The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 364 - 257: Escape Back

Chapter 364: Chapter 257: Escape Back

At this moment, Li Yi was able to ignite the spirit paper, causing the path of the Ghost Post Office to appear, which meant that in the fleeting instance just now, he had completed the task of delivering the letter. This should have been good news, but the ghost in the gallery seemed to have no intention of letting them go.

Accompanied by an inexplicably cold and sinister aura that enshrouded them, darkness surged in from all around.

It appeared that all the potential escape routes had been blocked off, and even Li Yi, an Evolver, could find no direction to flee.

At this moment, he also understood why the Ghost Post Office prepared spirit paper. Without it, even if one completed the task of delivering a letter, they might still die amidst the supernatural event, which would be rather unfair to the Messenger.

"This level of supernatural power has altered the environment, affecting the space. Even the strongest Evolvers would not be able to break free under these circumstances... In this world, is such a supernatural phenomenon known as the ghost realm?" Li Yi’s expression was grave, his senses heightened, on high alert.

Dread filled him, fearing that the next moment a ghost might appear before him and attack.

"Li Yi, isn’t the route of the Ghost Post Office ready?" Guo You asked anxiously.

"It will take a little more time," Li Yi replied.

He had ignited the spirit paper as quickly as possible, but the paper took time to burn. Although it was a brief duration, the ghost’s ferocity was too great and in just a few seconds, a Messenger was killed, and the attack had not stopped; no one knew who the ghost would strike next.

The darkness nearby was growing even thicker.

Li Yi couldn’t see through the darkness imbued with supernatural power, so he had lost sight of the fierce ghost. His own Sensory Perception was the only thing he could rely on now.

Suddenly.

Urgent footsteps sounded again, the sound of the fierce ghost running echoed from within the darkness. But as soon as the sound appeared, it vanished briefly. When the ghost next appeared, it had already reached the side of another Messenger carrying an old hand warmer, a Mysterious Item he had yet to master.

He intended to use it against the fierce ghost, but it was to no avail. In just the blink of an eye, he was sent flying by the ghosty,’ and before he even hit the ground, his life was extinguished.

Clearly, the fierce ghost did not kill by collision; merely grazing it seemed to result in immediate death.

The hand warmer dropped from the dead Messenger’s hand, but at this moment, no one cared about it. The remaining few anxiously awaited the apparition of the Ghost Post Office’s path, eager to escape this place swiftly.

Only three people remained. Who would be the next to be attacked?

At that moment, Li Yi clutched the cracked short stick in his hand; he had found out how to use this Mysterious Item and had a way to oppose the fierce ghost, giving him some confidence. Guo You was now the one in great terror, being a normal person without any life-saving Mysterious Items. If the fierce ghost chose to attack him, his death was certain.

It was coming!

Suddenly.

An intense sense of impending danger surged in Li Yi’s heart, his body instinctively warning him of danger as if something harmful was about to emerge.

Was the ghost targeting him?

The perception and reflexes of an Evolver of the Spiritual Realm allowed Li Yi to immediately sense something was amiss. Gang Qi exploded from his body, and with the ground beneath his feet suddenly blasting apart, he vanished from his spot at an inconceivable speed.

The next moment,

A large and a small ghost, each bearing a ghastly pale face, appeared where Li Yi had just been.

Relying on his own strength, Li Yi narrowly avoided an attack.

But once targeted, the ghost would not cease its assault.

Urgent footsteps echoed once more; the ghost vanished from its spot, and in almost the blink of an eye, it was beside Li Yi again.

"Such speed can still track me? It seems the ghost does not kill by locking onto its prey, but rather through some kind of supernatural power judgment," Li Yi said, breaking out in a cold sweat. He dared not stop moving; under his body’s premonitory warnings, he vanished from his spot again before the fierce ghost could strike.

Although the fierce ghost in the ghost realm could appear anywhere, there was a brief interval before it could kill. To normal people, this interval was virtually non-existent, but to an Evolver like Li Yi, it was a window of opportunity to escape.

"Li Yi, the path of the Ghost Post Office has appeared. Hurry and escape!" At that moment, Liu Qingqing’s voice rang out as she saw the winding path emerge, and she urgently called out.

Guo You, a normal person, also could not care less about anything else and dashed towards the path.

Soon, he successfully made it onto the path and narrowly saved his life.

"I know," Li Yi replied while his figure moved at its limit, flickering through the area like afterimages, but the ghost’s attacking speed was also increasing, threatening to catch up with him at any moment.

Even while wielding the cracked short stick, he knew that if he stopped to confront it, he would be attacked by the ghost at the moment he made his move.

The end result would be his own death and the ghost temporarily stunned.

That was not a good trade-off.

"Li Yi, I’ll block the fierce ghost’s attack for you. Take the chance to break away," Liu Qingqing also sensed that Li Yi seemed unable to extricate himself and immediately offered her help.

She did not want to see Li Yi die here; as a powerful individual, they could be of mutual help in the Ghost Post Office in the future.

No sooner had she finished speaking,

Li Yi’s figure had already appeared beside her, and he swiftly said, "Now is the time."

Liu Qingqing was shocked.

That fast?

Red light burst forth from Liu Qingqing, her entire being as if clad in a red cheongsam, spreading some supernatural power that brought the suddenly vanished and re-emerged ghosts to a halt.

Although fleeting, it did at least stop the fierce ghost’s attack.

Seizing this brief moment, Li Yi sprang into action, swinging the short stick in his hand twice in quick succession, heavily striking the heads of two ghosts.

Bang!

The two ghosts were immediately knocked to the ground, falling into a brief stupor.

"Let’s go!"

Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, grabbing Liu Qingqing and running wildly towards the Ghost Post Office without looking back. In just a few seconds, they had disappeared into the city and appeared in the middle of that narrow path.

However, at this moment,

The ghosts, which should have been stunned for thirty seconds, began to slowly stand up again.

This time, the attack couldn’t even make the ghosts lose consciousness for ten seconds.

Indeed, as Li Yi had guessed, when the large and small ghost joined forces, they became extremely terrifying.

It seemed the ghosts didn’t intend to let Li Yi go, as hurried footsteps began to echo once again—they were actually walking down the path leading to the Ghost Post Office.

"What? Can ghosts also follow this path to chase after us?" Li Yi was even more startled at this sight.

Is this some kind of joke?

Or does it mean that this ghost has somehow become able to resist the Ghost Post Office’s supernatural power to some extent?

"This has never happened before, Li Yi, we can’t stop, let’s hurry." Liu Qingqing urged, thinking they would be safe once they reached the winded path, only to find the reality was causing her to despair.

And this kind of powerful ghost shouldn’t appear on the second floor’s task of delivering letters. It would be more fitting on the fourth or fifth floor.

If not for a Messenger with skills like Li Yi, all of them would have surely perished; there was no chance of survival.

"I know."

Li Yi, holding Liu Qingqing with one hand, once again exploded with speed, rapidly crossing the path and even reached out to pull Guo You when he caught up with him.

Even while carrying two people, his speed was not affected.

Soon, he burst through the doors of the Ghost Post Office, entered the lobby, and although it was dark inside because it was night, that didn’t hinder their movements. Li Yi quickly continued up the stairs.

This time, Li Yi didn’t appear on the second floor; since he had completed the third letter’s mission, he went directly to the third floor.

At this moment, Li Yi could care less about everything else; finding an empty room, he rushed in.

Only after the door closed tightly did Li Yi stop everything and slightly relax.

"You, you’re too fast."

Liu Qingqing was dumbfounded at the moment, shocked once again by Li Yi’s exaggerated capability. From sprinting down that path to returning to the Ghost Post Office, and entering a room on the third floor,

The entire process was seamless and extremely brief, probably taking less than ten seconds.

With such skills, no wonder he was able to contend with ghosts in the ghost realm.

Had that ghost not had the ghost realm, she even felt Li Yi could take a ghost for a tour around the city, shake it off, and then return.

Apart from being fierce, Liu Qingqing found no other words to describe Li Yi.

Guo You was also shocked, somewhat in a trance as he couldn’t believe he was actually in a room on the third floor and not dreaming. Wasn’t he just fleeing for his life on that winded path?

"I’m actually very slow; it’s your reflexes that are too slow, your brains’ ability to receive and process information is inadequate." Li Yi shook his head and said, "We should be safe now. Those two ghosts hypothetically shouldn’t be able to follow us to the third floor of the Ghost Post Office."

Looking at the yellowing light above, he felt a bit safer.

"Definitely not possible. If the ghost was that terrifying, the Ghost Post Office wouldn’t have sent us to deliver the letters." Liu Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Li Yi, "Indeed, I made the right choice in helping you. With your skills and paired with a Ghost Tamer that can combat fierce ghosts, there’s hardly any letter that can’t be delivered."

She was now quite relieved to have teamed up with Li Yi and to find herself on the third floor as well, foreseeing perhaps many more opportunities to work together in the future.

"My skills are heavily restricted in front of the ghost realm; during critical moments, I have to rely on supernatural power to combat fierce ghosts." Li Yi then looked down at the short stick in his hand, "Although I have Mysterious Items, in that situation, if I took action, it would’ve meant certain death, after all, I’m still a normal person, extremely vulnerable in front of the supernatural."

"You’re too modest. I’ve never seen any ordinary person capable of throwing a punch that produces a sonic boom, lifting people with the wind from their fist. It’s a pity I’m a Messenger, not knowing how long I will live; otherwise, I would definitely kneel and ask you to be my master," Guo You said.

"Take me as your master? Forget it. Wouldn’t you have a brighter future as a Ghost Tamer than following me to learn martial arts?" Li Yi said, "And regarding my skills, I hope you can keep it a secret. Now that we’re on the third floor, the situation is different; we don’t know if other Messengers we meet are friends or foes. Unless absolutely necessary, all critical information must be kept hidden."

"Of course, don’t worry, I’m tight-lipped and won’t blabber," Guo You immediately said.

"I’m not a blabbermouth either; I don’t like talking about others’ business," Liu Qingqing said.

Li Yi spoke up, "Stay in the room for the next day or two. Don’t go out. I need to make sure those ghosts haven’t followed us here."

"No problem," the two nodded, still shaken.

The large and small ghosts were too ferocious; they were not even certain if they were truly shaken off. The only relatively safe option was to spend a few days inside the Ghost Post Office, getting through one or two nights.