The party of three walked along the great river, heading downstream.
As they walked, the sky grew darker and darker, and the sinister wind grew heavier.
Suddenly, a faint, drifting voice rang out.
"Bai Pu—"
The voice was desolate, like the wail of a female ghost.
Judging by the direction, it came from behind them.
"Did you hear someone calling?" Bai Pu asked Great and Little Witch behind him without turning his head.
But to his question, there was no reply.
Bai Pu swept out with his Spirit Energy, and his expression changed at once. Great and Little Witch, who had been following behind him the whole time, had vanished without him noticing. On the bank of the great river, only he remained.
The ethereal voice continued to call.
"Bai Pu—"
"Your daddy's right here!"
Bai Pu abruptly turned around.
He had broken the second rule of the "Adventurer Survival Code"—
When you hear someone calling, don't look back!
The instant he turned, a white figure suddenly appeared within thirty meters and raised both hands.
A cold, sinister force dragged at him, as if trying to pull Bai Pu into another space.
Bai Pu gave a snort and did not resist.
The surrounding light suddenly grew even dimmer. This space was pitch-black, and only that vague white figure remained, wrapped in an evil aura that chilled him to the bone as it drifted up before Bai Pu.
An icy claw stroked Bai Pu from below, sliding from his chest slowly up to his neck.
Goosebumps rose all over Bai Pu's body.
"Done touching?"
As he spoke, Bai Pu abruptly unleashed the Four Symbols True Meaning Domain.
Vermilion Bird True Intent!
Amid a brilliant blaze, the Vermilion Bird Totem lit up, and the Vermilion Bird Fire forged from illusion into reality