Chapter 426: Chapter 390: The Yin Child’s Plea
In the foul, sour-smelling blood pool, Sang Que emerged, taking a deep breath, enduring the burning pain, and forcefully swimming forward to find a place to rest.
Both she and the Yin Child were swallowed by the Five Spirits God, and she didn’t even have a chance to see clearly what it was.
After swimming for a while, she finally came upon a place with not much blood, and Sang Que climbed onto it. The sensation under her hands was sticky and soft, like fat, slick and disgusting.
The yin energy here was very strong, having a highly corrosive and suppressive effect on Sang Que, making her clearly feel both her body and the ghosts within were slowly dying.
Hurriedly, Sang Que retrieved the White Porcelain Doll hidden in her sleeve, using a dagger to cut her finger and mark a blood eye on it.
The oppressive feeling on her body suddenly lightened, as blood-stained spots began to appear on the White Porcelain Doll, burdening it with all the injury here. Once the doll couldn’t bear it anymore, she still had a chance for recovery and could use the Paperman Substitute.
The Yin Child surfaced beside Sang Que, her body also smeared with bloody slime. She frowned with pain, but did not allow Sang Que to retract her into her body for protection, instead pointing into the deeper darkness.
The Yin Child led the way in front, with Sang Que following, and before they got far, they saw countless young girls’ bodies merged with the wall of flesh.
These were the corpses of the former Five Spirits Saintesses!
Sang Que frowned deeply, a surge of anger rushed to her head—what witch saintesses, all sacrifices in the end!
"Come!"
The Yin Child called to those bodies, yet they didn’t respond, bringing a sorrowful look to the edge of her eyes.
The Yin Child looked up at Sang Que, pointing at those bodies and then at the painting behind Sang Que.
Sang Que nodded, "Alright, I’ll help you take them out for a burial, but we have to hurry, I don’t know how long we can hold out here."
The Yin Child immediately rushed to those bodies, using her hands and dismemberment strength to tear them down one by one, and Sang Que stored them into the painting.
...
The Five Spirits Altar.
The enormous shen kan phantom hovered over the altar, outsiders could only see the shen kan’s black statue feet harshly stepping on the Five Spirits God’s back, obscuring the upper body.
The two tails of the Five Spirits God flailed wildly, breaking the stone pillars around the altar, but couldn’t destroy the shen kan’s shadow.
The monstrous snake entwined around the Five Spirits God turned around to bite the Earth Ghost’s leg, the leg gradually being corroded by poison, decaying into sludge.
A rustling sound came from all directions, as various evil spirits and ghosts in the dense forest were drawn by the Five Spirits God’s summoning, gathering in waves, gnawing at the shen kan and Earth Ghost.
The gigantic Earth Ghost in the shen kan consistently stamped on the Five Spirits God, unmoving, as more small shen kans appeared in the woods, one by one, like mountain fiends, plunging forward, surrounding the Five Spirits God, using claws to tear its body.
Each time the Five Spirits God’s body was torn open, numerous venomous insects poured out, crawling onto those small Earth Ghosts and biting.
Both sides were evenly matched, locked in stalemate.
Whistling winds, a change in the sky, dark clouds rolling in, plunging the world into darkness in an instant.
The whole altar was tumultuous, only the chiefs and priests of each tribe could withstand the collateral damage from the battle of two ghosts, everyone else suffering terribly.
The Ghost Witch was backlashed by the Little Ghost, the Gu Master’s Life Gu perished instantly, screams echoing through the crowd.
"Quickly, leave the altar, take refuge by the Holy Lake for now."
The crowd retreated, heading to the Holy Lake, where anti-ghost protective arrangements were set up, even Water Ghosts were absent, providing temporary security for everyone.
...
Inside the Five Spirits God.
The Yin Child, already corroded with rotting red spots all over her body, was still dragging bodies from the wall.
In this brief moment, she had pulled down over fifty, bodies that were still somewhat intact, with many more thoroughly merged into the Five Spirits God’s body, impossible to retrieve.
Suddenly, the flesh above Sang Que caved in, the White Porcelain Doll in her arms made a cracking sound.
The flesh above was torn open by something, freezing cold wind rushed in, howling woefully.
Sang Que’s hair danced wildly in the gust, she took a look at the White Porcelain Doll, a crack spread from head to toe, threatening to shatter completely at any moment.
"We must leave here now!"
Shouted Sang Que, seeing numerous shadows of Earth Ghosts squeezing in through the fissure above, the edges of the fissure extending with many centipede-like fleshy strips, enclosing the Earth Ghosts, preventing their invasion.
The Yin Child seemed to not hear Sang Que’s words, still pulling bodies from the wall, quickening her pace.
Sang Que forcefully retrieved the Yin Child, who resisted, turning around, her face streaked with bloody tears.
Sang Que felt a pang in her heart, it was the first time she so intensely perceived sadness from the Yin Child.
The Yin Child gestured, indicating she wanted to stay, asking Sang Que to lend her some things, needed Sang Que’s help, she wanted to kill the Five Spirits God!
The Yin Child told Sang Que that now was the best time, she didn’t want to wait any longer.
Sang Que and the Yin Child were exceedingly closely linked right now, she could clearly feel the Yin Child’s emotions.
She could not refuse the Yin Child’s request, perhaps it was due to their shared fate of being sacrificed as witches and fully understanding those witches’ grievances, hence she empathized with the Yin Child.
"Alas..."
Sang Que sighed, quickly retrieving the Deceitful Bride’s Three-piece Set, the phoenix hairpin, veil, and embroidered shoes, along with two items the Yin Child specifically requested.
The cloth doll obtained from the Imperial Capital Research Institute, capable of inducing nightmares, could attract the Dream Ghost to some extent.
Another item, which the Yin Child previously didn’t dare to ask of Sang Que, fearing rejection.
She wanted Sang Que’s heart, which after being dug out by the Yin Child went through some transformative change, allowing the Yin Child to temporarily complete her body.
Sang Que took the heart out from the box, the Yin Child receiving it with both hands, bowing in genuine thanks for the first time.
Sang Que drew out the Hook Claw Gun brought from modern times, firing a grapple through the fissure above.
Uncertain what it latched onto, Sang Que tugged several times, it held firm.
Being in this place suppressed her, she could only escape through physical means.
Sang Que said nothing more, directly grasping the rope and climbing up, centipede-like fleshy strips extending from the flesh walls, but Sang Que did not dodge, allowing the strips to attack her, eroding her body.
With one last look back at the Yin Child below, the Yin Child lifted her head, giving Sang Que what she thought was a cute yet actually horrifying smile.
Shadows loomed around the Yin Child, apparitions of previously sacrificed Five Spirits Saintesses emerged.
Crunch!
The White Porcelain Doll in her arms shattered completely, the centipede flesh strips engulfing Sang Que abruptly turned her into a paperman.
At the same time, a paperman Sang Que appeared out of nowhere on the steps outside the altar, in the next moment transforming into the real Sang Que.
The Paperman Substitute also functioned to switch places, this paperman was hidden in the grass beforehand by Sang Que.
As long as the distance between the true body and the paperman substitute does not exceed its limit, and the true body is not trapped in an enclosed space, she can switch places upon suffering a fatal attack.
Coming out, Sang Que turned around to witness the Earth Ghost stepping fiercely on the Five Spirits God’s breathtaking scene atop the altar.
The Earth Ghost discovered Sang Que had emerged and, along with numerous small Earth Ghosts, emitted an enraged roar, all the small Earth Ghosts releasing the Five Spirits God, rushing towards Sang Que in unison.
This thoroughly infuriated the Earth Ghost, as it now sought to claim her soul!
