Chapter 59: The Spirit Hall in Darkness

In Dajing City, on a vacant lot in the suburbs.

A massive darkness shrouded the sky, and on close inspection its shape resembled a coffin.

If anyone could look down from the darkness above, they would still see, at the top‑center of this darkness, a white figure kneeling there.

The eerie figure wore Funeral Clothes and a Face-Covering Cloth, but on close inspection its shape was indistinct, the details unclear, only a vague sense of its attire could be seen.

The figure had a White Cloth hanging from its waist, kneeling on the coffin formed by the darkness.

As the White Cloth at its waist swayed, sheets of Paper Money fell into the pitch‑black massive coffin.

wail!

Inside the massive dark coffin, the mournful wailing grew increasingly eerie, echoing repeatedly, the cries overlapping upon each other.

Damn! The Ghost Candle's lasting time is getting shorter.

Jiang Shangbai's expression turned terrified as he stared at the Ghost Candle in his hand.

This is troublesome; although we can deafen ourselves to avoid the Crying's assault, the safe zone created by the Ghost Domain's flame cannot prevent the Crying's erosion.

Zhong Shan took out the Golden Walkie‑Talkie and typed the words he wanted to say on it.

At first, the Ghost Candle could burn for five minutes, but as Paper Money fell, its burning time was reduced by two minutes.

Now, as Crying continuously echoes within the Ghost Domain, the maximum burn time of the Ghost Candle keeps decreasing.

Clearly, less than four minutes had passed since the Ghost Candle was first lit, and Jiang Shangbai had already ignited the fourth Ghost Candle.

The first Ghost Candle lasted two minutes, the second lasted one and a half minutes, and the third lasted thirty seconds.

It is hard to imagine how long the fourth Ghost Candle can endure before this terrifying Crying.

Huhuhuh!

The fourth Ghost Candle, just lit, burned fiercely.

Quick, the next one!

In the urgency, Wang Miao didn't even have time to consider how long this Ghost Candle could last and immediately lit the fifth Ghost Candle.

No, this way won't work.

We only have two Ghost Candles left here; even if you have Ghost Candles in hand, one can last only a few dozen seconds, and when the Crying becomes even more terrifying, a Ghost Candle can't even last a second.

Jiang Shangbai took the fifth Ghost Candle handed over by Wang Miao, cutting off their intention to keep lighting Ghost Candles.

If we want to survive safely now, we must get close to the Red and White Double Evil to suppress them.

Even if they begin to Restart, it's better than us continuing to rely on Ghost Candles.

Jiang Shangbai's words received everyone's agreement; no one is a fool, they all know that continuing like this is just a slow death.

Originally, the Ghost Candle could last two to three minutes, and they could still hope for support from Headquarters.

But now, even if Headquarters sends someone, they can no longer wait.

Jiang Shangbai released his Ghost Domain; although his Ghost Domain cannot break through this darkness to leave, there is no problem as long as he operates within the Ghost Domain.

However, under the suppression of this darkness, Jiang Shangbai could feel his Ghost Domain being heavily suppressed.

When he expands the Ghost Domain here, it can only envelop a radius of ten meters around him.

The group, following their memory, quickly arrived at the spot where the Ghost Coffin had been.

But when they arrived here, each of them was stunned.

Because at some unknown time a spirit hall had appeared here, a bride in red was kneeling before the spirit hall. Behind the bride, five figures in Funeral Clothes, with eerie shapes, knelt behind, continuously emitting strange wailing cries.

Suddenly, a figure in Funeral Clothes, after they approached, twisted its head at an extremely eerie angle to look at them.

Clack!

The sound of bone breaking echoed.

A Ghost Tamer, after being glanced at by that twisted head,

the Ghost Tamer's neck bizarrely twisted backward, literally snapping his own neck.

The others, seeing this scene, were instantly shocked.

How is this possible?

Those two Ghost Tamers, though not the top tier, each commanded two ghosts; under normal circumstances, even cutting off their heads might not necessarily kill them.

Moreover, just now, the two seemed to sense something wrong; when they turned to flee, they were affected by some supernatural force and directly 'committed suicide' and died.

Yet even so, the Fierce Ghosts inside their bodies couldn't even protect them from death? 'Bad, this is turn‑back Certain Death!'

Zhong Shan shouted in terror, not expecting that just after entering the spirit hall, someone had triggered the turn‑back Certain Death phenomenon.

However, before his words finished, a strange Straw Rope fell from the sky, suspending Zhong Shan's neck.

Fortunately, Zhong Shan was quick‑witted and immediately used his own supernatural ability to ignite the Straw Rope.

As the upper half of the Straw Rope hanging in the air was lit, the rope lost its supernatural property, fell to the ground, and quickly turned to ash; the rope was not a real Fierce Ghost.

At the same time, other Ghost Tamers were also attacked one after another.

Fortunately, with the first dead Ghost Tamer as a warning, they were all preemptively prepared; even without personal means, teammates quickly came to aid.

After dealing with the first wave of attacks, the group tacitly stepped back several paces and exited the spirit hall.

After confirming no further attacks, they began to survey the interior of the spirit hall.

Besides the bride in the Wedding Dress and several ghosts in Funeral Clothes, in front of the bride, a Spirit Tablet was placed before the Ghost Coffin.

It seemed to sense their arrival; the man in the Photo on the Spirit Tablet stared at them eerily, and everyone recognized that Photo.

That was the first appearance of the Red and White Double Evil, before the Face‑Covering Cloth, the white evil's face exposed.

Huanggang Village! This is Huanggang Village!

Feng Quan, seeing the spirit hall via video, shouted loudly.

Although aside from this spirit hall, there are no other structures besides the Ghost Domain.

But Feng Quan, who had lain in a coffin in Huanggang Village for a long time, is very familiar with Huanggang Village's layout, especially the spirit hall used to place Coffins; he remembers every item inside perfectly.

Although this spirit altar now has an extra Spirit Tablet, several cups of blood Hong Bai Shuang Sha wine, an extra kneeling Ghost bride, and also a few Ghost things in mourning at the back.

But the brick‑and‑tile arrangement inside the spirit hall, and every object, he remembers perfectly.

He even recalls that in the Huanggang Village spirit hall there were several bowls, and he remembers the cups of wine very clearly.

"What joke are you making? This is Huanggang Village?"

Jiang Shangbai furrowed his eyebrows.

However, unfortunately, during the insurance period, Headquarters there did not turn on the sound, so they could not hear Jiang Shangbai's words.

(End of chapter)