You Are Really Heartless, Milady! (1)

Shen Minyao moved twice as fast as the possessed nurse. The humans the nurse met on the hallways weren't able to see her run past them. Her movements weren't seen by a naked eye, only felt like a strange draft blowing along the path. The other low-level demons scampered away in fear once they sensed a murderous aura coming from the fox woman. 

If it wasn't for Shen Minyao's heightened senses, she would have lost track of the possessed human. She was slightly annoyed that she needed to go after this one, but it would be better if she cut the buds even before it posed a danger to her in the future. 

Initially, she didn't want to pique the attention of the other demons inhabiting the place, but that was just impossible to avoid right now. 

"Don't let her get away," Xiao Bai said as Shen Minyao chased after the nurse. 

"Would it be better if I just kill her on the spot?" The fox woman gritted her teeth in annoyance. She didn't care about these weak demons at all, but she knew she needed to protect her human contractor to protect her interest. 

"Don't be silly, milady. You can't kill the human it possessed, but you can devour the demon if you want," Xiao Bai said in response. 

In her weakened state, it would be better if the fox woman gathered enough strength while waiting for her human contractor to fully recover. The faster she gained strength, the better for her and Zhao Yichen. Being in a contract with her would put his life in danger, whether from pesky humans or from demons like them. 

"Eating a demon like that is like eating garbage. You want me to devour that trash? To hell with it!" The fox woman grimaced. 

While it's true that a higher demon like her could devour weaker ones to get stronger, she abhorred the idea. She would rather eat the liver of an animal than eat fellow demons. 

The possessed human led them to the emergency exit of the hospital, where the cameras wouldn't be able to capture their confrontation. The nurse stopped at the top of the stairs and snarled at Shen Minyao once the door behind her shut. It immediately pounced at her. 

Shen Minyao easily dodged and leaped to the left. Her right hand flexed as she unsheathed her claws, ready to defend herself from another attack coming from the human. It was obvious that the demon that possessed the nurse was agitated. 

"Ahh, you are mad." The fox woman chuckled, stating the obvious. "Are you mad because we disturbed your feeding? Poor infant humans. They would never know how they would die from your hands if I leave you be." 

The possessed human growled back at her. The violet veins protruding on her face spread even more and became more apparent as the demon tried to increase its influence on its host. Her eyes turned bloody red, and Xiao Bai realized what kind of demon they were facing at that moment. 

"I understand now, milady. This kind of demon is called a 'rotten blade1'. It is a small parasitic demon who preys on both demons and humans," the fat white cat explained. Many demons could possess humans, but the mark this demon left on its human host's face was enough for him to recognize what kind of demon it was. 

"It can also prey on demons?" The fox woman chuckled. "Then, you have to be careful not to be possessed by that." 

"Milady! I'm kind enough to warn you. It doesn't matter if the demon is strong or not. The rotten blade can possess anyone, even high-ranking demons. You have to avoid being possessed by it at any cost." He paused as if something crossed his mind. Xiao Bai's eyes turned into slits. "You aren't planning to use me as bait, aren't you?!" 

It wouldn't be the first time the fox woman would use him as bait. In their past lives, Xiao Bai could remember being tortured by this woman repeatedly by letting him deal with the annoying little demons. 

"Aiya? Am I really that obvious?" Shen Minyao grinned mischievously at her companion. 

Xiao Bai cried inwardly. This fox woman was really hateful! So hateful! If it wasn't because she was his and Yu Yan's master, he would have abandoned this devious woman a long time ago. 

The fox woman dodged another attack and landed on the handrails of the stairs with ease. Her movements were so lithe, so graceful; the possessed human was having trouble keeping up with her speed. 

"You are worrying too much. This host is neither a human nor a demon. How could it possibly possess this body if I'm already occupying it?" She retorted. 

Hypothetically speaking, it would be impossible for the rotten blade to possess Shen Minyao. It would need a human soul to bind itself to its prey. With the nine-tailed fox occupying Shen Minyao's human body, how would it be able to take control of it? 

"Still, don't lower your guard, milady!" Xiao Bai insisted. Who knew what could happen if the rotten blade tried to possess her. It might be a low-level demon, but it could prove to be a handful if it possessed a high-level demon like the nine-tailed fox. 

Shen Minyao hadn't retaliated and only dodged the attacks coming from the possessed human. Since she wasn't allowed to kill the human, the fox woman could only restrain herself and force the little demon out of its host's system. 

She raised her hand and hit the back of the nurse's head, making the host fall unconscious on the cold floor. Poor human beings were discarded like trash once they served their purpose. 

"Let's see what we have here." The fox woman waited for the little demon to abandon the nurse's body. She and Xiao Bai waited until something came out of the woman's ear, which looked like a slimy pitch-black mass of a ball.