Luo Yonghua's attention was entirely focused on Wu Ling.
I hadn't expected him to recognize Wu Ling. Wu Ling in the video, however, was perfectly calm.
Wu Ling raised both hands to her chest. Because of the camera's position, I couldn't see exactly what she was doing with them.
She began chanting a new spell.
October passed right through Wu Ling and floated in front of Luo Yonghua. He passed through Luo Yonghua, then through Wang Mingli beside him. What happened next was like a single stroke of a brush. October passed through those two people and the five female ghosts.
I thought I heard the wind as he floated past.
The soft whoosh sounded like a cold winter wind. It came through the screen, like a draft through a window: even in a warm room, it sent a chill through me.
Everyone in the room froze, as if someone had pressed pause.
Luo Yonghua's face went from flushed to deathly pale. His body remained rigid, but the excitement in his eyes had given way to fear.
Chu Lan was still pale on the bed. Her body trembled slightly, but she didn't struggle or cry out. She was completely stunned with terror.
The five female ghosts stood motionless, pinned in midair. Their figures flickered, then began changing from translucent white to vivid colors. Color gradually returned to their skin, hair, and clothes.
A shiver ran through me.
In my field of vision, a strange black vortex had appeared on the screen. Black currents were constantly being drawn out of the two people and five ghosts, then swept into the vortex. In addition, a current appeared from thin air in one corner of the hospital room, heading for the same black vortex.
The air current's pull caught October's body, and he