“Don’t keep calling me ‘bitch’ all the time; it makes you look so uncultured…” Bai Ya backed away, her face pale. The Shadow Spider merely crossed her hands over her chest, sneering coldly, her eyes flickering with the merciless gleam of a predator.
“So it’s you, isn’t it? You’re Bai Ya Ephiel Chlorom—the bitch herself, right?”
She had come looking for her. Bai Ya instantly knew the Shadow Spider’s target was herself. Even though the opponent was just a little girl, she would rather face ten burly men than feel this overwhelming sense of danger.
This little girl was terrifying—and her methods of killing were unknown.
“…” Bai Ya fixed her gaze on every movement of the Shadow Spider. There was no strategy for dealing with a Ghost Loli. Against absolute power, the only way out was to run—this was the wisdom passed down from her seniors.
“Sneaky movements, dressed like a soldier but afraid of a guard’s search. Upon closer inspection, you’re a girl. According to my information, the fugitive slave Bai Ya Ephiel Chlorom has infiltrated the main city—you fit many of the criteria. I’ll ask you once more, are you Bai Ya Ephiel Chlorom, that bitch?” The Shadow Spider didn’t rush to attack. Her tone was confident, confirming Bai Ya’s identity. Now she intended to savor the cat-and-mouse game and torment Bai Ya thoroughly.
“Hey hey, is it really good for a loli to be so proud? Don’t keep saying ‘bitch’ so much! You damn loli!! Aaaah!!”
Before she finished shouting, Bai Ya’s legs moved first. As she dashed out of the dark alley, she saw a ground littered with mutilated corpses. Gritting her teeth, she shook her head and quickly scanned the surroundings. After locking onto a direction, she used a knifehand strike to sprint away with all her might.
The Shadow Spider slowly emerged from the alley. She glanced at the direction Bai Ya fled, then let out a few eerie chuckles. Her hollow purple eyes flickered with a trace of crimson light.
“Well then, let the hunt begin.”
The swirling black matter behind her suddenly stirred. Its volume shrank by about tenfold, and as if compensating for the loss, eight dense orbs of darkness appeared in the air.
These eight dark orbs simultaneously shot out tentacle-like structures forming a complex neural network extending four meters. Then, a flash of black light covered the network in jet-black chitin, as if layered with flesh and blood. The black limbs had two movable joints each, and their pointed tips resembled chain-linked spears. The eight black limbs arranged symmetrically—four on each side—evoked the image of a living creature.
A spider.
Still hovering with the aid of the dark matter, the Shadow Spider moved her small finger. Two black limbs pierced the ground and compressed downward fiercely. At the moment all force was released, like a tightly stretched bowstring snapping, she catapulted herself over ten meters into the air. From her high vantage, she easily caught sight of Bai Ya’s fleeing figure.
“You can’t escape, bitch!”
Landing, she once again used the compressed black limbs to spring forward at high speed. A single flick could launch her two or three hundred meters ahead. It was inevitable—she quickly caught up with Bai Ya.
…
As Bai Ya ran, she saw many dismembered bodies scattered across the streets. No doubt, the Ghost Loli was responsible.
After analyzing briefly, Bai Ya realized there was no chance in a direct fight. Such an abnormal monster was hard to injure with mortal means; a fight was hopeless.
“Slave girl…” Bai Ya sighed heavily. Her memory held the concept of a slave girl. The Ghost Loli came from herself, meaning she was a pursuer sent by the nobles. Given this, it made sense for the little girl with such terrifying and strange powers to be a slave girl.
Before facing the boss, she unfortunately attracted a hidden boss. This must be the current situation—terrible.
“I’m doomed, a slave girl turned human-shaped killing weapon for the state, combat power over ten thousand, right? Clearly, I’m a useless piece of trash with only five combat power, being bullied by such a monster. My situation really couldn’t be worse.”
Bai Ya thought she had run quite far. Now, she could only pray that the Shadow Spider’s mobility was slower than hers, a combat power-5 nobody. After all, the Shadow Spider was just a little girl—she shouldn’t be very fast…
Boom!!
A dark shadow fell from the sky. Was it a meteorite? In any case, it was heavy enough to create a four-meter-radius crater, shaking the ground violently enough to force Bai Ya to stop. When the dust settled, she clearly saw a twisted, terrifying face.
“Got you,” the Shadow Spider said with an eerie smile. The eight black chitin limbs behind her writhed like living creatures.
Bai Ya was stunned. After two or three seconds, she shook her head vigorously and slapped her face to stay alert. Taking a deep breath, her expression turned serious as if she had calmed herself.
Under the Shadow Spider’s gaze, Bai Ya bent down and picked up a small stone. She tossed it a few times in her hand before gripping it tightly. Slowly raising it behind her, she reached the limit of her motion, then instinctively assumed a pitching stance more professional than a pro pitcher. Her eyes were focused, making the Shadow Spider feel inexplicably puzzled.
If she looked closely, the Shadow Spider would notice Bai Ya held the stone between her index and middle fingers’ sides, though this detail didn’t trigger any further thoughts.
From the current situation, was this bitch really planning to throw a stone at her? How laughable.
With a cold sneer, the Shadow Spider watched as Bai Ya threw the stone.
Just as the Shadow Spider expected, Bai Ya was indeed trying to throw a stone at the Ghost Loli—an attempt to teach her a lesson. She was scared of herself!
“Is that your attack? Pathetic. Are you still a child?”
The black chitin limbs whipped like whips to strike the stone, intending to crush Bai Ya with ease, just like the stone.
The Shadow Spider’s dynamic vision caught the stone’s trajectory. If she didn’t intercept, the stone would fly past her head. Bai Ya couldn’t even aim properly—a foolish bitch indeed.
Suddenly feeling bored, the Shadow Spider decided to kill this bitch quickly and return to Prince’s side. After all, she was just a slave; the prince wouldn’t blame her.
“You think you can dodge my magic ball?”
Bai Ya maintained the downward clawing position of her index and middle fingers, revealing an excited smile that the Shadow Spider couldn’t understand.
The stone’s trajectory changed. It seemed to lose all forward momentum and plummeted rapidly!
Because of this change, the black limbs barely grazed the stone, and the expected crushing shattering did not occur.
“Why…?”
The Shadow Spider widened her eyes in disbelief, stunned and slow to react. By the time she activated her black limbs, the rapidly falling stone had already struck her forehead.
A trickle of blood seeped from the swollen spot. The Shadow Spider was dumbfounded. The black limbs halted simultaneously. Pain—she actually felt pain. Thinking carefully, how long had it been since she’d been injured?
“This is a forkball. I thought ‘magic ball’ sounded cool, so I practiced for a while. After throwing a forkball, the ball doesn’t spin and suddenly drops sharply due to gravity after flying a certain distance. Got it, idiot!”
After yelling “idiot” in frustration, Bai Ya didn’t hesitate to turn and flee. The Shadow Spider made no move. As the blood from her temple trickled past her nose to her mouth, she stuck out her little tongue to lick it. It tasted sweet.
Her lips curled into the widest, most twisted smile—a mad, ecstatic grin.
Interesting! So interesting! She would suck every drop of Bai Ya’s blood dry—no exception!