“Almost done.”

As time passed, Yang Jian’s preparation was complete. The water under his feet spread to every corner of Dachang City, soaking the entire city in cold lake water.

Although the water wasn’t deep, it was sufficient. As long as this shallow water could lock onto the ghost’s location, Yang Jian could immediately take action to trap the Wishing Ghost into Ghost Lake, keeping it trapped forever.

“Ready to proceed. Liu Qi, you’ll protect Miao Xiaoshan later, while I deal with this ghost,” Yang Jian said at this moment.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be careful,” Liu Qi nodded.

After Yang Jian’s warning, he immediately began to take action.

According to the rules set by the ghost earlier, no one was allowed to interfere with the supernatural game inside the Peace Hotel, so instead of immediately invading the hotel, he chose to gradually encircle the building with Ghost Lake.

The supernatural power of Ghost Lake could easily affect the display.

Immediately.

The nearby ground began to sink, being gradually swallowed by a layer of unobtrusive water, and with it, the entire Peace Hotel began to sink.

However, the water did not seep into the Peace Hotel, so these changes were not considered a violation.

As the ground sank deeper, the building continuously subsided, eventually plunging into a deep pit, on the verge of being buried.

“It requires flooding this building in the shortest possible moment, then using Ghost Domain to pull Zhang Wei, Wang Shanshan, and Brother Tui out, ending this supernatural game. Using Ghost Lake water to flood the building, seal the entire Dachang City, and block the ghost completely in one go, leaving it no way out.”

“By then, the ghost is sure to reboot at the last moment, but if it can reboot, I can reboot too. Even if my reboot time is short, I can still interrupt the ghost’s reboot and in that instant, directly pin and imprison it, completely ending this supernatural event.”

A cracked spear emerged from the water beneath Yang Jian’s feet.

This time, he must give his all and achieve perfection, absolutely preventing this ghost from escaping, and stopping it from successfully rebooting a second time.

The water of Ghost Lake brewed and churned, the surrounding water level growing deeper, initially just over the ankles, but now past the knees.

“Miao Xiaoshan, let’s leave here and go to the roof of a nearby building. Yang Jian is going to flood the Peace Hotel and imprison the ghost; staying here will get us affected,” Liu Qi said, immediately taking Miao Xiaoshan away to find a higher place, avoiding being submerged by Ghost Lake.

Miao Xiaoshan did not refuse and immediately followed Liu Qi to withdraw from here.

As the surrounding lake water grew deeper, time gradually reached 11:50 PM.

There were only the last ten minutes left before this game ended.

Yet within these last ten minutes, Zhang Wei, Wang Shanshan, and Brother Tui in the Peace Hotel faced frequent and terrifying attacks from the ghost.

At this moment, there was no light anywhere, only darkness, with normal vision seeing nothing; everything relied solely on feeling.

The ghost in the game was wandering around the three of them, even though it had lost its weapon, it still dominated within the game because the ghost couldn’t be killed. Even if Zhang Wei’s axe struck it, a new ghost would appear, continuing the supernatural game.

Though the game tried to be fair, the greatest unfairness was that people could die, the ghost could not.

“Here it comes.”

An eerie chill gathered silently nearby; only those sensitive to the supernatural and very calm could locate the correct direction in darkness; otherwise, once panic set in, attention and perception diminished, overlooking these subtle changes, making determining the ghost’s direction impossible.

And from the ghost’s appearance to attack, there were only three seconds, necessitating decisive action.

Brother Tui decisively moved, swinging the redwood piece in his hand at the darkness beside him.

“Bang!”

A muffled sound echoed, as if the wood struck a corpse.

But the unexpected happened.

A cold outline newly emerging in the darkness was struck fiercely, actually being flung away; the sound of a body tumbling could be heard in the darkness, rolling somewhere far away until all sounds vanished.

“This redwood hit the ghost and can knock it away,” Brother Tui was surprised.

Although he swung hard, it was nowhere near enough to fling a heavy corpse ten-plus meters.

The only possibility was that the redwood possessed some supernatural power, ugly as it looked, but undeniably a supernatural weapon.

However, when the ghost was knocked away, the surrounding chilling air did not dissipate but continued to gather.

A hidden cold outline in the darkness began to form.

The previous ghost attack failed, but a new one is about to arrive. If we don’t defend well, one of the three of us will die immediately.

“I’ll do it.”

Zhang Wei reacted swiftly, noticing the anomaly. He raised his hand and slashed fiercely at that spot.

There was no sound from the darkness, but Zhang Wei felt he hit something—it seemed he succeeded.

However, the next moment.

A cold hand suddenly reached out from the darkness, grabbing Zhang Wei’s neck, and a terrifying force made his neck crackle as if his bones were about to break.

Clearly, Zhang Wei’s axe did not kill the ghost, allowing it space to counterattack.

Just as Zhang Wei was about to be strangled to death, the eagle’s attack followed closely.

The ghost flew off with a bang, disappearing into the nearby darkness. The most update n0vels are published on N0veI.Fiɾe.net

“Cough, cough.” Zhang Wei rubbed his neck, his face flushed, showing a look of pain.

“One axe didn’t kill that thing, just badly injured it, almost got counter-killed. Damn, couldn’t see clearly earlier. Otherwise, how could I lose.”

The eagle calmly said, “Don’t be careless. Even if we have weapons, there’s still a chance we could die here.”

“The frequency of ghost attacks is increasing. Passive defense will eventually cause trouble. Let Zhang Wei light the lamp; once it’s lit, we’ll be able to see the ghost. By then, with two paranormal weapons, we can completely oppose the ghost. There’s not much time left, we can’t afford to screw up at the last moment,” Wang Shanshan suggested.

“Once the lamp is lit, the ghost’s terror level will rise again. I mentioned this before.”

The eagle said gravely, “But your suggestion makes sense. With such high-frequency attacks from the ghost, it won’t be long before one succeeds. Without vision, we’re too passive. How much time is left now?”

“Ten minutes left,” Zhang Wei said, his watch glowing, visible even in darkness.

“Ten minutes of continuous attacks; indeed, it’s hard for us to hold on.” The eagle assessed the danger level.

He thought the game could be won, but within ten minutes, the probability of losing members was high. The only way to avoid losing members was to ignite the corpse oil lamp and illuminate the ghost. Yet, he worried the ghost might change because of this, completely destabilizing the temporarily stable situation.

Choosing in a paranormal event like this is challenging, as no one can predict what will happen next or whether maintaining the status quo or making changes would be better.

“Light the lamp. Wang Shanshan is right. With two paranormal weapons, we should take the chance. We can’t keep stumbling in the dark anymore. In this dark environment, we can’t play to our strengths, while the ghost attacks smoothly. At the end, we must take control.” The eagle made a decision after a brief consideration.

Once he finished speaking.

A flame quickly lit up in the darkness, followed by the ignition of a dim oil lamp.

This oil lamp dispelled the surrounding darkness, bringing light while revealing the ghost hidden nearby.

However, the light range of the oil lamp was limited, unlike a normal oil lamp. But for the eagle, this range was sufficient.

Once the lamp lit.

A gloomy silhouette appeared in the nearby darkness, suddenly standing there facing them, staring bizarrely at the three people.

The eagle was startled, and Zhang Wei instinctively wanted to move.

But the ghost retreated, leaving the light range, and finally vanished into the darkness.

“This isn’t the ghost in the game; this is the Wishing Ghost. It has been watching us all along, and the oil lamp revealed it,” Wang Shanshan’s expression slightly changed, feeling a sense of fear.

Unexpectedly, the ghost Yang Jian was dealing with was hidden right next to them.

“This ghost has bad intentions, hovering close to us, likely planning to take action at the last moment to kill us and win the game.” The eagle speculated.

Zhang Wei said, surprised, “It didn’t allow Brother Tui to take action earlier, yet now it’s lurking here. Isn’t this cheating?”

“Not really cheating. As long as it precisely times it, it can end the game at midnight while also killing us, precisely winning the game,” the eagle replied.

“Isn’t this still cheating?” Zhang Wei widened his eyes.

The eagle smiled and said, “Just mutual gameplay. You don’t think Yang Jian would honestly play games with the ghost, right? The rules are set by the ghost; Yang Jian will certainly not rely on a game set by a ghost for victory. I believe this game’s outcome isn’t within the game but outside it.”

“We just need to hold on now and trust Yang Jian’s actions will soon surface.”

“Then why did Brother Tui have us play this game?” Zhang Wei asked, puzzled.

The eagle said, “Without playing, how do we use the game’s rules to restrain the ghost? Although I don’t know what Yang Jian plans to do, he must have his considerations. We just need to trust him. Hence, we can win this game.”

Although everything remained unchanged, his words greatly boosted Zhang Wei and Wang Shanshan’s confidence.

And confidence is the key to sustaining them through the haunted events.

However, at this moment, new changes were starting again.

The cold, eerie figures appearing in the surrounding darkness increased, no longer just one, but three in total.

Three figures lingered outside the glow of the oil lamp, looming and flickering back and forth.

“The number has increased? Seems the danger of lighting the oil lamp is showing, but this is still within the range bearable. Although the number of ghosts increased to three, we have visibility; we can see them clearly.”

The eagle, seeing this scene, felt slightly relieved.

Even in such circumstances, the advantage is slightly greater than before.

The three ghosts hidden in the darkness moved forward together, their pale skin reflected in the dim light, resembling three walking corpses.

“I’m ready, eagle, you just handle one, leave the others to me.” Zhang Wei spat twice, tightened the red axe in his hand.

“Don’t be reckless,” said the eagle.

The ghost first approached slowly, then the steps quickened, finally sprinting in an odd posture, frighteningly fast.

But just at this moment.

Wang Shanshan suddenly looked up at the ceiling.

A drop of water unexpectedly dripped down from above, landing on her forehead.

Leakage?

She felt it, indeed it was water, but the droplet squirmed like a living thing, then slid off her hand to the ground and gathered to the side.

Unnoticed, a large pool of accumulated water had appeared around them.

The water was accumulating, leaking everywhere.

The appearance of accumulated water broke the game rules inside Peace Hotel.

Just ready to act, Zhang Wei paused, because he saw in the nearby darkness, ghosts appearing one after another, not just three but densely packed.

“Eagle, let me change; I’ll handle one, you take the rest since your ability is stronger.” Zhang Wei swallowed and said.

The eagle’s face immediately darkened.

Facing such numbers clearly meant death.

However, as soon as the ghost made a move.

The nearby darkness was suddenly flooded with a strong light, then the three of them instantly vanished within the brightness.

After their disappearance, massive volumes of water surged in from all directions, submerging the building completely.

From the darkness, came bizarre sounds, seemingly the wailing and roaring of the vengeful ghosts, appearing furious at Yang Jian’s defiance.

Yet ghosts have no emotions; they won’t truly feel, only struggle then drown in the icy waters.

Outside, Yang Jian watched everything unfold, his attack relentless, giving the vengeful ghosts no chance to react or breathe, even if they have the Ghost Domain, they can’t escape from Ghost Lake, the only concern is if the vengeful ghost restarts absurdly.

“This attack was flawless, almost perfect, after all the preparation for such a long time, no chance for mistakes.”

Yang Jian stood very calmly above the water watching the quickly filled pit by the lake.

At this moment, he saw, at the deepest part of the accumulated water, a terrifying figure emerging, trying to escape confinement, break free from the water.

That seemed to be the Wish Ghost concealed within Peace Hotel.

As soon as Yang Jian saw the vengeful ghost’s figure appear, he immediately felt dizziness, his consciousness blurred at this moment.

“It’s starting, the restart of the Wish Ghost…”

With previous experiences, although his consciousness was blurry at this moment, he was already prepared mentally.

The Ghost Eye suddenly opened, overlapping Ghost Domain activated directly to the eighth layer.

This area was shrouded in the Eight Layer Ghost Domain, also entering the restart phase.

Wish Ghost can restart for forty minutes, extremely long, exceeding the clock restart time in Wang Family’s ancient house, Yang Jian’s large-scale restart time is very brief, can only persist for several minutes, excessively concerned about Ghost Eye losing control.

At this moment.

The ghost wanted to return to forty minutes ago, restart everything, challenge Yang Jian for a third time, but Yang Jian didn’t want to return to forty minutes ago, he only wanted to return to a few seconds ago, because a few seconds ago his advantage was still there, the ghost still couldn’t change being swallowed by Ghost Lake.

Two types of supernatural restarts clashed together.

This is currently unheard of in the supernatural circle, none can predict what result such clash would produce.

“No need to defeat the vengeful ghost, just intervene its restart.” Yang Jian’s thought was simple, with very low requirements, no great expectations.

Under the fearsome supernatural disturbance, reality distorted, then occurred deviation, overlap, and twisted again…

Everything fell into chaos, Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye couldn’t view the surroundings clearly at that moment, his sight was losing, consciousness sometimes blur, sometimes clear.

Thought only a few seconds of restart would soon bring Yang Jian down, but in reality, it wasn’t like that at all.

Under the influence of Wish Ghost’s restart, Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye hardly had a limit, constantly staying in restart mode, because whenever Ghost Eye couldn’t hold up, the ghost’s restart would reel it back into the Ghost Eye’s status, so the Ghost Eye continuously maintained the state of Eight Layer Ghost Domain, without worried about ghost resurrection.

It’s extremely similar to the unlimited restart of dual Ghost Eyes in Baishui Town before.

Wish Ghost didn’t have a limit at the moment; it’s a vengeful ghost; it can constantly restart, without worries of ghost resurrection.

The clash between the two was escalating and continuous.

At this moment, time seemed to stop, yet it appeared to have gone through a lengthy period in this instant.

Yang Jian got lost amid restart, and Wish Ghost sunk into oblivion during restarting; the result became unpredictable now, no one could foresee how this confrontation would end.

But the supernatural clash won’t last indefinitely without result; if it truly ends without outcome, then something will happen after a long duration.

That being the ghost crashing, just like Tong Qian’s smiling and crying faces back then.

It seemed the reality was indeed developing in this direction.

Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye was gradually slipping into crashing amid unending restart conflict.

One Ghost Eye plunged into silence at this moment, no longer restlessly swirling like before.

Then, the second Ghost Eye also went tranquil.

After quite a while, the third Ghost Eye fell quiet as well…

Yang Jian, always fearing ghost resurrection, longing for Ghost Eye crash, didn’t expect to encounter such opportunity today, completely beyond his anticipation.

But this might be a good thing.

Yang Jian now hopes very much for Wish Ghost to endure, not crash, otherwise the restarting clash would cease at once, interrupting his Ghost Eye crashing path.

Three Ghost Eyes crashing means he can use the three-layer Ghost Domain without cost, although he previously could too, but that was thanks to Ghost Shadow restraint, now Ghost Shadow doesn’t need to suppress the three Ghost Eyes any longer, implying Yang Jian’s upper limit increased.

Originally capable of large-scale restart for perhaps just three minutes, now it can do so for five minutes.

As the restarting clash continues.

Yang Jian’s fourth Ghost Eye fell into dead silence, showing no resurrection signs.

Wish Ghost didn’t reach its limit yet, still restarting.

“Great, keep holding on.” Yang Jian felt somewhat excited inside at the moment.

If all nine Ghost Eyes crash, it means he could use the nine-layer Ghost Domain without cost, reaching a new height directly.

Yet this is just thinking, Yang Jian knows very well inside, Wish Ghost won’t hold on until all nine Ghost Eyes crash before it will retreat, so now he only wants to crash as many Ghost Eyes as possible.

After the fourth Ghost Eye crash, after lengthy confrontation, only the fifth Ghost Eye gradually showed crashing signs.

Following another stretch of supernatural confrontation.

The fifth Ghost Eye ceased moving, fell into the crashing state, the ghost’s instincts vanished, completely mastered by Yang Jian.

The restarting clash persisted.

Wish Ghost hadn’t reached its limit yet.

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