Capítulo 238: Chapter 237: The Last Rites

Watching the hanged ghost so close at hand, Li Huowang almost instinctively reached for his sword.

Just as he was about to exert his strength, he abruptly stopped himself.

That's because Li Huowang realized that the entity wasn't looking at him—it was a dead object! The rope child wasn't it!

Li Huowang's gaze shifted slightly upwards, focusing on something overhead that was very blurry and only vaguely outlined.

Connecting this to the previous trembling sounds, he thought to himself, "This hanged ghost is just a part of it! Perhaps it's merely one of its fingers! The big fellow in the darkness is the real rope child!"

Considering that it hadn't attacked them immediately, it was evident that the Taoist's spells had taken effect,

With this realization, Li Huowang held his breath and assessed the female corpse in front of him once more.

The clothes on the woman's corpse in front of him were red, which turned into a sinister black-red in the pitch-dark surroundings.