Mysterious Revival

The Ghost Domain was forcibly intruded upon; this wasn't the first time.

He had encountered it several times before.

Since the Ghost Domain is merely an extension of a malevolent spirit's power, under ordinary circumstances, it is undisturbable, nearly an unsolvable existence.

But it's different for ghosts.

Ghosts with a high Terror Level can easily step into another ghost's Ghost Domain.

It's like a pure suppression based on level.

Although Yang Jian had only opened a single ghost eye and maintained a Ghost Domain within a ten-meter radius, having it intruded upon so brazenly was somewhat humiliating.

At the bathroom entrance, a person of medium height stood ramrod straight, staring expressionlessly at Yang Jian who was turning to look back.

"It's you~!"

Yang Jian's expression tensed as he saw that the person who had suddenly barged into his Ghost Domain was none other than Zhao Kaiming.

His phone had just sent a message warning him to be wary of this guy.

"I thought it was that thing coming back, but it turns out to be you; you shouldn't be here."

Zhao Kaiming spoke, his tone very stiff and his demeanor cold, different from his previously slightly crazed manner.

"The person who should be saying that is me. You've shown up in a place you shouldn't have, and furthermore… you're still alive. No, that's not right; something's off about you, you're not Zhao Kaiming."

Yang Jian suddenly furrowed his brows and became alert; "Zhao Kaiming doesn't have the ability to walk into my Ghost Domain."

"My current state is quite bad, that ghost is inside me; this is the last step," Zhao Kaiming slowly raised his hand to look at it; "Although it can't quite be called controlling it, it's more like a reluctant cooperation, but this feeling is terrifying."

"Are you in the midst of resurrection?" asked Yang Jian.

"No, unlike most ghost masters, I am a very normal person, with a normal body, living normally. Maybe I am the only exception in the world, not controlling a ghost, yet able to be a ghost master," Zhao Kaiming slowly walked over.

The Ghost Domain couldn't put distance between him and Yang Jian.

There seemed to be some terrifying oddity attached to his body, one that could even suppress the Ghost Domain.
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Yang Jian did not speak, but became even more vigilant.

Zhao Kaiming said, "I thought you were already dead; you should have died, your existence might interfere with my plans going forward."

"Have you always been curious about what I've been doing lately? I couldn't talk about it before, but now I can. I want to resurrect the ghost in my body."

"Do ghosts need resurrection?" Yang Jian asked coldly.

Ghosts can't really die, so how could they need resurrection?

Zhao Kaiming said, "Do they not need it? Be it Ghost Eyes, Ghost Blood, funeral clothes, or Ghost Shadows... Haven't you ever doubted these things? Ghost masters can only control a part of a ghost; these things are like they've been deliberately scattered, limiting a complete form of a ghost to its weakest. No, perhaps not just one complete ghost, but many."

"Ghost masters are like holding a piece of a jigsaw puzzle; if these pieces were to come together, what would they form in the end? Are these puzzles interchangeable, capable of achieving a result as long as they're all collected?"

"It's hard to imagine, isn't it? I didn't realize this at first either; it's all been told to me by this thing." He pointed to his head.

"The Ghost Infant in Dachang City was the result of my deliberate indulgence; I could have resolved it long ago, but that thing told me to wait, to keep waiting... Now, I think I understand what it means, it needs a perfect puzzle, and the Ghost Infant is just a tool for collecting those pieces."

"So it was you who killed Ye Feng and He Chuan?" Although Yang Jian's expression remained calm.

His heart was greatly shocked.

A ghost that could influence Zhao Kaiming's thoughts seemed to have given him tasks to help it achieve.

And that task was to nurture the Ghost Infant, let it grow, and ultimately seize a completely formed Ghost Infant through some means.

With this in mind, he immediately thought of his own piece of human skin paper.

The unseen ghost beside Zhao Kaiming and the human skin paper seemed to be of a similar nature.

His long-standing wariness toward the human skin paper hadn't been misplaced; that thing was terribly frightening.

Zhao Kaiming continued to approach: "Ghosts also need clothes to wear. Ye Feng's garment was quite good, and although He Chuan's ghost wasn't much, it helped make up the numbers. If I could add your pair of Ghost Eyes, that would be even better."

"So you want to kill me?" Yang Jian said.

"It's not me who wants to kill you, it's it that wants to kill you. I'm just lending it a little help. Although it seemed to be very wary of you before, now it seems not to be wary anymore," Zhao Kaiming pointed to his head and said.

Wary?

Yang Jian was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what it meant.

What it was wary of was likely not him but that piece of human skin paper.

Unseen to him, that human skin paper had become his talisman.

But the human skin paper was not well-intentioned either; it was also using him and planning something.

However, before he could think further.

The next moment, Zhao Kaiming suddenly charged over, his speed freakishly startling, his numb, cold face, devoid of emotion, coming right up to Yang Jian's.

An ice-cold hand directly gripped Yang Jian's throat.

The strength was unbelievably great, like a frenzied person squeezing out all their body's potential.

Zhao Kaiming immediately opened his mouth.

Through the Ghost Eye, Yang Jian faintly saw the outline of a hand emerging slowly from deep within his throat, seemingly trying to invade his body and gouge out his eyes.

Was that the ghost that had possessed Zhao Kaiming's body?

It should be said that it was an invisible ghost, to be exact.

"Your story is fascinating, and your plan isn't bad, but you overlooked one issue."

Yang Jian's face turned cold as he grabbed Zhao Kaiming's arm. With a slight exertion of force, the arm twisted eerily half a circle, hanging limp and powerless.

There was still a numb expression on Zhao Kaiming's face, devoid of any reaction, as if he couldn't feel the pain anymore.

"And that is, you shouldn't have encountered me before your plan was successful," Yang Jian said forcefully, kicking out hard.

Zhao Kaiming was sent flying, clearly no match at all.

An arm was ripped off casually.

Instead of blood flowing out, it writhed eerily in his hand.

As soon as Yang Jian let go, the arm, as if seized by an invisible force, flew back and reattached itself to Zhao Kaiming's body.

"Damn, it can do that?"

This was the first time Yang Jian had seen such a thing. He had encountered ghosts with resurrection abilities before; Wang Xiaoqiang's ghost could keep resurrecting him, but Zhao Kaiming's ability was even more terrifying.

"It's useless. With that ghost attached to my body, you can't kill me. Nothing can kill me. However, I didn't expect you to have changed so much from before, to something beyond my imagination," Zhao Kaiming said.

Zhao Kaiming stood up as if what had just happened hadn't affected him at all.

"A ghost that can't be killed, but can't you still be killed?" Yang Jian approached,

not giving the ghost inside Zhao Kaiming's body any time to react.

The Ghost Domain allowed him to appear instantly next to Zhao Kaiming, and with a few casual tugs,

all of Zhao Kaiming's limbs were removed.

With the Ghost Shadow, Yang Jian could easily remove any part of a person's body, and ghosts were no exception.

However, as soon as he let go, the limbs flew back, and Zhao Kaiming was intact again.

"It's useless; you've only removed my limbs, but you can't touch the limbs of that ghost. I have merged with it, and I can recover like this countless times. If you want to kill me, you have to kill the ghost as well," Zhao Kaiming explained.

Yang Jian's gaze shifted, and he directly removed Zhao Kaiming's head.

His head was still alive, not dead.

"I see I can't deal with you, but you also can't kill me. Don't waste time on me. That ghost should be returning already. I can feel it. If you don't believe me, you can go and check," the head of Zhao Kaiming spoke.

Was he referring to the Source Ghost?

Yang Jian once again opened a Ghost Eye and looked through a corner of the Ghost Domain outside.

Indeed.

He saw a blurry figure slowly approaching from outside the school.

Amid those still and silent Ghost Infants, this figure stood out conspicuously.

The Source Ghost had appeared.

But before he could observe any further,

the Source Ghost suddenly stopped, looked up sharply in his direction.

Yang Jian, lying in the Ghost Domain, felt as if he had been seen.

No.

He was definitely seen.

Yang Jian immediately felt a chilling sensation.

"This guy must have a Terror Level that's too high, seeing through the Ghost Domain with just one glance."

Wait a minute.

If he had been seen, then wouldn't the Hungry Ghost attack him next?

The attack patterns of the Source Ghost piled up one on top of the other.

"I lack something to imprison this Source Ghost. Engaging it now is meaningless. I need to leave this place and get that Coffin Nail, to avoid capsizing the boat."

"Zhao Kaiming, you go and keep it company for now. You're not my match at this moment. I'll deal with you thoroughly when I get back."

With that thought, Yang Jian tossed his head towards the direction of the Source Ghost and then left the place using the Ghost Domain.

As the red light flashed in the window of the third-floor toilet, Yang Jian disappeared.

A head dropped from the window, rolling to the side of the Source Ghost.

The Source Ghost looked down, reaching out to pick it up.

But the head flew up, returning to the third-floor toilet.

The Source Ghost paused for a moment, seemingly hesitating between chasing after Yang Jian or the nearby Zhao Kaiming.

In the end, Zhao Kaiming, who was closer, became its target.

"Yang Jian coming here alone must mean he wants to imprison the Source Ghost. Daring to act shows he has a corresponding plan. My recent interaction with him has indeed shown he's become more terrifying than before. I intentionally leaked so much information to him, hoping he would catch on."

Zhao Kaiming's head flew back, but another thought emerged in his mind.

"I can't fully trust what this ghost says, so I have to change the plan, keep a trump card.

Once this ghost takes over the Hungry Ghost's body and fulfills my conditions, resurrecting my family, I'll destroy the bridge after crossing the river, using Yang Jian to imprison both ghosts together, making sure this ghostly entity disappears from my life forever, to prevent any irreversible changes in the future due to this ghost."

He had calculated everyone, and now he was even scheming against the ghost by his side, all to achieve his own goals.