The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 363 - 256: Big and Small

Chapter 363: Chapter 256: Big and Small

Deep into the night, the appearance of a ghost didn’t frighten Li Yi; instead, he was eager to test his mettle.

He was different from the people of this world. He was not afraid of ghosts. His only problem was that he lacked the means to deal with fierce ghosts, unable to utilize his full strength. Now that he had this cracked short stick in his hand, capable of repelling and injuring fierce ghosts, he was confident in confronting one head-on.

The eerie child with an ashen face, wearing a round hat and a long robe, was now running barefoot on the ground. Its speed was somewhat bizarre. Even though each step appeared normal, a few steps would carry it several meters forward, as if the space itself was influenced by supernatural power. However, Li Yi didn’t find this scene strange at all.

Because he had already witnessed similar supernatural powers, he wasn’t distracted by these things but rather mobilized his Qi-Blood, causing Gang Qi to explode forth.

Boom!

With a loud blast, Li Yi’s figure instantly surged forward, holding the letter in one hand and the cracked short stick in the other, ready to complete the task of delivering the letter in an instant.

The sound caught the attention of the eerie child, who instantly turned its head in Li Yi’s direction.

But it was too slow.

Li Yi’s figure had already disappeared from its former spot, his speed even faster than the fierce ghost’s reaction. In just an instant, the cracked short stick in his hand had already struck the eerie child.

He had assumed that this Little Ghost would be repelled in an instant as expected, but an accident occurred.

The cracked short stick had hit the child but had no effect at all, as if a normal wooden stick had struck a fierce ghost.

"How can this be?" Li Yi was shocked.

At that moment, the eerie child’s pale face turned toward him.

Startled, Li Yi tore through the air and rapidly retreated, immediately pulling back to a distance of ten meters. He gripped the cracked short stick tightly, his expression uncertain. He couldn’t understand why the Mysterious Item in his hand was ineffective?

He clenched his hand tightly, Gang Qi bursting forth again.

The cracked short stick was indestructible no matter what, a characteristic of Mysterious Items.

So ... was he using it wrong?

Had the Messenger on the second floor given him false information on how to use it, intentionally deceiving him?

Such a naturally evil Messenger, he didn’t expect that even in death, he would trick him.

The eerie child seemed to have locked onto Li Yi by now. The urgent sound of running was heard again. In his line of sight, the ghost ignored everyone else and charged straight towards him.

"If I’m using it wrong, then I’ll just try a few more times. Maybe that will work."

Seeing this, Li Yi didn’t back off. He was confident in dealing with this fierce ghost and, if necessary, could instantly retreat to Liu Qingqing’s side to have her fend off the fierce ghost.

But for now, he was reluctant to do so.

Jin Qi erupted once more, and Li Yi charged out again.

This time he was more cautious, holding back and ready to retreat at any moment.

Indeed.

His speed was too much for the eerie child to cope with. As he closed in, his cracked short stick struck out repeatedly while maintaining a careful distance from the ghost, not daring to make any contact with the fierce ghost.

He thought this attempt would also be in vain.

That’s until one strike of the cracked short stick landed on the eerie child’s head, and something extraordinary happened.

The ghost suddenly suffered a heavy blow, like an ordinary person hit by a cudgel, and collapsed to the ground, then lay there as if knocked out cold.

"Did it work?"

Li Yi was startled, then realized that the cracked short stick had to hit the opponent’s head to be effective; hitting any other part was useless. His consecutive attempts had helped him discover the correct method of use.

"Good, now that I’ve figured out the right method, there’s no need to keep avoiding the fierce ghost anymore."

He looked intently at the eerie child lying on the ground.

He realized that the blow to the head only knocked the ghost unconscious for about ten seconds. After ten seconds, the ghost showed signs of waking up, but to recover fully would probably take about thirty seconds in total. That meant such an attack could detain a fierce ghost for nearly half a minute.

Taking advantage of this time, Li Yi quickly stuffed the yellow letter onto the ghost.

So ... was the mission to deliver the letter now complete?

But he didn’t see the yellow letter disappear. Afterward, he lit the letter, but even after it burned, the path to the Ghost Post Office did not emerge.

This meant the task of delivering the letter wasn’t complete.

"Why is this? Clearly, I’m facing a ghost, and I’ve delivered the letter, but why isn’t it considered a completed delivery task?" Li Yi was puzzled, but he didn’t have enough time to continue pondering because the ghost he had knocked to the ground with a blunt hit was now starting to move again, struggling to stand up.

Could it be that he should give it another strike with the stick?

As Li Yi was considering this,

Suddenly.

A heavy set of footsteps suddenly resounded on the first floor of the museum. The footsteps were hurried yet seemed to carry a hint of anger with every deafening step, quickly heading his way.

"Another ghost? Li Yi, something isn’t right. Withdraw from the museum immediately," Liu Qingqing’s voice called out from a dark corner.

Clearly, she too had heard the second set of footsteps echoing.

At this point, the situation had somewhat exceeded their initial plan. The best course of action was to retreat for now and think of another way to complete the delivery later. There was still time to deliver the letter, and there was no need to keep butting heads. If they failed, everyone might be wiped out.

"Cover me from the fierce ghost’s assault while I figure out how to deliver the letter," Li Yi’s voice came, resolute, not wanting to miss this opportunity.

Both ghosts had appeared.

The chance to deliver the letter was among them. If he missed this opportunity, it would be difficult to gather the two ghosts in the museum again next time; there might not be another such occurrence in the remaining days.

"Okay, just this once. Whether we succeed or fail, we must leave," Liu Qingqing hesitated briefly, then gritted her teeth and agreed.

Li Yi quickly reclaimed the letter and retreated rapidly before the eerie child could get up.

At that moment, the owner of the other set of footsteps had already stepped through the last puddle on the staircase and arrived on the second floor.

In the darkness loomed a considerably taller figure, dressed in a long robe with a round hat and deathly pale skin, resembling an embalmed corpse, and dressed practically identical to the child, except one was an adult and the other was a child.

Two identical ghosts?

Li Yi was momentarily stunned.

But then he noticed a difference, the eyes of the taller ghost were not empty sockets, but housed a pair of pale eyeballs that moved as though they could see everything around them.

The next moment.

The rolling eyeballs suddenly stopped, locking onto a Messenger on the second floor.

However, that Messenger on the second floor was oblivious, for in the darkness he could see nothing, only aware that a ghost had appeared somewhere ahead.

But Li Yi could see it all very clearly.

He realized the Messenger was targeted by the fierce ghost and was likely to be attacked.

As expected.

The larger ghost immediately rushed forward with heavy footsteps echoing, jarring the senses of everyone present.

Is the ghost coming?

In the dark environment, fear intensified amongst them as they could not see the fierce ghost approaching, only knowing that the sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer, it seemed as if in the next moment the ghost would appear before their eyes.

"Liu Qingqing, block it, it’s right in front of you," said Li Yi as he reached out and immediately moved Liu Qingqing into the path the ghost was bound to take.

At this moment.

Liu Qingqing suddenly emanated a burst of crimson light, within which a vague figure appeared as if a fierce ghost possessed her.

The charging ghost was then struck by another supernatural force, immediately stopping in its tracks.

Li Yi took this opportunity to stuff the yellow letter into the fierce ghost’s body, then once again ignited the letter.

However, the maddeningly frustrating situation occurred once again.

No path emerged... the letter was still undelivered.

The Little Ghost failed to deliver the letter, and so did the big ghost.

At this moment, even Li Yi, who could be slow at times, came to a realization and said, "Though they appear to be two ghosts, a big one and a small one, in reality, they are one ghost, and we must get these two ghosts together to complete the delivery."

"What do we do now?" asked Liu Qingqing.

"Hold on a little longer," Li Yi acted once again, his power erupting instantly, his speed outpacing that of the fierce ghost, and he reached the Little Ghost’s side again.

At this moment, the Little Ghost had just stood up, but was immediately clubbed again.

The broken stick landed on its head, knocking it flat on the ground once more.

As it fell, Li Yi raised his leg and kicked.

Without daring to make physical contact with the ghost, the force of his Jin Qi swept across, blowing the Little Ghost away toward the ghost in front of Liu Qingqing, and by the time it made contact, Li Yi was already there, stuffing in the letter.

Bang!

A collision sounded, and both ghosts fell to the ground.

"Let’s go."

Without any hesitation, Li Yi grabbed Liu Qingqing with one hand and threw a punch with his other hand, shattering the nearest window and bolting out.

His body bursting with Gang Qi, a whirlwind engulfed the surroundings.

All were swept out by this force, leaving the museum’s second floor in an unimaginable manner.

Guo You and the others, caught off guard, were already sent flying, panic-stricken, they also feared a deadly fall.

Fortunately, it was just a lawn outside, so although the group fell hard to the ground, they weren’t dead, just a bit battered.

"Did we make it?" Liu Qingqing asked urgently.

"I don’t know," replied Li Yi, not caring for anything else, lighting the letter: "The ghost has its eyes on us, if we don’t leave now, we’ll all die."

This time, the letter had an effect.

As the black paper burned, a winding path appeared before them.

Indeed, his previous guess was right; the ghost in the museum, one big, one small, needed to be together to be considered a complete ghost.

Yet before the path fully emerged, heavy footsteps, both big and small, began to rapidly close in from behind.

"Li Yi, the ghost is coming towards us," Guo You’s voice echoed in terror.

"Retreat to the Ghost Post Office," Li Yi planted the black letter in the ground, grasping the fractured stick in preparation to withstand the final onslaught.

But the next moment.

A Messenger from the second floor was sent flying by a tremendous force and landed ghostly pale on the ground, life disappearing in an instant.

Huh?

Li Yi’s expression changed drastically as his Spiritual Realm perception failed to capture how the fierce ghost had struck.

"Ghost realm... this ghost has a ghost realm," Liu Qingqing said through clenched teeth.

As her words fell, the lights around the green belt instantly went out.

A chilling breath covered everything, and darkness attacked from all directions, swallowing up everyone like a tide.

"Did the two ghosts become stronger after joining together?" The thought flashed quickly through Li Yi’s mind.