Chapter 529 - Possession (2/2)

Even Lonemoon was shocked. Since when did Mushroom become possessed? They did not notice any signs of possession on Mushroom’s body before.

“She’s Zhi Lin. Where’s Mushroom?” Fatty asked, confused. He was the one who healed Mushroom before, but he had not noticed that anything was different.

Zhi Lin panicked. She turned around to fly away, but Shen Ying let go of Mushroom’s body and grabbed the translucent body instead, using the same hand at that. “You’re still not going to talk?”

Shen Ying tightened her grip. The soul in her hand began showing signs of cracking.

“Ah…” Zhi Ling felt a sharp pain shooting throughout her body. She let out a piercing wail, “No, no… It’s been eaten by evil ghosts… I didn’t kill her! Don’t kill me…”

“No!” Jian Xing shouted. “She didn’t do that on purpose. Please don’t hurt her!”

Lonemoon’s expression darkened. He turned to face Jian Xing. “You knew about this from the beginning!”

“I…” Jian Xing’s face drained of color. A moment later, he said in a low voice, “That day, the evil ghosts caught them both at the same time. By the time I arrived, Mushroom’s soul had been devoured.” He raised his head to glance at Zhi Lin’s soul, which was still being held onto by Shen Ying. He continued, “I saved Little Lin’s soul and realized that her body had also been devoured. All I could do was lead her soul into Mushroom’s body.”

He struggled to get on his knees. Facing Lonemoon, he said, “Master, your disciple did this in a moment of desperation to save a life. I was afraid… you would develop a misunderstanding toward Zhi Lin. That’s why I didn’t say anything. Please forgive me, Master.”

Lonemoon frowned. Possession was no small matter, but given the circumstances he found himself in, he really had no other choice but to possess Mushroom’s body. Otherwise, Jian Xing might not have been able to save either one of them. Even Lonemoon did not dare say that he did the wrong thing.

However…

“Is that so?” Shen Ying suddenly said, her gaze cool. “Is Mushroom really dead?”

All of them paused. What did she mean?

Shen Ying suddenly raised her other hand and reached out toward Zhi Lin’s forehead.

“What are you doing? Stop it!” Zhi Lin screamed. She struggled, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not escape from Shen Ying’s grip. The next moment, a piercing pain shot through her body – even more tortuous than the attack before. Earlier, she felt her soul cracking apart, but this time, it felt like someone was ripping her into pieces.

Shen Ying was indeed tearing her soul into pieces. She grabbed one side of Zhi Lin’s soul in each hand and tore it.

“Ah… Save me, save me… Brother!”

“Little Lin!” Jian Xing tried his best to get up and run toward them, but he had no energy to even get to his feet. All he could do was watch as Shen Ying ruthlessly tore Zhi Lin’s soul into pieces.

The translucent body was becoming more and more see-through by the second. There were now two souls. One half looked like Zhi Lin, but the other…

“Mushroom!” Fatty shouted.

Everyone present, including Jian Xing, looked on in disbelief. How could this be? Why was Mushroom’s soul connected to Zhi Lin?

Fatty stepped forward and took hold of the almost transparent soul in Shen Ying’s right hand. He called out, but there was no response. “How did this happen?”

“She lost her primary soul. This is only a part of her soul,” Lonemoon explained. He figured it out with just one look at Mushroom’s soul. A soul without the primary soul had no sentience. That was why Zhi Lin’s portion of the soul was not reacting.