Chapter 405
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Chapter 405: Requiem for the Soul
And it doesn’t stop there, on this page of Ghost Diary, they couldn’t create the Painting Ghost of the Music Box Ghost, which means the seal this time wasn’t complete.
Just then, Ghost Diary suddenly slipped from Chu Jiang’s hand and fell onto the sloping ground.
Inside the diary, a sticky, blackish-black fluid emerged, covering that page, as if trying to prevent the fierce ghost from escaping.
As soon as the seal was completed, the outline of the Music Box Ghost appeared from the fluid.
But along with it, the outline of 304 dark iron chains also appeared, tightly binding the ghost so it couldn’t escape.
Chu Jiang was still surprised by this. It seems that the "seal" power of the Ghost Diary can counteract the "hypnosis" power of the music box to a certain extent.
Both of these powers can forcefully put other ghosts in a restricted state, resulting in a supernatural battle, determining a winner and a loser.
If both sides are evenly matched, it will create a balanced situation where neither side has the upper hand; or in extreme cases, both will be stuck in this state.
Chu Jiang was surprised that he and Sister Bel could successfully seal the ghost when they worked together last time. Is it because the ghost had just escaped from the torn page of the diary and still had the influence of the false god and the diary… That’s why it resisted so strongly when it entered the diary again.
Soga Hayayuki looked at this mysterious diary and her eyes widened a little. The information she had seen about this man didn’t mention the existence of the diary.
Of course, the fact that the other person was using it in front of her without any concern proved that he wasn’t afraid of being known by others.
The music continued to echo, even the ghosts inside Chu Jiang and Soga Hayayuki were affected to some extent, but the Ghost Diary didn’t quiet down.
As time passed, seeing that they couldn’t subdue it for a long time, the pages of the Ghost Diary began to flip noisily!
Then Chu Jiang saw an incredible scene – more than a hundred ghosts had been sealed inside before, naturally forming more than a hundred Painting Ghosts.
At this moment, as the diary turned its pages, these paintings were transferred one by one to the page that sealed the Music Box Ghost.
As each eerie, creepy, dark, and wicked painting suppressed it, the locked music box sank uncontrollably.
Even the music became like a rusty machine, stuttering and even the volume became fainter and fainter.
This made Chu Jiang think about the old man’s comments on the Ghost Diary: it spans across the fields of sealing, prophecy, and domination.
The power that the diary is using now is clearly the power of domination.
And the old man also said that on the day when all the pages are filled with seals, the three hundred and six fierce ghosts in the diary will become "boundless" servants, and they will unconditionally control everything.
There are already signs like this even though only over a hundred have been sealed.
The previous sharing of negative emotions and now the suppression of the Music Box Ghost, it’s like the Ghost Diary is leading over a hundred little followers to fight against others, who can win??
In this way, one can also understand the desire of the Ghost Diary to seal the Ghost Bride; if the Ghost Bride is sealed, it is estimated that the absolute domination in the field will be born.
Just as Chu Jiang was a little worried, the Ghost Diary had already completely sealed the Music Box Ghost, and vivid patterns appeared on the diary.
Of course, there are no prophecies, only one per day.
Chu Jiang picked up the diary and tapped it, he looked at Soga Hayayuki without saying anything, and Soga Hayayuki nodded repeatedly, making an X-shaped sealing gesture with his index fingers in front of his lips, "I will keep it a secret."
This made Chu Jiang shake his head helplessly, "I just asked you to step back, you don’t need to do anything next. Just be careful and ready to run in case of any accidents."
Soga Hayayuki nodded again.
After she exited, Chu Jiang touched the diary with his right hand and borrowed the power of the Music Box Ghost.
With this borrowing, Chu Jiang felt a strange sensation – sadness, solemnity, and nostalgia. He was surprised that just borrowing the power of a ghost could evoke such vivid emotions.
Then, Chu Jiang opened his mouth and emitted a soothing and gentle melody, it was a requiem.
While the Music Box Ghost was still active, the sound would come from a small white figurine inside, also emitting from its mouth, giving it a distinct mechanical feel.
At this moment, the sound coming from Chu Jiang’s mouth had a more natural human quality to it. He sang the lyrics corresponding to the melody, which belonged to Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor, K. 626, his final work.
"Requiem aeternam (Lord, grant them eternal rest)"
"et lux perpetua luceat eis (and let perpetual light shine upon them)"
"……"
As Chu Jiang held the book, he immersed himself in a heartfelt chant. The sound traveled far, echoing throughout the entire Ghost Abyss.
What’s even more magical is that as the music became more melodious, it started snowing in the Ghost Abyss, as if suddenly transported to a snowy realm.
These sounds initially provoked resistance in the Ghost Abyss, as numerous serpent shadows emerged from all sides of the abyss.
It was the enormous black snake that Chu Jiang saw when he first wanted to take Sister Bel out of the Ghost Abyss.
At this moment, it seemed like there were hundreds of these snake shadows, which made Soga Hayayuki nervous.
She planned to immediately intervene if the serpent shadows attacked Chu Jiang, determined not to let these snakes interrupt his chanting.
However, Hayayuki was clearly overly cautious, or perhaps underestimated the power of this Music Box Ghost.
Those serpent shadows initially rushed towards Chu Jiang, but halfway through their leap, their speed slowed down and their size continued to shrink.
When they pounced on Chu Jiang, they turned into small snake shadows. However, they didn’t pose any threat to Chu’s Jiang and only shattered upon impact.
As the requiem continued to be sung, the negative emotions beneath the Ghost Abyss gradually changed from restless and agitated to calm and peaceful. Even the faces there lost their previous pain and became confused.
What’s even more incredible is that Soga Hayayuki could perceive that the ground they were standing on was shrinking and closing in, to the extent that even a distant Headless Guardian Deity stone statue was passively being pulled closer to this side.
As for the enormous head of the Guardian Deity, it didn’t seem to change much. It still had its eyes tightly shut, floating on the black sea. The only difference was that it no longer swayed with the movements of the sea.
Chu Jiang’s face was already pale, but it grew even paler. He began to exhibit symptoms of freezing throughout his body.
This is normal; using the abilities of ghosts from the Ghost Diary comes with a price.
In the beginning, Chu Jiang borrowed ghosts from the Little Theater and the Imitation Ghosts. He was so afraid of using them too much that it could lead to his own death by being consumed. It was only later, when he became more powerful, that he started using them somewhat recklessly.
But the Music Box Ghost is different. Its level is clearly much higher than the previous ones, so the side effects became more prominent.
Lastly, Chu Jiang can’t use it for a long time, or else this ghost will escape from the diary on its own, unbound by the rules of the Ghost Diary.
