After retrieving the supernatural weapon, Yang Jian’s current power and state have basically returned to their peak. It’s because not only has he cleared the evil ghost from the Ghost Lake, but he has also harnessed the ghost on the supernatural bus. Now, in the current supernatural circle, he can practically walk unchallenged.

Only some special and terrifying supernatural events can make him feel apprehensive.

And taking advantage of his current good condition, Yang Jian naturally wanted to deal with the most troublesome matters.

“First, handle the Black Umbrella incident, and then take a trip to Ghost Street in Taiping Ancient Town…”

Yang Jian began to move again, planning his subsequent itinerary.

Soon.

He arrived at a place near Dachang City called Xiaofeng City.

Because the Black Umbrella incident is in the suburbs of Xiaofeng City.

Fortunately, there have always been people monitoring this supernatural incident, so preparations were made in advance, thus preventing excessive casualties. But with Feng Quan, Li Yang, Tong Qian, and others being reassigned one after another, there’s no manpower to keep an eye on this supernatural incident. If it’s not handled quickly, the evil ghost will definitely enter Xiaofeng City, and that will be a huge problem.

However, after arriving in this city, Yang Jian did not rush to handle the supernatural incident. He directly found a hotel to rest for a few hours.

He planned to take action after dawn.

It was because Yang Jian hadn’t rested for a long time, and he was a bit worried about his mental state. Especially recently, he had started to feel paranoid, as if something was always following him. However, after repeatedly checking, he never found anything.

Even the Ghost Eye couldn’t detect anything unusual.

With no results from his search, Yang Jian could only suspect that it was due to mental stress. Perhaps after a good rest, this feeling would disappear.

“Let me enter into a dream,” Yang Jian murmured softly.

Soon, his consciousness began to blur, and with the supernatural Ghost Dream, he quickly fell into slumber.

And after falling asleep, Yang Jian directly entered the dream world.

In the dream, Yang Jian returned to that familiar village.

The village was silent and empty because the entire dream world had only him… and a dog.

In the dream, Yang Jian was free from many supernatural influences. His lost emotions seemed to return, and his thoughts and ideas gradually became those of a normal person again… This feeling was quite pleasant, as if some shackles had been released.

“Shall I bring some people into the dream to play?” Yang Jian found the dream world too boring and had such a thought.

But as soon as this thought arose, he immediately suppressed it.

This was a kind of indulgence, which was inadvisable.

Indeed, once ordinary people gain power, they tend to do outrageous things.

After dismissing the idea, Yang Jian decided to walk around and relax in the dream world and then, upon waking, deal with the Black Umbrella incident.

The silent village, although seemingly terrifying and oppressive,

didn’t affect Yang Jian at all because he was the master of this dream. If he wished, he could turn this village into a city, changing the scenes at will without much effort.

“Hmm?”

However, just as Yang Jian was relaxing and wandering through the dream world, he suddenly sensed something and immediately looked in a direction.

“That feeling again, as if someone is always watching me. I had this feeling in the real world, and now in the Ghost Dream World, it’s still there… This is very abnormal.” Yang Jian stared intently in that direction.

There stood a small two-story building.

The feeling of being watched emanated from the balcony of that rural two-story building.

“So, I have reason to suspect that I’m indeed being watched by something. It might be some unclean thing I picked up when fighting against the King Organization or the Ghost Ship. But I’m surprised that it appeared in the Ghost Dream. If an evil ghost were to invade my consciousness, it would certainly be spotted by the Evil Hound.”

“But now, the Evil Hound shows no reaction,”

Yang Jian immediately frowned, then glanced at his side.

A large Evil Hound was quietly following him, showing no special reaction.

This situation was highly unusual.

“Come with me to check it out.”

Having no other choice, Yang Jian could only take the Evil Hound with him to investigate, hoping to find something suspicious.

He took the Evil Hound directly to the small two-story building to search.

However, he found nothing.

But when Yang Jian stood on the balcony, looking at the position where he had been earlier, he immediately felt that something had indeed been standing there earlier, watching him.

Because this position was an excellent vantage point, offering a great view.

“Can you find that thing?” Yang Jian asked the Evil Hound beside him.

But the Evil Hound tilted its head, looking somewhat puzzled, not understanding Yang Jian’s command entirely. Perhaps some supernatural force avoided the Evil Hound’s detection, making it feel that the dream world held only Yang Jian, with no other intrusions.

Seeing the Evil Hound unresponsive, Yang Jian had no choice but to give up.

But he did not stop taking action because of this. During the few hours in the dream, he and the Evil Hound kept trying to find the thing that was secretly watching him.

He walked out of the village, arriving at an open area, attempting to lure that thing into the clearing to be discovered.

In the end, Yang Jian did not succeed.

Although the nearby area was vast and empty, and he could confirm with a glance that there was nothing around, the feeling of being watched did not completely disappear. It still appeared occasionally, yet he never found the source.

Considering that the rest time was almost over, Yang Jian didn’t linger in the Ghost Dream World.

As he awoke, the time had already reached ten in the morning.

Because it was already summer, the morning sunlight in Xiaofeng City was ample, even a bit sweltering.

Despite being bathed in sunlight, Yang Jian’s body remained cold. For him, there was no difference between acting in the morning or at night, because as soon as he entered the supernatural realm, everything in reality would be affected. A bit of brightness couldn’t really provide any help.

“Action.”

Yang Jian ceased other thoughts, raised his head slightly, and the Ghost Eye turned, looking in the direction of the city outskirts.

There, rain clouds loomed, and the supernatural aura pervaded.

The next moment.

Yang Jian vanished from where he was, and when he appeared again, he was already in the rain-soaked suburbs.

At the heart of this supernatural place was a halted construction site.

However, this site was sealed off even before the supernatural events occurred, with no living people present.

With Yang Jian’s appearance.

Strange phenomena began to manifest on this rain-shrouded construction site.

Several figures unexpectedly emerged from the nearby roads, holding Black Umbrellas, their bodies shrouded in black gauze.

These figures were indistinct, their actions uniform, definitely not living beings, but a legion of Evil Ghosts. These ghosts could only exist within the rain-covered area; they couldn’t leave this zone because something bound them.

Having prior experience combating the Black Umbrella ghosts, Yang Jian wasted no time. He stepped up to one of the figures holding a Black Umbrella, snatched the umbrella away, then kicked the ghost, sending it flying away.

Holding the umbrella,

The view around Yang Jian began to darken gradually.

This phenomenon indicated that he was about to enter the second layer of the Black Umbrella Ghost Domain.

After the dim view darkened, it wasn’t long before the surroundings brightened again.

It was still the abandoned construction site. The surroundings seemed unchanged, but the ghost holding the umbrella nearby had disappeared, and the rain overhead was falling even harder.

After entering the second layer of the Ghost Domain, Yang Jian did not stop. He casually discarded the umbrella and began searching for the ghost in the second layer.

Very soon.

He saw another ghost holding a Black Umbrella.

Just like before, Yang Jian rushed over, snatched the umbrella, and kicked the ghost flying away.

Once again holding up the umbrella.

The same scenario played out once more.

The surrounding light quickly dimmed until the view completely vanished, then the darkness rapidly dispersed, and the light returned again.

Thus, Yang Jian smoothly entered the third layer of the Black Umbrella.

“The deeper the layers, the more terrifying the ghosts, but correspondingly, the fewer the ghosts. The first time I dealt with this supernatural event, I only reached the third layer, but clearly, the third layer is not the limit of this Ghost Umbrella.”

This time, Yang Jian didn’t discard the umbrella but held onto the one from the second layer to start searching for the ghosts nearby.

He needed to seize the umbrella from the hands of the ghost in the third layer to enter the fourth layer.

There weren’t too few ghosts on this layer, so there was no need to deliberately use a Ghost Candle to attract them; normal searching would suffice.

It didn’t take much time.

Yang Jian found a ghost holding a Black Umbrella beneath a dilapidated building.

The previous scene played out once more.

Seize the umbrella, kick the fierce ghost flying, then hold up the umbrella and wait.

As the surrounding light once again dimmed, Yang Jian disappeared from the third layer and smoothly entered the fourth layer.

“There have been some changes.”

Yang Jian now discovered that the scenery of the fourth layer had changed significantly. The nearby abandoned construction site had disappeared, replaced by several collapsed, deserted old wooden houses, scattered around like a small village.

What’s more, the rain overhead was heavier.

The Black Umbrella from the third layer quickly deteriorated under the downpour and would soon become unusable, completely ruined by the rain.

By then, without an umbrella to shield from the rain, being drenched for too long would lead to Yang Jian being assimilated, becoming one of the ghosts in the fourth layer.

Therefore, timing of action was crucial.

Yang Jian immediately lit a white Ghost Candle, intending to lure the ghosts nearby without wasting time on searching for them.

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