Yang Jian and Ye Zhen now resembled two thieves, crouching on the roof, peering through the skylight to observe the happenings within the haunted mansion. They were purely spectators at this point, as the captain’s opponent was no longer them but Zhang Dong, who had resurrected as a ghost within the mansion.

“Here it comes, the deceased Zhang Dong, now a resurrected ghost, has indeed set his sights on the captain. After the letter was delivered, this mansion became a forbidden zone, where neither living people nor ghosts could enter. Any intruder might face an attack from Zhang Dong. So how will the captain confront this terrifying old man from the Republic of China era?”

At this moment, Yang Jian could clearly see the situation below through his ghost eyes, feeling an intense anticipation within.

Because the terrifying old man, who had always stayed within the mansion, was now heading toward the captain, clearly having targeted him.

The dull sound of footsteps echoed within the silent old mansion, creating an overwhelming sense of oppression.

Surely, at this moment, the captain felt the same.

“The show is about to begin. This is a perfect spot to watch.” Ye Zhen also kept his eyes fixed, feeling that watching a ghostly confrontation was far more thrilling than watching anime.

Especially a confrontation of such high-level ghosts.

After all, it didn’t matter who won or lost; neither was harmed themselves.

“The captain didn’t want to retreat?” Yang Jian’s eyes flickered as he saw that after facing the ghost resurrection of Zhang Dong, the captain didn’t attempt to leave the mansion; instead, he seemed eager to confront Zhang Dong.

Indeed.

Yang Jian wasn’t mistaken.

The captain was indeed planning to confront Zhang Dong, seemingly not seeing Zhang Dong as an invincible entity.

But upon further thought, Yang Jian understood.

Because the captain had never encountered Zhang Dong, nor fought with him, and even Zhang Dong’s existence couldn’t be detected by supernatural means, as any supernatural entity approaching Zhang Dong would be erased. Thus, to the captain, Zhang Dong, who had resurrected as a ghost, was merely a ghost without any information.

Perhaps the captain felt uneasy and threatened but without genuine confrontation, no one would know who the winner would be.

Moreover, now the captain had been targeted by Zhang Dong, resurrected as a ghost, and had no other choice.

Stepping on the cold, ancient tiles, the captain proceeded, eyeing Zhang Dong with a rigid pace. His hand tightly gripped the red spear he had taken from Yang Jian, although it lacked a coffin nail, yet it still served as a terrifying psychic weapon.

The terrifying old man, with his face full of wrinkles and lifeless energy, hadn’t struck yet, continuing to approach the captain.

However, the captain wasn’t purely a ghost; he possessed a certain degree of human awareness, thus he didn’t have to adhere to the ghostly rules of killing, allowing him to choose to strike first.

The stalemate was broken by a crisp metallic sound.

Something seemed to drop from the captain’s body, the sound resembling a coin, but in the dim light from the mansion’s skylight, it was visible that it wasn’t a coin but an old copper coin, eerily rolling towards the terrifying old man in the mansion, as if it had a mind of its own.

“The captain is trying to use this copper coin to attract Zhang Dong’s attention, then strike at the opportune moment. He’s learned all my moves.” Yang Jian’s face darkened at this sight.

To think that one day his method of confronting ghosts would be learned by a ghost.

Indeed, this conscious ghost was troublesome, growing constantly more terrifying over time.

The copper coin rolled, seemingly controlled by the captain, finally stopping before Zhang Dong’s resurrected form.

The copper coin, once dropped, would attract nearby ghosts due to its supernatural properties. This effect targeted not just the terrifying old man’s corpse, but also the captain. Yet with the copper coin lying closer to Zhang Dong’s body, he was the one primarily affected.

“Will it pick it up?” Yang Jian was curious.

However, the slow-moving terrifying old corpse didn’t stop for the copper coin underfoot, continuing forward. As the skinny, corpse-spotted foot stepped down, Zhang Dong’s corpse stepped directly on the copper coin and passed over it.

Incredibly, after being stepped on by Zhang Dong’s corpse, the copper coin transformed into a yellow circular paper money, resembling human skin rather than paper, with a small piece of a dead finger visible through the circular hole.

Evidently, the copper coin not only failed to attract the old man’s corpse but was forcibly stripped of its supernatural properties, revealing its true nature.

“It was indeed useless; the copper coin couldn’t attract the ghostly resurrected Zhang Dong,” Yang Jian thought internally.

The captain seemed somewhat surprised by the copper coin’s failure, hesitating for a moment, before expressionlessly advancing again, wielding the red spear to slash at Zhang Dong’s corpse.

Even without utilizing the firewood knife’s supernatural power, the captain could easily tear apart a ghost, for he was a walking ghost ship, capable of crushing even a supernatural bus.

Unfortunately, the ghost standing before the captain defied terrifying definitions, a legendary figure in life, potentially more terrifying in death.

The red spear descended, yet just as it neared the corpse, a mutation occurred. The crimson quickly faded with a visible speed, turning into decayed old wood. The spear’s firewood knife also lost some supernatural power, rust spreading rapidly, with several places already deteriorated.

This object could no longer be called a supernatural weapon.

“Bang!”

A crisp sound reverberated, like brittle branches snapping.

The captain’s slash didn’t harm the resurrected Zhang Dong at all; instead, the red spear shattered and broke upon impact.

“What?” Seeing this, Yang Jian was stunned.

Although he knew the captain’s attack might not work, he didn’t expect his supernatural weapon to break so easily, and the supernatural elements on it seemed to quiet down as well.

“Goodness.” Ye Zhen couldn’t help but exclaim from the side, then glanced over and said: “Don’t be distressed, out with the old and in with the new. Next time, find a better weapon.”

Yang Jian remained silent, not worried that the supernatural weapon would be truly damaged.

Because ghosts cannot be killed.

Currently, it’s only when facing Zhang Dong that the supernatural weapon acts this way; as long as he leaves Zhang Dong’s corpse, the supernatural weapon will restore itself. The headache now is how to reclaim this supernatural weapon.

What shocked Yang Jian was that the resurrected Zhang Dong was even more terrifying than when he was initially buried. At that time, his Ghost Shadow could invade Zhang Dong’s corpse and temporarily borrow a part of his supernatural power, but now, his Ghost Shadow didn’t dare to invade at all.

However, it’s not him who should be worried now, but the captain.

The captain was also stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting such a scene to occur.

But the resurrected Zhang Dong’s footsteps stopped; a thin, corpse-spotted hand slowly lifted, seemingly ready to strike the captain.

The captain felt an enormous threat at that moment, but that was the living consciousness’s feeling, while the ghostly part of him chose to fight back.

A soft mist began to drift within the ancient mansion, spreading and enveloping every corner. In this mist, an old ship rapidly began to appear.

The Ghost Ship sailed in the mist, trying to invade from reality into this ancient mansion, intending to crush Zhang Dong’s corpse.

This was the captain’s most terrifying supernatural attack, as nothing could compete with a Ghost Ship.

Yet, when the dead old man raised his hand, an incomprehensible, eerie scene unfolded.

The mist invading the entire mansion quickly vanished, as if forcibly erased by something, and not only the mist, but even the Ghost Ship within it, couldn’t invade the mansion and was likewise disappearing rapidly.

The abnormality that had just appeared in the mansion disappeared entirely in an instant.

At this moment, there seemed to be some change in the captain’s dead eyes, akin to terror.

The raised skeletal palm did not stop; it swayed gently, as if bidding the captain farewell, or seeing it off on a journey.

At this time, the captain’s rigid body became surprisingly nimble; it actually turned around and quickly retreated.

It no longer chose to resist the dead Zhang Dong but chose to flee.

It wanted to leave the sight of this terrifying old man and escape from this mansion.

But when the dead Zhang Dong waved his hand again, it signaled the attack had begun.

With one wave, the captain’s arm seemed to be forcibly erased from this world, disappearing without a trace.

With a second wave, the captain, attempting to escape, fell to the ground, its legs vanished.

With a third wave, the fallen captain’s body was already incomplete, left only with a head and a broken, fragmented torso.

…

It’s hard to imagine that in the supernatural realm, the captain of the unassailable Ghost Ship would be slowly erased here.

“That captain is done for,” Ye Zhen said in a low voice at this moment.

“No, something’s wrong,” Yang Jian frowned at this time.

“What’s wrong?” Ye Zhen asked.

Yang Jian said, “A ghost cannot be killed. I know a bit about the ghost in this mansion. It can erase supernatural occurrences but cannot erase the true ghost. If this captain were a ghost, its body wouldn’t simply disappear; at most, like my previous supernatural weapon, it would lose its supernatural power and fall silent.”

Hmm?

Ye Zhen began to ponder at this time.

However, the old man’s attack in the mansion continued.

With each wave of the hand, there was less and less trace of the captain left in this world; almost all of its body had completely disappeared.

But there was one thing that could not be erased and remained.

It was an old object.

A wooden helm.

It seemed this helm was the captain’s true form.

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