Ruby bolted out of the motel room like a startled hare, and the howling wind outside instantly filled her mouth.
She instinctively looked up, and a drop of bone-chilling rainwater happened to fall silently onto her cheek. Her face felt slightly cold, but the chill in her heart seemed capable of freezing her soul, making her shudder violently.
She had to stay away from that terrifying guy.
Lowering her gaze, she saw that the patch of water outside the door, which had merely been damp before, was now bubbling upward as though it had gained a source of life. More rainwater carrying a cold, sinister aura rapidly spread outward, nearly wetting the tips of her shoes.
A sense of dread rose within her as an immense, cold, deathly pressure descended heavily from the swiftly gathering storm clouds overhead.
The air became thick and heavy, making it hard for her to breathe. Even her waist bent slightly of its own accord.
She couldn't stay here any longer.
A deep fear flashed through Ruby's eyes. She stomped her foot, and her body burst forth with speed far beyond human limits, becoming a blurred black shadow that vanished instantly at the end of the corridor. Only a trembling murmur remained in the air: "Maybe... only that terrifying guy can deal with whatever is behind that witch."
The very next second after she disappeared.
In the open space before the motel, amid the misty drizzle, the outline of a decaying ghost ship swiftly shifted from illusory to solid, as though it were slowly sailing into reality from another dimension.
But then the ship rippled like a reflection in water and rapidly faded away.
Where the ship's image vanished, Wu Heng's figure appeared soundlessly, as though he had been standing there all along.
He cast