Chapter 292: The Holy Land Leaves No Trace
The instant the silver light penetrated the Ghost Messenger Ghost Domain and enveloped Chen Qiaoyang and Nie Yingping, the two of them had already lost the possibility of continuing to act.
The Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain, which possessed several characteristics and an extremely high terror level, combined with that Ghost Eye, which could ignore most Ghost Domains and had once even caused Jiang Shan to experience illusions;
The combined effect of these two fierce ghosts’ abilities produced a terrifying supernatural power greater than the sum of its parts.
“To restrict Chen Qiaoyang and Nie Yingping solely with a Ghost Domain, you’re even more astonishing than I imagined. If nothing unexpected happens, you’ll be the one in charge of this era. It’s just a pity.”
Abruptly,
A cold voice rang out, followed by the sound of crisp footsteps coming from the gray-white mist at the entrance of the female dormitory building.
Accompanying it was the metallic sound of a rusty old great saber scraping against the ground.
“There’s nothing to pity. Only those who survive have the right to take charge.”
At this moment, Jiang Shan held the pitch-black long whip and stood on the rooftop of the building where Zhang Xiangguang had anchored the restart position.
The high-rise wind howled around him, his entire body ice-cold without a trace of a living person’s warmth, yet he remained motionless like a statue.
The Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain enveloped everything around, but it alone could not invade the building beneath him.
It must be known that
the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain could even invade the Ghost Painting Ghost Domain.
But now,
this building hiding Zhang Xiangguang’s true body seemed to possess some weird supernatural power that was blocking the Dead Face Ghost, even the Ghost Painting Ghost Domain’s invasion.
“A method not seen in the original work?”
Watching Zhang Xiangguang downstairs dragging the great saber, Jiang Shan felt no ripples in his heart upon discovering the Ghost Domain could not invade, because he had already anticipated this situation.
After all, his Ghost Domain could invade the Ghost Messenger, and this phenomenon of the Ghost Painting Ghost Domain was far too conspicuous.
Whether it was the pitch-black abyss-like world or the gray-white deathly world, both were invaded by the flickering silver light. Zhang Xiangguang could not possibly fail to notice that highly impactful scene.
And this was precisely why Jiang Shan was not at all astonished. With intelligence about him, the appearance of countermeasures against his supernatural power was not so shocking.
On the contrary,
if Zhang Xiangguang still deliberately hid his main body in the building without using such a method, then Jiang Shan would suspect him.
“You have resolve. If you didn’t come to stop me, I would still want to chat with you. There aren’t many ghost wielders like you left in this world, but unfortunately, it seems we won’t have that chance.”
“Standing too high, be careful not to fall.”
As if by telepathy, Zhang Xiangguang, who had just walked out of the dormitory building, looked up at the slim figure on the rooftop and said slowly with a tone of regret.
The words had just fallen,
when another humanoid figure walked out from the dormitory building.
This person was also carrying a rusty old great saber.
He was still Zhang Xiangguang.
Not only that, the third and fifth Zhang Xiangguang walked out from various corners inside the dormitory building.
Every one of them was identical, whether in appearance or the supernatural they controlled—there was absolutely no difference, not even in their supernatural weapons.
“I’ve been waiting for your clones to appear. It’s been a long time since a new era ghost wielder made me feel threatened. This is a good chance for me to test where my own limits truly lie.”
The words had just fallen,
when Jiang Shan’s figure instantly vanished from the rooftop, disappearing from Zhang Xiangguang’s sight.
“Do you think hiding in the Ghost Domain will let you avoid my attacks?” Zhang Xiangguang looked toward a certain spot in the silver light, his eyes narrowing.
Immediately, the five Zhang Xiangguangs simultaneously raised the rusty old great sabers in their hands. Though their movements differed greatly, they all aimed for a single purpose.
This saber did not need to touch to chop people; the medium required for it to launch an attack was not demanding.
The moment the saber was raised, a long-absent intense sense of crisis surged in Jiang Shan’s heart.
From the moment Zhang Xiangguang attacked, he gave no opportunity for any reaction.
Moreover, what was most fatal was that Zhang Xiangguang was not attacking alone, but five of them attacking together.
Five Zhang Xiangguangs,
five attacks,
though this supernatural power could not stack, its effect on a single person was still extremely terrifying.
“After the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain stole the Ghost House Ghost Domain’s characteristics, it can only block one attack? But this is enough.”
After verifying his inner guess through Chen Qiaoyang’s performance, Jiang Shan had already confirmed why the Ghost House could block the medium on living people or fierce ghosts.
It was because its interior was a supernatural space between the present world and the Ghost Domain.
And this was also why he had been able to see the Ghost Painting inside the Ghost House through the Ghost Domain back in Dajing City.
Only a Ghost Domain can invade a Ghost Domain;
only a ghost can counter a ghost.
Jiang Shan knew he absolutely could not rush into the building immediately, after all, Zhang Xiangguang was no fool; he would not sit idly by.
Moreover, without Ghost Domain sensing, the probability of him quickly finding Zhang Xiangguang’s main body was very low.
“It seems this fight will require some serious damage. Does only he have clones? I can use clones to hold off these five Zhang Xiangguangs and try to kill as many as possible. As long as I can find his main body, everything can be settled.”
Jiang Shan, hidden in the Ghost Domain, thought to himself darkly. At this moment, fine beads of sweat had seeped out on his forehead.
Because he had to withstand this first attack from Zhang Xiangguang.
If he couldn’t block it,
there would be no chance to fight back.
Once he failed to withstand it, for him, it would be eternal damnation.
As the five great sabers fell simultaneously, as if casually swung in mid-air.
Some terrifying supernatural power erupted, directly launching an extremely terrifying attack toward Jiang Shan!
At the same moment the great saber fell,
A blurry figure suddenly appeared in front of one of the Zhang Xiangguangs.
“Ding!”
The sound of metal clashing violently was like the screech of a hunting eagle, piercing sharply into the ears of the two present.
“Bang~!”
A loud bang followed immediately.
Jiang Shan gripped the whip with one hand, using strength several times greater than ordinary, directly knocking the great saber from Zhang Xiangguang’s hand, then slamming the whip onto his head.
Not only that,
The silver light around Jiang Shan suddenly twisted violently, the gathered and condensed silver light like a crumpled mirror.
The Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain was converging, its several characteristics displayed to the fullest at this moment.
At this moment, Jiang Shan seemed to be in a reality space filled with silver light; all media linking his body and consciousness to reality were disappearing.
The characteristics of the Ghost Painting and Ghost House Ghost Domain at this moment created a “sanctuary” independent of reality.
Isolating media;
Blocking sensing;
In this supernatural space formed by the Ghost Domain, Jiang Shan could truly be called the god who controlled everything within the Ghost Domain.
But the Ghost Domain’s intensity could still not achieve “sanctuary without trace.”
Instantly.
After whipping one Zhang Xiangguang to death, countless ferocious cracks appeared on Jiang Shan’s body, but that was all.
In the clash of supernatural powers,
even though the Dead Face Ghost’s Ghost Domain had not fully concealed Jiang Shan, Zhang Xiangguang’s attack seemed “diluted” several times. The cracks on his body caused no substantial harm to Jiang Shan at all.
He didn’t even feel any pain.
“Is this the level of five of your attacks? Looks like I overestimated you. Now it’s my turn.”
Jiang Shan’s eyes narrowed, his entire body suddenly losing sensation as if frozen by frost, the familiar chilling sensation reappearing within him.
His complexion also began to turn from flushed to deathly pale.
“From now on, you have only one chance to kill me. Otherwise, I’ll go into that building myself, find your main body, and smash your skull.”
As Jiang Shan’s words fell.
In that mirror-like brilliant silver light world, the crisp sound of leather shoes stepping on the ground rang out.
One,
two,
three—fully three Jiang Shans walked out from the silver light. They were still as cold-faced and suited as the previous Jiang Shan:
“Four against four, this is fair.” Jiang Shan looked at Zhang Xiangguang and said indifferently.
He consumed his past,
summoning his past self to the present.
“Hm?!”
This scene made Zhang Xiangguang, who was about to act, change expression drastically, his pupils suddenly contracting.
Originally, his five selves’ attack failing to kill Jiang Shan in one blow had already made him uneasy.
And now,
looking at those four nearly identical Jiang Shans, his mind actually stagnated for a few seconds.
“How is this possible? There are no completely identical supernatural powers in the world, but his three clones are definitely not illusions. What a terrifying junior.”
Zhang Xiangguang suppressed his emotions, forcing himself to calm down.
However, in the next second after the four Jiang Shans appeared simultaneously,
Countless ghost characters as if written in fresh blood instantly filled the silver light that resembled a fairyland.
The eerie blood characters were like whispers from hellish demons, endless ghost characters surging toward the four Zhang Xiangguangs like a sea of blood.
At the same time,
The only Jiang Shan holding the black long whip moved—no, not just him.
The four Jiang Shans disappeared at the same time, as if merging into that endless sea of blood, then launching fatal attacks on Zhang Xiangguang.
The remaining four Zhang Xiangguangs’ expressions sharpened. With no other methods left, he could only stand in place and prepare.
However,
Under the terrifying suppression of the ghost characters and without a Ghost Domain, Zhang Xiangguang failed to notice no matter what that the black long whip in Jiang Shan’s hand had, at some point, transferred along with the blood color of the ghost characters,
“Wait, someone entered the building!”
Zhang Xiangguang, suddenly noticing the anomaly, moved, but he discovered that at some unknown time, his four selves were already covered in scarlet ghost characters.
And the moment he noticed the ghost characters on his body, they seemed conscious; originally dormant, they instantly erupted with extremely terrifying suppression.
Zhang Xiangguang’s body was itself a supernatural creation.
The suppression of the ghost characters was the manifestation of a supernatural power. Even if Zhang Xiangguang wanted to move, under the clash of supernatural powers, barely maintaining himself against erosion was a struggle.
So even though he sensed that Jiang Shan had entered the building hiding his main body, he was powerless.
The sound of metal clashing echoed.
“Using ghost forms to hide clones, thereby letting the main body search for mine—what a feint.”
Even though startled inwardly, Zhang Xiangguang remained expressionless.
Suddenly, at a certain moment, he raised that eerie great saber to block an attack from one of the Jiang Shans.
However, the immense force made him lose his grip.
Abruptly,
A long whip instantly struck his head.
The cracking skull immediately caused Zhang Xiangguang’s consciousness to enter a trance, but this was not enough to kill him. The terrifying supernatural power carried by that black long whip was what he dreaded most and felt the greatest threat from.
The stacked resurrection left him completely still as he fell.
At the same time, Zhang Xiangguang’s body began to melt rapidly. Completely different from before, even the old great saber in his hand melted away together.
The back-and-forth clash between the two had ended.
In just over ten seconds, the instant death of two Zhang Xiangguangs explained everything—his controlled supernatural was suppressed in every aspect by Jiang Shan.
“I really can’t figure out how you grew up, monster.”
The other three Zhang Xiangguangs’ faces darkened; he hadn’t expected Jiang Shan to take out two of himself so quickly.
“The situation has reversed, Zhang Xiangguang. Now it’s three against one.”
Jiang Shan’s voice came from the silver light wrapped in ghost characters.
At the same moment the ghost characters swept in, the Blood Ghost’s attack also erupted silently.
The sudden death stunned the remaining Zhang Xiangguang. The appearance of three hands left him no time to react; the immense force made him unable to hold the great saber.
The saber was snatched!
The instant a certain Jiang Shan gripped the great saber, his vision became extremely strange, the split sight hard to accept for a moment.
As if the world before his eyes was torn into countless fragments.
Those tearing gashes were like saber cuts, ferocious and eerie.
“Time to hit the road.”
Even though the arm of that Jiang Shan holding the great saber had completely rotted, flesh and blood peeling away leaving only bone, he was originally a past dead man.
A supernatural creation that would soon vanish.
Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Shan aimed at the rift covering Zhang Xiangguang’s front and slashed down with the saber.
The old great saber fell, and a figure emerging in the silver light flickered over.
Instantly.
The remaining tall frame of Zhang Xiangguang was suddenly torn apart, his entire body collapsing powerlessly to the ground with a look of shock.
Inside the dormitory building.
Yang Jian, in an extremely poor state, stared intently at the eerie state of He Yuelian holding hands with the Ghost Painting fierce ghost.
He knew this was the key to him controlling the Ghost Painting; any mistake would not only waste all prior efforts but could lead to eternal damnation.
At this moment,
He Yuelian emanated a ghostly chill around her. The vermilion of the Ghost Wedding Dress on her body intertwined with the deathly gray-white around, forming an extremely eerie scene.
Yang Jian’s mind raced, wondering if there were any missed clues on the human skin paper, his gaze unconsciously turning to the Ghost Hand again.
Suddenly,
He noticed the Ghost Candle Holder inserted in the Ghost Hand flickering erratically, as if interfered by some external force. This weird state stirred a trace of unease in his heart.
