Chapter 1216 - 1182: The Reappearing Male Corpse

“In this situation, can’t we get rid of him? Imagine how terrifying he’d be at full strength.”

At this moment, Wang Genquan’s face looked extremely grim. He glanced at Ah Nan, who was wailing in the raging fire beside him, and Zhu Jian, who was now barely alive, gradually turning into a charred corpse.

The two of them were beyond saving.

The furnace flames had ignited them, and extinguishing them was out of the question; being burned to death was only a matter of time.

Moreover, both himself and Xiang Lan were not in great shape either.

He could feel an alien sensation invading his body: the searing heat, the twisting pain—if no measures were taken, they would meet the same fate.

“Hands that can invade the living body’s interior?” Xiang Lan stared at Yang Jian, her expression serious, disregarding the pain within her body.

At this moment, Yang Jian’s body had mostly recovered. He could now move, albeit stiffly. It seemed the effects of the previous ghost attack were diminishing.

This was good news.

At least it proved he could still withstand the attack of the third-floor ghost, although enduring it came at a certain cost.

“You can’t even withstand the Ghost Hand’s attack, yet you want to kill me? That’s a pipe dream. However, the two of you have tamed more than just one ghost, possessing another kind of supernatural power. If you don’t want to die, you can try to fight once more, to see if you can succeed.” Yang Jian slowly approached.

His ghost eyes opened again, quickly recovering after enduring the moment of immobility.

Xiang Lan fell silent for a moment: “No, we’ve already lost. When we made our move earlier, I knew it would fail, but we had no choice. If we missed this chance, who knows when the next would come. We’ve lost this time, but there will be another time. After countless failures, we will surely succeed one day.”

“Wang Genquan, let’s go. We need to leave the information from this time.”

She had no intention of continuing to fight, deciding to retreat, record this crucial information, to lay the groundwork for the next success.

At this moment, many parts of Wang Genquan’s body had turned red, with a feeling like they were about to catch fire. However, using the supernatural power within him, he extended the time before being ignited, forcibly sustaining his life.

But if he continued to fight, he and Xiang Lan would be burned to death immediately.

Forget about defeating Yang Jian; even if they did manage to win, they wouldn’t live much longer.

So, they had already lost, and it’s better to save some strength for the next resurrection.

“Leave?”

Yang Jian sneered coldly at this moment: “Did you think it was child’s play just now, coming and going as you please? I told you, none of you are leaving alive; you’ll all die here. As for leaving information? Stop dreaming. I’ll erase every trace of information, trapping you here forever.”

He sensed the Ghost Hand that invaded their bodies was suppressed by supernatural forces, so they weren’t dead yet.

But while the Ghost Hand could be suppressed, the mysterious furnace flames couldn’t be restricted.

Both Wang Genquan and Xiang Lan currently had red marks exposed on their skin, like red-hot charcoal, with flames about to burst forth.

“Your current state hasn’t recovered. The Ghost Hand invading our bodies can’t kill us yet. We’re leaving now; you can’t stop us.”

Xiang Lan said, then signaled with a glance to Wang Genquan.

Without saying a word, Wang Genquan turned and left.

The two of them ignored Zhu Jian and Ah Nan, rapidly retreating, intending to take the elevator to escape.

“Bang!”

However, in the next moment.

A massive force came from behind, a charred, burning hand grasped Xiang Lan’s nape, pinning her directly against the elevator doors.

Xiang Lan let out a muffled groan, blood spurting from her mouth immediately.

She looked back in surprise.

Only to see Yang Jian already behind her, his eyes emitting a red glow, cold and eerie.

“I don’t want to repeat myself. I said you couldn’t escape, and you can’t.”

Yang Jian’s expression was indifferent, like a life-demanding fierce ghost, unavoidable.

Xiang Lan gritted her teeth, refusing to back down. She turned around, grabbed Yang Jian’s arm, and suddenly, another arm extended from her sleeve. No, not just one arm—two, three, four… These arms continued to extend, overlapping, covering Yang Jian layer by layer.

“Wang Genquan, I’ll hold him off while you take the elevator and leave. Act quickly; his supernatural power is recovering, and I can’t hold him for long.”

She employed the supernatural of the second ghost, intending to hold Yang Jian back with her life.

“Okay, we’ll meet again next time.” Wang Genquan decisively pressed the elevator button, with no intentions of a rescue.

He was also injured and wouldn’t live much longer. Among the five of them, someone had to survive to convey the information.

Otherwise, the operation would be meaningless.

Only by recording the message, could they know everything upon their future resurrection and increase the chance of survival.

The appearance of the second supernatural power rendered the Ghost Hand’s suppression ineffective.

Although Yang Jian’s power was immense, he couldn’t pin Xiang Lan down. Those countless hands extending from the sleeves, overlapping, actually forced him to retreat a few steps.

But that was all it was.

The power of the ghost eyes had partially revived, and the power of the Ghost Shadow had partially revived as well.

“It’s useless. The elevator won’t arrive so quickly, and you can’t hold me off for long.” Yang Jian glanced a bit: “Even if he takes the elevator back to the fourth floor, I have ways to kill him. Escaping before me is meaningless.”

He just needed to retrieve the spear.

A single strike from the Firewood Knife was enough to kill Wang Genquan, regardless of the distance.

“He doesn’t need to live long, as long as the information is left behind.” Xiang Lan was now smoldering, with flames bursting from her skin.

She was being ignited, enduring the agony of burning.

Ding!

Whether it was luck or perfect timing.

At this moment, the mysterious elevator arrived on the third floor. With a ringing sound, the crooked elevator doors opened.

“The elevator’s here, I’m leaving first.” Wang Genquan was somewhat delighted at this moment.

He immediately prepared to take the elevator to leave.

But when the elevator doors opened, the delight on his face turned to shock, and then his eyes widened, revealing a look of incredulity.

The lights inside the opened elevator flickered, strong supernatural interference appeared.

A tall, heavily decayed male corpse now stood like a wall inside the elevator. The male corpse was wrapped with filthy cloth, but it wasn’t covered completely; most of it had fallen off, exposing the blackened skin.

A thick stench of decay emanated from the elevator, seemingly lowering the surrounding temperature by several degrees.

In the next moment.

Wang Genquan’s skin began to dull, then darken, and then rot. Within just a few seconds, he transformed from a whole person to a rotting corpse, collapsing to the ground and dying on the spot.

“What?”

Xiang Lan was stunned upon seeing this scene.

Yang Jian at this moment recognized the tall, rotting male corpse.

There was no doubt that this was the previous owner of the Firewood Knife and Ghost Shadow, also the Vicious Ghost wandering in the Caesar Grand Hotel.

The Corpse Wrapping Cloth on him was left behind when this ghost was imprisoned.

But what on earth happened that the ghost wrapped in the Corpse Wrapping Cloth could move again?

It’s understood that the Corpse Wrapping Cloth is a paranormal object, any ghost wrapped in it should theoretically be unable to move, and its ability to imprison ghosts is akin to that of the Coffin Nail.

“Is it because the Corpse Wrapping Cloth fell off?”

Yang Jian stared at the loose Corpse Wrapping Cloth on the corpse, and could only make this judgment in his heart.

However, Wang Genquan’s sudden violent death sounded an alarm in his heart.

Obviously, this rotting male corpse, aside from having controlled the Ghost Shadow and Firewood Knife during his life, harbors other terrifying ghosts.

“Retreat.”

Intuition made Yang Jian immediately release Xiang Lan’s hand and retreat swiftly.

His Ghost Domain was employed, and he appeared over a dozen meters away.

However, Xiang Lan was left behind in place.

But she won’t live long.

Forcing the use of the second ghost’s ability made her unable to resist the invasion of the Ghost Hand, resulting in her body catching fire now.

“Ah!”

A scream came, Xiang Lan could no longer hold on, collapsing painfully to the ground in struggle.

The tall male corpse, with most of its face covered by the Corpse Wrapping Cloth, showed no expression, but reeked densely of corpse stench as it took heavy steps out of the elevator.

Every step left a black footprint on the ground.

Even when stepping on the corpse on the third floor, the footprint remained quite obvious.

“This male corpse is different from before, becoming more dangerous. During the previous two encounters, I was unaffected as long as the footprints weren’t stepped on, but this time, Wang Genquan mysteriously died upon approaching, does it mean other ghosts have taken up residence in this corpse?” Yang Jian squinted slightly, scrutinizing, his mind beginning to speculate.

His speculation wasn’t baseless.

Because he stored the male corpse at the exit, if any other ghost wanted to exit, it must pass through the corpse’s position.

Perhaps over time, ghosts attempting to leave have taken up residence inside the male corpse’s body.

More ghosts, terrifying paranormal power, the Corpse Wrapping Cloth gradually losing effectiveness, resulting in the current situation where the Corpse Wrapping Cloth fell off.

Maybe it’s fortunate that the Corpse Wrapping Cloth didn’t entirely fall off, otherwise this male corpse would be even more terrifying now.

“If my conjecture is correct, my unintentional act back then might have nurtured an incredibly frightening ghost.” Yang Jian felt apprehensive.

“Regardless, we can’t confront this ghost for now, given the ghost on the third floor is still there, and the flames are spreading, the situation isn’t favorable…”

Yang Jian decided to temporarily retreat, letting the fire on the third floor burn for a while.

Once the corpses are sufficiently burned, the hidden door will be revealed among them, allowing him to take Tong Qian and Li Yang out of here, before sealing the exit entirely.

However, at this moment, the tall male corpse didn’t stop its steps.

It was indeed walking toward the area where the flames were fiercest.

As if something there was attracting it.

Yang Jian cared little about this; he retreated to the side, then uncovered a corpse, revealing Tong Qian’s figure beneath.

Tong Qian was unconscious at this moment; Yang Jian had hidden her within a corpse earlier to save her.

Now, with Xiang Lan and the others dealt with, he had to take Tong Qian to a safer location.

“Hasn’t Li Yang come out yet? Did he disappear, or did he die?” Yang Jian frowned, still seeing no trace of Li Yang up to now.

However, given Tong Qian survived, it’s unlikely that Li Yang, who controlled three ghosts, would have died beneath this pile of corpses.

“The ghost from the third floor hasn’t reappeared. Could Li Yang be confronting the third floor’s ghost?” Yang Jian couldn’t help speculating.

This possibility was quite high.

The ghost from the third floor attacked him, so it would presumably also attack Li Yang.

Now both the ghost and Li Yang have disappeared for a period, the likelihood of an encounter is high.

Carrying Tong Qian to a place considered a safe spot.

Yang Jian’s ghost eye locked onto every move of the male corpse, daring not be careless for a moment.

He could now confirm he wasn’t targeted by this male corpse.

Meaning he hadn’t triggered its killing pattern.

But this thing also wasn’t planning to leave, being a significant potential hazard.

The flames at the moment kept spreading.

Zhu Jian and Ah Nan, who had been struggling and wailing earlier, were completely silent, their positions engulfed by a fire, those corpses swallowed by the flames.

Now only Xiang Lan was still struggling.

That Wang Genquan was also dead.

The corpse rotted.

Wait… Wang Genquan’s corpse wasn’t burning; the fire on him went out.

Yang Jian noticed this detail, looked at the tall male corpse again, and his face suddenly changed.

Could this tall male corpse extinguish fires?

Or maybe it could restrain the spread of the flames.

“This ghost is heading for the out-of-control flames.” Yang Jian understood at this moment.

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