As Yang Jian's Ghost Domain spread, the surrounding situation was quickly revealed to everyone's eyes.
Si Ye suddenly saw, not far from Yang Jian, an incredibly terrifying figure breaking through the red Ghost Domain.
It walked directly into this red world; it was the Fourth Stage Ghost Infant! A being that had consumed two ghosts.
That terrifying figure heavily placed an arm, stiff and black and blue, onto Yang Jian's shoulder.
The arm continued to reach upward, its target clearly the Ghost Eye located at the center of Yang Jian's brow.
"Yang Jian, watch out!"
Si Ye shouted to Yang Jian and hurriedly took out the Invincible Card.
"Your scheme has been seen through by me; don't even think about succeeding!"
Si Ye roared and used Invincible, throwing the Card towards the location of that Fourth Stage Ghost Infant.
After being thrown out, the Invincible Card suddenly vanished, and then a giant Card shape appeared on the Fourth Stage Ghost Infant.
The Ghost Infant's movement seemed to be blocked by something, preventing it from continuing its attack on Yang Jian.
Yang Jian took this opportunity to try and retreat, but he immediately realized this was an opportunity.
Without any hesitation, taking advantage of the opponent being obstructed by the Card Si Ye released,
Yang Jian tightly gripped the strange, withered finger in his hand, turned, raised his hand, and stabbed forcefully.
He intended to stab this finger into the body of this ghost.
This was a finger capable of pinning down even a Ghost Domain; there was a high chance it could pin down this ghost.
As long as this thing's actions were restricted, capturing it would be easy, wouldn't it?
The thing behind him did not dodge; it was not a Living Person, aware of avoiding dangerous attacks.
Ghosts can sometimes be terrifying, but sometimes they are very slow-witted.
The withered finger in Yang Jian's hand ultimately managed to stab in successfully.
However, the next moment, he froze.
This withered finger could pierce even the asphalt road surface without being damaged, yet it failed to penetrate the cold body before him.
An old garment imprinted with the character for longevity blocked the finger's entry—it was the Ghost Shroud!
A Supernatural Item capable of providing powerful defensive abilities, or perhaps it should be called a ghost itself, or maybe it would be more appropriate to call it a successfully revived Supernatural Item.
Yang Jian realized something, trembled all over, and looked up.
He saw Ye Feng's lifeless, black and blue face; on this face, a pair of hollow, pitch-black eyes stared at him eerily.
"Impossible."
Seeing a face shape identical to Ye Feng's, Yang Jian's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but shout.
Ye Feng was a Ghost Controller who had died early in the outbreak of the Starving Ghost; the Ghost Shroud was one of the Fierce Ghosts Ye Feng controlled.
Seeing Ye Feng's face filled Yang Jian with immense horror.
However, even in the moment Yang Jian was stunned in thought,
the ghost with a face identical to Ye Feng's, colored black and blue, moved again.
Its movements were not fast, even somewhat slow, but to anyone watching, this terror was unprecedented.
"Crack, crack, crack~!"
The thing's jaw seemed to be dislocated, emitting a series of sounds like cracking bones.
Then, that ashen-gray mouth was forcibly pried open by something.
A stench of decay rushed out; inside the thing's lips, rows of bizarre and ferocious teeth were arranged crisscrossed.
This was the second ghost on Ye Feng's body: Ghost Teeth.
"Yang Jian, stop spacing out, we need to figure out how to suppress him first," Si Ye shouted to Yang Jian.
"The area covered by the Ghost Shroud on him is only the upper body; the area above the neck is unprotected."
Saying this, Si Ye drew a Kill Card and shot it toward the Fourth Stage Ghost Infant.
Si Ye felt that his Kill Card might not have much effect against this Fourth Stage Ghost Infant.
It wouldn't be able to Suppress the Fourth Stage Ghost Infant like it did the previous three stages.
But at this moment, he didn't need to strive for suppression; he only needed to make its movements pause for a moment.
As the Kill Card shot out by Si Ye flew, Yang Jian moved again, aiming the section of the broken finger at the Fourth Stage Ghost Infant's neck to stab.
Simultaneously, the small section of Ghost Candle in Yang Jian's hand was also raised.
As a ghost, the Ghost Shroud could protect more than just the parts covered by the Shroud.
Under the protection of the Ghost Shroud, stabbing anywhere was useless; the Shroud would preemptively block any area being attacked, leaving no blind spots.
Otherwise, how could Ye Feng have used it to resist the attacks of Fierce Ghosts?
So, he could only gamble now—gamble that the final candlelight burst from the Ghost Candle could still Suppress the Ghost Shroud's protection.
At the very least, prevent the Ghost Shroud's supernatural ability from covering areas outside the Shroud's wrapped parts.
At this moment, Si Ye also drew two Cards again; this time he chose Event Cards.
After all, Si Ye's main objective in participating in this operation was to attempt using the Pickpocket ability.
For Event Cards, only one Card with the same name can be held at the same time.
So, when Si Ye drew Event Cards, he smoothly drew one Pickpocket and one Invincible.
Just then, the broken finger in Yang Jian's hand acted like a small knife and successfully pierced the Ghost Infant's neck, tearing open a gap, stabbing in very smoothly.
Si Ye seized the opportunity and threw Pickpocket toward the Fourth Stage Ghost Infant at this moment.
"Fighting and killing is so unpleasant; why not calm down and have a chat?"
This was the best chance; the battle was about to end, and Si Ye could use the Card under the pretext of worrying that suppression might not succeed smoothly to persuade others.
And Fierce Ghosts are weakest in their suppressed state, unable to revive.
Si Ye was unsure of the cost of using Pickpocket.
However, according to his thinking, using it while the opponent was restricted should incur the smallest cost.
The use of Pickpocket this time did not result in further accidents; the Card successfully pierced the Fourth Stage Ghost Infant's body.
Then Si Ye felt one of the three Cards he was holding suddenly disappear.
"Is this the cost?"
Si Ye looked at the Cards in his hand; the remaining one Kill and one Invincible were now just Kill and Invincible.
"The cost of using Pickpocket is losing one Card?"
"No, that's not right. This is only under the state where the Fierce Ghost is suppressed. If this Ghost Infant were to revive, it might require more."
Si Ye quickly understood the function of the cost.
At the same time, Si Ye felt a slight anomaly with the Card Box on his body.
He took out the Card Box, and a new Card appeared: "Ghost Infant Rocking Horse!"
（Equipment Card）Ghost Infant Rocking Horse: After equipping, one can choose one Card as payment to rent a Ghost Infant from the Starving Ghost to assist in combat for ten minutes.
"Summoning a Ghost Infant with one Card?" Si Ye pondered for a moment and found this result acceptable.
Although one Kill Card could Suppress the Ghost Infant, the Ghost Infant's attack power was sufficient to kill the vast majority of Fierce Ghosts and Ghost Controllers who lacked strong self-preservation abilities.
Moreover, one Kill Card could only be used once, whereas the Ghost Infant could fight for ten minutes.