The Corpse-Eating Ghost's words had clearly struck a sore spot for the Ghost Baby.
But more than his volatile emotions, the Ghost Baby feared being completely absorbed by the Corpse-Eating Ghost.
With that thought, the Ghost Baby drove Madam Rose's puppet forward, trying to force his way through the Ghost Domain's blockade.
But the Corpse-Eating Ghost had long since seen through the Ghost Baby's little scheme, and a mocking smile curled across his hideous face.
At this point, the Ghost Baby's resistance was nothing but a futile struggle.
Before the Ghost Baby could reach the secret chamber's entrance, a pungent stench of blood filled the entire Ghost Domain. The next second, fragments of flesh came hurtling toward him.
In the blink of an eye, the fragments clung to the puppet like maggots burrowing into bone.
This terrified the Ghost Baby, mainly because he discovered that the flesh contained terrifying cursed power. Even the puppet he had poured all his effort into creating showed signs of corrosion.
This made the Ghost Baby regret provoking the Corpse-Eating Ghost. Such a terrifying being was simply beyond his ability to antagonize.
But now that the Ghost Baby had no way out, madness flickered in his bronze-bell-sized ghost eyes.
"Corpse-Eating Ghost, let me go now, or I'll take you down with me even if it kills me!"
The Ghost Baby shouted, baring his teeth.
Hearing this threat, the Corpse-Eating Ghost grew even more disdainful. In his eyes, the Ghost Baby was merely making a desperate last stand, doomed to be absorbed.
"You're nothing but a little ghost I secreted. It's time we became one again. Don't even think about resisting. You're destined never to escape my grasp."
The Corpse-Eating Ghost's words undoubtedly trampled the Ghost Baby's pride beyond recognition.
Rather than be absorbed by the