The situation inside the cabin is already very dire.
The ghost inside the cabin is continuously reviving, while Wang Shanshan is trapped and could die on the stairs at any moment. Although Liu Qi is not currently at risk of being eaten by the malicious ghost, the ongoing paranormal phenomena around them make it impossible to ensure he won’t be targeted by other ghosts.
More importantly, Yang Jian is still unconscious. If he were attacked by ghosts, he would have no power to resist.
“Slightly better than before.”
At this moment, Yang Jian could slightly see the outside scene. He could now freely walk within the cabin, but in his current state, he was like a ghost, unable to affect reality.
He saw Liu Qi lying bloodied on the ground outside the room, saw the Ghost Child struggling on the ground, but he did not see Wang Shanshan.
“Could it be that lying down will lead to an attack by the malicious ghost? There’s something wrong with the second-floor wooden boards of this cabin. They shouldn’t be ordinary planks but constructed by paranormal forces.”
Yang Jian observed slightly and quickly understood.
Then he glanced at the endlessly peeling wooden column, from which a rotting corpse gradually emerged, and checked the bizarre reflections lined up on the window.
“It’s not just the floor; the entire cabin is constructed by supernatural forces—the floor, columns, windows, stairs… each represents a malicious ghost. Earlier, when entering the house, the ghosts hadn’t revived, so there was no sense of danger. But now, this place has become a fatal house where anyone who comes will die.”
Yang Jian now understood why Liu Qi urgently called for him.
In this situation, even if other captains from headquarters arrived, they would only try to escape, as no one dared to linger here.
Yang Jian, wandering like an apparition, attempted to go downstairs to look.
But upon reaching the stairs, the path vanished. He could only move within the second floor and couldn’t leave too far, indicating the paranormal forces were still restricting him.
However, Yang Jian heard the low growl of the Evil Hound getting closer, as if it was beside him, and he seemed about to see the beast soon.
“Just a little more time?”
He was now a bit impatient, because he saw, within the peeling column, a rotting corpse was twisting its head, slowly beginning to move.
Equally trapped on the floor, Liu Qi witnessed the scene.
“The malicious ghosts have completely revived, regained their activity, and now the cabin is entirely occupied by ghosts.” Liu Qi was now somewhat desperate.
A rotting smell drifted in.
The corpse extended a leg, and its body twisted, surprisingly walk out from the column.
With the sound of bones colliding, this rotting corpse slowly extended its body, gradually piecing the broken limbs together to resemble normal.
Only then did Liu Qi see the appearance of this decayed corpse; it was a female corpse with long black hair. The clothes on the corpse were rotten and peeling a lot, but from the remaining fabric’s style, it was likely from the Republic of China Period, and the entire facial skin was already missing, as if it had been ripped off alive, leaving only a pair of bloody eyes.
It was apparent this female corpse was intentionally sealed inside the wood to serve as a house column and was dismembered before death, with the face skin ripped off.
However, none of that mattered anymore.
Now, this female corpse was a fully revived terrifying malicious ghost, standing next to Liu Qi, poised to attack him at any moment.
Liu Qi dared not speak, not even glance directly at this ghost, fearing being targeted by it. Follow current novᴇls on novel·fiɾe·net
Yet the bloody neck of the female corpse slightly twisted and looked towards Yang Jian, who was standing in the room motionless.
Subsequently, the female corpse unexpectedly walked slowly towards the unconscious Yang Jian.
“Not good, she’d actually set her sights on Yang Jian.” Liu Qi widened his eyes, shocked and furious.
Yang Jian was clearly so far away, making no sound at all. Why would the female corpse target him, while she ignored Liu Qi, who was closer?
Or perhaps, being trapped on that old Eight Immortals table prevented further attacks on him?
“Can’t stop this female corpse; she truly is moving towards Yang Jian.”
Liu Qi felt powerless, able only to watch as the ghost departed. He tried to shout to Yang Jian but got no response, even tried to attract the female corpse’s attention, but she ignored him.
Conversely, his shout seemed to trigger some taboo at this moment.
At this point, all the windows in the room on the second floor suddenly banged open, darkness outside, chilling winds continuously invaded, and simultaneously, thin shadows stretched gradually into the house from outside those opened windows.
These thin shadows seemed like Ghost Shadow, yet they were not.
Because Liu Qi astonishingly saw, outside the window stood a thin man, this bizarrely thin person was very tall, his head surpassed the window being obscured by the rafters so his looks couldn’t be seen, his old long shirt appeared empty and fluttered continuously in the breeze due to his excessively lean body.
This thin eerie person outside the window did nothing, but the reflected dark shadow on the ground appeared to be active, steadily approaching Liu Qi.
“Now it’s coming at me.” Liu Qi wasn’t afraid; he even hoped that the earlier female corpse also came at him.
After all, the likelihood of survival was slim, so it would be better to draw all the ghosts toward him.
Approaching by the malicious ghosts, an attack was inevitable.
The female corpse had already walked to the door of the room. It seemed unaffected by the paranormal presence in the room, even that desiccated corpse inside showed no movement.
Thus, the female corpse crossed the doorstep and arrived beside Yang Jian.
Yang Jian still couldn’t move.
At this moment, the female corpse made a move against Yang Jian. Its body, exuding a putrid stench, pressed against Yang Jian, and then it seemed to melt, merging with Yang Jian like conjoined twins, unable to separate.
Now, Yang Jian’s body was also decaying, the supernatural influence corroding him from within.
However, after a brief moment, the female corpse gradually peeled away from Yang Jian.
Yet, the peeled-off female corpse was no longer decaying, the stench vanished, and its state seemed momentarily reversed, becoming fresh again. The only unchanged aspect was the female corpse’s face, still bloody and skinless.
But all this came at a cost.
All the signs of decay had transferred to Yang Jian; he bore the terrifying curse of the female corpse.
At that moment, Yang Jian’s body was rapidly deteriorating, chunks of flesh losing vitality, peeling away from his body, even exposing the ghastly white bones, which also quickly blackened and fractured over time… At this rate, he would soon become nothing but a pile of sludge.
Conversely,
The female corpse’s body became whole, with even a trace of rosiness on its pale skin.
It was still detaching from Yang Jian.
Once fully detached, the female corpse would take away Yang Jian’s health, vitality, life, and everything else, even wrench away the supernatural powers Yang Jian commanded… This was because a ghostly eye was growing on the female corpse.
It was a Ghost Eye.
A Ghost Eye had actually been stripped away by the female corpse.
If this continued, other supernatural powers would keep being extracted, leaving Yang Jian with nothing in the end.
“Yang Jian, there’s no time, wake up now, or you’ll die.”
Liu Qi watched helplessly as Yang Jian’s body was corroded and his supernatural powers stripped, shouting loudly.
Even though he was already covered by the shriveled shadow, he no longer cared about his own situation.
Let himself die then,
at least Yang Jian must survive.
However, at this moment, Liu Qi’s shouting suddenly received a response, but it wasn’t Yang Jian’s voice, it was the low growl of an Evil Hound.
With the Evil Hound’s growl,
Yang Jian, who was in a daze, suddenly opened his eyes, no longer an abyss of darkness but flickering with a faint red glow, which gradually intensified until it enveloped his entire body.
At that moment, the decaying body was restored, reversed, while the freshly restored female corpse rapidly deteriorated, its pale skin blackening, emitting a rotting odor, and it quickly detach from Yang Jian.
But now, not only did the female corpse fail to strip any supernatural powers from Yang Jian, it even returned everything it had just taken.
There was only one possible explanation for this situation.
That was Yang Jian had activated the seventh layer of the Ghost Domain, directly rebooting himself.
When the red glow reached its peak, it suddenly stopped.
Then the red light dissipated, and Yang Jian’s body returned to its previous, complete state, with no supernatural powers stripped away.
The decaying female corpse slightly turned its head, revealing a blood-drenched face.
“Disgusting, get away from me.”
Yang Jian swung the long spear in his hand, and the Firewood Knife mercilessly chopped down.
The female corpse was immediately cut into two, but the split corpse did not immediately fall silent, instead struggled and writhed on the ground, attempting to rejoin.
However, the next moment.
A pale green Ghost Flame reignited on the decaying female corpse.
The Ghost Flame burned, setting the female corpse’s bones alight with cracking sounds, the flames grew larger, quickly engulfing the female corpse.
“Made it just in time.” Yang Jian, having suppressed the ghost, exhaled a sigh of relief.
He had also been watching the events unfold, had it not been for the Evil Hound pulling his consciousness back at the last moment, he could have died here.
“No time for relief, need to act immediately, rescue Liu Qi, the Ghost Child, and Wang Shanshan, then leave quickly.” Yang Jian didn’t even spare a glance at the mummified corpse in the room.
No time to study, he immediately rushed out of the room.
The Ghost Eye opened, which would usually be affected by supernatural forces, but the Ghost Flame burned and forcibly dispelled this interference.
The dim second floor suddenly became bright.
The flames quickly engulfed the entire second floor.
At that moment.
The withered figure outside the window couldn’t help but step back several paces, retreating from the window, gradually melting into the darkness behind, faintly visible.
And the shadow that invaded the second floor quickly retreated as well.
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