Light Fortress-Chapter 50 - 48 Slaying Ghosts
50: Chapter 48 Slaying Ghosts
50 -48 Slaying Ghosts
“Is this…
my evil thoughts?”
Gu Shen looked at the expanding seas of blood before him.
After the flames in the paper lantern extinguished, the entire Dream World seemed to be filled with his own “evil thoughts”…
Could he really harbor such powerful evil thoughts at the bottom of his heart?
“Yes.”
“But that does not mean you’re a bad person.
Evil thoughts are like shadows in the water; the seemingly clear surface of the ocean might hide a dark current deep below, capable of swallowing the whole world.”
Chu Ling said softly, “It’s deeds, not thoughts, that define good and evil.
Although your evil thoughts seem vast enough to destroy the world…
in the end, this is just a dream.”
“Now…”
The girl slowly spoke, “Shatter it.”
Chu Ling’s tone was very light, as if ‘shattering it’, those three words, were as easy as chopping vegetables, or like tearing a piece of paper effortlessly, or rather, as it should be naturally.
“Shatter it…”
But as Gu Shen looked at the overwhelming black tide, the seas of blood, he felt his scalp tingle.
He felt like a novice just out of the starting village, without even a rusty kitchen knife, yet facing the challenge of a world-devouring boss alone, and he had to perform the feat of defeating it with a single strike.
How could that be possible?
Gu Shen gathered his courage and asked, “How do I shatter it?”
Chu Ling looked at Gu Shen and slowly raised her arm, her two fingers together.
“However you want to shatter it,” she said with a smile.
“Like this…
or like this?”
She made a horizontal slicing motion.
Then she cut vertically.
Chu Ling smiled, “Either way…
whatever you prefer.”
Gu Shen stood still, stunned.
He subconsciously replicated the exact movements, then his fingers gently swept horizontally.
“Ssshhh.”
It felt like tearing through a fragile sheet of white paper.
A blinding light appeared on the distant horizon and, as Gu Shen’s fingers passed over it, “slowly” cut through the entire world.
The skies of blood were split open, that ultimate Blazing Light swept through effortlessly, like flames cast by the Blazing Sun, severing the evil ghosts rising from Hell, the wailing black tide, and the continuously opening vertical pupils—cutting them in half.
All the wailing in his ears, the piercing roar…
Under his distant arm swing.
Instantly shattered!
The entire heavy, dark world was torn apart by the intense Holy Light, countless lights rushing forward, the dark tide like being hit by a heavy bomb, tons of black waves blasted into the air, then evaporated into steam in the sky.
So the world of nightmares was this fragile.
Made of paper.
One poke and it breaks.
One tear and it crumbles.
“Congratulations.”
“One minute used,” Chu Ling spoke nonchalantly, “You’ve set a new record for the Ghost Cage’s Dream Interpretation.”
…
…
In the classroom.
The inner core flame of the Ghost Cage soared with a roar, like tides crashing against the cage walls, giving off the impression that it could explode at any moment.
The number of fierce ghosts painted on the paper lantern was simply too great, densely overlapping, as if they could burst through the lantern itself.
“What’s going on?”
Wu Mengbai was shocked, this was the first time such a multitude of fierce ghosts had been reflected in the Ghost Cage’s dream.
Just by looking at the lantern scroll, one could imagine what kind of hell the Dream World had become at that moment.
Everyone was dumbstruck.
The Grand Judge was the calmest of all, his gaze fixed on Gu Shen.
Indeed, Gu Shen wasn’t as simple as his records suggested.
“This kid with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, doesn’t look like someone with antisocial personality disorder…” Lin Beizhu frowned and muttered, “His evil thoughts are too terrifying.”
“Does that mean…
there’s a high risk of losing control?” asked a member of the review team urgently.
“No.”
Tang Qingquan spoke, and at that moment, he was the most composed.
“The Evil Ghost Scroll that appears in the Ghost Cage has nothing to do with the risk of losing control.
The most important thing is whether he can overcome his evil thoughts…
No matter how small the evil thoughts, even if there’s only one small ghost, a person with weak will might break down.
Gu Shen’s evil thoughts, with their unprecedented scale, are like opening the gates of Hell; he must be trapped in hell right now, right?” The Grand Judge said indistinctly, “Now, I’m looking forward to it.
How strong must one’s will be to walk through hell alone?”
Evil thoughts tower to the sky!
How to slay ghosts?
I thought I would face another long wait.
But just as the Grand Judge’s voice fell—the lantern emitted a slight crackling sound!
The Grand Judge’s expression changed drastically, for his vision was excellent, and he clearly saw that the painting on the oiled paper depicting the endless Night Parade of Thousand Demons had split open with a crack.
Was this…
the lantern being damaged by an external force from within the Dream World?!
How could this be possible!
The Ghost Cage had once been a complete S-class Dream Sealing Object, until a supremely powerful figure took it to measure his “own evil thoughts.” In the end, the figure got the results he desired, but the lantern burst from the pressure.
Thus, it fell from its S-class rating, but even so, it remained an extremely fearsome Dream Sealing Object.
During the ten years Tang Qingquan had presided over the “Ghost Cage,” he had witnessed hundreds of differing evil ghost dreams.
He had seen many hellish scrolls filled with monstrous evil thoughts.
But these were at the Extraordinary Court, handed over to malefactors sentenced to the utmost penalty; beings who were cold-blooded, indifferent, murderous, and did evil without restraint…
Hell was indeed the best destination for them.
Ironically, these people, upon truly seeing the evil thoughts in their hearts, turned out to be the most fearful and terrified.
Not to mention overcoming those evil thoughts.
They could not even endure for a quarter of an hour.
Almost as soon as the picture of the evil ghosts on the lantern took shape, their spirits were on the verge of collapse…
These individuals were accustomed to being seen as real-life evil ghosts, feared and avoided by everyone, but when they truly faced the evil ghosts of purgatory, they cowardly shrank away like rats.
But Gu Shen’s painting.
It was the first that Tang Qingquan had seen in ten years.
He originally thought that a great figure splitting the lantern with his own evil thoughts was just a legend.
But he had not expected…
it was true!
Gu Shen’s evil thoughts were too powerful for the lantern to bear…
The scene was truly terrifying.
He could not imagine how the host in the Dream World was supposed to cope.
And the next moment.
Gu Shen provided the answer—
After the crisp crackling sound, the oiled paper lantern split along the edge in a circular seam, as if it had been sliced by a knife.
At the same time, the flame at the core of the Ghost Cage twisted, emitting a mournful wail!
Carved on the oiled paper of the lantern, countless ferocious ghosts were all severed at the waist.
“What?”
Tang Qingquan’s eyes widened.
The rest of them exchanged glances.
Just a moment ago, they had been wondering how Gu Shen would slay the ghosts?
In the next moment, the slaying of ghosts had concluded!
The scene was absurd and dramatic.
An uncountable tide of evil ghosts threatened to engulf the world…
but then, daylight broke.
All the evil ghosts were cut down.
Simplistically…
like tearing paper.
Indeed, it was like tearing paper; the oiled paper lantern’s surface had split open in that flicker of flame, and the once S-class sealed artifact was now even more severely damaged.
“Phew…”
The classroom fell silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
There was only one person lightly exhaling.
Gu Shen, who was holding the lantern, had emerged from the “Ghost Cage” Dream, slowly opening his eyes.
After resolving the third dream, his complexion was no longer pale; instead, it had gained a lot of color.
After overcoming the Ghost Cage, he felt his whole being—body and spirit—refreshed, as if something that had been weighing on his chest was now gone, leaving him much lighter.
Gu Shen noticed the judges, all five members of the review team, looking more astonished and shocked than the next.
Had he slain the ghosts too swiftly?
But…
this wasn’t something he could control.
With a single crackling sound, it was over.
Chu Ling was right, it was like…
tearing paper, wasn’t it?
Gu Shen noticed the damage to the Ghost Cage; had the commotion in the Dream just now caused the destruction of the lantern?
But please, don’t let this trouble fall on me.
He silently prayed in his heart, apologetically handing back the lantern with both hands before bowing slightly.
The room remained silent, no one made a sound.
Gu Shen gave a light cough, drawing the attention of the examiners, and asked cautiously, “Now, is the review…
over?”
