Chapter 3: The Bell Woman Has a True Body, Which Is Located Somewhere in the Red Pool Hot Spring.
Combining all this intelligence, Su Xiao prepared to conduct a preliminary reconnaissance. He pushed open the wooden sliding door, and a small, somewhat cold hand grabbed his—it was the little boy he had seen earlier.
"Big brother, the window, jump out from there, you have to use that window."
After saying this, the little boy's hand retracted with a whoosh, as if he had been dragged into some narrow space, letting out a suppressed sob. His weak and tiny body had no strength to resist, so he could only endure silently.
Su Xiao pushed open the sliding door, and the scene before him had changed, becoming dilapidated. The walls were covered in dust, spider webs filled the corners, and stepping onto the wooden corridor floorboards made them creak.
A drop of water fell from above. Su Xiao sidestepped to dodge it; here, he absolutely could not touch the water.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang's trembling bark came from behind. Su Xiao looked back and saw that Amu, Baha, and Tide Hunter had disappeared from the room, which had also become decayed.
Just as Bubu Wang was about to run toward Su Xiao, it suddenly froze in place. A woman's face, deathly pale to the extreme with blood oozing from all seven orifices, appeared right in front of Bubu Wang.
Woo~
A sinister sound echoed beside Bubu Wang's ear. The surroundings seemed to grow dark, enclosed, and empty. Su Xiao, Bubu's greatest pillar of mental support, also vanished from its sight. This time, it was completely panicked.
The cracking sound of bones came from beside its ear. A hand with long nails, ice-cold, grabbed Bubu Wang's ear.
"Woof arf woof!! (Don't touch me, old man!)"
Bubu Wang ran forward, but its legs were weak. After a few wobbly steps, it barely scrambled out of the room, leaving a trail of S-shaped wet marks—this was urine. Bubu Wang had truly lost control this time; it just couldn't hold it in.
After scrambling out of the room, Bubu Wang felt like it had passed through a thin film, and Su Xiao appeared ahead.
Bubu quickly went over, hugged Su Xiao's leg, and its hind legs began to tremble violently, as if equipped with a small electric motor.
Su Xiao patted Bubu Wang's dog head. The current situation was actually a good thing, indicating that the thing was already very weak, only able to defend itself with illusions and barrier-like abilities.
"You all... must come and keep me company..."
A red-dressed female ghost drifted over. This was a restless soul bound by that dangerous object.
The red-dressed female ghost looked terrifying. Bubu Wang immediately let go of Su Xiao's leg. Although it was so scared that it had peed itself, it knew it couldn't hinder Su Xiao's battle.
The red-dressed female ghost stopped mid-air because she saw Su Xiao's blood aura. Just approaching him made her feel like she was about to melt.
The red-dressed female ghost turned to flee. With a crack, the floorboard under Su Xiao's foot shattered. He reached out with one hand, grabbed the female ghost by the neck, and stared at her with eyes glowing red. With Su Xiao's soul strength and blade skills, ghosts had no chance of resistance.
"A rare receptor. Experiment 9 just needs one."
The more Su Xiao examined this female ghost, the more satisfied he became. Usually, he couldn't catch one even if he tried, but now one had delivered itself to his doorstep. This Red Pool Hot Spring was a good place.
The female ghost's ghastly appearance quickly faded. Her face turned even paler, and she said tremblingly, "Please... please don't hurt me."
Clearly, Su Xiao, covered in blood aura, had frightened the ghost badly—she was even shaking.
PS: (Three chapters today, but the total word count for the three chapters is quite high. I've been staying up late a lot recently, and my health isn't great. I'll start morning jogging and exercise from tomorrow morning.)