248: The Motionless Corpse
After thrusting his withered fingers into the neck of the ghost, Yang Jian didn’t even have the time to wait for the outcome. He had to make use of the last flicker of the Ghost Candle to deal with the aftermath; otherwise, even if he succeeded, he and his people would still die, rendering the entire endeavor meaningless.
He felt the agitation of his body’s recovery come to a halt.
Not only did the Ghost Candle’s flame suppress other ghosts, but it also suppressed the resurrection of his own Ghost Eye.
His final eye still failed to emerge in the end.
As long as it didn’t fully recover, there was still a chance for him to regain control, especially since he had previously mastered two ghosts and could just barely maintain equilibrium.
Rushing to Zhang Han’s side, Yang Jian didn’t try to rescue him first. With his own strength, he was definitely incapable of prying off those bloody hands. Instead, he looked directly at the pitch-black shadow under Zhang Han.
The last bit of the Ghost Candle’s flame still danced.
Seizing the time while it was still suppressed, Yang Jian deliberately made contact between the Ghost Eye in his hand and the Ghost Shadow.
He felt one eye being stripped away, moving from his body into the Ghost Shadow.
This separation was extremely brief.
As a Ghost Eye was stripped away, Yang Jian felt his body lighten considerably. Meanwhile, the last flicker of the Ghost Candle’s flame was completely extinguished.
The suppression disappeared.
The Ghost Shadow lost control again, but by then, it was too late. A Ghost Eye had already entered the body of the Ghost Shadow. Without a body of its own, the Ghost Shadow couldn’t possess the Ghost Eye, unless it took over Zhang Han’s body. At that time, the Ghost Eye would no longer be a suppressant but a body part gifted to it.
One could say, it was an extremely dangerous moment then.
If Zhang Han died, the Ghost Shadow became uncontrollable, possessed Zhang Han’s body, then usurped Zhang Han’s ghosts before seizing his own Ghost Eye.
An unknown terror would emerge once again.
This horror would certainly be no less than that of the recent encounter with Ye Feng, and potentially even surpass it.
At that time, Yang Jian could declare with pride, just before death: “See that ghost? It’s impressive, right? Yep, I raised it.”
And then, other ghost tamers, upon contact, would hesitate not one bit to curse Yang Jian’s ancestors for eight generations.
At that moment, a sinister eye on the pitch-black Ghost Shadow emitted a red glow, slightly limiting the uncontrollable Ghost Shadow.
But it wasn’t enough.
To restrain this thing, at least five Ghost Eyes were needed.
Ignoring the extinguished Ghost Candle, Yang Jian hurried to transfer the Ghost Eyes onto the Ghost Shadow, using these eyes to firmly contain the entity while also reducing his own burden, allowing the bulk of the consequences of the ghost’s revival to be borne by the Ghost Shadow. In this way, he could barely recover to his previous state.
The process was somewhat perilous, but fortunately, the Ghost Shadow had no brains, and the one it attacked was Zhang Han.
Zhang Han, who had also mastered two ghosts, was not so easily controlled and could still struggle and resist. If the Ghost Shadow had turned to attack him, Yang Jian, in his current state, would most likely die.
When Yang Jian’s fifth Ghost Eye successfully transferred to the Ghost Shadow, everything was settled.
The open Ghost Eyes were like five nails, pinning the Ghost Shadow to the ground, immobilizing it.
At the same time, the black shadow gradually peeled away from Zhang Han’s body, preventing it from acquiring a physical form.
Zhang Han felt the thing controlling him vanish, and he immediately released his arms, gasping for breath and coughing violently.
He had almost strangled himself just moments ago.
If he had died like that, he would surely become the butt of jokes among his peers in the future.
“Did it work?”
Zhang Han rubbed his neck, which was in terrible pain, and his voice was hoarse.
“Don’t know, can only say the situation is stable for now. As for the rest, we’ll have to wait and see.”
By then, Yang Jian also felt his physical condition start to recover.
But he still had four eyes left on his body.
It was uncertain how many more times he could use the power of the dreadful ghost. Once the Ghost Eye revived, relying on the Ghost Shadow would probably not be enough to withstand it.
This time, Yang Jian had almost pushed himself to the limit.
Zhang Han glanced over at the motionless Ye Feng and let out a sigh of relief: “It seems to have worked. Otherwise, it would have started attacking you by now. What on earth is this ghost thing, and why did it take Ye Feng’s appearance and seize control over the two ghosts that belonged to him?”
“Who knows? But I have a feeling this matter isn’t over,” said Yang Jian.
Beneath the sight of his Ghost Eye, Yang Jian saw things that Zhang Han couldn’t.
Outside the Ghost Domain, those third-stage Ghost Infants that had gathered were still not dispersing. Although they were motionless, it was simply because there was no target in the vicinity, not because they were restrained by capturing Ye Feng.
The horror continued…
“Hurry up and pack up this damned thing, then leave this place,” Yang Jian said. “Where’s the container?”
Glancing around, he spotted the gold casket on the trolley.
Without hesitation, he pushed the trolley into the Ghost Domain and then approached the dead body of Ye Feng.
“I’ll help you.” Zhang Han had felt better by now, and immediately stood up to help Yang Jian move Ye Feng’s corpse.
Even though the body was motionless, it still instilled fear in them.
Because once this body started moving, it would want to consume people.