Girl, you form the head.

Chapter 63 We can kill him now.
The black dots released by the Shadow Reaper landed on the ground, bounced twice like pinballs, and then turned into little imps.

These imps were different from the ghostly figures that attacked Xia Tian earlier; they had a clear physical form. Bai Chi tried firing two shots at them, and was able to easily blast them apart. But after being blasted apart, they would immediately turn into a thick, indissoluble pool of black ink, exuding a chilling and ominous aura.

The little devils that weren't blown up will slowly expand until they're the size of balloons, at which point they'll explode, leaving behind the same ink marks as the blown-up devils, only over a larger area.

In an instant, the road between Bai Chi and Song Xian was covered with dense black ink stains, to the point that it would make people with trypophobia shake their heads.

Bai Chi frowned slightly. Although he didn't know what the ink stains were for, his intuition told him that it was best not to touch them.

"I almost forgot, I haven't asked you where Miss is yet." After realizing that the black knight was Liuli Hui, Song Xian naturally gave up his plan to have Bai Chi bring Liuli Hui to him. Hiding behind the Shadow Reaper, he narrowed his eyes slightly. "If you tell me where Miss is first, I might consider letting you go. Once I really make a move, you won't have a chance."

Bai Chi ignored Song Xian and quickly ran around the ink stains.

"Foolish," Song Xian sneered. "You think you can defeat me just because I have a little bit of special resistance?"

The moment he finished speaking, ominous, strange particles suddenly erupted, and bizarre pillars rose from the ink, while the Shadow Reaper slowly raised his scythe.

Suddenly, a strong sense of unease surged into Bai Chi's heart. He quickened his pace again, trying to get around to Song Xian's side, and pulled the trigger again to put pressure on Song Xian.

But Song Xian just sneered, and then commanded the Shadow Reaper to swing its scythe and cut one of the pillars in half.

"Ding"!
A crisp sound echoed strangely, like an ancient orchestral overture.

The incandescent light went out in an instant, as if the world had closed its eyes, daytime had plunged into endless night, and the modern steel avenue had transformed into a mottled, desolate, and dilapidated mass grave in the same moment.

This is where?

Before Bai Chi could react, the mass grave disappeared, and he was back in daylight, back on the road. Song Xian was still sneering at him, as if the scene just now was just an illusion.

Only the pillar severed by the Shadow Reaper was slowly sinking into the ink.

No, it's not my imagination, something must have happened.

Bai Chi suddenly remembered the first time he fought the monster. The monster's mental attack on Liu Li Hui involved switching them between two completely different perspectives.

The monster amplifies fear, the images in one's mind.

Is this Shadow Reaper the same?

If it remains a mixture of illusion and reality, then he only needs to remember the scenes from reality.

So Bai Chi charged toward Song Xian again, while at that moment Youying Death God severed the second pillar.

Song Xian disappeared, and he returned to the mass grave once again.

Bai Chi remained calm. He had already memorized Song Xian's location, so even though his viewpoint had been changed, his pace did not slow down.

"Click".

Bai Chi felt something strange under his feet. He looked down and found that he had broken a broken tree branch.

Branches?

When did a tree branch appear here?

At that moment, the mass grave disappeared, and he returned to the "real" street.

But there was nothing beneath his feet.

Bai Chi's pupils suddenly froze.

"Ding"!
At that moment, the Shadow Reaper also severed the third pillar.

The broken branch was back under his feet, the cracked bark clearly visible.

This is not an illusion!
"Haha, daring to charge in like that, you really haven't witnessed the power of the ominous elemental." Song Xian's voice came from nowhere. "Did our weak young lady give you such a wrong impression? Then you'll pay the price for it."

The moment the words left his mouth, Bai Chi returned to the road and saw Song Xian with a mocking expression. He was standing right in front of Bai Chi, no longer needing the Shadow Reaper's cover.

Incandescent drew his gun and fired, but Shadow Reaper severed the fourth pillar before he could.

boom!
The bullet struck a dilapidated, lonely grave.

“You do have a unique resistance to ominous elements, but that doesn’t mean you’re completely immune to my attacks.” Song Xian’s voice came from all directions. “For an ordinary person without resistance, my Death God only needs three strikes to trap them inside. As for you, it would probably take several times that.”

"But so what?" The lonely grave replaced Song Xian's face again, and he was almost standing in front of Bai Chi, who could clearly see his stubble. But when Bai Chi swung his fist, he only struck the cold, decaying air.

"My Grim Reaper can strike thirty times."

"Let's add another grave to that wasteland."

"As the price for your desecration of Miss."

Clatter. Clatter.

Withered, skeletal hands emerged from the ground, grabbing Bai Chi's trouser legs as if to drag him into the abyss.

Unable to break free, Bai Chi had no choice but to fire again, but the bullet struck the concrete of the road.

In the end, all the bullets in the magazine were emptied, and Bai Chi's half of his body was already wrapped in withered bones.

“It’s over,” Song Xian said.

But the next second, another gunshot rang out.

The skeletons and graveyard before Bai Chi's eyes vanished simultaneously, and he returned to the road once more.

Song Xian was clutching his right shoulder, blood gushing out uncontrollably. The Shadow Reaper still stood beside him, but the pillars had completely vanished.

Could it be… Bai Chi suddenly turned around—it really was Xia Tian! She was covered in blood, leaning against the car body, her trembling hand barely able to hold the gun that had just been fired.

"This...this didn't even hit the head." Xia Tian gasped for breath, managing a weak smile at Bai Chi. "As expected, I can only be...second place."

After saying that, she seemed to have lost all her strength and collapsed, falling into a pool of blood.

"You filthy bitch!" Song Xian roared, reaching out his hand towards Xia Tian. "Die!"

At a command, the ink stains transformed into little devils once more, rushing towards summer like locusts.

At the same time, the Shadow Reaper opened his arms and embraced the injured Song Xian, then quickly ran in the opposite direction.

Clearly, after being shot in the shoulder, Song Xian lacked the confidence to fight Bai Chi, who possessed a strange resistance, so he used this method to force Bai Chi to make a choice.

They could either chase after him and continue the fight, letting Xia Tian get killed, or they could protect Xia Tian and let him escape.

Bai Chi ran towards Xia Tian almost without hesitation, which allowed Song Xian to create distance and quickly drift to a distance of several hundred meters away.

“Tell Miss Hui! Young Master Jie and I will be coming for her soon!” Song Xian said with a sneer. “We will take her back, and you and that bitch will both be killed by Young Master Jie! Neither of you will escape!”

Song Xian's figure quickly disappeared from Bai Chi's sight, and because of the distance, his little devils also turned into nothingness, leaving none behind.

Bai Chi didn't say anything, but first carried Xia Tian back to the car.

Summer opened her eyes and said with difficulty, "I'm sorry, senior, I've made you save me again."

Bai Chi shook his head: "No, you saved me this time. Rest assured, I will handle it."

"Well, that's good." Xia Tian's voice grew softer and softer as she lost consciousness.

Bai Chi took off his coat and covered her with it, while simultaneously activating the car's medical assistance system.

Then, he took out his phone and made two calls. The first call was to the patrol police branch of the Hanjiang Bridge.

"Hanjiang Detachment? This is Inspector Bai Chi, badge number XXXX." Bai Chi said calmly, "We have received urgent intelligence that terrorists are attempting to detonate the bridge! Immediately seal off all passages, suspend the monorail, and control all vehicle traffic!"

The second call was to Ruri-e.

"There are two pieces of news, one good and one bad," Bai Chi said. "The bad news is that your family has come looking for you."

"good news?"

Bai Chi paused for a moment.

“We can kill him now.”

(End of this chapter)