Just as the stone stopped rolling and quieted down, an inexplicable suction force emanated from it. The ghostly figures of the four beasts suddenly showed great alarm and hastily retreated.
This stone was called the "Spirit-Sucking Stone". Among supernatural things, it was a relatively common one. There were even specific veins of this stone, and it could be utilized to a certain extent. Its function was to generate a great suction force on spiritual entities like ghosts within a certain range. The spiritual entities sucked in would be trapped in the stone forever, unless the stone was violently destroyed.
Although this stone only targeted spiritual entities, it was still harmful to humans. If carried around for a long time, the soul of the carrier would be gradually absorbed by it. And the incompleteness of the soul would cause the creature to become forgetful and demented, and the situation would get worse over time.
However, these five ghostly figures of beasts, including the ghostly figure of the hippopotamus, as the trump cards of "Soul Devourer", were naturally not comparable to ordinary ghosts like mice and sparrows.
To make them strong enough, their master fed them some little ghosts almost every day. Day after day, year after year, not only did they grow much larger in size, but they also regained some of the wisdom they had in their previous lives.
Now, when they saw the "Spirit-Sucking Stone" and felt the great threat emanating from this small stone, they ignored their master's order and took the initiative to flee, which was the best proof.
However, their escape didn't have any effect. As the suction force of the "Spirit-Sucking Stone" became stronger and stronger, the four beasts ran slower and slower, and finally even started to move backward.
Seeing this scene, the four beasts became even more anxious. Finally, the ghostly figure of the largest elephant made up its mind and directly whipped the ghostly figure of the brown bear beside it with its trunk.
Suddenly attacked like this, the ghostly figure of the brown bear lost its strength and was sucked into the "Spirit-Sucking Stone" while leaning backward. It even spun in the air a few times.
After the ghostly figure of the brown bear disappeared completely, the "Spirit-Sucking Stone" seemed to be full. Its grayish-white shell gradually turned black, and the suction force on the spiritual entity disappeared. It was just like an ordinary stone.
"I didn't expect that the ghosts transformed from animals would also sacrifice others to save themselves. It really broadened my horizons." The woman in the red dress laughed and clapped her hands, quite satisfied with what had just happened.
"Roar!" After the suction force disappeared, the remaining three beasts first felt relieved. Then they resumed their ferocious postures. They even opened their mouths and let out roars similar to those they had made when they were alive, and charged forward fearlessly.
The woman in the red dress shook her head slightly, took two steps forward, and picked up the "Spirit-Sucking Stone" with the ghostly figure of the brown bear in it. She completely ignored the three beasts that had rushed up.
When the fastest tiger ghostly figure pounced on her, she suddenly took out two more "Spirit-Sucking Stones" from her pocket at a lightning speed and threw them forward.
The first "Spirit-Sucking Stone" touched the ghostly figure of the tiger the moment it was thrown by the woman in the red dress. Then it was sucked into the stone by the powerful suction force at a lightning speed, and disappeared without a trace.
The second "Spirit-Sucking Stone" flew a bit slower than the first one. But after the first stone was "full", it hit the ghostly figure of the elephant that couldn't dodge in time, and then the latter was sucked into the stone in the same way and disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, on the battlefield, there was only the ghostly figure of the rhinoceros, which was the slowest among the four beasts and had escaped the fate of being sucked in, and the ghostly figure of the hippopotamus, which was at the back and had been protecting its master "Soul Devourer" and hadn't moved.
"Okay, now the numbers are equal. Little cat, you're so naughty. You actually summoned so many terrifying monsters to bully sister. Fortunately, sister was prepared in advance, hehe." The woman in the red dress said in a soft voice, but with a strong mocking tone. When the ghostly figure of the rhinoceros saw its companions being sucked into the stone one by one and the enemy looking so relaxed, it was filled with fear. It took a step back, and then couldn't stop itself from running towards the direction of its master "Soul Devourer" and the ghostly figure of the hippopotamus, clearly wanting to desert.
But how could a ghost have the ability to break away from its master's control? With just a thought from "Soul Devourer", the ghostly figure of the rhinoceros stopped, turned around, and the blood light in its eyes became even stronger.
In order to buy itself some precious time, "Soul Devourer" wouldn't allow its ghostly figure to desert. But it also wouldn't let its biggest reliance go to its death. So it simply made the few remaining ghostly figures, which were acting as its "eyes", become the nourishment for the ghostly figure of the rhinoceros, strengthening it a little.
"Soul Devourer" had great confidence in the ghostly figure of the rhinoceros. It believed that as long as the human woman didn't use the stone that could suck away ghosts, just because ghosts were physically immune, it could hold her back for a long time.
After being strengthened, the ghostly figure of the rhinoceros raised its head and let out a cry that was neither like a horse nor like a cow, and charged forward.
"That's right. Deserting in battle is not a good habit." The woman in the red dress watched happily as the ghostly figure of the rhinoceros joined the battle again. She reached into her pocket with her right hand and actually took out a long sword from her pocket, which was like Doraemon's pocket of treasures! It was a long sword about one meter in length, sheathed in a wooden scabbard!
With a flick of her thumb and a swing, the sharp sword unsheathed!
It was a long sword that looked ordinary on the surface. The only difference between it and other long swords was probably that the polishing was better, making the blade shimmer with faint blue light under the streetlight.
Perhaps to show the uniqueness of this sword, the woman in the red dress started to introduce it:
"My sword is indeed an ordinary one. In all aspects, it's nothing special. It's even more brittle than a normal sword. It's very easy to chip or even break when cutting hard objects..."
While the woman in the red dress was still introducing it, the ghostly figure of the rhinoceros had already arrived. The latter lowered its head and rammed forward with the horn on its nose. But she casually dodged it with a turn, just like a matador facing a rampaging bull, easily and gracefully. And during this time, she didn't forget to continue her introduction:
"But it has a special feature. When we forged it, we added the powder of a certain stone to it..."
After saying that, the woman in the red dress threw a stone at the ghostly figure of the rhinoceros. "Soul Devourer", which was watching the battle from a distance, immediately tensed up.
Fortunately, the stone passed directly through the ghostly figure of the rhinoceros after hitting it, and nothing happened. When the stone landed, "Soul Devourer" realized that it was indeed a "Spirit-Sucking Stone", but it was black, which meant it was a "full" "Spirit-Sucking Stone".
Just as it let out a sigh of relief and thought, "The human woman really only has three stones", it suddenly reacted and noticed that what the human woman said just now was the key!
She said that some powder of a certain stone was added to the sword, and then she threw out the "Spirit-Sucking Stone". It was obvious what the "certain stone" was.
What was the effect of the sword with the powder of this stone? The answer was also obvious...