Mysterious Revival

Chapter 1447 - 1414: Piano and Wraith

The attack of the Evil Hound came ferociously, and the supernatural collision had already begun.

Yang Jian could see the Evil Hound rapidly running towards the Pianist, and the place where the Evil Hound sprinted across the hall was once again replaced by a dead-silent village. A winding path stretched forward all the way to the front of that black piano.

It was evident that the Evil Hound was continuing to invade the supernatural space where the opponent was located.

The piano sounds became increasingly urgent. As the Pianist's playing speed increased, the originally piercing melody changed again.

At this moment, what the piano was playing was no longer music, but an indescribable terrifying screech. This screech penetrated deep into one's soul, as if a vengeful ghost was drilling into your mind, causing immense pain, making your head feel like it was on the verge of exploding.

"The incomplete cursed piano piece, played by this black supernatural piano, seems to produce a terrifying effect. This sound cannot be listened to; otherwise, you will die."

Yang Jian, at this moment, painfully covered his ears, trying to block out part of the sound.

But it was to no avail. This terrifying screech was no longer echoing around you; it was resonating in your brain, just like the curse of the Eight-Tone Music Box.

Within the Ghost Dream, Yang Jian found it extremely hard to withstand such an attack. Even in the world of Ghost Dreams, he was hurt.

Blood continuously flowed from Yang Jian's eyes, ears, and nose. He felt a splitting headache, as if his mind was being scrambled into mush by this screech, unable to maintain normal thoughts. He feared that if this continued, he would either die or become an idiot.

If Yang Jian was in such a state, the intelligence agents of the King Organization who were dragged in fared even worse. They initially believed that the Pianist had come to save them, to pull them out of this Ghost Dream World.

But the urgent piano playing indiscriminately affected everyone.

They simply couldn't listen to this dreadful music. Their consciousness exploded in mere moments and disappeared on the spot, directly causing brain death in the Ghost Dream World, leaving no sign of struggle, dying silently.

One by one, the intelligence agents dropped their heads, dying unclear deaths.

"I'm one of you, don't kill me." Someone desperately shouted, hoping the Pianist would stop playing.

But it was obviously impossible. The rapid piano sound continued echoing like the screech of a vengeful ghost. Just as this person finished pleading, their body trembled, and then their head drooped, leaving no movement. Simultaneously, their body began to swiftly disappear from the world of Ghost Dreams.

With consciousness dead, one could not dream, and thus naturally escape the influence of the Ghost Dream.

Yang Jian didn't die, not because he was particularly special, but because he was anchored by the supernatural power of the Ghost Dream. This supernatural force protected his consciousness from being killed by other supernatural powers. However, now, the Evil Hound was dealing with the Pianist, and the protection for Yang Jian was quite limited. Thus, a supernatural confrontation occurred in his mind, causing such agony.

However, this didn't last very long.

Because the Evil Hound had already arrived in front of the Pianist, baring its teeth, and leaped directly at him.

Sitting in front of the black piano, appearing like a ghost, the insubstantial Pianist had no power to resist and was knocked down to the ground by the Evil Hound.

Immediately after, the Evil Hound, in a frenzy, tore him apart. The insubstantial figure was shattered to pieces in mere moments.

The dreadful piano sound then ceased, no longer continuing.

"Was it successful?" Yang Jian's head was still buzzing at this moment. He wiped the blood off his face and looked towards the piano.

The black piano was no longer making any noise, and the ghostly player had vanished.

It seemed that the terrifying supernatural attack had been successfully stopped by the Evil Hound and would not appear again.

But was it really that easy?

Yang Jian shook his head, the pain diminishing somewhat. He was still wary because the opponent was a King, and merely relying on an Evil Hound to kill him seemed quite challenging. He believed the opponent still existed and hadn't died, that the Evil Hound's attack likely only temporarily disturbed him.

Very soon.

His thoughts were confirmed.

Beside the black piano, a foreign man in a black tailcoat, with an insubstantial body like a ghost, reappeared. Though the Evil Hound had clearly torn him to pieces just now, he returned entirely intact, without any damage.

This Pianist did not continue playing but looked at the Evil Hound nearby, seemingly very apprehensive, then once again gazed in Yang Jian's direction.

The opulently empty hall and the dead-silent, dim village were merged together, appearing mismatched, yet they respectively represented the territory of the Pianist and the Ghost Dream World mastered by Yang Jian. This encounter differed from that in the Nightmare Castle; the last time the Nightmare Castle and the Ghost Dream World were interlinked as puzzles, but this clash was between two entirely distinct supernatural spaces.

"The piano was being played at its most exciting moment, you shouldn't have interrupted my performance. Moreover, I do not allow dogs to appear in my performance," the Pianist spoke, his voice revealing dissatisfaction with Yang Jian.

"Your performance was too dangerous; it had to be interrupted. If you want to play, I can let my dog keep playing with you," Yang Jian responded.

The Pianist looked at the Evil Hound again, seemed to understand: "So that's it, the real danger isn't you, but this dog. I thought you dragged a dog into the Nightmare, but it turns out it is the source of the Nightmare. Truly a genius idea."

"It seems you don't know much about my intelligence," Yang Jian said.

"I am the soul attached to the piano, only interested in my performance, not much concerned about the outside world," the Pianist said seriously. "But your presence disturbed me, and you have to pay the price for this."

Yang Jian sneered: "You are the King of the King Organization, don't pretend that nothing concerns you. I am here this time to destroy the intelligence network you built. If possible, it would be best to kill another King."

"A performance without an audience is a very tragic thing. I need someone to listen to my music, but today your goal has been achieved. They couldn't listen to the final piece and are all dead, the intelligence network no longer exists," said the Pianist.

"As long as you exist, there can be an endless number of such intelligence personnel, no matter how many times it's destroyed, it can be rebuilt," Yang Jian stared at him and said: "Unless you disappear from this world completely."

"Making me disappear from this world, that's not an easy thing to do. You can try if you can achieve it, but in return, I think you should listen to the next piece of music," the Pianist said and sat down again at the black piano.

Seeing that he seemed about to play the piano again, Yang Jian immediately commanded: "Bite him to death."

As the command was given, the Evil Hound growled again, pounced on the Pianist, and cruelly tore him apart once more.

But soon.

Like a wandering soul, the Pianist reappeared by the black piano.

Seeing this, Yang Jian immediately frowned.

"You should give up, music cannot be killed," said the newly appeared Pianist calmly.

"There is no unkillable person, it's only that the right method hasn't been found. I have seen similar cases like your constant resurrection, your existence is simply a supernatural phenomenon. As long as the source is found and snuffed out, then you're done for."

Yang Jian stared at him and said, then looked at the black piano.

"It's that black piano, isn't it?"

The Pianist continued: "You cannot destroy this piano, even your Evil Hound can't do it."

"Of course, the Evil Hound can't drag a supernatural object into the Nightmare, so it can't deal with that black piano, but this piano must also exist in reality. As long as it's found, then you're done for," Yang Jian's eyes flickered, he had found the method to kill the Pianist.

"That's really unfortunate, you'll never find this piano, and my performance will never stop," the Pianist said as he started playing the piano again.

His hands danced, eerie and terrifying music echoed, followed by a weave of music. The horrifying scream that vanished earlier appeared again.

"Bite him to death," Yang Jian commanded once more.

The Evil Hound launched another attack.

But this time, the Pianist always sat in front of the piano, letting the Evil Hound bite, as long as his hands could move, he could continue playing.

Even after being bitten dead, a new Pianist reappeared, continuing the previous performance. Even if the terrifying screams paused halfway, they would eventually ring out again.

"This guy knows the Evil Hound can't kill him, so he wants to drag this on with me, until he exhausts me to death," Yang Jian immediately understood the Pianist's plan.

"Seems I can't stay here any longer, otherwise, over time, it would be very disadvantageous for me. To deal with this person, I must act in reality, confrontations in the Nightmare hold no meaning, neither of us can do anything to the other."

Seeing this, Yang Jian didn't continue to let the Evil Hound attack, he called the Evil Hound back.

Seeing Yang Jian's move, the Pianist also stopped playing, knowing he couldn't kill Yang Jian. As long as Yang Jian wished, he could immediately leave the Dream World, and at that time, he couldn't hurt him.

"It seems you're not planning to continue participating in my concert."

"I can't kill you, but I can kill all your audience. Our confrontation continues," Yang Jian immediately moved with the Evil Hound towards another direction in the hall.

He wanted to pull other people here into the Ghost Dream, eliminating the intelligence personnel of the King Organization.

The Pianist fell silent.

Clearly, the other party had discovered his flaw, that is, being cursed by the supernatural piano and turned into a wandering soul, he wouldn't die, but never could leave the piano's side.

Hence, he couldn't attend any activities of the King Organization, only becoming a King responsible for intelligence.