Murim Recurve

'Is this girl for real? No, it seems she has been influenced to behave this way by the Blinded Ghost. Otherwise, the consistency in her behaviour looks odd as she seems to be protecting her Tikka jewellery more than her own life.' Re'Kha frowned, increasing the range of her Water Qi Essence with a touch, standing still for a breath as the Water Qi spread throughout the place.

It wasn't completely clear beyond an arm's length from her, since the Fire Qi—due to the season—condensed into the objects blocked the Water Qi. But, with every passing breath, the range she could perceive clearly in the area increased as the Water Qi Essence continued to emit Water Qi.

When the girl's father rushed at her with a metal rod, Re'Kha ducked, lightly kicking his leg to tumble him to the ground. She then evaded the lunge of another man, grabbing hold of his weapon to hit the weapon of another, sending it flying away.

She ducked, avoiding the grasp of a rather bulky man before leaping forth, sliding on the ground as she arrived before the girl, punching her in the stomach, knocking her out. She tried to remove the girl's Tikka jewellery but it didn't budge.

Just when she was about to damage its gem, the girl's father kicked her from behind, sending her skidding on the ground when a couple of people ganged up on her, lashing out with punches and kicks.

"Idiots!" She screamed, lashing out with a Palm Projection, sending two people flying away while they coughed out blood. She then punched the chin of another, knocking him out while kicking the face of the final man.

Grunting, she stabilised herself, picking up her needle-shaped Magic Artifact as she closed in on the girl, noticing the girl's father shout while protecting her, "Why are you trying to harm my daughter? Why? What did she ever do to you?"

"Her Tikka jewellery is a Sha's shell. That's my target. I'm not aiming for her." Re'Kha replied; her tone turned colder as she said, "If you delay it any longer, people will continue to lose their eyesight. And, you'll be held responsible."

"D-Dad…she's lying," The girl weakly grabbed the hems of his dress, speaking in a weary tone, "She's trying to kill us all."

"W-What?" In his shock, the man didn't notice the inconsistencies, rather believing his daughter as he turned around to face Re'Kha, intending to defend his place to the final breath when a palm projection slammed into him, sending him flying.

Re'Kha appeared before the girl and plunged the needle-shaped Magic Artifact, cursing when a jet-black hand stopped her from hitting the Tikka jewellery's gem. The Blinded Ghost had appeared, blocking her attack.

Using her free hand, she condensed a Hand Projection, curling it into a fish before punching the Blinded Ghost repeatedly, displaying all her strength that was amplified through the Hand Projection.

The Blinded Ghost used its other hand to meet her Hand Projection, causing damage to both sides until all the Water Qi in her Hand Projection was expended within a single breath. And, when the Blinded Ghost punched her again, she defended herself by shooting forth two Palm Projections, negating the impact as she skid on the floor.

The girl had run off into the nearby room by now, the one where all the messenger birds were caged. She removed her Tikka jewellery, revealing a rotting third eye, a consequence of not wearing her own Tikka jewellery. She tightened it around the neck of one of the messenger birds, releasing everyone from the cage.

The messenger bird wearing the Blinded Ghost's shell acted strangely for a moment before flying out with the rest of the messenger birds, quickly escaping the place as they took off to the skies. The girl, on the other hand, was like a puppet that had lost its strings.

She plopped to the ground in exhaustion, fainting immediately. And, spilling out from her dress was her original Tikka jewellery.

Re'Kha unleashed a couple more Palm Projections, emptying her Water Qi reserves as she jumped out of the postal office, hurriedly escaping as the Blinded Ghost chased after her. Whenever she was attacked, she relied on her needle-shaped Magic Artifact to fend them off.

But, when the total focus was on her, the Magic Artifact was proving to be insufficient. Thankfully for her, the Elder arrived on time and attacked it, shouting, "Have you been able to damage it?"

"Not yet!" Re'Kha shouted as she dodged another attack that flew her way, pointing at the messenger birds that scattered through the sky in every direction, "One of them has its shell."

"Dammit!" The Elder lost patience, watching his surroundings turn a shade darker as thousands of birds and bird-type beasts arrived above Burfuna City.

"Fine!" Without any hesitation, he used forty units of Elemental Qi to summon his Pranic Avatar, a Yali with three foundations. Immediately, it flapped its wings and took off to the skies while the Elder kept the Blinded Ghost at bay.

But, having consumed a significant quantity of Elemental Qi, he too was running short. Hence, all he could use were Palm Projections, getting pushed back by the Blinded Ghost. Upon seeing that its shell was no longer threatened, the Blinded Ghost glanced at Re'Kha once before disappearing from the place.

It then appeared at the scene of battle in the auction house, noticing there was only a tiny sphere of Ghost Qi in the centre. Thinking that it was the mural, it appeared in its centre, absorbing all the Ghost Qi. But, when all the Ghost Qi vanished, it saw that the mural wasn't there, unleashing a scream like a banshee as other Elemental Qi in the surroundings began to damage it.

It swiftly appeared at a different place, stealing the eyes of all the unsuspecting people that were in hiding, finally accumulating all one hundred eyes, reaching the peak as a Sha. Followed by a scream, it passed through the buildings and appeared in the sky, intending to search for the culprit that stole the mural when it noticed a Firebird flying in the air.

And, upon seeing the target of the Firebird, it vanished from the scene in a hurry.