19 Not worthy of sympathy
The ghost baby suddenly opened its crimson eyes and rose up from the ground.
"Roar!"
It roared and opened its mouth wide, swallowing the woman in one gulp.
Ye Li sat there silently, making no attempt to intervene. It was a dog-eat-dog situation, and he found amusement in it. After all, the woman was no good person herself, having cheated in her marriage and contributed to the harm of innocent people. Such a person was not worth lamenting over her death.
"Child! Don't! I'm your mother!"
The woman trembled in fear, sitting on the ground, her face pale. But the ghost baby showed no sign of slowing down. To it, this woman was just a tool, a means to obtain nourishment. It resided within her body, constantly draining her life force to nurture itself.
Did she really think it was the same baby from three years ago? It was cunning, with no connection to the child who died three years ago. A little disguise was enough to deceive her completely. How foolish she was! If not her, then who would it deceive?
Even if she died, it could find another body to possess. There were plenty of pregnant women in the world. The ghost baby's face was filled with greed. Its mouth stretched like rubber, eventually becoming large enough to fit a person inside.
Once it devoured her, it would regain its strength and be able to escape. Humans were terrifyingly strong. It needed to find allies to help it eliminate Ye Li. Together, they would roam the night as a hundred ghosts, turning Jiangcheng into a realm of ghosts, where countless beings would become their prey.
This was their era of strangeness, and humans had no choice but to submit and become food!
"Roar!"
The ghost baby swallowed the woman in one bite. It licked its mouth with its crimson tongue, an unsatisfied expression on its face. If it could devour a mutant like Ye Li, it would become even stronger.
It turned its greedy gaze toward Ye Li. There was an extremely tempting scent coming from him. The ghost baby had a premonition that if it could devour Ye Li, it would evolve into an incredibly powerful being.
Unfortunately, Ye Li was too strong, stronger than anyone it had encountered before. It would not be easy to swallow him, let alone escape afterward.
With that thought in mind, the ghost baby's body turned into a blur and it lunged toward the window.
Although it had contemplated many things in its mind, in reality, only a moment had passed in the outside world.
Getting closer, closer, it was only one body length away from the window. It would soon be able to escape.
The ghost baby felt ecstatic, but in the next second, it felt its speed slow down, and the surrounding scenery froze in place.
It was being held back by something.
"Little baby, in such a hurry, where are you going?"
Ye Li's mocking voice came, and when the ghost baby turned its head, it saw that it was being held by the back of its neck, like a puppet controlled by fate.
"Hmph! Go back!"
With a wave of Ye Li's hand, he threw the ghost baby back.
"You think you can mess with anyone you want and get away with it, but now you've come to me, Ye Grandpa?" Ye Li spat, his face full of disdain.
The bone girl looked around, realizing there was nowhere to escape. It gritted its teeth and disregarded everything, charging towards Ye Li.
"Roar!"
Let's go down together!
Its whole body slowly ignited, with thick ghostly aura engulfing the surroundings. Ye Li could almost see the wailing and howling specters behind it.
"Ah, I really dislike unruly brats like you," Ye Li sighed softly.
Then, he slowly raised his left hand, his face calm.
"Flame Dragon Art!"
He muttered softly, and a flash of red light flickered in his eyes. Then a tremendous surge of spiritual power erupted from his hand.
The spiritual power transformed into flames, condensing into a fiery dragon in the void.
Its might far surpassed that of the red fire god from earlier by countless times.
If the fire god had possessed this move, B-rank Bone Girl would probably have been reduced to ashes, leaving nothing behind.
Who needs rocket launchers in such a case?
"Roar!"
The flame dragon let out a long roar, opening its blood-filled mouth and pouncing towards the bone girl.
The scorching aura permeated the air, distorting the surroundings.
Fear flashed in the bone girl's eyes. Now it realized how ignorant it had been.
Going down together? Breaking free from the net?
Sorry, the fish is already doomed, and the net has nothing to do.
The flame dragon tore through the air and devoured the bone girl in one bite, dispersing the surrounding ghostly aura.
"Oh no! I forgot this is my own home!" Ye Li suddenly realized the problem. He had unleashed a highly destructive technique in his own house.
What a joke!
In the next second, the relentless momentum of the flame dragon shattered the walls of Ye Li's home, soaring towards the sky.
"Oh crap! This is a big loss!"
Staring at the broken wall, Ye Li felt an indescribable pain in his heart.
Fortunately, it was daytime, and this technique wasn't as powerful as the Purple Extreme Thunder Cannon in Beishan Cemetery. It didn't attract too much attention.
Ye Li could still continue his low-key life, which was a rare comfort for him.
While the situation unfolded, on the other side, the Bone Girl left Jiangcheng.
She gathered other scattered Bone Girls from various parts of China, including the leader of their tribe, the B+ ranked Bone Girl.
She told them about what had happened, and the entire Bone Girl tribe became furious.
They unanimously decided to seek revenge for their fellow tribe member.
The humans had gone too far in their actions.
The B+ ranked Bone Girl slammed the table, declaring that in three days' time, she would lead the Bone Girl tribe to attack Jiangcheng.
They would use the lives of countless people in the city as a blood sacrifice to avenge the fallen Bone Girls.
Night fell, and the imminent crisis was about to unfold.
Meanwhile, the million residents of Jiangcheng remained oblivious, going about their ordinary lives as usual.
Only the Water God and the Fire God felt a lingering unease, sensing that a storm was brewing.
"Fire, what should we do? Can we really stop the Bone Girl tribe if they come to attack?" The Water God wore a worried expression.
The Fire God fell silent. Block them? With just the two of them? Not a chance.
"We have to try, even if we can't stop them! It's come to this point, there's no other choice. We need to seek assistance!" The Fire God spoke with determination.
"I know two powerful individuals living nearby, they're both B-ranked Ghost Slayers. I'll immediately call them to come to Jiangcheng. I refuse to believe that four B-ranked Ghost Slayers can't defend a city!"
"The four of us, combined, can even overcome a B+ ranked opponent!"
The Fire God's eyes gleamed with ferocity.
However, calling upon those two vampires for help would mean sacrificing his wealth accumulated over the past decade.
But with no other options left, they had to fight!
Upon hearing the Fire God's words, the Water God's expression eased somewhat.
"Then let's do it! We've reigned supreme in Jiangcheng for so many years, we won't be defeated easily!"
Little did they know that the power of a B+ ranked anomaly was in a completely different league from that of a B-ranked individual.
Even if there were twenty of them, they would still be unable to defeat it.
The gap between B-rank and beyond was like a chasm impossible to cross.
Meanwhile, our protagonist Ye Li had finally found a spell called "Restoration" in the Spirit-Slaying Compendium after much effort.
With that, he repaired the shattered wall.
Ye Li slumped onto the couch, wearing an exhausted expression.
In reality, he hadn't exerted much energy; a mere wave of his hand was all it took.
Afterward, Ye Li ordered takeout and started playing with his phone.
He opened a livestream and savored the hamburger with relish.
