Chapter 133: Wireless Derivation, the Erased Street

Facing the attack of the Seven Elders, Zhang Hao's stacked Ghost Power was already faintly about to turn around and suppress Luo Qian.

However at this moment, Meng Xiaodong's sudden Ghost's Invasion interrupted Zhang Hao's attack on Luo Qian.

"You only escaped for a few minutes with those two brides, and you didn't get far enough."

This Meng Xiaodong stepped into Reality World, her previously gentle expression suddenly turning fierce and vicious, like a revived Fierce Ghost.

The only way to deal with this Meng Xiaodong and escape her pursuit is to go to a point in time where she does not exist.

However, Zhang Hao, counting everything, has only been in this world for two days, so in his past there could not possibly be a time without Meng Xiaodong.

"Indeed, it's a power targeting Time Restart; do you old guys all have similar abilities?"

Yet Zhang Hao was not worried; he simply asked calmly.

"Luo Qian has the ability of Burial of the Present; once buried, even time cannot Restart."

"You have the ability of Ghost's Invasion of the past; even if the enemy Restarts back to the past, you can follow from the future."

"Qin Lao has the ability to converse with the future; using Time Restart on him, his present can act again."

"You old monsters, when united you can even block past and future, no wonder you can quell an era's Ghost Power."

"What about the others? What abilities do they have to counter Time Restart?"

Zhang Hao was curious; even with the Human Skin paper, he could not Precognize the exact details of these top figures, only their general methods.

"You do know us well, but unfortunately your reason has already been controlled by Fierce Ghost instinct; otherwise you could truly bring a different change to the world."

Meng Xiaodong gave Zhang Hao a glance and did not answer his question.

Facing such a Ghost, answering the other's question is a very foolish thing.

This intelligent Fierce Ghost, once it learns any useful information, can plot a multitude of traps against them.

Seeing that Meng Xiaodong did not take the bait, Zhang Hao fell silent and directly prepared to act.

He originally intended to use the Seven Elders of this world to learn the Ghost Power effect of the Seven Elders in Reality World.

But Meng Xiaodong's vigilance had already exceeded Zhang Hao's imagination.

Seeing Zhang Hao move, Meng Xiaodong's expression turned cold.

In the Ghostly City streets, the houses released old women one by one.

The street no longer had living people walking; instead, it was filled with old women carrying baskets, dead‑air, and their numbers kept increasing over time.

The number quickly rose to several hundred.

"You can keep replicating yourself, but I am not unable to do so either."

Meng Xiaodong said in a deep voice, and the hundreds of old women launched an attack on Zhang Hao.

These elders are far more terrifying than the clones Zhang Hao generated.

Zhang Hao's clones possess only sixty percent of his Ghost Power; although they can stack infinitely, they still have an upper limit.

Meng Xiaodong's clones are different; they are versions of herself from past and future, each equivalent to the original.

Even with infinite stacking, Zhang Hao's stacking speed is faster than Meng Xiaodong's, but the mass of his clones is evidently far weaker than hers.

Relying on a higher Terror Level, after these Meng Xiaodong clones multiplied to a certain number, they actually set their sights directly on Zhang Hao's clones.

The newly appeared Meng Xiaodong clone used the invading of the present Zhang Hao clone as a medium, and began to enter Reality World.

"Invasion of me? Can you do it?"

This time Zhang Hao did not use infinite stacking Ghost Power to attack; facing Meng Xiaodong, his stacking speed was slower than hers.

So Zhang Hao decided to go for a ruthless move.

"You can try it." Meng Xiaodong simply stared calmly at Zhang Hao, appearing especially confident.

However, she has the basis for confidence; having lived from the Republic Era to now, she is nearly a hundred years old.

In these nearly a hundred years, down to each minute, second, and even finer time divisions, she can spawn countless individuals whose Terror Level is not lower than her own.

Zhang Hao had no words; all of Zhang Hao's selves at this moment gave up resisting Meng Xiaodong's invasion and all looked at one Meng Xiaodong that had stepped out from the past.

Facing the Gaze invasion from all Zhang Hao entities, this Meng Xiaodong did not lose her composure even for a moment.

"This is just a clone; is it useful?"

Meng Xiaodong showed no concern at all when a version of herself at a certain time was suppressed, and continued to quietly command each temporal version of herself to launch attacks.

In this past domain, Meng Xiaodong doesn't even need to worry that using too many Fierce Ghosts will affect her lifespan.

Because each of her is the original; the future versions are nearing the end of their lifespan, but the past versions are still young.

Of course, it's not entirely without effect.

The more Ghost Power she uses, the less future time she has.

Zhang Hao ignored Meng Xiaodong's words; after concentrating all his clones' Ghost Power to suppress one old woman, Zhang Hao directly went to that suppressed old woman's side.

He reached out, grabbed the old woman's corpse, and, under Meng Xiaodong's slightly shocked gaze, Zhang Hao swallowed the old woman whole in one bite.

After devouring the old woman, Zhang Hao finally looked at Meng Xiaodong.

"The battle only now officially begins."

Zhang Hao stared at Meng Xiaodong; suddenly, one after another, Zhang Haos emerged from the surrounding buildings.

Meng Xiaodong could clearly sense that the aura of these newly emerged youths was not weaker than that of the Source Ghost.

"This thing can actually grow by eating Ghosts."

Meng Xiaodong knew Zhang Hao possessed the ability of Ghostly Servant, but that kind of control has flaws; a clone cannot be controlled by a Ghostly Servant.

Because it is not a true Source Ghost, once a Ghostly Servant captures and suppresses it, that Ghost Power disappears, let alone being controlled.

However, Meng Xiaodong did not expect that Zhang Hao also had such a bizarre thing as a Hungry‑to‑die Ghost.

For a Ghostly Servant to grow, it must control a genuine Fierce Ghost to claim a slot for growth.

But the Hungry‑to‑die Ghost is not so picky.

For the Hungry‑to‑die Ghost, as long as you are Ghost Power, it can devour you and control your Ghost Power.

Whether you are a clone? Or perhaps a Supernatural Artifact.

Zhang Hao, using the starving ghost's ability, ate a Meng Xiaodong from the past; he has already mastered this ability to invade the present from past and future.

Although Zhang Hao swallowed this Meng Xiaodong in only a few seconds, Zhang Hao's future is infinitely long.

He is a Ghost, so there is no issue of Fierce Ghost revival or lifespan exhaustion.

"Indeed, it's a very strange thing."

Meng Xiaodong stared at Zhang Hao; in the next moment, a corner of the black cloth on the basket in her hand suddenly lifted.

Then a small head poked out, looked left and right, and finally leapt forcefully out of the basket, landing heavily on the ground.

It turned out to be a moving cloth doll.

The cloth doll, after hitting the ground, immediately flipped over, stood up, brushed dust off itself, and ran and jumped around Meng Xiaodong.

And not just one cloth doll; in the basket in Meng Xiaodong's hand, cloth dolls jumped out one after another.

In just a moment, a group of cloth dolls surrounded Meng Xiaodong, circling.

These are Substitute Dolls, but to Meng Xiaodong, these Substitute Dolls are as cheap as nothing.

The dolls emerged one after another, making Zhang Hao seem to see countless Meng Xiaodongs.

And the original Meng Xiaodong vanished as these Substitute Dolls appeared.

"This old thing is using the Supernatural Artifact's property to attract my attention."

Zhang Hao immediately understood.

The biggest difference between Ghosts and humans is that humans are not affected by the Killing Rule, but can be invaded by Fierce Ghost revival or Fierce Ghost instinct.

The reason Fierce Ghosts are not eroded by their own instinct is that Ghosts have long incorporated the Fierce Ghost instinct into their own behavioral logic.

Upon seeing so many Substitute Dolls, Zhang Hao was drawn to the rule of the Substitute Dolls.

Although he knows these are not the real Meng Xiaodong, Zhang Hao also knows that if he cannot deal with these Substitute Dolls, he likely will have no chance to strike Meng Xiaodong.

"Wuwuwu!"

The crying, which had been interrupted by Meng Xiaodong's invasion, sounded again at this moment.

The eerie crying echoed through this eerie city, indiscriminately assaulting everything in it. The Meng Xiaodongs formed from the Substitute Dolls, as Zhang Hao attacked them, began to become illusory and were dissipating.

However, Zhang Hao noticed that at this moment, some more dolls appeared around.

These dolls are similar to the Substitute Dolls, but are even more bizarre than them.

These dolls are not Substitute Dolls; they are some kind of Fierce Ghosts, and as soon as they appeared, they fixed their gaze on Zhang Hao.

Creak, creak.

Accompanied by the dense sound of joints twisting, these Doll Ghosts, as if Fierce Ghosts had revived, all walked toward Zhang Hao.

One, three, six. With a slight flick, there are at least twenty‑something Doll Ghosts, and the number keeps growing.

Not only the Substitute Dolls and Meng Xiaodong, even these dolls resembling Fierce Ghosts possess the Infinite Derivation ability.

Meng Xiaodong truly lives up to being the ultimate figure on the path of Infinite Derivation; whatever objects she holds can continuously spawn.

The Doll Ghosts attack, but in Zhang Hao's gaze, they no longer look like dolls; they are a completely different terrifying Fierce Ghost.

These Fierce Ghosts invade Zhang Hao's Ghost Domain; even though the Black and White Ghost Domain is already terrifying, they still cannot invade their bodies.

When these dolls gather, in no time, an area turned black and white by the Ghost Domain's influence returns to its normal color.

Obviously, these Fierce Ghosts formed from Doll Ghosts are linked together by some Supernatural Artifact.

Each Doll Ghost alone may not seem especially terrifying, but when gathered they cause a qualitative change that prevents Zhang Hao's Ghost Domain from affecting them.

This situation reminded Zhang Hao of the few ghosts that were beside Chen Qiaoyang at that time.

They can also isolate the Ghost Domain's influence by holding hands.

"If they can block the wide‑range indiscriminate attacks of Crying and the Ghost Domain, what about this targeted attack?"

Zhang Hao controlled all his clones to kneel; the Kneeling Death Supernatural Artifact was activated.

The rider's Ghost Mourning Clothes do not have a high Terror Level, but as a Fierce Ghost that has followed Zhang Hao from the start, this garment has long merged with Zhang Hao.

The Kneeling Death attack, as Zhang Hao grows, its intensity has already transformed.

Facing Zhang Hao's kneeling, these dolls cannot endure it at all.

They previously could resist the Black and White Ghost Domain and the Crying attack.

Facing a dead person's kneeling, these Puppet Dolls seem unable to bear it; at the instant Zhang Hao fully kneels, they lose all motion.

"This thing is really troublesome." Meng Xiaodong frowned upon seeing the dissipating dolls.

"What a pity, attacks are ultimately not my strong suit."

Meng Xiaodong's strong point lies mainly in various support abilities; powerful attacks are merely a transformation born from her high Terror Level.

It's like a max‑level support; even a casual damage skill can easily kill a lower‑level other character.

In fact, she hasn't developed many attack methods.

Previously, Zhang Hao's clones had only 60% of the main body's Supernatural Artifact power, but after Zhang Hao swallowed the first Meng Xiaodong, the clones' Supernatural Artifact intensity changed.

Now, when facing an opponent of the same level, Meng Xiaodong finds it hard to deliver effective attacks.

However at this moment, in a place Zhang Hao cannot see, a cold, eerie aura surged toward him.

"This is Luo Qian's attack; that old fellow has already recovered from the recent fatigue."

Luo Qian's physical condition worsened due to Zhang Hao's overlapping gaze and kneeling, plus the Crying attack.

Did not expect that Meng Xiaodong only bought the opponent a little time, yet he recovered.

It seems he used some Supernatural Artifact to accelerate his body's recovery.

After all, Luo Qian can now bury Fierce Ghosts; he himself is also unaffected by the Time Restart Supernatural Artifact.

Zhang Hao instantly dodged; although bound by the Substitute Doll rule and unaware of the positions of the surrounding Seven Elders,

but with Human Skin paper, he still knows the incoming attack.

But Luo Qian's attack wasn't that easy to dodge, was it? When Meng Xiaodong hadn't acted before, Luo Qian could always successfully strike Zhang Hao; now with Meng Xiaodong restraining him, Luo Qian's attack is even less likely to miss.

The pouring Grave Soil immediately enveloped Zhang Hao, trying to bury him completely in the Grave Soil.

However, faced with this situation, Zhang Hao did not panic.

He directly chose to Restart.

With Zhang Hao's Restart, the streets of this Ghostly City began to be covered with a layer of cold, damp water stains.

This time Zhang Hao did not use a Time Restart; instead, he directly replaced a clone.

However, the moment he released the clone, Zhang Hao actively released Ghost Lake.

He intends to use Ghost Lake together with Shen Lin's memory Ghost to invade and learn the abilities of the other Seven Elders.

Now he no longer lacks Terror Level.

Moreover, having devoured a Meng Xiaodong—though it was a past Meng Xiaodong—his Terror Level also increased.

What he now lacks mainly is this special method that can target Time and Restart.

Lake Water just began to spread and came into contact with that scarlet‑scented mud.

At first, the cold, damp Lake Water, when it touched the Grave Soil, was immediately suppressed and buried beneath the Grave Soil.

But as Lake Water continuously contacted the Grave Soil, Luo Qian was surprised to find that the water began to develop the ability to resist the Grave Soil.

Although still at a disadvantage, the shift from being unable to confront it at the start to being able to persist marks a huge change.

"Indeed, Xiao Qin was right; this is a very promising, extremely bizarre Fierce Ghost."

Luo Qian stared at Zhang Hao in the distance; at this moment, the Substitute Doll released by Meng Xiaodong continued to proliferate, obscuring Zhang Hao's Gaze.

Yet even so, Luo Qian and Meng Xiaodong together still could not capture this Ghost.

The situation where the two Seven Elders acted simultaneously yet could not take down a Ghost was simply unimaginable to Luo Qian.

Even the most bizarre Fierce Ghost of the Republic Era, when faced with the joint attack of the two Seven Elders, should have been at a disadvantage even if it were not suppressed.

But this Ghost, when facing them, was not at a disadvantage at all; it could only rely on the special nature of the Substitute Doll to counter.

The spread of Lake Water instantly rendered many ground‑based Substitute Dolls ineffective.

Not to mention the Ghost Domain that constantly erodes the surrounding environment, plus the countless Zhang Hao clones.

Soon, Zhang Hao once again sensed the presence of Meng Xiaodong and Luo Qian.

However, when faced with Luo Qian's attack, Zhang Hao did not strike back, but let the opponent act freely.

Facing the combined effort of Luo Qian and Meng Xiaodong, Zhang Hao knew clearly that dealing with Meng Xiaodong first was the right move.

With Meng Xiaodong present, Zhang Hao's attacks on Luo Qian could be interrupted at any moment.

The youths standing in the city, the moment they broke free from the Substitute Doll's influence, each showed a fierce glare.

They immediately surged toward Meng Xiaodong in the city like sharks that have smelled blood.

"This thing."

Luo Qian, seeing the scene, gritted his teeth and launched a new round of attack.

However, Luo Qian alone was still far too weak; under these circumstances, his Burial speed of Zhang Hao was far slower than the speed at which Zhang Hao's clones devoured Meng Xiaodong.

As Zhang Hao devoured more Meng Xiaodong, the number of Zhang Haos from the past or future also kept increasing.

Not only those past‑and‑future Zhang Haos, but also the Zhang Hao clones existing in various worlds continuously heightened their paranormal strength as they devoured Meng Xiaodong.

"Alas!"

Suddenly, at that moment, a sigh echoed from the surroundings.

Then a strange and terrifying scene unfolded.

The densely packed streets were filled with countless bizarre youths.

At this point, the number of youths had even exceeded what the city's streets could bear; some stood inside houses, others on eaves.

Yet as the sigh sounded, an incomprehensible bizarre paranormal phenomenon appeared.

The eerie county town now resembled a city in a painting being erased with an eraser; the entire street suddenly turned blank.

Whether the spreading Lake Water on the street, the mud, the black‑and‑white buildings, or the standing youths, all vanished along with that sigh.

It was terrifyingly bizarre and inexplicable, as if an invisible giant hand had wiped everything away.

(End of Chapter)