Chapter 278

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Chapter 278: The Forced Marriage of the Ghost Bride

The wedding banquet officially began, and the Ghost Bride reached out her pale hand, wanting to take Chu Jiang’s hand initiative.

The white-clad woman also extended her right hand, her palm becoming ethereal and quickly transforming into a translucent gray-white, facing the Ghost Bride.

"The union of man and ghost, this marriage is not right, disaster is certain."

As the woman’s words fell, the Ghost Bride, who had extended her hand, suddenly froze.

At that moment, all the spooky ghosts holding wedding invitations suddenly stood up and anxiously looked towards the Ghost Bride, as if they were preparing to attack it.

It was obvious that none of the "guests" who came this time were here willingly. They were all brought here under the control of the Ghost Bride’s power.

The supernatural power of the woman in white is also very special. She didn’t directly "persuade" these guests, but achieved it by changing their fortunes in a mysterious way.

She said that disaster would befall the Ghost Bride, and indeed, the other party encountered misfortune. This is a strange ability to influence others’ luck.

Moreover, the ghosts on the woman in white seem to have some functions related to marriage…

However…

Although all the ghosts started to get restless, none of them actually made a move. The Ghost Bride just stiffened for a moment and then returned to normal.

Then the Ghost Bride didn’t reach out to shake hands with Chu Jiang anymore, but slowly raised its hand towards the woman in white.

At that moment, Jing Ruoxue was filled with terror. She had a feeling that she would die under the other party’s attack this time.

She wanted to move, escape, and even draw her sword, but since the other person started to raise their hand, Jing Ruoxue couldn’t make any more movements and could only stand there watching, waiting for death.

This was a rare feeling for Jing Ruoxue, a feeling of being on the brink of life and death several times.

She felt a sense of despair in her heart. Indeed, her bloodline power awakened too late. With her current level of awakening, it was far from enough to deal with such a terrifying ghost.

Suddenly, Chu Jiang extended his dark green hand and grasped the Ghost Bride’s raised right hand halfway.

Then, everyone present saw Chu Jiang’s face quickly turn pale, even whiter than a blank piece of paper; at the same time, the aura around him rapidly became cold, as if he was swiftly transforming from a living person to a malevolent spirit.

Jing Ruoxue, dressed in white, suddenly took a step back, cold sweat dripping from her forehead, and she was panting heavily as if to break free from some invisible curse.

Still catching her breath, she gripped the sword hilt with her right hand, seemingly wanting to draw her sword and rush to help Chu Jiang.

But Chu Jiang’s face twisted, his body trembling as he stopped her and said, "Stop, don’t do anything."

"What should I do?" Jing Ruoxue asked anxiously in her voice.

"Find a seat first."

Chu Jiang guessed that as long as this woman in white stops causing trouble and sits properly, Ghost Bride will consider her as the "groom’s relative" and she will no longer be attacked.

But who is this woman? Xu Shengtian seems to recognize her.

And the special mystical power she uses unexpectedly causes a response in the energy of Chu’s Jiang within her own body. Could it be that she is the Young Fate Giver? The current Young Fate Giver of this generation…

Just a passing thought, Chu Jiang quickly dismissed these distractions.

Chu Jiang’s situation is very dangerous now. If he continues to shake hands with the other party like this, he will be corrupted by Ghost Bride and become a dead person.

The wedding hasn’t even taken place yet, but just by shaking hands like this, Chu Jiang can hardly imagine what will happen if the wedding continues.

But forcing the issue at this moment won’t work either. When it comes to the danger level to humans, Ghost Bride may only be at the A-class level. However, its level of horror is completely beyond this, with its power to control other ghosts being extremely abnormal.

Putting aside the rest, the fact that Chess Ghost is appearing here right now indicates that it broke through the Black Sun’s Ghost Domain. This is how it managed to leave Luohe City, instead of being trapped like Dark Left Hand in one corner.

And Ghost Bride was able to force Chess Ghost to attend its wedding banquet, showing the level of terror of Ghost Bride.

Just now, when Chu Jiang raised his hand, even if it wasn’t aimed at himself, he instinctively felt a sense of impending death, as if the woman in the white dress would already be dead if he didn’t intervene.

At this moment, due to physical contact with Ghost Bride, the Blood Hand Ghost and Dark Left Hand within Chu Jiang’s body were both uncontrollable and seemed to have completely quieted down, unable to help the host in any way.

Only Chu’s Jiang’s power was able to resist Ghost Bride’s supernatural abilities, otherwise Chu Jiang wouldn’t be able to speak now and would have already been a lifeless body.

However, Chu’s Jiang’s power couldn’t last for long due to Ghost Bride’s supernatural erosion, reaching a delicate balance.

If Ghost Bride were to suddenly launch a fierce attack, such as the kind of attack like Ghost Buddha [karma obliteration], Chu’s Jiang’s recovery would be accelerated and it might turn Chu Jiang’s entire upper body into a zombie.

But the current problem is that Ghost Bride’s power is like an undercurrent of flowing water, not suddenly strong, but constantly assaulting.

This results in Chu’s Jiang’s recovery speed not being able to keep up with Ghost Bride’s erosion speed.

Chu Jiang estimated that in no more than ten minutes, he would be irreversibly eroded to death by Ghost Bride, or even turned into her servant.

In that case, it would really be "living together, sleeping together."

As for Ghost Diary, I don’t know if it will intervene in the last moment. For now, it is just watching because Chu Jiang is still managing. So Ghost Diary won’t move.

When Jing Ruoxue bit her lip and quickly sat down at the table where Xu Shengtian was, as instructed by Chu Jiang, Ghost Bride indeed stopped looking at her and turned to look at Chu Jiang again.

Pattern! We must start with Ghost Bride’s killing pattern.

Although Chu Jiang’s way of dealing with ghosts has become much simpler and rougher since awakening his bloodline power.

But he never forgets that a qualified Ghost Master should prioritize dealing with ghosts by understanding their patterns, and only then consider direct confrontation. Because it’s hard for humans to outlast ghosts.

Ghost Bride’s pattern should be similar to that of Wedding Ghost. Wedding Ghost instinctively seeks its suitable bride, while Ghost Bride instinctively seeks its suitable groom.

Now that Chu Jiang has been chosen, the wedding banquet is progressing step by step. What should be done next?

Even though there are no parents around, Ghost Bride still stiffly pulls Chu Jiang and brings him to the red ceremonial altar where celestial and earthly gods are placed. It seems like they are going to perform a wedding ceremony.

And all the guests present, whether they are humans or ghosts, are witnesses of this wedding.

……

Chu Jiang, like a puppet, is being controlled by a ghost.

His mind is racing, realizing that he can’t continue like this. He must interrupt this program because he doesn’t know what will happen after the ceremony is completed.

What if this is a precondition for some kind of rule? After the ceremony, it signifies that one human and one ghost are officially married, and then Chu Jiang might instantly die. Ghost Diary wouldn’t even have time to intervene.

So how can we interrupt it? Have the woman in white pull out her sword?

Although that sword might be a seal, if pulling it out really solves everything, then the other party has probably already done it instead of being convinced by him.

Suddenly, Chu Jiang remembers that he still has a consumable supernatural item, which Ning Miaowei gave to him. Can he use it now?

As the wedding ceremony begins, there should be one "praise leader" and one "chorus leader" responsible for singing and guiding the two newlyweds in taking their vows.

But now it seems everything has become simpler, or maybe Ghost Bride doesn’t have that kind of willpower, but only follows the instinct of ghosts.

It held Chu Jiang’s hand and faced the altar, as if wanting to pay respects to the heavens and the earth.

Chu Jiang, with a very unpleasant expression on his face, struggled to take out a torn cloth doll from his left hand and threw it at Ghost Bride!

Ghost Bride didn’t dodge, and after the doll hit it, it bounced off and fell to the ground as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Dafu and the others couldn’t understand what was happening, while Xu Shengtian mumbled, "Is this a suitable gift? The bride might find it offensive…"

Only Jing Ruoxue realized something; the supernatural power on the doll seemed to be similar to the ghost’s power within her, both capable of changing people’s destinies.

However, the power on the doll was more extreme, seemingly creating all sorts of accidents with death as its final goal.

Of course, ghosts cannot die, but at this moment, Ghost Bride was somehow affected as well.

Originally, it was leading Chu Jiang, about to kneel facing the altar, but in an instant, it slipped and fell on top of Chu Jiang, knocking him over.

"Bang!" The two newcomers fell to the ground. Chu Jiang’s mouth was bleeding, and at that moment, he really wanted to die.

Unexpectedly, it did happen, and the ritual was interrupted.

But now, Chu Jiang felt a cold corpse pressing on him. This feeling was not good at all, in fact, it was very bad. All the talk of softness and fragrance was just a joke.

Furthermore, due to the extensive physical contact between them, a powerful supernatural force suddenly emerged, overwhelming them.

Chu Jiang’s breath became weaker, but Chu’s Jiang’s power quickly spread over him.

Since their last battle against the ghost monk, Chu’s Jiang’s presence had already spread to half of Chu Jiang’s chest, and now this condition was accelerating!

The upper part reached the neck, and then it stopped spreading, while the lower part continued to devour, transforming the human body into a zombie body. It kept spreading and devouring until it reached Chu Jiang’s waist, and then the power temporarily stopped.

As a result, the inhuman parts of Chu Jiang had spread from his initial pair of hands to his arms and his entire upper body. Only his head and lower torso remained human.

Thanks to this, Chu Jiang exerted a sudden force and pushed away the Ghost Bride lying on him.

Then he grabbed Ghost Bride’s hand, forcefully pulled it apart, and stomped his feet to escape into the courtyard.

The previously slow-moving Ghost Bride suddenly floated up from the ground and waved to Chu Jiang.

Although Chu Jiang was facing away, his footsteps suddenly stopped. He struggled to turn around, using all his strength to barely control his body and prevent himself from walking back to Ghost Bride’s side.

But what to do next? If they continue to stand their ground, Ghost Bride might resort to more violent measures, such as forcing the guests to carry on with the wedding against the groom’s will…