The faint sound of sobbing drifted across the deathly still surface of the lake.

The source of the crying was a strange woman standing on the wooden boat. No one knew when the woman appeared or when she started standing there.

It was as if she had been there all along, but no one had noticed her.

“There has never been a situation like this before. So many female corpses in the Ghost Lake, but this one is the most unique,” said Cao Yang, staring intently at the white figure.

Leuk San said, “Perhaps this is the truth of the coffin at the bottom of the lake. No one has ever been able to confront the Ghost Lake to this extent. Without seeing the real ghost, they all died. We might be the first ghost tamers to reach this far.”

“So, we should feel honored then?” Cao Yang said.

“Perhaps it is unfortunate for this fierce ghost. If it had stayed hidden, we wouldn’t have any way to deal with it. But now that it has appeared, dealing with her might completely quell the Ghost Lake incident.”

Leuk San said, and he then tried to use premonition.

To foresee the next move of the fierce ghost on the wooden boat.

However, in the next moment, Leuk San’s vision went black, and he couldn’t see anything.

Under the terrifying supernatural interference, his premonition became ineffective, and there was no way to know what the fierce ghost would do next.

This made his face turn ugly immediately.

“Yang Jian, what do you think of this situation?” Cao Yang asked next.

Yang Jian said, “The first time we encountered the Ghost Lake, we all sank into the lake water without directly confronting the fierce ghost. The second time, it was a matter of numbers, and in the process of confronting the female corpses, an unknown change occurred. This change was inevitable. If the numerical comparison continued indefinitely, it would only lead to mutual destruction.”

“Therefore, in the clash of the supernatural, only more terrifying things emerge, and thus the ghostly entity on the boat appeared.”

“So, the ghostly entity on the boat is more terrifying than all those female corpses combined?” Cao Yang furrowed his brows.

Yang Jian said, “The deeper you interact with the fierce ghost, the greater the danger and crisis you face. It is inevitable. Previously, you mentioned that the female corpses in the lake merely stepped into the water and couldn’t come ashore. However, this ghostly entity broke the previous pattern by not only leaving the lake water but also getting onto a wooden boat.”

“It is not constrained by supernatural rules, which reveals something we all know in our hearts.”

“How confident are we in solving it if we join forces?” Li Jun said in a deep voice.

“It’s hard to say. Right now, we haven’t been targeted by that ghostly entity. If we really take action, there are only two scenarios: either we deal with it within seconds, or we are wiped out. There will only be these two extreme situations; a third does not exist. I have this premonition that the latter is more likely.”

Yang Jian touched his forehead, and the ghostly eyes started to move uneasily, which was a warning that had happened before.

The appearance of a warning indicates a great danger.

“A team of captains working together but still getting wiped out? That possibility should be small,” Ah Hong said, not believing such a thing would occur.

“Before the ghost appeared, everyone had already sunk into the lake, and we were almost wiped out once. Yang Jian’s words aren’t just scare tactics,” Cao Yang said seriously.

Li Jun said, “No matter how difficult, we have to find a way to handle it. Didn’t we also win the previous numerical confrontation?”

Yang Jian’s expression shifted slightly, but he said nothing more.

In truth, during the first sinking and the second numerical confrontation, we lost. We overcame it because, for some unknown reason, I had stolen the supernatural power of the Ghost Lake and used it to counter the Ghost Lake.

“Leuk San, what are you doing?”

Suddenly, Feng Quan shouted, only to find Leuk San suddenly falling silent with a blank expression, as he took steps forward. After just a few steps, he suddenly stepped into the air, falling directly off the rooftop of a building.

Seeing he was about to fall into the Ghost Lake, Feng Quan unhesitatingly deployed the Ghost Fog.

The Ghost Fog hovered, covering the lake’s surface ahead of time, pulling the falling Leuk San back up.

Feng Quan emerged from the thick fog and dropped Leuk San onto the ground.

He wasn’t unconscious but had fallen into an unconscious state, slowly standing up and walking forward again.

“There’s something wrong with him.”

Cao Yang immediately said, “It might be related to the previous curse. He is unconsciously moving closer to the fierce ghost on the boat.”

In the next moment.

Leuk San stopped walking, as if carrying an incredibly heavy corpse on his back, unable to move.

With Cao Yang’s interference, he gradually regained his senses.

“Leuk San, what’s going on with you?” Li Jun asked.

Leuk San looked around, shaking his head, “I just lost focus for a moment, nothing happened.”

“Lost focus? You almost fell into the Ghost Lake just now. Do you expect Yang Jian to risk saving you again?”

Li Jun said sternly, “Check your condition. We are still dealing with the supernatural incident; we can’t fall apart ourselves first.”

“I feel normal…”

Leuk San rubbed his head, but before finishing, one of his hands suddenly dropped.

Several strands of long black hair fell from his head, wet and definitely not from him, as he had short hair and definitely wasn’t that long.

Others also saw the wet long hair in his hand.

“The ghost’s long hair? It clearly wasn’t there before.”

Li Jun picked it up and immediately tried to burn it with Ghost Flame.

But within the Ghost Flame, the wet long hair remained, impossible to destroy.

Moreover, as time passed, the black long hair on Leuk San’s head gradually increased, as if quickly growing.

His expression grew more bewildered.

“Something’s not right.”

Yang Jian also felt it at this moment, the Ghost Shadow swaying, and his body was trying to break free from the control of the Ghost Shadow.

It seemed that he wanted to plunge into the Ghost Lake ahead, to immerse himself in it.

Leuk San also realized the severity of the problem. He touched his cheek, not knowing when his face had become exceptionally cold and delicate.

This kind of skin was not his own, but a woman’s.

No, to be precise, it was the skin of a female corpse.

“It’s supernatural erosion, I’m being eroded,” Leuk San quickly assessed his situation.

His mind raced: “What caused my erosion? The lake water, the crying? Or was it the silhouette of that malevolent spirit on the ship, or perhaps the curse encountered earlier…”

Each possibility was plausible.

Moreover, Leuk San found that this erosion was irreversible, and even his papery body couldn’t resist it.

“We can’t stay here any longer; if we linger, we’ll all be in trouble,” Cao Yang said at this moment, because he saw water seeping out from under Li Jun’s feet.

As if there was still accumulated water inside that human skin.

The Ghost Shadow behind Yang Jian wavered, his body seemed to be being pulled, soon losing control.

“It seems only the three of us are having issues, and others seem fine, surely related to the curse from before.” He immediately picked up the Ghost Scissors.

Upon touching the Ghost Scissors, Yang Jian saw the curse.

At this moment.

A chilling female corpse unexpectedly merged with Leuk San, their forms overlapping, gradually becoming more and more aligned.

Previously, that female corpse was merely lying on Leuk San’s body.

Yang Jian looked at himself again.

Under his hand, there was also a cold, pale hand, mirroring his actions. When he lifted his hand, the female corpse also raised hers, yet the overlap wasn’t as severe as with Leuk San.

“The curse is eroding our bodies, and Leuk San’s loss of control before was related to this,” Yang Jian understood what was happening.

“But things were fine before,” Li Jun said.

Yang Jian replied, “Previously, the malevolent spirit on the boat didn’t appear. Now it has, and that’s the difference. Without resolving this curse, we’re in no position to confront that spirit now; we must retreat temporarily.”

After speaking.

He grabbed the cracked spear and prepared to leave.

However, the Ghost Shadow at his feet had already turned, but his body hadn’t turned yet.

The shadow and body were out of sync.

Yang Jian’s face darkened, he forcibly let the Ghost Shadow control his body to barely prevent the loss of control, but this prevention was temporary, as the curse’s erosion on himself would only get worse.

Even in his case, Leuk San and Li Jun would not be much better off.

“Feng Quan, lead everyone out of the Ghost Lake’s range first,” he dared not use the Ghost Eye anymore.

A lapse at this time would be fatal.

“Okay,” Feng Quan nodded.

The Ghost Fog spread, thick fog rapidly appeared, shrouding everyone on the rooftop.

Soon.

After the dense fog dissipated, everyone in it vanished without a trace.

On the calm lake surface, the wooden boat swayed, the ghostly pale woman’s silhouette still standing there, a faint sobbing sound drifting through the air, clearly audible.

No one dared to approach the vengeful spirit on the wooden boat.

Even if several captains joined forces, they could only make the true ghost appear, going any closer was beyond their power.

In this state, confronting it head-on would be suicidal, with no chance of victory, even if Yang Jian possessed the Coffin Nail.

The dense fog drifted, temporarily leaving the Ghost Lake’s range.

This was a service station on the highway, but at this moment, it was deserted.

The thick fog enveloped for a moment.

Yang Jian, Li Jun, Leuk San, and others emerged from the fog, coming to this place.

As soon as they landed.

Leuk San knelt on the ground and vomited immediately.

Cold, turbid lake water gushed out continuously, his skin becoming increasingly pale, and strands of wet, black hair hung down, making him look like a different person, completely at odds with his previous appearance.

Like a cold female corpse.

Li Jun hadn’t gone a few steps forward when his steps faltered, nearly stumbling.

His body swayed as if filled with accumulated water, his skin showing signs of paling too, but he was a human skin, which was also a vengeful spirit, so the influence wasn’t as severe.

Yang Jian couldn’t tell if it was good or bad at this moment; he hadn’t grown wet long hair, nor was there water seeping out, but his body was nonetheless going out of control, continuing to move toward the direction of Ghost Lake.

The Ghost Shadow wrestled with his body for control.

He knew the reason he wasn’t being eroded was because he had usurped the supernatural powers of the Ghost Lake, but it was just enough to keep himself from being eroded, not from the supernatural influence.

“How could it be like this?” Feng Quan was also surprised.

In just a short time, several captains were in such a condition, fortunately, they had left in time or else leaving would have been difficult.

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