"Ah... ngh!"
Just as Yama Yumi was about to let out a heart-wrenching cry from the agonizing pain in her abdomen,
Yu Jing stepped forward and instantly severed her vocal cords.
When her abdomen was completely split open, Yu Jing noticed something: fully demonized Yu Xiaoxiao could actually directly injure the soul within through the wound in her abdomen.
"What a pathetic fool. She underestimated her enemy and ended up like this... But fully demonized Yu Xiaoxiao is truly formidable. Every move is sharp and deadly."
Yu Jing was certain that this Hanging Witch had been overwhelmed by grief and extreme fury after her best friend's death, and had been unable to display her true strength.
"Die."
This assassination required a swift victory. It would be disastrous if Ninomiya Minako discovered them.
Yu Jing lent his strength and forcefully pierced through Yumi's skull with one finger. At the instant her consciousness scattered, Yu Xiaoxiao cut through the final layer of defense around the soul in her abdomen... The Hanging Witch was dead!
Yet Yu Xiaoxiao, having completed the kill, remained in her demonized state, her eyes vacant.
"Xiaoxiao?"
Only after Yu Jing called out to her did Yu Xiaoxiao slowly return to human form.
"You still can't freely control your full demonization? Is Jack the Ripper inside you interfering with your consciousness?"
It was not only the vacant look in her eyes just now. From the moment she revealed her demonized form, Yu Jing had sensed something unfamiliar.
If the demon within her harbored ill intentions, Yu Jing would find a way to enter Yu Xiaoxiao's body and completely suppress the Shadow Demon transformed from that murderer.
"No... I just had a strange feeling and was dazed for a moment," Yu Xiaoxiao said softly.
"What?" Yu Jing asked, puzzled.
"When