Chapter 28: Showdown
At this critical moment of life and death, there was a loud "bang!" as Chu Jiang, sitting in the passenger seat, shot out like a bullet. His right fist instantly shattered the windshield and reached outside the car.
"Screech~~ Sizzle~~!" Amidst the harsh friction sound, it seemed like the car didn't crash into any obstacles, but it ended up crookedly parked in the middle of the road, even the tires were smoking.
Fortunately, this stretch of road was quite remote with few cars passing by, so the abrupt braking of the car didn't cause a rear-end accident.
Inside the car, the driver's heart was still pounding uncontrollably, cold sweat streaming down his forehead. His hands gripping the steering wheel were starting to feel numb.
It took him about two or three seconds before he blankly stared ahead.
Chu Jiang had been ejected diagonally from the passenger seat and the shattered windshield was right in front of the driver. Thus, the driver couldn't see what was happening outside at all.
Chu Jiang's whole body was partly pressed against the glass, with a grim expression on his face. At the moment, his right hand extended outside the car, palm covered in blood, tightly holding onto a decaying dead person's head.
If it weren't for his quick reaction in that split second, where he managed to unfasten the seatbelt, break the glass, and grab the ghost's head within an extremely short time, by now, a car accident resulting in fatalities would have likely occurred.
Because the Blood Handprint could partially control other ghosts, that was why Chu Jiang was able to find a way to capture it.
Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to touch this ghost, let alone temporarily neutralize its supernatural powers and make the vehicle stop safely.
But the current situation is not one-sided, because Chu Jiang is facing a real ghost, not a "ghost servant" created by Slender Man.
"Ghost servant," also known as a ghost or evil spirit, is a lower-level creature created by a ghost after killing a living person.
Ghost servants didn't possess the immortal characteristic of real ghosts, and their strength was much weaker than that of the original ghost.
Chu Jiang could easily kill a regular ghost with a slap, but now even if he caught the ghost's head, the head would still be alive and continue to corrode Chu Jiang.
The blood spreading from his right palm was never able to completely wrap around the whole head. Instead, Chu Jiang's right hand began to show signs of decay.
After a few seconds of stalemate, Chu Jiang swung his right hand forcefully, throwing the dead person's head off the road and into the nearby green area.
It was a little bit sad. Even though he had a really unlucky day, just as he saw the message, he got attacked by the Stretching Ghost.
But Chu Jiang didn't complain, he acted immediately.
He wanted to see if he could take advantage of this opportunity to try to seal a real ghost on his own, and test his hypothesis at the same time.
But Chu Jiang underestimated the other side a little, although the danger level of this ghost seemed to be only C-level, much weaker than Slender Man, but it was still a proper ghost.
In just a moment, the decaying area of the body had spread from the palm of his right hand to his wrist.
Currently, most of Chu Jiang's body was still a normal human physique. Only the palm of his right hand seemed to have turned into half-human, half-ghost.
Therefore, Chu Jiang could accept the injury to his right hand palm. After all, under the influence of supernatural powers, this part should have a stronger ability to withstand damage and not easily become useless.
But as for other parts of his body, Chu Jiang didn't dare to take risks, who knew if they could fully recover?
Not to be fooled by the fact that Chu Jiang's wound from being pierced by Slender Man healed.
Afterwards, Chu Jiang had always had doubts whether the healing of his body that time was not quite normal, perhaps it had something to do with the Ghost Diary.
Because no matter how hard Chu Jiang tried, he couldn't achieve that super strong healing effect. At most, he could only stop the bleeding. He tried it on Gao Yifei and he tried it on himself too.
Therefore, with Ghost Head resisting and difficult to control, Chu Jiang chose not to delay anymore and decisively threw the other person out.
Then Chu Jiang retracted his hand, kicked open the car door, rolled out, and at the same time, took out the Ghost Diary from his backpack and held it in his left hand.
Chu Jiang wasn't planning to give up on this troublemaker, otherwise, wouldn't his efforts have been in vain today?
Indeed, Chu Jiang also knew that the more one used supernatural powers, the quicker they would die. He wanted to solve it using his brain.
But the problem was that the current situation didn't allow for it! The other person's pattern of killing was already obvious. The step of exploring the pattern could be skipped, and violence was the only solution that remained.
With one hand holding the diary and the other hand with the Blood Handprint, Chu Jiang cautiously entered the green belt, searching for the other person's figure.
However, to his disappointment, Ghost Head was nowhere to be found. No matter how hard he searched, he couldn't find him.
Of course, it was not like Ghost Head was afraid of Chu Jiang and ran away.
The newcomer's manual made it very clear that ghosts didn't feel fear, or maybe it was better to say that they didn't have any human emotions at all. Most of them only had extreme instincts, like the most common one - killing.
So, the reason why the Stretching Ghost disappeared was probably because it failed this time. Whether it was Chu Jiang or the driver, they were no longer within its killing pattern, so it just left directly.
I wonder if the ghost head went to directly find the next victim, or if it continues to lurk somewhere in this city...
Although it was a bit regretful, Chu Jiang didn't wander aimlessly anymore. He put away the blood on his right hand.
When facing a ghost, one must be even more cautious. Even if they had fought once, Chu Jiang couldn't say for sure that he would be able to defeat the other next time they meet.
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When Chu Jiang returned to the ride-hailing car, the driver had already driven it to the side of the road and was tremblingly dialing on his phone, as if he was going to call the police.
"It's alright, driver. Let's continue the previous topic."
"Are you talking about that crazy bastard who commits heinous crimes? Is it the dead man's head we just saw?"
Despite being very surprised, Chu Jiang, with superhuman strength, punched through the glass, but the driver immediately explained the "truth" when he heard the question, "Don't think too much, this is a criminal who uses drones disguised as scary props to commit crimes."
"So we were actually attacked earlier!" The driver became angrier as he thought about it. "The company and the police have been warning us these past few days about antisocial elements randomly killing people and disguising it as traffic accidents."
"But until they catch the real culprit, they don't want us drivers spreading the news, to avoid causing panic."
"I can't believe it! It's my turn today!" The driver exclaimed in frustration. "Just you wait, I'll call the police right away!"
Seeing no objections from Chu Jiang, he waited until the other person finished the call before continuing, "Can you please take me to the hotel first?"
The driver glanced at the big hole on the windshield and then at Chu Jiang, decisively agreeing.
This left Chu Jiang unsure of what to say, as he wasn't trying to rob anyone. "I just practiced martial arts since I was young."
While chatting casually, Chu Jiang took the initiative to get into the car.
Seeing this, the driver didn't dare to ask too many questions. He simply got in the car, started the engine, and followed the navigation.
The police might not arrive at the scene so quickly. He could come back after dropping off the person.
