A Substitute Death

Yang Jian may have given He Tianxiong a chance, but in reality, he would not hesitate to act. He knew better than anyone how terrifying ghosts were, and that any small mistake could ruin his life. Therefore, this time he would not even give He Tianxiong a chance to test him.

After all, He Tianxiong's ghost is a unique existence, so we can't give him too many opportunities.

Without warning, the red light of the five-layered Ghost Domain covered the area in front of him, enveloping He Tianxiong completely.

This eerie ability, derived from the Ghost Eye, can even send ghosts away, and it even killed Zhang Jian in an instant before.

However, this time, an incomprehensible situation arose.

He Tianxiong stood there in a state of terror, but he himself was unharmed, and judging from his expression, he seemed somewhat surprised.

"Are you alright?" Yang Jian's gaze sharpened.

He Tianxiong first breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at an inconspicuous corner next to him with an extremely fortunate expression.

This action was noticed.

Yang Jian immediately noticed a tattered rag doll lying in the direction He Tianxiong was looking. The doll was inconspicuous, but he understood what had happened the moment he noticed it.

"You're really generous, aren't you? You actually used a surrogate doll to die for you once. How many people in your social circle have these? You can afford to waste them like this."

This eerie rag doll can deflect ghost attacks and save lives in extremely dangerous situations. Yang Jian used it during the Ghost Messenger incident at the training base, and although he didn't use it himself, it was very effective.

He Tianxiong remained silent, his forehead still covered in cold sweat.

He only had one of these things; there weren't many. This time, he wasn't even sure if a rag doll could save his life; he was just trying it out, since he had never encountered this situation before.

"If it weren't for this thing, I would definitely have died from that eye. It was too dangerous. If I can't find a way to escape the Ghost Eye's gaze, I won't survive today."

He Tianxiong came to his senses. He didn't stand there foolishly to confront Yang Jian head-on, nor did he answer Yang Jian's question. Instead, he turned around and ran away again.

The brief opening gave him a little room to struggle.

Yang Jian's expression was cold. "It seems you only have one of these, not as many as I imagined."

The substitute doll shielded him from a fatal attack, but He Tianxiong definitely couldn't withstand the second one.

Immediately, Yang Jian raised his palm for the second time.

"Again?" He Tianxiong turned pale with fright at his strange actions and turned to run away without hesitation.

However, the next moment, Yang Jian's figure seemed to freeze for a moment.

Taking advantage of the moment, He Tianxiong opened a door, rushed in, slammed the door shut, and fled the place very quickly.

"After the five layers of Ghost Domain overlapped twice, the Ghost Eye showed signs of revival."

Yang Jian felt the Ghost Eye beneath his skin moving restlessly, and waves of sharp pain came from it. The surrounding lights flickered, and even the Ghost Domain could not be maintained stably.

The Ghost Eye seems to have reverted to its previous state of being somewhat uncontrollable.

"The limit? If I continue to use the Ghost Eye continuously, the balance of the three demons within my body will be disrupted. As expected, this approach is very harmful to myself. Judging from the situation just now, two times in a short period of time is the limit. Three times might allow for a revival, but four times would probably completely overwhelm the Ghost Eye within my body."

He remained silent, having formed a general assessment of his physical condition.

"Although there is a limit to the number of times, it is undeniable that it was indeed capable of killing someone like He Tianxiong who controlled two ghosts."

Looking at the tattered rag doll on the ground, this thing was enough to prove that He Tianxiong had died once. If the attack just now was not enough to kill him, then the rag doll would not have died either.

"It seems that to kill He Tianxiong, we'll need to use Ghost Shadow or Ghost Hand. Blindly pursuing such foolproof attacks isn't very wise." Yang Jian's Ghost Eye gradually closed, and the surrounding lights returned to normal.

The surrounding darkness was dispelled, and the villa became bright again.

There's no need to maintain this unstable Ghost Domain. Besides, this place is covered in gold everywhere, and the Ghost Domain has many blind spots. It's better to end it.

At this moment, He Tianxiong, who was hiding in the room, also noticed that the lights in the room had returned to normal. He was panting heavily as he thought to himself, "Sure enough, no matter how terrifying Yang Jian is, he is still Ghost Tamer. Ghost Tamer have their limits. He must have used the Ghost Eye ability to kill Zhang Jian before. I escaped with the substitute doll just now."

"After using Ghost Eye repeatedly, Yang Jian is not doing well. He has reached the limit of Ghost Eye, and now he probably can't even use Ghost Domain anymore."

Those Ghost Tamer understand those Ghost Tamer. He Tianxiong understood Yang Jian's current state very well because he had experienced it himself several times.

Using the power of a vengeful spirit repeatedly in a short period of time is practically suicide. Therefore, in most cases Ghost Tamer will not use the spirit's power indiscriminately, unless it is a matter of life and death.

Even though the Ghost Domain was gone, He Tianxiong's expression was still heavy, because Yang Jian had the abilities of two other ghosts that he could use, and next time he wouldn't be so lucky as to escape a certain death situation.

"Damn it, compared to this ghost Yang Jian, you're just a piece of trash. All you do is stand on my shoulders all day. Now that I'm about to die, you don't even come down to help." He Tianxiong couldn't help but curse, his eyes slightly raised, and those withered feet covered in lividity were still firmly on his body.

Even in that dangerous moment, the ghost still showed no intention of attacking Yang Jian, and even He Tianxiong's life or death could not affect the ghost's actions.

Unless Yang Jian looked up at the ghost and was noticed by it.

"Although the situation just now was dangerous, at least I got into this safe house while Yang Jian was having problems. He shouldn't be able to break in for a while, and there are still two minutes left." He Tianxiong checked the time again.

It was only a little short of the agreed-upon five minutes.

If Yang Jian had truly kept his promise, he most likely wouldn't have died today.

"Bang!"

Before I could think any further, a loud crash came from the doorway, and a large section of the door dented instantly. It seemed that a few more blows like that would completely destroy the custom-made door.

He Tianxiong jumped in fright. He had no room to escape now. If Yang Jian came out, he would have no choice but to face him head-on.

He took off his shirt and found that his chest was rotten beyond recognition, with almost all the flesh decayed away. Small gold nails were driven into the blackened bones, as if repair work had been done to prevent the bones from breaking.

His chest cavity seemed to be completely empty; according to normal standards, He Tianxiong would have been dead long ago.

But he is still alive.

He is still alive because of his second ghost.

It was a piece of flesh from a dead person, hidden inside the chest.

This blackened, rotting flesh is gradually growing—no, it should be said that it is gradually replacing him. First, it rots away his original flesh, and then it grows on top of him. He doesn't even know what it will look like in the He Tianxiong. He only knows that when his whole body is completely rotten, that will be the time when he dies.

By then, it won't matter what kind of ghost you've become.