Chapter 26 Terrifying Demons, Running for Their Lives
"Lazy people poop and pee a lot."
Zhao Dachun harbored resentment and was indignant towards Li Xian.
Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to stop. There were many trees in the mountains here, making it difficult to find their way. Feng Huo knew this path well, and no one was allowed to wander off until he returned.
"Stop fooling around!"
Qiao Dashou felt someone patting his shoulder, shrugged, and shouted a rebuke.
Before long, the feeling returned. He turned around impatiently and cursed, "Are you ever going to stop? Is it fun? Why are you patting my shoulder?"
The guard behind him was stunned and asked in astonishment, "What's wrong with you?"
"Ugh, still won't admit it? I think you're asking for a beating." Qiao Dashou was inexplicably annoyed.
"Come on then, are you afraid of me? This is a good opportunity to warm up."
The same goes for the guards.
Just as the fight began, they suddenly felt a gust of hot wind blowing from above. An instinctive sense of danger made their hair stand on end.
Looking up, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Above us were tall trees, all bare of leaves, with only clumps of snow clinging to the branches. The view was unobstructed and unremarkable.
After this interruption, the two lost their desire to fight.
As Qiao Dashou's fear dissipated, anger flared up. He kicked a tree and cursed, "Damn it, why did it take you so long to take a piss!"
With a few stomps, the snow on the trees scattered.
“Joe…Joe…you…”
The atmosphere suddenly turned gloomy and chilly, even more biting than the cold wind. One of the guards' legs gave way, and he collapsed onto the snow with a thud.
His finger trembled as he pointed to the top of the tree.
"Hold!"
"Trying to scare me? Let me tell you, I'm furious. I'll kill any god or Buddha who comes."
"You think you can scare me?!"
"Watch me kill him with one strike!"
Having said that, he drew the guard's sword and brandished it a few times in the air. Suddenly, a warm breeze blew from above. In this kind of weather, the warm breeze brought no warmth, but rather a chilling cold.
"This...this..."
Qiao's hands were drenched in cold sweat, and his heart felt like it was about to leap out of his chest. He couldn't move his body, so he could only turn his wrist and use the blade to look at the treetops above him.
The blade... is not wide enough.
All that could be seen were a pair of bright red pupils. The eyeballs were round and large, and there was a playful and teasing look in their eyes.
The thing hung upside down in the tree, its head pointing downwards, staring at the group.
In an instant, screams and cries of alarm erupted.
...
On the other side.
Feng Huo was willing to break the village rules to save his own life. When the sudden snowstorm hit, he didn't know if that "thing" had reappeared.
“I used the excuse of urinating to escape, abandoning everyone and returning to the village. If that thing doesn’t appear, I’ll say I got lost while urinating.”
"If something goes wrong, I'll have to trouble you all to buy me some time."
After separating from the crowd, he gradually quickened his pace.
But Li Xian kept calling from behind, "Master Feng, why are you running so far to pee?"
"I'm doing this because I want to, don't follow me!" Feng Huo quickened his pace, walking even faster.
Li Xian frowned, feeling an even greater sense of impending crisis.
He listened intently to everything around him... He could only hear his and Feng Huo's movements; the thing hadn't followed them.
It must be with the other six.
"New guy, you're following me around, I can't pee. Can you move away a bit?" Feng Huo was both angry and annoyed that he couldn't shake off Li Xian.
“What a coincidence, I’m scared to pee alone. I need someone with me to be able to pee,” Li Xian said in a deep voice.
The two walked faster and faster, their pace quickening. They claimed it was just to relieve themselves, but they had already walked over a mile.
At this time…
Suddenly, a scream came from behind.
"Damn it, I'm so unlucky, I ran into that thing again!"
"Wasn't he near Wangjia Village? How did he end up in this area?"
Feng Huohan's hair stood on end. He ignored everything and began to flee for his life at full speed.
Hearing the screams, Li Xian was also terrified, wondering, "A demon? Or something else?"
Ignoring everything else, they sped off with Feng Huo.
They quickly ran out of the woods when a second scream rang out. Feng Huo's legs went weak in fright, and he nearly fell.
"Master Feng, you already guessed what happened, didn't you?"
Li Xian asked as he ran.
He hadn't heard any footsteps from that thing, so he was safe for the time being. But... after only a short while, two screams rang out, indicating that the situation was far from optimistic.
“Come here, come here and I’ll tell you,” Feng Huo said.
Li Xian narrowed his brows, thinking that Feng Huo had abandoned everyone and fled alone, clearly intending to use them as bait.
Therefore, he was more cautious and pretended to be out of breath, saying, "Master Feng, slow down... I... I can't catch up."
Hearing this, Feng Huoxin felt relieved and stopped replying, focusing all his energy on running.
Shortly after, a third scream rang out. Of the eight people traveling together, three had already been killed.
Shortly after, a fourth scream rang out.
Li Xian's scalp tingled, and he unleashed his full power, sprinting as fast as he could. In that instant, his running skills came in extremely handy.
When you approach the pinnacle of running, you can treat mountain trails as flat ground, land naturally, maintain endurance, and breathe evenly.
Li Xian quickly closed the distance with Feng Huo, putting in all her effort, but she didn't rush to overtake him, always maintaining a certain distance from him.
"If I surpass him, he might try to harm me. I need to wait for the best opportunity to surpass him in one fell swoop."
So, when the fifth scream rang out, Feng Huo's legs went weak and he lost his composure. Li Xian seized the opportunity and overtook him at full speed.
"New guy, didn't you say you couldn't run anymore?"
"Wait for me!"
Feng Huo's eyes widened in anxiety as he frantically tried to catch up with Li Xian. In this life-or-death situation, his speed was surprisingly fast.
Li Xian also charged forward blindly, channeling his inner energy into his feet, taking enormous strides.
For a time, they were neck and neck, and neither could widen the gap.
"Damn it."
"How can you run so fast, you little rascal!"
Enraged, Feng cursed. He was fast, but his stamina was no match for Li Xian's, and the distance between them gradually widened.
"No...no...ah!"
A sixth scream rang out.
This means that... of the eight guards, only Feng Huo and Li Xian remain.
Zhao Dachun, Qiao Dashou, Ye Xiaoluo, and their ilk are all dead.
"They're here!"
"That thing is so fast!"
Li Xian, with his keen hearing, noticed a strange noise.
He dared not turn around, for it would affect his speed. Besides that, he could hear Feng Huo's terrified breathing and curses.
"Damn it!"
"Son of a bitch!"
"You're the one who killed me! You're the one who killed me!"
I'll haunt you even as a ghost!
Li Xian ignored him and quickened his pace. By this time, he could already see the lights in the village.
"ah!"
A scream rang out, and Feng Huo was tackled to the ground.
The sounds of flesh tearing apart, hearts shattering, and blood splattering could be heard.
"I'm next!"
Li Xian, on the contrary, calmed down and touched the long sword at his waist. If he was caught up, he would do his best to make a cut and get his money back!
[Skill: Running]
[Proficiency: 1486/1500 Minor Mastery]
[Description: A race against time, life is at stake. Run faster, faster, and your life will be longer, longer still. Young man... you should be grateful that you haven't slacked off in your daily training.]
[Proficiency +2]
[Proficiency +1]
Li Xianben's [Running] technique, which was already close to completion, reached its full potential at this moment.
The fatigue vanished instantly, and I could walk with ease.
But that wasn't enough; that thing was even faster, unbelievably fast!
Running is not a "lightweight skill," and there is always a limit to improvement!
Li Xian finally understood why Feng Huo had said he was the one who had killed him.
In terms of speed alone, even if eight people scattered and tried to escape, they simply couldn't outrun it.
However… every time it pounces on someone, it pauses for a while, perhaps to eat something while it's still hot.
Feng Huo was caught.
Next up is Li Xian! Footsteps approached rapidly; that thing was already here.
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