Two healing spells were cast on Hei Luoli, and her HP slowly began to recover.

I don't know if Hei Luoli learned skills like "Tenacity," but her previous low HP was truly surprising. With a total of over a thousand HP, having just a sliver left was quite mysterious. Even a light touch could potentially result in immediate death.

Moreover, there is no perfect resurrection technique in this world. If Hei Luoli really died, I could only revive her as a zombie or find a way to anchor her soul to a humanoid. And I don't have the latter technology; I would need to use "Soul Disturbance" to load her soul, and so on.

In any case, it's great that she didn't die.

Hei Luoli's HP had recovered more than half, so I took out a bottle of healing potion from the ring and handed it to Oyado.

"I don't know where she got injured. Please check her. If there are any wounds still bleeding, make her drink this. It can stop bleeding and restore her health."

Although my healing spells also have an effect on wound recovery, I have no way of confirming it.

I certainly can't undress Hei Luoli now to check, or Bai Yueguang would probably come and cut me.

"What about you, big brother?"

"I'll go check on Bai Yueguang..."

As I said this, I took out a large bunch of talismans from the ring.

"These things he gave me might come in handy for him."

"Then... big brother, please be careful. I'll take care of Hei Luoli sister."

"Okay."

Then I looked at Tusu, who was still in a daze next to us, and sighed helplessly.

"It seems like the value of your goods is extraordinary. I believe you'll have a chance to explain to us later, right?"

There was no response from the other side, so I shook my head and activated Shadow Stealth, quickly heading towards the direction we came from.

Soon, I traversed through the dark forest under the moonlight, but the closer I got to the previous location, the more terrifying it became.

Even someone like me, who relied completely on the system for combat, could feel the killing intent coming from ahead, accompanied by the scent of blood, filling the entire forest.

Furthermore, the closer I got, the more I noticed that the surrounding plants seemed to have twisted. All the trees had turned into black, twisted trunks with no leaves.

It looked just like a forest in a dark fairytale.

Has even the forest been contaminated by Bai Yueguang's malicious aura? What exactly is this guy...

"Are you kidding me?"

Suddenly, Blood Moon at my waist made a sound. This was the first time it had made a sound since I took control of it. I thought it had completely disappeared.

"Oh, it seems like you know something."

"Don't be fooled by his easy-going appearance. The blood inside him has true ghost lineage. The shrine maiden handed me and Bai Yueguang over to him to suppress the ghost within him from two aspects – Bai Yueguang to restrict his berserk state and me to suppress his awakening. But now, he handed me over to you, and Bai Yueguang's "White Moon" was also destroyed the last time, although it was reconstructed from fragments, it has lost its effectiveness in sealing him. So whenever he experiences a stimulus, he will awaken and turn into a ghost."

"A ghost... is there a way to control him?"

"It all depends on him."

"Anyway, thanks for the explanation. We'll see for ourselves."

After speaking, I found myself at the edge of the forest where the carriage had been.

I gently landed on a nearby tree branch and looked out through the crack. The scene outside...I really don't want to describe it.

Limbs and severed arms, blood everywhere - that was to be expected. But the way it seemed as if someone had been sliced into pieces, like a duck, well, that was just eerie.

"Ah, ah, ah, don't come any closer!"

In the distance, Bai Yueguang, surrounded by black smoke, was face to face with a mercenary, slowly walking towards him.

The mercenary was terrified, constantly retreating, but his feet almost stumbled multiple times.

Bai Yueguang walked silently towards him, his knife swirling in the air before he finally sheathed the improved version of the White Moon.

As Bai Yueguang turned and walked away, the relieved mercenary lowered the weapon against his chest.

But...

Once he let it go, he heard a thud as something fell to the ground. He looked down and saw that it was his own arm!

And that was the last scene he laid eyes on, as his body became fragmented and fell to the ground piece by piece!

Oh my god, this is too horrifying, isn't it? What kind of skill does this guy have? This sudden and unexpected way of killing, you could even say it's ghostly!

And just at that moment, I heard a muffled sound and turned to see Bai Yueguang collapse to the ground!

"Huh? That guy...seems to have good luck. Well, I can finally get some rest."

Blood Moon in my hand said this and then fell silent.

At the same time, a notification popped up.

Mission Complete

Save Hei Luoli

Obtain secret skill: ultimate·arc shot·frost sky

Obtain quest prompt: investigate the carriage

...Dear World, you seem to be quite idle lately.

But if the skill received is ultimate, it should be a combination of archery and ice magic, right? I don't recall any skills in the book that mix magic and archery.

Oh well, I'll think about it later.

For now, I should go check on Bai Yueguang's condition, and also...

I silently looked towards the carriage.

What exactly is inside there?