As he was dragged into the mirror, Yan Shouyi felt an indescribable strangeness.
It was as if his soul remained in his body, yet his body had already swapped left and right.
When he came to his senses, he, Xia Zhi, and Lin Zitong were still standing in the restroom, but the red-clothed vengeful spirit had vanished.
"Is everyone alright?" Yan Shouyi asked.
Both of them shook their heads.
Just as Yan Shouyi was about to raise his left hand, he abruptly discovered that he had raised his right hand!
He refused to believe it and tried to step forward with his right leg, only to stumble and fall to the ground!
His body… it had swapped left and right!
Lin Zitong and Xia Zhi didn't know what had happened and tried to help Yan Shouyi up, but like him, they stumbled and fell to the ground in disarray.
"What's going on… my body doesn't seem to be under my control!" Xia Zhi said in alarm.
"We're in the world inside the mirror!" Yan Shouyi said calmly. "Everything here is the opposite of reality. To raise your left hand, you must think of raising your right hand. To step forward with your right leg, you must think of stepping forward with your left leg!"
Stepping out of the mirror space, everything was so distorted and eerie. Even the words on the walls were all reversed. Big Wind Novel
It wasn't easy to adapt to this feeling. Yan Shouyi tried several times but couldn't get up.
Unexpectedly, the first person to adapt was Xia Zhi.
Although her movements were still clumsy, like a patient who had been bedridden for years and was getting up for the first time, Xia Zhi managed to stand up and walk to Yan Shouyi's side.
Following her, Lin Zitong also adapted. She stood up unsteadily and came to help Yan Shouyi.
"How did you two manage it?" Yan Shouyi was astonished. Did girls have an easier time controlling their bodies than boys?
"Perhaps we're smarter," Lin Zitong said with a smile.
Yan Shouyi sighed and continued to try to stand up.
Lin Zitong said directly, "Now that Officer Xia Zhi is fine, we should go back as soon as possible. Come, I'll help you!"
Lin Zitong supported Yan Shouyi and they went to the mirror. However, the mirror they had passed through now had a physical form, and the three of them could no longer go back.
Through the mirror, they could still see Xiao Xiaodao, who was huddled in a corner, trembling. Xiao Xiaodao should have been able to see them too, but he was so terrified that he was crying with his head in his hands and didn't dare to look up at them.
Helplessly, Yan Shouyi said, "It seems that to get out, we still need to find that red-clothed vengeful spirit."
When the red-clothed vengeful spirit died, it must have had a connection with the mirror, which allowed her to possess the ability to traverse between reality and the mirror world after death.
In the mirror world, Yan Shouyi's movement was already problematic. Facing the red-clothed vengeful spirit would undoubtedly be a fight to the death.
Even so, he had to face it, or he would eventually be trapped and die in this mirror world.
The three of them supported each other and walked out of the restroom like cripples.
"The red-clothed vengeful spirit just killed someone and is currently in a state of satiety. That's why she didn't attack us actively but wants to trap us in the mirror world as her food," Yan Shouyi said in a deep voice. "We must take the initiative and find that vengeful spirit!"
"But this is her territory. If she intends to hide from us, how can we possibly find her?" Lin Zitong was a bit impatient.
Yan Shouyi slowly reached into his satchel and took out the wooden bird Sanyuan.
Sanyuan, who hadn't breathed fresh air for a long time, flapped its wings and tilted its head, observing the surroundings.
Xia Zhi also recognized the wooden bird that had blocked bullets for her, and a hint of joy appeared in her eyes.
"Sanyuan, help us find the red-clothed vengeful spirit's location!" Yan Shouyi commanded.
Sanyuan immediately flew up, circled in the air for a while, and then flew straight in one direction!
Yan Shouyi said in a low voice, "The ghosts in Ping An Building have distinct levels and do not cross boundaries casually. Therefore, the red-clothed vengeful spirit's range of activity must be limited to the 34th floor. We can find her—but finding her is not difficult; the real difficulty is how to deal with her! I must adapt to the world inside the mirror as soon as possible. You two, let go, let me walk by myself!"
Hearing this, the two women let go. Yan Shouyi's eyes were firm, and he slowly shuffled forward.
Under the pressure of danger, Yan Shouyi seemed to have unleashed his potential. His steps grew faster and larger, and his movements became more agile.
After walking less than ten meters, his movements had already returned to normal, as if he had not been affected by the mirror world at all!
At this moment, Sanyuan flew to the outside of a room and kept pecking at the door with its beak.
Clearly, the red-clothed vengeful spirit was hiding inside!
Yan Shouyi gestured to the two women with his eyes, then took a deep breath, and kicked the door open with a forceful stomp!
BANG!!
"I possess a Zanpakuto, capable of overturning heaven and earth, severing mountains and rivers, and inverting Yin and Yang!"
The moment he rushed into the room, Yan Shouyi held a Taoist talisman, recited the incantation, and as the talisman burned, the Zanpakuto, which hadn't been used for a long time, appeared in his hand!
The black aura emanating from the Zanpakuto was thick with malevolent energy. As this blade emerged, the surroundings were immersed in blood energy, an effect achievable only through the erosion of countless drops of blood!
However, when Yan Shouyi stormed into the room, he suddenly froze.
Because it was a room filled with mirrors!
The four walls and the ceiling of the room were mirrors, and the floor was covered with countless mirrors, such as vanity mirrors, full-length mirrors, and half-length mirrors!
These mirrors dazzled Yan Shouyi, allowing him to see countless reflections of himself. He even turned around and didn't know where the entrance he had just broken through was.
Lin Zitong and Xia Zhi also followed him in. Instantly, there were countless figures in the room, and the three of them were plunged into confusion!
Suddenly, Yan Shouyi saw a ghostly figure float by on his side. He immediately drew his blade, but only managed to shatter a mirror.
Lin Zitong drew her coin sword and also began to attack the vengeful spirit, but not only did she not harm the female ghost in the slightest, she almost struck Yan Shouyi and Xia Zhi.
Laughter of the red-clothed vengeful spirit echoed all around, ethereal and impossible to pinpoint the direction from which it came.
"Don't be too smug!"
Yan Shouyi roared, then an idea struck him.
He held the Zanpakuto in front of him and chanted: "Heaven and Earth Xuanzong, Myriad Qi Root. Broad cultivation for eons, attain my divine powers. Within and beyond the Three Realms, only the Dao is supreme. Golden light appears swiftly, protecting my body!"
The Golden Light Mantra of Mount Longhu instantly enveloped the three of them!
Immediately, the second incantation sounded:
"Essence of Jiao and Ji, Jia and Yi divine spirits. Rise, stir, and move, summon clouds and thunder swiftly. All demons wandering and aware, dissolved by thunder. Heads severed a thousand times, forms cut ten thousand times. Those who follow me live, those who defy me fall. Violate my command, and be as against the Highest Purity. Hasten as the law commands!"
Palm Thunder!
Lightning flickered in Yan Shouyi's hand. Instead of blindly attacking the red-clothed vengeful spirit, he forcefully hurled the ball of lightning in his hand onto the ground!
BOOM!!
The Palm Thunder struck the ground, transforming into countless electric snakes that slithered across the floor of the room!
The mirrors around them, unable to withstand the power of the Palm Thunder, shattered simultaneously, their fragments scattering onto the ground!
And Yan Shouyi and the others, protected by the Golden Light Divine Mantra, were unaffected by the Palm Thunder and the broken mirror shards.
When the thunder subsided, there wasn't a single mirror left in the room!
Xia Zhi quickly turned on her flashlight to survey the surroundings. She saw that the red-clothed vengeful spirit was hanging upside down from the ceiling like a bat, looking somewhat bewildered.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Yan Shouyi leaped up, intending to strike the red-clothed vengeful spirit down.
However, the red-clothed vengeful spirit shattered on its own, falling from the ceiling and landing motionlessly on the ground.
What was going on?
Yan Shouyi was somewhat confused, but he cautiously approached.
Upon getting closer, he clearly saw that the female ghost carried the aura of a living person!
He quickly flipped the female ghost over. Although her hair was disheveled, he could still recognize her as Lily, Xiao Xiaodao's girlfriend, who had appeared in the live broadcast!
The next second, Yan Shouyi's expression changed dramatically:
"This is bad, the red-clothed vengeful spirit was merely possessing her just now. The real red-clothed vengeful spirit has already slipped away under the cover of opportunity!"