Bai Xiaofei grabbed the stair banister, his hand tightening so hard that the wooden handrail and the iron bars inside shattered into tiny fragments that fell into the gaps of the stairs.
Xiaohui gasped. At first, Bai Xiaofei was overjoyed, thinking his strength had returned and the lethal poison had cleared from his system, but a wave of debilitating weakness quickly overwhelmed his limbs, causing him to almost collapse before Xiaohui caught him in her arms.
Filled with bitter disappointment, Bai Xiaofei looked at the wound on his arm inflicted by the Gecko Corpse Brother, a lingering sense of terror gripping his heart. Panting heavily, he said the Security Guard was dead, urging that they had to leave immediately and not let that sacrifice go to waste. With tears in her eyes, Xiaohui nodded, supporting Bai Xiaofei as they hurried down the stairs.
Chapter 16