Chapter 74: Mastering the Ghost Painting, the Resurrected Man
Chapter 74: Mastering the Ghost Painting, the Resurrected Man
Time passed slowly.
As the two ghosts continued to fight, Zhang Hao couldn't help but take the ghost bride's hand.
Holding hands with the ghost bride can increase Zhang Hao's level of terror. Similarly, when Zhang Hao holds hands with the bride, he can also increase the other person's level of terror.
Although, what Zhang Hao can improve for the Ghost Bride is not as much as what the Ghost Bride can improve for Zhang Hao.
But at least when the two sides are in a stalemate, the ghost bride can suppress the ghost painting and gain a dominant position.
Because the ghost bride who completes the ghost painting is not the same He Yuelian in the original book.
He Yuelian's goal was to achieve balance and transform herself into an alien. What she needed was for the ghost bride and the ghost painting to reach a balance so that she could survive.
As a fierce ghost, the ghost bride does not need this. What she needs is an overwhelming victory.
With the addition of Zhang Hao's supernatural power, the original balance between the two sides was broken, and the supernatural power of the ghost bride overwhelmed the ghost painting.
Soon, the ghost painting's figure began to become illusory, while the bride's flesh and blood became whiter, as if it were painted.
After a period of confrontation, the building was completely transformed.
At this time, the building originally in the painting began to show some traces of the ghost bride.
I don't know when the European-style building was transformed into a Republic of China courtyard, with red lanterns hanging in the yard and colorful lights.
All these changes seem to imply that the ghost bride now occupies a dominant position in the ghost painting.
"ended."
Seeing the strange aura from the ghost bride slowly stabilize, Zhang Hao let go of his hand.
With the changes of the ghost bride, it seemed that Zhang Hao also gained some abilities just now.
With a slight movement of his mind, everything around Zhang Hao changed.
He can now move freely in the ghost den painted by the ghost. To him, the entire ghost den is no different from his own home.
"Try this."
Zhang Hao thought for a moment, and his figure disappeared from the spot. The next moment, he was outside a village.
This is Huanggang Village.
It seems that as the ghost bride controls the ghost painting, the distance Zhang Hao can create between himself and the ghost bride is improved.
"That's not right. We should be in the ghost den. No matter how far away I am, I am within the bride's perception range."
Originally, because of the ghost looking for its relatives, Zhang Hao and the ghost bride were at most one thousand meters apart, but now this problem has been solved in the world of the painting.
Zhang Hao confirmed this and went back to the Republic of China compound where the ghost bride was and took another look.
At this time, the ghost bride seemed to have not started to act because she had just successfully controlled the ghost painting.
So Zhang Hao decided to go to Huanggang Village first.
I don’t know whether Li Jun and his men have taken Wei Jing away. If they have, then the last step of the plan should begin.
Yes, it was also Zhang Hao's plan to let Li Jun and others take Wei Jing, who possessed some supernatural powers as a ghost catcher, away from Huanggang Village.
According to Zhang Hao's original plan, he hid in Huanggang Village and took the ghost bride to control the ghost painting.
In order to prevent Old Qin from taking action, he must give Old Qin a chance to pack up and take away all the enemies.
This opportunity naturally lies in having Old Qin imprisoned together with himself and the ghost bride after he has mastered the ghost painting and controlled the ghost catcher.
However, the detention time is not long. Given Li Jun's character, he will soon encounter a strong enemy and use the ghost fire with all his strength.
He could also take that opportunity to take the ghost bride and escape from the restrictions of the ghost fire.
For Zhang Hao, it was acceptable to obtain the ghost catcher and the ghost painting at the cost of being temporarily imprisoned.
After all, the enhancements brought by ghost paintings and ghost catchers are self-evident to Zhang Hao.
Of course, although this is the plan, if Mr. Qin really attacks him, Zhang Hao will not be able to not resist.
By then, it will be an experience to face this top-level ghost rider and see the gap between the two sides.
If the gap was not big, Zhang Hao would naturally not be able to be imprisoned by Old Qin obediently, and Zhang Hao would be able to act without any taboos with the Ghost Bride.
But if the gap is too big, then he will still need to stay safe after he goes out.
After all, after Old Qin proclaimed himself, how many of the seven elders were still alive?
Although these people said that they would let the new-age ghost riders run free, if they made too much noise, they would definitely take action.
After all, you need the insects to raise them. If all the seedlings are going to die, how can these people sit still?
Walking into Huanggang Village, Zhang Hao quickly noticed the changes in Huanggang Village.
Without himself, the ghost catcher was even more divided by the ghost's den drawn by the ghost.
Even some evil spirits that did not originally belong to Huanggang Village appeared in this village.
Zhang Hao looked towards the village not far away, where there was a building that was out of place with the other buildings in the village.
It was a small three-story house. It was pitch black inside and footsteps could be heard from time to time.
"Is it the portrait?"
Zhang Hao recalled the portrait he had seen on the seventh floor building.
The background around the portrait at that time should be this place.
I was very interested in this portrait at that time, but I didn't expect that this ghost would come to Huanggang Village.
Zhang Hao walked into Huanggang Village and soon arrived at the door of the three-story building.
Without the ghost bride around, Zhang Hao didn't dare to act so recklessly, so he didn't go in immediately, but looked around first.
After all, evil spirits will attack each other if their killing patterns are met.
Although the hall on the first floor was very dark, nothing strange was found.
Zhang Hao searched briefly and then stepped onto the stairs to the second floor.
"Tap!"
Just as he walked onto the stairs and had not taken a few steps, footsteps suddenly came from the second floor.
"Is the portrait on the second floor?"
Zhang Hao looked up and took out a spirit tablet in his hand.
After the ghost bride successfully controlled the ghost painting, the spirit tablet that was invaded by the ghost painting has now returned to normal.
Zhang Hao now plans to rely on this memorial tablet to attract the portrait.
Logically speaking, there should be a certain connection between this memorial tablet with his photo on it and the portrait.
"Crench!"
As Zhang Hao placed the spirit tablet in front of him, the door to the second floor seemed to be pulled open by something.
But unfortunately, the thing did not come out, it seemed to have just opened the door a little bit.
"Failed."
Without thinking, Zhang Hao knew that his plan to attract the portrait through the ghost position had failed.
I wonder if it's because the ghost can't leave the second floor? Or is there some other reason?
After a brief thought, Zhang Hao walked into the second floor.
No evil spirit was seen on the second floor. Apart from some ordinary furniture, there was only a black-and-white photo that looked like a portrait.
The upper half of the old man’s face could not be seen clearly in the photo, but after Zhang Hao came in, he could feel that the old man’s eyes hidden in the darkness were staring at him.
Moreover, although the old man looked calm, Zhang Hao strangely felt that there was an inexplicable smile on his face.
Zhang Hao, who had seen the ghost painting, naturally knew that this portrait was the source of the ghost. He was not frightened by the weirdness of the photo.
He walked to the black and white portrait and reached out to take it down.
"Portrait. I don't seem to have any means to directly attack this kind of evil spirit."
Zhang Hao looked at the portrait and fell into deep thought. If he couldn't attack the source ghost, then he would have no way to control this ghost.
After a long time.
Zhang Hao seemed to have thought of a solution.
He placed the ghost tablet on an old square table on the second floor, and then pasted the black and white photo on the ghost tablet.
Since I can't attack the ghost in the photo, I'll just use the previous method to control the ghost.
After putting the photo on the memorial tablet, Zhang Hao immediately knelt down.
The spiritual power that would lead to death if someone was kneeled on was activated and transmitted into this photo through the ghost's position.
As Zhang Hao knelt, the room became inexplicably darker, and the inexplicable smile on the old man's face in the photo also disappeared.
The smile on the attacked old man became ferocious and weird, and the darkness in the black and white photo covered more of the old man.
It’s not that the old man in the photo is actually angry, but rather it’s a manifestation of the behavior of an evil spirit.
Just like when Zhang Hao was afraid of Old Qin, he would instinctively lower his head and not look at Old Qin.
For example, when Zhang Hao was planning to attack someone, because he was about to start killing someone, his face involuntarily became vicious and ferocious.
In fact, this can be seen in many places.
Like in the original novel, when the evil ghost Zhang Dong revived and suppressed hundreds of ghosts, his expression would change from calm to fierce.
"Da da da!"
Suddenly, there was a noise outside the door.
Zhang Hao frowned when he heard footsteps. Wasn’t the ghost in the photo pasted on the memorial tablet by him?
He raised his head and looked towards the ghost seat, where there was still a strange portrait of an old man, but behind the old man in the painting, a white figure with no visible face appeared.
A white figure stood in the room, kneeling down and crying in front of a memorial tablet.
"This thing is attacking me back?" Zhang Hao looked outside the door, from the perspective of the photo.
The old man in the photo was standing at the door looking outside, while I was crying in the room behind him.
Sure enough, when Zhang Hao turned around, he saw a black figure standing outside the door.
“Is it the old man in the photo?”
Zhang Hao reacted, but it was too late.
He was accompanied by the appearance of the old man he discovered, his body beginning to fade.
"How is that possible? I am a ghost. Except for my consciousness, everything else is a ghost."
Zhang Hao felt a little bit unbelievable in his heart, but he did not lose his resistance.
He immediately stood up and picked up the ghost tablet. Then pieces of paper coins began to fall in the house, along with pieces of burnt paper ashes.
This house is also within the range of the ghost den of the ghost painting, so Zhang Hao wants to leave this place through the ghost den of the ghost painting.
However, he was surprised to find that the ghost painting's ghost den seemed to be blocked at this place.
There is an incomprehensible and invisible ghost in this room, which is blocking the ghost painting's ghost from invading, making it impossible for Zhang Hao to leave.
If Zhang Hao could control the ghost painting himself, this ghost den should not be able to stop Zhang Hao from leaving.
But the problem is that this ghost den is not controlled by Zhang Hao. He can use the ghost den of ghost painting just by borrowing it, and it does not come from him.
The invasion of the ghost den was blocked, and Zhang Hao himself was unable to use the ghost den, and for a moment he was trapped by the ghost.
As the color on his body continued to dissipate, Zhang Hao's body was being invaded by this ghost.
Zhang Hao set his eyes on the ghost in the portrait, and similarly, the old man in the portrait also set his eyes on Zhang Hao.
"Could this be some old monster from the Republic of China period that was resurrected and locked in a ghost painting?"
Looking at the black clothes on the old man, Zhang Hao couldn't help but have this thought in his mind.
In the world of mysterious resurgence, the most dangerous ghosts are often not those that have a great influence in the outside world.
In mysterious resurrection, the most dangerous and terrifying ghosts often have three types of images.
Elderly people, beautiful women, old objects.
The portrait in front of me, whether from the black and white style or from the wrinkled face of the old man, meets both conditions.
As the color of Zhang Hao's body faded, he quickly began to shrink, and soon turned into a black and white photo that fell to the ground.
Everything in the portrait was exactly the same as what Zhang Hao had just seen in the black and white portrait.
The photo fell to the ground, and the old man outside the house turned around, walked into the house and picked up the photo.
As the old man picked up the photo, it was quickly eroded by darkness, and soon it turned into ashes and fell to the ground as if it had been burned.
The old man stood there for a long time with paper ashes on his hands.
"Tap Tap!"
Finally, after the sound of footsteps, the old man's figure slowly disappeared, and the black and white photo of the old man was hung on the wall again.
At the same time, in the Republic of China compound.
Zhang Hao's figure suddenly walked out of a picture frame.
"Restarted?"
Zhang Hao looked at the ghost bride beside him. At this time, the ghost bride had resumed her actions.
After Zhang Hao appeared, she walked over and held his hand. Now the ghost bride's hands had become more delicate and smooth than before she controlled the ghost painting.
After the ghost bride grabbed Zhang Hao, she did not control his body and just stood there motionless.
After a long time, Zhang Hao seemed to have figured out everything.
When he turned into a black and white portrait before, Zhang Hao really thought that he would be suppressed by the old man and in turn controlled by him.
After all, at that time, the ghost den of Guihua had been isolated.
Unexpectedly, at the last moment, it restarted.
"But that's right. The condition for restarting is that the bride can sense me. Previously, this range was one thousand meters."
"Now that there is the Ghost Den, perhaps the restart range will become one thousand meters around the Ghost Den."
Zhang Hao raised his head. With the blessing of the bride, he wanted to go to the three-story house again.
He could clearly sense that the ghost was definitely his puzzle piece.
But it can't be now, because Zhang Hao can't be sure of the strength of the old man in the photo.
Although the other party was imprisoned in the ghost den by the ghost painting, the old man usually did not release his ghost den.
If Zhang Hao wants to control the ghost that can fight against the ghost painting, he needs to make long-term plans.
And the more important goal now is to get the ghost catcher back and then face Mr. Qin.
He would have no shortage of time to deal with the old man later after he resolved the threat posed by Old Qin.
Dajing City.
In a room deep in the basement.
Cao Yanhua, Wang Xiaoming, and Mr. Qin were standing in front of a small room.
Through the dark yellow glass window, you can see an old wooden door inside.
Someone had chained the wooden door shut and was completely trapped.
However, the door standing on the ground shook slightly from time to time, as if something behind the door wanted to open it and come out.
The wooden door inside is code-named Ghost Gate, and is an extremely dangerous thing.
The way to use the ghost door is to open the right door at the right time.
The ghost gate and the door handle taken out of the ghost gate need to be opened at the same time, so that the ghost gate and the door opened by the door handle can be connected to each other.
"This is the third time the door has been opened. I can only give them ten seconds."
Old Qin in the room had a face full of wrinkles and his skin was covered with age spots. His slightly cloudy eyes moved slightly, revealing a solemn look.
Ghost Gate.
This was one of the few things he was not sure how to deal with, because no one knew what would come out after the ghost gate was opened.
But, there is a high probability that what will appear will be a ghost.
The old wooden door lacked a door handle, so Mr. Qin could only pull the door panel to open it.
It didn't take much effort, just a slight push.
fierce.
A powerful force seemed to come from behind the wooden door. The force hit the door panel, causing the door, which had been opened a crack, to open completely in an instant with a bang.
A cold wind blew out instantly.
Old Qin narrowed his eyes slightly and subconsciously took a step back.
At this moment, the situation after the ghost gate was opened was completely revealed to the eyes of several people.
It was a darkness as thick as ink, like an abyss, and also like the entrance to hell.
Even if you open your eyes wide and use the strongest light, you cannot see anything hidden in the darkness. Everything can only be felt through the wooden door.
On weekdays, this old wooden door is like a clear dividing line, separating the eerie darkness from the real world.
However, now, this dividing line has been broken as the door opened.
Soon, footsteps were heard from the dark wooden door, and soon, a man who looked like a paper man walked out.
"Oh, you came out? It seems that the door opening was successful this time."
The old man was a little surprised, as if he had not expected that opening the door the third time would be so smooth.
Logically speaking, the more times the Ghost Gate is opened in a short period of time, the smaller the chance of success later on.
"It's you, Mr. Qin?" Liu San's expression relaxed when he saw the old man's face clearly.
Finally escaped from that damn place.
"Although this thing is not very stable, at least I came back alive." Han Mo also walked out quickly.
Next are Ah Hong and Xu Yiping.
After a short wait, Li Jun, who was almost like a resurrected ghost, came out soon.
However, in the darkness behind Li Jun where nothing could be seen clearly, another human leg stretched out.
Just one dead-like leg walked out, and the small room was immediately filled with a foul smell of decay.
Is it a ghost?
In an instant, everyone's face changed drastically.
"Hurry, close the door." Seeing this scene, Cao Yanhua outside the room shouted hurriedly, with cold sweat on his face.
"Wait a minute." However, Wang Xiaoming next to him stopped him.
Cao Yanhua looked at him in shock, but the next person who came out soon shocked him so much that he was speechless.
"Ghost messenger? No, Wei Jing?"
"What a joke, he's alive?" Han Mo looked shocked.
"Is it a human or a ghost?" Liu San also looked alert.
Everything was too weird. Wei Jing, who was corrupted by the ghost, actually reappeared at this moment.
And judging from Wang Xiaoming's attitude, he seemed to have regained consciousness and was no longer a ghost.
(End of this chapter)