When its hand touched Adanis’s neck, the ferocious smile could no longer be hidden. The nails suddenly grew long and sharp, straight into her neck, grabbing the inner spine, and with a harsh twist, Adanis’s head fell, landing in the red wax...
Slurp, slurp. Watching the headless body also fall, the strange eerie laughter grew even more delighted.
However, its triumphant laughter did not last long before it abruptly halted.
Because, a perfectly intact Adanis, had unknowingly once again stood right in front of it. And the corpse whose head it had twisted off had now turned into a pile of shattered mirror fragments.
"This is the 994th mirror you’ve smashed. I said before, when you smash up to a thousand mirrors, I will exile you to the Sea of Void Mirror. If you cannot be used by me, then become a piece of dust in the Sea of Void Mirror." Adanis said indifferently.
An unskinned infant, entirely crimson, fell from the sky.
Fiddling with the shattered mirror fragments on the ground, seemingly searching for a connection between the mirror and Adanis. As for Adanis’s words, it seemed utterly indifferent.
Adanis looked at the ’strange infant spirit’ that ignored her, with a slight hint of displeasure in her heart.
Yet soon, she suppressed her emotions. This infant spirit’s origins were peculiar, and its abilities were more mysterious. If her true body wasn’t hidden within the mirror, and this place wasn’t a mirrored cage within the Mirror World, this infant spirit might already have its way.
This infant spirit descended suddenly several years ago on the Long Gallery. - The Long Gallery is the hallway outside Qingkong Poetry Room.
When it descended, its head was wrapped in silk ribbons, and it held a swaying red flower in its hand, dressed very oddly.
However, many undead are dressed strangely, so it’s possible that infant spirits have unusual outfits too.
Initially, Adanis merely regarded it as an ordinary infant spirit, thinking it fell from the Quest World. But once several consecutive mirrors were shattered by it, Adanis immediately realized this infant spirit was not as ordinary as it appeared.
Adanis couldn’t catch it, but the more mysterious Olao could.
With Olao’s help, Adanis trapped the infant spirit in the Mirror World’s cage.
Infant spirits are common undead, but a peculiar, imposing infant spirit like this is rare. And infant spirits, due to their innate pursuit of motherly devotion, once recognized, if treated properly, and fed in a timely manner, can become quite loyal.
Therefore, rather than destroy the infant spirit, what she desires more is to gain the infant spirit’s loyalty.
Thus, she returned again and again, mirroring each time, but ended up retreating defeated each time.
Initially, retreating wasn’t frustrating for Adanis; instead, her desire to conquer grew.
Because she discovered another unique aspect of this infant spirit: it is an intelligent spirit.
The minds of undead are chaotic, and even if a few memories from life occasionally pop up in their minds, it’s merely soul and consciousness inertia, hardly intelligent.
But this infant spirit is different; it does many things only intelligent life can do.
For example, weaving.
Like today’s ceiling, that spider-web chandelier woven from the silk that once wrapped around its head.
Also, making candles.
Adanis was hardly inclined to make red candles for an infant spirit; those candles were all made by the infant spirit itself. How it was accomplished, Adanis once spied the truth.
Essentially, it’s from the swaying red flower held by the infant spirit, from which fragrant viscous liquid constantly drips, shaped by the infant spirit into the current candle.
These skills are surely beyond an infant spirit, even undead rarely manage such.
From several signs, this infant spirit is intelligent. Moreover, judging by some positive feedback on the details, it seems to understand human speech.
This made Adanis desire it even more.
This is more suitable for battle than You Nu. Additionally, You Nu is bogged down by his avatar and child, but it is alone, a most superior pawn and weapon for Adanis.
Yet such an infant spirit completely disregards Adanis when facing her. So far, it hasn’t shown a shred of emotion.
Over time, no matter how enthusiastic, the passion will be doused by cold water.
Adanis is not a patient person, and being so tolerant of an infant spirit with a hostile attitude is already exceptional. But exceptions also face the moment their resolve is worn down.
She didn’t know how many methods she used, how many attempts she made to persuade, but ultimately never managed to instill even a hint of belonging in the infant spirit. Now she was already weary, thus she set up a thousand mirrors agreement.
Now, the number of mirrors smashed by the infant spirit is less than two digits from a thousand.
Once it reaches a thousand, Adanis will certainly act according to her words, exiling it to the Sea of Void Mirror.
"I know you understand my words." Adanis said to the infant spirit inspecting the mirrors on the ground: "Whether you want to surrender to me was yesterday’s topic; today, I’m not here to talk about that."
The infant spirit ignored Adanis, but she continued:
"Your greatest desire is freedom, right? I can give you a chance. If you achieve it, I will let you free."
Adanis finished speaking and waited in silence.
One minute, two minutes... Until five minutes later, the infant spirit finally turned its head to look at Adanis.
The infant spirit did not speak, but through its eerie gaze, an expression that Adanis understood was conveyed—
The infant spirit was asking with its eyes what it should do?
Adanis: "It’s simple. I will place you in the Long Gallery, and you just need to wait there. As long as any life approaches, kill them, grind them to dust, that is your task."
Upon hearing it was about killing, the infant spirit’s lip curl grew bigger, its eyes inadvertently tinged with crimson.
Slurp, slurp... An eerie disappearance, complementing the infant spirit’s rampant and ferocious expression.
Adanis knew this time would succeed.
But using the infant spirit as a card, there are many variables, Adanis still lacked trust in this mysterious undead. An unforeseen mistake might result in backfire.
For absolute certainty, she must make more preparations.