Even hybrid monsters have their day

Chapter 140 Headless Ghost

"Why don't you go out and see what's going on? Maybe you can even stop a crime." If it weren't so dark and Geng Miaowan wasn't so focused on the flashlight, she would have noticed the mockery in Xu Ruwen's eyes.

However, after listening to his words, she felt that what he said made sense. This place was in the middle of nowhere, far from any village or town. If this person were to actually do something like highway robbery here, it would be perfect for him.

Thinking of this, she stood up and shouted at them sternly, "Hey, what are you doing?"

His expression and tone were so righteous and awe-inspiring.

Her shout worked, and the two people in the middle of the road reacted.

The person sitting on the ground heard Geng Miaowan's voice, and as if waking from a dream, let out an "Ah!" before trembling and backing away. After a few steps back, they tumbled and scrambled down the mountain, as if a man-eating tiger was chasing them.

The person who had been bending over heard the sound behind them, stood up, slowly turned around, saw Geng Miaowan standing by the grass, and waved to her.

Geng Miaowan's expression froze on her face, as if the temperature had suddenly dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius.

She reached out, pointed at the person, and muttered as she backed away, "He...he..."

The person wore a large, loose white jacket, making it impossible to tell if they were male or female. Although their greeting seemed friendly, why were their shoulders completely bare?!

Just then, the moon, which had been hiding behind the clouds all night, emerged. From her angle, the moon was positioned exactly where the person's head should have been. It looked like a plastic mannequin with a light shining on it, a rather comical sight.

However, he was a living, moving creature.

No, it doesn't look like a living thing. It looks more like...

Thinking of her suspicions, Geng Miaowan felt a nerve in her brain snap and tighten. Was she really that lucky to encounter such a "good thing" so soon after arriving?

For a moment, I forgot I was a guardian and instinctively tried to back away. But I was afraid that making too big a movement would startle the thing.

Just as she was wondering whether she should close the door and release Xiaobai, Xiaobai suddenly jumped out of the bushes on the other side and bit the headless man in white. She quickly took the opportunity to jump back to Xu Ruwen's side and said, "That was terrifying! We ran into a headless ghost as soon as we arrived."

After speaking, sensing the awkward atmosphere around her, she turned to look at Xu Ruwen. He was looking at her with a serious expression, but his eyes were full of undisguised amusement. She realized she'd been tricked. "You...you knew all along that it was a headless female ghost?"

"Hahaha..." Xu Ruwen finally burst out laughing; her expression just now was truly astonishing.

Actually, the headless ghost had a very strong yin aura, and she could have discovered it with just a little spiritual power. However, having lived as a human for twenty years, even now as a demon and a guardian, she still retained most of her human nature and wasn't used to examining things with her spiritual eyes first.

The headless ghost was clearly no match for Xiaobai. After a few exchanges, it was forced to retreat. Seeing that things were going badly, it vanished in a flash.

Just as Xiaobai was about to chase after them, Geng Miaowan stopped him.

"Forget it, Xiaobai. Don't chase after her!" With that, she came to the road and stood next to Xiaobai.

"Why didn't you let me chase after her? That brat, if I had just unleashed two more attacks, she would have obediently died," Little White said regretfully. Since going on missions with Geng Miaowan for so long, this was the first time it had encountered an opponent it could handle entirely. How could it not feel sorry for her?

"I think we might have come to the wrong place. We need to find someone to ask about the situation here before making any plans." Although she really wanted Xiaobai to get rid of that headless ghost, if they really had come to the wrong place, then she had to go back quickly, since the mission over there was still waiting for her.

Besides, although the headless ghost blocked that person for a long time, it didn't do anything to harm him.

"Huh? Wrong place?"

Geng Miaowan nodded, her gaze returning to the flashlight on the ground. She bent down to pick it up, but was startled by something next to the flashlight and jumped up.

She cried out "Ah!" and pulled her hand back, taking a big step backward.

Next to the flashlight, lying quietly, was a round... head... She grabbed Xu Ruwen's hand and said, "Look quickly, what's that?"

Xu Ruwen bent down, picked up the head, glanced at it, and handed it to her, saying, "Take a look for yourself."

Geng Miaowan quickly closed her eyes and darted back several steps, shouting, "I won't look, I won't look!"

Just a quick glance revealed a deathly pale face, wide-open eyes, and a gaping, blood-red mouth—it was truly terrifying.

"Alright, alright, with your cowardice, you dare to be a guardian?" He suddenly changed his tone and said to Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, I think you shouldn't expect her to find the Nuwa Stone for you. No chance, no chance."

"Who says I'm cowardly!" she retorted, but her eyes dared not look at the head in his hand.

"Go ahead and look if you dare," Xu Ruwen said, throwing the head he was holding into her arms without waiting for her to open her eyes. She screamed and fell to the ground, clutching the head.

Although she closed her eyes in time, she still caught a glimpse of something, and immediately sensed that something was amiss. So she opened her eyes again and looked more closely.

It turns out that this wasn't a head at all; it was just a peeled winter melon with some black yarn attached to the top. Needless to say, the eyes, nose, mouth, and everything else were all fake.

"Seriously, who would play such a prank, making something like this to scare people?" She threw the giant winter melon aside, bracing herself with her hands on the ground to calm herself down, but then felt something touch her. She picked it up and looked at it. "What's this?"

It was a piece of black cloth, which she examined inside and out.

It looked like a bag, with two holes on one side. She put her hand inside the bag, and her fingers came out through the holes. (To be continued.)