Corpse!
This entire path was filled with corpses!
Jiang Shan chased after the blurry figures in the Grey Fog. Every time, he felt he was about to catch up with the group, but no matter what, he could never catch up to the figures ahead of him.
Instead, all he saw was a path of corpses.
Every single person's face was missing its skin!
The bloody faces were all etched with expressions of terror.
"Is it that Dead Face Ghost?"
Jiang Shan's heart felt heavy, and he let out a long breath:
"This Grey Fog is undoubtedly the Ghost Domain of a Fierce Ghost."
Based on the characteristics of the Ghost Domain, combined with the current situation, he concluded that the Dead Face Ghost was also a terrifying Fierce Ghost possessing a Ghost Domain, just like the Knocking Ghost!
What is its Killing Pattern?
Just as Jiang Shan was pondering, a sudden scream instantly captured his attention.
"It's Chen Yue!"
Relying on the feeling from his memory, Jiang Shan immediately recognized the owner of the voice.
Previously, after just transmigrating to this world, Jiang Shan felt a strong sense of unfamiliarity with the original owner's memories in his mind; he always felt that as an Outsider, he could not integrate into this world.
But when he gained control of the Newspaper Ghost, that feeling disappeared.
Instead, he perfectly merged with the memories in his mind.
"Ghost!"
"Help, help! Someone save me!"
"I don't want to die! Mom! Hurry up and save me."
As Jiang Shan rushed toward Chen Yue's scream, for the first time in the Grey Fog, he clearly saw the outlines of the group.
"My face! Ahhhhhh!"
Countless wails and cries echoed across this playground; the inside of the Grey Fog at this moment felt like a living hell.
When Jiang Shan passed through the last layer of thin mist and saw the state of the group, the chill that enveloped him made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar!
He saw the seven people on the playground frantically pressing their face skins with their Hands, their faces filled with Fear and madness, simply because their face skins were inexplicably peeling off from their respective faces like Puzzle Pieces!
"Jiang Shan! You're actually still alive! Save me, save me!"
Chen Yue, who was already in despair, saw Jiang Shan and her eyes were filled with disbelief, as if she had seen a glimmer of hope for survival.
But Jiang Shan remained silent, because the Ghost Character appeared in his mind again.
"I am Jiang Shan, I must use the Ghost Character to leave this place, to leave this school! Otherwise, I will die! Hurry up and leave here!"
It was afraid.
Perhaps because he controlled it, or perhaps because the Ghost Character itself possessed intelligence.
Jiang Shan's brows were tightly locked; he actually sensed the presence of emotion on the Ghost Character.
Would a Ghost with intelligence be controlled so easily by me?
"Ahhhhhh!"
Suddenly, a painful wail rang out.
A male student's face skin completely peeled off, revealing bloody facial bones. At the very moment the face skin fell off, his body began to Rot, gradually turning into a pool of corpse water.
"Jiang Shan, I beg you, save me! My face!"
Seeing this scene, Chen Yue trembled all over in terror and said with a shaky voice.
She had witnessed the scene of Jiang Shan being subjected to a Malevolent Ghost Attack, yet Jiang Shan did not die. At this moment, she placed all her hope on Jiang Shan!
Suddenly, a pair of Hands covered in Scarlet Ghost Characters pressed firmly against her face.
"Only a Ghost can fight a Ghost."
Jiang Shan kept the three Fierce Ghost laws of this world firmly in mind. Upon discovering the Ghost's method of killing, he immediately activated the Supernatural power of the Ghost Character, causing the Ghost Character to cover his Hands to fight against this unknown Fierce Ghost.
"Stop crying, tell me what happened, that way I can get you all out of here!"
As he breathed, Jiang Shan pressed Chen Yue's detached face back into place.
When she realized her face was back, Chen Yue sat on the ground sobbing uncontrollably.
She hadn't died! She survived!
Suddenly, the Ghost Character appeared in Jiang Shan's mind once more:
"I am Jiang Shan, I saved a girl, and because of this, I was targeted by the Dead Face Ghost! To fight the Dead Face Ghost, I must find the Knocking Ghost..."
The Ghost Character disappeared, leaving no ripples, like a pool of stagnant water.
At this moment, Jiang Shan felt increasingly uneasy, and doubts began to arise in his heart:
"Did I really gain control of the Ghost Character?"
It was like a living person, venting emotions freely in his mind, inducing him just like the Human Skin Paper that manipulated Yang Jian!
An unbidden Fear swept over Jiang Shan.
"Jiang Shan, a group of us walked here, and suddenly countless Human Faces appeared in the fog. They stared straight at us, and then our faces started peeling off."
Zhang Lei, whose face skin was half-peeled off, saw that Chen Yue had actually survived. A ray of hope seemed to dawn in his heart, and he hurriedly interrupted their conversation:
"Jiang Shan! Save me! I!"
"Shut up!"
"Continue speaking. Tell me exactly how it appeared and what it did to you all."
After dealing with Chen Yue, Jiang Shan immediately prepared to save the other classmates in the class.
The rate at which the Human Face peeled off was only about ten seconds. Jiang Shan estimated that among those present, the only one he could save was Zhang Lei, who was closest to him and whose peeling was the least severe.
He walked up to Zhang Lei and firmly pressed down on his peeling face.
Having gained control of two Ghosts, the Fierce Ghosts within Jiang Shan had reached a temporary balance.
Within the scope of what he could manage, and without compromising his own safety, Jiang Shan was still willing to save a few more people.
But facing the scene before him, he was powerless.
Watching his classmates die one after another, the dead silence magnified the Fear in Zhang Lei's heart:
"Jiang Shan, I'm Zhang Lei, you must take me out of here!"
"I'll give you money! I..."
"Shut up! If you say one more word, I won't need a Ghost to do it—I'll rip your face off myself!"
Jiang Shan pressed his face and roared.
The burly Zhang Lei before him had his courage completely shattered by the Ghost. Right now, he was like a drowning man grasping at a life-saving straw, his eyes filled with longing and madness.
Jiang Shan took in Zhang Lei's appearance completely.
Compared to Chen Yue, Zhang Lei couldn't utter a single useful word right now.
The instinct for survival was natural, and Jiang Shan did not despise it.
But with a Fierce Ghost potentially appearing at any moment, he was a liability!
If he hindered Jiang Shan's own search for survival, Jiang Shan wouldn't mind killing him personally.
Seeing Jiang Shan's icy gaze, Zhang Lei felt a chill run through his entire body. He had a premonition that if he spoke another word, Jiang Shan would kill him without hesitation!
Just as Zhang Lei's face was pressed back into place, no one noticed that the Ghost Character spread along Jiang Shan's Hand and reached beneath Zhang Lei's face skin.
Just then, Chen Yue began to speak to Jiang Shan:
"When our group walked here, countless Human Faces suddenly appeared in the fog. They stared right at us, and then our faces started peeling off."
Chen Yue's voice was intermittent, sometimes carrying a tremor.
Just hearing her voice conveyed the Fear in her heart, yet she could still express herself clearly, which made Jiang Shan's impression of her improve.
"What did you all do?"
Jiang Shan asked.
"We didn't do anything, everyone was scared stiff."
"What were you doing at the time?"
"I—I was so scared my whole body stiffened, I didn't move at all."
Suddenly, she remembered the Ghost Character and what Jiang Shan had said earlier, so she added:
"I didn't touch it, and it never touched me, I promise!"
Hearing Chen Yue's words, Jiang Shan's expression grew solemn.
The Killing Patterns of Fierce Ghosts exist; for example, the Knocking Ghost requires hearing that bizarre knocking sound; or in the case of a Ghost calling someone, the Killing Pattern is only triggered upon turning around.
But in Chen Yue's account, he could not find any Killing Pattern whatsoever.
Just as Jiang Shan was thinking, a terrifying sound rang out, making the hairs on his body stand on end instantly.
"Knock, knock, knock."
"Knock, knock, knock."
The sound of the Knocking Ghost knocking!
Where is it!?
Jiang Shan's heart pounded wildly as he quickly scanned his surroundings, finally discovering that the source of the sound was actually coming from Zhang Lei's cell phone!