The elevator operated downwards for three minutes. When passing the third floor, it was not only intercepted but also seemed to have an evil spirit trying to enter.

A supernatural elevator was actually pried open by numerous hands.

The elevator creaked as it swayed in mid-air, seemingly about to snap its cables and plummet, while beyond the pried-open doors, a series of crisp footsteps approached rapidly from the darkness.

The footsteps didn’t sound fast, but moved quickly, as if a ferocious ghost was rushing towards everyone.

At this moment, Ah Nan washed his hands of the situation. He didn’t plan to intervene, just stood aside watching, leaving the matter of dealing with the evil spirit on the third floor to Yang Jian and the others.

Anyway, if the ghost breaks in, everyone dies together.

And if Ah Nan died, he could be resurrected in room 101, but Yang Jian could not.

“Captain, let me do it.” At this moment, Li Yang stepped forward without hesitation.

In this kind of environment, his ability was more suitable.

“Alright, give it a try,” Yang Jian nodded.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yang stepped forward, placing his hands on the distorted and deformed elevator doors.

The first ghost he harnessed was the Door-blocking Ghost, capable of blocking a door and sealing an entire room. This Supernatural Ability could be used not only to confine ghosts but also to protect those inside the room from being invaded by outside spirits.

At this moment, the elevator formed a space similar to a room, where the Door-blocking Ghost could perform perfectly.

The next moment.

A blurred figure shrouded in darkness suddenly appeared behind the elevator doors, resembling a stiff corpse, blocking here, hindering any supernatural approach.

With the emergence of the supernatural power, the countless ashen hands attempting to pry open the elevator door shrank back as if scalded.

One, two, three… the eerie hands were driven back, the pried-open elevator doors began to slowly close under another supernatural influence, and even the lights inside the elevator gradually restored, no longer seeming like they would completely go out.

At this rate, it would only take holding out a bit longer, relying on the Door-blocking Ghost’s supernatural power to completely isolate the third floor’s evil spirit.

Li Yang’s face remained calm at this moment, feeling no great pressure.

In this supernatural confrontation, he clearly had the upper hand.

“It’s quite something for you to arrive here, any random person can ward off this third floor’s supernatural invasion,” Ah Nan, witnessing the scene, was somewhat astonished.

Yang Jian said, “Too early to be pleased; the elevator isn’t completely sealed off yet, the supernatural invasion continues, and the real ghost hasn’t appeared.”

His expression was grave, not at ease.

The Door-blocking Ghost’s supernatural might was tremendous, capable of sealing a room, but the invasion of the third floor’s ghost was equally fierce. A supernatural elevator merely passing by was forcefully halted, and the Terror Level behind this scenario was by no means as simple as it seemed.

“It’s here,” suddenly, Li Yang’s face tensed, sensing something.

“Bang!”

Suddenly.

A loud impact sounded; in the darkness, something fierce and terrifying seemed to charge and smash into the elevator.

Such an impact couldn’t even be isolated by the Door-blocking Ghost’s supernatural power.

With just one strike, the elevator door, which had barely shut halfway, was struck and dented significantly, and even the vague ghostly figure outside twisted and vanished at this moment, while the elevator’s lights abruptly went out, only to relight about two seconds later.

At this moment, the supernatural power of the Door-blocking Ghost was forcefully repelled.

Li Yang staggered back a few steps, his eyes wide, showing some hints of shock.

The supernatural power of the Door-blocking Ghost he could wield was far stronger than when he first harnessed it, yet it was unexpectedly unable to block the outside ghost’s single assault.

But it wasn’t without effect.

Although the ghost from the third floor suppressed Li Yang’s supernatural power, it was ultimately held back, not directly breaching the elevator.

However, as Li Yang retreated.

A pair of ashen hands stretched out from outside the elevator doors, connected to the darkness, once again attempting to pry open the elevator door, and this invasion was faster, in mere seconds, the elevator door was already more than halfway open.

Footsteps in the darkness sounded once more.

The footsteps were quick and urgent, and the spectral beast from the darkness seemed poised to attack again.

Li Yang’s face sank; he raised that wrinkled, emaciated arm full of the Door-Opening Ghost’s curse, ready to unleash this curse to forcefully dispel the outside spirit.

“No need to go all out, it’s not worth it.”

Yang Jian patted his shoulder and said, “It’s unwise to confront a ghost directly; though you control three ghosts, you are merely balancing them, and prolonged supernatural combat will deteriorate your condition. Since the outside’s so fierce, don’t fight it head-on.”

While speaking, a red candle unexpectedly appeared in his hand.

“Ghost Candle?” Tong Qian immediately recognized it.

Without a word, Yang Jian lit the red Ghost Candle and then decisively tossed it out.

The red Ghost Candle burned, emitting an eerie green light, and at this moment, the Ghost Candle flew out through the open elevator door gap.

No sooner had it been thrown out than the flame of the Ghost Candle suddenly expanded, the light becoming dazzlingly bright.

The deathly gray hands grasping the elevator instantly retracted into the darkness, vanishing completely, even the surrounding darkness was driven away.

It was only then that they could see clearly what was behind those deathly gray hands.

It was actually a mass of densely packed corpses, piled up like a thick wall of bodies trying to swallow the elevator. These bodies had been dead for a long time, yet they were not decomposing, only exposing a deathly gray arm outside.

No, not just near the elevator door.

Outside the elevator, the pile of corpses continued, stretching deep into the darkness. Merely glancing at them was enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

Moreover, a narrow passage had been cleared among the bodies.

The passage was only wide enough for one person to traverse.

The Ghost Candle continued to burn through the air, its burning speed reaching an astonishing level. Before it even hit the ground, it had already consumed nearly half of itself.

The firelight expanded like an exploding fireball.

There were just too many supernatural occurrences surrounding them—no, it should be said they were too terrifying. The piles of corpses contained untold dangers. In such an environment, the Ghost Candle could only burn desperately, releasing all its light to combat the darkness and danger here.

When the Ghost Candle’s light reached its peak.

Everyone inside the elevator saw.

In the middle of the piled corpses, on the lone narrow path, an eerie figure stood there, motionless.

The Ghost Candle was about to hit the ground, the firelight only illuminating the lower body of that ghost.

It was clad in old, ragged trousers, with a pair of feet showing below. These feet were also cold and deathly gray, the same color as the surrounding corpses, though the toenails were black, exuding an indescribable eerie aura.

The ghost took a step back.

The Ghost Candle’s light rapidly began to diminish, finally burning out completely after rolling on the ground, extinguishing directly. ThischapterfirstappearedonM|V|L^EMPYR.

“A single Ghost Candle burned out in this environment, and only made the ghost take one step back?” Tong Qian showed a surprised expression on her face.

“No, it also blocked the second attack of that ghost.” Yang Jian coldly stared at the ghost in the darkness.

His Ghost Eye’s vision was distorted, only able to see a vague silhouette hidden in the darkness, unable to discern the ghost’s appearance.

The supernatural interference was too severe, indicating that this ghost was indeed terrifying beyond belief.

“The elevator is operating,” Ah Nan said.

Burning a Ghost Candle wasn’t without effect; it blocked the outside ghost, dispelled the supernatural influence, and made the elevator return to normal.

Of course, such normalcy was also abnormal, because there was a ghost inside the elevator too; but compared to the thing outside, the ghost inside the elevator seemed almost cute.

The hum of machinery resumed, and the elevator’s lights returned to normal, as it continued descending.

However, the surrounding darkness closed in once more, and the crisp footsteps echoed again in the darkness.

The speed was swift, closing in rapidly on everyone inside the elevator.

“Can we make it in time?” Li Yang squinted, staring intently at the elevator door ahead.

Using a single Ghost Candle to get past here without danger was indeed worthwhile; not that they were afraid, but the risk of confronting such a ghost was too great. Even if you won, you couldn’t kill it; if you lost, you’d suffer losses instead.

Yang Jian’s choice was not wrong.

He opted for the safest outcome at the minimum cost.

“If it’s too late, just throw another Ghost Candle out,” Yang Jian said, holding another red Ghost Candle in his hand.

“Continuing like this, we’re at too much of a disadvantage,” Tong Qian said. “I can keep fighting that thing.”

Yang Jian rationally responded, “There’s no need; we are just passing through. Leave some passage fee and don’t risk our lives. This is Kaiser Grand Hotel, not the outside. We don’t need to restrict this ghost, understand?”

Tong Qian remained silent.

And at the next moment.

A bang sounded again.

This time, the elevator seemed to have left the third floor. They heard a loud bang from overhead, and the elevator shook violently several times but was not halted, maintaining its descent.

“We made it, we successfully passed the third floor,” Ah Nan breathed a small sigh of relief.

Yang Jian looked at him and asked, “Since the third floor is so dangerous, how do you manage to take the elevator past it every time?”

“Luck.”

Ah Nan replied, “Not every time does the ghost stop the elevator when passing the third floor. Sometimes the ghost is far away, and when it spots the elevator, it has already passed this floor, leaving the ghost with nothing.”

“Luck is one thing, but you can’t be that lucky every time, can you? Mind explaining?” Yang Jian continued to question.

Ah Nan did not speak; he just extended three fingers, slowly placing them on the three long-dried bloodstains on the elevator door.

His fingers perfectly overlapped with the bloodstains.

“Is this explanation enough?” Ah Nan said.

Clearly, he hadn’t always been lucky and had indeed experienced dying here.

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