“This material is of good quality. We can try injecting more of the serum and observe her reaction.”
“Excellent, excellent! Devour the sun! This is precisely the fate you spirits are meant to fulfill!”
“A failure? Perfect. That Duke wanted to see the results of our research. Take it over and let him witness its power.”
Jiang Rouqian ran for her life, dodging her pursuers, memories surging through her mind. The scenes from not long ago seemed to replay before her eyes.
That painful experience was too unforgettable. The horrific sights of those experiments were unbearable to recall. Fellow spirits, captured and taken away simply for being failures, never to return.
She didn’t understand what was happening. She was just an ordinary spirit, never harboring any grand ambitions. Her greatest wish was simply to live a stable life, so why was she caught up in all this?!
Jiang Rouqian glanced back. The pedestrians around her didn’t notice a female ghost brushing past them; they just suddenly shivered, feeling the temperature drop sharply.
A bit further back, the burly men in suits were still hot on her heels. They paid no mind to the people around them, seeking only the most efficient path, charging toward her recklessly. Whoever was in front of them would be shoved aside.
Seeing the enemies act so ruthlessly, Jiang Rouqian’s heart sank even further. Their complete disregard for ordinary people meant they didn’t care about being investigated later by the Regulatory Division and the Exorcists Association. This indicated their organization was definitely not simple.
Could she really escape from their grasp?
Thinking this, a gentle figure suddenly surfaced in Jiang Rouqian’s mind. That figure didn’t possess any great power, yet it was unforgettable to her.
‘I still have to go back to see her. I can’t stay here!’
With this thought, Jiang Rouqian’s speed increased once more. The suited men who had been on the verge of catching up were now left a short distance behind.
Seeing this, those demons tried to accelerate again, but ultimately still had some reservations about the Regulatory Division’s pursuit and couldn’t use their full power without restraint.
The chase didn’t stop. The group still pursued the female ghost, but there was a faint trend of being left behind.
Seeing this, one of the demons gritted his teeth, preparing to stop caring about the surrounding pedestrians, to chase at full force, even intending to smash through the people in front of him—
However, at that very moment!
The little girl in front of him suddenly stopped, slightly turning her delicate little face to look at them, and softly said,
“Stop.”
Her words seemed to carry a certain magic, causing all the suited demons to halt their steps simultaneously. Due to inertia, their leather shoes scraped violently against the ground, emitting a piercing sound, even spreading a burnt smell.
Ling Xiaoyou frowned, glanced at those shoes giving off a strange odor, and took a few steps back with slight distaste. She scanned the surrounding pedestrians, thought for a moment, then cast an illusion.
She made them ignore the abnormality here, stop approaching this area, and gently erased the memories of those who witnessed the “collective emergency stop.”
Although she hadn’t specifically cultivated illusion magic recently, with the improvement of her spirit and Spirit Power, and her mastery of magic arts, she had long been able to apply knowledge from one field to another.
After all, illusion was an innate ability of ghost-type beings; magic arts merely guided it into a specific effect. Even without using magic arts, Ling Xiaoyou could perform illusions.
She looked at those demons desperately trying to move their legs but unable to budge, cleared her throat lightly to draw their attention to herself, then looked at the burliest one among them and asked,
“Demons?”
Seeming to realize this seemingly cute little girl was actually a powerful cultivator, the demons stopped struggling and all looked at her, yet they all remained silent.
“What is your relationship with that Demon Grand Duke, Weisas?”
Weisas was the name of that Demon Grand Duke. As for his full name, no one knew. After all, in the demon world, knowing a full name meant having control over the other’s life.
However, upon hearing the name “Weisas,” these demons still showed no reaction, as if they were a bunch of puppets, with no intention of speaking at all.
Seeing this, Ling Xiaoyou wasn’t surprised. She hadn’t expected these demons to yield easily in the first place.
“Hmph, quite tight-lipped. I’ll tie you all up first, then interrogate you properly later.”
She snorted coldly and manipulated water to transform into a tough, slender water rope.
The water rope gave a light flick, coiling around these demons like a python, preparing to bind them all.
However, the next moment, Ling Xiaoyou suddenly sensed something was wrong and tentatively pushed one of the demons with the water rope.
Thud!
A dull, heavy sound of something hitting the ground rang out. That demon had toppled straight over, just like—
A completely rigid corpse!
Ling Xiaoyou’s delicate brows furrowed. She tried pushing the other demons. With several more dull thuds, these guys all fell down, lying scattered all over the ground.
“They’re all dead?”
She let out a long sigh, looked at the scene before her, and couldn’t help but mutter,
“This scene… it’s like a bunch of big guys drinking, then drinking fake alcohol and all passing out…”
“Never thought these guys would be so decisive. The moment they sensed they couldn’t beat me, they just committed suicide. Got to give them some credit for that.”
She tilted her head and whispered,
“Hmm… in a way, does this count as them being scared to death by me?”
Ling Xiaoyou’s mind began to wander, but she quickly reined it in. She could still distinguish the priority of matters.
Just as she was about to leave and chase the female ghost Bai Shuanglian was watching, she suddenly paused, looked back at these demon corpses lying haphazardly on the ground.
After thinking for a moment, she still took out her mobile phone, opened the contacts, and dialed the number saved as “Team Leader Lin.”
“Hello? Who is this? I’m busy right now.”
Team Leader Lin’s voice came from the other end, with faint sounds of fighting audible in the background.
Though a bit puzzled, Ling Xiaoyou had no mind to ask more at the moment. She glanced at the nearby store, confirmed the location, and said:
“It’s me, Ling Xiaoyou. There are demon corpses here. Come clean up.”
After saying that, she decisively hung up, sent the address over, then set her phone to silent, ignoring Team Leader Lin’s frantic callbacks.
She closed her eyes, briefly sensed Bai Shuanglian’s location, and the next moment, her figure flickered as she chased in that direction.