Although a Ghost can't directly harm a person, it can diminish their Human Body Three Fires, causing their Fortune to decline and them to be Plagued by Bad Luck. In mild cases, they suffer a Serious Illness; in severe cases, their family is ruined and they perish.
However, this doesn't work on everyone. The target's Fortune must already be weak for the ghost to act as a catalyst.
If someone's Fortune is strong, forget about diminishing it—the ghost would be lucky not to get burned by the person's Body Three Fires.
And Yang Xuejiao, having first lost her Daughter and now her husband, was at a time when her Fortune was declining and her life was undergoing drastic changes.
Being Plagued by Bad Luck, her Body Three Fires were naturally not strong, which gave Fang Yunlou the opportunity to get close to her.
But even so, Fang Yunlou still suffered the pain of his Soul being burned by the Three Fires, an agony that no ordinary person could endure.
But Fang Yunlou himself was a ruthless man. He didn't dare do anything to his killer, but he was merciless with his own wife, adhering to the principle of "if I can't have it, I'll destroy it," and wanted to take Yang Xuejiao with him.
The Karmic Force from his life amplified his Desires. Negative emotions like anger, tyranny, madness, and lechery began to destroy his sanity, and his body changed along with it, revealing his Heart's Original Appearance.
As his sanity crumbled, he felt terrifyingly powerful, as if he were now a god walking the earth, with the power of life and Death over all creation in his hands.
So when he saw Yin Xingyue, he was stunned for a moment, then burst into maniacal laughter.
The Little Deer he had groomed for so many years had escaped his clutches through Death just as he was about to Devour her. This filled him with extreme regret and anger.
But he never expected that in the end, she would still fall into his hands.
Fang Yunlou's eyes gleamed as a lecherous expression appeared on his face, looking extremely excited.
Waving his Tentacles, he lunged toward Yin Xingyue.
As for Yin Xingyue's claim that she wasn't afraid of him, he didn't pay it any mind at all.
When she saw the massive Tentacles sweeping toward her, Yin Xingyue, who had lived under Fang Yunlou's shadow for so long, instinctively took a few steps back, even though she said she wasn't afraid.
Seeing this, Fang Yunlou laughed even louder, his voice filled with joy and triumph.
"Don't be afraid. I'm here."
Just then, Shen Siyuan's voice suddenly echoed in Yin Xingyue's mind.
Shen Siyuan's voice seemed to give Yin Xingyue infinite courage. She took a deep breath.
Then, blue Flames erupted all over her body. Fang Yunlou sensed danger and tried to retract his Tentacles, but it was too late.
Like throwing a lit match into gasoline, the moment one Tentacle touched the Flames, Fang Yunlou's entire body was instantly set ablaze.
Netherfire was far more potent than the Human Body Three Fires.
The pain of having one's Soul burned was like being sawn apart or ground into paste under a millstone…
Fang Yunlou felt a pain he had never experienced in his life. If this were the real world, he would have fainted long ago, but as a Ghost, his consciousness was incredibly clear—the more it hurt, the clearer it became, which seemed to invisibly amplify the sensation of agony…
A blood-curdling scream erupted from Fang Yunlou's mouth as he wailed ceaselessly.
It was the despair of a Soul. Even Yang Xuejiao, who was sitting on the Sofa looking at her Mobile Phone, seemed to notice something and glanced around in confusion.
She felt a chill, so she picked up the Remote Control and turned the Air Conditioner's temperature up a bit.
Watching Fang Yunlou's agonizing wails, incessant begging, and miserable appearance, the fear Yin Xingyue had always held for him seemed to completely dissipate at that moment, even giving rise to a faint sense of pleasure.
As the Netherfire burned, the Tentacles on Fang Yunlou's body fell off one by one, and he actually returned to his Human Form, though he looked extremely weak, as if a gust of wind could scatter him at any moment.
"Bring him back."
Shen Siyuan's voice once again sounded in Yin Xingyue's mind.
Hearing this, Yin Xingyue didn't act immediately. Instead, she looked at Yang Xuejiao on the Sofa, who, feeling the chill, was looking puzzled as she adjusted the Air Conditioner again.
She had a feeling in her heart, knowing that after leaving this time, she would probably never see her again.
They were mother and daughter, after all, and they had shared a happy time together, back when she was very young, before her father passed away…
Yin Xingyue's expression was extremely complicated, a mix of affection, deep disappointment, and a hint of resentment.
But no matter what, this was her Mom.
"Mom~" Yin Xingyue murmured softly.
"If there's a next life, I won't be your daughter again…"
With that said, she summoned a Yin Wind, swept up Fang Yunlou, and soared into the sky.
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"Brother~"
Seeing Shen Siyuan, Yin Xingyue called out softly, as if she had done something wrong.
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. You have nothing to feel guilty about. Besides, he was no good."
Lying on the ground, his body so illusory it seemed about to dissipate at any moment, Fang Yunlou's lower half once again sprouted Octopus-like Tentacles.
His lecherous Desires had completely contaminated his Soul; a single burst of Netherfire couldn't burn it clean.
With a thought, Shen Siyuan summoned the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and directly pulled him into it.
But he wouldn't be as fortunate as Yin Xingyue; he would ultimately be ground down and become material to repair the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
Shen Siyuan himself had no Magical Power and couldn't use it to activate the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
He could only rely on the banner's inherent ghost-devouring property to consume Wandering Souls and repair itself.
But the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was, after all, a Demonic Path Magical Artifact.
With Shen Siyuan currently having no Cultivation Base, devouring too many souls with complex Desires posed no problem for the banner itself, but it was a different story for him. It was highly likely he would suffer a Backlash, be completely corrupted by Desires, and lose his sense of self.
This wasn't just Shen Siyuan's speculation; it was experience from the Nine Nether Lord of the Underworld. Back when the Nine Nether Demon Lord first obtained the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, he already had a certain Cultivation Base, yet he was still nearly overcome by the banner's Backlash.
Fortunately, he reacted in time and suppressed it.
Although Shen Siyuan now had no Cultivation Base, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was also damaged, which maintained a balance and kept things peaceful.
If the day ever came when the Artifact was Stronger Than the User, it would inevitably Turn Against the Master. Because it was a Demonic Artifact, not a Divine Artifact, Shen Siyuan didn't dare to wantonly capture the Wandering Souls roaming the streets.
Thinking about that Nine Nether Lord of the Underworld, who went from a Farming Village Youth to a Demon Lord of his generation in just a hundred years—was he really not influenced by the Ten Thousand Souls Banner at all? Shen Siyuan felt that was highly unlikely.
Once Fang Yunlou was pulled into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, he was struck by the Banner's Demonic Energy.
His Soul shattered instantly, turning into nutrients that were slowly absorbed by the banner, causing faint ripples to spread across its surface.
If the Ten Thousand Souls Banner weren't damaged, devouring a single Soul wouldn't be so troublesome.
It could completely Devour even a Nascent Soul Great Master in the blink of an eye.
But because of this, Shen Siyuan finally learned why Fang Yunlou had been killed, and who their killer was.
However, Shen Siyuan had no intention of telling the Police, because all of these people deserved to die; not a single one was innocent.
That being the case, Shen Siyuan decided to let it be.
As long as no innocents were being killed, he couldn't be bothered to interfere.
If the killer were caught by the Police, it would just be a case of bad luck.
Shen Siyuan wouldn't get involved in that either.