The spider demon witnessed his demon orb being taken away by the fox woman, failing to notice that Mu Qing managed to decapitate him from behind. Only when his head rolled onto the ground did he realize what had just happened.

Where did he go wrong? He wondered. This wasn't supposed to happen. He should be able to overcome the fox demon, eat her liver, and retrieve its fox orb for his masteer.

'I.. I lost?' He thought in disbelief. He purposely lured her here back at the hospital to consume her liver and retrieve her fox orb. So how did he end up being killed by her instead?

If he hadn't underestimated Su Daji and decided to keep the news of the escaped nine-tailed fox from his master, none of these would happen.

Impossible! Really impossible! Su Daji shouldn't be able to defeat him like this, given how weak her spiritual presence was right now. Just as soon as she tapped on her meager spiritual energy, she went berserk and didn't give him a single chance to retaliate at all.

However, it couldn't be helped now. The spider demon could only watch as Shen Minyao devoured the demon orb she fished out from him before his body disintegrated into nothingness.

Shen Minyao didn't waste any more time. She took the demon orb in her mouth and swallowed it whole. Although she didn't like its disgusting scent, there's nothing she could do about it.

Even if she had devoured the orb of the mirror demon a week ago, it wasn't enough to satiate her hunger. More. She needed more. Shen Minyao was half-tempted to eat the humans around her, but with Mu Qing next to her, it was better for her to not make an enemy out of him.

As the demon orb settled inside her body, Shen Minyao felt its energy spreading throughout her veins. However, along with it, the scorching sensation of pain as if she was being on fire spread throughout every cell in her body.

She dropped to her knees and screamed in pain as she curled on the ground, writhing in pain. Red veins appeared almost in patches on her jade-like skin as the foreign demonic energy vigorously mixed with hers.

Mu Qing and Xiao Bai could only watch her helplessly on the side. Neither of them wasn't sure what to do while seeing her in this condition.

"Is this normal?" The grim reaper was slightly disturbed, seeing Shen Minyao like this. He only knew that it was already a norm for powerful demons to devour the lesser ones.

"It's normal. Because milady is considerably weaker than the spider demon, she will need to get used to the overwhelming energy she consumed. She won't have to suffer like this if she has consumed a lower demon," the white cat explained.

It took several minutes before Shen Minyao's body calmed down and stopped writhing in pain. As she forced herself back to her feet, her appearance slowly returned to her human form, but steam and heat were emanating from her body.

Shen Minyao didn't suffer like this when she consumed the mirror demon before because it was weaker than her current state, but it couldn't be said for the spider demon.

She was only able to defeat it because she had more experience in fighting than this spider demon that was only two hundred years old. It didn't matter if it was physically stronger than her because she would be able to exploit its weakness during their fight.

"Milady, you're now reached the lower mid-rank," Xiao Bai told her.

Shen Minyao opened her palm and could feel her energy surging, confirming what her guardian had just said. The injury that the spider demon inflicted on her closed the moment her body absorbed the demon orb, making use of its power to heal.

"We've already killed the demon as planned. Is there something else you need?" She asked Mu Qing, simply ignoring the fact that the grim reaper had just seen her in a compromising state.

The grim reaper sighed and scratched his head. Indeed, they were able to dispose of the spider demon, but it cost them several human lives this time. historical

"You two should leave. The other grim reapers would be here soon to collect the souls of the dead humans. We would tamper with the memories of the surviving humans and make it look like there was a fire here," he informed the fox woman.

Thinking about what the spider demon said earlier, did this mean that the demon that possessed Shen Minyao's dead body was the same infamous fox demon that was sealed at Qingqiu Mountain?

He would hate to face Shen Minyao as an enemy, but if the spiritual realm deemed her as a threat to humanity, Mu Qing knew he would have no other choice but to follow their orders.. even if they ask him to kill the fox woman.

"I see." The fox woman nodded and picked up her fan that fell on the ground. "Xiao Bai, we're going."

Xiao Bai didn't waste time and jumped back on her shoulder and then left the place without bidding goodbye to Mu Qing.

"Demons. So prideful, so annoying," the grim reaper muttered to himself before casting a spell over the hospital, waking the humans one by one, and altering their memories of what had just transpired here.

As expected, Shen Minyao didn't care about the aftermath of her berserk earlier, leaving Mu Qing to clean up the mess she left in her wake.

He then put the whole neurology department on fire, burning the evidence he and Shen Minyao left during their confrontation with the spider demon. However, he knew well that he wouldn't be able to eliminate some of it, and some humans would still be able to sense the lingering paranormal activity that happened here.

Just what he had said earlier, the other grim reaper dressed in black suits and pants—in contrast with his black robes—arrived and collected the souls of the departed ones.