Chapter 92 - 86: Obsession Shattered

Chapter 92: Chapter 86: Obsession Shattered

"It’s not going to turn around, is it?"

Ye Xue’s face was filled with dread.

"Shut up."

Zhu Fangfang’s expression changed as she snapped.

"Too late."

Xia Yu’s voice rang out.

Immediately, Wang Hai turned around. The great red sedan chair swiveled with him, its front now aimed directly at the group.

Then, Wang Hai and the great red sedan chair began to advance on them.

Any hope the group had was completely extinguished.

"Go!"

Xia Yu once again chose to retreat.

But the moment the three of them turned, three figures appeared at the other end of the alley, steadily approaching.

"Th-this... What do we do now?"

Ye Xue was in a full-blown panic.

Especially when she saw that one of them was wearing white mourning clothes.

And, from her line of sight, she realized it had no feet—it looked like it was floating toward them!

"Ah!"

She screamed, a chill running down her spine.

Xia Yu’s pupils constricted. She decisively seized the opportunity, transforming into a black shadow and lunging straight for the Widow.

Her movements were swift.

!!!

Everyone’s pupils constricted, their faces paling in shock.

’What is she doing?’

WHOOM.

The temperature plummeted.

Everyone shivered. Xia Yu felt as if she had been plunged into an icy cavern, but that wasn’t the worst of it. The worst of it was...

"Corpse Qi!"

"Such dense Corpse Qi!"

Her expression changed.

The Corpse Qi seeped in from all directions, penetrating her skin, muscles, internal organs, joints, and even her mind.

’At this rate, it won’t even take three seconds.’

’My whole body will stiffen!’

’I’ll become a corpse!’

’My vitality is also draining away at an alarming rate.’

’I have to end this fast!’

Watching the Widow approach step by step, alarm bells screamed in Xia Yu’s mind. She made an instant decision and quickly recited a mantra: "People come separated by thick paper, ghosts come separated by heavy mountains..."

Her body felt lighter.

She suddenly erupted with astonishing Power and flicked her wrist.

WHOOSH.

A blood-red afterimage shot out.

It all happened so suddenly that even the Widow couldn’t react before it pierced her between the eyebrows.

Her head was run through.

BANG.

The Yin Qi and Corpse Qi within the Widow’s body began to dissipate, and her form shriveled at a visible rate.

The Corpse Qi around Xia Yu vanished, and she could move freely again. She quickly opened the Jade Box.

Little Flower greedily absorbed the surrounding Yin Qi, transmitting feelings of gratitude and excitement. Its lingering obsession vanished. Aided by this denser Yin Qi, it seemed to be undergoing a new transformation.

This sudden turn of events left Ye Xue and Zhu Fangfang completely dumbfounded.

Song Zichao and the man with hemorrhoids were even more shocked. ’The woman in front of us didn’t die? Is she even human? And she killed a ghost?’

’More importantly, how did she kill it so easily?’

’Are ghosts this weak?’

The sedan chair halted.

It did not continue to advance.

It was clearly wary of Xia Yu.

They waited until Little Flower had absorbed all of the Widow’s Yin Qi. The Widow herself had turned into a withered corpse, looking as if she had been dead for a hundred years.

The transformation was about halfway complete.

Even so, it had become delicate enough that a puff of air could break it, yet it was stunningly lifelike.

Like a living creature.

"Not enough Yin Qi?"

Xia Yu picked up the Blood Butterfly and said, "Then I’ll help you again. Let’s see what changes you’ll have after completing your transformation!"

She turned her gaze toward the great red sedan chair.

Her killing intent was almost tangible.

THUD.

The great red sedan chair landed on the ground.

Four Skull Men charged toward Xia Yu.

The sedan’s curtain was lifted.

A bride in a wedding dress, her head covered by a red veil and her feet shod in shoes folded from yellow cloth, leaped out.

She stood suspended in mid-air.

The surrounding Yin Qi was as black as ink.

Everyone’s scalp tingled. They all felt as if they were on the verge of death.

SWOOSH!

Overwhelmed by absolute terror, the man with hemorrhoids was scared out of his wits. Without a second thought, he turned and ran.

As he ran, Ye Xue also took to her heels.

Zhu Fangfang also wanted to turn and flee in her extreme fear, but her reason prevailed. She held back and did not run.

She believed in Xia Yu!

’Maybe I should even try to help her!’ she thought.

Surprisingly, Song Zichao didn’t run either. He gripped the shovel in his hands so tightly from fear and tension that his knuckles turned white.

「Meanwhile.」

Xia Yu had no time to worry about them.

She stared grimly at the Wedding Dress Ghost floating high above. "A Ghostly Land!"

’Although its range is small, making it the weakest level of Ghostly Land, still...’

’...it’s still very tricky.’

The slightest misstep would mean certain death.

There was no time to think. The Skull Men were already upon her.

Xia Yu was about to put Little Flower back into the Jade Box and fight, but just then, she sensed Little Flower’s intent. "You want to help me fight, too?"

"Alright then."

Before its transformation, Little Flower had no offensive capabilities.

Now...

She was eager to see what Little Flower could do.

WHOOSH.

WHOOSH.

The woman and the butterfly charged forward together.

PFFT.

Xia Yu took care of Wang Hai first.

SLAP.

Little Flower then slapped onto a Skull Man’s facial bones, squirming rapidly to cover its entire face.

Then, a bizarre scene unfolded:

The Skull Man’s body went extremely stiff. The faint Yin Qi within it began to flow toward Little Flower. Although the process was slow... it was a huge step forward.

This proved that from now on, it could attack ghostly beings on its own!

Even if only as the lowest level of Ghost Slave!

As its Yin Qi was drained, the Skull Man’s movements grew more sluggish, and its combat power dropped rapidly.

"Not bad."

Xia Yu was quite satisfied.

The next moment, the Skull Man reached for Little Flower, trying to destroy it. Little Flower sent out a signal for help.

Xia Yu: "..."

’That’s it?’

She was rather speechless, but she had no time to complain. After instantly killing another Skull Man, she sidestepped, moving several meters to the side, and easily sliced off the arms of the one grappling with Little Flower.

At that moment, the other two Skull Men charged, baring their fangs and claws.

"Die!"

Xia Yu became an afterimage, just about to finish them all off.

CRACK.

A bolt of Yin Qi, swift as lightning, struck her hard.

BANG.

Xia Yu slammed hard against a nearby wall. She quickly regained her footing and was the first to charge forward again.

The other two Skull Men, however, continued their charge, heading straight for Song Zichao and Zhu Fangfang behind her.

"Ah!"

The two of them panicked instantly.

However, in the moment of crisis, Song Zichao erupted with surprising potential and courage, roaring, "Bring it on! I’ll fight you monsters to the death!"

"Go to hell!"

Instead of retreating, he advanced.

He was incredibly brave.

Zhu Fangfang also knew she couldn’t escape with her injured ankle, so in the end, she chose to fight too!

She swung the wooden stick in her hands wildly.

Unfortunately, it was of little use against the Skull Man.

She was pinned to the ground.

She struggled for a dozen seconds, just as the Skull Man’s gaping maw was about to bite down on her neck.

"Fuck you!"

Song Zichao drove his shovel into the Skull Man’s head.

These Skull Men weren’t very strong to begin with, and this particular one had even had a few bones gnawed off by a Mutant, making its combat power even more pathetic.

So, it was killed instantly.

THUD.

Afterward, Song Zichao also collapsed, blood continuously welling up from his mouth.

"You... what’s wrong?"

Zhu Fangfang knew he had saved her life. Overcome with gratitude, she endured her pain and went to his side, asking with concern.

However, when she saw the gruesome, finger-wide wound on his neck, her strong resolve completely shattered. She broke down, wailing, "No, no!"

"Help... help me... give this to... to my mom."

After saying this, Song Zichao breathed his last.

"I’ll do it, I promise."

Zhu Fangfang clutched the Jade Bracelet, her face already a mask of tears.

BOOM.

Suddenly, a massive explosion shook the heavens and the earth.

A violent storm of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power raged in all directions. Zhu Fangfang was thrown hard to the ground and passed out...