Chapter 133: The Situation Spirals Out Of Control
No one knew exactly what had happened.
Ghost Controllers handling Supernatural Events were even more unable to understand.
But they had no choice; they could only escape.
Headquarters had said so; what else could they do?
The Ghost Messenger and the Starving Ghost were heading towards Headquarters at the same time.
Qin Lao leaned on his cane, gazing at Ping An Mansion.
“Ghost thing, you’ve gotten quite a few things.”
The Ghost Messenger had been fed; how was the Starving Ghost any different?
For Fang Shiming and the others to escape from the Starving Ghost’s hands was already extremely fortunate.
Having eaten over a hundred ghosts, and moreover being fed a Fierce Ghost with Restart ability by that ghost, the Starving Ghost was no small trouble to handle.
“…”
“Escape?”
Ye Zhen punched back the Ghost Painting and the opponent’s army of Fierce Ghosts.
He instantly appeared beside Li Jun.
“Li Jun, go; it’s time for you to save people.”
Li Jun was stunned and looked at Ye Zhen in confusion.
“Something happened?”
Ye Zhen nodded, “Ghost Messenger detention failed, Starving Ghost handling failed; Headquarters is now evacuating Da Jing City.”
“Your Ghost Domain can be opened, which also means you can leave Da Jing City.”
Hearing this, Li Jun felt a chill down his spine; without any hesitation, he directly opened his Ghost Domain and headed to Headquarters to find Professor Wang.
Ye Zhen rubbed his face and looked towards the distorted ground in the distance.
Lin Qian’s confrontation with that ghost had yet to be decided.
“Handle it yourself; I’ve relayed everything.”
With that, Ye Zhen instantly disappeared and clashed with the Ghost Painting again.
This time, Ye Zhen directly charged into the haze, confronting the Ghost Painting in the most pure and primal way.
Xu Zhou’s gaze flickered.
Headquarters was evacuating.
This meant that no one would handle the Starving Ghost and the Ghost Messenger anymore.
What had happened?
Ghost Messenger and Starving Ghost detention failed.
He didn’t know much about Headquarters or its situation.
But the President was at Headquarters, so logically it shouldn’t be this weak.
Or were those two ghosts unsolvable?
Just like the ghost inside the Ghost Painting, detained by several nails forged from Fierce Ghosts and chains forged from Fierce Ghosts, equally unsolvable?
Xu Zhou didn’t know.
After all, he didn’t understand the abilities of the Starving Ghost and the Ghost Messenger.
“Almost at the limit.” Xu Zhou’s gaze suddenly sharpened.
Immediately after, a massive Ghost Eye strangely opened on the back of his neck.
The moment the Ghost Eye opened, threads seeped out from it, then gathered into a figure.
The figure leaned against Xu Zhou, its body emanating a thick rotten stench.
The figure was just a silhouette, without facial features, only an outline.
But at the position of its face, there was strangely a large pit.
Looking closely, one would discover that this pit was just right to fit that strange eye.
Xu Zhou moved his neck; he didn’t turn back, “We can go all out; if it still doesn’t work, then forget it.”
It was unknown what Xu Zhou did.
That figure strangely merged into his body.
Immediately after, Xu Zhou’s face abruptly changed.
The Ghost Eye on his neck strangely retracted.
Then, his face suddenly cracked open, and a strange ferocious eye directly emerged, squeezing aside his facial features.
Crack crack crack.
The sound of bones grinding strangely rang out.
At this moment, Xu Zhou gave the feeling of not being a person at all, but a ghost.
His skin turned blue-black, and a ferocious Ghost Eye tore through his facial features, standing prominent.
Supernaturally terrifying to the extreme.
Others only said that Lin Qian had left the Ghost Painting less than half a year ago.
But who knew that after Lin Qian left, he, Xu Zhou, had survived inside one Ghost Painting after another for a year with those few burdens.
Then survived alone for another year.
In two years, he was still alive.
And had become the kind of non-human anomaly spoken of outside.
Xu Zhou felt that the President had seriously underestimated his abilities.
He walked towards that patch of distorted ground.
As he walked, he left black footprints behind.
The moment the footprints appeared, they began corroding the ground.
“True expert.”
Ye Zhen glanced at Xu Zhou during a break; the supernatural terror level displayed by his posture was extremely high.
The opponent absolutely possessed the ability to handle S-level Supernatural Events.
Even stronger.
Ye Zhen laughed loudly.
After this was over, he definitely had to fight this person!
“Looks like I really underestimated you.”
That terrifying supernatural came straight at him, but because this area’s ground was mutually confronting with Restart.
The oncoming supernatural was instantly annihilated by Restart.
Lin Qian withdrew his gaze; his own Supernatural Overlay had already reached a level even he himself couldn’t bear.
Releasing even a bit of this supernatural would mean certain death unless reaching Republic of China level or possessing Restart.
“Ten Minutes, overlaid to this degree.”
Lin Qian narrowed his eyes slightly, “If released, the ghost in my body would definitely enter dormancy.”
The situation on the other side was probably the same.
Those densely packed candles constantly appearing, and the layered shouting voices.
In this situation now, once the Restart confrontation decided a winner, victory and defeat would immediately be determined.
Restart this thing, essentially doesn’t look at terror level, only whether you can bear the cost it brings.
After all, a Fierce Ghost possessing Restart was definitely terrifying.
Restart lacks killing power; it’s an extremely terrifying life-preserving ability.
His own Supernatural Overlay made even Lin Qian himself feel heart palpitating.
Not to mention the Supernatural Overlay from the Wish Ghost that briefly controlled the entire mansion’s Fierce Ghosts.
The speed of mutual Restart abruptly began to slow.
About to reach the limit.
Lin Qian was very clear what situation would arise.
Restart reaching the limit; once at the limit, the next moment, their supernatural would instantly enter dormancy.
Their current behavior was equivalent to two ghosts mutually suppressing each other; the final result would be either one side wins or both enter dormancy simultaneously.
Just like before when he made his own Fierce Ghost enter dormancy, the same result.
“If competing terror level, I’d definitely lose.”
“So, once Restart reaches the limit, my supernatural would definitely enter dormancy first.”
“Then the subsequent Supernatural Attack, I absolutely couldn’t withstand.”
Lin Qian’s Ghost Eye turned; even if the opponent began to enter dormancy, it might still be able to take his supernatural.
As long as the opponent could still move, it could almost instantly control the ghosts on him, then terror level would rise again, directly offsetting the cost brought by Restart.
At this moment, Xu Zhou had already reached that distorted boundary.
The opponent seemed very experienced, not rashly entering, but waiting at the boundary.
The opponent’s supernatural began to overlay visibly to the naked eye.
Lin Qian was startled inside; damn, this member of his actually had Stacked Supernatural means too?
What level of Fierce Ghost had he controlled inside the Ghost Painting?
Xu Zhou seemed to sense Lin Qian’s thoughts.
No, not seemed; he did sense it.
This was his Fierce Ghost’s ability.
An extremely useless ability, without killing power.
“President, according to the outside world’s rating of Fierce Ghosts, I have controlled three S-level Fierce Ghosts, both hazard level and terror level S-grade; additionally, I have controlled seven A-level Fierce Ghosts, also double A.”
“Two S-level, seven A-level, all swallowed by this eye on my body.”
“President, I’m saying this not to threaten you, but to let you know my abilities are sufficient.”
“So, next, please believe in me.”
“You gave me a ghost, letting me have the capital to survive inside the Ghost Painting.”
“My life was originally given by you, so don’t worry; anytime you need it, I, Xu Zhou, can give you this life without any complaints!”
As he spoke, as if to show his determination, Xu Zhou directly knelt down and kowtowed loudly towards the front.
Lin Qian was stunned, “Damn, this honest kid!”
But immediately after, he also felt complex; just one ghost, not important to him.
This was nothing.
But seeing Xu Zhou’s posture of kneeling and kowtowing without hesitation, Lin Qian knew this guy was very grateful for that ghost he gave.
Lin Qian didn’t speak; even if he did, the other couldn’t hear.
He turned his gaze back to the Wish Ghost.
It had always been standing inside the mansion.
Motionless, a pair of strange eyes just watching him like this.
The surrounding candlelight was dazzling; those densely packed candles, countless in number.
The echoing shouting voices layered inside the mansion, reverberating endlessly.
It sounded extremely strange.
The voices that echoed even couldn’t be discerned as calling a person’s name anymore.
That sound was extremely strange, completely incomprehensible.
And unknown Supernatural Attacks were still overlaying.
Xu Zhou had now stood up.
Because that distorted environment was slowly recovering.
This indicated that the Restart confrontation was about to reach its end; the influence on the surrounding environment had begun to weaken.
This terrifying confrontation was about to welcome a result.
“…”
“Professor Wang, Qin Lao hasn’t made a move yet; the Ghost Messenger Suppression Quota has exceeded a hundred.”
Lu Zhiwen’s expression was grave, his eyes full of disbelief; he couldn’t believe this outcome—the Ghost Messenger Suppression Quota had actually exceeded a hundred.
How was this achieved?
Wasn’t the Ghost Messenger heading to Headquarters?
Were there so many ghosts on the way to Headquarters?
“Don’t worry about the Ghost Messenger and Starving Ghost anymore, Professor Wang; evacuate first.”
Li Jun instantly appeared, Ghost Fire burning on his body.
His pair of charred eyes scanned the surroundings.
Beside Wang Xiao Ming, besides Lu Zhiwen, there were Deputy Minister Cao Yanhua, Shen Liang, and over a dozen other officials.
“I’ll take you away now; all of Headquarters’ Ghost Controllers are heading towards the suburbs.”
“After sending you away, I have to go pick them up immediately.”
The tide of events; Starving Ghost and Ghost Messenger detention failed, and developing towards loss of control.
The Ghost Messenger inexplicably had Suppression Quota exceeding a hundred; the Starving Ghost obviously went without saying.
Li Jun knew Lin Qian was right; in Da Jing City, there was something unknown if human or ghost hidden behind, watching and interfering with everything.
The Ghost Messenger and Starving Ghost were probably raised by that thing.
“Li Jun, you’re here; where are Lin Qian and Ye Zhen?”
Cao Yanhua hurriedly asked.
“Lin Qian is clashing Restart with a Fierce Ghost; current situation unclear. Ye Zhen is intercepting the Ghost Painting source from bringing Fierce Ghosts into the city.”
“Ye Zhen sent me to take you away.”
“No more nonsense.”
Li Jun was extremely decisive, directly opening his Ghost Domain, “Lu Zhiwen, don’t resist.”
The next moment, the Ghost Domain covered everyone.
Li Jun directly took them rushing towards outside the Ghost Painting.
But the next moment, a blue-black hand suddenly stretched into the Ghost Domain.
Li Jun’s expression changed drastically.
Ghost Fire instantly erupted fully, burning towards that hand.
Lu Zhiwen’s expression changed; supernatural outburst, he hurriedly grabbed towards that blue-black hand.
But the terrifying thing happened: the moment Lu Zhiwen touched the blue-black hand, the Fierce Ghost in his body was instantly suppressed.
Rip~!
A ferocious sharp mouth appeared, tearing open Li Jun’s Ghost Domain in one bite.
Wang Xiao Ming and the others directly fell out from the Ghost Domain.
This kind of thing, what a joke!
For the first time, Li Jun encountered his Ghost Domain being torn open, with people covered by his Ghost Domain falling out.
“Go!”
Lu Zhiwen’s face was ugly as he shouted at Li Jun, “Take them and go!”
Li Jun looked at the terrified Cao Yanhua and others.
He hurriedly extended the Ghost Domain again.
But the ghost had already invaded the Ghost Domain.
His Ghost Domain was like having a nail driven into it; the Ghost Domain couldn’t cover over.
It directly bypassed.
Seeing this, Cao Yanhua didn’t hesitate anymore; he kicked Wang Xiao Ming in the back, directly kicking him towards Li Jun.
“Take Professor Wang and leave! Don’t mind us!”
Li Jun grabbed Wang Xiao Ming; when grabbing him, the Ghost Fire on his burning hand rapidly receded, fearing supernatural erosion on Wang Xiao Ming.
“Minister!”
Wang Xiao Ming’s face darkened.
Chill assaulted; Lu Zhiwen and Cao Yanhua simultaneously roared angrily, “Go!”
“Take us together!”
“Li Jun! You can’t leave like this!”
Shen Liang and others hearing this, how could they not understand what they planned to do.
Lu Zhiwen’s expression turned dark; his vision suddenly went black.
His head was directly wrapped by a big mouth.
Instantly, Lu Zhiwen felt his head melting.
No, not feeling; it was really melting!
Seeing this, Li Jun felt a chill down his spine.
Shen Liang and others were gut-wrenchingly terrified.
Cao Yanhua was quite calm instead.
Li Jun didn’t hesitate at all, directly pulling Wang Xiao Ming, Ghost Domain reconverged, and instantly left.
“Fuck your mother!”
The dozen or so officials immediately cursed out loud.
“Cao Yanhua, you fucking, if you want to die why not die yourself!”
Shen Liang stared deadly at Cao Yanhua.
Cao Yanhua coldly glanced at Shen Liang; the next moment, Shen Liang swallowed, instantly calming down.
Cao Yanhua ignored Shen Liang; he looked at that ‘person’ holding Lu Zhiwen and sending him straight into its mouth.
No, not a person; a ghost.
Starving Ghost.
The Starving Ghost was here, eating Lu Zhiwen.
Cao Yanhua clearly saw that Lu Zhiwen’s body sent into the mouth had completely melted into liquid.
So that’s how the Starving Ghost eats ghosts.
Truly terrifying.
Brief fear, but soon Shen Liang and others reacted.
At this point, why should they still fear Cao Yanhua?
Why?
Instantly, cursing and angry roars rose one after another.
But Cao Yanhua didn’t care at all, instead revealing a smile.
Professor Wang was far more useful than them.
Soon, the cursing voices disappeared.
On the spot, chewing sounds rang out.
Outside the Ghost Painting.
In a forest in the suburbs of Da Jing City.
A chill flashed and passed; Li Jun and Wang Xiao Ming abruptly fell from the air.
Wang Xiao Ming fell to the ground.
Li Jun reached out and pulled him up.
Wang Xiao Ming waved his hand, very silent.
Li Jun didn’t speak, looking towards the vanished Da Jing City.
Now Da Jing City had long disappeared, leaving only an empty plot of land.
“Professor Wang, I know you’re feeling bad, but now’s not the time to feel bad.”
“Wait here for me now.”
Li Jun knew that as a Ghost Controller who could freely enter and exit Ghost Paintings and Ghost Domains, his responsibility was enormous.
He opened his Ghost Domain and invaded the Ghost Painting again.
At this moment, on Lin Qian’s side, the Restart confrontation instantly decided a winner.
The overlaid Supernatural Attacks, at this moment, fully erupted.
