"You lied to me..." "It" seemed to be toying with its prey, the tentacles abruptly stopping right under Xiao Cheng's nose, and then slowly retracting.
Instead, an increasingly dense black aura enveloped her, meticulously scraping away her flesh and blood.
Xiao Cheng felt a sharp, needle-like pain all over her body. Her body was visibly becoming increasingly ethereal as the black energy not only eroded her but also drained her soul.
"You've made her hate me again," it complained, its voice trembling with grievance, "I went to so much trouble to make her happy, but you made her hate me again so easily! You have to pay the price!"
"No, you've clearly misunderstood her attention to you!" Xiao Cheng tried to calm her down while glancing around out of the corner of her eye, looking for a way to break the deadlock.
"You're talking nonsense!" it screamed hysterically, the black energy surging uncontrollably, and its tentacles becoming restless, taking the opportunity to bite off a large chunk of flesh from Xiao Cheng's arm.
Even though he didn't bleed in his soul form, it still made Xiao Cheng gasp in pain and almost faint on the spot.
"What nonsense! Haven't you heard the saying 'Spare the rod and spoil the child'?!" Xiao Cheng glanced at the pointer lying on the ground and moved towards it without making a sound.
Whether or not we encounter it, let's give it a try first.
But it turned out that it didn't work. She tried to hook it with her toes, but her body passed right through her without any obstruction.
"What are you doing?" "It" sensed something was wrong and asked in a cold tone.
"I..." As the power being drawn from him accumulated, Xiao Cheng felt his consciousness gradually becoming blurred.
Then she saw a blurry figure flash in front of her.
The dead male student stood behind "it," almost completely hidden in the black mist, leaving only a pair of dark eyes visible.
"Are you here to help me?" he asked, then stretched out a hand as if bestowing charity. "Help me, and I'll help you too."
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