The bathroom was already cramped to begin with, and she was the only living person present. Taking another look at the female corpse’s horrific state and the densely packed scratch marks covering the bathroom, it was impossible not to feel her skin crawl.
Yet even in this situation, Zhao Mingyue maintained a basic level of composure.
All the information about this female ghost surfaced in her mind. She recalled something Lu Liangting had once said: when the woman was burned to death, two children were inside the house under her care. Since the woman burned to death, the children would have had a hard time escaping either.
But now, only the woman’s body was visible; the two children’s were nowhere to be found. If their remains had been disposed of, their wraiths should still be lingering here.
“Lu Liangting mentioned before that she had two kids with her. Bai Yu, can you see those two children?”
“I don’t see them. They’re definitely not in this room.” Bai Yu gave her answer. She indeed saw no children, only the female ghost in the corner.
That morning, when Zhao Mingyue went downstairs, a ghost had trapped her in a Ghost Wall Maze. It was this female ghost’s doing, likely an attempt to keep Zhao Mingyue there forever.
“This ghost’s resentment is very heavy. If you had come in here alone, you would certainly die.”
Upon entering the bathroom, Bai Yu knew the situation was more serious than she had anticipated. This ghost had been intentionally trapped here by someone. Her resentment was already heavy, and being chained here had nearly doubled it. Being in her own territory further enhanced her power.
“Ah, then can you deal with her?” Hearing Bai Yu’s words, a sliver of panic crept into Zhao Mingyue.
“I can. But resolving this with the least cost depends on Lu Liangting.”
“Lu Liangting?”
“That guy has entered the female ghost’s memories. If he uses the right method, he can weaken her resentment. Understood?”
With Bai Yu’s explanation, Zhao Mingyue immediately grasped the point. “Then I’ll go tell him.”
She had just finished speaking, not even turning around, when the bathroom door slammed shut with a bang.
Simultaneously, the five chains binding the female ghost began to shake violently. Even the pus-soaked filth and rare soil covering the female corpse started to churn and roil as if boiling.
It gave the illusion the corpse was about to reanimate, yet the body remained completely motionless.
The red filter layering the bathroom deepened. Zhao Mingyue’s vision was saturated with blood as she clutched the rabbit doll tightly to her chest, retreating a step and slightly lowering her head. By this time, Bai Yu had already positioned herself in front of her.
Bai Yu’s current physical form appeared to be only fifteen years old, even two years younger than Zhao Mingyue. Among girls her age, her build was on the more petite and slender side. Standing around 1.6 meters tall, she looked frail and sickly, carrying a somewhat morbid air.
It was this delicate body, one that inspired a strong protective instinct, that now proactively shielded Zhao Mingyue, bringing her a unique sense of security.
“Do you want to die a second time?”
Weng!
A great, sinister wind howled. Countless blood threads crawled out from the gaps in the floor and ceiling, swiftly enveloping the entire bathroom like a spider’s web.
Under the blood threads’ influence, the female ghost materialized. Her dark blue skin was covered in black patterns. She hung her head low, her face obscured by tangled, long black hair. Her long dress was blood-red, and thick black qi bled from her form—the tangible manifestation of dense resentment.
The moment she appeared, the ghost lunged at Bai Yu, her pitch-black fingernails, at least twenty centimeters long, aimed straight at Bai Yu’s heart.
Her speed was terrifyingly fast. Zhao Mingyue instinctively squinted, afraid Bai Yu would be impaled. But in the next instant, Bai Yu’s left hand caught the ghost’s wrist directly. With the chains wrapped around her right hand, she slammed a punch into the ghost’s chest.
The blow dispersed the black qi surrounding the ghost, forcing her torso backward. But because Bai Yu still held one of her wrists, her body was yanked right back as soon as it recoiled.
Bai Yu’s hand formed a blade and struck the female ghost’s throat with pinpoint accuracy. With a crack, the ghost’s neck twisted. Bai Yu retracted her hand, and the arm wrapped with two-finger-thick chains rose high before smashing down onto the ghost’s head. As the ghost’s head dropped, Bai Yu met it with a knee strike.
The moment the ghost’s head snapped back up, Bai Yu’s small fist arrived again.
Boom!
The female ghost was sent flying backward, slamming hard into the bathroom wall, another burst of black mist spreading outwards.
This fluid, flawless sequence left Zhao Mingyue, who was behind her, utterly stunned. She had witnessed Bai Yu kill ghosts before, but she had never seen her do this. How did such a frail body contain so much power?
And this combat technique—it was far too refined! What exactly was she when she was alive? Why would a seemingly delicate young girl know these moves?
Zhao Mingyue didn’t even know where to begin her astonishment. The scene just now simply didn’t match the girl’s image. Every move aimed at vital points. If the opponent weren’t a ghost but a person, even if not beaten to death, they’d be beaten half to death.
The female ghost got up and let out a shriek that disoriented even Bai Yu for an instant.
The nails on all ten of her fingers suddenly grew longer, shooting toward Bai Yu like deadly arrows. That wasn’t all—black Spirit Fire ignited on those nails.
Bai Yu snapped back to her senses from the ghostly cry, the ten nails already thrusting at her.
Without a hint of panic, the chains on her right hand transformed into a long saber. The blade slashed straight down. As the nails were severed, Bai Yu’s sword was also ignited by the black Spirit Fire, forcing her to abandon it.
Her nails cut off, the female ghost’s eyes beneath her black hair glared at Bai Yu with extreme venom.
Bai Yu glanced at her right hand. Cracks had appeared on the exposed skin—not the black patterns on her body, but genuine fissures.
The slash she had just unleashed was too explosively fast. Her body couldn’t adapt to the sudden burst of speed, hence the damage.
Bai Yu was surprised, yet also not. She had long known this body was frail, but she hadn’t expected a ghost’s body to be this fragile.
Meanwhile, Lu Liangting was inside the female ghost’s illusion.
He had already learned the truth of the matter but was powerless to change anything. The fire had already ignited, and he was currently being hunted by the female ghost.
Just when he was driven to a dead end, the ghost was suddenly struck by a force that sent her flying backward. A fleeting, beautiful silhouette flashed past.
Seeing her, the despair that had been born in his heart from understanding the truth vanished entirely.
It was a profoundly wonderful feeling, like being stranded in a foreign land, on the verge of death, only to be saved by a young woman passing by from your hometown.
Suffice to say, it was nothing short of moving.
Bai Yu, oblivious that she had incidentally saved Lu Liangting’s life while helping Zhao Mingyue, was about to attack and destroy the ghost, even at some cost, when the female ghost suddenly vanished.
Not only did the ghost disappear, but the red filter in her vision also began to slowly fade.
Click.
The sound of a door unlocking came from the front entrance. Immediately after, the door was pulled open directly from the outside by someone.
“Someone’s coming.”
The female ghost gone, Bai Yu slipped back into Zhao Mingyue’s shadow.
The newcomer was a living person. Without a doubt, he was the one who had imprisoned the ghost’s body, cleaned this room, placed the paper-burning basin in the center of the house, and applied the white coating in the corridors of the fourth and fifth floors.
“Who are you? How did you get in here?” An aged voice rasped from the living room.
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