This Is Basic Dungeon Knowledge

Bai Zhu pressed the Plague Doctor's face against the blade.

Fire slipped in beneath the bird-beak mask and burned upward along the jaw.

The Plague Doctor tried to raise a hand.

Bai Zhu drove his knee forward, crushing the medicine case completely.

The Black Feather medicine pouch exploded, and strands of Black Feather Nen Threads sprang out, trying to connect to Raven, Red-Thread Woman, and Sutra Lock.

Ryujin Jakka swept upward.

A line of fire split open the Plague Doctor from his jaw to the crown of his head.

"Your healing output is pretty good. Too bad you didn't hide yourself properly."

Bai Zhu pressed down with his foot, pinning the Plague Doctor's shadow to the ground as his blade continued rising.

"A word of advice: don't stand in the back row next time."

Pfft.

The Plague Doctor was split cleanly in two.

The fire did not scatter outward. It burned straight through his body from within.

The Black Feather medicine pouch hanging from his chest, the regenerative feather threads linked to the others from his back, and the Sound-Pattern Core embedded in his spine all flickered at nearly the same time.

The next second, they all snapped.

Crackling explosions rang through the corridor.

The Black Feather Nen Threads that had been stitching Raven's body together fell to the ground in severed lengths like cut threads.

Raven's freshly mended body suddenly locked up.

The cracks across his clown mask spread open again.

The threads in Red-Thread Woman's hands went limp as well, and the threads embedded in her flesh blackened on the spot.

The comms fell silent for half a second.

Milluki's voice shot up.

"He really died! Bai Zhu, your sword makes no damn sense!"

Bai Zhu withdrew his blade.

The Plague Doctor's remains collapsed, leaving behind only half