The Ghost Hidden Within

Before the flashlight went out, Yang Jian had already seen the throng outside the clothing store—faces pale, bodies emitting the stench of decay. These were the same individuals who had just besieged Boss Tang, Master Luo, and Manager Li. They had vanished earlier, only to reappear now en masse. The sheer number of them had completely sealed off all exits; escaping from here was an impossibility for a normal person. And in such a cramped and crowded space, no one could guarantee they would remain unscathed from an attack.

"Are there... so many? This has exceeded my capabilities. Quick, lie down, let's get out of here," Yan Li said urgently upon witnessing the scene.

"No, don't lie down, it's not right," Yang Jian's expression shifted as he hastily turned on the phone's flashlight.

Under the light, seven or eight people had already entered the clothing store, with more continuously streaming in. Although their pace was slow, they would reach him within a minute, surrounding him from all directions with no escape.

"Why? Didn't you say they wouldn't attack if we lay down?" Yan Li questioned.

"That was before. But now it's different. What we saw earlier were not the real ghosts, which is why they followed a fixed pattern of attack. When someone lay down and they lost their target, they would stop moving and quickly leave, only to reappear later."

"But look now, we're not turning our backs on them, yet these ghosts are still coming. What does that mean, can't you tell?"

"What are you trying to say?" Yan Li's forehead was beaded with sweat.

Yang Jian scanned the area, "The real ghost is among these people, and it's not the mannequin you're holding. I suspect that this mannequin was just the ghost's first body. It must have switched bodies again afterwards. The corpse in the changing room behind us is the best proof. If the ghost was really the mannequin you're holding..."

"Your suppression of the ghost's power should have incapacitated these corpses. There's no reason they should still be moving."

"You're only telling me this now?"

Yan Li's eyes narrowed, and he quickly retracted his hand, ceasing to use the fierce ghost's power.

The two-meter-tall mannequin, now soaked in blood, instantly lost its ability to move and collapsed to the ground, shattering into pieces, and fell still.

Yang Jian's guess was correct.

This particular mannequin indeed was not the real ghost.

However, at this moment, a group of people with the stench of decay had already arrived in front of them. Their cold, pale faces showed no expression, only a terrifying stillness of death. They resembled walking corpses, yet were more frightening than mere undead.

Because among this group, a real ghost was hiding.

"We're done for, we're done for. We've been tricked by this ghost. This clothing store is a trap, and the conspicuous mannequin was a lure, designed to hook us," Yan Li's face turned ashen, showing a look of despair.

Even as a ghost tamer, he could not rely on the power of the fierce ghosts to break through. He would either die from the revival of the fierce ghosts or fall victim to the ghost here.

Both options were dead ends.

"What are you talking about? Don't say that when we're not dead yet. Follow me, and don't use the power of the fierce ghosts," Yang Jian gritted his teeth, grabbing Yan Li.

A red light emanated from his body.

Five ghostly eyes opened simultaneously.

The red light covered an area of about three to four meters, enveloping Yang Jian and Yan Li as well.

His Ghost Domain was activated.

In this situation, not using the Ghost Domain was a sure path to death; there was no way to break through. It applied to both Yan Li and himself.

Under the red light, it felt as if they were separated from reality.

The ghosts approaching them passed through the bodies of the two men without making contact.

The immediate crisis was temporarily averted.

"This is... a Ghost Domain? How is that possible, your ability is actually a Ghost Domain."

Yan Li looked at Yang Jian with a shock that seemed greater than if he had seen a ghost.

"Is the Ghost Domain very special?"

"Special? It's not just special, it's rare. Ghosts with a Ghost Domain are particularly terrifying, and ghost tamers cannot control them. Attempting to do so would result in death from the revival of the fierce ghost," Yan Li still looked at Yang Jian with a horrified expression.

Moreover, the ability of the Ghost Domain has always been considered an unsolvable existence in the eyes of ghost tamers.

Once you step into a Ghost Domain, it means cutting off your retreat unless you can imprison the ghost within it.

But is that possible?

Absolutely not. Ghosts capable of having a Ghost Domain are mostly at the A disaster level. With this level of ghost and a Ghost Domain, it can make all ghost tamers in the world feel despair.

Yang Jian looked at him seriously, "This is not the time to talk about this. We have three minutes, only three minutes to find the real ghost among these corpses and lock it in your golden box, otherwise we can only run."

His limit was five minutes, but to be safe, he left two minutes for escape.

"With a Ghost Domain, indeed, if you want to leave, you can..." Yan Li said with some delight, clearly understanding a bit about the Ghost Domain's ability.

This unsolvable existence is somewhat known to ghost tamers.

However, when he looked at the strange and scarlet eyes growing on Yang Jian's hands and head, the joy that had just surged on his face froze.

These eyes casually rotated, staring at Yan Li a few times, making his heart shudder.

Yan Li could feel that if the ghost inside Yang Jian revived, it would lead to a terrible disaster.

"Let's start."

Yang Jian's phone was already timing, he led Yan Li through layers of corpses to the center of the group.

Under the red light, the two of them had no direct contact with these ghosts.

Perhaps because they were in the Ghost Domain, the ghost directly lost its target.

At this moment, all the corpses were motionless.

They stood stiffly inside the clothing store.

Yang Jian and Yan Li began to frantically scan each corpse, trying to determine which one might be the real ghost.

"This ghost must be inside, we have to find it within three minutes, otherwise this operation will be too much of a loss," Yang Jian thought.

Having used the Ghost Domain, he couldn't waste this opportunity.

However, who among them was the real ghost?

The highly decomposed female corpse?

Or the man with a replaced head.

Or Liu Qiang's body.

Or the male corpse with Wei Xiaohong's corpse?

...

Each was a possibility.

"No, can't rely on guessing, there are too many corpses to guess blindly, Yan Li has used the fierce ghost's power too frequently, if he tries with his own ability, he will surely die from the revival of the fierce ghost," Yang Jian asked to confirm, "Yan Li, how many more times can you use the fierce ghost's power?"

"My limit is almost here, with the current state, at most three times, after three times I... might die," Yan Li said.

He wasn't sure.

Because no one knows exactly where their limit is, only an estimate.

"Three times, huh?" Yang Jian made a rough judgment in his mind.

But just at this moment.

Suddenly, a corpse moved.

None of the corpses moved, only that one did.

It was a corpse wearing a suit, with a middle-aged woman's head on its neck.

Perhaps because Yang Jian was in the Ghost Domain, it gave up attacking them and started to turn around and leave.

"It must be her," Yan Li shouted immediately.

"Let's try," Yang Jian retracted the red light, allowing it to leave the Ghost Domain.

Yan Li gritted his teeth and grabbed the corpse.

Crimson blood seeped from his gloves, continuously merging into the corpse.

The corpse's eyes, neck, and mouth also continuously oozed blood.

It stopped moving.

It seemed to be restrained.

"Did we succeed?" Yang Jian watched nervously.