Chapter 20 of Volume 1: The Way is Higher by One Foot
The ghost infant revealed its true form in front of Jiang Qicai after showing off its might.
Jiang Qicai suddenly lifted his head and discovered a very terrible thing, which he had never encountered in his ghost-catching career.
He watched as the giant hammer he had painstakingly conjured up with his spiritual energy slowly disappeared into thin air, and only then did Jiang Qi realize that his spiritual energy was being gradually devoured by the ghost infant.
Jiang Qicai suddenly understood that the ghost infant not only liked to steal and eat the delicious food in the wine tower, but his specialty was also absorbing the spiritual energy of his opponents.
This was indeed a very tricky matter, and Jiang Qicai felt that at this moment he had already fallen into a situation where he was unable to advance or retreat, and could not contend with the ghost infant in either attack or defense.
However, Jiang Qicai also knew that before this greedy ghost infant completely absorbed his spiritual energy, his life was temporarily not in danger. Jiang Qicai had also thought of another way to fight with poison, which was to simply and directly give all his spiritual energy to the ghost infant, and use its own trick to kill it instantly.
However, this extremely adventurous and mutually destructive approach was soon denied by Jiang Qicai. At the critical moment of life and death, Jiang Qicai would never be impulsive enough to fight with his opponent to the end.
In this split second, Jiang Qicai's brain was like a high-speed computer, turning rapidly and thinking of over ten methods. However, none of these methods were undoubtedly the best strategy to use in order to recover the ghost fetus with 100% certainty.
Time passed minute by minute, second by second. In the blink of an eye, Jiang Qicai's "Ling Chui" was left with only a short stub, and the pungent smell that rushed towards him made Jiang Qicai realize that the ghost infant's body was getting closer and closer to himself.
Jiang Qicai quickly lowered his head, took out the Wheel of Reincarnation with his left hand and glanced at it. He found that the spiritual energy displayed on the wheel had less than 100 points. This also meant that Jiang Qicai's current spiritual energy was less than one-tenth of its original amount. Jiang Qicai hastily calmed his mind, re-gathering all his spiritual energy into his right hand. The Spiritual Hammer gradually grew larger again, but this didn't last long as those energies were once more frantically absorbed by the greedy and crazy Ghost Infant.
Looking at the Lingui's shape changing from big to small, Jiang Qirong finally understood that although he could temporarily hold his own against the Guiying, it was only a matter of time before all his spiritual energy was sucked dry. By then, he would probably have to go to the underworld again to report for duty.
However, if this ghost infant can even eat souls, then Jiang Qi might not have reached the end of his journey yet, and his soul would have dispersed into nothingness.
As he pondered, Jiang Qicai's spiritual hammer was less than half a foot long. At this moment, a sudden gust of foul wind came head-on. Jiang Qicai felt something was wrong and instinctively took a quick step back. Jiang Qicai now realized that the ghost infant had absorbed enough spiritual energy and could no longer restrain itself from attacking its own flesh.
Although Jiang Qicai's movements at this time can be described as "swift as a whirlwind", the tiger's mouth on his right hand still transmitted a scorching pain. Jiang Qicai's eyes swept across, and he found that a large piece of skin was torn off from the tiger's mouth, with a clear bite mark printed on the wound, and fresh blood flowed continuously.
And judging from this tooth print, this ghost infant not only has a head larger than an ordinary person, but its teeth are also at least three times larger than those of an adult. Just like the sharp fangs unique to Western vampires.
Jiang Qicai covered his wound with one hand and retreated swiftly like lightning.
The fresh blood on the tiger's mouth of his right hand gushed out from between his fingers like a mad torrent, and with Jiang Qicai's footsteps, it fell to the ground in big drops, like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers.
Before long, Jiang Qi found himself already retreating to the end of the corridor, with a wall behind him and no room for further retreat. Moreover, the bloodthirsty ghost infant had become even more ferocious, and before Jiang Qi could make his next move, its small and agile body pounced at him with incredible speed!
Even in that instant, Jiang Qicai clearly felt the ghost baby's icy teeth tightly attached to his neck, causing every inch of his skin to involuntarily tremble with fear.
Jiang Qicai once again felt himself surrounded by a breath of death.
That kind of corpse-like chill mixed with the trembling from the bottom of his heart, even on a scorching summer day, would make people feel like they were falling into an ice cellar. Even Jiang Qicai soon felt the fresh blood on his neck, and as the ghost infant's teeth bit down, it sprayed out like a waterfall.
Jiang Qicai's face suddenly turned pale as paper!
The ghost baby couldn't help but let out a sharp, ear-piercing laugh that made people's teeth ache and their stomachs shrink.
That laughter was like the sound of an old tape recorder that had been accidentally tangled in its own tape.
The ghost infant laughed as it felt an unspeakable comfort spreading throughout its body with Jiang Qicai's fresh blood entering its throat, and its spiritual power increased n-fold in an instant.
The ghost baby also knew that Jiang Qicai was not an ordinary human being, but he did not expect that after drinking Jiang Qicai's blood, the benefits he gained were so many.
If I eat Jiang Qi's entire body, including his skin, flesh and bones next time, my level will definitely be instantly upgraded to A-level. At least it should be B-level.
The baby's laughter became even more terrifying under the great joy, and the volume was also getting louder and louder!
But suddenly——
With a soft "hiss" sound, the ghost baby's laughter came to an abrupt halt.
The ghost infant was shocked to discover that it was biting Jiang Qicai's neck, and at the most joyful and triumphant moment, a red fire extinguisher suddenly appeared on Jiang Qicai's right hand.
The "psst" sound was the dry powder in the fire extinguisher being released as Jiang Qicai's right thumb pressed on it. The ghost baby's smile froze and disappeared instantly.
But its body floating in mid-air, which Jiang Qi couldn't see before, began to slowly take shape. At this time, another footstep suddenly sounded from behind him.
The ghost infant was shocked and hurriedly tried to pull its teeth back from Jiang Qicai's neck, but unexpectedly, Jiang Qicai's body suddenly straightened, causing the ghost infant's teeth to sink even deeper into his own neck. Fresh blood gushed out uncontrollably. As the ghost infant's soul scattered in all directions, it heard Jiang Qicai's weak voice whispering in its ear, "I want to perish with you!"
As soon as the voice fell, Guiying heard a sudden sound of something hard breaking through the air behind her. Then it seemed that something sharp had suddenly been inserted into her own body. Guiying's strange pupils quickly enlarged, and in less than a second, her body was completely still, slumping to one side on Jiang Qicai's shoulder, limp as a rag doll.
Before long, Jiang Qicai felt the ghost infant gradually turn into a wisp of green smoke and black blood, disappearing in an instant, but the wound was still oozing fresh blood.
Then came a "ding" sound, and a thing like a surgical knife fell to the ground. Behind the handle of the knife, there was still a yellow talisman wrapped around it.
Jiang Qicai struggled to lift his head and saw a person standing in the darkness not far ahead. A pair of lewd and despicable eyes, but at this moment, they emitted a mysterious and intriguing light that was hard to decipher!
That person turned out to be...
Hollow!
