Several thugs rushed forward, intending to beat Mo Chuan severely.
However, they soon discovered that neither ordinary weapons nor supernatural weapons could inflict any damage on Mo Chuan.
Instead, Mo Chuan swung his grappling hook and lantern with great force, beating the ruffians and thugs until they were all on the ground.
"You... you bunch of trash!" Boss Fo, furious, pointed at Mo Chuan's nose and cursed, "Cowardly scum who only sneak attack and play dirty tricks! I thought you were someone from this line of work and knew the rules. I didn't expect Fatty Tou Tuo to be defeated by you today! Just you wait, one day I—Ouch!"
Mo Chuan, too lazy to argue, expressionlessly hooked the baseball bat on the ground and casually flicked it, coincidentally smashing Boss Fo's nose. The latter cried out in pain, covering his face, but the blood continued to pour out.
A dragging sound of chains echoed. Before Boss Fo could react to what was happening, Mo Chuan had already bound his neck with the chain and, with a forceful swing, slammed him onto the ground. Then, Mo Chuan gave a tug on the chain, pulling Boss Fo in front of him.
Mo Chuan intended to cast "Mental Contamination" on him to scare him unconscious, so he subconsciously lowered his head to look at Boss Fo's eyes.
But something on Boss Fo caught Mo Chuan's attention—a black wooden pendant. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a Buddha covering its eyes.
Mo Chuan frowned. Before he could say anything, Boss Fo gripped the wooden牌 with his blood-stained hands and shouted, "Dragon King! Please help me! I will reward you handsomely afterwards!"
Mo Chuan suddenly sensed something was wrong. Unexpectedly, Boss Fo, restrained by the chain, began to bleed from his eyes. Then, with a scream, his eyeballs gradually popped out and dissolved into a pool of blood that flowed into the wooden牌.
Subsequently, Mo Chuan felt an extremely powerful and evil force growing within it. Without hesitation, he swung his grappling hook, pulling Boss Fo away from himself, and then activated "Hellish Curse," entering a state of full alert.
After the black wooden牌 absorbed Boss Fo's blood, the Buddha depicted on it also began to bleed from its eyes. Then, countless dark vines wrapped around Boss Fo, forming a giant black root sphere.
Seeing this, Mo Chuan instantly remembered why he felt a sense of familiarity—the divine statue in the haunted house! Wasn't it originally depicted with six hands covering its eyes, ears, and mouth?
"It seems... that haunted house has some serious problems..."
But now was not the time to dwell on such things. He didn't know how to deal with this giant black tree sphere in front of him!
Mo Chuan immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Brother Zhang, the situation has changed. The main target, Fatty Tou Tuo, seems to have come into contact with some demon. He has now unleashed the demon's power. I can only hold him off for a while. You guys find a way to provide support immediately!" As he spoke, a dark red flame ignited on his body, transforming him into the Scarlet Moon form.
The root sphere was not to be outdone and directly extended several branches, rolling up the thugs who had fainted on the ground, and instantly devoured four or five of them.
Seeing this, Mo Chuan quickly pulled these people over, but after struggling for a while, he only managed to save three people.
The root sphere seemed enraged by Mo Chuan's actions and directly extended several branches, intending to devour Mo Chuan as well.
"Since you're not playing by the rules, don't blame me for cheating!" Mo Chuan raised his right hand and said, "Netherworld Hell!"
Five dark red walls rose, enclosing the entire rooftop. Then, a large amount of dark red flames ignited on the ground, quickly setting the root sphere ablaze.
The root sphere knew it couldn't withstand this attack head-on. It writhed, first shedding several severely burning roots, then twisted and stretched, growing "limbs."
Following that, its bark burst open, revealing eyes all around. After locating Mo Chuan, it pressed down on all fours and charged.
The gaze of the eyes made Mo Chuan's movements stiff. However, even so, how could Mo Chuan give it a chance to attack? Just before the tree monster got close, he directly used "Judgment Pendulum" to knock it away. Then, while it was airborne and unable to dodge, he followed up with a charged attack, dealing maximum damage.
The tree monster was flung towards the edge of the rooftop by Mo Chuan, like a spinning top, and crashed into the wall of "Netherworld Hell."
The wall shattered, but the tree monster also suffered significant magical damage, with a large pile of dark roots falling off.
However, the shedding and breaking of the roots did not regenerate like normal plant-type monsters or ghosts. Instead, a large amount of blood ominously surged out.
The tree monster, having taken a hit from "Netherworld Hell," was basically unable to get up. While the 99% slow effect was still active, Mo Chuan turned off "Netherworld Hell" and began to furiously cast "Desolation."
"Kid, single target damage is doubled!"
The surge of spiritual power made the tree monster's body even weaker, and its blood spilled all over the rooftop, even flowing out through the drainpipe.
Mo Chuan nodded at the sight, "Mission accomplished!"
Just as Mo Chuan was about to take out his lantern to stack his passive, a large white bird flew from somewhere and directly grabbed the tree monster, turning and fleeing. Before Mo Chuan could react, it disappeared into the night sky.
"WTF...?!"
...
"So, you were stopped by that Ghost King from the Hundred Ghost Parade while you were trying to hold back the monster? And when you woke up, we just happened to find you in the trash can?" Zhang Henshui asked with a bewildered expression.
Through family connections, he knew that a new Ghost King had appeared during the Hundred Ghost Parade (referring to a direct inquiry to Zhang Hanshan). However, he never expected that old geezer to come to Jianzhou now.
Forget it, let the superiors handle it. I'm just an employee.
With that thought, Zhang Henshui waved his hand at Mo Chuan, signaling him to leave.
Mo Chuan walked out of the police station with a solemn expression, still pondering the matters of the haunted house, the bird, and the tree monster.
As for why he lay in the trash can for so long? Come on~ It was necessary for playing the underdog, just a small trick!
As soon as he stepped out, he saw Abe Haruko holding a set of trendy clothes, leaning against a motorcycle, chewing bubblegum.
"No way... what were you doing while I was having tea at the station?!"
Seeing Mo Chuan standing dumbfounded at the police station entrance, Abe Haruko smiled slightly, threw him the clothes, and said, "Find a place to change, sis will give you a ride back."
Mo Chuan would never forget the female police officer murmuring to herself when he emerged after changing: "Young people these days really know how to have fun..."
The reason was simple: Abe Haruko was wearing a hunter's jacket common in the Cross Alliance and the Russian Empire, while Mo Chuan's T-shirt bore a large "hound" print.
He was done for.