The Jingtuo God had originally given up on this piece of the Divine Corpse's flesh, but now the situation had taken a turn.
After confirming that Number Nine's soul had been utterly destroyed, he touched the White Ring on his wrist and issued an order. "Bai Xiao has successfully passed the third-stage test! Prepare to rescue him!"
The Security personnel on standby immediately rushed underground. Bai Xiao had held almost all the malice at bay single-handedly, so they encountered no resistance and entered the old house with ease.
They did not approach the wardrobe directly. Instead, they worked in pairs to rearrange the furniture, first disrupting the haunted house's feng shui. Then they took out a coil of rope soaked in corpse oil and dragged the wardrobe out of the master bedroom.
Only after the wardrobe was completely outside the haunted house did the Security personnel dare to lay their hands on it and force its doors open.
Malice and shadows bloomed the instant the doors opened, like mutated carnivorous flowers from the depths of an abyss. Their unfurling "petals" filled the entire underground space, with Bai Xiao lying at their center.
The faces of other investigators kept flashing across his own as he endured unimaginable inner torment. The process lasted a full hour before it finally ended.
The flower of evil began to wither. All the malice surged into Bai Xiao's body, mingling with the shadows and taking root in his heart, tracing Ghost Markings across his chest.
Accompanied by Bai Xiao's agonized screams, the Ghost Markings of the withering flower of evil gradually became distinct. Bai Xiao had successfully fused with that piece of the divine spirit's flesh. The malice had not broken him, and he still retained control over his body.
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