Mysterious Revival

The atmosphere in the cemetery had become somewhat heavy at this moment.

It wasn't just the brewing of supernatural events here that was causing tension, but the arrival of Ye Zhen, the boss of the supernatural forum, that made the situation extremely complicated.

Who would have thought that as soon as Ye Zhen arrived, a conflict arose from an argument with Yang Jian, and they started fighting.

The saying "come to blows at the slightest disagreement" couldn't be more accurate.

The outcome was something no one had expected.

Yang Jian was instantly suppressed and then defeated, which was both baffling and astonishing.

Especially for Sun Rui and Li Yang, who had seen Yang Jian's file and even worked with him for a few days. They were well aware of Yang Jian's abilities and strength, but they didn't expect such a formidable character to seem utterly defenseless in front of Ye Zhen.

"No, that's not right. Yang Jian is still holding back; he hasn't shown his true mettle yet," Sun Rui said, shaking off his astonishment and quickly denying the reality of Yang Jian's bitter defeat.

Just now, Yang Jian was caught off guard by Ye Zhen. After all, even headquarters didn't have any file on Ye Zhen up until now. They were completely clueless about the ghosts he controlled and his abilities.

As for Yang Jian's file.

To put it bluntly, anyone with a bit of capability in the circle probably had a copy.

Everyone knew he controlled three ghosts. While they might not know the specifics of their abilities, they probably had a pretty accurate guess from analyzing some incidents.

But... Yang Jian had not used one of his ghosts yet.

Sun Rui's eyes flickered with thought as he remembered passing through Dachang City on his special flight. Yang Jian had said in person that he had brought a ghost with him on the plane.

That was the fourth ghost Yang Jian controlled.

A ghost not present on his person, yet still under his command.

"This is getting serious now. Ye Zhen might just want to suppress Yang Jian, but the result is clearly the opposite of what he intended. Another spirit summoner might see where things are heading and pretend to be submissive before speaking up—after all, just calling someone 'boss' is doable if it's just an act. But it's clear that Yang Jian's personality won't allow him to do so."

"If they keep fighting, things will only become more unmanageable. Is there any way to stop them?"

Sun Rui racked his brain, hoping to find a way to eliminate the conflict and discord between the two.

However.

At this moment, Yang Jian was truly angry.

He laughed furiously, "Ye Zhen, you think you're worthy of me calling you 'boss'? Do you really believe you're the best in the world just because you've taken a small advantage? Since you want to fight, I'll oblige today. But I can't guarantee that you'll survive my hands."

He was set on killing now.

"Fine by me, if he dies, it's on me," Ye Zhen sighed. "Since you're so confident, let's have a match today. Try your best to kill me. Here, under this vast sky, I await your attempt to surpass me. Being invincible is quite lonely after all."

He was still showing off.

One hand pointing to the sky, the other pointing at Yang Jian.

"This place is too eerie, with too many uncertainties. I don't want to be disturbed. If you want to fight, let's go outside," said Yang Jian, his face cold, his body engulfed in a red glow that emanated an oddly fierce aura.

His Ghost Domain spread, and he walked forward while his broken arm was healing.

Ghost Shadow had regained the ability to move and had patched its body back together.

Though Ye Zhen's punch had a suppressing effect on Ghost Shadow, it didn't last very long.

About a minute or so.

But still terrifying enough—a minute's suppression of a ghost was more than enough to solve any supernatural incident.

"Okay, as you wish. Let's have a fair fight outside. If you lose, you call me boss," Ye Zhen nodded slightly, staking the dignity of being the leader.

Yang Jian was calm. He ignored Ye Zhen for now and glanced at the others, "I'll take you away from here first. Let's set aside the issues with Fushou Garden for now. I'll deal with Ye Zhen's matter first."

"Captain Yang, don't be impulsive. Fighting with Ye Zhen won't do any good. Think about the bigger picture," Sun Rui said, adding, "Ye Zhen, please listen to my advice. We're all friends and colleagues here. There's no need for confrontation. If this gets out of hand, it won't be good for anyone, especially with more pressing matters at hand."

He wanted to be the peacemaker and settle the dispute.

But Yang Jian remained silent, his Ghost Domain expanding once again.

Engulfed in red light.

Suddenly, Sun Rui, Li Yang, and the two siblings Liu Xinyue, along with the Coffin Nail stuck in Old Liu's head, vanished.

Inside the Ghost Domain.

Yang Jian held the Coffin Nail in his hand, casting a cold glance at Ye Zhen without saying anything, just quietly pocketing it.

This thing couldn't be used recklessly.

If it didn't kill Ye Zhen, it would be like handing it over to him, so it had to be used with extreme caution.

As for what might happen in this graveyard next, Yang Jian decided not to concern himself with it for now.

"You all leave this place with me." Ye Zhen glanced at the other members of the Supernatural Forum and waved his hand.

Those people immediately vanished from sight.

The previously dim and eerie cemetery was empty in the blink of an eye.

When they reappeared, they were already on the road outside Fushou Garden.

The nearby roads were all blocked off.

The deserted road had no vehicles, just these survivors who had lived through the ordeal.

"Are we out?" Sun Rui looked around and breathed a sigh of relief, but then his heart tensed up again.

Because the coming events were far from over.

"Li Yang, the conflict between Yang Jian and Ye Zhen in Dahai City is a major incident. Yang Jian represents headquarters' face, and Ye Zhen represents the Supernatural Forum's influence. Today, casualties on either side will affect the situation, so go immediately to notify headquarters and see what they say. Maybe Cao Yanhua will have some way to stop these two," Sun Rui said at once.

Li Yang replied, "Okay, I'll contact headquarters right away."

After speaking, he took out a satellite locational mobile phone to contact the operator and report the situation here to headquarters.

"I'm going to visit the Supernatural Forum and see if anyone there can persuade Ye Zhen." Sun Rui immediately got up with his cane and turned to leave.

More urgent than the supernatural events was the imminent incident about to unfold.

Both men immediately set off in different directions.

But at this moment.

The evening sky over Dahai City suddenly turned red as if it were aflame, the sunset dyeing the sky, but the red was distinctly unnatural, as if not only the sky but even the buildings and ground were shrouded in a scarlet hue, like they had been soaked in blood.

The red, thick like blood, seemed about to drip down.

"How could the sky suddenly change color like that?" many citizens wondered, looking up at the sky in confusion.

The red world spread from the vicinity of Fushou Garden at an unbelievable speed, quickly covering nearly half of Dahai City, including Ye Zhen's office in Mingzhu Building within its reach.

"Is this... the world of the Ghost Domain?" At the top floor of Mingzhu Building, the Supernatural Forum's manager Ah Wu's face changed dramatically as he hurried to the window to look outside.

Indeed.

The world had changed its color.

The manager's eyes narrowed as she said, "This is Yang Jian's Ghost Domain. I've seen his file; there's no mistake. What's going on? Has Yang Jian's Ghost Domain covered Dahai City? He's not about to fight with the boss, is he?"

"Quick, go out and see."

In that moment, he realized the seriousness of the problem.

"What? What did you just say? Ye Zhen and Yang Jian are going to fight?"

Meanwhile, at headquarters, Cao Yanhua also received this urgent news.

Previously, information couldn't be transmitted from within the Ghost Domain, but now it could.

Inside the headquarters' office.

Many people turned their attention to Deputy Director Cao Yanhua, their faces showing shock.

Shen Liang immediately said, "Adjust the satellite to Dahai City's airspace and transfer the image here."

As the satellite image came up, many people's expressions changed instantly.

In the image, a dense red light covered a large part of Dahai City, the eerie situation distorting the image, as if that entire area could vanish from the map at any moment.

"No mistake, it's Yang Jian's handiwork. Whenever he makes a move, it's like this, a Ghost Domain superseding a city," Shen Liang said in a deep voice.

"We must stop them; if they really fight, it'll be bad," he added.

"I know, but how do we stop Yang Jian and Ye Zhen? Who can suppress them? Old Qin can't be used again..." Cao Yanhua's gaze shifted as his mind raced for a solution.

"If we can't stop them, then we must save at least one," Shen Liang spoke in a suppressed voice. "We can't let both of them die here; it would be a disaster."

Save one person?

Cao Yanhua immediately understood and ordered an assistant, "Bring Cao Yang over."

In a critical moment, headquarters had to control the outcome between the two.

If someone had to die, it should be someone they could accept.

And at this moment.

Within Dahai City.

Ye Zhen stood tall in the sky, glancing at the world enveloped in red light, and then said, "What's the use of having a large Ghost Domain? It's just to scare ordinary people. This Ghost Domain is even worse than before; it has no effect on me. With just a thought, I could change the color of this world in an instant."

Having said that, he opened his mouth and roared, "Disperse."

The redness in the nearby world quickly faded away, spreading outwards like a ripple, restoring the area to its original state.

Ghost Domains canceled each other out, suppressed one another, until ultimately nothing was left.

Yang Jian stood on the top floor of a skyscraper, his red ghostly eyes gazing sinisterly and malevolently at Ye Zhen.

In his mind, he had never thought of using the Ghost Domain to win; after all, this guy's Ghost Domain was also terrifying, able to reach the fifth layer of his Ghost Eye.

That ability, more than half a year ago during the early stages of the supernatural revival, indeed was regarded as at an Unsolvable Level. Even now, those who could reach the fifth layer of the Ghost Domain were few and far between.

So there was a reason when he boasted that he was the strongest.

"My Ghost Domain wasn't prepared for you," Yang Jian suddenly spoke, his voice cold and devoid of any human emotion.

"Interesting, thinking of using some tricks? Just bring it on. I, Ye Zhen, am invincible wherever I go, in heaven or on earth. Xiao Yang, try to impress me with all your might," Ye Zhen spread his arms wide, laughing heartily.

Yang Jian's cold voice echoed abruptly: "Devour him."

In an instant.

A horrifying child with cyanotic, blackish skin, dressed in funeral attire, appeared out of nowhere and lunged at Ye Zhen.

"What the hell is that?" Ye Zhen was taken aback suddenly.

Ghost Child was summoned from Sun Rui's private jet by Yang Jian using the Ghost Domain, and with a command, Ghost Child immediately launched an attack on Ye Zhen, who was overconfident to the point that his Ghost Domain was very small, so small it only covered himself, allowing him to fly.

In other words, his Ghost Domain was only for showing off, not for defense.

Therefore, Ghost Child seized Ye Zhen's arm and bit down towards him, his mouth wide open, revealing a pitch-black void, with copious amounts of saliva dripping down.

Ye Zhen felt the places where the saliva dripped degrading and rotting.

Is this a ghost?

Ye Zhen reacted, shouting loudly, "How audacious, such a minor ghost dares to bite even me, Ye Zhen?"

But before he could finish his sentence.

Yang Jian's body transformed into a streak of red light and rushed towards him in a flash.

He knew that relying on Ghost Child alone wouldn't be enough to beat Ye Zhen; it could only delay and wear him down. The real decisive factor would still be himself.

All of a sudden.

Yang Jian's ice-cold, darkened Ghost Hand clutched Ye Zhen's neck, its suppression manifested instantly.

"Get down from here."

The strength of his rigid fingers was incredibly strong, piercing through the skin and flesh of Ye Zhen's neck, accompanied by the cracking sounds of his cervical bones breaking and shattering.

Ye Zhen, who stood tall in the sky, now suffered a tremendous blow and plummeted from the sky.

"Boom!"

A loud noise erupted.

Ye Zhen smashed a patch of floor tiles and landed in a plaza in front of a skyscraper.

There were many citizens in the plaza, startled by the loud noise, they instinctively looked towards the direction of the sound, many of them holding up their phones, recording the bizarre reddening of the sky from moments before,

But at this moment, it seemed that the commotion below was even bigger, and all of them turned their attention here.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Damn, you've gotta be kidding me, someone just fell from the sky, the ground is shattered."

"Someone's jumped from a building."

Closer onlookers said with trembling voices, "Damn it, he's not dead yet, the jumper is still alive."

At this moment, Ye Zhen flipped himself up from the rubble-like ground and leaped to his feet, shouting, "Xiao Yang, that was harsh. You attacked without any warning or calling out a move, just setting that ghost thing upon me."

A chunk of flesh had been bitten off his arm, blood was pouring, and the wound was incessantly rotting and worsening.

That was Ghost Child's saliva, more like corpse water, touching even a bit of it could turn an ordinary person to slush within days.

The next moment.

A red light plummeted from the sky, hurtling straight towards Ye Zhen.

Yang Jian charged out instantly, his expression grim, for he discovered that Ye Zhen was still not dead.

Without thinking much.

A rusty, eerie Firewood Knife appeared in an instant, stabbing straight through Ye Zhen's heart. The tremendous force made Ye Zhen stagger backward, crashing into a nearby art sculpture.

If the curse of the Firewood Knife erupted, he could use Ghost Shadow to control his body, even without a heart.

He didn't believe Ye Zhen could do the same.

"Wow."

Ye Zhen spit out a mouthful of blood, his lips curling into a slight smile; "That's really vicious, Xiao Yang. But I like it, keep going, I can still handle it."

The next moment.

The statue behind him shattered, with large chunks of debris falling to the ground.

Yang Jian's pupils narrowed at this moment.

He saw that the spot where the Ghost Child had bitten had been restored.

Even the decayed areas had disappeared.

Restoration?

No, restoration wouldn't leave no trace at all; this was more like a reset.

But since the curse had not taken effect, Yang Jian felt relieved that his heart hadn't been stabbed, which was a good thing.

"Is he testing my abilities?"

Yang Jian immediately realized that Ye Zhen was using some kind of power to continuously heal his own wounds, forcing Yang Jian to expose various tactics non-stop.

"You're being too arrogant, be careful not to play yourself to death."

"Just try...go ahead, will I, Ye Zhen, die?"

Ye Zhen wanted to say bring it on, but he swallowed his words, lest Yang Jian really sent that little ghost to bite him again.

"Disappear."

Yang Jian's attack did not cease, as all five ghost eyes opened at once, all focused on Ye Zhen's head.

A beam of light, solid as reality itself, emanated outwards, intent on dispatching Ye Zhen's head from this world. His fifth-layer Ghost Domain could influence reality, and naturally, it could influence people as well.

Only this was the third time he had used the fifth-layer Ghost Domain.

And it would be the last.

He couldn't continue to use it today; otherwise, his condition would worsen.

"Don't use the same move on me twice."

In the next moment, Ye Zhen, who had been nailed to the statue by a Firewood Knife through his heart, vanished into thin air, miraculously evading the assault.

The eerie red light twisted reality, as if tearing the world apart.

Behind Ye Zhen.

A building dozens of floors high had a colossal gash ripped through it.

The entire building leaned, on the verge of collapse.

"My God."

Nearby, ordinary people who witnessed this scene nearly had their eyes pop out in shock.

"Is this still human? When did the world become like this?"

"I, I think I saw God."

It wasn't just one shocked civilian; many had seen what happened.

A building torn open by the fifth-layer Ghost Domain, leaning and beginning to collapse, this overturned everyone's worldview, even more horrifying than Ye Zhen's previous descent from the sky onto the ground.

The world of those who command ghosts had now been exposed proactively.

But no one expected it to be revealed in this manner.

"Can't be killed?"

Yang Jian paid no attention to the reactions of the ordinary people; he watched as Ye Zhen, once again flying midair, took a deep breath.

The first strike had failed.

Ye Zhen, now airborne, had entered into his Ghost Domain again, making it a bit troublesome to catch him.

"If that's the case, then I might as well go all out and finish you off right here." Yang Jian's gaze suddenly intensified as the towering Ghost Shadow spread behind him.

"What is that? A headless shadow?"

Seeing the shadow on the ground, the citizens were so scared they quickly retreated, not daring to step on it.

Yang Jian's Ghost Shadow spread over the ruins of where Ye Zhen had fallen.

He remembered that when Ye Zhen had flipped to his feet, his feet had touched the ground.

The footprints were left behind.

The medium had formed.

The first wave of attack was just a precursor for the second wave.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to trigger the medium with Ye Zhen always flying in the sky.