The sudden turn of events terrified me.
Fortunately, I had remained vigilant the whole time. I hadn't touched the round fan with my hand, but used the Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud Sword instead.
The instant the bony claw reached out from the fan's surface, I reacted immediately.
Instinctively, I flicked up my blade and rapidly retreated.
With a bang, my sword struck the bony claw.
Not only did it miss its grab, but I also retreated several meters in quick succession.
Luckily, I hadn't reached for the fan with my hand.
If I had picked it up directly, I definitely wouldn't have been able to react to the fan's sudden transformation in time. That bony claw would have caught and injured me—or perhaps even taken my life.
My heart still pounding, I stared at the sinister round fan.
A white skeleton was crawling out bit by bit from the palm-sized black hole on its surface...
Although I had already realized that the Black-Light Round Fan was strange and surely possessed some unknown ability.
For example, the Black Lotus Vajra Pestle I had obtained at Compassion Temple could inflict mental attacks.
And the Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud Sword in my hand had the Tong Ghost Hand.
In a sense, the Black Lotus Vajra Pestle, the Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud Sword in my hand, and this Flower-and-Bird Round Fan were all sinister artifacts.
But I had never expected a white skeleton to crawl out from the fan's surface.
As it crawled, its bones made sharp clack-clack-clack sounds.
And after it crawled all the way out, it simply stood beside the round fan.
Black ghostly light glowed in its eyes.
Its arms hung naturally at its sides, but its bony fingers were exceptionally long.
What the hell was this thing? A skeleton demon?
A bizarre round