Chapter 845 812 The Curse Released Again
Chapter 845 812 The Curse Released Again
Yang Jian's feeling told himself that the ghost in room 301, holding a doll and invisible to the normal eye, was extremely terrifying.
This feeling did not arise out of nowhere.
It was the keen intuition formed after participating in many supernatural events.
So he did not hesitate to choose to retreat.
After leaving the letter behind, Yang Jian had already left room 301 and rapidly dashed down the stairway, increasing the distance at high speed and then leaving the building to arrive inside Mingyue Community.
Behind him.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
The heavy, hurried footsteps echoed rapidly in the dark corridor behind him.
The sounds were loud, as if a heavy corpse was bouncing along.
The ghost, having exited room 301 and now following Yang Jian, ignored the living people Li Yi, Yang Xiaohua, and Leuk Qingqing who were even closer.
No.
No, that's not right, the ghost hadn't seen those three at all.
Because they had not, like Yang Jian, reversed their gaze to peer at the ghost.
The ghost only saw Yang Jian, so in the ghost's vision, Yang Jian was the only living person, no other living beings existed.
"As expected, it followed."
Hearing the noises from behind, Yang Jian's heart sank.
Continuing to run would be pointless; the ghost holding the doll would not easily let him go since their eye contact had probably inadvertently triggered the ghost's murder pattern.
Without any accidents, the ghost wouldn't stop its pursuit.
"Either directly confront the ghost's attack, imprison it here, or repel it... if I can't, I will definitely die here."
As he ran, he widened the distance.
Not to escape, but to buy some time to think about the next steps.
Yang Jian currently didn't have the replacement doll, and it wouldn't be possible to use it to die in his stead anymore; the Coffin Nail previously used against the Ghost Shadow's head was placed inside a private plane at Dachuan City Airport.
Right now, the only usable item in his possession was the rusty Firewood Knife.
The Firewood Knife could definitely dismember the ghost, but the price to pay would be terrifying; after using it, Yang Jian might lose his balance, to say nothing of the curse unleashing and the ghost reviving.
"Light the letter, return to the post office, use its presence to isolate myself from the ghost's attacks."
Then, another method came to mind.
The task of delivering the letter had been completed.
All messengers could return to the post office, which is hidden within the five levels of the Ghost Domain, and almost all fearsome ghosts cannot enter the post office.
But while Yang Jian was pondering his response.
He overlooked another point.
After exiting room 301 and coming to Mingyue Community, Yang Jian would face another terrifying ghost.
Ghost seeking people.
It was hidden in dense smoke, resembling a mummified corpse of a ghost.
This ghost had previously attacked Yang Jian and others; only because Li Yang stayed behind to delay the ghost that they had time to enter room 301.
But now, so much time had passed; Li Yang had reached his limits and had used the replacement doll to lure the ghost away.
So.
The person-seeking ghost still roams the community.
And at that moment.
Yang Jian's steps abruptly paused.
He saw the remnants of a dark ash on the road ahead, his slightly glowing eyes carefully observed it—it was not just ash but a tattered, smoke-blackened cloth doll.
This was the corpse of a replacement doll that was already killed.
Seeing this, Yang Jian immediately understood what had happened.
"Terrible."
The next moment.
Yang Jian could feel the burnt stench around him rapidly becoming more intense, and it seemed like the thick smoke nearby was also converging towards this area.
Another ghost seemed to have noticed his presence, and was now approaching.
Behind him, the heavily bruised ghost with heavy footsteps had not yet been shaken off, and now a second ghost had set its sights on him, escalating the level of danger, and most fatally, this Mingyue Community was enveloped in thick smoke, a realm of fierce ghosts, with no way to run out of here.
Therefore, the outcome of this game of hide and seek was certain to end with Yang Jian's death.
Unless...
"Delaying time is meaningless now, even if you think about igniting the spirit paper to leave, the fierce ghost might not give you the time."
Yang Jian's face looked somewhat grim.
He had already seen a persistent mass of thick smoke appearing nearby, within which a gaunt figure was hidden, and that figure was currently quickly approaching from another direction.
He had triggered one of the murderous rules of ghost seeking.
The ghost had discovered Yang Jian.
As long as the ghost got within a few meters of Yang Jian, he would undoubtedly die.
This was a certain deadly rule, very difficult to resist.
And the fierce ghost from Room 301, coming out, was not affected by the appearance of the smoke; the ghost, disregarding the effects of this Ghost Domain, sprinted over in an inexplicable and bizarre posture.
Once approaching.
How this fierce ghost from Room 301 would attack Yang Jian was uncertain.
But it was certain that this attack would probably not be weaker than triggering the certain death rule, and might even be stronger.
Because Yang Jian guessed.
This ghost holding a doll, was most likely that unidentified fierce ghost within the Ferocious Ghost District.
"Captain, why are you still here? Was the delivery successful?"
In such an urgent situation, a surprised voice came.
Li Yang, emitting a burnt stench, ran out from another building in a somewhat disheveled state; his expression was urgent, suggesting he too had encountered some danger.
"The letter has been delivered to Room 301, but there was a little accident. I was chased by an invisible ghost. Wait, what's happening on your side?" Yang Jian responded to Li Yang, then glanced sideways, his eyes suddenly sharp.
In the stairwell of the building behind Li Yang.
A stiff figure was rapidly coming downstairs, seemingly in pursuit of Li Yang.
"It's Li Leping, Li Leping is the third ghost!" Li Yang shouted.
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Jian was immediately stunned.
Li Leping was the third ghost?
Considering the information known about the fierce ghosts in the Ferocious Ghost District, there were a total of four: the fierce ghosts of the Ferocious Ghost District, Ghost Smoke, Zhang Xiaoxiao who resurrected as a seeking ghost, and the Sleepwalking Ghost formed after the death of the ghost controller Jiang Cheng.
If Li Leping was the third ghost.
Then, was he the Sleepwalking Ghost?
But if Li Leping was a ghost, then who was Jiang Cheng, the ghost controller?
Or could it be, Li Leping and Jiang Cheng are the same person?
Complicated, bizarre.
This phenomenon was already beyond comprehension.
What presented itself now was.
The third ghost, the Sleepwalking Ghost that only appeared at night, had awakened and was now roaming in pursuit of Li Yang.
"Isn't that ghost supposed to be inactive during the day?" Yang Jian's face showed changing expressions.
But then he looked up at the sky.
The sky was covered in thick smoke, dark and oppressive.
This Mingyue Community was essentially no different from the night.
"This works too?"
The Ghost Domain changed the daytime, allowing the Sleepwalking Ghost to appear during the day.
This is a bit like Yang Jian using Ghost Domain to create a room, in combination with Li Yang's Ghost Door Blocker triggering conditions.
"Captain, the thick smoke is coming again, it's a search-and-find ghost." Li Yang originally intended to meet up with Yang Jian, but then he suddenly got a shock.
Because he saw a thick smoke drifting towards Yang Jun.
Within that thick smoke, the figure of a fierce ghost emerged.
This was the very fierce ghost that he had lured away earlier with the substitute doll.
At this moment.
All the fierce ghosts in the Ferocious Ghost District gathered at this time, and Yang Jian alone almost triggered the killing pattern of three ghosts, and he was surrounded by fierce ghosts.
Now, even delaying time is impossible.
Because the fierce ghost was ferocious, giving him no chance to catch his breath.
"Yang Jun..."
Li Yi and others also escaped from room 301, and when he saw Yang Jun not far away, he originally wanted to shout, but then he suddenly retreated several steps.
He noticed the abnormality around Yang Jian.
"Light the letter paper, let's leave here quickly."
Not daring to stay.
Li Yi hurriedly took out a piece of letter paper and lit it with a lighter he had prepared.
A piece of black letter paper rolled into a strip, which, when ignited, emitted a hazy black fog-like gloom.
Within that concealment, a distorted small path gradually approached Mingyue Community, seemingly invading from some incomprehensibly sinister place.
The letter paper is a kind of medium that can momentarily connect with the Ghost Post Office, and create a path for the messenger to leave.
"Why didn't Yang Jian use the letter paper to leave?" Yang Xiaohua looked over there, puzzled.
"No time, an invisible ghost followed straight out of room 301, and followed closely. Even if Yang Jian had ignited the letter paper, there wouldn't be enough time for that path to appear," Li Yi could see Yang Jian was experiencing unprecedented danger.
The invisible ghost, the approaching smoke.
And the panicked fleeing Li Yang.
All the ghosts in the Ferocious Ghost District seemed to have gathered, wanting to kill both of them.
This situation was already fated for a team wipeout. Whoever came would die, the only chance was to take advantage of the moment Li Yang and Yang Jian were distracted, to burn the letter paper and return to the Ghost Post Office to escape the Ferocious Ghost District.
Once this chance was missed, Li Yi believed it would be difficult to leave.
The path to the Ghost Post Office was appearing.
The fierce ghosts were getting closer to Yang Jian's side.
But what they didn't know was that once Yang Jian died and the fierce ghosts revived, even if the path of the post office appeared, Li Yi and Yang Xiaohua would definitely not be able to leave alive.
"It's coming."
At this moment.
The fiercely ghost holding the doll, with a body full of bruises, had already approached Yang Jian.
The blackened mummy in the smoke also got closer to the surroundings, and would soon be within a few meters.
Exactly what deadly range the rule triggers at one meter, two meters, or three meters is unknown,
In any case, every step closer of the fierce ghost in the smoke brings death one step closer.
The first to attack Yang Jian was the fierce ghost from room 301.
A dead palm, greenish in some parts and purplish in others, reached for Yang Jian.
Not yet close.
Yang Jian felt his whole body stiffen, as if he had become puppet-like, able to only allow this fierce ghost's hand to come close to him.
Some paranormal force interfered with his actions.
His body lost control.
"Captain."
Li Yang cried out in terror, his heart constricted.
If Yang Jian died at this moment, then Dachuan City would be doomed. Who could withstand the revival of Yang Jian's fierce ghost?
"I really didn't want to come to this."
However, the next moment.
Yang Jian's slightly ferocious face twisted slightly, and he struggled to utter a sentence.
"Click!"
An old red lacquer box fell from his body and landed on the ground.
It was a peculiar Eight-Tone Music Box.
At this moment.
The curse of the Eight-Tone Music Box was opened again.
A strange and ethereal tune emerged in Yang Jian's mind.
"Seeking death."
Yang Jian's ghostly eye instantly opened, and the entire community was enveloped in a blood-red light. This red light covered the dense smoke, broke through the Ghost Domain of Mingyue Community, extended all the way to the Ferocious Ghost District, spread out to Dachuan City's downtown, and eventually even the nearby airport was completely enveloped in it.
At this moment, Tong Qian inside the charter plane at the airport abruptly turned to look out the window.
What was previously a bright and sunny outside was now a field of red.
"Yang Jian's Ghost Domain?" Tong Qian furrowed her brow.
He then glanced at the seat beside him.
The box containing the Ghost Shadow Figure was gone.
But the next moment.
What appeared in Yang Jian's hand was not the Coffin Nail, but a rust-spotted eerie Firewood Knife.
Ghostly covering, medium instantly triggered.
The Firewood Knife in his hand was raised, and he chopped down at the fierce ghost in front of room 301.
This ghost was the most terrifying.
Being able to lock on oneself within his Ghost Domain and not getting dispatched by the ghostly eye, it was better to dismember it first rather than waste time using the Coffin Nail.
This chop was aimed at the ghost's arm.
Firewood Knife chopped down.
The fierce ghost's arm instantly broke, and that ghastly pale arm covered in bruises just fell to the ground.
The ghost was dismembered.
The attack from before was interrupted.
Yang Jian instantly felt his own mobility restored, free from that oppressive, binding sensation.
"Ah!"
At the same time, a ghastly scream resounded.
It was from the puppet doll in the Ghost Hand, the doll's arm also broke at this moment, and the arm fell to the ground with blood continuously spilling out.
Through the medium left by the ghost, had Yang Jian actually injured the puppet doll?
He quickly understood.
This fierce ghost was just being manipulated; the true source of terror was this puppet doll.
But on the other hand.
Find-Person Ghost was also closing in; this trigger of inevitable death was unsolvable.
"Stop."
Yang Jian fiercely turned around, his ghostly eye emitting a crimson light as if it wanted to melt the entire world.
The approaching Find-Person Ghost stopped in its tracks.
The behavior of the fierce ghost was influenced by a stronger paranormal force, unable to continue triggering its murderous pattern.
The inevitably deadly attack was instantly dissolved by Yang Jian, firmly resisting the ghost's first wave of assault.
But this was not over yet.
Ghosts cannot be killed.
The armless fierce ghost in room 301 was still active, and within the immovable dense smoke, the mummified corpse showed signs of struggle.