r18novel Chapter 78 The Flesh Demon Who Voluntarily Accepted Suppression
Chapter 78 The Flesh Demon Who Voluntarily Accepted Suppression
Sun Rui walked along the covered walkway.
Along the way, not a single speck of vermilion lacquer was seen.
All the buildings and decorations were slowly covered with a layer of black paint.
"This is not a good sign; our time may be running out," Sun Yan said.
"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute," Sun Rui said.
Along their journey, they saw many collapsed houses.
They even saw a gap that led to the outside of the courtyard house.
That's just not the real world.
They didn't try to get out through that gap; getting lost in this eerie place would truly mean certain death.
Soon, Sun Rui arrived at the door of the east wing.
This time, there was no knocking sound.
Only deathly silence remained.
It seems that Sun Rui's prediction was correct; this black lacquer really does suppress all the evil spirits in the courtyard, including the ghost controllers.
The two quickly passed through the doorway.
They did not linger here.
Sun Rui knew that the flesh demon would definitely not come after the two of them, but would go after Lin Zhensheng and the others.
He was actually betting that the flesh demon's precognitive abilities weren't too strong.
Otherwise, any action they take will be meaningless.
"Phew... another vengeful ghost that seems to have consciousness..." Sun Rui thought to himself.
Everything that has happened during this period doesn't seem like something a vengeful ghost could do.
It's more like a vengeful ghost with the consciousness of a living person.
On the one hand, they know how to use their wisdom to plan, but on the other hand, they are influenced by their own killing patterns.
Soon, Sun Rui arrived at the corner between the veranda and the main building.
At this point, the entire main house had completely collapsed and did not recover with the appearance of that black paint.
The ruins were very quiet, with no strange noises.
Just as Sun Rui was about to quickly pass by the main house, he caught a glimpse of a red cloth with something covering it.
A splash of red stood out starkly against the backdrop of dark ruins.
"This is the bronze mirror," Sun Rui said.
"Don't touch this thing. Once you lift that red cloth, you'll be imprisoned in that bronze mirror," Sun Yan said.
In an effort to survive, he tried to disrupt the layout of the main room, but unexpectedly, he accidentally triggered the supernatural power of the bronze mirror.
"It's alright, take it with you. You can use it to imprison evil spirits or save people when necessary," Sun Rui said.
He had covered it with a red cloth before, and Sun Yan immediately appeared, so the method of using this supernatural item was very simple.
If necessary, he can lift the red cloth to imprison himself, and as long as someone can cover the red cloth back up, he can be released.
Sun Rui suddenly had a strange idea.
That means putting a terrifying ghost inside, and then releasing the ghost when you can't win a fight.
Of course, getting the vengeful ghost to voluntarily lift the red cloth is quite troublesome.
"If we can really get out, maybe we can put our clones that control vengeful spirits inside. I just don't know how much this thing can hold," Sun Rui thought to himself.
If there are many,
If anyone dares to challenge him to a fight, he will unleash his clones to gang up on them!
"Ahem, take that thing and let's keep going," Sun Rui said, suddenly realizing he'd gone off on a tangent.
Sun Yan nodded, stepped forward and picked up the bronze mirror, without touching the red cloth covering it.
He could sense an eerie aura emanating from this thing, which gave him a chill.
Since Sun Rui asked him to get it, there's probably no danger involved.
After picking up the bronze mirror, the two quickly left the main room.
They arrived at the veranda leading to the west wing.
The floor of the corridor in front of us is completely broken, a result of the damage caused by the Flesh Demon.
"Just step on the wooden plank and don't let your feet touch the ground," Sun Rui said.
He could sense that his ghostly domain could not extend to the ground, but it could extend to the wooden planks, proving that the area above the planks was safe.
"Understood!" Sun Yan nodded.
The two continued onward, and the broken wooden plank was right at the entrance of the west wing. Along the way, he told Sun Yan about his previous experience.
"It seems that the flesh demon didn't continue to roam the corridor after we left," Sun Rui said.
"That thing should have regained its upper body by now." Sun Rui looked at the black oil stains remaining on the ground outside the corridor.
After they left, the vengeful ghost must have gone outside the corridor and found its upper body.
"If it's really as you say, how terrifying must that vengeful ghost be? Can a ghost tamer really imprison it?" Sun Yan asked.
That vengeful ghost could not only crush the wooden planks here, but also ignore the rules and walk on the ground.
Whether it's the breaking of the wooden planks or walking on the ground, it's all about fighting against the supernatural forces within the courtyard.
Sun Rui and Sun Yan walked on the wooden planks, and apart from the sound of their footsteps, they could not feel any movement from the planks at all.
They hadn't tried the rule that they couldn't walk on the ground, and of course, they didn't want to.
"The one who controls ghosts, the one who controls ghosts, in the end, whether he is a human or a ghost is no longer clear." Sun Rui shook his head.
He hasn't reached that level of being an outcast yet, so he can't truly experience many things firsthand.
In the time it took to exchange a few words, the two had already left the doorway of the west wing.
They followed the route they had taken to escape.
About a minute later.
"We've almost reached the end of this road and still haven't encountered Lin Zhensheng and the others. Could they be dead?" Sun Yan said.
"That's a possibility, so we need to prepare for the worst," Sun Rui said after a moment of silence.
"You're not planning to use me as bait, are you?" Sun Yan said irritably.
If those two are dead, he'll be the only one left to be used as bait.
Sun Rui did not answer, but simply shook his head.
Lin Zhensheng and Lei Hao are already dead, so sending Sun Yan as bait would be even less useful and not worthwhile.
Soon, the two returned to the spot where they had separated from Lin Zhensheng and Lei Hao.
"It's over, it's all over, we're doomed. We've searched all around and haven't seen them," Sun Yan said weakly.
"They are not dead," Sun Rui suddenly said.
Along the way, he didn't sense any supernatural aura from the flesh ghost at all, and he observed very carefully that apart from the destruction caused by the flesh ghost, there were no changes in the surroundings.
Just then, the door to the side room where they had been staying was opened.
Lin Zhensheng and Lei Hao came out from inside.
"You're alright!?" Sun Yan looked at the two of them in surprise.
After a brief moment of surprise, he began to be wary of the two people in front of him.
"What happened to you? Did you encounter that ghost?" Sun Rui asked.
"...We encountered it, but...the situation is a bit strange. The vengeful ghost didn't attack us. I easily put the black pill into its body, and then it seemed to be suppressed," Lin Zhensheng said.
He and Lei Hao took a step to the side, presenting the scene in the room to Sun Rui.
Sun Rui's pupils contracted. The flesh ghost was actually in that room, motionless as if it were being suppressed.
"Damn! Could they be controlled by the flesh demon? Sun Rui, should we make a move?" Sun Yan saw it too, and alarm bells rang in his mind.
"Don't do anything, we're both fine," Lei Hao said.
"Bullshit! If you've been affected by a vengeful ghost, how do you know you're not affected?" Sun Yan said.
The atmosphere froze.
Sun Yan was right; if one were affected by a vengeful ghost, it would indeed be difficult to detect.
"Don't rush into action, they're fine."
At that moment, Sun Rui's voice rang out.
He just realized something.
The flesh demon wanted to lure him here, and the blank ghost drawing wasn't the only reason.
Once the black lacquer appears, the flesh demon will be permanently suppressed and unable to escape.
If this thing truly possesses human consciousness, then its active pursuit of suppression makes sense.
This also explains why Liu Qi intervened in the first place.
The flesh demon wasn't afraid of the black pill; rather, it wanted to obtain it.