Chapter 175: Unresolved Gray‑White, Li Cheng Enters the New Chamber

Regarding the conflict outside, Zhang Hao seemed unaware.

Perhaps he had already noticed, but he felt there was no need to pay attention.

Now his sole purpose is to continuously increase his own Suppression Quota, thereby raising his Terror Level.

As mentioned before, when Zhang Hao's Terror Level is low, even if he possesses a Ghostly Servant.

A Suppression Quota of a Ghostly Servant may exert less than half its suppressive power on a Seven Elder.

But the same logic can be reversed: when Zhang Hao's Terror Level is high enough, a Suppression Quota in his hands may no longer be just a simple Suppression Quota.

For a Ghostly Servant, one Suppression Quota suppresses one ghost.

But for those weaker Ghost Tamers, even if they command three or four ghosts, Zhang Hao can still use a single Suppression Quota to suppress all the Fierce Ghosts inside their bodies.

Terror Level can weaken any assault.

Conversely, Terror Level can also amplify the strength of any assault.

When the gap between the two sides is too great, even the simplest supernatural phenomenon will undergo a drastic change, becoming unmatched.

Zhang Hao kept devouring ghosts, while Lu Zhiwen and his group, facing the captain, the Newspaper Ghost, and Ghost Grave Soil, naturally had no room for resistance.

It's not just Lu Zhiwen, the support-type captain; even Yang Jian and his companions, if they haven't grown to Seven Elder level, have no ability to fight back.

Outside, the situation where the human captain King was being trampled emerged, and both the king and the captains were successively killed.

Half an hour later, outside, apart from those extremely terrifying Fierce Ghosts, no one else remained standing.

No, that's not right; there were still a few people.

After the captain and the Newspaper Ghost suppressed those who had turned into Fierce Ghosts but still retained a living consciousness—the king—they did not rush to kill them, seeming to have some other intention.

At this moment, the captain and the Newspaper Ghost seemed to unite, gathering massive swaths of Fierce Ghosts together.

Damn! What the hell are these ghost toys trying to do?

Lin Bei forced himself to keep his consciousness from being suppressed into slumber, staring intently at the captain ahead.

He couldn't understand why this ghost, after suppressing him, didn't continue to strike.

Ghostly Servant!

At this moment, this thought suddenly arose in his mind; Lin Bei, with a thoughtful look, gazed at Lu Zhiwen's corpse, whose eyes were now vacant and whose face bore no hint of color.

"By the way, Lu Zhiwen shouldn't be dead yet; he was an early captain and should have already become an Abnormal."

"After these Fierce Ghosts suppressed us Abnormals, they didn't continue to strike; could it be to keep us in a revived state so we can jointly resist the Ghostly Servant?"

Having grown to this point, Lin Bei was naturally not foolish; he grasped it instantly and quickly guessed the captain and the Newspaper Ghost's purpose.

Meanwhile, deep within the Square, some entity seemed to start moving because there was no new food.

A suppressed, heavy aura emanated from the depths of the Square, and a certain gray‑white hue descended at that moment.

A man dressed in Funeral Clothes walked out from the depths of the Square; this time, the man had no Face-Covering Cloth, allowing his features to be seen clearly.

"So, the source of the Red and White Double Evil is that guy, huh?"

Seeing the man's face, Lin Bei couldn't help but recall a past scene.

Although he had verified countless times through various channels, actually witnessing a person who should have died become a ghost—and an unsolvable Fierce Ghost—was still too terrifying.

However, the danger seemed to go beyond that.

As the man drew nearer, when the black‑and‑white hue enveloped this square filled with Fierce Ghosts, Lin Bei was astonished to discover.

Any Fierce Ghost, upon contacting that black‑and‑white light that strips all color, would have its body turn black and white.

Even an invincible Fierce Ghost, after exposure to this black‑and‑white light, would become entirely like a Wooden Puppet.

Parts of the body not belonging to the Fierce Ghost would at that moment rapidly turn into dust, leaving only a crippled fragment, motionless, in place.

Even that terrifying old man who earlier, with a single strike, summoned countless Grave Soil to bury many Ghost Tamers.

Facing this black‑and‑white light, the old man couldn't even endure a second, let alone half a second; most of his body turned into dust.

Even the remaining parts of the old man's body that didn't vanish dried under the black‑and‑white light, and soon after, completely turned into a red clay figure.

The clay figure bore no trace of Supernatural Aura; it looked just like an ordinary clay figure, making it hard to imagine that it had just buried twenty to thirty Ghost Tamers.

The matter wasn't over yet; next came the Newspaper Ghost and the captain.

At this point, the Newspaper Ghost and the captain united, attempting to collectively resist this black‑and‑white light.

Pitch‑black gloom rose from an unknown source; the gloom exuded an extremely terrifying aura, and even though it wasn't directed at him, Lin Bei felt his body constantly curling up because of this supernatural effect.

At some point, sheets of newspaper fell from the sky.

The newspapers landed on the Ground, on the faces of those Fierce Ghosts; in an instant, the immobilized Fierce Ghosts eerily stood up.

Countless Fierce Ghosts stood together, all controlled by a single Fierce Ghost, and the supernatural effects began to stack.

From the depths of the profound darkness, they tried to completely block this black‑and‑white light.

However, it was utterly useless.

The black‑and‑white light seemed like a terrifying entity that could pierce everything, be it the gloom, the newspapers, or the people whose faces were stained by the papers.

Anything that contacts the black‑and‑white light instantly loses mobility, then rapidly turns into dust, ultimately leaving only a ragged, colorless remnant that serves as proof that a Fierce Ghost cannot be killed.

"This supernatural!"

Zhou Deng, in the form of a Fierce Ghost, saw this scene and couldn't help his pupils contract.

This supernatural phenomenon is so similar to that old man from the ancient house back then?

Except it seems even more terrifying than that old man from the ancient house.

Because of this black‑and‑white light, Zhou Deng knows well that it is the White Demon Ghost Domain of the Red and White Double Evil.

Doesn't that mean that from now on, wherever the White Demon Ghost Domain spreads, whether Fierce Ghosts or humans, they will be suppressed into dust?

The black‑and‑white light quickly pierced the massive swaths of Fierce Ghosts and reached the captain and the Newspaper Ghost.

A large horde of terrifying Fierce Ghosts gathered beside the two ghosts, each displaying its own supernatural tactics; the chilling aura spread continuously, and any living person who appeared, even without being attacked, would be mercilessly killed by this chilling aura.

Yet all of this was fundamentally futile.

The gray light seemed unsolvable; whether it was a Spirit Phenomenon, a spirit attack, or even a real Fierce Ghost, to it everything was as if made of paper. In a brief moment, the bodies of the captain and the newspaper ghost spread countless fine powders, one turning into an old decayed ship's rudder, the other into a newspaper with mottled handwriting.

Without the captain and the newspaper ghost, the other Fierce Ghosts were naturally even more helpless.

In just an instant, the gray light enveloped the entire Square, and all Fierce Ghosts were uniformly suppressed at that moment.

Through continual devouring of ghosts, Zhang Hao successfully developed a new use for his Ghost Power techniques.

He fully merged the Suppression Quota of the Ghostly Servant into the Black and White Ghost Domain; having devoured over ninety percent of the world's Fierce Ghosts, he now has a Medium capable of doing this.

When the Suppression Quota of the Ghostly Servant fuses with the Black and White Ghost Domain, horror begins to appear.

The current Black and White Ghost Domain, once it covers anyone, represents Mindless Suppression from the past, memory, future, thoughts, present—every moment.

A human body cannot withstand this spirit; only the essential core of a Fierce Ghost, through its immortality, can block such a spirit attack.

Nevertheless, even so, entities like the captain and the newspaper ghost, under these circumstances, once suppressed by Zhang Hao—

Even if Zhang Hao does not devour them afterward and wishes them to revive, they would still need decades.

Moreover, this is while a Ghost Tamer treats them as Supernatural Artifacts, constantly using spirit stimulation on their inherent spirits.

If there is no spirit interference, this suppressed state might last a hundred years.

Even without anyone touching them, it could be several hundred years before they revive.

After all, don't forget that Zhang Hao's core Ghost Power is to make everything he kills be forgotten by the world, and that concept of the world includes both humans and Fierce Ghosts.

Even a Fierce Ghost, once suppressed by Zhang Hao to this degree, is no different from being dead.

Even the captain himself, after being fully suppressed into a ship's rudder, has his instinctive subconscious deep in his core fall into slumber, forgetting the very notion of the captain's existence.

The current captain, even if revived, at first would be no different from Yang Jian's Ghost Eye.

Of course, it might be used as a Supernatural Artifact; in that case, the initial Ghost Power would be considerably stronger than a simple revival.

Nevertheless, all this holds little meaning for Zhang Hao.

Having eliminated all Fierce Ghosts, Zhang Hao used the Ghost Domain to transfer the remnants left by those ghosts to himself, devouring them one by one.

After devouring all the Fierce Ghosts, Zhang Hao finally looked toward the Ghostly Mansion.

The first goal of this wedding has been achieved: summoning all the world's Fierce Ghosts and consuming them as his own nourishment.

He has now devoured 99% of the world's Fierce Ghosts.

Now, only the second goal remains.

When the concept of marriage is fully completed, will Zhang Hao and the Ghost Bride's Ghost Power merge completely? Their relationship is special, a symbiotic pair of ghosts, so Zhang Hao cannot attack the Ghost Bride, nor would he devour her Ghost Power.

But Zhang Hao's current aim is to gather all the world's Ghost Power into himself; to achieve this, the Ghost Power on the Ghost Bride is evidently indispensable.

"Madam, enter the Wedding Room."

Zhang Hao looked toward the Ghost Bride and whispered to her.

"Hao~ husband!"

Hearing Zhang Hao's words, the Ghost Bride replied, but perhaps having reached the moment of entering the bridal chamber, her logic caused her to change the address.

"Husband?"

Perhaps uncertain whether this degree matched her intended meaning, the Ghost Bride called again, tilting her head and looking at Zhang Hao.

As she tilted her head, the Red Cap slipped down, revealing a perfectly delicate chin.

"That's right, the husband is me, and Hao is also me."

Zhang Hao smiled lightly; perhaps from having eaten so many Fierce Ghosts, his current state is now indistinguishable from that of ordinary people.

However, in worldview and cognition, there remains a fundamental difference from normal people.

Having received Zhang Hao's affirmation, the Ghost Bride then approached, proactively taking Zhang Hao's hand and walking toward the red Wedding Room.

The Wedding Room had already been set up; once inside, there was naturally nothing that required wasting time.

Looking at the Ghost Bride seated at the foot of the bed, Zhang Hao, with a smile, lifted the Ghost Bride's Red Cap.

A face so exquisitely perfect it seemed not human was revealed.

Perhaps even the Ghost Tamer from the Republic Era never truly married, even though the other party commanded the Ghost Bride; he should be well‑versed in wedding matters.

At this moment, after her Red Cap was lifted, the Ghost Bride's icy face still showed a hint of bewilderment in her eyes.

"Husband? Hao?"

Unsure of what to do next, the Ghost Bride, after Zhang Hao lifted her cap, could only look at him, instinctively murmuring his name.

In her understanding, her Puzzle includes the concept of a wedding.

But the wedding concept seems to end abruptly after the banquet and entering the bridal chamber, with no further notion.

However, before this confusion lasted long, a certain Puzzle within the Ghost Bride successfully completed the concept of the bridal chamber for her.

The Ghost Bride vaguely recalled that during a time when her memories were hazy and lacked concrete concepts, she and her husband seemed to have gone to a Village.

In that Village, she acquired some notions of the bridal chamber, and she and her husband initially established their relationship there.

However, she cannot recall exactly what transpired in that Village.

She only remembers that after that day, her husband was by her side.

Seemingly affected, the Ghost Bride proactively wrapped herself around Zhang Hao.

At the same time, some unexpected images surfaced in the Ghost Bride's mind.

These were delusions from He Yuelian's first time piloting a ghost painting; the Ghost Bride is mimicking these scenes, driven by the strong instinct from Ghost Seeking Kin, constantly moving toward Zhang Hao.

Faced with the Ghost Bride's initiative, Zhang Hao was somewhat surprised; in his understanding, the Ghost Bride shouldn't have known these contents.

Even he himself only knew a few details from having observed the film in his memories.

But since the Ghost Bride was so proactive, Zhang Hao naturally would not refuse.

He wrapped his arms around the Ghost Bride's delicate waist, hugging her and actively launching an attack.

Embracing the Ghost Bride's slender waist, feeling her icy temperature—what a wonderful thing? (End of chapter)