Chapter 220
The Golden Umbrella Takes Shape, the Bride Holds It in the Rain
Chapter 220 The Golden Umbrella Takes Shape, the Bride Holds It in the Rain (4k)
Lu Ming and the ghost bride were of one mind. Even though the ghost bride didn't say anything, he was aware of what she was thinking at that moment.
"The invasion of the opera troupe's ghosts has not ended; on the contrary, the impact has been quite significant... These ghosts have altered the pattern on the top of the black umbrellas through their invasion, turning the original black fabric into a variety of colorful patterns, and it continues to change..."
Upon realizing this, Lu Ming was slightly surprised.
This was something he hadn't anticipated; it was an unexpected part of the plan.
This opera troupe is indeed extraordinary. I thought they would be suppressed without any suspense, but I didn't expect them to have a way to counter them.
Lu Ming held the umbrella with the shroud, still able to feel the chilling aura creeping up his arm and through his entire body.
"It can indeed be considered a successful maneuver, but there is still a possibility of something going wrong. The umbrella is not yet stable, and it must be used with the utmost caution."
Lu Ming's supernatural methods are now endless; he is only pursuing the upper limit, not the complexity of the methods.
If this umbrella becomes uncontrollable after being affected by the ghost troupe, it will require extreme caution and consideration when using it, making it impossible to fully utilize its original potential.
Then the umbrella would have little significance for Lu Ming.
After a moment's thought, Lu Ming thought to himself, "Could we use the suppressive effect of the accumulated water to suppress the restless supernatural entity? Theoretically speaking, this should be possible."
With this in mind, Lu Ming simply decided to try it out in the corridor of the Caesars Hotel.
Raindrops pattered on the colorful umbrella, and the strange patterns on it, after being stained with the eerie rainwater, began to fade gradually, showing a tendency to return to their original colors.
"It works."
Lu Ming's heart stirred slightly, and he was about to continue, but unexpectedly, the patterns that had been suppressed by the rain reappeared clearly.
This time, the eerie patterns on the costumes were even clearer than before.
"Still not working?"
"No, it's not that it won't work. The idea is correct, but the suppression effect of the supernatural rain is still too weak. At the level of the black umbrella and the ghost troupe, the suppression effect of the accumulated water can be almost ignored."
Simply put, the water level wasn't high enough, so although the approach was correct, it still didn't achieve the desired effect.
"It has a suppressive effect on accumulated water..."
The scene before him reminded Lu Ming of the pool of scarlet blood on the outskirts of Dachang City.
The ghost blood in the blood pool also has the effect of suppressing supernatural phenomena, but in terms of terror, it is much more terrifying than the supernatural rain.
What would happen if this black umbrella, which has been possessed by the ghosts of the opera troupe, were thrown into a blood pool in the suburbs?
At this moment, the colorful patterns on the umbrella actually represent a kind of supernatural phenomenon, which will definitely be cleansed after contact with the ghost blood in the blood pool.
Even the canopy of a black umbrella could be dyed red.
"If we really do that, it will undoubtedly resolve my concerns. I just don't know if the involvement of Ghost Blood will cause this supernatural weapon to undergo another change?"
Lu Ming shook his head; he didn't want to think about these uncertain things in detail.
If possible, he decided to wait until his strength had improved further before washing the umbrella in the blood pool.
"What we need to do now is send the letter, and then combine this umbrella with the demon cleaver."
After the ghost of the opera troupe disappeared, the anomaly on the fourth floor of the Caesars Hotel was finally restored.
Lu Ming easily found room 31. He didn't open the door, but instead used his Ghost Domain to send the envelope in his hand into the room.
The old, yellowed envelope vanished mysteriously the moment it touched the ground, as if it had been erased by some supernatural force.
With that, Lu Ming, Sun Rui, and Li Yang's mission of delivering the message came to an end.
Li Yang and the others were unaware of the success on this side, and Lu Ming had not yet had a chance to tell them the situation.
After leaving the Caesars Hotel, Lu Ming's first task was to create supernatural weapons.
He used his Ghost Domain teleportation technique and quickly arrived at the Furen Building.
Lu Ming assigned the next tasks to his secretary, Li Yao. As it turned out, although Li Yao was usually very idle at the company and had basically nothing to do, her professional skills were quite good.
After all, he was an international student who was raised as an elite from a young age, and then spent some time on social media.
Li Yao quickly prepared gold and a separate smelting room for Lu Ming.
Lu Ming, relying on some clips he had seen in the Broken Blade Competition, melted gold, poured it into a mold, and added special steel to completely wrap the handle of the black umbrella in gold.
A golden umbrella appeared before Lu Ming's eyes.
The gold covering the umbrella has many pits and holes, as well as some specially left holes.
Since supernatural phenomena cannot affect gold, completely encasing the supernatural object in gold would be no different from actual confinement.
The pitted holes left behind were meant to allow supernatural phenomena to spread out, which was intentional on Lu Ming's part.
"To be able to do this well on the first try is already quite impressive."
Lu Ming nodded secretly, quite satisfied with the work in his hands.
After that, like a blacksmith, he meticulously polished and perfected some details.
These tasks cannot be delegated to others. If it were an ordinary person, they would be killed by the supernatural power of the black umbrella if they were not careful. And if it were a ghost tamer, Lu Ming would not feel comfortable handing over his supernatural weapon to someone else.
Amidst the sounds of hammering and banging, Lu Ming surprisingly found a unique kind of fun in it.
Forging weapons—this is a romance unique to men.
After a few hours, as darkness fell, the supernatural weapon was finally finished.
As planned, Lu Ming also installed the ghost cleaver he had stolen from the ghost temple on the top of the black umbrella.
Finally, just as Lu Ming grasped the golden handle and opened the black umbrella, an astonishing scene unfolded.
At the top of the umbrella, the rusty cleaver had strangely blended into the black umbrella.
Moreover, the machete, which was originally quite long, now only had a rusty tip remaining.
"Are you kidding me?"
Lu Ming tried waving the umbrella and found that it was completely different now. Even without opening the canopy, it could be used as a machete.
Even under the influence of these two supernatural forces, the terrifying nature of this machete was actually enhanced.
Lu Ming's original plan was simply to use gold as a connector to link the two supernatural weapons together and fuse them into one.
This makes it more convenient.
However, the two supernatural weapons mysteriously merged into one.
"In this way, my umbrella can truly be considered a special supernatural weapon... Ordinary people simply cannot use it; only a ghost tamer like me, who is familiar with two supernatural rules, can use it."
Holding the golden umbrella handle in his hand, Lu Ming fell silent.
He could sense the terrifying aura emanating from the umbrella; the supernatural elements within it were extremely restless.
As the thought flashed through his mind, a ghost bride dressed in a wedding gown appeared beside Lu Ming. Lu Ming only glanced at her, and the ghost bride understood his meaning and took the golden umbrella.
The two walked together and appeared in a deserted area of Dachang City.
The sky was overcast and gloomy.
The sun has set; it is now night.
However, after Lu Ming and the ghost bride appeared, a light rain began to fall from the originally clear sky.
The drizzling rain carried a foul, fishy odor, imbued with an eerie atmosphere.
The ghost bride took Lu Ming's place holding the umbrella handle, letting the huge umbrella cover the two of them, blocking the seemingly endless drizzle.
The raindrops on the tarpaulin swirled and rolled, constantly engaging in a tiny, supernatural struggle.
Suppress, suppress, continue to suppress... The effect is not good, it can even be said to be negligible.
However, the constant suppression of the rain still allows the umbrella and the ghost inside to temporarily form a relatively stable state.
"This umbrella can not only dismember vengeful spirits with its tip, but also unfold into an umbrella-shaped ghost domain when opened, trapping vengeful spirits or ghost tamers inside."
"In the folded state, dismember the vengeful ghost; in the unfolded state, imprison the vengeful ghost. From another perspective, when facing a vengeful ghost of extremely high terror, first dismember it, then imprison it. That is a very efficient little combo for dealing with paranormal events."
Realizing this, Lu Ming's original intention to hide the black umbrella faded away.
If we could find an opportunity to soak the black umbrella in a pool of blood, or rather, to cleanse it with demon blood, that would be wonderful.
"Now it seems that I don't need to be as hesitant as before when doing things."
"Leaving aside future growth potential, just considering the superposition techniques I have already mastered, as well as this terrifying supernatural weapon, it is not an exaggeration to say that I have already reached the level of the Seven Elders."
"Not to mention the ghost tamers at the domestic headquarters, or the ghost tamers from the island nation's exorcism society, even the entire King's Organization has lost the right to be taken seriously by me."
As the rain gradually stopped, the soil on the ground was slightly damp. Lu Ming had the ghost bride disappear from the spot with the golden umbrella.
The first layer of the mail delivery mission is now complete.
Judging from the progress of the first layer, simply delivering the letters is indeed too slow.
However, the speed will definitely increase significantly afterward.
Because Lu Ming now has considerable confidence in his own abilities.
Simply tear up four letters sent upstairs to pass through the Ghost Post Office and face the legend of another era, the Cave Emperor.
"Tearing up four letters to be sent upstairs in succession, and sending them via express mail, is a legendary act in the history of the Ghost Post Office."
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the other side.
Ye Zhen returned to the paranormal forum in Dahai City.
A-Wu asked curiously, "Boss, I heard that you and Lu Ming... Boss Lu went to deal with a paranormal event. Why did you come back so soon?"
Calling Lu Ming "Boss Lu" was Ye Zhen's requirement. Ye Zhen demanded that everyone on the paranormal forum treat Lu Ming with the utmost respect as the new boss.
Otherwise, if word got out, the other ghost tamers would probably think Ye Zhen couldn't accept defeat.
Ye Zhen's original words were: "Temporary failure is not terrible. What is terrible is that you are unwilling to face reality after failure. I, Ye, can bend and stretch, and I will be brave after knowing shame. This is the way of a true man."
Ye Zhen and Lu Ming are among the top in the entire supernatural community.
It's only natural that they are highly efficient at handling paranormal events.
However, since it requires the use of these two top-tier ghost controllers, the supernatural events that occur must be extraordinary, and logically, they shouldn't have ended in just a few hours.
Ye Zhen crossed his arms and said coldly, "Even I, Ye, have to admit that those vengeful ghosts are indeed troublesome. They are indeed the kind of beings that can make Lu Wudi feel troubled. If it were just about completing the mission, I believe that with Lu Wudi's abilities, he wouldn't be unable to do it. But from what I see, he seems to want to gain some benefits from it, or even control those terrifying vengeful ghosts."
Although Ye Zhen has a bit of a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) and his words are sometimes nonsensical.
But he's not actually stupid.
On the contrary, Ye Zhen is very shrewd.
Sometimes, living in an ideal world doesn't mean you can't see through reality.
Therefore, he could roughly guess some of Lu Ming's plans.
"To control those vengeful spirits?"
A-Wu, the administrator, felt a twitch in his eyelids.
Although Ye Zhen didn't elaborate, careful consideration of these keywords would reveal something amiss.
A ghost that can be controlled must be a complete and vengeful ghost, not a ghost slave that is merely a derivative.
The more powerful a demon tamer is, the more difficult it will be for them to control a demon in the future.
Not to mention Lu Ming, who surpasses Ye Zhen.
Based on A-Wu's understanding of the supernatural, even if Lu Ming wanted to control a ghost, it would take him a lot of effort.
Not to mention that he is now commanding a group of vengeful ghosts.
This is simply a fantasy.
"Leaving aside whether he can succeed, even if Boss Lu really finds a way to control so many vengeful spirits at the same time, how to deal with the resurgence of these spirits is still a difficult problem..."
A-Wu shook his head, unable to understand what Lu Ming was thinking.
Ye Zhen closed his eyes and said, "I, Ye, share the same thought as you and do not believe that Lu Wudi will succeed this time."
"But from another perspective, if even you and I can see the flaws in this, how could Lu Wudi not have thought of them?"
"Therefore, no matter what, I, Ye, still believe that there is always a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation."
"After all... the strong never face a dead end, while the weak are surrounded by abysses."
"The path of the strong is destined to be lonely. Lu Wudi, since you have the word 'invincible' with you, it's perfectly normal that ordinary people can't understand you."
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Greater J City.
The Headquarters of the Ghost Riders, Asia Branch.
Cao Yanhua was equally baffled when she learned from a paranormal forum that Lu Ming was going to try to control a group of vengeful ghosts.
In his opinion, Lu Ming is now the hope of the entire country.
He believes that every step must be carefully calculated, and he does not support such a risky venture with an extremely low success rate.
However, Cao Yanhua did not express his opinion on this matter.
Because he knew that his opinion was actually not important.
Lu Ming's position as the head of the headquarters is a favor to the headquarters, but it does not mean that he is one of the headquarters' people.
"Sigh... I just hope everything goes smoothly..."
All Cao Yanhua could do was silently pray for Lu Ming.
Tread-tap-
The sound of steady, powerful footsteps approached.
An elderly man appeared at the door of Cao Yanhua's office.
Cao Yanhua was startled and looked up at the old man.
He only realized someone was coming when the old man got closer; he hadn't noticed anything before that.
This shows that the old man was fully capable of killing him silently.
The commotion I made just now was merely a deliberate attempt to attract Cao Yanhua's attention...
"Old Qin, you've arrived?"
After Cao Yanhua saw the person's appearance clearly, he quickly got up to greet him.
Many organizations outside are speculating that there is a big shot at headquarters who oversees everything and is stationed in J City. As long as he is still there, the situation will not become so chaotic that it is completely out of control.
And this so-called "big shot" is actually Qin Lao.
Old Qin's face, covered with age spots, looked somewhat stiff; he wasn't in good condition and only uttered a few words concisely.
"Let's discuss this."
"About that young man."
(End of this chapter)