Chapter 288: Mantis Stalking The Cicada
Zhang Xiangguang continued:
“You still don’t know the origin of your appearance, right? Let me make your death clear. Did you see that oil painting? The woman in the painting was a Ghost Wielder in life, someone who controlled a Fierce Ghost.”
“All those weird methods you know originate from the Ghost’s Supernatural. After this woman in the painting died, to prevent her own Fierce Ghost Revival, she dismembered her own Supernatural, thus forming one supernatural event after another.”
“The dismembered Supernatural is like puzzle pieces. Once all the puzzle pieces are gathered, perhaps the dead Ghost Wielder can resurrect in another form.”
“Dead and resurrected—it sounds absurd, but that’s the terror of the Supernatural. As long as certain conditions are met, you can even become an omnipotent god.”
Zhang Xiangguang pointed at He Yuelian.
“Although I haven’t collected all the puzzle pieces of that woman’s Supernatural, I can use other means to let you inherit everything of hers and become a one-of-a-kind Ghost Wielder.”
“Heh, so this is your painstaking purpose—to make me a Ghost Wielder?” He Yuelian sneered.
The quick-witted her quickly understood that she was just a pitiful experimental subject for the man in front of her.
“I need this power. As for your life, I’ve already bought it from your father, so you belong to me now.” Zhang Xiangguang said calmly.
As early as dozens of years ago,
Zhang Xiangguang began using the Ghost Painting to scheme, and He Yuelian, born under supernatural influence, her appearance was even a key part of controlling the Ghost Painting.
The Ghost Painting is an existence that triggers the killing pattern through memories.
In other words, its Supernatural has the ability to recall the past, so it must find someone identical; otherwise, if the memory deviates and doesn’t match the person in memory, it will likely cause problems.
However, just as Zhang Xiangguang closed his eyes waiting for the Ghost Messenger,
“Bang~!”
A loud bang instantly made him sit up sharply from the bed.
“It’s the sound of a person hitting the wall. Has a Ghost Wielder come?”
Relying on years of experience, Zhang Xiangguang quickly judged the source of the sound, but he didn’t act rashly. Instead, he swiftly struck He Yuelian’s acupoints to knock her out.
Then he blocked the door and held his breath, listening intently to the sounds outside the corridor.
Because at this moment, Zhang Xiangguang had lost most of his supernatural power, so facing a Ghost Wielder who could easily handle Du Hong or Zhang Ying, he had no ability to fight back.
Rather than being caught proactively,
It was better to hide using the characteristics of the Ghost Painting Ghost Domain and buy some time.
But suddenly,
A silver light instantly illuminated the entire corridor and dormitory. Feeling the chill and terror in that silver light, Zhang Xiangguang’s expression changed drastically:
“How is that possible?!”
Knowing the characteristics of the Ghost Painting Ghost Domain and having experienced over a hundred supernatural events, Zhang Xiangguang immediately understood that this silver light filling the entire room was the Ghost Domain of another Fierce Ghost.
But it was his first time seeing a Fierce Ghost’s Ghost Domain successfully counter-invade the Ghost Painting’s Ghost Domain.
“Found you.”
A calm voice sounded by Zhang Xiangguang’s ear. He frowned tightly and looked toward the source of the voice.
He saw a young man in a custom black suit, with a cold expression, walk out from the silver light in a corner of the dormitory.
“Zhang Xiangguang, I knew it was you. He Yuelian has even been taken over by you. So your plan has been advanced, hasn’t it?”
Jiang Shan stood in front of Zhang Xiangguang, holding the black long whip. After glancing at the middle-aged man in the Zhongshan suit in front of him, his gaze fell on the woman on the ground.
This was a woman with an almost perfect appearance, stunningly beautiful. Any man who saw her would feel amazed and moved.
Although Jiang Shan didn’t know He Yuelian, just seeing this face told him her identity.
“What a terrifying junior. The Ghost Domain of the Fierce Ghost you control can actually counter-invade the Ghost Painting, but we don’t seem to know each other, so… how did you know my name and hers?”
“Supernatural?”
Pinned to the ground by the silver light, Zhang Xiangguang narrowed his eyes. Compared to death, he was more curious about how this junior knew his and He Yuelian’s names.
He’d never seen this kind of supernatural power before.
“Your curiosity is a bit different from normal people, but it doesn’t matter. I don’t have the patience to explain to you either. But this seems like good timing—your other self isn’t here.”
As he spoke,
Jiang Shan smoked while dragging the Zhang Xiangguang on the ground into the dormitory. Then he looked toward the doorway and shouted loudly:
“Chen Hao, go outside now and bring that oil painting in. The Ghost House’s Supernatural is even weirder than I imagined. Not only is the oil painting in the Ghost House the source, but the one at the dormitory entrance is also a source.”
“Yang Jian, hurry up.”
Hearing the words “your other self,” Zhang Xiangguang’s face darkened.
At this point, how could he not know Jiang Shan’s purpose.
But no matter what, he couldn’t imagine how this junior who looked not yet twenty had learned of his plan without anyone knowing.
And even pulled off a mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind.
“I never expected that my plan, schemed for most of my life, would be intercepted midway by a junior. But do you really think you can control the Ghost Painting?”
Jiang Shan completely ignored Zhang Xiangguang’s words and walked to He Yuelian’s side to wake her up.
Because whether it was Zhang Xiangguang controlling the Ghost Painting or Yang Jian controlling it, He Yuelian was an indispensable part. Controlling the Ghost Painting through her as the medium was inevitable.
“Hm? Are you also here to make me a Ghost Wielder?”
He Yuelian, who had just woken up, looked at Jiang Shan in front of her. Although she was somewhat confused, through her peripheral vision she saw Zhang Xiangguang lying on the ground like a dead dog.
So He Yuelian instantly guessed the possibility and unhesitatingly asked.
However, Jiang Shan didn’t answer her.
Only after seeing the panting Yang Jian run into the room did he slowly speak:
“The woman on the ground is the key to controlling the Ghost Painting. The Human Skin Paper should have given you the plan. The rest is up to you. I’ll go with Chen Hao to lure the source ghost of the Ghost Painting.”
With that,
Jiang Shan’s figure disappeared from the room.
“Get ready, the source of the Ghost Painting is coming!”
Chen Hao’s slightly tense and uneasy voice rang out. He was seen running rapidly from the corridor toward the dormitory where Yang Jian was, at a speed that was somewhat unreasonable.
After running into the dormitory, Chen Hao glanced solemnly at Yang Jian, then handed him the two ghosts in his hand.
Once everything was ready,
He immediately grabbed Zhang Xiangguang and ran in the opposite direction.
