Chen Xi fished a sharp Folding Knife out of her wide belt and tossed it straight to Zhuang Anping beside her. No one knew just how many useful things lay hidden in that exquisite, lace-covered belt.
Zhuang Anping instantly understood what she meant. He caught the lightweight knife, unfolded its razor-sharp blade, and seized the curtains inside a classroom window, slashing frantically while the fish-man monsters retreated in fear of Su Bai's blue flame.
If he had had enough time, Zhuang Anping would have gladly cut every curtain into hundreds of evenly sized ropes.
"Those things seem to be afraid of fire."
Su Bai's voice came from beside them. Just as when Chen Xi had heard it at the Mirror Apartments, it was neither deep nor loud, yet it carried the soothing calm of a gentle breeze and flowing water.
Although unknown Fish-Head Freaks lurked both ahead and behind them, hearing Su Bai's voice and remembering his "feat" of dismantling the entire Mirror Apartments gave Chen Xi confidence and hope that they could escape.
The cluster of blue flame floating beside Su Bai was far more powerful than Chen Xi's Special Bullets, so the remains of the Fish-Head Freaks on the floor soon burned away completely. But the speed at which they burned, and the bare corridor floor left behind when the flames subsided, struck Su Bai as strange.
Little Fire's blue flame was not fire from the real world. Most of the time, what he burned was not physical matter, but corruption.
So when the remains of the Fish-Head Freaks burned away without leaving anything behind, two possibilities occurred to Su Bai. Either these Fish-Head Freaks were merely illusions created by "Su Xuan," or their entire bodies were flammable as far as Little Fire was concerned.
Yet Chen Xi's