Chapter 32: Can’t Give Up Like This
“Hahahaha—hahahaha—” The girl finished screaming and burst into laughter. “Hahahaha—@!##￥%￥…” She spoke words that we couldn’t understand at all.
Jiang Yan’s expression immediately changed. “It’s a demon! Let’s go!”
He started to withdraw with everyone, but I immediately stopped them. “You can’t just give up like this! Even though we are useless, we can’t give up before reaching the end!”
Everyone was taken aback, and a flicker appeared in Jiang Yan’s green eyes.
“…%**&…” Strange words came out of the girl’s mouth again. Suddenly, she flew up, carrying the entire bed with her. Her face started sagging like rotten mud, her appearance becoming grotesque. She stood with the bed beneath the roof, and her eyelids slowly stuck together!
“She’s about to merge with the demon! It’s hopeless!” Jiang Yan anxiously looked down at me. “You’ll put everyone in danger!”
“The girl’s mother is sitting outside!” I shouted uncontrollably at him, and everyone froze. I looked at them sorrowfully. “You are the children of gods and demons. You have magical powers, but we humans don’t. We are insignificant. Faced with such things, we can only feel fear. We lose hope. That girl’s mother has placed all her hopes on you!” Tears streamed down my face. Before I met them, I never believed in ghosts or gods because they never appeared when I faced difficulties or prayed for my mother to stay with me and my father.
They stared at me dumbfoundedly, and I quickly wiped away my tears, looking at them with belief. “You can do it! Yang Lao Shi himself said this is a team battle against enemies stronger than us. So, the other teams must be facing even stronger monsters than us. After all, we are known as the useless team. The one we’re facing must be the lowest level. We can’t give up without even trying!”
Qing Ming and Si Yino both looked at Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan’s expression started struggling with complexity.
“We won’t succeed, we won’t succeed…” Mao Mao was already mumbling in fear.
I looked at Jiang Yan and pointed at Mao Mao. “Do you want Mao Mao to keep doubting herself like this?”
Jiang Yan’s gaze immediately tightened, and he also looked at the troubled Mao Mao with a touch of pity.
Without thinking, I tightly grasped Jiang Yan’s arm. “We can do it. As long as we achieve victory once, Mao Mao won’t feel so inferior anymore!”
Jiang Yan immediately looked at Qing Ming and Si Yino. Qing Ming nodded immediately, and Si Yino also nodded behind Xiao Bai. Instantly, Xiao Bai slithered away from Si Yino’s neck and transformed into a giant python standing behind us, coldly staring at the demon!
Unexpectedly, the bravest one among us was Xiao Bai!
“Linqinru and the demon have already merged. It is difficult to exorcise her; we can only kill her!” Just as Jiang Yan uttered those words, the girl’s eyelids were completely stuck together. She suddenly swung her face, and immediately, the chairs in the room flew towards us.
“Be careful!” Qing Ming immediately hugged the muttering Mao Mao and dashed to a corner of the room. At the same time, Jiang Yan also grabbed me and hid in another corner. The chair crashed into the door, shattering it.
“Ah————” The girl raised her face and screamed again. The cloth strips binding her hands and feet also shattered, and the entire bed dropped from mid-air with a crash, landing on the ground. The girl, who had no eyes, began to bend her hand backward, a horrifying sight!
“Qing Ming! Xiao No!” Jiang Yan shouted sharply, and Qing Ming and Si Yino immediately jumped up.
I immediately yelled, “Don’t damage the scene!”
Qing Ming glanced at me, and his hands quickly came together in a prayer gesture. When he separated them, I saw a barrier rapidly filling the entire room, instantly cutting off all external sounds and enveloping the place in even colder darkness.
“Hum hum hum hum—ah————” The demon instantly broke free from the constraints on the bed and pounced toward Si Yino. Immediately, Xiao Bai fearlessly lunged at her, instantly entangling Linqinru’s body.
“Qing Ming! Seize the opportunity now!” Jiang Yan shouted.
A cyan light flashed in Qing Ming’s hand—it was his Green Dragon Crescent Blade! He held it tightly, intending to swing it at the girl trapped by Xiao Bai. However, he couldn’t swing the greatsword no matter how hard he tried. We all looked at it in astonishment—what the hell! His sword was stuck…
Because the sword was too long and too big, it got stuck between the roof and the ground of the room…
It seemed that in this cramped space, oversized weapons were useless!
The situation in front of us became increasingly dangerous, and my brain instinctively went into overdrive, seeking ways to survive! Demon-slaying scenes flashed through my mind one after another, and I immediately asked Jiang Yan, “Jiang Yan, in the demon-slaying movies, they say that as long as you know the demon’s name, you can still exorcise them. Is that true?”
Jiang Yan was momentarily stunned.
I anxiously shook him, “Is it true?”
Jiang Yan snapped back to his senses and nodded, “But there are too many demons. We have no idea which one is inside the girl’s body.”
I smiled, “Aren’t you the encyclopedia of Heaven and Earth? I have a plan, watch me!” I stood up amidst Jiang Yan’s bewildered gaze, “Si Yino! Keep Xiao Bai entangled with Linqinru for as long as possible!”
Xiao No nodded, raising both hands with palms facing Xiao Bai. Immediately, his white hair slowly spread out like static electricity, and a pair of sparkling white eyes emerged from behind his long bangs. Xiao Bai’s entire body also began emitting white light, transforming into a powerful rope that tightly bound the girl’s body.
I turned to Qing Ming and said, “Senior Qing Ming, there’s a wardrobe outside with a mirror in the middle. Quickly go and pry it out!”
Qing Ming responded, “Alright!” He immediately put away his large blade, left the barrier, opened the door, and swiftly went out.
Ignoring Mao Mao, who was still plagued by self-doubt, I positioned myself in front of Linqinru. She leaned her face towards me, mouth wide open, and a foul stench immediately emanated from her mouth. I covered my nose and said, “In movies, they say that each demon has its own characteristic, which manifests in the possessed person. Qing Ming, you seem fine. The characteristic of a demon after possession is emitting a strange and pungent odor… The smell…” I sniffed more carefully and waved my hand, “It becomes faintly fragrant after dilution. Right! Like the foul smell when perfume is too concentrated!” I looked at Qing Ming and saw him lost in thought. I shouted, “Qing Ming, hurry and search!”
Qing Ming was startled, closed his eyes, and his expression underwent a significant change. He even exuded a calm and handsome aura as he said, “Go on!” in a deep voice.
I reached out and held Linqinru’s chin. She tried to bite me, but I withdrew my hand, pulling a strand of sticky thread with it. “Smooth, sticky, not like decay, but with a melting effect. Her eyelids have completely fused, and her eyelashes have fallen off…”
“I got it!” Jiang Yan suddenly exclaimed. I looked at him in delight, “So fast!”
He looked at me intently, saying, “It’s a Faceless Ghost. Legend has it that it’s the grudge of people who envy others’ beauty. After leaving the spirit world, they like to possess beautiful men or women!”
Subconsciously, I glanced at the photo on the desk next to me, and indeed, Linqinru was a very beautiful girl.
“Xiaolan, step aside. Leave the rest to us!” Jiang Yan waved his hands, and a faint light appeared in his palms.
“Okay!” I quickly stepped back.
Jiang Yan jumped in front of me and shouted, “Faceless Ghost! In the name of the Heavenly God, I command you to leave this innocent girl!” As he yelled, a flash of golden light appeared in his hand, pressing down on Linqinru’s forehead.
Instantly, another scream erupted, “Ah——————”
Si Yino covered his ears in pain, while Mao Mao remained huddled in the corner, murmuring to herself. Excessive self-doubt had completely immersed her in her own world, without any reaction. Xiao Bai was still trying hard to hold on but gradually weakening amid the piercing screams.
With one hand covering my ears to endure the piercing pain, I quickly searched on my phone: “Weaknesses of the Faceless Ghost.” In this situation, I couldn’t ask Jiang Yan for help.
Answer: The Faceless Ghost is afraid of people with terrifying appearances.
I struggled to look at Mao Mao and said, “Mao Mao, I’m sorry…”
I pulled her out and pushed her in front of Jiang Yan. Immediately, the girl’s fused eyelids cracked open, revealing her eyes! Fearful gazes could be seen within them. Then, the girl tilted her head back, and I clearly saw something urgently crawling out of her screaming mouth. A fleshy, invisible mass emerged and sprayed onto the ceiling.
It was so disgusting, like a mass of meat being minced.
“Ah————… So ugly…” The girl’s screams stopped after that repulsive flesh ball left, and she weakly fell from the air. Jiang Yan quickly caught her and casually placed her back on the bed.
Mao Mao stood blankly in front of me, and the flesh ball on the ceiling started to grow limbs and a faceless head with a “creak, creak” sound! The Faceless Ghost had a flesh-colored body, as if it had only one layer of skin without facial features or hair. It made an unpleasant sound from its throat, saying, “En… En…”
Mao Mao’s ears suddenly stood up from her long hair! All the fur on her body stood on end. “Cen!” A cold light flashed, and her claws emerged from her hands. Seeing this, Si Yino quickly pulled me into a corner, and I saw a bluish flame seemingly burning on Mao Mao’s body!
Damn! Is she transforming into a Super Saiyan?!
“No one! Dare! Say! That! I, Mao Yan, am ugly! Ah————” Mao Mao roared loudly, and a powerful gust of air spewed out, causing the skin on the Faceless Ghost to ripple.
Mao Mao had truly transformed. She turned into the form of a werewolf and leaped up, tearing the Faceless Ghost from the roof and forcefully throwing it to the ground. When the Faceless Ghost tried to get up, Mao Mao swiftly descended and stomped on it, her claws slowly sliding across the Faceless Ghost’s skin. “Hehehe… Your skin is so smooth~~~~”
Instantly, my whole body stiffened, and I suddenly felt that the scariest thing in this room wasn’t the Faceless Ghost from the demon realm but Mao Mao.
