The current situation was laid out before them.
The opponent they were about to face could kill at any moment.
Thinking of this, Ji Wangqiu was no longer confident, especially when he was being tortured by the shingles and couldn't muster up any spiritual power.
He could take risks himself, but he was afraid that if something really happened to him, Yun Lianmeng wouldn't be able to survive until dawn on her own. She would vanish into thin air.
Ji Wangqiu's eyes darkened.
Yun Lianmeng knew that this matter needed careful consideration.
No matter how she thought about it, the people in the village were extremely strange.
Yun Lianmeng was certain that those people were definitely the villagers. She had seen them when it was still dark.
Yun Lianmeng was vexed. She wondered how those villagers had managed to evade Chu Zhiyuan's perception.
The shingles had helped them leave the village silently.
The shingles on Chu Zhiyuan's body were gradually draining his energy as time passed.
The terrifying thing about this was that it devoured the host bit by bit like boiling a frog in warm water, but the host was completely unaware.
By the time they finally noticed, it would be too late. Chu Zhiyuan was left with only one path - death.
Chu Zhiyuan could only try his best to fulfill Yun Lianmeng's wish first. He could sense that her time was running out.
They never would have thought that there were such perverts who would boil the corpses of the sick and turn them into soup. The meat covered in red rashes was just fed into their mouths.
Just thinking about the scene she had just witnessed made Yun Lianmeng feel nauseous.
She had searched inside just now but hadn't found her own body.
The body should not have been desecrated by those people yet.
Yun Lianmeng was sure that the body was definitely in this forest.
Chu Zhiyuan had said that if her body was gone, she would be able to sense it.
They had no clues at the moment. All they could do was wait at the cave entrance and see if the people inside would show any flaws.
The cold moonlight shone down. The forest was deathly silent. The shadows of the trees were stretched into all kinds of distorted shapes. The only sound in their ears was the rustling of the leaves. Time seemed to have stopped.
I don't know how much time had passed, but finally, Chu Zhiyuan and the others waited for something different.
At this moment, a cold gust of wind blew, making Chu Zhiyuan's hair stand on end.
Then, a bright light appeared at the cave entrance, but it disappeared quickly.
Chu Zhiyuan squinted his eyes and could only vaguely see a figure flash by.
He could only make out a fuzzy black silhouette.
The man was very tall and was carrying something like a sack on his back.
But just as Chu Zhiyuan wanted to go closer to investigate, the figure reacted extremely quickly.
As soon as Chu Zhiyuan was about to take a step, the man keenly looked in this direction.
Chu Zhiyuan had no choice but to give up the observation. He returned warily behind the tree.
Yun Lianmeng wasn't afraid. Relying on her soul state, she swaggered towards the cave.
But the suddenly appeared figure seemed to be able to see Yun Lianmeng.
He didn't move. He just stared straight in Yun Lianmeng's direction.
This made Yun Lianmeng, who was originally fearless, feel a little scared at this moment.
She even began to suspect that the man could really see her.
Then Yun Lianmeng denied this thought.
Opening the celestial eye wasn't that simple. Even though there were many abnormalities in this village, Yun Lianmeng didn't believe that there was anyone here who had the ability to open the celestial eye.
Yun Lianmeng's confidence was soon shattered.
As she walked towards the figure, trying to see what was on his shoulder.
The figure moved.
But just after the figure moved, Yun Lianmeng let out a scream of horror.
Because the figure was diving towards Yun Lianmeng at an extremely fast speed.
Moreover, his posture was something that no human could achieve.
It was a snake!
As he got closer, Yun Lianmeng also saw the man's face.
It was a monster with a snake's head and a human body. He was spitting out his snake's forked tongue, and the vertical pupils in his eye sockets were fixed on Yun Lianmeng without blinking, just like he had seen his prey.
The sound of the snake's forked tongue in her ear made Yun Lianmeng shiver.
Yun Lianmeng clearly heard the words.
"I've finally found you."
A strong sense of crisis hit her. His cold voice lingered in Yun Lianmeng's mind.
The instinct of survival made her take a step before her brain could even react.
This time, she was absolutely certain that the man was coming for her.
Although he was carrying a sack on his back that was almost as tall as her, his speed was extremely fast.
Just as the inhuman and snake - like thing was about to catch up with Yun Lianmeng.
Chu Zhiyuan endured the pain in his waist. Regardless of the shingles that were beginning to spread wantonly, he activated his spiritual power and sent the man flying with one strike. The sack on the monster's shoulder flew out as he lost his grip.
Unexpectedly, the first thing the monster did after getting up was to scramble to find the sack, instantly forgetting about Yun Lianmeng. The two of them got some distance apart.
Chu Zhiyuan had bought some time for Yun Lianmeng to escape. Both of them knew that the noise behind them kept coming, and that thing was catching up again.
Chu Zhiyuan knew that they couldn't outrun it.
At this moment, their only hope was to escape from this village.
Yun Lianmeng said anxiously:
"Let's leave this village first. Maybe he's trapped in this village and can't leave this area."
Chu Zhiyuan thought what she said made sense.
With a goal in mind, their escape speed increased a lot.
Chu Zhiyuan continuously urged his spiritual power to attack the thing behind them.
This time, his target was very clear, which was the sack.
Chu Zhiyuan could tell that the man valued the sack in his hand very much.
No matter how many times Chu Zhiyuan endured the severe pain and knocked the sack down, the man would pick it up and immediately start chasing Yun Lianmeng again.
They just couldn't shake him off.
Although Chu Zhiyuan didn't know what was inside, all his attacks were aimed at that sack.
The effect was remarkable. The originally extremely fast black shadow was now left behind them.
Chu Zhiyuan looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice:
"Hold on for a while. The sun will come out soon. That man has a very strong yin energy. When the sun comes out, his speed will definitely slow down. That will be our best chance to get away from him."
Yun Lianmeng looked back at the figure that was chasing them relentlessly. It seemed that he wouldn't give up for a while.
Yun Lianmeng didn't know why the man was so persistent in chasing her.
At this time, Chu Zhiyuan had already started to use his spiritual power to make a talisman for Yun Lianmeng to avoid the sun.
Continuously urging his spiritual power, Chu Zhiyuan knew that the red rashes on his waist had already started to spread everywhere.
But even so, Chu Zhiyuan didn't stop his hands. He didn't allow Yun Lianmeng to disappear in front of his eyes.
Yun Lianmeng's soul was extremely fragile now.
Just as Chu Zhiyuan had expected, even though the sun was already high in the sky, the monster behind them didn't give up the chase, but his speed was obviously slower.
Chu Zhiyuan looked back and saw that the black shadow just stubbornly followed them all the way to the town.
Yun Lianmeng's speed also slowed down. Chu Zhiyuan tried his best to maintain Yun Lianmeng's soul state with the little spiritual power he had left.
They had guessed wrong. Even after escaping from the village, the man still chased after them.
There were even several times when he almost succeeded. But in the eyes of the man behind them, the endless escape had become a game.
The monster's voice lingered in Yun Lianmeng's ears all the time.
"I've found you, I've found you. You can't escape."
Restricted by the shingles, Chu Zhiyuan was finally caught by the man behind them in the town.
Chu Zhiyuan could only watch helplessly as Yun Lianmeng disappeared in front of his eyes. A sense of powerlessness invaded him.
All the efforts that Chu Zhiyuan had made were in vain.
The red rashes on his body were almost spreading to his chest.
Overcome with anger and grief, a mouthful of fresh blood welled up in his throat.
There was nothing he could do.
He had to go back.
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On this side, Ning Yitao was watching the old woman cook in the kitchen.
Duan Qinghuai was standing beside her, with a smile on his face that wouldn't fade.
Finally, Zhaocai couldn't stand it anymore. He looked at Duan Qinghuai strangely and said:
"I never noticed before that you were so fond of smiling."
Zhaocai looked at Duan Qinghuai, with a hint of disgust in his tone. He added another blow and said:
"You're like the second fool from the Wang family next door."
Hearing him say this, Ning Yitao neatly slapped Zhaocai.
Zhaocai was already used to Ning Yitao protecting Duan Qinghuai. He snorted and turned his head, ignoring them.
Duan Qinghuai and Ning Yitao were standing very close. Their shadows overlapped on the ground.
Suddenly, Ning Yitao felt someone tugging at her clothes.
As soon as she lowered her head, she saw another child whom she hadn't seen for a long time.