Blood dripping from her chin and trickled down her body as she took another lick at the corner of her lips. Another taste of blood and her gaze was only becoming more and more grim.
Thump... thump... thump...
The sound of steady heartbeats and the smell of her favorite drink running in their veins. Li Fei lips lifted up in a crazy way. The dark mist spiraled around her boisterously as if it was cheering with her as well.
One man, one woman. Another prey to hunt!
It was like a child being shoved with his or her favorite food, Li Fei quickly vanished from her spot and as fast as the wind, she appeared right in front of them. Without prior notice, the man was grabbed by the neck and Li Fei lifted him up. The woman was frozen on the spot looking at the scene. Her already pale face became even paler. Her limbs grew weak that she fell onto the ground.
Li Fei grinned looking at the man in her clutch. However, before she could snap his neck, a loud voice rang in her head.
"STOP!"
The dark mist shook and was forced away from Li Fei. Immediately, Li Fei let go of her hand and moved back a couple of steps while holding her head. The voice was like a hammer hitting on her head. She felt an electrifying pain scalding her brain and a constant drumming in her ears making her mind went numb. She dropped to her knees and fell into the state of delirious.
Her vision was blurred but she could still see the couple standing in front of her. They were doing something with their hands. Something suddenly pricked Li Fei's senses and unconsciously, she began to crawl towards the couple. Her eyes had slowly returned into ruthlessness.
At this time, the dark mist had rose up once again and surrounded Li Fei once more, encasing her inside a gigantic sphere. Sparks of golden thunder could be seen faintly trailing the surface of the sphere, though it had not yet shot out as powerful as before.
"Li Fei, wake up!"
The voice rang again in her head. The sphere trembled a little as the dark mist was being forced to disintegrate by a foreign presence. However, this time it maintained its position. Nevertheless, the owner of the voice didn't give up. He spoke again.
"Hey little cat, come on, you can fight this," he persuaded her in a gentle tone. Then, he spoke again trying to encourage her further. "My dear, you need to wake up now."
It was the voice of the demon. After all the fight, his voice could finally disrupt Li Fei's consciousness. He had been anxious for a while now. Being the minor soul was not helping at the time like this.
Li Fei felt extremely unpleasant. She was nauseous from the headache. Her vision was spinning. She had stopped crawling now. Instead, she supported her head while she curled her body on the ground. She buried her face between her knees. With her being out of control, the dark mist was slowly dissolving.
"Li Wei, look! The sphere was opening up," said the woman, Mei Lin, excitedly.
The man, Li Wei, nodded and he was preparing himself to enter the Magic Screen which Mei Lin had cast when Li Fei was in a delirious state. The demon had talked to them through telepathy using his spiritual power. When the sphere disappeared, either Li Wei or Mei Lin had to transfer their spiritual power into Li Fei's body and purify the dark energy which was consuming her soul.
.....
Inside the black sphere
'It's painful. It hurts...it hurts so bad.'
The demon heard Li Fei's thoughts. But, he had no way to soothe her pain. All he could do was comforted her through words, "I know it hurts, My Dear. But, you need to fight it. You can do this. You just have to slowly let go of the power."
However, suddenly, Li Fei's body convulsed into spasms and she began twitching profusely. Something had alerted her five senses and she screamed in rejection.
"No!! It hurts. Give it back! Give it back to me!"
The darkness returned and her mind became muddled again. The dark mist was called back and it built up its sphere anew. Golden lightnings were shooting out in random direction and the Magic Screen was instantly smashed into pieces.
"Shit!" The demon cursed out in frustration.
As soon as Li Fei opened her eyes, she had found her target and with godlike speed, she seized Li Wei's hand. She pulled him down and sat on top of his body. When Li Wei was focus again, Li Fei had already tightened her grip on his neck.
"No! Stop! Princess, stop!" Mei Lin was hysterical. She rushed forward and grabbed Li Fei's wrist. She tried to pull her hand away from Li Wei's neck. Mei Lin cried as she begged Li Fei to stop.
"Don't do this, Princess. You'll regret it. Please, your mother would have wished for you to fight this. You can-"
Before Mei Lin could finish her sentence, Li Fei had waved her other hand and the dark mist had slapped her away. Mei Lin's body fell hard to the ground that her breathing started to become disorganize. Blood trickled down from her lips.
Mei Lin gritted her teeth and with all the power she had left, she cast a spell at Li Fei. A seal was formed on the ground beneath Li Wei. It charged up as it shone in a blinding light. But before the holy light could blast Li Fei away, she was already alerted.
Li Fei let go of her grip and changed her target to Mei Lin. However, her focus was interrupted just now from Mei Lin's attack, so the demon managed to seize the chance and forced himself onto her soul.
As a result, Li Fei jolted back in shock and she tumbled down onto the ground. She grimaced in pain. Cold sweat rolled down her forehead profusely.
In the next second Li Fei opened her eyes, both of her eyes had turned into bloody red. Ignoring the aching all over his body, 'Li Fei' got up and crawled towards Li Wei.
"Quickly!" The demon ordered, "I will try to hold her soul down."
With a pale face, Li Wei dragged his body towards Li Fei and put his palm on her back. He began sending his spiritual power as he probed into Li Fei's soul to purify the dark energy. Mei Lin was in much worse condition than Li Wei, so it took her quite a while to drag her body towards Li Fei. But, she eventually arrived at Li Fei's side and joined Li Wei.
The demon kept Li Fei's soul in control during the process. Even if Li Fei struggled wildly, she was immediately held down by three people. Slowly, her soul was purified and she stopped fighting. Soon, she fell into a deep sleep.
The demon blacked out as well after losing half of the soul's consciousness. Li Fei's body dropped to the ground and peace returned to Crystal Forest.