Chapter 2239 - 2232: A Bunch of Fence-Sitters

"This is the Christer, how’s everyone doing?" Eno immediately confirmed the status of the other three ships.

The other three ships had casualties. Based on the recorded time, the attack was likely by the same Quantum Ghost. After the Quantum Ghost appeared on the Christer, there were no more casualties on the other ships.

Most of the casualties were Beginner-level crew members from the ships. Only the unlucky Soul Hunter on the Linmick had his soul severely injured and fell into a deep coma.

"This is the Christer, we hunted down a Quantum Ghost," Eno added, "the creature that attacked us."

"What did you say?" Exclamations came simultaneously from the three ships.

Just moments ago, nearly everyone was gripped by the fear of death when it came to the mysterious killer. Even the Dominion had a reverent attitude, and the three Soul Hunters had no solutions. Now comes such good news from the Christer!

"Are you sure?" The caravan boss Syakk was greatly shocked. If they could be the first to hunt down this mysterious creature, it would definitely be front-page news, and the entire Holy Kingdom would know the name of him, Syakk.

"Confirmed, the body is now on the ship. It was Mr. Zhang who killed it."

"Alright, we’ll come over immediately!"

Syakk, the captains of the three ships, and the two uninjured Soul Hunters rushed to the Christer at once.

Indeed, this was a creature they had never heard of or seen before. They couldn’t find any matching species. This was undoubtedly a new species. Even in the Moruo Holy Nation and other countries, there were no signs of such weird creatures existing.

"Is this the thing that attacked souls?" The two Soul Hunters skeptically looked at the body. It felt no different from ordinary species. Why was even the Dominion helpless against it?

"Could this be a rare creature he brought from somewhere, claiming it’s the soul-attacking monster just to gain attention?"

"I can assure you this is indeed the creature that ambushed us," Eno stated.

"Who’s to say you aren’t in cahoots?" The two Soul Hunters clearly had deep prejudices against Zhang Menglong. In their view, if everyone was helpless against this creature, how could Zhang Menglong handle it?

The creature had actually attacked them earlier, but they happened to have some items that resisted soul attacks, which spared them. However, those items also suffered significant damage, leading to strong feelings of unease.

"Does the ship have any analytical equipment?" Zhang Menglong asked.

"Yes," Syakk nodded, "though it can’t perform detailed analyses, it should handle some rough analyses without much issue."

Everyone temporarily put aside their skepticism toward Zhang Menglong. They were more interested in what exactly this monster was.

Soon, various analysis data on this creature came out.

According to the data, the creature’s Life Levels were roughly equivalent to a Transcender Level 3 ordinary cultivator. However, it had many special organs that couldn’t be studied because the individual was dead.

However, Zhang Menglong could generally deduce that the Quantum Ghost’s ability to enter the quantum biological state must be closely related to these organs.

What struck them particularly was the existence of a very unusual organ inside the Quantum Ghost’s body. This organ resembled a fist-sized gemstone, displaying several fluctuations of Soul Power through the instrument’s data.

"Quick! Bring the people who were killed or rendered comatose by the attack!" Zhang Menglong suddenly made a bold guess. "The Quantum Ghost might have captured their souls but hasn’t digested or transferred them yet, perhaps they can be saved!"

"Quick!" Though nobody knew if Zhang Menglong’s guess would work, trying might save several lives, so why not?

Soon, the bodies of the 7 deceased individuals and 3 injured comatose ones were brought aboard the Christer. They were laid flat on the ground, appearing peaceful, as if merely asleep.

The Crystal’s strength wasn’t very high. Zhang Menglong smashed it a few times to shatter it, and suddenly, nine orbs of light slowly floated out.

"Are these their souls?" The crowd was astounded, looking at the light orbs.

"They seem not to recognize their own bodies anymore."

Someone attempted to grab them, but the hand passed directly through the Soul Body.

"Watch me," Zhang Menglong smiled as he took out a cup filled with rice, then shook it above a deceased crew member’s head. When he uncovered the cloth covering the cup, all the rice inside had vanished!

"What’s his name?" Zhang Menglong asked.

"Rokte," said a crew member from the same ship.

"Come back, Rokte!" Zhang Menglong filled the cup with rice again and continued shaking it over that person’s head.

At that moment, one of the light orbs directly flew into the crew member Rokte’s body!

His soul returned!

As the light orb re-entered his body, everyone saw signs of life once again appearing on Rokte, though still weak, but gradually strengthening. It seemed the body and soul had been separated for too long, needing time to recover.

Zhang Menglong repeated the technique, letting each light orb return to its owner’s body, those who had died showed signs of life again, and those who were comatose slowly awoke.

This event nearly proved the monster Zhang Menglong killed was indeed the Quantum Ghost attacking their souls!

"Do you believe now?" Eno looked at the several Soul Hunters, who were speechless at this moment.

"There shouldn’t be just a few souls within these Quantum Ghosts," Zhang Menglong said, "I don’t believe this is their first time attacking human souls. If not, where are the other souls? Were they absorbed or transferred elsewhere?"

Zhang Menglong couldn’t sense any other soul presence from the Crystal, implying that it’s more likely the souls were transferred somewhere!

"Mr. Zhang, how did you kill this Quantum Ghost?" The two Soul Hunters now spoke with a consulting tone.

"Want to learn?" Zhang Menglong smiled, "Sorry, I can’t teach you."

It’s not that Zhang Menglong was unwilling to teach, but so far, he hadn’t found any other method.

His body had just undergone mimicry allowing him to enter the quantum state like those Quantum Ghosts, yet he was still clueless about the weaknesses of this species. Maybe a thorough structural analysis was needed to make progress.

"Ahem, I’m quite curious about this Quantum Ghost, so I’ll be staying on this ship today." Syakk realized perhaps staying close to Zhang Menglong was now the safest, immediately finding an excuse to move over.

"Hmm, I’m curious too, why not join in researching this?"

"Hahaha, indeed, we may call ourselves Soul Hunters, but this is our first real encounter with our enemy."

"Tsk!" Eno looked at them with disdain, "A bunch of opportunists!"