Chapter 78 Weakness and Trump Card
Chapter 78 Weakness and Trump Card
"This candle is supposed to be a disposable item, but it actually attracts ghosts. It's such a waste to use it like this."
The washerwoman's eyes were filled with greed. She picked up the white ghost candle and extinguished it, but the surrounding darkness did not dissipate; it remained as thick as ink.
"What's going on? Why are there more? Big brother, are you giving me a gift?"
She turned around and saw that another white ghost candle had been lit. Greed reappeared in her eyes. She wanted to go over, but found that she couldn't move her body.
Looking down... I couldn't see anything.
It was too dark all around, but she could clearly feel a cold aura creeping up her legs, and it was these things that were hindering her movements.
Those are theatrical patterns that have crawled up from the bluestone slabs.
"You think you can trap me with these little things?"
The clothes on the laundry woman suddenly seemed to come alive and began to writhe, releasing a chilling aura that caused the wrinkles that were about to climb up to her waist to quickly disappear.
The next moment, she strode towards the candlelight, saying, "I'd like to see how many of these wonderful things you have!"
"This is such a hassle."
Lin Yuan's eyes flickered. He didn't attack the laundry woman immediately because she was wearing too many ghost clothes. The effect was unknown, but they were all real ghosts.
With his current methods, it will be quite difficult for him to break through the defenses.
Even the bell's sound, which targeted consciousness, was blocked by some unknown ghost garment and had no effect on the laundry woman.
But it doesn't matter, he just needs to stall for time, and the fact that the laundry woman obviously can't see the situation inside is good news.
Compared to the laundry woman, the faceless man is easier to deal with.
The Ghost Bell worked; each chime could restrain the Faceless Man for ten seconds. Lin Yuan could ring the bell at any time. What was a precious lifespan for other Ghost Tamers was a substitute for him that allowed him to "reborn" in one go.
Ten seconds had passed when the faceless man moved.
Even though he had no eyes and was in darkness, he seemed to know Lin Yuan's location and turned to face Lin Yuan.
In an instant, a deadly sense of threat came, as if some horror was about to descend.
Boom!
Lin Yuan immediately rang the ghost bell, and the faceless man's body stiffened again. The threatening feeling that made Lin Yuan feel a little breathless slowly dissipated.
"This guy is more terrifying than I imagined. Too bad, I won't give you a chance."
Lin Yuan grabbed the faceless man's face.
The performer removes the mask!
This method is very effective against the Ghost Tamers of the Xiaoqiang Club; they can almost remove a face with a single breath.
However, when facing the faceless man, he clearly encountered resistance. Fortunately, the resistance was limited. Under the restriction of the bell, Lin Yuan slowly pulled out the faceless man's skin.
That's enough.
A low shout came from afar, and two whooshing sounds rang out beside him.
Lin Yuan quickly released his hand, letting the faceless man's face reappear, while the sound of something cutting through the air almost grazed his palm.
The surrounding darkness dissipated, and it became bright again.
Lin Yuan quickly stepped back a few paces, only then realizing that the thing that had flown towards him was an iron chain as thick as an adult's thigh, emanating a chilling aura.
The iron chain was rapidly retracting, along with another iron chain. However, this chain's target was not Lin Yuan, but the white ghost candle that Lin Yuan had lit and placed on the ground ten meters away.
The white ghost candle had gone out and was carried back by the chains, landing in the hands of an old man. The two chains also disappeared behind the old man.
The old man was wearing a gray long gown, his body was hunched over, he was blind in one eye, and his remaining eye revealed a fierce light.
"What the hell is that thing on the ground?"
Without the effect of the white ghost candle, the commotion in the surrounding shops gradually subsided, and as her gaze returned, the laundry woman noticed the spiderweb-like patterns on the ground.
As if startled, she quickly ran out of the area covered by the tattoo.
The faceless man, having regained his mobility, retreated without hesitation and joined the laundry woman at the one-eyed old man's side.
"This thing is good, but it won't last long."
The one-eyed old man tossed the white ghost candle to the washerwoman, whose disgust vanished instantly. She happily caught the ghost candle and put it into the basin she had been holding.
Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Did the third-generation spirit summoner switch careers to become a bandit?"
"You know a lot, don't you? I don't remember ever seeing anyone like you before." The one-eyed old man's eyes held a hint of doubt. "But it doesn't matter anymore, you shouldn't have made your move here."
"It's not that I want to take action, it's just that your welcoming ceremony here is too enthusiastic, and you won't let people leave. No wonder Taiping Town, which was once prosperous, has now become a real ghost town." Lin Yuan shrugged, looking disgusted.
The one-eyed old man's doubt deepened. "You're not afraid, yet you're clearly very weak. Why? What other tricks do you have up your sleeve?"
Very weak?
This assessment made Lin Yuan somewhat unhappy, but he also knew it was true.
He now possesses three kinds of supernatural abilities.
The Mirror Actor is merely a curse; he doesn't truly control the ghost.
The Ghost Bell is a supernatural combination of the Ghost Bell Tower and the Ghost Withered Branch, but it is only a bell, clearly just a piece of the Ghost Bell Tower puzzle, and not complete.
The withered branch must not be complete either, otherwise there wouldn't be a section of withered branch piercing through the lower abdomen of the mirror-faced actor.
Even if these three incomplete supernatural entities were brought to their fullest potential, they might still have some prestige among the younger generation, but they would still fall short compared to Ghost Street, an existence that originated in the Republican era.
"Want to give it a try?"
Lin Yuan's confident attitude gradually dispelled the fierce glint in the one-eyed old man's eyes. He then took out an oil lamp and said, "No need, you can go."
"You're letting him go? He's already made a move, he's broken a taboo!" the laundry woman shrieked. "He might still have these candles on him..."
"We are not robbers."
The one-eyed old man's voice turned cold, and his icy gaze silenced the washerwoman as if she had been choked. Her face flushed red with resentment.
The oil lamp was lit.
The one-eyed old man turned and left, saying, "Come with me, I'll see you off."
"it is good."
Lin Yuan was also surprised. He didn't expect that this third-generation soul summoner would actually agree. However, he was too lazy to think about it and just followed along, walking directly between the laundry woman and the faceless man.
His unbridled manner infuriated the laundry woman, making her tremble with rage.
"He's old."
The laundry woman suddenly spoke, but the faceless man still didn't move, like a statue.
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