Chapter 164: Zhang Dong's Broken Defense

Even if Zhang Hao employed his own Suppression Quota to restrict a particular Medium of Zhang Dong used to trigger Erase.

But Zhang Dong's subsequent attack still left everyone astonished.

"This is Zhang Dong's unsolvable point; whether human or Ghost, when facing him they can only be the portion that is erased and suppressed."

"Even if that Ghost is terrifying, when facing Zhang Dong one must still carefully avoid Erase."

Zhang Baihua watched the scene and couldn't help murmuring his thoughts.

The other captains, seeing the scene where everything was erased, were equally astonished.

"No matter how many times, seeing this scene still makes people feel surprise and fear."

Yang Jian's eyes held terror, yet also a hint of yearning.

With such power, handling a Supernatural Incident would likely be a very easy matter.

"Shall we just watch like this?"

In the crowd, a dashing man dressed a bit flamboyantly asked in confusion.

"Although this Zhang Dong is indeed strong, he is already dead now."

"A mindless Fierce Ghost facing a wise Fierce Ghost, as long as both can contend, will sooner or later determine a winner."

"Of course, it's not just about watching, but now is not the time for us to act," Zhang Baihua said gravely.

"This Ghost itself is also a terrifying being; we must wait until it and Zhang Dong clash at the crucial moment, then deliver a fatal blow."

Elsewhere.

After Zhang Hao successfully evaded Zhang Dong's Erase, he did not choose to confront Zhang Dong head‑on.

At present he has only suppressed a few of Zhang Dong's Mediums, still insufficient to put himself in a position to face Erase.

After all, besides the Ghost Domain and Infinite Invasion Supernaturals, all other Fierce Ghosts in Zhang Hao's body have been used by him to stack Suppression Quotas.

Fortunately,

this kind of sustained battle is quite a good thing for Zhang Hao.

Although he cannot Precognize the information inside the Ghostly Mansion, Zhang Hao had already made a plan before entering it.

The copies he left outside have not merged with his main body; at this moment, they are still Ghost's Devouring and commanding Fierce Ghosts.

Moreover, those Ghost infants are also Zhang Hao's reserve rations.

In this situation, Zhang Hao's own Suppression Quota keeps rising.

Possessing the ability to stack Infinite Invasion, Zhang Hao has already multiplied his Quota by several hundred times; thus, each Ghost he consumes yields a massive boost to his Suppression Quota.

Without the Erasing Supernatural that waves a hand, for a moment Zhang Dong had no way to deal with Zhang Hao.

His Erase now requires a punching motion, or he must get within a certain distance of Zhang Hao to trigger.

Zhang Hao clearly gave Zhang Dong no such chance; each time Zhang Dong drew near, Zhang Hao immediately employed Ghost Domain teleportation.

Even when unable to use Ghost Domain teleportation, he would simply Restart his own position.

In this state, as Zhang Hao's Suppression Quota kept stacking, Zhang Dong's attack speed began to slow.

Before Zhang Hao successfully suppressed the first Ghost inside Zhang Dong, Zhang Dong's encounter with Zhang Hao's Mindless Suppression from a Ghostly Servant was almost ignored.

However, when the Fierce Ghost inside Zhang Dong was first suppressed, he could no longer ignore that suppression.

After breaking through his defense, the Ghostly Servant's Mindless Suppression began to become frightening for Zhang Dong.

Each time Zhang Hao raises his Suppression Quota, he follows the suppressed Ghost inside Zhang Dong, using that Ghost as a Medium to begin suppressing Zhang Dong's other Fierce Ghosts.

Suppressing the first Ghost of Zhang Dong cost Zhang Hao twenty thousand Suppression Quotas.

However, the second successful suppression of the other Fierce Ghosts in Zhang Dong's body required only five thousand Quotas from Zhang Hao.

After his defense was broken, Zhang Dong's protection was no longer perfect; he had emerged from the previous state where no Supernatural could infiltrate his body.

Even so, under these circumstances Zhang Hao also began actively employing some Supernatural tactics to attack Zhang Dong.

Ubiquitous Crying rose, and these cries, following Gaze and memory, began Ghost's Invasion of Zhang Dong's body, attempting to replace him.

At this moment, the clothes on Zhang Dong began shifting to black and white, and the Courtyard of the Ghostly Mansion turned completely black and white.

However, it was still evidently premature; although the Ghosts in Zhang Dong's body showed flaws, that does not mean he can now be replaced by Zhang Hao's Supernaturals.

The black‑and‑white Ghost Domain just invaded Zhang Dong's body, but was blocked by some invisible force, after which Zhang Dong's body regained its colors.

Zhang Hao's Ghost Domain was Erased, yet it was evident that Zhang Dong now seemed to have reached his limit.

After all, previously even three Coffin Nails could not get close to Zhang Dong.

"Bad, we can't keep dragging this on."

Zhang Baihua, seeing Zhang Dong's body change for the first time, showed a tense expression.

While Zhang Hao was evading Zhang Dong's Erasing Supernatural, he suddenly stood up and acted.

With Zhang Baihua's hollow, eyeball‑less gaze fixed on Zhang Hao's direction.

In that instant, Zhang Hao felt his body seemed constrained by some Supernatural.

"Strike from a distance, don't enter the mansion, or you'll become a target of Zhang Dong's attack," Zhang Baihua warned the others as he acted.

"Got it!"

Yang Jian stood up, and after he commandeered the male corpse from Caesar Grand Hotel, his body grew tall as he rose.

A ball of golden fire, centered on Yang Jian, surged toward the stationary Zhang Hao within the Ghostly Mansion.

With Zhang Baihua's help, Yang Jian successfully commandeered that tall male corpse and the eerie furnace fire deep within Caesar Grand Hotel.

Having commandeered these two Ghosts, and now able to open the Ghost Eye to the ninth layer of Ghost Domain, Yang Jian's combat power undoubtedly reached Seven Elders level.

However, this boost was bought with his life; after commandeering the two Ghosts, Yang Jian will die of Fierce Ghost revival within days.

"Finally couldn't wait to act, huh?"

Zhang Hao felt his body constrained, yet did not panic; his expression remained cold.

In the future he Precognized, although there was no scene inside the Ghostly Mansion, he had already foreseen the arrival of Yang Jian and the others.

Sure enough, before Zhang Hao even began to counterattack, new changes had already appeared outside the old mansion.

The moment Zhang Baihua stared at Zhang Hao, the Ghost Bride outside the old mansion and He Yuelian also made their move.

The Ghost Bride looked toward Yang Jian and the others, and the grayish Ghost Domain was released by her.

With the Ghost Bride's actions, portraits would occasionally fall from the sky.

The portraits mostly depicted elderly people, looking familiar to Yang Jian and the others yet unnamed. "Those are Luo Wensong and Li Qingzhi; as for the other four, I've forgotten their names, probably affected by that ghost's supernatural influence."

In an instant, the Ghost Bride summoned six terrifying Fierce Ghosts painted as other people—two women and four men.

Although they could only recognize Li Qingzhi and Luo Wensong, the terrifying aura from the other ghosts indicated that they were also Seven Elders‑level Ghost Tamers.

In fact, the ghosts the Ghost Bride summoned were Meng Xiaodong, Zhang Youhong, Luo Qian, and the former owner of the Ghost Newspaper Agency, Wu Laogui.

Because of Zhang Hao, these people and all their connections to the Reality World's mediums vanished, preventing others from summoning or replicating their supernatural phenomena.

But for the Ghost Bride, such a restriction clearly does not exist.

Zhang Hao and the Ghost Bride can borrow parts of each other's supernatural abilities.

Under these circumstances, the Ghost Bride reproducing those people who exist in Zhang Hao's Wraith Ghost Domain is no difficulty.

"Quick, cut her off!"

Although Hong Jie's appearance caused Zhang Baihua to freeze for a moment, he quickly recovered and had Yang Jian and the others stop the Ghost Bride from further copying Fierce Ghosts.

However, at this moment, the duplicated portrait ghosts began to move.

Even though they were forgotten, the instinctively dreaded sound still rang in Yang Jian's ears.

It was a series of muffled knocking sounds; though he could not recall what had happened with them, the moment Yang Jian heard them, a chill ran up his spine.

And that was not all.

When the Ghost Bride summoned a Zhang Youhong, the Zhang Youhong in this Old Forest also began to act.

Five wooden puppets appeared beside Zhang Youhong, each tidying the remains of the others.

Soon, five wooden puppets resembling those portrait ghosts appeared.

And as Zhang Youhong waved again, the puppets quickly multiplied into ten, then twenty, then forty, while the Ghost Bride, after reproducing the Seven Elders' portrait ghosts, did not cease creating more portrait ghosts.

With the Ghost Bride's finger gestures, brand‑new portraits materialized out of thin air, and from each portrait an elderly figure stepped forward.

However, the most noteworthy were Zhang Youhong's portrait ghosts.

When the second Zhang Youhong's portrait ghost emerged, she again began to overlay the Seven Elders' wooden puppet supernatural phenomena.

The Ghost Bride creates portrait ghosts of the Seven Elders and Zhang Youhong, while Zhang Youhong herself creates wooden puppets of the Seven Elders.

With the two overlapping, in just a short moment, nearly a hundred silhouettes appeared near this Old Forest.

These silhouettes, having just gained mobility, immediately attacked toward Yang Jian and the others.

A deluge of grave soil rose from the Old Forest, and the terrifying knocking echoed throughout the woods.

Golden‑hued Ghost Fire was released by Li Qingzhi's doll or wooden puppet, attacking the captains who tried to approach the Ghost Bride.

"Whoa, this ghost is really terrifying, feels like a raid on a boss in a game."

"If we defeat the Red and White Double Evil, will we get any gear drops?"

The flamboyantly dressed young man brandished a sword, yet each time he launched an attack he struck with his fists, looking utterly bizarre.

"Ye Zhen, stay alert; don't treat these two ghosts like a game."

Yang Jian looked at Ye Zhen with helplessness; this guy's actions were truly unsettling.

If it weren't that they could find no one else, he wouldn't have wanted Ye Zhen to help.

"Don't worry, with me Ye somewhere, and this senior's help, dealing with these ghosts is just a matter of time."

Ye Zhen laughed heartily as a wooden puppet's palm struck him hard, but the next moment it was another puppet that fell, not Ye Zhen.

The Death Substitute Ghost that Ye Zhen commands can transfer the damage it receives; at first, Ye's substitute could only shift his injuries onto ordinary people.

But as the substitute ghost within Ye Zhen revived further, he began to transfer damage onto various objects.

At this stage, Ye Zhen could even redirect damage from other Fierce Ghosts onto another ghost.

Under these circumstances, with Zhang Baihua's guidance, Ye Zhen's own strength rose a tier in a short time, and he did not face the threat of Fierce Ghost revival like Yang Jian.

Even Zhang Baihua thought that Ye Zhen might be the hope of this generation.

The existence of the Death Substitute Ghost frees Ye Zhen from the limits of Fierce Ghost revival; aside from lifespan issues, he has virtually no drawbacks.

"Just a pity, if we could obtain that ghost, it would be even more perfect."

Zhang Baihua glanced at another person in the crowd.

It was Han Mo; at this moment, Han Mo's development of the Disaster Blocking Ghost had reached an extremely terrifying level.

Each afterimage left beneath his feet could share damage, transferring it to other Fierce Ghosts.

If they could obtain this ghost, Ye Zhen's substitute supernatural would undergo an unprecedented transformation.

"Bang!"

While pondering, a thud of someone falling sounded nearby.

While everyone focused on dealing with the Ghost Bride, at some point a red silhouette had already crept near the group.

Seizing the moment while everyone's attention was on how to interrupt the mindless overlapping phenomena of the Ghost Bride and Zhang Youhong, He Yuelian acted.

With He Yuelian's blood‑soaked hands reaching out to seize He Yiner, terrifying supernatural forces began to invade He Yiner's body.

As Ghost Blood sealed and invaded, He Yiner emitted a chilling aura.

Ghost Blood cut off He Yiner's connection to his body.

He Yiner's way of becoming Abnormal differs from the other captains.

The other captains cheat by making Fierce Ghosts with living‑person memories mistake them for someone else, thus falsely achieving Abnormal status.

He Yiner, however, continuously lights Soul Summoning Incense to extend the Wraith's presence in Reality, compressing that time to its utmost limit.

In this situation, He Yiner need not face Fierce Ghost revival nor the innate erosion of Fierce Ghosts.

However, similarly, when other captains are suppressed by the Ghost's Invasion, they possess the Fierce Ghost's immortality, making them hard to kill.

And He Yiner, revived through Soul Summoning Incense, does not have that immortality.

As the Ghost Blood invasion from He Yuelian's hand proceeds, He Yiner's body and consciousness begin to be separated.

After the Ghost Blood continuously seeps in and completely isolates He Yiner's body.

Even though the Wraith summoned by Soul Summoning Incense is no different from a living person, at this point He Yiner can no longer control her own body.

Moreover, as the Ghost Blood's invasion and suppression continue, her consciousness slowly dissipates, and the supernatural effect of Soul Summoning Incense fades away.

(End of Chapter)