Chapter 261: The Ghost Messenger’s Terrifying Growth
Because he didn’t carry the White Ghost Candle, Jiang Shan had no choice but to proactively seek out the Ghost Messenger. Apart from the stolen Ghost Lotus Supernatural, he had controlled a total of five ghosts.
Even if Liu San had controlled three ghosts, the two of them together only had a total of eight ghosts in terms of quota.
For a Ghost Messenger that had already developed, Jiang Shan’s current actions were extremely mad.
And the reason he was so mad
was because earlier, to prevent accidents, he had detained the Crying Face and Smiling Face, as well as a fierce ghost with low terror level, inside the Ghost Mirror Shard before heading to Dajing City.
The purpose of doing so was to allow the Dead Face Ghost to devour the fifth fierce ghost at any time, enhancing the strength of its ghost domain.
And at this moment,
the Ghost Mirror Shard was in his pocket.
This was the confidence that allowed Jiang Shan to come detain the Ghost Messenger. Once the Ghost Messenger’s suppression quota exceeded theirs, he could release the fierce ghosts from the Ghost Mirror Shard at any time to ensure his own safety.
But just as the two of them headed to the dormitory building to gather all the surviving ghost wielders, Jiang Shan suddenly noticed an anomaly in a certain direction behind him.
Even though the Dead Face Ghost’s ghost domain was suppressed to some extent by the Ghost Messenger’s ghost domain, he could still vaguely sense everything happening within the ghost domain.
A loud shout received no response.
After exchanging a glance with Liu San to confirm they were ready to act, Jiang Shan approached quickly with vigilance.
A humanoid silhouette appeared in the darkness.
But Jiang Shan did not feel joyful, because he knew this humanoid silhouette was very likely a ghost, not a person.
It was only when he cautiously approached within five meters that the humanoid silhouette finally became clear.
It was a person, a woman with some beauty, but Jiang Shan didn’t recognize her. His whereabouts these past few days had been very limited, and moreover, only captains and captain candidates among the ghost wielders were qualified to attend the temporary meeting.
So for the ghost wielders currently participating in training at the training base, Jiang Shan knew nothing about their information.
But looking at the woman’s disheveled, entwined long hair that exuded weirdness, he had already confirmed her identity in his heart.
“As expected, it’s Huang Ziya. It seems the Ghost Messenger’s killing pattern hasn’t accelerated with the completion of its puzzle pieces. This is good news.”
Jiang Shan, who was almost in front of Huang Ziya, thought to himself after seeing the badge on her uniform.
From the moment the Ghost Messenger lost control until now, he estimated less than twenty minutes had passed at most, but he didn’t know to what extent the Ghost Messenger had grown now.
Compared to the Ghost Messenger’s killing speed and terror level in the original work, it was very probable that it had also been secretly raised by Zhao Jianguo.
Otherwise, in just twenty minutes, based on the situation when Yang Jian encountered the Ghost Messenger in the original work, the Ghost Messenger couldn’t possibly have grown to this extent, even able to contend with the Dead Face Ghost’s ghost domain, or even stronger.
“Don’t come over! Are you human or ghost?”
The rapid footsteps approaching in the darkness instantly made Huang Ziya, who was lost near the dormitory building, tremble violently, her hairs standing on end as an inexplicable fear surged through her body.
She couldn’t see clearly what was in the direction the sound came from, only knowing that a “person” was approaching her.
It might be another ghost wielder, or it might be a real ghost.
“Why say it like that? It’s me, Jiang Shan.” Jiang Shan’s calm voice came from the darkness.
Jiang Shan?
Northeast Branch Minister Jiang Shan?
Hearing this name, Huang Ziya, whose psychological endurance wasn’t great, collapsed to the ground the instant she saw Jiang Shan, having been in a state of high tension.
“You, how are you here?”
Huang Ziya, slumped on the ground gasping for breath, quickly steadied her emotions as a ghost wielder.
“Liu San and I came to handle this man-made supernatural event. Now’s not the time to talk about that. If you want to survive, follow me. If you keep wandering here, you’ll just be waiting to die. That ghost will target you soon.”
Jiang Shan didn’t approach hurriedly, but walked over while speaking.
This would let her lower her vigilance, avoiding a sudden approach making Huang Ziya go mad and attack with a fierce ghost’s ability.
Under extreme tension,
people can easily have overreactions.
“Man-made supernatural event? How could this be? I don’t want to die, please help me get out.” Huang Ziya’s voice carried fear and trembling.
“No nonsense. Listen to me next.”
Jiang Shan walked over and directly placed her hand on his shoulder:
“Hold onto my shoulder and follow me. No matter what happens, don’t suddenly let go or run off alone. This ghost is very special. All ghost wielders need to gather together to have a chance of surviving. Going alone means certain death.”
“I understand. I’ve handled supernatural events before, though insignificant, but I still know the rules.” Huang Ziya felt the warmth from Jiang Shan’s shoulder, and her fear lessened slightly.
“You haven’t answered my question yet.” Jiang Shan suddenly asked.
From Huang Ziya’s words and actions, her saying “Are you human or ghost?” had only two possibilities:
Either her mind was affected, scared silly by inner fear;
Or she had experienced something similar, and what called out to her wasn’t human, but a ghost.
So even asking one more question, he absolutely wouldn’t allow any mistakes.
After all, when facing a fierce ghost, any mistake could be fatal.
“Question? I remember now. A few minutes ago, when I and other ghost wielders were running out from the dormitory building, there was a voice ringing in my ear the whole time, until I ran here, and that voice completely disappeared.”
After thinking for a few seconds, Huang Ziya immediately answered.
“Mm, I see. By the way, Liu San, how many ghosts have you controlled?”
After learning about the Ghost Messenger’s current changes, Jiang Shan immediately turned to Liu San and asked.
“Three.”
Knowing the Ghost Messenger’s abilities and realizing he couldn’t escape unscathed, Liu San didn’t hesitate to reveal it.
After confirming the Ghost Messenger’s and their own information, Jiang Shan continued the action, preparing to head to the dormitory building.
Because within the ghost domain covered by the Dead Face Ghost, he hadn’t detected any traces of living people or the Ghost Messenger, and he and Liu San had entered the training base from the middle position of the Ghost Messenger’s ghost domain.
So there were only two options:
Left,
or right
if choosing one of two.
Based on the basic pattern of ghosts, the Ghost Messenger was very likely still near the dormitory building, after all, there were the most ghost wielders there.
Soon, the three arrived directly below the dormitory building.
Before arriving, Jiang Shan’s expression had already become somewhat grave.
Because he saw bloodstains on the ground.
Bright red, thick fresh blood was splattered on the ground, not even coagulated yet, with some corpse fragments remaining nearby.
“One, two, total seven corpses.” Although Jiang Shan had prepared for this, he still held a bit of hope that the other ghost wielders wouldn’t die so quickly.
But the cruel reality shattered that bit of hope.
“No one knows how many it can suppress since losing control, but when it was detained, the base suppression quota was three, plus these killed ghost wielders…”
“Then the Ghost Messenger can currently suppress at least this number of ghosts: 10!”
