In Qin Ran's [Tracking] vision, the souls of the Snake School traitors he had just slain emerged from their corpses.
These souls were not ordinary wandering ghosts, confused and mindless after death. They were much stronger Vicious Spirits, some even at the Evil Spirit level.
The moment they appeared, the temperature throughout the temporary hideout plummeted. Their corpses on the floor, in particular, shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As though they had absorbed the essence of their flesh, the souls' auras grew stronger again.
They were already beginning to resemble Evil Spirits.
More importantly, these souls knew how to work together.
Instead of swarming Qin Ran all at once, they attacked from the front, back, and both sides.
Amid the souls' piercing shrieks, claws as sharp as blades slashed at vital points all over Qin Ran's body.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sounds of air being sliced apart filled the temporary hideout.
Gathered in such numbers, the souls' supposedly transparent forms actually began to affect the physical world.
Translucent ripples kept appearing around Qin Ran.
Like ripples across a lake, they engulfed him within a single breath.
It's over!
The hearts of the two onlookers sank at the sight.
The old man who had been surrounded by the Snake School traitors had swiftly retreated to Perikena's side when the souls began to shriek.
He watched their surroundings warily.
His considerable experience in life and combat had allowed him to notice something amiss.
Perikena, meanwhile, had thought further ahead.
Still, that did not stop either of them from preparing to act.
They knew full well that once Qin Ran fell, they would be next.
In fact, from a certain perspective, they were the souls' true targets.
What they had not expected was how extraordinarily powerful these souls were.