"Boss! Where's Bone Girl?"
"She ran away! Towards Carp Street, hurry and chase!"
"We've been chasing for three blocks, she's really fast!"
"She's worth a million if she can run like this? Come on, chase! One million! We'll split it, 250,000 each!"
With that, Fang Qingmo took the lead, and Su Ying and the others quickly followed suit.
The four of them leaped and moved on the rooftops, disappearing in an instant.
Meanwhile, our protagonist, Ye Li, was playing a game.
At that moment, the phone rang.
"Hello! Is the delivery here?"
Ye Li lazily picked up his phone.
But he heard a voice of panic from the other end, "Sir! Your delivery was snatched by a ghost!"
"??"
Ye Li was confused. Seriously, these days ghosts are even stealing deliveries?
Immediately, Ye Li got angry. He may be lazy, but he's not indifferent to such a thing as having his delivery stolen by a ghost.
Ye Li quickly asked, "Where are you? I'll come right away!"
The delivery guy on the other end of the phone was stunned, then said, "Li Yu Street!"
"Carp Street, right! OK! I'm coming right away! Damn it, daring to snatch my delivery, this ghost is asking for trouble!"
With that, he hung up the phone, put on his clothes, and used his teleportation ability.
In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from the room.
Carp Street.
The night was cool, with a gentle breeze brushing past.
"Bone Girl! There's nowhere to run!"
Fang Qingmo shouted sternly, his long knife gleaming, as he swung it through the air, creating a burst of white light.
Bone Girl had a tall figure, dressed in a revealing shoulder-length dress, her red lips fiery and alluring.
However, at this moment, she appeared particularly flustered.
The white light blade came through the air, and Bone Girl stretched out four sharp bone frames from her back. She took out two of them and directly chopped towards the light blade.
Crack!
With a crisp sound, Bone Girl used the force of the impact to escape once again into the distance.
"Damn, she can really escape!" Fang Qingmo cursed.
"Captain, leave it to me!"
Chen Huoyang spoke from behind, extending his hand with a hint of fire appearing in it.
"Flame Cannon!"
A burst of orange flames shot out, incredibly fast, and the scorching aura tore through the void in an instant, heading straight for Bone Girl like a cannonball.
In this era of strange resurgence, humans could absorb spiritual energy from the air and convert it for their own use. They could also transform their spiritual energy into different attributes by practicing certain spells.
Chen Huoyang, for example, practiced a spell called Flame Art, which imbued his spiritual energy with the power of fire.
Of course, spiritual energy had many other uses, and it was up to the strange individuals to explore them on their own.
Boom!
The Flame Cannon was faster and more powerful than the earlier white light blade.
In an instant, the Flame Cannon struck Bone Girl.
However, Bone Girl was not to be underestimated. As a C-rank strange, she possessed considerable strength.
"Crossbone Prison!"
Bone Girl shouted, and countless white bones suddenly grew all over her body, extending and forming a circular prison that enclosed her inside.
Boom!
The two forces struggled for a moment, and the bone prison shattered with a loud crash.
Injured by the flames, Bone Girl let out a cry of pain, and her escape speed instantly slowed down.
"Huoyang, your spell is impressive!" Fang Qingmo exclaimed in admiration.
"Of course! That's why, Boss, you should also get yourself a spell. It would make it easier for us to eliminate the stranges in the future!" Chen Huoyang said confidently.
But a tinge of sadness flashed across Fang Qingmo's face, and he awkwardly smiled, "Maybe someday."
The other three remained silent. They all knew the Captain's situation. The medical expenses for his sister had depleted all of Fang Qingmo's savings, leaving him with no money to afford expensive spells.
The gloomy atmosphere quickly dissipated, and at this point, Bone Girl's speed had slowed down due to her injuries.
"Keep chasing! Once we catch Bone Girl, we'll have the money for Xiao Man's treatment," Su Ying comforted.
"Yes! Let's catch her quickly. She seems to be on the verge of collapse!" Fang Qingmo rallied, and the four of them increased their speed once again.
Meanwhile, Bone Girl continued her frantic escape.
She paid no attention to the rushing wind in her ears and frequently looked back.
Seeing the four individuals closing in on her, Bone Girl became increasingly panicked.
Just then, a voice full of anger rang out.
"So you stole my damn delivery?"
Bone Girl turned her head, but before she could clearly see what was in front of her, she felt a tremendous force, as if it could shatter every bone in her body.
Boom!
Bone Girl's body flew backward like a projectile, and the air even produced sonic booms.
"What the hell is that?"
Fang Qingmo and the others who were still chasing felt something quickly approaching them.
Startled, they quickly dodged aside.
Boom!
That object slammed heavily into the ground, causing the entire earth to sink, cracks spreading, and a large deep pit appearing on the ground.
"Oh my god! Is this for real?"
Fang Qingmo and the others focused their gaze and saw Bone Girl lying in the deep pit, looking disheveled and filled with pain, seemingly unable to get up.
"Who dares to steal my damn delivery? I've seen it all now," said Ye Li, stepping towards Bone Girl without paying any attention to the astonishing Dazzling Squad beside him. In his eyes, nothing was more important than his delivery.
Bone Girl looked at Ye Li approaching slowly, her face filled with fear. She wanted to escape but realized that her bones were already broken and she couldn't even stand up, let alone run for her life.
Frustrated with her revenge unfulfilled and her enemy still at large, she closed her eyes in despair.
"Hand over my delivery!" Ye Li shouted sternly at Bone Girl.
Bone Girl had already prepared herself for death, so she was completely bewildered by his words.
Delivery? What delivery?
She timidly spoke, "Sir, I am Bone Girl. I don't need to consume human food. Did you make a mistake?"
Looking at Bone Girl's innocent appearance, Ye Li was momentarily stunned. Could it be that he had misunderstood?
No, I absolutely cannot believe someone's words without verifying them. I'll find out whether it's true or false through a test.
Ye Li flipped through the Book of Soul Harvesting and quickly chose a spell.
He cast an illusion spell and slowly spoke, "Who are you? Did you take my delivery?"
Under the influence of the illusion spell, Bone Girl felt a wave of dizziness, and her mouth automatically began to speak.
"I am Bone Girl. In life, I was also a human, but I was violated by the villain Yang Qi. He imprisoned me in the basement, tormenting me day and night. In the end, I couldn't bear the humiliation, so I rammed my head into the wall and died."
"After death, as a vengeful spirit, I transformed into a strange creature to seek revenge against him."
"To eliminate me, Yang Qi issued a bounty of one million Huaxia coins. As a result, I have been hunted by the Strange Slayers all the way here. I did not steal your delivery, sir."
So that's how it is. After listening to Bone Girl's words, Ye Li finally understood. It seemed that she was also a pitiable person.
Sighing, he thought for a moment. Since he didn't have any grudges with her, he might as well let her go.
But where did his delivery go in the end?