A jagged gash, deep enough to expose bone, marred the once-beautiful face of the female before them.
The horrific wound stretched across her entire left cheek, from below her earlobe straight to the corner of her mouth. The torn flesh was already turning a faint shade of purple.
It was clearly the wound left by the Cannibal Vine's bite, and the venom it had injected had a numbing effect, which was why Hu Ya hadn't felt any pain yet.
Seeing Hu Ya about to touch the wound, Jinwei rushed forward and grabbed her hand, his eyes filled with panic. "Don't touch it! I'll take you to the witch doctor!"
Hu Ya looked at his expression, a bad feeling rising in her heart. She shook off Jinwei's hand and stubbornly, tremblingly, reached up to her cheek.
The moment she touched it, her fingers came away wet.
Her hand trembled even more violently. When she saw in the firelight that it was covered in blood, her eyes flew wide and a scream tore from her throat. "My—my face!!"
