Chapter 47: The Dead Old Man
The old man’s expression was grave; this kid had definitely dodged his attack just now.
The other party prioritized dealing with that ghost instead of attacking him first.
He only knew the killing pattern of the Ghost Performer, but not the killing patterns of the other ghosts the other party possessed.
Ghost Domains were clashing, terrifying supernatural powers wreaking havoc.
The old man was not in a good mood; the strength displayed by the other party was already considerable.
It’s a bit difficult to kill.
The Ghost Domains were in a stalemate, surprisingly evenly matched.
Lin Qian, holding the lamp in his hand, instantly understood its killing pattern.
This was actually a supernatural item type of ghost.
The lamp was not the main body; the wick inside was.
Putting away the lamp, Lin Qian had no intention of controlling this ghost.
He would use it as a contingency to ambush others.
“The old man’s Ghost Domain is not weak.”
Feeling the strength of the other party’s Ghost Domain, even though it was currently in a stalemate, if he dragged it out long enough, his own Ghost Domain would definitely be suppressed.
Of course, the other party’s Ghost Domain would also be restricted; at least after he could no longer open his Ghost Domain, the other party temporarily wouldn’t be able to open theirs either.
The intrusion strength of the other party’s Ghost Domain was insufficient; otherwise, it wouldn’t be a clash of Ghost Domains, but a direct tearing apart of his Ghost Domain to attack him.
His Ghost Domain’s intrusion strength was also not high.
The same logic applied.
Lin Qian was thinking about how to kill this old man.
The combined supernatural strength he possessed now was definitely an A-class supernatural event.
The Terror Level of the Ghost Performer had greatly increased, and it had forcefully used Wang Zelong’s ghost as a puzzle piece to complete itself.
The ghosts he currently had were the Ghost Mouth of Wu Xun, the Ghost Performer, the Killer Ghost, and the puzzle piece of the Ghost Messenger.
The killing ability of the Ghost Mouth was to blow out an ominous wind that would attack anyone it touched, drying up their flesh and turning it to ashes.
The killing pattern of the Ghost Performer was that it would attack if you looked at it, and it would also attack if you didn’t look at it.
This was different from its previous killing pattern, which was that it would attack only if you looked at its eyes, and it would also attack if you didn’t look at its eyes.
But now it had changed, becoming more widespread, such that it would attack whether you looked or not.
The killing pattern of the Killer Ghost was that it would attack any man, and then, after being attacked, it would immediately split into another self.
The number of splits was determined by how many males it had killed.
Secondly, its most core ability was to evade attacks from males; it could evade any attack from a male!
It was completely capable of remaining untouched by supernatural powers.
This meant that as long as it was male, they could not attack this ghost.
However, this ability had a drawback: once it evaded, the medium of the ghost would immediately disappear.
This meant that after it evaded, someone who had triggered the Fierce Ghost’s killing pattern would instantly be safe, as if they had never triggered the killing pattern.
This was also why, after he had attacked this ghost before, it had instantly disappeared.
Because after it evaded, the medium of the attack on his person had already disappeared.
After understanding the killing pattern of this ghost, Lin Qian knew that Liu Lin and Wu Xun had not died in vain.
The suppression power of the Ghost Messenger, there was no need to elaborate; this was the key to his Fierce Ghost not reviving.
With the coordination of his abilities and state, Lin Qian was confident he could defeat this old guy.
The other party couldn’t outlast him.
“I can’t waste time with this kid. This kid has just controlled the Ghost Performer and isn’t very familiar with its abilities yet. If he gets used to the Ghost Performer’s abilities, I might end up in trouble.”
The old man watched the Ghost Domain that was continuously being suppressed; this clash of Ghost Domains would take at least two to three minutes to yield a result.
For a top-tier Ghost Controller, two to three minutes was enough time to understand their own Fierce Ghost.
In his eyes, Lin Qian was now a top-tier Ghost Controller.
With this thought, the old man took out a stick of black incense from his pocket.
The moment the black incense appeared, a pungent black smoke suddenly emerged.
The instant the black smoke appeared, Lin Qian discovered that his own Ghost Domain was being suppressed.
It was incredibly fast!
It wasn’t just him; the other party’s Ghost Domain was also being suppressed.
Lin Qian was alarmed; in just a single breath, the smoke from the black incense had enveloped the sky.
Even the Ghost Domain of the Knocking Ghost showed signs of being suppressed; a dark sky actually revealed faint sunlight.
The Ghost Domain completely disappeared!
Lin Qian suddenly looked up at the old man, and the killing pattern was instantly triggered.
The old man’s stomach suddenly bulged, and a grotesque human face emerged from his stomach, trying to tear through his skin and crawl out.
The old man remained silent, and a supernatural power suddenly descended upon him, forcefully suppressing the Fierce Ghost that had appeared within him.
Then, the old man raised his shovel and swung it at Lin Qian.
On the dark rooftop, a dull thud echoed.
The old man’s pupils contracted slightly as he saw a pale hand firmly gripping the shovel he had swung.
A grotesque face slowly lifted up, “Old man, I can’t match your tricks, but we can directly compare supernatural powers!”
“I’m not afraid of Fierce Ghost revival, are you?”
An ominous wind blew directly at the old man’s body, and his clothes began to rot strangely, but soon, a bloody smell permeated the air.
Inside the old man’s decaying clothes, there was actually a vest.
The vest was stained with blood, and the character for “longevity” on it was a vivid red.
This old bastard was actually wearing a death robe!
The ominous wind enveloped the old man and invaded his body, but the strange, bloody death robe actually resisted the attack of the ominous wind.
The scarlet death robe emitted a terrifying supernatural power, but it was already beginning to revive as a Fierce Ghost.
The death robe began to erode the old man’s body, and drops of blood dripped from it.
But the old man remained expressionless; he tightly gripped the shovel in his hand, not letting the other party snatch it away:
“Comparing supernatural powers? Not afraid of Fierce Ghost revival?”
“Arrogant!”
Originally, the ghost this kid controlled was slippery and hard to catch, like an eel, but now the other party had directly abandoned his advantage and was coming to compare supernatural powers with him.
This was suicidal!
You’re a Ghost Controller of the new era, trying to compare supernatural powers with an old guy like me?
The old man’s eyes darkened; how much did he underestimate this old guy?
Since you want to die! Then don’t blame me!
Terrifying and bizarre supernatural powers suddenly appeared.
The old man’s expression was cold, and blood continuously dripped from the death robe on his body.
The surrounding darkness was suddenly dispelled, and then, the supernatural powers of the two clashed.
The moment their supernatural powers clashed, the old man was surprised to find that his supernatural power had not struck the other party.
The old man’s heart sank, “Transferring the attack? Or…”
“Come on, beat me to death!”
Lin Qian chuckled, a ferocious mouth constantly blowing out strange ominous winds.
He exerted all his strength to suppress, and at the same time, he forcefully tried to snatch the shovel.
He, Lin Qian, wouldn’t believe that he, who controlled a non-stick pan Fierce Ghost, could be killed by you?
Top-tier Ghost Controllers don’t have fancy tricks; it’s just a forceful suppression of supernatural powers. If you’re not as terrifying as me, then you die.
All this talk about killing patterns triggering each other is fake; it’s essentially a supernatural power showdown.
“Supernatural powers also have limits!”
The old man’s eyes flashed fiercely, and suddenly, the concrete beneath their feet vanished strangely.
A deep, dark pit appeared.
The two fell directly into the pit as the ground beneath their feet gave way.
A feeling of weightlessness descended, and Lin Qian’s heart was filled with dread, “What kind of ability is this!”
Just as Lin Qian was about to loosen his grip on the shovel, the old man gave him no chance, grabbing Lin Qian’s arm, “I told you, supernatural powers all have limits!”
“Today, either you die, or I die!”
Terrifying supernatural powers suppressed him. Lin Qian had wanted to use the Ghost Performer to leave, but the moment he had that thought, his instincts went wild with warnings.
He would die!
He would definitely die!
“Going all out, huh!”
Lin Qian gritted his teeth, the mouth on his mask became ferocious, and he bit down on the old man’s neck.
The old man’s neck was instantly torn open, and terrifying ominous winds poured into his body.
The old man’s expression immediately became pained.
But Lin Qian was not faring well either; his back began to bulge.
Supernatural powers indeed have limits!
He was actually unable to evade the old man’s attack!
The blood on the death robe spread towards his body.
Terrifying supernatural powers attacked.
The two simply stopped defending and attacked each other, seeing who would die first!
As they fell deeper into the darkness, the pit that had suddenly appeared instantly healed the moment they fell.
The two top-tier Ghost Controllers, one old, one new era, fighting each other, resembled street hooligans brawling, aiming for mutual destruction.
If others knew about this, who knows how they would view these two.
They fell into the abyss, their fates unknown.
At this moment, outside the Knocking Ghost’s Ghost Domain.
Ye Feng, who had led a group of survivors away from the Ghost Domain, received a call from Wang Xiaoqiang.
“Ye Feng, how are things on your end?”
“Did Li Yong get eliminated?”
Having already finalized everything with Chu He, Wang Xiaoqiang was currently sitting in his office, leisurely drinking red wine and smoking a cigar rolled from a young girl’s leg.
Ye Feng looked at the Ghost Domain in the distance that had not yet dissipated, “I’m not sure.”
“Not sure? Weren’t you with Lin Qian? Did you split up?” Wang Xiaoqiang frowned.
Ye Feng briefly explained the situation.
Wang Xiaoqiang immediately stood up and blurted out, “Aren’t you going up to eliminate them?”
Ye Feng’s expression froze instantly.
Me?
Eliminate them?
Are you kidding me, man?
If I could eliminate them, would Lin Qian have let me leave?
In the original work, Ye Feng, a Ghost Controller who controlled two ghosts, was extremely imposing and managed to retreat safely with Wang Xiaoqiang after cornering Yang Jian.
Then, during the Starving Ghost incident, he was instantly defeated.
But with him controlling a death robe and a Ghost Mouth that could tear through Ghost Domains, he was not weak.
You can say he was unlucky, but you can’t say he was incompetent!
“Chairman, do you want to listen to what you’re saying?”
“Is there anything among these that I can handle?”
“Even a single Knocking Ghost incident, I might not be able to handle.”
“Let alone this not being a single Knocking Ghost incident.”
“Li Yong is hiding his strength; his true power is fully capable of dealing with an A-class supernatural event.”
“One Li Yong, one old man of unknown origin, one Knocking Ghost, and one unknown Fierce Ghost.”
“How am I supposed to get involved?”
Ye Feng was almost speechless; so it turned out you weren’t at the scene.
Wang Xiaoqiang was also stunned, his expression changing uncertainly, “Wasn’t it said that you were just going to eliminate Li Yong?”
“How did the situation become so strange?”
Even if Li Yong was hiding his strength, Lin Qian could handle him. Coupled with Ye Feng, who controlled two ghosts, even if he couldn’t be the main force, he could still provide support.
But now, Ye Feng couldn’t even provide support.
“I don’t know, but the President has no intention of leaving, and I’ve also prepared a backup for the President.”
“I brought survivors out; if the President can’t win, he can escape.”
Alright, it really was just providing support.
Wang Xiaoqiang rubbed his face, “I’ll arrange reinforcements immediately.”
Just after Lin Qian finished his transaction with Headquarters and his Circle of Friends, Lin Qian ended up dead.
This is unbelievable; won’t Headquarters and his Circle of Friends want to nuke the place?
His older brother would definitely not let him go either.
Lin Qian absolutely cannot die!
Absolutely!
At this moment, at Headquarters.
“Feng Quan’s confession is out.”
“Lin Qian’s ability is very strange; he can extract fierce ghosts from ghost controllers without killing them.”
“The Huang Gang Village incident is also clear and obvious.”
Li Jun handed a file to Wang Xiao Ming and said.
“Extract fierce ghosts.”
“And the ghost controller doesn’t die?”
Wang Xiao Ming quickly took the file, flipped through it carefully, his eyes growing brighter.
“Professor Wang, Lin Qian’s ability is very useful.”
Even a crude person like him knew how useful this ability was.
A person on the verge of a fierce ghost revival, who couldn’t control a second ghost to delay the revival, could have Lin Qian directly extract the ghost from them.
To save their life.
This was just what Li Jun could think of; there were undoubtedly more applications.
“I know, but it’s not confirmed yet whether a ghost controller who had their ghost extracted would still be alive.”
“Once a ghost controller loses the support of supernatural powers, it’s hard for them to survive. If they can, then Lin Qian’s importance will rise even higher.”
Wang Xiao Ming closed the file. The other party could extract ghosts, control ghosts, and even make ghosts dormant.
What secrets did that person hold?
“Go inform the Minister that our headquarters must take Taiping Ancient Town as soon as possible.”
Sacrificing a few ghost controllers to uncover Lin Qian’s secrets was completely worth it!
Not to mention some old guys hiding away.
“Alright.”
The headquarters was already discussing how to handle the Taiping Ancient Town situation.
The outcome would be decided in two days at the latest.
But now, with another ability of Lin Qian’s revealed, the outcome might be decided in half a day at the latest.
Li Jun left quickly.
But then, not long after, Li Jun hurried back in.
After saying something, Wang Xiao Ming’s expression turned grim.
Ten minutes later, the Circle of Friends and Headquarters directly dispatched powerful ghost controllers to Da Jiang City.
Headquarters and the Circle of Friends were both cursing profusely.
They were all cursing Li Yong.
Da Jiang City.
Inside the Knocking Ghost’s domain.
A white mist emerged from a corpse.
Gradually, the mist grew more and more.
A bizarre scene appeared: the corpse, which had lost half its head, slowly stood up.
The mist quickly spread outwards.
The Mist Ghost had undergone a fierce ghost revival.
Inside the domain, on the street.
A rusty shovel abruptly emerged from the originally flat ground.
The ground was split open by the shovel as if it were tofu.
Immediately after, an old man, dripping with fresh blood, crawled out from underground.
He stood up shakily, with great difficulty.
Then, dragging the shovel, he walked towards the distance.
But after a few steps, the old man stopped in place. He slowly looked up, and fresh blood poured from his death robe as if it were a faucet.
The old man opened his mouth, and the light in his eyes was being replaced by dead silence:
“Sor…ry, Yin Er, old… wife, I… can’t go back.”
A murmuring whisper sounded, and the shovel in the old man’s hand dropped.
The light in his eyes completely vanished.
Boom~!
The asphalt road suddenly cracked, and a skeletal hand emerged from it.
Immediately after, a young man covered in mud crawled out with great difficulty.
“Gack!”
The moment the young man crawled out, he vomited, expelling a large amount of mud from his mouth.
After vomiting for an unknown amount of time, the mud piled up into a small mound in front of him before the young man stopped.
The young man looked up in terror at the scene ahead. The skin on his back was bulging, and human faces were emerging from the skin, trying to tear through.
“Stay put, damn it!”
The suppressed supernatural power of the Ghost Messenger was rapidly reviving.
As the Ghost Messenger’s supernatural power revived, the hideous human faces slowly receded.
“That almost killed me.”
Lin Qian slowly stood up and looked at the dead old man standing in place. He was silent for a moment, his expression complicated.
“Sorry, it was unavoidable.”
Lin Qian calmed his supernatural powers.
He had truly almost died at the hands of this old man.
In a supernatural power contest, the two sides’ strength was actually somewhat mismatched.
His strength was weaker than the opponent’s.
However, the opponent’s age was a factor, and in the supernatural power contest, the opponent lost out due to age.
It was difficult for the opponent to undergo a fierce ghost revival, but they lacked lifespan. The old man used his own lifespan to consume supernatural power.
But he did not.
He, the younger, had taken advantage of the elder, and had exhausted him to death.
Although he was also not feeling well, at least he was still alive.
The Ghost Messenger was having trouble suppressing the revival of the Ghost Performer.
After all, it was only a suppression power, and the power to suppress three ghosts was still not enough.
The Ghost Performer’s terror level was very high, and the Killer Ghost’s terror level was also high.
But fortunately, as long as he didn’t encounter such a situation again, he wouldn’t die from a fierce ghost revival.
“Hoo~!”
Lin Qian walked to the old man’s side and picked up the shovel.
Supernatural power immediately attacked, and Lin Qian looked at his own skeletal hand, which was now turning black.
“A fully revived supernatural item.”
“But it’s a pity that its terror level is slightly lower than mine.”
Lin Qian instantly suppressed the shovel and then looked at the old man’s corpse.
“You spared my life, and I spared yours, but why didn’t you leave when I let you go?”
“Since you wanted to kill me so badly, why did you let me go before?”
Lin Qian sighed. At the final moment of victory, he had actually let the old man off the hook. At that time, the old man could have left if he wanted to.
But he didn’t; instead, he went all out and insisted on fighting him to the death.
Lin Qian didn’t know what the old man’s thoughts were, nor did he want to know.
“This is the second time. I’ve killed my savior for the second time, and both times were out of necessity.”
Lin Qian closed his eyes. It would be a lie to say he wasn’t upset.
But soon, that upset was smoothed over.
If you want me to live, fine. If you want me to die, absolutely not!
No one can!
Lin Qian raised the shovel and pierced through the old man’s body, using the shovel’s supernatural power to temporarily suppress the fierce ghost revival after the old man’s death.
Next, it was time to check the spoils.
Lin Qian looked far into the distance, towards the white mist.
His eyes were devoid of joy or sorrow.
