At that moment, the figure crawled toward Ye Lin step by step. Ye Lin merely watched him, then suddenly raised his hand and slashed downward.
The next instant, a sword cry rang through heaven and earth. A dazzling Sword Qi appeared, cutting mercilessly toward that figure.
In the next instant, the figure was cleaved in two by the overwhelmingly powerful Sword Qi.
"Ah, it hurts! It hurts so much! Why? Why did you attack me?"
"Wasn't it enough that you killed me? Now all I ask is that you save me. Is that not possible?"
"Give me your body. Give me your body, and I can come back to life. I can leave this place."
"Can you? Can you? Tell me, can you?"
His tone shifted from pleading, to resolute, to a final shriek. Then, the figure that had been cut in half by the Sword Qi strangely fused back together.
It then charged at Ye Lin.
"You're already dead. Why are you still causing so much trouble?"
Ye Lin frowned and casually swung his sword. The figure before him was directly crushed and shattered by Sword Qi.
"Hahaha, dead? Wasn't I killed by you? But you never expected this, did you? Though I'm dead, I'm not completely dead."
"Do you know? As long as I seize control of your body now, I can keep living and begin a second life anew."
"Ye Lin, Ye Lin—after killing me, you've been living such a comfortable life. I'm so jealous. Just give me your body and let me experience it too, alright? Pretty please?"
The figure vanished, but voices that pierced straight into the soul continued to echo beside Ye Lin's ears.
Ye Lin simply stood there silently, shutting out every sound.
But it was useless. That voice reached directly into his