Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
Today, after successfully devouring its tenth fire soul, Three-Tail evolved into a Ghost Fiend Scorpion!
Perhaps because it had devoured those fire souls, Three-Tail turned fiery red after cocooning once and emerging transformed.
Its entire body now gleamed like fire jade. Rather than growing larger, it had actually shrunk a little.
Three-Tail had previously been the size of two palms, but now it was smaller than half a palm.
Tiny, and dangerous.
But before Chen Miao could test the Ghost Fiend Scorpion's new abilities, a call came from Lin'an City. What he heard left him stunned.
Shi Manman had gone missing!
That afternoon, Chen Miao arrived in Lin'an City and met Shi Manman's roommate, Shi Ying.
"What exactly happened?"
Shi Ying looked a little flustered when she saw Chen Miao.
She knew he was Shi Manman's master, and that he possessed special abilities just like Shi Manman.
"When Shi Manman went out yesterday afternoon, she said someone wanted to see her about something. She came back that evening."
"She seemed normal then, so I asked her what she'd gone out for."
"Shi Manman said someone had invited her to do something, but she hadn't agreed. She didn't say what it was, and I didn't ask."
"When I got up this morning, I found that Shi Manman was gone."
"I called her and tried every way I could to contact her, but I couldn't reach her. When I went into her room, I found her phone and everything else still there."
Seeing the hesitation on Shi Ying's face, Chen Miao asked directly,
"How did you decide that Shi Manman was missing? And why did you come straight to me instead of calling the police?"
A look of terror appeared on Shi