That thing crashed headfirst into the sedan door, but was suddenly yanked out by someone outside. George cursed in front of the sedan, “Damn it, it’s a Binu!”

As soon as he heard it was a Binu, William Carter knew this was trouble.

According to the judgment of the Lingwen Hall, Binu is something that doesn’t even deserve the label of “evil.”

It’s said that Binu was originally human, but now, even if it is, it’s a deformed one. It has a head and a face, but both are blurry; it has hands and feet, but can’t walk straight; it has a mouth and teeth, but even after biting for ages, it can’t kill anyone. Yet, if given a choice, everyone would rather encounter something more terrifying—an “evil” or a “fierce”—than run into it.

Because Binu often appears in cooperation with other monsters and demons. When prey is fighting an enemy, it suddenly pops out, using its endlessly entangling limbs, sticky bodily fluids, and a never-ending stream of companions to cling to the prey like taffy. Although its combat ability is low, its vitality is extremely tenacious, and it usually appears in swarms. No matter what you do, you can’t shake them off, nor can you quickly kill them all. Gradually, you’ll be worn out, tripped up, and in a moment of carelessness, the waiting enemy will seize the chance.

And after the prey is killed by other monsters, the Binu will pick up the leftover limbs and remains, gnawing on them with relish, chewing them ragged.

It’s truly a disgusting thing. If it’s a high heavenly official, a flash of spiritual light and a summoned weapon would scare them off in an instant, but for the junior officials of the Middle Court, this thing is a real headache. Emma said with disgust from afar, “I hate this thing the most! Didn’t Lingwen Hall mention this?”

William Carter replied, “No.”

Emma said, “Then what’s the use of them!”

William Carter asked, “How many are there?”

George said, “Over a hundred, maybe more! Don’t come out!”

The more Binu there are, the stronger they become. More than ten is already hard to handle. Over a hundred? That’s more than enough to drag them to death. They usually like to live in densely populated places, so no one expected there would be so many in Mount Yujun. William Carter thought for a moment, then slightly raised his arm, revealing a bandaged wrist.

He said, “Go.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, the white silk suddenly slipped off his wrist on its own, as if alive, and flew out through the sedan curtain.

William Carter sat upright in the sedan, speaking gently, “Strangle.”

In the darkness, a white shadow suddenly darted out like a venomous snake.

When the white silk was wrapped around William Carter’s hand as a bandage, it looked only a few feet long at most, but now, as it flashed and darted like a ghost among the fighting crowd, it seemed endless. A series of crisp, unbroken snapping sounds—“ka-ka,” “ka-ka”—rang out, and in an instant, dozens of wild wolves and Binu had their necks snapped!

The six Binu entangling George were instantly killed and fell to the ground. He struck a wild wolf with his palm, but felt no relief at all, and shouted incredulously toward the sedan, “What is that thing!? Didn’t you say you have no spiritual power and can’t use magical weapons?!”

William Carter said, “There are always exceptions…”

George was furious and slapped the sedan door, “William Carter! Tell me clearly, what exactly is that thing?! Is it…”

That slap nearly broke the whole sedan apart. William Carter had to raise his hand to steady the door, pausing slightly—George’s tone in these two sentences actually reminded him of how Fengxin used to sound when angry. George was about to say more when suddenly, the miserable screams of the military officers came from afar. Emma said coldly, “Whatever you want to say, deal with this wave first!”

George had no choice but to go help. William Carter quickly regained his composure and said, “George Emma, you two go ahead.”

George turned back, “What?”

William Carter said, “As long as you stay around the sedan, things will keep coming—there’s no end to it. Take the others and go. I’ll stay and meet the groom.”

George was about to curse again, “You alone…” but Emma coldly interrupted from the other side, “He can control that silk anyway, nothing will happen to him for a while. Instead of wasting time arguing, better settle these people first and come back to help. I’m leaving.”

He was straightforward and decisive, leaving without hesitation. George gritted his teeth, knowing he was right, and said to the remaining officers, “Follow me!”

Sure enough, once they left the sedan, although the wolves and Binu still clung to them, no new waves joined the attack. The two each protected four officers, and as they fought their way out, Emma muttered angrily, “Unbelievable, if not for me…”

He trailed off, and the two exchanged a glance, both with strange expressions. Emma swallowed his words and turned away, both of them dropping the subject for now and hurrying on.

All around the sedan, corpses were strewn everywhere.

Ruoxie silk had already strangled all the wolves and Binu that had pounced, and flew back, obediently wrapping itself around his wrist again. William Carter sat quietly in the sedan, surrounded by endless darkness and the rustling sea of trees.

Suddenly, everything fell silent.

The wind, the sound of the forest, the roars of monsters—all at once plunged into dead silence, as if dreading something.

Then, he heard two very soft laughs.

It sounded like a young man, yet also like a boy.

William Carter sat upright and silent.