There are different ways to die. Some are quick and painless. Others, like the slit-mouth spirit, are slow and painful, deteriorating you. It all depends on "the way you go" as many have called it.
I....have returned. You will pay for destroying me. I am now more powerful than I was before, thanks to this...*holds up the cross Torch killed him with* I now have the power of the Unholy Cross!