Bzz-
Almost in a flash, before Bai Yi could even make out the evil spirit aggregate's movements, a thick stench of blood flooded his nostrils. His vision darkened, and the evil spirit's hideous face was already right in front of him.
Shhk-
The sharp, bloody hand stabbed toward him in that split second.
But the pain of flesh being pierced never came. Or perhaps he had long since grown numb to pain. When he finally snapped out of his daze again, all he saw was that almost transparent figure standing in front of him, watching the bloody hand slowly penetrate her incorporeal body.
His pupils dilated violently.
Tears suddenly burst from his eyes. Almost hysterically, he reached out, wanting to call to her.
But he did not even know her name.
He had seen many malevolent ghosts.
He had seen the crazed evil spirits in Happy Home, and the endless tide of Flesh Humanoids that had swarmed toward them beneath the Supernatural General Administration, trying to kill them. But none of those encounters had ever brought him to tears like this. There were always souls who had become spirits to protect others, who still held kindness toward everyone in their hearts and were willing to give their lives for others, again and again.
Even for a stranger.
Amid that violent devouring, the bloody hand viciously clenched, and her incorporeal body immediately began to twist as it was sucked into the hand.
Yet even then, she turned her head and silently opened her mouth toward him.
As if she had exhausted the last of her strength to look at him.
Run!
In that instant.
It was as if searing pain swept through every corner of his heart.
A powerful surge of yin energy shoved him away. His body crashed onto the