Mother and child

"Little... little boy! What... what nonsense are you talking about!" The woman's eyes darted around, her face filled with undisguised panic.

"There's no need to pretend anymore. How many people have you fed him? This heavy aura of evil can't be concealed no matter what." Ye Li covered his nose, his face filled with disgust.

"I... I... I didn't want this either! I didn't want it!"

"I can't help it! I really can't help it!" Tears began to well up in the woman's eyes, and in the next moment, she covered her face and wept, tears falling drop by drop.

"This is my child!"

"My child! I can't let him go hungry!"

Her voice hoarse, sorrow covering her face.

"Hehehehe!"

Just then, a horrifying laughter echoed.

"Mommy! My dear mommy! I'm hungry! I'm so hungry!" The eerie cries came from the woman's belly.

In the next moment, the woman held her abdomen in pain, weakly sitting on the ground.

"Child! Child! Endure a little longer! Just a little longer!"

She urgently cried out, fear unconcealed in her eyes.

"Mommy! I'm hungry! I'm hungry! I want to come out! Human flesh! Human flesh!"

The cries of the ghost baby became increasingly urgent, the voice growing sharper.

"Child! You..."

But in the next moment, the woman couldn't say another word.

Ye Li was shocked to find a pale green arm extending out from the woman's mouth.

What the hell! This is a major transformation scene!

Ye Li covered his mouth, almost spewing out his last night's dinner. This scene was too damn terrifying.

Even horror movies wouldn't dare to portray something like this!

"I'm coming out! Mommy!"

The ghost baby screamed, the sound piercing to the extreme, a wailing of ghosts and howling of wolves.

In the next moment, another pale green arm stretched out.

The two arms thrashed in the air, stretching the woman's mouth wider and wider.

The woman let out a suffocating scream, her hands flailing in pain.

But the ghost baby didn't stop, it continued to extend its hands, grabbing wildly.

In the next moment, an infant's head emerged.

Pale green skin, crimson eyes, teeth as sharp as blades, with a terrifying smile on its face.

"Hehehehe! Such delicious human flesh!"

The ghost baby writhed its body, trying to pull its entire body out of the woman's mouth.

Ye Li gasped in horror, it was too disgusting!

The thought of the ghost baby crawling up from the woman's belly made him want to vomit.

"Damn it, don't waste any more time, I'll help you!"

Ye Li reached out suddenly, grabbing the few strands of hair on the ghost baby's head, and pulled it out completely.

"Sssah! Squeak! Awoo!"

The ghost baby was held by Ye Li in his hand, its limbs flailing as it pounced towards him.

"What the hell! Get the fuck out of here!"

Ye Li threw the ghost baby away, his face filled with disgust.

Bang!

The ghost baby tumbled in the air, then suddenly grabbed the edge of the wall, stabilizing itself. Its four limbs propped up, resembling a wild beast. In the next second, its two pale green legs kicked off forcefully, shooting towards Ye Li like an arrow.

It extended its hands, with sharp nails gleaming on its fingertips, as if it wanted to nail them into Ye Li's neck and feast on his flesh and blood.

"Human flesh! Such sweet human flesh!" The ghost baby opened its mouth wide, its face filled with greed.

Ye Li lifted his leg and delivered a mid-air kick, sending the ghost baby flying out of the window.

But in the next moment, the ghost baby unexpectedly charged out from the wall behind him.

Its speed was astonishing, leaving Ye Li astonished.

"???"

Ye Li was surprised. Could this be its special ability?

Phase through walls?

But no matter how powerful the ghost baby was, it still meant nothing in front of Ye Li.

He reached out and grabbed the ghost baby's head with his hand.

"You can run, huh?" Ye Li cursed, then his figure flashed, appearing in the vast sky.

This was also a spell from the Complete Ghost-slaying Manual, the Art of Void Walking.

"I won't let you escape!"

Ye Li, like an arrow leaving the bow, dove towards the ground.

He fiercely slammed the ghost baby's head towards the ground, holding onto it tightly.

Whoosh!

A strong gust of wind rushed past his ears as the ghost baby looked down at the ground growing larger and larger below. It couldn't help but struggle desperately.

But no matter how strong it was, it was useless in front of Ye Li.

Boom!

Ye Li landed, smashing the ghost baby's head forcefully into the ground.

In an instant, a deep pit was formed, with countless cracks spreading in all directions.

Ye Li stood up, shaking the unconscious ghost baby in his hand.

Fainted?

He nodded satisfactorily, then his figure flashed and he appeared back in the room.

Ye Li's sudden appearance startled the woman.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Ye Li tossed the ghost baby in front of her like trash.

Looking at the unconscious ghost baby on the ground, a hint of hatred and sorrow flashed through the woman's eyes. She raised her numb face, her eyes lifeless, tears already frozen on her face.

Her gaze seemed distant, as if she was recalling something slowly as she spoke.

"This... is my child."

"Three years ago, I became pregnant with a child, and it was him. But he wasn't my husband's child, he was the result of my affair with someone else."

"After the child was born, my husband found out about this secret, so he cruelly strangled the child to death and threw his body in the wilderness."

"When it happened, I wanted to stop it, but the thought of my husband abandoning me and divorcing me made me lose the courage to intervene."

"I even thought that dying would be easier, that it would solve everything, and I could just have another child."

"We gradually forgot about this incident and continued living a mundane life, although I would never get pregnant again."

"Until three months ago, my belly started growing visibly larger every day."

"We were terrified and sought out doctors and priests, but nothing helped."

"Then one night, just like today, this child crawled out of my mouth, and we realized that I had been carrying a ghost baby."

"This child devoured my husband the moment it came out!"

"I remember that night vividly—the desperate screams of my husband and his horrifying laughter."

"I know this is retribution, retribution for our entire family! Three years ago, I witnessed death and did nothing to save this child from suffering!"

"And now, he has come for revenge! But this time, I can't stand idly by and let it happen again!"

"I made up my mind to help him!"

"So, afterward, I made excuses and took advantage of my pregnant identity to frequently enter other people's homes, allowing this child to feed without restraint."

"He grew bigger and bigger, with an increasing appetite. He went from consuming one person a week to now demanding a meal every three days!"

"I know what I did was wrong, but I had no choice! I had no choice! I didn't want this either!"

Ye Li looked at her expressionlessly.

This family had embraced the path of death, and they were all unforgivable sinners. The real victims were the ordinary families devoured by the ghost baby.

No matter how much pain and despair they displayed, it couldn't conceal their vile nature.

The twisted nature of humanity was fully revealed at this moment.

The ghost baby deserved to die, the woman deserved to die, and so did her husband.

And at that moment, the ghost baby suddenly opened its eyes. It had revived.