LRAB Chapter 102 The Terror Brewing
Chapter 102 The Terror Brewing
"The ghost is in that photo," Yang Jian reminded everyone.
"What a joke! Why didn't you say so earlier?" Cao Yang suddenly looked away.
"I'm not joking. The situation seems to have changed. Logically speaking, with so many of us, plus other ghost tamers in this ghost realm, the balance should have been broken long ago," Yang Jian said.
"What do you mean?" Cao Yang asked, puzzled.
"It's very simple. Before, in Huanggang Village, Feng Quan occupied the coffin, which prevented the ghost messengers from returning to the coffin, thus creating the supernatural event. At that time, our group of ghost tamers entered Huanggang Village and broke that balance," Yang Jian said.
"In this situation, the ghost messengers should have stepped out of the photo to hunt down the ghost tamer, but now, the ghost messengers haven't stepped out."
"Wouldn't it be better if we just imprisoned the photos?" Cao Yang suggested.
Sun Rui shook his head.
"It's no use... Based on my observation, the ghost messenger and the ghost coffin are one entity, not separate entities, and we should be inside the ghost coffin right now," Sun Rui said.
"How is that possible? The ghost coffin is right in front of us!" Cao Yang asked in confusion.
Yang Jian suddenly realized: "I understand... So the reason you proposed this plan is because we are inside the ghost coffin, and it is impossible for us to imprison the ghost messengers."
Sun Rui nodded.
If the headquarters hadn't been paralyzed, satellite imagery would have revealed that the entire ghost realm was shaped like a coffin.
The previously proposed plan was to cause the killing patterns of the ghost messengers to conflict, thereby causing this ghost realm to disappear.
"To imprison the ghost messenger, we essentially need to imprison this entire ghost realm. However, it's obviously unrealistic to imprison such a large ghost realm directly. We can only return it to the ghost coffin," Sun Rui said.
"We can't just wait for him to come out, can we? I think we can try locking up this portrait," Cao Yang said.
"We can give it a try. Things have changed too much, and our previous experience in handling these situations is no longer applicable," Sun Rui nodded.
Yang Jian nodded and did not refuse the suggestion.
After discussing it, they began to take action.
Zhao Lei held a ghost candle in his hand, ready to light it at any time, in order to prevent any accidents during the detention process.
Cao Yang took out the shroud, which was used to imprison the photograph.
"Let's begin," Sun Rui said.
His ghostly domain has already surrounded the mourning hall and can be used at any time.
Yang Jian stepped forward, and the headless ghostly figure behind him stood up.
He left the direct contact to Ghost Shadow to reduce the risk of being affected.
The ghostly figure spread out from under his feet and grabbed the portrait not far away.
Cao Yang, who was standing to the side, had also prepared a shroud.
Soon, the portrait was successfully wrapped in the shroud.
"Done, but nothing has changed around here. Did it fail?" Cao Yang asked.
"Wait... something's changed!" Sun Rui said.
He heard a faint knocking sound, as if it were coming from a coffin.
"There's a knocking sound coming from the coffin. Be careful."
At that moment, everyone also heard that very faint tapping sound.
The next moment, the coffin lid was suddenly moved open by a crack, and a stench of corpses rushed out.
"Is a ghost about to emerge?" Cao Yang asked.
"Try closing that coffin lid," Sun Rui suddenly said at this moment.
He suddenly had some guesses in his mind.
The black soil that originally surrounded the mourning hall began to climb up the black coffin, trying to close the coffin lid back on.
Not only was he making a move, but Yang Jian's headless ghost figure also started to move.
The headless ghost pressed down on the coffin lid that was about to open, trying to push it back in.
Their supernatural powers seemed unable to stop the coffin lid from opening; it continued to slowly open.
"Zhao Lei lit the ghost candle and placed it near the coffin," Yang Jian said.
The next moment, the red ghost candle was lit.
But before Zhao Lei could make a move, the ghost candle seemed to be doused with hot oil, and the flames surged, burning half of the red ghost candle in an instant.
Moreover, the remaining half of the ghost candle was also burning wildly.
At the same time, the coffin that was about to be opened was suddenly closed.
"Are you kidding me? This vengeful ghost hasn't even left the coffin yet, and it's already burned half of the ghost candle in an instant," Yang Jian said.
"Now is not the time to talk about this. The ghost candles will soon burn out, and then the coffin will open again. Once it's completely open, everyone inside the ghost realm may die," Sun Rui said.
"So what do we do now? The ghost candle will eventually run out," Cao Yang said.
"Put the portrait back, and restore some balance between this thing and the coffin," Sun Rui said.
Although he didn't know what this balance was, these anomalies were all caused by them taking away the portrait.
Cao Yang nodded, intending to take the portrait out of the shroud.
It seemed simple enough, but as soon as he started working on it, he discovered that the shroud was tightly wrapped around the portrait and he couldn't open it at all.
"Damn it, how could this happen?" Cao Yang roared.
The ghost candles were burning shorter and shorter, and the shroud could not be opened at all.
Finally, as if he had given up on himself, he threw the shroud aside.
He then pulled out the white bag he had taken from headquarters earlier.
Cao Yang held the white bag high above his head and then knelt down with a thud.
He kowtowed towards the shroud.
The shroud seemed to have been hit hard, and it came undone slightly.
"Not enough, let's have more!"
Cao Yang kowtowed a second and a third time, until his forehead was scraped raw.
Finally, after the fourth kowtow, the shroud was suddenly opened, revealing a portrait lying quietly in the center.
Cao Yang rushed forward, picked up the portrait, and placed it on the table.
At the same time, the ghost candle in Zhao Lei's hand burned out completely.
"Is it working?" Cao Yang asked, clutching the white bag tightly in his hand.
Sun Rui and Yang Jian nodded at the same time, and sat down on the ground, panting heavily.
After Cao Yang put the portrait back, the resistance to closing the coffin completely disappeared.
Although they were locked in a stalemate with the coffin for a short time, the vengeful spirit within them felt like it was going to lose control, as if it were about to be stripped away by the thing inside the coffin.
"This thing seems to want to strip the evil spirits out of our bodies, but thankfully it didn't completely escape," Sun Rui said.
"I could feel it; he almost snatched my headless ghost figure away too," Yang Jian said.
"This coffin is so dangerous, why don't we use a shroud to imprison it first? Otherwise, the ghost tamer has no chance against this thing," Cao Yang said at this moment.
"No! I understand now. The ghost lying in the coffin and the ghost in the photo are locked in a stalemate," Sun Rui said. "If we imprison one of them, it will cause the other to lose control."
"Would it be okay to detain them at the same time?" Cao Yang asked.
"Based on my deduction, I'm afraid it won't work. Don't forget where we are now. The ghost messengers have the ability to restart." Sun Rui shook his head.
"I agree with Sun Rui's statement. The ghosts here seem to be opposing forces, but in reality, they should be one. This thing seems to be giving birth to something even more terrifying," Yang Jian added at this moment.
Sun Rui turned to look at Yang Jian, somewhat surprised.
He had just noticed that Yang Jian seemed to have activated a ghost domain for a while, which only enveloped his own surroundings. He was unaware of what was happening within the ghost domain.