"Spirit Body?"

Hearing this unfamiliar term, Yun You was slightly taken aback, but still obediently stepped back, trying to avoid those persistent greyish-white figures.

"What exactly is a Spirit Body? It doesn't quite seem human?"

[Because these things indeed aren't human.]

Master Zero took a deep breath and explained rapidly.

[Spirit Bodies are actually remnants of a human soul, or you could say, projections of energy called souls... a recollection left in the material world after an individual's death. It can be explained in many ways, but it's essentially something like that.]

[You know, souls are real, and the power of you Apprentice Death Gods comes from souls, so it's not strange to have souls.]

[Normally, when a person experiences physiological death, their soul consciousness would also dissipate...but for those with strong consciousness, their souls can persist long after death, retaining in the world in the form of a "Soul Stone" or "Spirit Body."]

"I sort of understand now."

Yun You grumbled softly, frowning, "So essentially, they're mutated creatures with a human appearance, just slightly different from creatures with a material form."

[Uh, you could understand it that way.]

Master Zero agreed.

[In short, Spirit Bodies are no longer considered human beings, just a bunch of visible intangible beings.]

[But I'm very curious why Spirit Bodies appear in this inn, and such complete ones at that, they're quite rare.]

"I can't figure it out either."

Yun You nodded, while tilting her head to dodge the earnest charge of the receptionist girl.

"Moreover, Master Zero, you just mentioned that usually, only those with strong consciousness could leave behind a Spirit Body after passing away..."

"Does this receptionist sister seem that powerful? Why can she leave behind a Spirit Body?"

"Mind you, the only Spirit Body... or Soul Stone we saw before was burst from that Deductive Robot, a mutant creature, and even Yang Lie couldn't retain a Spirit Body!"

Saying so, the little girl swung another cut, slicing off the receptionist girl's Spirit Body head.

Yet, it was meaningless, as her head spun a few rounds in the air and then floated back to her body, wobbling a bit before gently stitching back together.

"Why does this girl get to form a Spirit Body?"

Yun You shook her slightly sore right hand, murmuring to herself.

[There's only one possibility left.]

Master Zero seemed to have thought of something, so he lowered his voice, sounding a bit grave.

[That is — this Spirit Body isn't an unowned entity, but is being controlled by someone.]

[Generally speaking, Spirit Bodies, while lacking pre-death cognitive abilities, normally wouldn't actively attack the living.]

[But this one not only launched an attack on you but also possesses some special ability to forcibly absorb your essence when it touches you... you felt it, right? It just touched you for half a second, yet drained quite a bit of your physical strength.]

Yun You nodded.

Indeed, the receptionist girl did draw away the valuable strength from her ear... to be more precise, it might have also involved spiritual power, as Yun You could distinctly feel a sense of tiredness on a conscious level now.

Although the amount it extracted wasn't substantial, nowhere near the depletion rate in normal combat, if prolonged, it would still cause irreversible damage to Yun You's body.

[This is most likely the ability of that Controller, because the Spirit Body itself doesn't have the power to draw the essence of the living.]

[While Spirit Bodies can be harmed, so far, Yun, you probably don't have any means to threaten the Spirit Body itself.]

[However, we have another method...]

Master Zero didn't leave her hanging, directly revealing the answer.

[Judging from the methods this Spirit Body has manifested, the power of the controller behind the scenes shouldn't be too strong, and the maximum control range of the Spirit Body wouldn't exceed 20 meters.]

[His true body is nearby!]

[So Yun, now, tear down this building! Clear out an open space so he can no longer hide and ambush!]

"That's what I intended to do."

Yun You nodded, her gaze sweeping around as her eyes gradually turned icy cold.

She generally disliked proactively causing trouble, but if the other party initiates, then they couldn't blame her for not playing by the rules of martial ethics!

Without a second thought, the little girl quickly jumped up the steps to the second floor of the inn, dashed into her rental room, and gathered her belongings in a few swift moves.

Immediately after, she summoned the Giant Claw form of Red Scale, aiming it at the main load-bearing wall of the entire homestay, and swung a heavy swipe.

"Super Heavy!"

She murmured —

Boom!

In an instant, the Red Scale Giant Claw roared, its weight suddenly swelling from several tons to the level of thousands of tons!

Yun You was dragged by the Giant Claw, crashing into the thick load-bearing wall, and the terrifying force instantly smashed the bricks and tiles, destroying the rebar and concrete structure!

Jinyu Homestay had four stories, with a structure considered fairly sturdy. If the thousand-ton weight was evenly distributed across the walls and floors, it could barely endure it.

But the contact area between the Red Scale Giant Claw and the load-bearing wall was less than a square meter, and the kinetic energy during the drop far exceeded that of a stationary object of the same weight...

Under such horrifying pressure, the inn's load-bearing wall collapsed, bringing down the entire homestay building along with it!

In just the blink of an eye, the building turned into ruins.

"Crash~!"

Yun You revoked the Super Heavy, pushing off the cement board overhead and crawled out from the debris.

Given her current physical strength, bearing a few thousand-pound brick fragments wouldn't pose too much of a problem.

And the receptionist girl's Spirit Body, logically, shouldn't be hurt either, as Spirit Bodies typically don't suffer physical damage.

Even the Red Scale Scimitar couldn't hurt it, so mere walls and concrete boards certainly shouldn't crush it.

But it wasn't the case.

At this moment, the Spirit Body panted heavily atop the rubble, its once translucent and shiny body now dimmed and frail, as if a gust of wind could disperse it.

After gasping for a while, it reluctantly lifted its head, casting a rather venomous glance at Yun You before turning into a streak of light, drifting towards the depths of the debris.

Simultaneously, a faint sound of brick tile falling occurred not far from Yun You.

It wasn't obvious, seemingly deliberately muffled, but could not escape Yun You's ears.

The little girl stowed away her weapon and silently approached the small corner where the sound came from. Coincidentally, it was also where the Spirit Body had drifted to.

Under a doorplate labeled "Room 2002," Yun You found the mastermind behind things — the Controller of the Spirit Body.

It was a disheveled middle-aged man, his frame slender, attire disordered, with half his body pinned under a slab, his face flushed red.

Yet the snake pupils with blackish whites in his eyes still emitted a chilling aura, fixedly staring at Yun You, filled with greed...and reluctance.

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