A Big Step Forward

The specter's hollow eyes fixed on them, its smile stretching impossibly wide, exposing decaying teeth, while worms and maggots crawled across it. 

Blood smeared the cracked floor as the mop dragged lifelessly behind, its soft scrape echoing eerie silence. 

Lucy adjusted her stance and raised a hand defensively.

"Stay alert," she warned. "This one's different."

"I can see that. I can't believe this thing is the same as Yuki," he responded, the difference being night and day. Even her true form wasn't this repulsive.

The specter's grin grew wider, turning into something more sinister. 

"Devour... Kill..." the specter hissed, its voice rising, thick with anger. 

The dark aura surrounding it intensified, swirling like thick black fog. It spread, oozing over the ruined walls and floors, coating the ground with a dark, sticky substance.