face.

Jiang Kai tensed, preparing for battle—but after waiting a while, the banshee didn't attack.

She simply hovered before them, her face locked in an exaggerated grin. But the longer they looked, the more it seemed like she wasn't actually smiling—her mouth was just unnaturally wide.

"She… she's not attacking us?", Hu Yan hid behind Ruan Yu, cautiously watching the banshee.

Jiang Kai was also puzzled. Should he attack first, or wait for her to make a move?

After a moment of silence, the banshee slowly turned around and sat in front of the dressing table.

In the mirror, her horrifying reflection stared back at her. She paid no attention to Jiang Kai and the others, only gazing at herself.

Time passed second by second. The banshee made no other movements—just quietly sat there.

"Maybe we need to kill her to get a drop or something?", Hu Yan speculated.

Jiang Kai decided to try. He ignited a Tier-1 Tracking Arrow and shot at the banshee's back.

But the arrow passed right through her, embedding itself in the dressing table.

The banshee didn't react. The flames on the arrow extinguished instantly.

Jiang Kai tried several more times, but the result was the same.

Eventually, he put away his bow, confirming a fact—

The banshee was immune to his attacks.

"What the hell… this makes no sense," Jiang Kai muttered in confusion.

The three of them spent the entire night testing the banshee.

When the sky began to brighten, she finally turned her head to glance out the window. Sensing that the time had come, she transformed into a cloud of black mist and drifted out.

The room was empty once more.

After last night's events, Jiang Kai and his team realized—Azure Dragon's information was likely correct.

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The following midnight, the banshee appeared again, sitting at the dressing table as before, wordless and motionless until dawn.

The same thing happened for three consecutive nights.

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On the fourth day, a large number of people arrived. They bore the insignia of the Azure Dragon Guild. Upon seeing Jiang Kai and his team sulking in their camp, they said nothing and simply set up their own camps.

Azure Dragon had only promised them three days of solo exploration. Now that time was up, the guild had returned.

Looking at the dozens of new camps around them, Jiang Kai sighed, "Our solo exploration time is over… Judging by their reaction, they've probably been dealing with the same problem."

Just then, a burly man in his forties approached.

He had a broad torso, stood about 1.8 meters tall, had thick eyebrows, tiny eyes—smaller than Hu Yan's—and wore a soldier's combat uniform. Since no battle was expected soon, he had opted for casual wear.

"Fire God Squad, hello," the man greeted, "I'm Ao Wu, leader of the Rising Dragon Squad under Azure Dragon Guild, and the lead explorer for this secret realm. How's your progress?"

Jiang Kai and his team stood up, "Hello, Ao Wu."

"Aside from the banshee, we found nothing. You guys knew about her already, right?", Jiang Kai asked.

Ao Wu nodded, "If we hadn't noticed her, we wouldn't have paid attention to this hut. From your expressions, I'm guessing you're as lost as we are?"

Jiang Kai didn't hide the truth, "Yeah. We tried all sorts of attacks, but they have no effect on her. She doesn't attack us either—just sits there staring at the mirror."

Ao Wu smiled knowingly, "Physical attacks, elemental attacks, even qi attacks are useless against her. We also had spirit tamers try communicating with her, but she doesn't respond."

"She comes at night and leaves at dawn—like clockwork."

Jiang Kai frowned. Their findings matched Azure Dragon's.

"Have you tried tracking her?", Jiang Kai asked.

Ao Wu shook his head, "She's too fast and flies. We stationed people everywhere, but once she gets 300 meters from the hut, she vanishes completely."

"We even examined the mirror. It's just a normal mirror."

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That night, when the banshee appeared again, Jiang Kai had a sudden thought.

With no other ideas, he raised his Fearless Wristwatch and pointed it at the mirror.

[Unknown. Extremely dangerous.]

"Hmm?", Jiang Kai's frown deepened.

His Fearless Watch… had labeled the mirror as highly dangerous?

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