What's it like to be stared at underwater by countless rotten, stinking corpses?
Chen Xuan was facing this very question at the moment.
If it weren't for the Ghost Mask helping him isolate from the water flow and odors, he might have felt nauseous.
Watching the corpse horde steadily closing in on him,
Chen Xuan stood still with a slight frown.
He wasn't worried that these Ghost Servants could harm him; instead, he was pondering how to find the source—the drowning ghost—among them.
The dense crowd of corpses numbered at least eight thousand, if not ten thousand. Here, every corpse might be a drowning ghost.
Finding the source wouldn't be easy.
"How does it control these Corpse Servants?"
Chen Xuan thought deeply while observing the approaching servants.
"It definitely doesn't control them through direct mental connection, because the Malevolent Ghost itself has no will. Even if it did, if that were the case, we should have seen Ghost Servants everywhere under the rain curtain, not just gathered in this artificial lake.
Wait—artificial lake?"
Suddenly, a flash of insight brightened Chen Xuan's eyes.
"Since these are suicide victims who threw themselves into the lake, water must be involved. Could it be that the drowning ghost controls the Ghost Servants through water?"
Feeling as if he'd found a breakthrough, his thoughts became clearer.
"The earlier drizzle was part of the Ghost Domain and could alter living consciousness, but once someone becomes a Ghost Servant, they must be completely submerged in water to be controlled."
Suddenly, Chen Xuan looked up, a smile emerging beneath his blood-stained mask.
"If that's the case, then without water, wouldn't the Corpse Servants lose control?"
How could he remove the water?
He suddenly lifted the top hat from his head.
With a thought, he activated the hat's ability.
The system had said the Ghost Top hat might contain a whole world inside it. If so, why not put all this Corpse Water inside as well?
No more Corpse Water, no more control.
Gurgle, gurgle!
Under Chen Xuan's manipulation, bubbles surged fiercely inside the dark brim.
Then a terrifying suction force arose, and torrents of water began rushing inside.
The speed was faster than ten water pumps combined.
As the water surged in, the Ghost Domain power released by the drowning ghost started to falter and become unstable.
"Captain, look!"
Outside the community, Chen Ruoqing suddenly shouted in excitement.
Inside the gates of Dayu Villa, a flickering image appeared.
The originally flat ground faintly revealed the phantom outline of an artificial lake.
Even the heavy rain from the sky began to lessen.
"This... this is the Ghost Domain weakening!"
Zhong Qing's eyes widened in shock as he stared at the community.
How much time had passed? This gentleman was actually able to weaken the drowning ghost's Ghost Domain?
Moreover, Zhong Qing could clearly feel that this man himself did not have a Ghost Domain.
The more so, the more terrifying Chen Xuan was.
How fearsome must the Malevolent Ghost he commanded be, if without a Ghost Domain he could suppress one who had it?
"Quick, let's go help!"
Chen Ruoqing, worried about the senior, couldn't stay still after seeing the wavering Ghost Domain.
But the moment she moved, Zhong Qing grabbed her arm.
"Are you crazy? The Ghost Domain is just unstable, not dissipated yet. If you go in now, you'll most likely drown."
"So, we just watch?"
Chen Ruoqing asked anxiously.
"If we go, we'll only make things worse."
Zhong Qing stopped her firmly.
"You should trust that senior. If he can suppress the Ghost Domain, he can naturally suppress the Malevolent Ghost too. We just wait quietly."
...
Meanwhile, as the Corpse Water surged, the Corpse Servants that had been advancing were pulled along faster by the flow.
At this moment, the Ghost Doll beside Chen Xuan rotated her head, sweeping over the Corpse Servants one by one.
She forcibly slowed their movements, buying Chen Xuan more time to absorb the Corpse Water.
One minute.
Two minutes.
A full five minutes!
Chen Xuan felt his top hat was like a bottomless pit. Even if it drained three entire artificial lakes, it still hadn't finished absorbing all the Corpse Water.
This was also related to the constant rainfall inside the drowning ghost's Ghost Domain—otherwise, it would have been impossible to accumulate so much water in such a short time.
Gurgle!
With the Corpse Water gone, after a minute, Chen Xuan finally saw his body emerge above the lake surface.
Everything before him became completely clear.
He was standing at the bottom of the artificial lake, surrounded by dense, dead Ghost Servants.
But without the Corpse Water wrapping them, they stood frozen in place.
When Chen Xuan finished absorbing all the Corpse Water, the Ghost Servants collapsed onto the ground with clattering sounds.
At the same time, Chen Xuan's gaze pierced through the sea of corpses to see a figure standing at the lake's center.
It was a terrifying corpse, bloated and pale from soaking too long.
Dressed in a black dress that seemed to be tightly strangling its flesh,
Long black hair draped over its face, concealing most of it.
From the exposed part, rotting skin and vanished eyeballs were visible, making it impossible to tell if it was male or female.
Corpse Water continuously seeped from its swollen pores. If left unchecked, it would soon form a new Ghost Domain.
Luckily, it was now suppressed by Chen Xuan.
"This thing should be able to be devoured by the Ghost Doll, right?"
Chen Xuan sensed a strong yearning from the Ghost Doll.
Unexpectedly, this time he not only solved a mission but also gained a Malevolent Ghost—one possessing its own Ghost Domain.
Quite a haul!
With that thought, he pulled the Ghost Doll forward, preparing to swallow the drowning ghost into the Ghost Top Hat.
But after a few steps, Chen Xuan suddenly paused and looked to one side.
Among the fallen Ghost Servants, two figures—one tall, one short—crawled up.
The short man was fat, even bloated; looking closely, except for a relatively normal face, the skin exposed was covered in pus-filled blisters.
The taller man looked like a corpse, walking stiffly and slowly, carrying a bag in his hand.
The bag resembled a woven sack but looked more like a corpse bag.
Its material was special; soaked in Corpse Water so long but remained undamaged.
These two, or rather ghost-like men, were approaching the drowning ghost at the lake's center.
Their speed was slow compared to Chen Xuan's.
Seeing this, Chen Xuan withdrew his gaze without paying them attention and walked straight to the drowning ghost.
He released his hold, letting the Ghost Doll move toward the drowning ghost.
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