What surprised Su Zimo was that Yellow Eyes and the many surrounding ghosts did not immediately begin fighting, nor were they frightened by Su Zimo and Ghost Umbrella. He actually started speaking with such a sentence.
Yellow Eyes had completely given up his disguise. His ordinary, neat clothes had long become stained with blood, and his eyes had changed back to yellow. The surrounding darkness couldnât hide the color of the ghostâs eyes.
After seeing Yellow Eyeâs appearance, Liu Qi and his followers were also scared for a while. They had been with that scary ghost for a long way and had planned to travel on the road with him.
What road, ah!
Travel with him and theyâll end up on Huangquan Road! <sup>1</sup>
[I know you.] The other party didnât say that while lookin at Su Zimo. The person he was speaking of⌠was the ghost umbrella.
Ghost Umbrella didnât respond.
[You were the first to leave that world. Because of you, thereâs a way to sneak out of one world into another through the nightmare world.] As Yellow Eyes spoke, his expression became more hideous. [But you never said that traveling that way would weaken us like this!]
Ghost Umbrella still didnât respond.
[Itâs all your fault!] Yellow Eyes didnât look like a bandit who blocked roads. He was only like that because his power was severely weakened after traveling from another world.
Su Zimo recalled that Ghost Umbrella said once that he was very weak for a while. Someone gave him the black umbrella to stay in, so he slowly recovered his strength.
But he didnât know if it was because Ghost Umbrella was a traveler. His memory seemed to have fragmented in the process.
[Boss, is this ghost speaking with a foreign accent? I donât seem to understand.] On the opposite side, Yellow Eyes was furious. Ghost Umbrella was silent for so long, then finally said such a thing.
Although he did actually have an accent, the uncontained Yellow Eyes directly transformed his right hand into bloody claws, and his goal was certainly to attack Ghost Umbrella!
[Are you crazy? Weâre on completely different levels.] Ghost Umbrellaâs eyes flashed an evil ghostly red. One hand continued helping Su Zimo block the rain with the umbrella, while the other easily blocked the opponentâs bloody attack. He broke his opponentâs arm with a âkacha,â and stepped directly on it after Yellow Eyes fell to his feet.
During the whole process, the black umbrella above Su Zimoâs head remained unchanged.
[Your body odor really smells in front of my boss. I really donât know how many lives your scum guards have eaten here.] After releasing his opponentâs arm, Ghost Umbrella kicked Yellow Eyes away with one kick, preventing the bloody odor of his body from lingering in front of Su Zimo any longer.
Letâs not even mention Yellow Eyesâ true strength. Even if he was once a calamity, his strength hadnât recovered. He looked weaker than Peng Peng and Zhang Xiaoqing.
In terms of strength, his ghosts had some advantages. Su Zimo wasnât worried about them being bullied.
But just when Su Zimo thought that the yellow-eyed ghost had nothing left to do, something small flew toward Su Zimo at an extremely rapid pace.
When the thing flew in front of his eyes, he could see that it was some kind of arrow â the kind of arrow used when drawing and shooting a bow! Itâs just that the arrow looked a bit tattered, and the tail with itâs feathers was ruined, so it was a broken arrow!
It seemed to be red!
In the next second, the surface of the black umbrella was in front of Su Zimo, and he himself opened the black umbrella in his hand.
Those two layers of defense, they were enough to ensure that the broken arrow couldnât attack anyone.
After seeing Su Zimo open the umbrella, Ghost Umbrella safely returned his umbrella to above Su Zimoâs head. In just a few seconds, his boss was soaked by the rain.
Ghost Umbrella looked at Yellow Eyes across from him.
Su Zimo wasnât surprised that Yellow Eyes had ghost tools. After all, Ghost Umbrella had said long ago that malicious spirits and trainers would both look for ghost tools everywhere.
The ghost tool targeting Su Zimo looked different, though. After being blocked by the black umbrella, it didnât fall directly to the ground. It continued attacking Su Zimo!
[Hahaha! Itâs useless. Although it can only be used thrice, as long as it locks onto a target, it will attack until you die!] The yellow-eyed ghost laughed. [That human seems very important to you. You should also learn the painful feeling⌠ga?]
Before Yellow Eyes finished speaking, he saw Ghost Umbrella directly hug Su Zimo within his arms at a rapid pace, then instantly flip the umbrellaâs surface to turn the inside toward the broken arrow.
In the next second, the yellow-eyed malicious spirit watched his treasured broken arrow fly straight into the black umbrellaâŚ
It disappeared.
If Su Zimo remembered correctly, in an earlier nightmare world, Ghost Umbrella hid âGhost Callâ and âSheet Music of the Deadâ inside the black umbrella. He also said that in addition to defensive capabilities, the black umbrella also had the ability to contain ghosts and ghost tools.
Even Ghost Umbrella himself was one of the ghosts housed in the black umbrella. <sup>2</sup>
If Peng Peng and Zhang Xiaoqing were willing, they could alsp appear beside Su Zimo holding a black umbrella.
After the broken arrow was captured by the black umbrella, Ghost Umbrella easily removed the broken arrow from inside and handed it to Su Zimo.
âAre you going to continue to hold me like this?â Su Zimo, who was still being tightly hugged by the ghost umbrella, couldnât help but raise his eyebrows.
[Hai haiâŚ] Ghost Umbrella coughed lightly, apparently embarrassed, and unwillingly let go of Su Zimo while continuing to hold the umbrella for his boss.
Ghost Umbrellaâs embrace was cold, but Su Zimo didnât feel uncomfortable.
After receiving the broken arrow from the ghost umbrella, Su Zimo could read the text boxes on the ghost tool.
[Bloody Broken Arrow (Two Stars)]
[Sale Price: 10 yuan]
[Description: After targeting the selected prey, the broken arrow will chase the prey until their death. It is a very good ghost tool, but it can only be used three times. Only one time remaining.]
Generally speaking, the price of a two star ghost tool shouldnât be so low. The reason why it can only be sold for 10 yuan is probably because it can only be used once more.
But even so, buying this broken arrow would definitely not be a disadvantage. It was as an excellent value.
âThis thing isnât bad, weâll accept it.â Su Zimo nodded and thanked Yellow Eyes.
He was worthy of being a yellow-eyed ghost. He had a treasure hidden on him.
He didnât know if there were any others.
Su Zimoâs thoughts had just turned that direction, so it was a pity to hear Yellow Eyes angrily say: âDamn it! If it werenât for opening that path and sacrificing my ghost tools, I would never let you escape!â
After the standard villain monologue and disrupting Su Zimoâs desire to get rich, which a flick of his yellow eyes, the surrounding grey-white wisps swarmed to him. As they protected him, the ghost turned into a yellow wisp and fled in the opposite direction from Su Zimo and the others.
[Boss, can I eat it?] Ghost Umbrella asked.
âI thought you thought that guy smelled.â Su Zimo didnât care.
Ghost Umbrella smiled like a wanton evil spirit. [Just cover your nose and it wonât taste like anything. Asking boss to please hold the umbrella by himself so he doesnât catch a cold from the rain.]
After Su Zimo supported the black umbrella, the ghost umbrella turned into a red wisp for the first time and rushed into the sea of fleeing wisps.
Su Zimo turned his head and gazed back at Liu Qi and the others. As for how to deal with the ghost umbrella behind him⌠he didnât seem to care.
âIt seems that our transaction has been successfully completed.â When Su Zimo looked inside the bus, he found that everyone was looking at them, stunned.
Although Su Zimo didnât know what Ghost Umbrella was doing behind him, he soon discovered that the original downpour was slowly beginning to diminish. Eventually the sound of water droplets hitting the umbrella surface disappeared, so Su Zimo put the umbrella away and looked up toward the sky.
Although it didnât clear up immediately, the black clouds that originally shrouded the sky began to disperse. The red clouds that belonged to the evening appeared on the horizon, and the area surrounding the bus became brighter.
Su Zimo looked back to find that Ghost Umbrella had returned to his normal spot behind him, and the surrounding firefly-like starlights had completely disappeared.
Ghost Umbrella was originally pale and bloodless, but now there was a hint of blood and he looked more like a normal human.
Su Zimo didnât say anything. He just smiled at the ghost umbrella and looked at the bus again. Along the way, he pointed his finger in the direction of the bus door.
Liu Qi and the others had apparently just recovered and rushed to open the door to the bus, as if they were afraid that they would offend the mysterious youth in front of them after a moment.
âDoes Mr. Liu still wish to redeem the pawned merchandise?â Su Zimo smiled politely and took out the two things Liu Qi had given him as well as the single-use broken arrow. âIf you redeem them now, my shop can also sell this extra ghost tool at a discount.â
âAlthough this ghost tool can only be used once, you should have seen its power just now.â Su Zimo smiled and advertised to Liu Qi.
Liu Qi nodded quickly. Although he looked at Su Zimo cautiously, when Liu Qi looked at the ghost umbrella behind him, the expression on his face could only be described as horrified.
Su Zimo just turned around hadnât seen what the ghost umbrella did, but all the passengers standing on the bus could clearly see what the ghost umbrella had done to those ghosts and wisps.
He could be called the most terrifying existence among all the malicious spirits.
Although Liu Qi had experienced nine nightmare worlds, he felt that even if he experienced ninety nightmare world, he wouldnât want to become enemies with the guy holding the umbrella.
Next time he would need to warn Dawn OrganizationâŚ
Donât provoke anyone holding an umbrella!
After Liu Qi surrendered to himself, it took a long time to find his voice again. He asked cautiously, âThat⌠that⌠boss. Look⌠Eh. How much money do I need to redeem these things from you?â
The other party was terrifying, but in the face of a ghost tool that he was really reluctant to part with and a ghost tool that may only be available by spending a lot of money, Liu Qi was still willing to pay any price.
If it was 5 million, 10 million, or moreâŚ
No, even if it was more, even if his father would go bankrupt.
Thinking of that, Liu Qiâs eyes were suffering as they looked at Su Zimo.
Liu Qi felt that Su Zimo was extremely troublesome changing ownership of the merchandise like that. He even looked down on his offer of 10 million earlier. What kind of exaggerated price would he ask for?
He could only keep telling himself that if the price he asked for was truly unreasonable, then the ghost tools could be forgotten, or even considered a gift for the boss in front of him.
Since the boss was running a business, Liu Qi reminded himself to get the bossâs contact information. If he could find a way to establish a good relationship with the boss, he may not have to rely on Dawn Organization to get ahead.
âDonât worry. The price of goods in this shop is very affordable.â Su Zimoâs face showed a childish smile.
Liu Qiâs heart sank.
Footnotes
<ol>Huangquan Road is the path to the underworld. Raws here say ghost umbrella instead of black umbrella. Itâs accurate either way, but Iâm adjusting for clarity.</ol>