Special Case

"Ding-dong!"

The elevator arrived on the fifth floor, its mechanical prompt echoing through the empty, silent corridor.

Directly before the elevator doors, a woman clothed in tattered rags leaned against the hallway wall, quietly waiting for the doors to open. Yet when the doors fully opened, the brightly lit elevator was completely empty. This made the woman tilt her head in suspicion, for she had clearly sensed living creatures inside earlier.

Whoosh! A flash of sword light streaked through the air.

A cyan longsword pierced directly through the top of the woman's head, sinking in until the guard was firmly lodged against the outside of her skull.

Jia Xin, who held the Roaming Dragon Sword, wore a doubtful expression.

According to Jia Xin's plan, once the entire Sword Body had pierced into her head, he intended to use his True Essence to trigger the power of the true dragon within the blade and forcibly shatter the evil spirit's body.

Yet the instant the sword pierced the woman's body, Jia Xin lost all connection with it, as though they were separated by two worlds. At the same time, when he tried to pull the Sword Body out, he encountered immense resistance and could not withdraw it.

"Danger!"

Jia Xin smelled danger. Unable to pull out his sword, he pinched silver needles infused with his powerful True Essence between the fingers of his left hand and drove them into the woman's Baihui, Fengfu, and Tianzhu acupoints.

These vital acupoints were key convergence points for the Soul Network within ghosts. With Jia Xin's True Essence entering them, an ordinary ghost would likely have its soul scattered on the spot. Even an exceptionally powerful ghost would inevitably suffer severe damage to its body.

However, the evil spirit below showed no reaction whatsoever. Jia Xin's