Shifting Situation

"Hmph, playing mysterious and spooky." Jiang Wu snorted coldly, feeling thoroughly displeased.

Ma Xiu, however, felt a jolt in his heart, as if sensing something. He suddenly turned his head sharply to look behind them.

As he clearly saw the situation behind him, his pupils couldn't help but contract.

The Evil Spirit, which should have been dead, had actually stood up again. At this moment, its pair of cold eyes were staring at the group with venom.

"How is this possible? Wasn't this guy already..."

At this moment, the other two, realizing what was happening, turned around and exclaimed in succession.

Ma Xiu ignored them, his expression grave as he stared at the Evil Spirit's abdomen.

At some point, a large bulge had inexplicably appeared there, and it was rapidly growing, looking like a woman eight months pregnant.

"This is..." Ma Xiu was filled with surprise but couldn't recall what it was.

"Hmph! What's there to be so surprised about? Since it's not dead, let's just kill it again!" Seeing Ling Yun standing nearby with a look of schadenfreude, Jiang Wu snorted coldly and drew his sword, charging forward.

Only then did Ma Xiu finally realize what was wrong.

A flicker of terror flashed in his eyes, and he roared at Jiang Wu, "No! Retreat quickly!"

But Jiang Wu, seeing the Evil Spirit so close, hesitated.

"I was so close to finishing it..."

With that thought, instead of retreating, he accelerated his charge with his sword.

"Damn it!" Seeing this, Ma Xiu, though inwardly furious, had no time to reprimand him. A black shadow rapidly extended from the ground.

Meanwhile, the resurrected Evil Spirit suddenly let out a roar. A trace of pain flashed across its completely rotten face, and then a pair of sharp claws plunged into its abdomen, tearing it open with force!

The next moment, accompanied by a piercing cry, a blood-soaked infant rolled out from within!

The infant grew with the wind, quickly reaching the size of a three-year-old child.

Its skin was pitch black, covered with scale-like armor, its eyes were dark, and when it opened its mouth, it revealed teeth like saw blades.

All of this took a long time to describe, but in reality, it only took a few seconds.

Jiang Wu, seeing the bizarre infant child right in front of him, had no time to escape. It was like an ordinary person facing a top predator; his mind went blank, and his limbs refused to obey.

"Be careful!"

A roar seemed to echo in his ears.

Before he could react, the bizarre infant child vanished from his sight.

The next instant, Jiang Wu felt a chill on his arm, and a large amount of warm liquid splashed around.

Staring blankly at his bare right arm, Jiang Wu was stunned for several seconds before realizing his arm had been ripped off!

Intense pain surged like a tide.

"Ah!!!"

In extreme fear, he finally couldn't help but scream loudly.

At this moment, a black shadow emerged from the ground, engulfing him and rapidly retreating backward.

After escaping the opponent's attack range, the black shadow slowly dispersed, revealing the gasping Jiang Wu within.

Seeing this, Ma Xiu immediately took out a crimson pill without hesitation and put it into his mouth. Seeing the blood returning to his pale face, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Rou Yan, witnessing Jiang Wu's tragic state, was also filled with fear. After all, she had also intended to charge forward with him just now...

"Uncle Ma... what kind of monster was that? You... you should be able to defeat it, right?"

Looking at Rou Yan's fearful yet hopeful eyes, Ma Xiu felt a wry smile rise in his heart, and he slowly began to explain.

"This type of Evil Spirit is called a Ghost Infant, an extremely rare symbiotic Evil Spirit. It usually hides within the mother body and only appears when the mother body is threatened."

"As for its strength..."

Ma Xiu paused for a moment, then said bitterly, "Although it appeared prematurely, it hasn't reached Fiend-Grade yet, but it's at least at the peak of Mortal-Grade. It would require at least one Seven-Star Demon Suppression Envoy or several Eight-Star Demon Suppression Envoys working together to possibly kill it!"

Upon hearing this, Rou Yan's face was filled with despair.

Among the three of them, only Ma Xiu was an Eight-Star Demon Suppression Envoy. She and Jiang Wu had barely reached Nine-Star, let alone the fact that Jiang Wu was now half-crippled and no longer effective combat power.

Under these circumstances, it was almost impossible to directly counter the Ghost Infant's attack.

There was actually one more thing Ma Xiu hadn't mentioned: the Ghost Infant's most terrifying aspect was its extreme speed. With them being targeted by it now, even escaping might be a luxury!

"Alright, it's happened, and being scared is useless. Only by facing it head-on might there be a sliver of hope!"

"I'll try my best to control its movements with my Spirit. Rou Yan, you seize this opportunity to attack its vital points!"

Ma Xiu, as expected of a veteran Demon Suppression Envoy who had experienced many dangers, had not lost his fighting spirit in this desperate situation and had immediately formulated a seemingly feasible plan.

Rou Yan's face was ashen. Although she was terrified, she forced herself to calm down and nodded.

Seeing her violently trembling hands, Ma Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he turned to Ling Yun and said coldly, "You martial artist over there, I don't care what your intentions are, but the terror of this monster is beyond your imagination."

"If you don't want to die, then cooperate with us in the attack later!"

Without waiting for Ling Yun's response, he began making preparations.

Ling Yun touched his nose, unsure of what to say.

These Demon Suppression Envoys were all more arrogant than the last, and more... annoying!

While the two were preparing, the eerie infant paid them no mind, squatting in the shadows and gnawing on a severed arm.

The sound of crunching echoed in the darkness, sounding rather eerie and terrifying.

Several minutes later, the eerie infant tossed aside the arm, which had been gnawed down to bone. It looked at the two, who were ready for battle. A flicker of disdain flashed in its dark pupils. Then, with its limbs on the ground, it charged out like a beast at a terrifying speed!

"Now!" Ma Xiu roared.

From the Ghost Infant's center, countless black shadows burst forth, connecting and crisscrossing from all directions, instantly forming an impenetrable black cage.

It turned out that at some point, Ma Xiu had quietly spread his spirits around the surroundings, waiting for this very moment.

No matter how fast the Ghost Infant was, it couldn't avoid the attacks coming from all directions. Its entire body was immediately bound tightly in mid-air.

"Wah wah!"

Every struggle from the Ghost Infant shattered large swathes of black shadows.

But in the next moment, more black shadows swarmed in. Even though it roared madly, it couldn't break free for the moment.

"Attack its Shenque Point, that's its weak spot!" Ma Xiu said with a contorted face, several streams of blood gushing from his nose and mouth. As large portions of the black shadows were destroyed, his face grew paler.

Beside him, Rou Yan gritted her teeth. Although she was terrified, she knew that this was the most crucial moment.

She immediately gripped her long sword tightly and charged towards the Ghost Infant.

She didn't have spirits, so she could only choose the most basic close-quarters combat.

Upon reaching it, she looked at the struggling, terrifying Ghost Infant before her, her hands and feet trembling as she stabbed at its only exposed abdomen.