"Whew!" She took a deep breath and pulled out a kunai. Gritting through the pain, she sliced open her palm.
"Hiss..." Blood poured out, dripping onto the scroll and covering every character except the word "Sage," which remained perfectly clear, as though floating above the blood.
To Yui's delight, the scroll really did absorb the blood, though nothing else happened yet.
She remained patient, continuing to drip blood onto the scroll as she quietly waited for a reaction.
Five minutes passed, but the scroll still showed no response. Yui's face had gone pale. She had lost so much blood that she was already dizzy.
Realizing how serious the situation had become, she used the Mystical Palm Technique with her other hand, preparing to heal the wound and stop the bleeding. Just then, a suction force came from the scroll, clamping her bleeding palm firmly against the word "Sage."
"What's going on...?" Yui cried out, hurriedly trying to pull her hand away.
But the suction was too strong. She could not lift her palm even a fraction, and the blood in her body was draining rapidly.
"Hiss..." Her body was being drained dry.
Yui was helpless. She was so weak that she could not perform any ninjutsu to break free.
Just as it seemed she would be sucked into a dried-out corpse, a pale green light flashed, and the sucking sensation in her hand vanished instantly.
Yui froze and peered ahead through her blurred vision. The once-black word "Sage" was now giving off a soft green glow.
Yet her palm remained stuck to it. Just as she was about to sigh in relief, another burst of suction erupted from the word "Sage."
Her body shuddered, and panic surged through her again. "This thing is really dangerous... If I'd known, I shouldn't