What do you mean you also want to return to the world?

Shi Yan's escape was so decisive that not only the robbers, but even his fingers didn't have time to react.

"You're running away already?"

"What are we waiting for if we don't run?" Shi Yan mentally echoed, pointing to his fingers. "To wait to die?"

The robbers behind him reacted quickly and roared, "Hey kid, stop right there... Ah!"

The roar abruptly ceased, replaced by a heart-wrenching scream. This was followed by intermittent gunshots and the chilling sound of flesh being slicing through.

Shi Yan didn't need to look back to know that the thing had definitely come back to life, so he increased the force of his legs. It has to be said that the body of an 18-year-old is really good. With a strong will to survive, Shi Yan felt that he could catch up with Bolt. In the blink of an eye, he ran several hundred meters, as if he could escape to safety in the next second.

But the finger clearly didn't see it that way. It said, "You're wasting your time. It's already seen you; you can't escape its sight."

"So what?" Shi Yan still answered in his mind, "I'll just run faster."

"It's not a matter of speed or not. Never mind, you'll find out soon enough."

"No way, at a time like this, can you stop being such a riddle-maker?!" Shi Yan roared in his mind. "What exactly is that thing, and what are you?"

"What do you mean by 'thing'? You have no manners at all." The finger replied unhappily, "You know, I used to be... never mind, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. Like I said before, it and I are both creatures from ancient times. But not from the same era, at least I never heard of it when I was alive. But after death, we were put into the same body, the one in the coffin, you called him Prince Jing of Dongshan."

"Why are you all crowding into one body?"

"What do you mean by us merging into one body? It's because that Prince Jing of Dongshan found our body parts somewhere," Finger said. "He also wanted our power, but he was too greedy. He actually connected the two of us together, hoping to gain our power simultaneously. Of course, I'm actually alright, but it's mainly that ferocious dragon. You saw it yourself; that's not a power that mortals can control. As soon as it entered Prince Jing of Dongshan's body, it went on a rampage, trying to completely annihilate Prince Jing of Dongshan's soul and use its body to complete its rebirth."

"Like that robber from earlier?"

"No, of course not. Not all human bodies can be used for rebirth; only a very few can, such as Prince Jing of Dongshan back then, and you now."

Shi Yan was taken aback: "There's such a thing? That's why it's targeting me?"

"That's right. Just like they targeted Prince Jing of Zhongshan back then, they've targeted you." The finger said, "Once it enters your body, you won't be able to resist."

Isn't this a case of being possessed?

Shi Yan ran even faster.

"So what did Prince Jing of Dongshan do back then?"

"Use my power to fight it," the finger said. "Prince Jing of Dongshan found the ferocious dragon first, then found me, and asked me for help."

"So, did you succeed?"

"Halfway there," the finger said casually. "We did prevent it from returning to the world."

"Doesn't that mean we've succeeded?"

"But Prince Jing of Dongshan is dead."

Shi Yan: "..."

No, calling it a success when the person is dead? You're so unreliable!

Just then, a figure finally appeared on the empty national highway. Shi Yan thought the police had finally arrived and was about to shout for help, but he quickly realized something was wrong. Next to the standing figure were corpses scattered on the ground and an overturned, burning armored truck.

Isn't that the monster? How did it get in front of me?

Or did he run back on his own?

Shi Yan made a decisive move and turned to run again. But the result was the same: no matter which direction he ran or how long he ran, the end was always that golden eye stained with blood.

At this moment, Shi Yan finally understood what the finger meant by saying "You can't escape his sight" earlier.

So this wasn't just a symbolic meaning; it meant there was no escaping it!

"I told you so, it's already seen you," the finger said. "Once it sees you, you can't escape. That's its power."

Hearing what his fingers said, Shi Yan decided not to waste his energy. Supporting his trembling legs, he asked, "Then what should I do?"

"There's only one way: kill him, with my power."

"Are you sending me and it away together too?" Shi Yan's lips twitched slightly. "Like Prince Jing of Dongshan?"

"No, no, no, you're not at that level yet. After all, it's not inside your body," the finger said. "Just use my power to destroy its physical form."

"I still don't quite understand..."

"No need to be so clear, leave it to me." His fingers straightened again, staring intently at Shi Yan. "Next, I'm going to penetrate your body further. Just don't resist!"

"Go deeper into my body, don't resist..." That's too lewd!

However, this kind of operation didn't seem unfamiliar to Shi Yan, who had been immersed in Qidian in his previous life—it was Yao Lao, after all.

From this perspective, the monster over there is the Two-Faced Sukuna, while the one on my side is the Medicine Master. I just need to confidently hand over my body and let the Medicine Master fight the Sukuna.

But... Shi Yan felt that something was not right.

Just then, the monster suddenly sprang up and arrived in front of Shi Yan almost instantly. The overwhelming killing intent almost made Shi Yan's heart and lungs stop functioning.

"Give me your body right now!"

The sound of fingers clicking once again exploded in Shi Yan's mind like thunder.

With things having come to this point, Shi Yan had no choice but to completely empty his body as his fingers had suggested. Almost simultaneously, a force surged from the middle finger of his left hand, spreading throughout his entire body in an instant.

Then, Shi Yan heard a soft laugh that was completely out of character with a hint of chilling malice.

"whee."

……

In reality, Shi Yan, who was still in a state of panic just a moment ago, seemed to be instantly replaced by some invisible force. His originally handsome face blossomed with a smile that was both extremely crazy and strangely charming.

With a "whoosh," he dodged the monster's attack in an extremely bizarre posture, and then grabbed the monster's wrist with a backhand snap.

"You're too late." Shi Yan leaned down slightly and whispered in the monster's ear, "This body is mine now."

With that, he exerted only a little force, and half of the monster's arm was torn off.

The monster immediately attacked with its other hand, but he easily dodged it.

"Give up. Our bodies aren't even in the same league," he said with a grin. "You couldn't beat me to begin with, and now your physical body is inferior. What's the point of struggling?"

The monster remained silent, but did not pursue or attack. It simply stared intently at Shi Yan with its golden eye.

Gradually, the space around Shiyan began to blur, like a 4K video suddenly dropping to 480P.

But Shi Yan was not in a hurry at all. He simply raised his left hand leisurely and then snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the surrounding world became vivid again. The monster's body was completely engulfed by dark red flames, bewitching and blazing, like solidified blood burning fiercely.

The monster was powerless against the flames and collapsed to the ground. Shi Yan then slowly walked forward and looked down at it from above.

"Actually, I could have just given up on you. This body can't support your power at all. You can't cause any more trouble now, but..."

Shi Yan raised his hand and reached for the monster's eye socket. The monster tried to retreat quickly, but it couldn't avoid being caught by Shi Yan, who then forcibly ripped out its eyes.

"Ahhhhh!"

The moment the eyes left its body, the monster, or rather the second bandit, let out a piercing scream, but it didn't last long before it was instantly burned to ashes by the blood-red flames.

Shi Yan then raised the pupil, her smile both alluring and manic.

"How long have we fought for a chance to return to the world? A thousand years or two thousand years?" He gently rubbed his pupils with his own fingers, a gesture as tender as if he were treating a lover. "Fortunately, now, there is finally a result."

He stretched out his arms and placed them in the sunlight, as if he were taking a selfie and showing off his body.

"Do you see this new body? It's so beautiful, so vibrant, even more perfect than the original Prince Jing of Dongshan. The moment I entered, I knew I could use it to return to the world."

"You must have felt it too, right?"

"Unfortunately, I was still one step ahead."

"I'm going back to the human world. As for you..." Shi Yan's smile grew even brighter, and at the same time, he slowly exerted force with two fingers, "Farewell."

With a "snap".

His eyeball was crushed, and blood rained down on his face, but he didn't flinch. Instead, he raised his head high and greedily inhaled the blood.

"Is this what it feels like to be alive? It feels so good," he murmured. "But it's not entirely mine yet."

"But it will be soon."

After he finished speaking, he closed his eyes, and after a while, he suddenly opened them again.

Shi Yan gagged, knelt down on the ground, and gasped for breath.

"How was it?" The voice of the fingers echoed in his mind again. "I told you to leave it to me, there won't be any problems. Ah, you're so lucky to have met me. Nobody's after your body now..."

"Isn't it you I still have?"

"...What?" Her fingers paused, then paused. "Who told you that?"

"Didn't you say that yourself?" Shi Yan wiped the blood from his face. "Didn't you say you wanted to use my body to resurrect?"

After a brief silence, there was a "click".

Shi Yan saw his left middle finger make a 180-degree turn and stare blankly at him, accompanied by extreme shock—

"You heard everything?!"