Chapter 76 Water Ghost and Will-O-Wisp
Chapter 76 Water Ghost and Will-O-Wisp
The world in the painting.
After seeing the bride, Zhang Hao took the ghost coffin back.
With the help of Guihua Guishe, the ghost catcher was successfully retrieved by him and used as a coffin.
Wei Jing’s departure made the ghost catcher lose the ability to leave the ghost coffin.
Although Zhang Hao did not control the ghost catcher, the ghost catcher and the ghost coffin have now become supernatural objects in Zhang Hao's hands.
It can be said that this coffin is the weapon in Zhang Hao's hand.
"The operation at the headquarters has finally begun. If it had been delayed for a few more days, I would have planned to control that old man first."
After waiting for a week, Zhang Hao finally learned from Jiang Shangbai that Li Jun and others had already entered the world in the painting.
However, he did not take action immediately to deal with Li Jun and others, because Old Qin was the real danger he was waiting for.
At this time, Li Jun and his group of five were walking in the world of the painting.
Through the information from Yang Jian, they successfully learned some information about the ghost paintings.
According to Yang Jian, as long as a derived painting is found, it is possible to enter the central area of the ghost painting world through that painting.
This was the first time that Li Jun and his team targeted ghost paintings, but it was not completely without a plan.
According to the headquarters' plan, Li Jun and his team will derive the connection between ghost paintings and go to the center of the ghost painting world and find a way to imprison the ghost paintings.
To this end, they also deliberately carried a supernatural object called a ghost camera.
"Xiong Wenwen, we have reached another fork in the road. Which way do you think we should go?"
Li Jun walked in front of the team, looking at the winding and rugged roads derived from the ghost paintings, and turned to look at Xiong Wenwen.
Speaking from experience, Xiong Wenwen would naturally not become the spokesperson of the team.
But because Xiong Wenwen can control evil spirits, even under normal circumstances, letting him make various choices can often get better results.
It's like letting Xiong Wenwen go to the casino. Even if he doesn't use his supernatural powers, he can win a lot of money just by choosing the size based on his hunch.
"Take the road on the left."
Xiong Wenwen pointed out a path without even thinking about it or using her foresight.
Hearing this, Li Jun stepped forward immediately without asking the reason.
Under Xiong Wenwen's continuous judgment, the group walked along this winding and rugged road and arrived at a city.
The road looked very far, but in fact, it didn't take them long to pass through it successfully.
This is a characteristic of ghost paintings, just like those mountain roads in the paintings that appear to be very long, but in fact the mountain roads do not occupy a large area in the paintings.
The city is very large and there are tall buildings along the wide roads, but the layout of the city is extremely chaotic. Next to some buildings, there are low houses.
This world is clearly a ghost painting that imitates the real world. Logically, it shouldn't be so chaotic.
However, Li Jun and others knew very well that although the world in the painting imitated reality, it was composed of a series of portraits.
Some places are painted with low buildings, some places are painted with tall buildings, and there are even deep mountains and old forests, so this city looks so weird.
Li Jun and his group passed through the tall buildings and low-rise buildings on the edge of the city and soon arrived at a special village.
"Although Yang Jian has successfully approached the source painting, it seems that the places he walked into through different paintings are also different."
Liu San looked at the village with a look of vigilance on his face.
The village was built around a small lake, and there was a waterwheel for watering next to each building in the village.
The style of the village does not look like traditional architecture, it should be the architecture of some ethnic minorities.
"Although it's still a place in China, it should be a minority village that we don't know much about. Everyone, please be careful."
Chen Yi looked at the village. Apart from the occasional sound of water mills, there was basically no other sound in the village. It was terrifyingly silent.
But if there is no one living in the village, where does the sound of ink painting come from?
Without anyone to maintain them, these water wheels would soon age and become useless due to the erosion of spiritual power.
"I'll explore the way, you guys follow me closely."
Liu San was silent for a while and slowly walked forward.
This village is a bit strange. In order to avoid possible danger, it is better to lead the way yourself.
When the others heard Liu San's words, they had no objection, and the five of them immediately walked towards the depths of the village.
Because the style of the village was quite unique and for reasons they did not understand, the group was very cautious as they moved forward.
"Wow!"
Just as the group reached the center of the village, suddenly, the sound of water hitting rocks was heard from inside the village.
"Crench!"
As the water flowed, the water wheels in the village that were not turning originally began to turn.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"
As if someone was scooping water, the sound of splashing water began to be heard in the village.
"Not good. With our arrival, this village has begun to undergo some unknown changes."
Li Jun was startled and took out a red ghost candle and lit it.
It's not that he was making a fuss, but it was another way to use the ghost candle.
There are five people present who participated in the incident of imprisoning the ghost painting. The condition of each of them is very important. If it is not necessary, Li Jun does not want everyone to use supernatural powers.
Although ghost candles are precious, if they are only lit briefly and then immediately extinguished and used for testing, there will not be much loss.
After the ghost candle was lit, the flame immediately burned at an extremely fast speed.
"There are ghosts approaching!"
Liu San looked around. After the ghost candle was lit, he could test whether there were any evil spirits around.
And now looking at the situation, the ghost is obviously not far away from them and is very scary.
At the burning speed of the ghost candle, I'm afraid it can only last for seven or eight minutes.
Even so, the evil ghost hasn't actually been seen yet. If the evil ghost really appears, the Ghost Candle will probably be able to last even less time.
"Leave this village as soon as possible." Li Jun said in a deep voice and immediately walked forward.
He didn't want to get too entangled with the ghost before he encountered the ghost painting.
Others hurried to follow Li Jun.
As they moved forward, they didn't know when the village was filled with muddy water.
The water that was pumped up from the lake by the continuous rotation of the waterwheel was now murky and covering them.
"Speed up the pace."
The ghost candle in his hand burned faster and faster, and Li Jun couldn't help but speed up his pace.
Liu San walked to Xiong Wenwen, picked up the naughty kid and carried him on his back.
"Children's legs are short and they walk too slowly. I will carry you on my back."
As the water spread, the five people gradually changed from walking to running.
But even so, the turbid sewage soon spread throughout the village, leaving the few people with nowhere to stay.
Even the ghost candle could only provide a small open space for a few people that would not be filled with sewage for the time being.
"Li Yang." Li Jun said in a low voice.
Before Li Yang could react, Li Jun turned around and walked towards a wooden house nearby.
Seeing this, Li Yang finally reacted and followed Li Jun's footsteps.
The ground has been filled with this strange sewage, and there is no place to stand. Now is the time for him to use his supernatural powers.
The four of them walked quickly towards the wooden house. Without the cover of the ghost candle, the turbid sewage immediately flowed into the open space before.
The work was not over yet. After covering the open space, the sewage immediately spread towards the room where the five people were.
The sewage accumulated in front of the door and soon reached the same level as the baffle in front of the door, ready to flood into the house at any time.
"Block the door!" Li Jun shouted.
Hearing this, Li Yang nodded, pulled the door shut, and immediately blocked the door with his body.
"Although this village is very strange, at least we are safe for the time being."
Chen Yi looked at Li Yang with appreciation after seeing that the sewage did not enter the house after the door was blocked.
I didn’t expect that I would need this newcomer not long after entering the ghost painting industry.
"As long as the ghost candles are not extinguished, we will not be attacked by evil spirits, but the sewage is blocking our way forward."
Liu San looked at the few people who were still in fear, spoke in a deep voice, and analyzed the current situation.
"According to the current situation, if we want to leave, we may need to use the ghost den."
"Li Jun, can your will-o'-the-wisp light ignite the sewage?"
Li Jun frowned: "I'm not sure."
"Professor Wang once asked me to test whether the manifestation of ghosts has the same restraint relationship as the things in our reality."
"At Professor Wang's suggestion, I tried to use the will-o'-the-wisp to ignite the water ghost."
"In fact, this is feasible, but the premise is that the water ghost cannot withstand the burning of the will-o'-the-wisp."
"If the horror level of the resurrected water ghost is equal to that of the ghost fire, or even higher than that of the ghost fire, then the ghost fire cannot be ignited." Upon hearing this, Liu San looked towards the door.
Water ghosts seem to have the effect of restraining will-o'-the-wisp, but will-o'-the-wisp is not incapable of igniting water ghost-type ghosts.
But looking at the situation in this village, the horror of that strange sewage is definitely not low.
Unless Li Jun took the risk of the evil spirit reviving, he would not be able to ignite it.
Later, when facing ghost paintings, they still need to rely on Li Jun who can use ghosts in ghost paintings.
Of course, we can't let Li Jun fight to the death at this time.
"Let me give you a prediction." Xiong Wenwen said.
"This is the only way." Liu San nodded. Now he could only find a way to break the situation through foresight.
Xiong Wenwen closed her eyes, and a cold aura began to emanate from her body.
A special picture appeared in Xiong Wenwen's mind.
The group opened the door to the house and found that the water in the house had reached the height of an adult's calf at some point.
The moment the house was opened, the water outside quickly poured into the house.
As the sewage poured in, Li Yang, who was standing at the door, was attacked first.
The water was like sulfuric acid. The moment Li Yang came into contact with the sewage, his body began to be corroded and his flesh was constantly decomposed.
Finally, under the erosion of sewage, Li Yang had only a pair of hands floating on the water.
Except for Li Yang, the situation of others was not much better.
Xiong Wenwen was corroded by the sewage, with only his head floating on the water, and Chen Yi was left with only a piece of human skin.
The paper man on Liu San's body was not melted, but the moment the paper man came into contact with the sewage, the entire paper man was soaked and Liu San lost his ability to move.
As for Li Jun, after he came into contact with the strange sewage, ghostly green fire began to emerge from his body, as if he was fighting against the sewage in the village.
However, as a ghost rider, Li Jun's confrontation with the water ghost who was able to restrain himself did not last long.
Li Jun was also quickly dissolved. Finally, a few pieces of ghostly green fire attached to the remaining skin, heads, hands, and paper figures of several people, and continued to burn and float on the water.
Xiong Wenwen opened her eyes and immediately told everyone what had happened.
"Xiong Wenwen, did the sewage level continue to rise after we opened the door?" Liu San asked with a frown.
Xiong Wenwen shook her head: "I didn't pay attention to this."
"Then let's try again."
A trace of helplessness appeared on Liu San's sallow face. A naughty kid is still a naughty kid after all, and his observation skills are too poor.
If other adults used precognition in this situation, they would have paid attention to the water level.
"Li Jun lit the will-o'-the-wisp. This time we'll light the will-o'-the-wisp to open the door and see what happens."
"Xiong Wenwen, while observing our situation, you must also pay attention to the water level."
"Okay." Xiong Wenwen responded and used her predictive power again.
The dark green room was opened, and this time Xiong Wenwen noticed that the water level had risen again, by about three centimeters.
However, after the door was opened this time, the sewage did not immediately flow into the house.
The candlelight of the ghost candle was like an invisible wall, blocking the infiltration of sewage.
"let's go!"
Looking at the fiercely burning will-o'-the-wisp, Li Jun immediately led everyone outside.
At the same time, a layer of ghostly green fire appeared on Li Jun's body.
The crisis has already occurred and he cannot retain his strength.
Although his ghost den can restrain the ghost painting, everything will be in vain if he cannot survive in front of the ghost painting.
This time, the will-o'-the-wisp fire raised the ghost den in time, and the ghost den took everyone out of the village.
However, just as the five people were about to reach the village entrance.
"Wow!"
With a loud splash, a pool of dirty water was poured onto the ghost fire by a rotating waterwheel not far away.
A strange scene appeared. As the sewage and the ghost fire came into contact, the water level in the village rose rapidly. The sewage and the ghost fire, which were originally only 20 to 30 centimeters, came into contact again.
It seemed that the burning of the will-o'-the-wisp caused some unknown changes.
The water wheels that originally only existed beside the house were now floating on the water, constantly rotating towards Li Jun and others.
Moreover, when these water wheels rotated on the water, pieces of sewage were poured onto the ghost fires from the grooves of the water wheels.
The ghost of the will-o'-the-wisp began to slowly die out under the suppression of the sewage.
Soon, Li Jun's ghost den was completely suppressed and could no longer be maintained, so he fell into the water.
Fortunately, taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Jun successfully sent Xiong Wenwen, Li Yang, Liu San and others out of the ghost den and came to the outside of the village.
However, Li Jun himself fell into the water. Because there was no fuel, his will-o'-the-wisp couldn't even burn.
In the end, only a charred corpse floated on the water.
Xiong Wenwen opened her eyes and told several people about these things.
"It's bad. If this is really the case, the longer we delay, the more dangerous it will become."
Li Jun's face looked a little ugly, not because of his predicted death, but according to Xiong Wenwen's prediction, the higher the water level, the more dangerous the village would become.
"start to act."
Li Jun took out two ghost candles, gave one to Xiong Wenwen and one to Li Yang.
"You guys wait and pay attention to the situation. I will use the ghost cave to lead everyone away. You will light the ghost candles one by one to prevent us from being attacked."
As he spoke, Li Jun looked at Xiong Wenwen: "By the way, Xiong Wenwen, how long did the ghost candle block the sewage?"
"Half a minute, only half a minute."
This time, Xiong Wenwen did not forget to observe Guizhu's situation. After all, every failure makes one wiser.
While observing the water level, he also observed the survival time of the people inside.
"It will take one minute for your ghost to take us to the village entrance." Xiong Wenwen reminded Li Jun.
"Is that so? That's enough." Li Jun nodded. Now there are two ghost candles here, which are enough to keep them going until they reach the village entrance.
"Be careful, the water level is getting higher now, and I'm afraid we can't hold it off for that long." Chen Yi reminded.
"I know, so I handed the Ghost Candle to two people, hoping that you can act according to the circumstances."
Li Jun was naturally aware of this. This was a crisis caused by his wrong decision, so he handed over all the life-saving items to other people.
Chen Yi nodded and took out a ghost candle.
Both Chen Yi and Liu San had ghost candles in their hands, which was why Li Jun did not give the ghost candle to them.
"Li Yang, open the door!"
A ghostly green fire appeared on Li Jun's body, instantly lighting up the entire room.
Liu San lit the ghost candle in his hand, and the burning speed of the ghost candle was much faster than the burning speed predicted by Xiong Wenwen.
Because after Li Yang opened the door, the turbid and strange sewage outside had risen to half a person's height.
"Go!" Li Jun shouted, and the ghost den enveloped the four people and took them outside.
The sewage rushed up, but was pushed back by the ghost fire. With the protection of the ghost candle, the sewage could not be contaminated by Li Jun's ghost fire.
"Chen Yi!"
Eight seconds after leaving the water, Liu San shouted to Chen Yi.
"I understand." Chen Yi understood what Liu San meant and immediately lit the ghost candle in his hand.
Then after twenty seconds, Li Yang also lit the ghost candle in his hand.
At thirty-one seconds, Xiong Wenwen lit the ghost candle in his hand.
At the 43rd second, the last ghost candle in the hands of the last five people burned out.
"Damn it!"
Li Jun's face looked a little ugly, and he looked towards the entrance of the village.
This village had an invisible spiritual force that blocked his speed of progress. According to the current situation, it would take at least twenty seconds to cross the village entrance.
"Let me help you attract the attention of these evil spirits. Maybe I can buy you some time."
Seeing this, Liu San smiled bitterly and said helplessly.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Liu San in surprise. They didn't expect that this seemingly cautious man would make such a choice in the end.
"give it to you."
To the surprise of several people, Li Jun actually agreed with Liu San's approach.
Noticing the gazes of several people, Li Jun did not give an answer, but continued to control the ghost den to rush out of the village.
This guy Liu San is not someone who is willing to sacrifice himself.
After Liu San said this, Li Jun immediately realized that this guy might not really die here.
(End of this chapter)