Having played enough, Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow slowly walked over to check on the new toy.
Zhong Xiwang at this moment could not be described simply as disheveled.
Her pristine dress was stained with filth, her face covered in tears, and her hair clung messily to her cheeks. Only her moist eyes remained, glaring at him brightly.
Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow lowered his head, quietly examining those beautiful peach-blossom eyes.
Would they still be this pretty if dug out?
Thinking this, Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow took a few steps closer. Ignoring the tentacle still clenched in her mouth, he reached out toward Zhong Xiwang’s face.
The moment he drew near, Zhong Xiwang suddenly spat out his tentacle and grabbed his hand.
“Blech!”
“Hahahaha!”
Staring at the warm, gooey mess in his palm, Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow froze, then dumbly looked at Zhong Xiwang.
Zhong Xiwang, having succeeded in her revenge, laughed wildly and unrestrainedly, showing no trace of her earlier half-dead state.
Though she didn’t know why this strange creature hadn’t killed her, since he dared to disgust her, she would find a way to disgust him back.
Though it was somewhat unbearable to watch, Zhong Xiwang had to admit she felt great satisfaction inside.
Seeing Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow still standing there dumbfounded, Zhong Xiwang suppressed her nausea, stood up, and cautiously began to run.
There was no movement behind her. Looking back, she saw the guy standing like a tree stump, still holding out that hand, not chasing her.
Probably petrified by her disgusting act too.
Zhong Xiwang thought happily, her feet never stopping as she ran toward the edge of the forest.
Having learned from her previous experience, she followed the same direction as last time.
Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow stood dazed for a while, as if only just realizing the toy had run away. Holding up that hand, he hurriedly chased after Zhong Xiwang’s direction.
He didn’t know what the thing in his hand was, so he pressed his fingers together and held it up in front of him, careful not to spill it, moving cautiously but quickly as he pursued Zhong Xiwang.
As Zhong Xiwang ran, she finally heard movement behind her. Swinging her arms, she adopted the posture of a middle school track meet’s 100-meter dash, frantically pumping her legs.
But her short limbs were no match for Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow’s long arms and legs. He quickly caught up.
Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow didn’t grab her, though. Instead, he ran alongside her, mimicking her arm-swinging motion.
In his other hand, he still held her…
Zhong Xiwang spat at him, once again uttering elegant words of greeting.
“You’re insane!”
Zhong Xiwang gasped for breath, her pace slowing more and more.
Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow simply strode alongside her with his long legs, holding the thing in his hand toward her, tilting his head to watch her.
“Go to hell!”
Zhong Xiwang stopped running, standing in place and looking up to curse this insane Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow.
Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow remained silent, just watching Zhong Xiwang’s rapidly moving, slightly pale lips.
Then, amid her stream of curses, Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow poured the contents of his hand onto Zhong Xiwang’s mouth.
“Ah!!”
Zhong Xiwang, too engrossed in her cursing, failed to dodge in time. Instantly disgusted, she let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Reaping what she had sown, Zhong Xiwang cared about nothing else. She turned and frantically searched for water, holding her breath and hopping anxiously on the spot.
Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow, watching the little toy hopping around, thought she wanted to play the earlier game again. His tentacle coiled around the water-seeking Zhong Xiwang and lifted her up once more.
“Ahhh! Let me go! Let me go!”
Zhong Xiwang cried. Yes, she really cried.
She was disgusted to tears by her own “biochemical weapon.”
This completely drained all her temper.
Hearing Zhong Xiwang’s cries and matching them with the cries of children in his memory, he immediately realized she didn’t like this game.
After landing, Zhong Xiwang said nothing more and plunged directly into a small pond in the forest, frantically washing off the filth on her body.
While she was fully focused on cleaning herself, several ripples appeared on the water surface behind her, slowly moving closer.
Zhong Xiwang hadn’t yet sensed anything wrong until something suddenly bit her arm. An intense pain instantly struck, making her let out a scream.
Zhong Xiwang looked down, and her face instantly turned pale.
A python with wavy patterns was hidden in the water. Its fist-sized head tightly clamped onto her arm, its black eyes coldly staring at her, making her heart skip a beat.
Then, Zhong Xiwang felt her body being wrapped by the cold python. Soon, she began to feel her blood flowing backward and had difficulty breathing.
As her vision gradually darkened, Zhong Xiwang saw the pale head of Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow appear in her sight.
After a few crisp cracking sounds, the immense constricting force on her body slowly loosened.
Blood began to flow through her body again, but Zhong Xiwang could no longer stand steadily. With blurred vision, she fell backward into the pond.
Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow glanced at Zhong Xiwang’s location, then focused on the python in his hand, whose skull he had crushed.
He noticed that, due to death, the python’s pitch-black eyes gradually dilated and turned pale.
He casually coiled the python’s body into a pile and brought it to the large mouth on his abdomen.
At the same time, the Tentacles behind him began to fish the unconscious Zhong Xiwang out of the water.
If this guy had finished eating before fishing her out, the entire book would have ended with the female lead’s death.
But it was almost the same now.
After finishing the crispy python, Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow saw that Zhong Xiwang was completely unconscious.
The Tentacles wrapped around her and shook her first.
Seeing she still showed no reaction, Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow suddenly felt a sense of regret and loss.
He hung his head, feeling dejected, and lifted Zhong Xiwang to the large mouth on his abdomen.
Smelling the scent of blood on her arm, a long, barbed tongue extended from the blood-filled mouth full of sharp teeth. It licked up Zhong Xiwang’s bright red blood and smacked its lips as if savoring the taste.
Seeming to find the flavor pleasing, Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow directly brought the spot where Zhong Xiwang had been bitten by the python to his mouth and greedily began to suck her blood.
With her waist restrained, Zhong Xiwang’s entire body arched backward.
Suddenly, she coughed and spat out the water she had choked on.
As if sensing something strange on her arm, she slowly turned her head and groggily opened her eyes.
She saw that terrifying, spine-chilling mouth pressed against her arm. Sensing her gaze, the mouth opened, revealing blood-stained fangs.
“Ah!”
Suddenly seeing this ferocious, horrifying mouth up close, Zhong Xiwang panicked and began to struggle.
Seeing her “alive” again, Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow stopped sucking her blood. The large mouth on his abdomen closed, leaving no visible trace.
But Zhong Xiwang’s mind was filled with the image of that mouth, and she frantically resisted Tall and Thin Ghostly Shadow’s touch.