Beneath the red bridal veil was actually a man’s face—Zhao Kaiming!
Yang Jian had never seen the dried-corpse bride’s face. This dream could only borrow the mirror’s supernatural power to replace it with someone else’s face.
At the same time, Zhao Kaiming’s deathly, lifeless face was also reflected in the mirror.
Their line of sight began to reflect.
Inside the mirror, without warning, a second great Buddha abruptly appeared in that space, as if it had always existed there and was only now being observed.
The instant the Buddha statue appeared, the female corpse fell straight backward and lay motionless on the ground. Then, the female corpse suddenly vanished, as though its existence had been replaced by the Buddha statue.
At the same time, the entire space of the world within the mirror expanded along with it, becoming even broader—so vast that its end could no longer be seen.
Suddenly, a faint sound echoed beside the ears of the three of them. It was very soft, like chanting scriptures, yet also like the wail of some corpse.
Yang Jian knew that because of the three of them, the Buddha statues had begun to stack upon one another, invading this dream world in some unknown manner. That scripture-like howl was the sign before the invasion.
Although it was still very weak now, as the stacking continued, it would eventually exceed the supernatural limit of this dream.
Lin Bei immediately said in delight, “Captain Yang! Your method works!”
Yang Jian did not speak. He merely observed in silence.
In this dream where nothing possessed supernatural power, Yang Jian had to act as an ordinary person and use the Buddha statues inside the mirror world to kill these manifested malignant ghosts.
Right now, he could not afford to miss any information before him.
In the hall, the malignant ghosts were still drawing closer, rigidly following their killing patterns. They did not stop because of the abnormality inside the mirror.
The second, the third—countless malignant ghosts began to surround Yang Jian and the others.
But these malignant ghosts could not get close to them at all. The instant their bodies were reflected on the mirror’s surface, they collapsed and disappeared.
And within that boundless world inside the mirror, the number of Buddha statues was increasing at an astonishing speed.
Gradually, the scripture-like roar beside their ears grew louder and louder, its volume seeming to climb continuously at a certain fixed frequency.
At this moment, an eerie expression that was almost a smile yet not a smile surfaced on Lin Bei’s face, extremely similar to that great Buddha.
Lin Bei clutched his head in pain. “Captain Yang, I feel terrible…”
The great Buddha was invading, but Yang Jian had no other choice now. He could only pat Lin Bei on the shoulder and comfort him. “It’s fine. Take deep breaths. Feeling dizzy is normal.”
Crack… The sound of glass shattering rang out.
Yang Jian looked down at his feet. Within that endless mirror world, the number of great Buddhas had already reached a terrifying figure. They sat densely packed within it, and under the reflected light of the mirror, an eerie Buddhist glow shimmered across them.
The mirror world seemed to have reached its limit. The newly appearing great Buddhas had actually begun to overlap layer upon layer. This space was almost unable to contain them anymore.
Lin Bei clutched his head. A second expression gradually emerged on his face, making him look extremely uncanny.
He suddenly roared, “Captain Yang! Something is coming!”
As he spoke, he tried to cover the mirror on the ground. His strength was so great that Yang Jian nearly failed to hold him back with one hand.
Xiao Yuan immediately rushed forward and, together with Yang Jian, pinned him to the floor.
The scripture-like wailing by their ears echoed madly, deafening them.
Yang Jian shouted, “Hold on! It’ll be over soon! The ghost will definitely attack us! This is its killing pattern! No ghost can violate it! As long as it comes close, we win!”
The great Buddha was only invading this dream. The real Lin Bei in reality had not experienced ghost revival. All the price of the stacking was being borne by the dream. If Lin Bei could make it out alive, he would truly be able to control that great Buddha.
Yang Jian looked around. The number of malignant ghosts nearby had already decreased to the point where they could be counted with the naked eye. The upper limit of this attack was almost reached.
However, the ghost that was the source of the nightmare still had not appeared.
Yang Jian’s expression grew increasingly grave. He kept feeling that he had overlooked some crucial clue, but he still could not determine where the problem lay.
“Impossible. Ghosts will definitely kill people. That is their pattern. They can’t wait endlessly like humans…”
He looked at the enormous Buddha statues in the mirror that stretched beyond sight.
“Could it be…”
Yang Jian suddenly thought of a shocking possibility.
He and Xiao Yuan had once fallen into that mirror world. He had always believed that the reason he had not died was because of the supernatural clash between the Buddha statues and the nightmare.
But now, it seemed his judgment might have been wrong. He had missed a crucial piece of information.
Perhaps at that time, the dream had already invaded the Buddha statues and stolen part of their supernatural power.
And this dream could manifest events he had experienced.
In other words, the instant this dream invaded the past, it could have completely manifested into the form of the Buddha statue. With a creation of that size, a casual touch would have reduced him to ashes.
But because of the supernatural clash between the Buddha statue and the dream, it had indirectly helped him escape disaster.
Yang Jian suddenly realized something. He lowered his head and looked at that boundless expanse of Buddha statues. He had completely misjudged things just now. The true ghost at the source of the nightmare was among this endless sea of Buddha statues!
Yang Jian pointed at the mirror and said, “The true source of the nightmare is inside.”
“Captain Yang, you’re not joking, are you?”
Lin Bei looked inside at the overwhelming, densely packed great Buddhas that stretched beyond sight.
“With this number, forget the supernatural power of the Buddha statues themselves—even if they just stood there and let us kill them, we’d never finish.”
Lin Bei seemed to have lost all his strength and slumped to the ground.
Yang Jian turned his head and stared at the malignant ghosts that kept approaching and disappearing before him, quietly thinking.
The reason he could become a captain-level ghost controller was not because the ghosts Yang Jian controlled were especially powerful, but because of Yang Jian’s own understanding of the supernatural.
In other words, perhaps anyone could control the ghost eye, but only Yang Jian could excavate the ghost eye’s supernatural power to its utmost limit.
Time passed second by second. The plan had already failed. His ears had been shaken into bleeding by that scripture-like wailing. The mirror beneath his feet was gradually covered in cracks. The mirror world was almost unable to contain the overwhelming sea of Buddha statues.
Yang Jian knew he did not have much time left. He needed to formulate a new plan within this extremely short period.
But he did not panic. He still analyzed everything calmly.
“No.”
Yang Jian shook his head.
“We still have a chance.”
Yang Jian pointed at Lin Bei.
“And you are that chance.”
Lin Bei froze. He had no idea what Yang Jian was talking about.
“The Buddha statue you control was not pulled into the dream. It invaded through the stacking of its own supernatural power.”
Yang Jian continued, “So, after the Buddha statues have completely invaded, you will regain your supernatural power. But at the same time, this number of malignant ghosts will also cause you to undergo ghost revival immediately.”
Yang Jian helped Lin Bei to his feet. At this moment, the almost-smiling expression on Lin Bei’s face was already extremely obvious.
“But this is also our opportunity. The source ghost in the dream is among these Buddha statues.”
“And what you need to do is use your supernatural power within that brief window of time to kill the source of the nightmare hidden among the Buddha statues.”