Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'

Chapter 980 535: Resentful Spirit of the Underground City (Part 3)

The Spiritualist from the Public Security Team, Zhuang Shuxing, found the spell script that had fallen on the ground. The script was written in Ravsha Language. The translator had just provided the translation when Zhuang Shuxing recognized the origins of the script.

"This is a contract used by Spiritualists to summon Battle Spirits."

Li Banfeng also glanced at it. Since it is a direct translation, many sentences are obscure and unclear, but the general meaning is indeed similar to a contract between Nightmare Cultivators and Ghost Servants.

The last sentence is somewhat different: they want to summon a Battle Spirit, a handsome man from an ancient world.

"What does 'ancient world' mean?" Li Banfeng looked towards the translator.

The translator was not clear on the specific meaning of the phrase and could only make some guesses: "In some countries, Puluo State is referred to as the ancient world."

Are they trying to summon a Battle Spirit from Puluo State?

What is the reason?

Li Banfeng's first thought was that more Lost Souls from Puluo State had wandered to the Outside Provinces.

"What is the standard for a handsome man?" Li Banfeng looked towards Spiritualist Zhuang Shuxing.

Zhuang Shuxing thought for a moment and shouted towards the doorway, "Hey, handsome!"

Light Bulb, Chuuni, Ming Xing, Cone, Huajia all turned their faces simultaneously.

Zhuang Shuxing said, "Director, see, there isn't a man in the world who thinks he's not handsome. This summon script has huge flaws,

I've seen many such cases. This is originally our summoning contract, written in Huan Country language, somehow translated into Ingrid Language and wandered outside,

Ingrid Language translated into Xi Panni Language, Xi Panni Language turned into Audrey Language, Audrey Language translated into Ravsha Language, turning thrice, five times, seven or eight turns, back to us, becoming foreign witchcraft. Isn't this nonsense?

Spiritualists summon Battle Spirits through technique control. This group of White Lambs understands nothing, using Western Ocean witchcraft and our Contract together just messing around, no telling what they summoned."

Li Banfeng looked at the three corpses on site; the wounds were all at the throat, each killed swiftly with a single strike.

"Found the murder weapons?"

The law enforcement personnel on site shook their heads. A forensic expert said, "Judging from the shape, the three wounds should have been caused by three different weapons, or perhaps the weapon used by the killer varied in different places."

Li Banfeng looked at the shattered television screen; in the last century, LCD screens were not popular, many karaoke bars used glass screens.

He looked at the positions and distances of the corpses, instructed the forensic expert, "Check among the broken glass on the ground."

Chuuni said, "Director, do you mean the Resentful Spirit they summoned picked up the shattered glass on the ground for the attack?"

Li Banfeng shook his head, "No need to pick up anything."

Such a battle incident he had witnessed in Puluo State.

"A Lost Soul punched through the television screen, the flying glass severed the throats of these three people."

Chuuni was incredulous, "Can such a thing really be done?"

"You are a Fighter; once your level rises, you'll be able to do it."

Zhuang Shuxing was also somewhat startled, "How high a level is needed? Can Big Head do that?"

Big Head doesn't have that ability; a Fifth Layer Martial Cultivator can't achieve that.

Chen Changrui said nothing, knowing Li Banfeng got onto the right path.

But finding the murder weapon didn't seem to offer much help to the current situation.

"They've stirred trouble," Li Qi looked somber, "They summoned a high-level Martial Cultivator, and we still don't know where this Martial Cultivator is."

Chen Changrui shared similar concerns; he asked the law enforcement personnel, "Have other areas of the Underground City been checked?"

The law enforcement personnel replied, "Only a rough inspection was done."

Li Banfeng left the scene to the forensic experts, leading everyone further into the karaoke bar.

The karaoke bar had been abandoned for many years; the corridor tiles were broken, filled with dust and spider webs, occasionally bugs crawled by.

The karaoke bar was quite large, with over twenty private rooms of various sizes at the corridor's end.

As they were about to reach the corridor's end, a sudden burst of laughter came from a private room on the left.

"President Wang, have another drink, just one more cup."

"Sweetie, let me kiss you if I drink one more cup!"

Who is President Wang?

Li Banfeng looked back at Director Wang.

Director Wang was frightened, "It's certainly not me!"

Someone was inside the room.

Music began playing faintly from inside, badly off-tune with strong echoes, typical of singing in a karaoke room.

"Has no one checked here?" Director Wang looked towards Chen Changrui.

Chen Changrui was also surprised; even if the law enforcement missed this room, someone singing would definitely be noticed.

Moreover, this karaoke bar has been abandoned for years; how could the sound equipment still be operating?

Chuuni drew his pistol to investigate but was pulled back by Li Banfeng.

"Everyone on alert!" Li Banfeng commanded, "Take your positions!"

The battle prowess of the Public Security Team was hard to gauge, but they were well-trained and quickly positioned themselves in the corridor.

A strong sense of malice rushed over, covering Li Banfeng in cold sweat.

He pushed the door into the room; the singing and laughter abruptly stopped, the scene inside seemed no different from other rooms, only thick dust and layers of webs.

Li Banfeng touched the glass screen, causing the hair on his arm to stand.

There was static.

This screen had just been used.

He activated his Golden Gaze Autumn Hair, scanning the room, but found no abnormalities.

To evade something detectable by the Golden Gaze Autumn Hair, its level must be higher, at least surpassing Li Banfeng's current level.

He quietly exited the private room and immediately ordered, "Leave the Underground City, seal the surrounding area!"

...

By noon, Shen Jingye arrived at the scene to personally oversee the investigation.