Chapter 1497: Chapter 1460: Losses on Both Sides

At this moment, Yang Jian successfully escaped the eerie supernatural space with Wang Chaling, returning to reality.

Along with them, the four spirits by Wang Chaling’s side also returned to reality.

In the end, Yang Jian managed to get Wang Chaling’s parents and grandparents out of that building. If he hadn’t, Wang Chaling, without the inheritance of spirits, would instantly fall from Captain Level to a regular ghost handler, and in this situation, weakening one’s own power is unacceptable.

Therefore, Yang Jian chose to prioritize the bigger picture, setting aside personal grievances to help Wang Chaling.

“Considering the current timeline, the first attack by the King Organization should have ended by now. Whether it’s a win or a loss, I believe a result will soon emerge. Although I don’t care much about the others’ situation, many must have died in this battle already.”

Wang Chaling looked weak at this moment, speaking feebly as if severely injured, still not recovered.

“Casualties are inevitable, but as long as the opponent’s losses are greater than ours, the war is considered won,” Yang Jian said calmly, having mentally prepared for this.

Wang Chaling said, “I can’t participate in the next battle with the King. My health is really poor now, and at most, I can help handle supernatural incidents. So, for some time, I need to find a place to recover. If I face a King-level ghost handler in this state, I’ll surely be killed.”

Earlier, falling into the hands of the missionaries, he used too much supernatural power to avoid being killed, resulting in a slight supernatural imbalance.

Fortunately, Wang Chaling had learned a method to extend the resuscitation of the ghost through his parents during a previous summoning, ensuring his temporary survival, though he had to temporarily withdraw.

“Since you said so, take some time to rest. Rejoin the action once you’re recovered.”

Yang Jian didn’t refuse, as he could tell Wang Chaling’s condition was indeed terrible. Continuing to push through could lead to death from ghost resuscitation.

“Thank you for understanding.”

Wang Chaling nodded and promised, “Once recovered, I’ll take down a King. Facing three Kings simultaneously led to my current state, but if it were one-on-one, I’m confident I could take any of them down.”

He had grown quite a bit after this incident, speaking with a newfound confidence.

He clearly started to understand the significance of being part of the Wang Family’s third generation, with a clearer sense of his standing.

“Don’t be overly confident; among the enemies, some Kings are extraordinarily strong, meeting them would be deadly,” Yang Jian advised.

Wang Chaling replied, “I don’t think I’ll be unlucky enough to face such an opponent, but I’ll keep your advice in mind. I won’t be involved in the upcoming matters, so you need to take extra care.”

“Naturally,” Yang Jian nodded.

Before long.

Yang Jian and Wang Chaling parted ways; he needed to handle other matters and couldn’t stay there chatting with Wang Chaling.

Indeed, Wang Chaling’s initial words were correct. The first attack by the King Organization was likely over, meaning a second attack would soon arrive, though no one could predict how it would commence. Thus, Yang Jian deemed it necessary to contact the other Captains to ascertain the current situation.

With a single glance.

Yang Jian didn’t hesitate and headed towards the area where Leuk San was, knowing only Leuk San’s paper figures could gather intelligence in the shortest time under these circumstances.

With the Ghost Domain’s coverage, he disappeared immediately.

When he reappeared, Yang Jian was already in Leuk San’s area, where one of Leuk San’s paper figures had appeared beside him.

However, this particular paper figure stood motionless, completely still.

“Leuk San,” Yang Jian attempted a call, but received no reply.

Approaching, he reached out to touch it, and the paper figure instantly lost balance, collapsing on the ground with a stiff body, utterly rigid and devoid of any flexibility.

“Is it dead?”

Yang Jian frowned, realizing this paper figure of Leuk San no longer possessed supernatural power, merely a simple paper figure now, achieving nothing but a creepy presence.

“Despite the intact paper figure, the supernatural power sustaining it vanished – a remnant from the encounter with the King or has Leuk San met with some misfortune?”

He had some troubling thoughts.

Only when a ghost handler is completely restrained, unable to use supernatural powers, do these paper figures collectively silence. Under normal circumstances, even if Leuk San’s paper figure were beheaded or dismembered, the residual supernatural forces would keep it active.

“Let’s find out,” Yang Jian’s ghost eyes opened again, scanning the nearby streets.

At present, several paper figures lay scattered on the street, just like the previous one, entirely devoid of supernatural powers, standing still.

As Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain expanded, their numbers continued to grow.

“What peril did Leuk San encounter to lose so many paper figures,” Yang Jian pondered.

Once his Ghost Domain enveloped a building, a paper figure standing in the lobby didn’t lapse into silence but instead suddenly twisted its neck, looking in Yang Jian’s direction.

“As expected, there are still active paper figures,” Yang Jian immediately stepped forward.

This step transcended real-world distances, bringing him directly into the building’s lobby, facing the active paper figure.

“Yang Jian, you came,” the paper figure spoke, evidently moving just now to deliberately attract Yang Jian’s attention.

“Seems like your situation is a bit tricky, need some help?” Yang Jian said calmly, then he observed the building.

There was no danger here, nor any enemies, and the entire building only had this paper figurine in front.

Leuk San’s paper figurine shook its head and said, “No need, earlier I had a bloody fight with that King for a while, both sides suffered some losses. In the end, the other side realized they couldn’t take me down over a long period, so they didn’t want to keep dragging it out with me. By now that King has retreated, unfortunately, I couldn’t hold him back.”

His words carried a hint of helplessness.

“Which King did you fight to the death with?” Yang Jian asked.

“The one at Xiangjiang Wharf, the old man holding a withered figure.” Leuk San said, “In the King Organization, this person is called the Coffin Bearer.”

“It’s quite normal that you couldn’t take him down, that guy is quite unusual, even I wouldn’t be able to handle it if he sets down that coffin he’s holding. If one really wants to kill him, I’d estimate that you wouldn’t survive either.” Yang Jian said.

“That’s right, I evaluated the strength between him and me, if I wanted to take him down I’d also have to pay with my life, I reckon he also realized this point, otherwise he wouldn’t have retreated promptly.” Leuk San said.

Yang Jian continued, “Since the other side has retreated, then my previous assessment was correct, the first round of attacks from the King Organization should have ended by now. I need to know the situation of all the Captains, you probably arranged paper figurines around those Captains before.”

“Yang, your Ghost Domain covers everything, why specifically come to me?” Leuk San was a bit puzzled.

With Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain, not to mention covering the nearby area, even the entirety of Dahai City wouldn’t be a problem.

“The supernatural interference is severe, my Ghost Domain cannot cover this area at will, plus there’s still lingering supernatural traces around here that haven’t been cleaned up, I don’t have time to check them all one by one.” Yang Jian said.

“I understand, I’ll go contact the others now.” Leuk San nodded, and began to manipulate the other paper figurines to take action.

Yang Jian’s guess was right.

In various parts of Dahai City, Leuk San’s paper figurines were hidden, each of these paper figurines served their own purposes, even though many paper figurines were destroyed earlier in the clash with the Kings, quite a few still remained.

Yang Jian stood quietly to the side waiting for Leuk San’s news to come in.

It didn’t take long for Leuk San to roughly grasp the current changes in the situation, he immediately spoke, “The situation is not very optimistic.”

“Explain.” Yang Jian frowned and said.

“In my initial investigation, there seem to be several Captains who’ve lost contact, my paper figurines can’t reach them, I suspect they’ve probably met with misfortune.” Leuk San’s paper figurine said.

“I know Zhou Deng met with misfortune, aside from him, have any other Captains fallen?” Yang Jian’s expression grew grave.

Leuk San’s paper figurine nodded, “It’s been confirmed just now, Lu Zhiwen seems to have died, he was attacked by three Kings, although He Yuelian intervened to support midway, the other side was very decisive and still chose to take down Lu Zhiwen before retreating.”

“Besides Lu Zhiwen, I saw Lin Bei’s body in the area he was responsible for, his body was incomplete, his head smashed, consciousness was already gone, and even the supernatural within his body was stripped away. I suspect Lin Bei was hinted by a King, and the thing that killed Lin Bei was likely the Coffin Nail, because there were no signs of struggle on Lin Bei’s body, and only after being nailed by the Coffin Nail could his supernatural power be so easily extracted from his body.”

Afterwards, another piece of bad news came.

“What? Lu Zhiwen and Lin Bei are gone?” Yang Jian’s face changed suddenly.

If you count Zhou Deng, in just this half hour, three Captains had already been lost.

“One died being surrounded by three Kings, one died by the Coffin Nail from the other side, such results were also within expectation, after all, the other side came prepared, although we were on guard very well, the gap in strength is clear, casualties are unavoidable.” Leuk San’s paper figurine’s tone revealed a touch of lament and helplessness.

In fact, this was already the best result.

If it weren’t for Yang Jian’s timely support, it might have cost the lives of He Yiner and Wang Chaling too.

“With such losses, we no longer have the ability to handle the next attack.” Yang Jian said, pressing down his voice.

Leuk San’s paper figurine said, “Yang, although we’ve suffered heavy losses, the other side’s losses seem to be even greater. My paper figurine has already found two unfamiliar corpses, and through identification it’s certain, they were Kings from the King Organization.”

“Who killed them?” Yang Jian asked.

“Judging from the kind of traces at the scene, it should be Zhang Xiangguang who did it, he seems to be secretly hunting Kings, and he has succeeded at least twice.” Leuk San said.

Yang Jian felt a bit relieved hearing this.

It wasn’t in vain, his hard efforts releasing Zhang Xiangguang from the Ghost Dream world with pressure.

If Zhang Xiangguang suddenly turned against them, then he, as the Enforcement Captain would bear the full responsibility, but now that Zhang Xiangguang had taken down two Kings, it undoubtedly proved how correct his previous choice was, while also having a significant impact on the change of the situation.

“Looks like in this skirmish, no one took much advantage, even though the King Organization had a plan, we were also prepared and had a few counteracting measures.”

Yang Jian turned the conversation, “Leuk San, help me notify all the surviving Captains, gather them, I need to determine how many people we have left who can act now.”

“The remaining supernatural incidents won’t be dealt with?” Leuk San’s paper figurine asked.

Yang Jian said, “We can’t manage it anymore, if we continue, we’ll get wiped out, we need to regroup, assess our strength, see if we can concentrate our forces to defeat the King Organization, the unresolved supernatural incidents can be dealt with later.”

“And after the previous handling, I believe that even if supernatural incidents occur, such losses are within a bearable range.”

“Alright, since you’ve decided, let’s do it this way.” Leuk San did not oppose, after all, any choice would come with corresponding costs.

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