Everything changed in an instant.
Chen Yi moved quickly. From snuffing out the candle to trying to light a new Ghost Candle, the entire process was completed in one fluid motion and took less than three seconds. Yet no matter how fast he was, he could not stop the unexpected change.
The flame on the lighter in his hand had already gone out. One hand still gripped the Ghost Candle tightly, its wax as pale as a dead man's skin.
Accompanied by a faint stench of corpses, a bone-chilling cold that seemed capable of freezing someone solid swept over him, constantly assaulting Chen Yi's senses. At that moment, he understood deeply that the ghost before him was influencing its surroundings. And this cold was not physical cold at all, because Chen Yi himself was a Ghost Tamer.
His body temperature was naturally very low. Even if he stayed in a freezer, he would not feel the slightest discomfort.
Yet now, Chen Yi felt as though his body were about to freeze over.
But the ground around him, and even the surrounding environment, showed no changes whatsoever. There was not the slightest sign of freezing.
Guo Fan, who had turned around, wore no expression on his numb, pallid face. It was a genuine dead man's face. The cold aura radiating from him proved to everyone else that he was merely a walking corpse, utterly out of place among normal people.
But that was not the most terrifying part.
After his brief shock, Chen Yi immediately reacted. His pupils contracted, and he abruptly stepped back while shouting, "Prepare to switch people!"
"Received."
A voice answered from the darkness around them.
It belonged to another Ghost Tamer arranged by Headquarters.
This ghost-luring plan was exceptionally dangerous. Considering that problems might arise while changing