I am an insect

Now that his left arm is broken, he can no longer use "resonance," while his opponent, although affected by severe injuries, is still much faster than him.

Ji Ye wasn't worried about its claws; what was truly terrifying about this creature was its weasel tail.

The monster rushed forward at lightning speed, covering a distance of ten meters in an instant, and stretched out its left hand, its claws reaching down to grab Ji Ye's head and face.

Originally, it had planned to capture Ji Ye alive and interrogate him to extract his secrets, but now that it had turned into a life-or-death battle, it sensed the danger and dared not show any mercy.

The monster was too fast. Ji Ye only felt a blur before his eyes, and the monster's claws were already on his head and face.

Instinctively, Ji Ye could have used the hook to block, but he changed his mind in an instant, tilting his head to the side and using his already injured left arm to meet the claws.

With a "hiss," the demon's claw pierced his left shoulder. Of course, Ji Ye was prepared and withdrew the mental entity from his left arm.

Just as he had guessed, at the same moment the claws pierced his shoulder, a tail swept across like lightning.

Ji Ye had been waiting for this moment. He let out a low growl and swung out the hook in his right hand.

The monster was greatly surprised. It did not expect that Ji Ye would not use the hook to block its claws, but would instead use its body to block them. When its claws pierced Ji Ye's shoulder and its tail followed closely, it knew that something was wrong as the hook swept out. However, no matter how fast it was, it was too late to dodge.

With a "hiss," the sharp edge of the hook swept across the tail, instantly severing it, and the cone-like hook tip pierced into the monster's belly.

The monster let out a deafening roar and suddenly retreated.

Ji Ye secretly lamented the loss. The monster's reaction was indeed terrifying. The hook had only just entered its lower abdomen when it withdrew, failing to pierce its body and mind.

"howl--"

The monster retreated, letting out a hiss, and did not rush forward again for a short time. It stared intently at Ji Ye, its eyes revealing a look of surprise and uncertainty.

After several attacks, it not only failed to gain any advantage, but its injuries became more and more severe. If it had been half a second slower in dodging, its body and mental form would have been pierced by the hook. Even for it, if its mental form's abdomen were pierced, it would surely die.

Now the two are about seven or eight meters apart, staring intently at each other. Ji Ye feels his numb left leg slowly regaining sensation.

A surge of confidence welled up within him; once his left leg recovered, he would be able to kill his opponent.

As Ji Ye gradually regained strength in his left leg, he got up from the ground, while the monster showed a hint of hesitation on its face.

It lost confidence in its ability to kill Kino.

Although Ji Ye managed to stand up, his left leg had not fully recovered. He did not act immediately; the longer the delay, the more advantageous it would be for him.

Suddenly, he sensed something and abruptly turned his head to look into the distance. He saw a figure appear in the darkness and walking towards them.

He had been fighting the demon with all his might and hadn't paid any attention to his surroundings. It wasn't until now, when the demon was within twenty meters of them, that he reacted.

The demon also noticed it and looked at the figure.

"Could it be that Lin Ya has returned? No, Lin Ya fled to the left, while this figure came from the right side of the path, and this figure is much shorter than Lin Ya."

The abandoned path was dark at night with no streetlights. It wasn't until the figure approached them that Ji Ye finally saw the other person clearly.

This was an old woman with a slightly hunched back, no more than 1.5 meters tall, with a face full of wrinkles, at least seventy or eighty years old, with a head of silver hair, carrying a cane, walking alone on this dark and abandoned path, approaching them.

Deep within this desolate and abandoned path, an old woman suddenly appeared, looking inexplicably eerie. Both Ji Ye and the demons showed wary expressions as they looked at the old woman.

The old woman appeared to move slowly, but she actually walked very fast and soon caught up with them.

She seemed more interested in the demon, and went straight toward it, quickly reaching it.

"What bad luck, I didn't expect anyone else to come." The demon frowned as it looked at the approaching old woman. Their first principle was to avoid involving ordinary humans as much as possible, or even to prevent humans from knowing of their existence. Unexpectedly, their battle with Ji Ye here had attracted this old woman who appeared out of nowhere.

No sooner had the monster finished speaking than the seemingly slow-moving old woman suddenly raised her cane and struck it fiercely.

"How dare you!" The demon was furious. It dared not underestimate Ji Ye, but it never took ordinary humans seriously. Seeing that this old woman who suddenly appeared out of nowhere dared to attack it, it raised its left hand and showed its snow-white claws, grabbing at the old woman in front of it.

With its terrifying power, it could destroy the old woman's consciousness with a mere flick of its wrist.

The old woman was just an ordinary person, so naturally she couldn't see those snow-white claws. For a demon, dealing with an ordinary human was easier than an ordinary person crushing an ant.

Ji Ye didn't make a move, but silently stared at the old woman and the demon. He had a vague feeling that the old woman was not simple and might not be an ordinary person.

Just as the snow-white claws were about to scratch the old woman's face, the old woman, who had been moving slowly, suddenly pulled out a piece of yellow paper from her bosom with her left hand and casually stuck it on the monster's face.

When Ji Ye saw the complex symbols drawn on the yellow paper, he immediately thought of Taoist talismans.

In his mind, these were all tricks to deceive people, but when the old woman pasted the talisman on the demon's face, Ji Ye noticed that a power of intention was rising from the complex talisman on the yellow paper.

This talisman actually possesses a special ability: it can draw upon the power of will that exists between heaven and earth. At this moment, it flows continuously into the demon's body along the talisman.

The demon immediately emitted a sharp, short sound. With the talisman stuck to its face, its whole body convulsed and stiffened, making it impossible to reach out and tear the talisman off its face.

At the same moment, the old woman muttered incantations in a language that Ji Ye couldn't understand, and with her cane, she struck the monster's back three times.

The first blow struck, and the monster shuddered, its body seemingly frozen in place. The second blow made it go limp and kneel on the ground. The third blow landed on its hands and feet, and it lay sprawled on the ground, its entire body convulsing, seemingly in great pain but unable to resist.

Ji Ye watched in horror. This old woman was too strange. What kind of ability did she have that allowed her to easily make demons kneel before her, completely powerless to resist?