The terrifying knocking sound reached Chen Yue's ears, and the girl, who had been holding on, began to approach a mental breakdown.
She collapsed to the ground, covering her face and sobbing:
"Jiang Shan, am I going to die? Am I never going back home?"
"Wuwu..."
At this moment, Jiang Shan was also in utter chaos; he fell into deep despair about whether he could survive.
Perhaps facing these four Fierce Ghosts, certain death was his unavoidable fate.
"Knock, knock, knock."
The eerie knocking sound rang out again.
It maintained a constant frequency, knocking unhurriedly; every sound that struck Jiang Shan's ears was like the tolling of a death knell.
Suddenly, Jiang Shan's entire body began to ache violently.
He felt his body stiffening, and his frame emitted a chilling aura that inspired fear.
"Ah!"
The heart-wrenching pain made Jiang Shan crouch on the ground and moan softly. In his blurred vision, he saw the Ghost Character beginning to spread from his feet onto the ground.
It wanted to detach from him!
It seemed the cause of his sudden intense pain was the Ghost Character trying to leave his body, but for Jiang Shan, this was the Ghost Revival of the Ghost Character.
With veins bulging from the pain, Jiang Shan was certain that the moment the Ghost Character completely separated from his body would be the moment of his death!
Jiang Shan turned his head to glance at Chen Yue, who had already collapsed in despair, and his eyes began to look frantic!
Whether I die or not,
even if my death is certain, I won't let the Ghost Character have an easy time!
Coming and going as it pleases, does it really take me for a public bus!?
A desperate plan brewed in Jiang Shan's mind. His thoughts were incredibly clear at this moment. After the second round of knocking sounded, he spoke:
"Chen Yue, I have one last method for you, the last possible way for you to survive."
The sobbing gradually stopped. Jiang Shan stared intently at the Knocking Ghost before him and continued speaking:
"As soon as the knocking sound is heard, that Fierce Ghost will start killing people randomly."
"Now! No matter what happens, don't pay attention to anything else! Turn your head and rush into that Human Face Grey Fog, and scream when you see their faces."
"I can't guarantee you'll live, but this is my final method."
Chen Yue staggered to her feet, her voice hoarse as she asked Jiang Shan:
"What about you?"
"Me?"
"I can't leave. They won't let me go. Since they are so reluctant to let me go, I'll give these Fierce Ghosts a good fight!"
At this moment, Jiang Shan was using the Newspaper Ghost's Supernatural power to fiercely pull at the Ghost Character, preventing it from leaving his body.
The collision of Supernatural powers caused an intense tearing sensation, making Jiang Shan's voice tremble slightly from the pain:
"Live."
"Run!"
Jiang Shan roared. As soon as the words left his mouth, the oppressive knocking sound rang out again:
"Knock, knock, knock."
Darkness that devoured all light surged like a tide, and a thick Corpse Odor, mixed with heavy footsteps, rushed toward Jiang Shan and Chen Yue.
The Knocking Ghost... has arrived!
The trees around Jiang Shan began to wither and rot. A dense Death Aura flooded into Jiang Shan's nose and mouth. He realized his skin was starting to rot, emitting a nauseating stench.
"You want to run so badly? I absolutely won't let you!"
"Let's see how afraid you are of this Dead Person Ghost Face!"
Jiang Shan pushed the Newspaper Ghost's Supernatural power in his mind to its absolute limit, completely disregarding the Newspaper Ghost's Revival, and desperately kept the Ghost Character on his Hands.
Under the Newspaper Ghost's Revival, Jiang Shan's head began to resemble layers of stacked newspapers. The more he used the Newspaper Ghost's Supernatural power, the more his newspaper-like skull started to shatter.
If anyone were present to see Jiang Shan's current appearance—his frenzied gaze, his highly decayed body, coupled with the shattered, newspaper-like head—
compared to a Fierce Ghost,
Jiang Shan at this moment looked more like a Fierce Ghost!
The four Fierce Ghosts emitted an incomparably terrifying chilling cold. Even though Jiang Shan's hair was standing on end from the cold, he no longer cared.
Looking at the Ghost Character, which could both attach and possessed the Killing Pattern of instant death upon touch,
by keeping it on his Hands, Jiang Shan dared to touch any Fierce Ghost with his own Hands!
Even the Dead Person Ghost Face before him!
Because he triggered the Dead Person Ghost Face's Killing Pattern, Jiang Shan's face also began to peel off rapidly, yet he used those Hands covered in the Ghost Character to firmly grasp a Ghost Face within the Grey Fog.
Without the slightest hesitation.
Jiang Shan ripped off his own facial skin and slapped that Dead Person Ghost Face onto it!
In an instant, that Dead Person Ghost Face adhered tightly to his face, and infinite coldness surged from the depths of his consciousness.
"It's devouring my consciousness!"
Jiang Shan was terrified. The original owner's memories were starting to become blurred—this feeling was exactly the same as the Newspaper Ghost that day!
Losing one's memory is a horror unimaginable to others!
"Newspaper Ghost!"
"Yes! Newspaper Ghost!"
Knowing his own death, Jiang Shan achieved ultimate calmness. The moment he sensed his memories slipping away, he thought of the Newspaper Ghost on the verge of Revival inside him.
Just like that day, he would leave his memories on the Newspaper Ghost!
Jiang Shan would die!
But the Newspaper Ghost would never die!
Even if his memories might remain on the Newspaper Ghost forever, the situation of certain death had allowed Jiang Shan to see A Glimmer of Hope!
What constitutes a person with a soul?
Memory, emotion!
Acting decisively, Jiang Shan urged the Newspaper Ghost to strip away his memories. The two Fierce Ghosts began to collide and fight fiercely in his mind.
"The malice in this world is truly great."
"It doesn't matter," Jiang Shan had already given up all struggle. Everything he needed to do was done; whatever happened next was up to fate.
At this point, he was completely unaware of what was happening inside his body.
Chaos, darkness—these were Jiang Shan's only sensations, followed by a deep loneliness, infinite loneliness.
"I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"
But Jiang Shan didn't know that the Ghost Character in his body was now moving like a living thing, spreading in panic and confusion from his Hands into his brain.
The Scarlet Ghost Script continuously wrote out its emotions:
"I am Jiang Shan, no! I am not Jiang Shan!"
"How dare he! How dare he stick the Dead Person Ghost Face on! I won't survive! I'm really going to die!"
"Human Skin Paper, if I find the Human Skin Paper, I can reawaken. I need him to find the Human Skin Paper for me! He cannot die!"
The Ghost Character, having invaded Jiang Shan's brain, began to fully revive. Its Supernatural power actually started actively helping the Newspaper Ghost fight the Dead Person Ghost Face!
Jiang Shan's plan succeeded. At this moment, three Fierce Ghosts were fighting wildly in his brain!
The current Jiang Shan stood stiffly in place like a zombie, his limbs rigid, his eyes vacant, and a deathly aura began to emanate from him.
A thick, intense stench drifted out from his head, which was now half-shattered, before gradually dissipating.
The three Fierce Ghosts in his mind seemed to have reached some strange equilibrium.
And the Knocking Ghost stood behind Jiang Shan, extending those Hands covered in corpse spots, purple-black and aged.
The moment that Hand touched Jiang Shan's body, his skull began to rot rapidly!
The previously dormant Fierce Ghosts began to revive violently!