The ghostly fire of the exploding ghost hadn't even dissipated from our eyes when the figure rushed towards the opposite wall.

My twin blades and Ye Yang's cold flames followed like shadows, striking the wall. Half of it instantly exploded, but the figure disappeared without a trace.

I fanned away the dust dancing in the air and saw a winding dirt path behind the wall leading out of town.

I gestured to Ye Yang and Lin Zhao, then stepped onto the path. In the distance, I saw a patch of scorched earth, as if burned by fire.

I picked up a handful of dirt. "This place has been struck by lightning fire. A sorcerer has been here."

Lin Zhao suddenly said, "Don't go any further. A disciple of the Coffin Gate has been here. Protect me while I cast a spell. I want to see who's been here."

Lin Zhao took two steps forward, drew a dagger, and cut her wrist, dripping blood onto the ground. The blood instantly glowed red.

The blood droplets on the ground weren't much, but they formed a pool of blood at her feet.

That must be the Coffin Gate's secret technique for finding their companions, not real blood.

As I looked at Lin Zhao, the blood on the ground began to flow on its own. At first, it was only a stream as thick as a hand, but soon it split into several branches, spreading in different directions.

Was the blood painting something?

Before long, the blood on the ground outlined a human figure. Soon, the blood painting became clearer, depicting a woman.

The red lines and black scorched earth combined to show a woman in a blood-red wedding dress, lying straight with her arms at her sides inside a coffin.

I then noticed that the patch of scorched earth was a perfect rectangle – this ground was the coffin.

Who was the disciple of the Coffin Gate burying here?

When Lin Zhao said "black sedan carrying a corpse," was she suspecting that there were members of her sect among the wedding procession?

If the blood painting depicted the woman buried in the ground, then the woman must have been at least four meters tall. Was she even human?

Just as the thought crossed my mind, I saw the soil on the blood painting at her shoulders, legs, wrists, and ankles sink slowly, revealing eight holes in an instant.

My heart sank slightly. Those holes were nail holes, meaning the woman had been nailed into the coffin.

Lin Zhao seemed to realize something as well. Her breathing became rapid, and her raised arm trembled uncontrollably.

Seeing Lin Zhao about to move forward, I darted behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't move!"

As soon as I spoke, Lin Zhao turned around. Her pupils were already half dilated, and I could see the aura of death on her face clearly, even without my ghost eyes.

Lin Zhao was standing in the wrong place. She was standing on the corpse's chest, and the corpse was sending death energy into her through her feet. If I didn't cut off the death energy, she would die right in front of me.

I swept my foot at Lin Zhao's legs, and as she hung in the air, I grabbed her right hand. Ye Yang stepped forward, grabbed one of Lin Zhao’s ankles, and together we lifted her into the air.

Lin Zhao let out a sharp, cold laugh. "Are you going to call my name?"

When I turned my head, I saw Lin Zhao had changed again. Her eyes, glowing with a faint green light, had shrunk to the size of pinpoints, and her mouth revealed two rows of canine-like fangs.

The woman on the ground was hiding inside Lin Zhao's body. If I didn't let her out, I could bury her along with Lin Zhao, and the woman would be able to return to her original position.

If I wanted to save Lin Zhao, I had to call her name!

She was forcing me to choose!

Ye Yang and I exchanged a look and threw her towards him. Ye Yang carried Lin Zhao and retreated three steps, while I roared, "Tao Hua!"

In the next moment, I heard someone say faintly, "You shouldn't have called my name. No one calls me here, so I can never come out. You released me, so should I thank you, or kill you?"

I turned around and saw that the person speaking was Lin Zhao. I stared into her eyes and said, "You're not Tao Hua! Attack!"

If this ghost was the Tao Hua who could deter Erlin Town, she wouldn't need to possess Lin Zhao. She wouldn't need to play tricks behind my back.

Someone wanted to use me to lure out the real Tao Hua.

As soon as I finished speaking, Ye Yang grabbed Lin Zhao around the waist and slammed her into the ground like a wooden stake.

Before Lin Zhao could move again, Ye Yang thrust out both palms and struck Lin Zhao's back.

Under the impact of Ye Yang's true qi, a bloody figure floated out of Lin Zhao's body, staggered a few steps, and stood between Ye Yang and me.

The other party clearly hadn't expected that we could force her out of Lin Zhao's body, and she was immediately stunned.

My Soul-Chasing Rope and Ye Yang's Wandering Soul Silk shot out and wrapped around her several times, tightening and trapping her in place.

I said in a deep voice, "If you don't want to die, listen to me."

"She can't talk!" Lin Zhao stood up. "This is a demon soul whose tongue has been cut off. She can't say anything. I'll dig up the coffin and see what's hidden inside."