Chapter 253

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Chapter 253: Life and Death on the Line

To make matters worse, at this moment, the statue of the goddess had begun to turn, with her body remaining still while the entire pedestal rotated.

The policewoman put on a red hat, and around her, there were alternating periods of light and darkness.

Michiko only had one ghost with her, but this ghost was very special and called "Times of Encounter".

The Times of Encounter, also known as the moments of encounter, happen twice a day, at dusk and at dawn.

The island’s Yin Yang practitioners believed that this time period was a specific moment of transition between day and night, yin and yang, and it was the best time for ghosts and monsters to appear. Most troubles and misfortunes originated from this time.

During the Times of Encounter, the sky was dim and uncertain, also known as the birth of a hundred illusions. Originally, it referred to a specific period of time, but now it appeared on policewoman Michiko as a form of ghost.

Chu Jiang took out a black five-dragon jade seal, which was a level one seal obtained from headquarters. He hadn’t had a chance to test it on Duan Mingen yet, but Ghost Rental sent him to this ghostly place.

Chu Jiang only had a vague concept of the specific effect of the jade seal in his mind. Now, he could only give it a try reluctantly, which was better than going up against the statue head-on.

Just as the statue was about to attack Chu Jiang and the others, an old shopkeeper floated over from behind and tightly hugged the statue.

At the same time, a neat crack appeared on the statue’s neck, and its head instantly snapped off! It fell from its body and rolled aside.

On the thin man’s side, he didn’t die. From a pile of bloody pieces on the ground, a gloomy ghost crawled up.

If it wasn’t for the thin man, who had complete control over the Scapegoat Ghost, he would have died a long time ago.

Despite this, the thin man’s body was ruined. He could now be considered a ghost, existing in this world.

"Hold it back, give me some time to open the door." The thin man rushed forward again, trying to open the door. The firefighter was already terrified and helpless, only able to hold a pale newspaper and step aside.

Even though the statue was decapitated, it didn’t pause or slow down its movements. It even ignored the existence of the Ghost Domain.

Its right hand pointed at Chu Jiang, the hourglass in its left hand lifted, and lightly tapped the hand that the shopkeeper was holding.

With just that one touch, the shopkeeper Li Yuhan’s arm and body instantly aged and vanished. Her skin, flesh, and bones went from old and withered to turning into a silent fine powder, falling to the ground.

The shopkeeper Li Yuhan died. After all, she wasn’t a true ghost, so she died as a human, leaving only a head remaining in Chu Jiang’s hands.

For her, this was the most dignified way to die…

At the same moment, a magical dragon seal on Chu Jiang’s right hand made a soul-shaking dragon roar. Five ghostly dragons emerged from inside the seal, circling around their master and providing a special mystical protection.

As the power of passing time approached, Chu Jiang was still affected, but the five ghostly dragons resisted the majority of the supernatural forces.

Moreover, whenever Chu Jiang’s body showed signs of aging, Chu’s Jiang power would spontaneously emerge, forcibly returning his body to its state before aging.

"Enough!" Chu Jiang’s face turned unpleasant as the statue pointed at him once, failed to harm him, and immediately pointed again.

If Chu Jiang doesn’t find a way to enter Room 5 soon, he may age and die, or even if he survives, the consequences of aging would be severe once the Ghost Diary is released.

The skinny man had no time to respond. Right now, his appearance seemed like a distorted space, divided into numerous parts. He looked like a structure made of mismatched building blocks, full of a sense of disharmony.

But now that he was a ghost, this level of spatial distortion was nothing to him.

Not only were the skinny man’s hands gripping the door handle, but also two pale palms extended from under his armpits, helping him open the door together.

With the skinny man’s effort, the doorknob slowly turned. With just another five or six seconds, the door would soon open…

But do they have the time for it?

Chu Jiang was pointed twice, even with the help of the Ghost Dragon Seal, Chu’s Jiang power was doing its best to fight against the flow of time, but he still aged rapidly, quickly transforming from a young person into a middle-aged appearance.

To make matters worse, the two times it pointed at Chu Jiang and didn’t kill him, the statue switched targets. This time it didn’t choose the skinny man who was opening the door, nor did it choose the female police officer who was preparing to support Chu Jiang.

Instead, it pointed at the firefighter who was burning the newspaper.

Due to excessive use of the supernatural power of the cards, the firefighter has already been heavily eroded by ghosts. If he is targeted by the statue, he can be said to be beyond help.

Just as Chu Jiang sent the five ghost dragons flying towards the firefighter, the female police officer had already enveloped the firefighter in the light of the witching hour.

At the same time, she herself appeared in between the statue and the firefighter, so the final effect of time passing fell upon her.

The eerie red cap on the female police officer’s head quickly turned pale in the face of the power of time, but it also weakened a large part of the opponent’s power, which shows how terrifying the Ghost Bride is.

Immediately, Chu Jiang and the five ghost dragons flew over to help the female police officer withstand the remaining power, and she managed to withstand this pointing without any damage.

But before Michiko could even take a breath, she saw that the statue didn’t put down its hand this time. Instead, it pointed directly at her without moving.

What’s even scarier is that the sand in the hourglass on the statue’s left hand suddenly started flowing several times faster!

This caused Redtouge to quickly crumble, as the power of time rapidly pierced through the five ghost dragons and directly descended upon the policewoman. She also began rapidly aging.

When Chu Jiang saw this scene, he clenched his fist.

Using the Ghost Domain to teleport in front of the statue, Chu Jiang exerted force with his right fist and shattered almost half of the statue’s body!

However, the effect was minimal as the statue restored itself to its original state the next second. Even the head that had fallen to the ground rolled back onto its neck, as if time had reversed.

Michiko, the policewoman, could no longer hold on. She murmured, "The time of encountering demons."

And then something incredible happened. She, who was already so old that she was almost dying, immediately began to regain her youth, rapidly transforming from old age back to middle age…

What makes this ghost special during the time of encountering demons is that it is also a ghost related to time.

Right now, with the power of day and night alternating, Michiko forcefully reversed the flow of time.

But this is not a perfect solution. We could see that Michiko, who had turned back into a young person due to the influence of the statue’s power, was still becoming younger, or we could even say, a child.

The policewoman quickly turned into a young girl, and the young girl turned into a toddler. Finally, Michiko actually transformed into a baby!

If this continues, she will soon become the very beginning of life, an embryo, or even a fertilized egg….

At that moment, the thin man shouted, "The door is open!"

Chu Jiang had originally intended to go directly for the hourglass, but upon hearing these words, he immediately changed his plan of action.

Still using the Ghost Domain’s fastest movement speed, Chu Jiang almost teleported back to the policewoman’s side. At the same time, from his left hand, he took out an elegant paper umbrella.

This exquisite, old-fashioned paper umbrella carried a strange aura. Chu Jiang placed it on the ground, blocking the statue’s "line of sight."

Immediately, Chu Jiang picked up the newborn baby from the floor and turned around, rushing towards Room 5, without even getting a chance to see what was inside.

As for the skinny man, after he shouted, he grabbed the firefighter and rushed in.

Don’t misunderstand, the skinny man isn’t thinking about saving people at this time. He just needs some live bodies for the next three rooms. The other side still has value to exploit. His Scapegoat Ghost isn’t that simple…

If Chu Jiang used other spiritual items, then at this moment, he probably wouldn’t be able to stop the goddess statue.

But this high-end version of the oiled paper umbrella is different, it can forcefully reduce the sense of existence in front of the ghost for the one being blocked.

To put it specifically, the statue suddenly "lost" the accurate direction of its target, so the power of making time pass also paused for a moment.

In order to fight against this high-level spiritual entity, the oiled paper umbrella, which was originally a consumable item, even couldn’t be used a second time and quickly depleted all its power, becoming an ordinary object.

But this very short time was enough. Chu Jiang successfully rushed into Room 5 with the baby, and the door slammed shut on its own.

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