"Talented but lacking destiny..."
Ji Li slightly rolled up his left sleeve, pulled a length of Red Cord from his wrist, gathered all the loose Hair Strands behind his head, and tied up his long hair.
Amid the thunderstorm, he revealed his cold, gaunt face. The crimson of his left eye and the depth of his right were no longer concealed.
Whether madness or reason, both emotions belonged to Ji Li. In this instant, they had all become resolve and fearlessness.
"I believe in Fate, but I believe in myself even more. Even if I have to die, it won't be today."
A deafening clap of thunder shook the heavens.
Huang Banxian stared blankly at Ji Li's profile, his emotions a tangled mess. Just as he was about to speak, another tremendous crash stunned him.
Bang!
The thunder's effects continued. One of the three upright coffins hanging there suddenly crashed to the floor.
In the room thick with a damp smell, the two stared at the black coffin propped upright in the corner and watched as its Coffin Lid slowly slid away.
This time, the sound was somewhat quieter than the thunder.
The Coffin Lid hit the floor, revealing a startling and utterly bizarre sight within the coffin.
It was a short coffin, seemingly meant for a child. Yet it was not empty. Instead, a humanoid figure lay at its center, hands folded over its chest, eyes shut like a corpse.
As the coffin fell, it too faced the two of them stiffly, like a living person.
By the Eerie Glow seeping through the crack in the door, Ji Li recognized what it was—a Paper Effigy Person.
A half-grown paper effigy dressed in bright blue paper clothes and black paper shoes.
Ji Li had never seen such a lifelike paper