The Door-Knocking Ghost had been successfully lured over.
Although there had been some deviations from the plan, it had still been carried out smoothly. After the Door-Knocking Ghost appeared, Yang Jian had Ghost Child extinguish the ghost candle and stop drawing in nearby ghosts.
But though the candle had gone out, the ghost had already arrived. The danger had not vanished because of that.
An old man in a vintage long robe, his body covered in corpse spots, walked straight toward them.
The first wave of resistance from Yang Jian and Ghost Child had already begun. The ghost hand, combined with that rotten human head, imposed suppression directly upon the Door-Knocking Ghost.
"Will it work?"
Yang Jian opened his Ghost Eye. Though he did not use his Ghost Domain, he continued staring intently at that familiar yet terrifying ghost, watching for what would happen next.
But the changes that followed made him shudder.
The blackened palm resting on the old man in the long robe began to grow corpse spots as well. Then it decayed, lost all movement, and fell away. It no longer had the power to keep the ghost hand active. Just as when he had eliminated some Ghost Slaves earlier, this was a confrontation between ghosts.
And in this confrontation, Yang Jian's ghost hand was at a disadvantage.
The old man in the corpse-spotted long robe continued walking forward without stopping. Yang Jian realized that the situation seemed very bad.
He quickly looked at the dead man's head Ghost Child was holding.
The dead man's head was still staring forward, its eerie gaze fixed on the ghost ahead without the slightest deviation. But instead of making the old man stop moving, it caused the rotten head to decay at an accelerated rate. No, it would be more