Mysterious Resurgence: Starting with the Strange Bus

Chapter 10 The Black Scarecrow

"Fortunately, it's not too late."

Li Hui quickly glanced at his surroundings and, seeing that the worst-case scenario he had anticipated had not yet occurred, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

While his consciousness was still in that supernatural space, he was prepared to face the fact that his body would be attacked by several vengeful ghosts when his consciousness returned to his body.

Although the scene before him was equally dangerous, with almost all the vengeful ghosts surrounding him, it was still much better than the worst-case scenario that Li Hui had initially anticipated.

Plop!

After regaining his senses, Li Hui threw aside the face covering he was holding in his left hand and the strange boy who was choking him with his right hand, and prepared to focus on dealing with the black scarecrow that was grabbing his shoulder.

The opponent's level of terror was exceptionally high. Li Hui sensed it as soon as his consciousness returned. The black scarecrow possessed more than one kind of supernatural power. He planned to go all out to suppress it as quickly as possible before dealing with the other supernatural powers.

Bang!
Li Hui kicked out hard, striking the black scarecrow in an attempt to knock it back and free his shoulder from its restraints.

However, the result shocked Li Hui.

The kick, imbued with the eeriness of a bus, struck the black scarecrow, causing it to stagger back a step and sway slightly before quickly returning to normal.

(PS: To avoid getting flamed, let me explain. In the original work, the scarecrow is an S-class supernatural being. Here, I've added some fan-made enhancements. The black scarecrow is the source of all scarecrows. It can transfer and distribute the damage it receives to other scarecrows. Similarly, it can concentrate the supernatural abilities of all scarecrows into one...)
"Are you kidding me?!"

Upon seeing this, Li Hui's eyes widened in disbelief.

He had considered that his kick might not be able to put the black scarecrow into a pseudo-crash state, but he hadn't expected that his kick, imbued with the supernatural power of the bus, wouldn't even be able to suppress it, only making it take a step back.

"Even an S-class vengeful ghost couldn't possibly withstand a kick imbued with the supernatural power of a bus so easily, could it?"

Li Hui frowned, somewhat puzzled, after all, his kick was essentially equivalent to the collision of the supernatural bus.

But he seemed to have forgotten that the supernatural bus parked to the side was stopped by a group of scarecrows. Although this was related to some of the bus's own rules, it was enough to show how extraordinary the scarecrows were.

Moreover, Li Hui is currently facing the source of the Scarecrow incident, a true S-class vengeful ghost, which is far superior to the ordinary scarecrows that stopped the bus. The two are simply incomparable!

"Pfft!"

next moment.

The sound of something entering the body rang out.

The kick Li Hui had just delivered seemed to have triggered some kind of rule of the black scarecrow; ten fingers made of intertwined black straw now resembled ten black iron cones, piercing deeply into Li Hui's shoulder.

at the same time.

The terrifying curse belonging to the black scarecrow has been unleashed.

A chilling aura spread out and enveloped Li Hui's entire body. Instantly, Li Hui felt a stinging sensation on his skin, as if something inside his body was trying to penetrate his skin and grow out.

Looking down instinctively, Li Hui noticed that his skin had become transparent, revealing countless tiny golden dots underneath.

"Straw?"

Judging from the small golden dots alone, it's impossible to tell what they are. But Li Hui had seen the messenger transform into a golden scarecrow before, and he guessed what it was.

These tiny golden dots are like seeds; once they sprout from Li Hui's skin, they will quickly grow into golden straws of varying lengths.

When the straw completely covers Li Hui, he will die. At that time, his corpse will be affected by supernatural forces and transformed into a 'ghost slave' controlled by the black straw man, indistinguishable from the other golden straw men around him.

However, what Li Hui didn't know was that the black scarecrow's terror was far more than that; in fact, the supernatural curses erupting from him were not limited to just this one.

Just now.

The phone tattoo on the back of Li Hui's hand flickered a few times, as if a real phone was about to be turned on, but it ultimately failed to turn on and went silent again, without any further changes.

In those few short seconds of flashing on the phone tattoo screen, it shielded Li Hui from several deadly supernatural curses!
Li Hui was unaware of all this, as he was currently focused on his own health.

Golden dots floated beneath the skin, trying to break free, but never succeeding. It was the supernatural influence of the bus that suppressed them.

"Damn it, I have to find a way to get rid of the black scarecrow." Despite the unusually cold temperature around him, Li Hui's forehead was still covered in a dense layer of sweat.

Intense pain surged through his body, and seeing other supernatural entities getting closer and closer, Li Hui began to panic, his previous confidence vanishing completely.

The terror of the black scarecrow far exceeded his imagination, far surpassing the charred male corpse and the bloated, waterlogged ghost he had previously suppressed. Even the wailing grave ghost, which had a role in the original story, paled in comparison.

Bang bang bang!

Without time to think, and seeing the situation becoming increasingly dangerous, Li Hui used both his hands and feet to continuously strike the black scarecrow's body.

It felt cold to the touch. Although the scarecrow's body appeared to be made of black straw, it actually felt just like a real person, except that it had no warmth at all, just like a corpse.

Li Hui's idea was simple: if one attack wasn't enough to defeat the black scarecrow, he would increase the intensity of his attacks. Anyway, he didn't need to worry about the ghost's resurrection; every punch and kick he threw was equivalent to a supernatural bus crashing into him.

With the supernatural elements compounded, Li Hui refused to believe that the black scarecrow could simply endure the suppression indefinitely.

as predicted.

With Li Hui's punches and kicks coming in quick succession, the effect was quite obvious. The small golden dots under the skin completely disappeared, the black scarecrow gradually retreated, and the hand gripping Li Hui's shoulder began to loosen.

Taking advantage of the lull in the fight against the black scarecrow, Li Hui immediately broke free of his restraints and regained his freedom. Instead of continuing the pursuit, he took a few steps back and watched his opponent warily.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock..."

Bright red blood dripped from Li Hui's fingers onto the road. His shoulder had been pierced by the black scarecrow's ten fingers, leaving ten bloody holes. After the violent movement just now, the wounds had torn even deeper.

In addition, his hand was also injured. Under the fierce attack just now, Li Hui couldn't remember how many punches and kicks he had thrown.

All ten fingers had varying degrees of abrasions, with the skin turned outwards and blood dripping out, making it look quite gruesome.

"Those scarecrows..."

Immediately afterwards, Li Hui looked around with a strange expression. He saw dozens or even hundreds of golden scarecrows standing motionless in place, their supernatural presence completely extinguished.

As Li Hui continued to attack the black scarecrow, he discovered that with each punch or kick he delivered, one or even several golden scarecrows around him would fall silent and lose their ability to move.

Only after most of the golden scarecrows had been suppressed did he begin to gradually defeat the black scarecrows.

(End of this chapter)