Chapter 177: In A Tight Spot
Ghost Candles exploded one after another.
Lin Qian thought for a moment, then nodded at Fang Shiming and Ye Zhen.
The two had no objections for the time being.
The three briefly reached an agreement and headed straight for the crack.
In an instant, the three walked out of the town and arrived outside the town.
Yang Jian was slightly satisfied with the trust of the three.
“Hold on, just need seven minutes.”
Hearing this, Lin Qian suddenly turned his head.
His eyes were full of disbelief.
But Yang Jian had already closed the crack.
Ghost Lake stirred up massive waves.
Cracking sounds were incessant.
The fierce ghost on the stool had already triggered the killing pattern of the fierce ghost underground when its head fell.
All were pulled into it.
Yang Jian stared at the cleaver on the opera stage.
“It’s a very good supernatural weapon.”
Yang Jian’s gaze flashed, and his figure instantly appeared on the opera stage.
He reached out and grabbed directly at the opening and closing Dragon Head Cleaver.
The Dragon Head Cleaver was very terrifying, or rather, this cleaver might be the most terrifying ghost in this world right now besides the source ghost.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t be used by the source ghost as a weapon to take down those fierce ghosts.
Even Yang Jian’s arm was instantly shattered the moment he grabbed at the Dragon Head Cleaver.
But in the blink of an eye, Yang Jian’s arm recovered.
He pressed down on the Dragon Head Cleaver.
Although supernatural is false, in this world, his supernatural is real.
Because the essence of his supernatural comes from the source ghost.
Or rather, supernatural is real, but the ability is false.
But under the boost of supernatural, the ability can naturally take effect.
Instantly, the Dragon Head Cleaver was suppressed, then directly controlled by force.
Immediately, the black spear in Yang Jian’s hand became eerie.
The spear body cracked, faintly revealing sharp edges within the cracks.
Yang Jian gripped the spear.
Ghost Lake flooded this place.
But in an instant, Ghost Lake disappeared.
And the moment Ghost Lake disappeared, all abnormalities here were cleansed completely clean.
Yang Jian lowered his head slightly.
He stepped on the ground.
Immediately, black hands appeared, grabbing Yang Jian’s feet.
Yang Jian did not resist, allowing the other to pull him into the underground mud.
“Lin Qian, you three need to hold on, otherwise, you’ll have to call for help.”
Yang Jian completely sank into the ground.
When he entered underground and saw that ghost still incubating.
He immediately knew what the source ghost wanted to do.
“What a terrifying old antique.”
“I’m afraid you had already planned this scene even when you were still alive.”
Yang Jian’s mood was grave as he gazed at the eerie figure in the mud.
This was an opportunity.
It was the source ghost’s opportunity, as well as his Yang Jian’s opportunity.
Outside the town.
Ghost Candles no longer exploded.
And after they left the town.
Looking back, all abnormalities in the town had disappeared.
Yang Jian had disappeared, and the Ghost Domain covering the town had also disappeared.
All three were somewhat silent.
After a long time, the Ghost Candles had not yet extinguished.
Fang Shiming posed a soul-searching question, “What is that Ghost Yang Jian helping us with?”
Ye Zhen rubbed his chin, thinking, thought for a long time, then shook his head, “Don’t know, but definitely not with good intentions.”
Damn, isn’t it obvious?
Fang Shiming was speechless.
Lin Qian looked at that town.
His expression complex and grave.
“Yang Jian can be trusted for now.”
“But only temporarily. He asked us to hold for seven minutes, so seven minutes it is. If things go south and we’ve been schemed against.”
“No problem, I’ll call for help.”
Lin Qian sighed, this incident had already exceeded his expectations.
He had thought that with the three of them here, even if not invincible, they could play it safe and get through peacefully no matter what.
But now it seemed they might die here.
Speaking of calling for help, Fang Shiming’s eyes showed strangeness.
It seemed he could also call for help.
But he didn’t know if that senior would be willing to come.
“Call for help?”
Ye Zhen looked at Lin Qian suspiciously, “You have backup?”
Lin Qian waved his hand, “You could say that, but they’re all seniors, not sure if they’ll come.”
He said that, but Lin Qian had ways to make those seniors come.
Hearing this, Ye Zhen nodded.
“By the way, that Ghost Yang Jian told us to hold for seven minutes, how come we haven’t seen any ghost yet?”
Hearing this, Lin Qian and Fang Shiming were stunned.
Then, they instantly reacted.
Ghost Domain directly covered outside the town.
In an instant, their faces changed.
“Damn, on the other side.”
The other side of the town.
In a red and white procession team, there was a very obvious girl mixed in; the girl had a pale expression, lifeless and numb.
Obviously a ghost.
But the team was circling around the town, with the target seeming to be this side.
But that ghost’s target seemed to be inside the town.
It was clear who the ghost they needed to stop was.
“Ye Zhen, stay here. We’ll go confirm if the fierce ghost over there is real or fake.”
Ye Zhen nodded.
Fang Shiming and Lin Qian instantly disappeared from the spot.
In the blink of an eye, the two appeared in front of that eerie team.
As soon as the two appeared.
Fang Shiming squatted down directly, while a gale covered from above.
Lin Qian directly opened Ghost Domain, enveloping this team along with that fierce ghost.
Blizzard fell directly.
Supernatural rapidly overlaid.
At the same time, Lin Qian’s Ghost Eye opened directly.
Staring straight at this team.
Terrifying supernatural instantly erupted.
In just the blink of an eye, this red and white wedding reception team began to disappear.
And the figure of the fierce ghost mixed in the team also began to disappear similarly.
In just a moment, the entire team disappeared.
Supernatural Overlay didn’t even attack the opponent, and the entire team disappeared.
Lin Qian frowned, Fang Shiming stood up; his supernatural attack had just arrived, then this team was instantly killed by Lin Qian.
“Not right!”
Lin Qian suddenly reacted and turned back to look in Ye Zhen’s direction.
Over there, an extremely terrifying supernatural confrontation instantly erupted.
“Go back!”
Lin Qian knew his guess was right; this side might be fake.
Ghost Eye quickly closed, injuries substituted out.
But just as he planned to support Ye Zhen.
A pale arm wrapped around his neck, and at the same time, an eerie face appeared on his face.
Fang Shiming’s expression tightened, “That groom!”
Lin Qian’s face darkened; how could it be, how could the opponent still exist?
And appearing behind him.
Suddenly, Lin Qian’s heart sank; his Ghost Messenger quota had recovered!
This meant a ghost he had suppressed was gone!
The next moment, Lin Qian’s waist bent.
Fang Shiming’s face changed, “That bride is here too!”
“Go, you help Ye Zhen. I’ll handle this side and come right after!”
Fang Shiming looked at Lin Qian, whose face had turned blue-purple and whose skin was inching black.
He didn’t hesitate and quickly headed toward Ye Zhen’s direction.
Lin Qian held his waist firmly.
Damn, what the hell is this thing?
How did that red and white Wedding Dress Bride escape?
Even detained inside the opera stage, it could escape?
What a joke!
There must be something wrong somewhere.
The weight on his back was getting heavier.
Lin Qian’s gaze flashed, and his whole body instantly turned into a shadow.
Instantly escaping this attack.
When Lin Qian reappeared and saw the scene in front of him, his eyelids twitched involuntarily.
A pair of newlyweds, both wearing red and white wedding attire.
Their expressions eerie, the bride with a strange smile at the corner of her mouth.
And the groom had a numb, lifeless expression, somewhat ferocious.
The two ghosts held hands, their bodies emanating bone-chilling cold.
Lin Qian looked at his own skin.
Supernatural still lingered on the skin.
He tried activating the Killer Ghost ability.
Activation successful, supernatural shaken off.
“Ability not suppressed.”
Lin Qian warily watched these two ghosts.
Whatever, never mind.
Ghost Eye on his forehead opened.
Instantly, the two fierce ghosts were directly erased.
Lin Qian narrowed his eyes slightly; paper tigers?
After waiting a bit, those two ghosts did not appear.
Lin Qian couldn’t care about these things anymore and turned to go help Fang Shiming and Ye Zhen.
But suddenly, Lin Qian’s footsteps paused.
His face changed.
“What a joke?”
“…”
What a perfect body.
Underground, Ghost Domain formed its own space.
Yang Jian looked up at the corpse tightly bound by seven red chains.
It was a dried corpse, with shriveled black skin all over.
A head of long hair matted with filthy blood hung down.
At this moment, behind the corpse, black hands grabbed fierce ghosts one by one, integrating them into the dried corpse’s body.
“You really have guts, doing this kind of thing right under Zhang Dong’s nose.”
Yang Jian’s mouth curved up; he walked slowly, ripples lightly rising from the ground.
The corpse contained extremely terrifying supernatural within.
Thump~!
Thump~!
Yang Jian’s footsteps paused slightly.
This was a heartbeat?
Suddenly, Yang Jian looked up, meeting a pair of lifeless eyes.
“Interesting, you actually left a backup plan before you were alive.”
“Unfortunately.”
Yang Jian instantly appeared in front of this dried corpse.
Then he reached out and gripped the other’s face, forcibly closing the eyes.
“This body is mine.”
Yang Jian’s low voice sounded.
Something eerie happened.
Yang Jian’s whole body turned into a mass of black mist, directly covering the dried corpse.
The black mist, as if possessing its own consciousness, continuously drilled into the dried corpse’s body.
Eyes, ears, mouth, nose—all became entrances for the black mist to enter the body.
Yin cold emerged.
The dried corpse visibly swelled, ghostly faces continuously appearing and disappearing.
The ghost seemed to have lost control.
“…”
“Medicine Seller, are you okay with screwing over Lin Qian like this?”
Inside the Traditional Chinese Medicine Shop, Luo Qian crossed his arms, looking at this blind old man.
“Not really screwing over.”
“Although in this incident, if Lin Qian doesn’t go, Liu Ping will die, and Zhang Dong will make a move.”
“And if Zhang Dong makes a move, that means Lin Qian will never have the chance to fully complete the Ghost Performer puzzle piece.”
“And don’t forget, Lin Qian still has the Ghost Cabinet transaction on him.”
“Back when Ghost Cabinet had Lin Qian search for that fan, it was aimed at preventing Lin Qian from completing the transaction.”
“The ghosts on Lin Qian, Ghost Cabinet has ideas about them too.”
“Now that Lin Qian went, he might die inside at any time, but if he survives, he won’t die inside when he goes to Bai Shui Town in the future.”
Zhang Bohua said calmly.
He picked up the teacup and poured a cup of tea for Luo Qian.
“Medicine Seller, aren’t you really afraid Lin Qian will die in there?”
“Don’t you know one of his members is my successor?”
Luo Qian picked up the teacup, narrowing his eyes at Zhang Bohua.
Zhang Bohua shook his head, “Lin Qian has legs, knows how to run.”
“Of course, right now, Lin Qian can’t escape.”
Luo Qian sipped the tea; hmm, not bad taste, a fresh fragrance, much better than the tea at his place.
Thinking this, he slightly raised his hand.
But the next moment, Zhang Bohua pressed his hand down, “I only have one can.”
Luo Qian’s hand was slapped away, and he watched as Zhang Bohua put away that can of tea leaves.
“Stingy.” Luo Qian shook his head.
“By the way, what exactly is your plan with Lin Qian?”
“No comment on that.” Zhang Bohua said with a smile.
“Find some time, I’ll carve a tombstone for you too.”
Hearing this, Zhang Bohua said, “You call me stingy, but you’re even stingier.”
Luo Qian neither confirmed nor denied.
“After this, if Lin Qian survives, he won’t feel despair or trouble facing any fierce ghost in the future.”
“He’ll even sigh after coming out that the ghosts of this era are really weak.”
“Nonsense.” Luo Qian took a sip of tea, “The ghosts there are fierce ghosts from the Republic of China era, completely different level from the split ghosts of this era.”
“Hope they can survive.” Zhang Bohua blew the tea foam, “Of course, dying isn’t a big deal; after all, they’re not key pieces.”
Life is like chess, every game new.
As long as the key pieces are still there, all is well.
Luo Qian found his old friend’s indifference very normal.
Lin Qian, Ye Zhen, Fang Shiming were not key figures to begin with.
Their significance in existing was merely to add bricks and tiles to this era.
They couldn’t even do that.
Just existing.
The meaning of existence is just to exist.
Without fate’s favor, these powerful Ghost Controllers are no different from ordinary people.
Outside the town.
“How much longer for Lin Qian?”
Fang Shiming was yanked away by Ye Zhen; he kicked toward that girl in floral clothes with a ponytail, expression numb.
Terrifying supernatural instantly erupted.
Fang Shiming was thrown out.
Severed arm flew, neck twisted into a braid.
Bang~!
Fang Shiming landed on the ground and slid, flesh and blood smashed into meat paste.
“Cough cough cough~!”
“Not… not sure…”
“That ghost… very… hard to deal with.”
Fang Shiming felt his organs all twisted.
His supernatural had been suppressed and was now recovering.
Fang Shiming looked horrified at the girl who had a fierce ghost on her back yet was fine.
Supernatural couldn’t attack the opponent at all.
To be precise, couldn’t break defense.
Supernatural was directly blocked by a layer of supernatural.
“Damn, how to hold this thing!”
“Seven minutes?”
“In this situation, at most three minutes; if I don’t run, I’m a god!”
Ye Zhen staggered to Fang Shiming’s side.
His head and limbs all twisted.
Supernatural similarly suppressed.
But after leaving a distance from the fierce ghost, his suppressed supernatural would rapidly revive.
Then return him to peak state.
“Can’t substitute death; as long as within three meters of the opponent, can’t substitute death.”
Ye Zhen’s body slowly recovered.
The two gazed at the intact fierce ghost, faces cloudy.
“How about… you switch with Lin Qian, have him come see if he can instant kill.”
Fang Shiming said in a cold tone.
“Doubt it.” Ye Zhen said after a moment of silence.
