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The flames leaped in the swift wind, crackling as if devils were cackling, sending chills down one's spine.

Even more terrifying was the sight of ghostly figures, some old, some young, some male, some female, wailing in agony amidst the raging inferno, yet uncontrollably rushing forward.

Scorched by the raging fire and assaulted by the intense yang energy, the ghosts of Guo Family Village were constantly being extinguished, individuals vanishing into smoke and ashes.

Conversely, shielded and protected by the Guo Family Village ghosts at all costs, A-Su, with her disheveled hair and crazed expression, suffered almost no damage.

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The vengeful spirit, Li Hai, closely following behind and hitching a ride, also relied on the sacrifices of the ghosts ahead to avoid much of the searing heat, thus maintaining a more perfect state.

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"Guo Lang... you are so heartless..."

"Guo Lang... you are so heartless..."

Outside the dark forest, Guo Huaijin, hearing the mournful sound echoing from the depths of the raging fire, looked frighteningly pale.

"How could this be? How is this possible?!"

His pupils constricted and his voice trembled, "A-Su... that's A-Su's voice!"

Muttering to himself, Guo Huaijin stumbled backward, his legs shaking, unlike a martial artist.

But at this moment, he couldn't care less.

Overwhelmed by boundless terror and guilt, Guo Huaijin only wanted to escape this place, to flee to a place where no one could find him.

So, disregarding Butler Liu and the musketeers' bewildered gazes, Guo Huaijin, like a panicked beast, sprinted all the way back to Guo Family Fortress, quickly disappearing from sight.

"What's wrong with Master?"

Although filled with doubts, the musketeers were still here, so Butler Liu could only let it go for now and continue to guard the Three-Way Intersection.

Time flowed by silently.

As time passed to a certain point, the musketeers, who had been stationed for a long time and were somewhat tired and sleepy, suddenly felt an extremely intense chill in their hearts, and couldn't help but shudder.

Then, to their utter horror, they saw a female ghost, charred black and tattered, burst out of the fire and appear in broad daylight.

Before the terrified Butler Liu and the musketeers could cry out, this terrifying female ghost turned into a black wind and rushed towards the direction of Guo Family Fortress, completely ignoring them.

"There's a ghost in this forest!"

"A ghost! There's a ghost!"

"Did we anger the ghosts inside by burning this forest?!"

"We're doomed, we'll all be haunted to death by evil ghosts!"

After discovering that the musketeers were chattering and saying all sorts of things, Butler Liu immediately climbed onto a dirt slope and shouted loudly to those below:

"Don't panic, everyone. Everything just now was an illusion, don't be nervous. Even if... even if there really are ghosts, there are nearly a hundred of us here, and everyone has a gun, what's there to be afraid of! If you see a ghost, everyone fire and blast him to death!"

After hearing these words, the hundred or so members of the musketeer team calmed down a little and were no longer so panicked.

"That's right, there are so many of us, and it's daytime, what's there to be afraid of," some reassured themselves.

"Butler Liu is right, if a ghost really appears to harm people, I'll blow his head off with one shot," some shouted loudly after their fear subsided.

"Butler Liu is our backbone, if it weren't for Butler Liu, the brothers would really be in chaos," some even took the opportunity to flatter him.

But just as everyone's nerves were no longer tense and they were slowly relaxing, a faint, pale ghostly figure quietly appeared at the edge of the dark forest.

And the first to discover this blurry ghostly figure was Butler Liu, who was standing on high ground.

"Huh? What's that?"

He frowned and hesitated, "Why does it feel... a bit like a ghost?"

Before Butler Liu could say anything, the musketeer members standing scattered outside the dark forest also gradually discovered the ghostly figure.

"Good heavens!"

"It's a ghost!"

"The ghost has appeared again!"

"The ghost has ap... how! Watch me kill him!"

Driven by fear, someone finally couldn't help but fire a shot.

Bang!

The bullet flew away, piercing straight through the ghostly figure without leaving a trace.

But no one cared about that.

Only because after the gunshot just now, everyone in the entire musketeer team went crazy, roaring and using all their strength to pull the trigger, pouring all their ammunition towards the pale ghostly figure.

In an instant, continuous deafening gunshots, like a string of exploding thunder, mixed with the choking gunpowder smoke spewing from the muzzles of more than a hundred muskets, suddenly plunged this area of the Three-Way Intersection into chaos.

But in this chaos, a musketeer with a face full of cold sweat suddenly froze, and then revealed a stiff and strange smile.

With a strange smile on his face, he immediately turned his gun and aimed it at another musketeer beside him who had emptied his magazine and was trembling as he changed ammunition, and fired without hesitation.

Bang!

One shot to the head.

Instantly, large splashes of red and white smeared the heads and faces of several musketeers around him, scaring them to the point of vomiting and screaming.

"A-Yun, what are you doing?!"

"Why did you shoot A-Xiao to death?!"

"Are you crazy?!"

Listening to the chaotic scolding and angry shouts from the people around him, the musketeer A-Yun, with a strange smile on his face, remained silent, raised his gun again, and swept towards all directions without any scruples.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Along with the deafening continuous gunshots and screams, in a short period of time, more than a dozen musketeers were either injured or killed, and collapsed powerlessly on the ground.

And the culprit of all this - A-Yun, was knocked to the ground by the surrounding counterattacks, his body riddled with bullet holes, leaving only one breath left.

"It hurts... it hurts so much... uh ah ah..."

A-Yun, who had been grinning strangely just now, was now lying on the ground with a face full of confusion and pain.

He didn't know what had happened, he only knew that he was in great pain now, so painful that he wanted to die immediately.

"Why... why on earth?"

With a belly full of doubts, A-Yun took two more breaths, and then died completely with extreme resentment.

"What is this bastard doing?"

On the dirt slope in the distance, Butler Liu stared closely at A-Yun, who was lying on the ground dozens of feet away, already dead, and said puzzledly, "Why would he shoot and kill his comrades for no reason?"

After thinking for a few seconds, he cleared his throat and shouted loudly to the bewildered musketeer members below:

"Brothers, I have already found out that the real identity of the despicable person who secretly attacked his comrades just now is a spy from other fortresses, this bastard..."

"Wait a minute, Butler Liu～"

Suddenly, a rather familiar voice entered Butler Liu's ears, "Can you... can you not call me a bastard, can you call me... handsome instead."