--
Inside the cave, in the dimness, a long serpent clad in white Bone Armor, dozens of meters long and over three meters in diameter, coiled around a stone pillar.
A dragon?
Yet it looked more like a white centipede, only without its thousand legs.
Beside the stone pillar around which the gigantic creature was coiled sat a somewhat illusory figure of a girl.
Countless strands formed from black liquid wrapped around the girl, connecting her to that black stone pillar.
She was an imprisoned girl.
Around her gathered clusters of black creatures that seemed like liquid yet also like gas. Each had pairs of tiny golden bean-like eyes, guarding the girl like children waiting for her to awaken...
But Zhou Qing found the girl's face somewhat familiar. She bore a ninety-percent resemblance to the Five-tailed Fox Fallen One he had once seen.
"Namiki!"
The Rabbit Girl cried out and was about to rush forward, but the white bone serpent blocked her path with its thick tail.
"Move aside, Hope!" The Rabbit Girl raised her head and stared directly at Hope.
"I'm afraid I can't, Rabbitna."
Hope lowered his head. His bony face was smooth and round, with only a pair of eyes among his features. His head was surrounded by bone-like hair resembling blooming petals, which faintly gave off a hazy multicolored glow beneath the light overhead.
"Do you want something of value? I can exchange everything I have!" the Rabbit Girl screamed like she had gone mad.
"Rabbit Girl, don't be like this. Calm down first!"
Riko hugged the Rabbit Girl, hoping to stop her from doing anything foolish.
"This should be Namiki's soul, right?" Zhou Qing also did not want the Rabbit Girl to become overly agitated. He met Hope's gaze. "Part of it?"
"Rabbit Girl? It