Chapter 198 Meeting her is your bad luck
The air seemed to freeze.
A human and a ghost stared at each other, wide-eyed.
Startled by this unusual entrance, Zhan Li quickly recovered and mercilessly shattered Sadako with his arrows, but the next second, another fresh one emerged from the box.
Zhanli impatiently woke Ah Hai, "Didn't I tell you not to overthink things?!"
Ahai, who had just woken up, saw Sadako about to faint again, but Zhanli forcibly turned the machine back on. He felt more wronged than Dou E, and tremblingly spoke up for himself: "I...it wasn't me..."
Zhan Li didn't believe it at all, and said coldly, "Don't waste time, something's not right here, let's get out of here."
*
The entire island seemed to be soaked in thick ink, and Yan Xi sensed something was wrong almost the instant she stepped onto it.
This thing is probably about to wake up.
Its power will also increase after being empowered by the black energy. Since his soul is now incomplete, if he tries to withstand it, the Heavenly Dao might notice.
A thoughtful look flashed in Yan Xi's eyes.
He followed us here because it would be convenient to carry out his plan.
If Huali is brought back to the Abyss here, even if others look for her, they will first find the trail of Zhanli.
Why wouldn't a perfect scapegoat be used?
If Huali refuses to cooperate once they reach the Boundary Abyss... Yan Xi's expression was indifferent. No, she would.
If he can't use words to manipulate things, he still has plenty of other methods and means.
Having made up his mind, Yan Xi was about to take action when he suddenly noticed something amiss.
As soon as he turned around, he saw a violent surge of black energy behind him, and then a woman wearing a blue robe with long hair covering her face crawled toward him in an extremely contorted posture.
The little girl beside him had already darted behind him, "So cute..."
Yan Xi asked in confusion, "Chu?"
"Chu Meiren!!!" What channel is her upright and just magistrate on?
How did the cultivation world end up with Beauty Chu?
Is this reasonable?!
Yan Xi was silent for a few seconds, "My little benefactor, were you thinking about this girl just now?"
Huali was taken aback. "You mean?"
Yan Xi nodded. "This place might bring out the fears in people's hearts. My little benefactor, don't overthink it."
Karin, whose mind hadn't stopped racing since arriving on the island: "..."
She stepped forward and grabbed Yan Xi's hand, while her other hand gripped the fire-type card tightly. She said firmly, "Little bird, don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Yan Xi, who could clearly feel the other person's palm trembling, was speechless.
To prove she wasn't afraid, Huali acted like a human radar detector, searching for people while introducing tourist attractions to Yanxi.
"Little bird, don't turn around!" The little girl's voice was a mix of fear and strange excitement. "Glance sideways at the one wearing an official's hat behind you, that's a standard Qing Dynasty zombie..."
*
On the other side of the island.
Having just escaped from Sadako's shadow, Ahai breathed a sigh of relief and cautiously followed behind Zhanli.
Sudden--
"Thump, thump, thump,"
A dull, rhythmic jumping sound suddenly appeared behind him.
Ah Hai subconsciously turned around—
Behind him, a row of figures dressed in tattered dark blue official robes, wearing peacock feathers on their heads, with ashen faces and yellow talismans pasted on their foreheads, were hopping and skipping toward him with their arms outstretched.
And not just one, but a whole string of them!!
Ahai: "Uh—"
Zhan Li felt a weight on his back as Ah Hai rolled his eyes and fainted again.
Zhan Li: "......"
If he finds out who's behind this!!
*
"Those hanging from the tree branches are ghosts too!"
Huali pulled Yanxi around the zombie horde and pointed to a person in a white dress swaying in the eerie wind on a giant banyan tree.
At this point, she had moved beyond fear and was already experiencing a sense of déjà vu, like she was visiting a haunted house.
The little girl said excitedly, "The old corpse in the mountain village is really not lying. This back view looks pretty scary! If we suddenly make eye contact—hiss."
*
"Brother! Brother! You're my own brother! I really don't want to leave!" Ah Hai cried, tears streaming down his face.
If he had known he would have to endure so much, he would never have left this sea! He thought he would be safe once the immortal arrived, but who knew that the immortal would come alone, and with a whole bunch of ghosts!
Who could stand this?!
Ah Hai wailed, "There's a ghost at every step! It's terrifying!"
Zhan Li woke the man up for the third time, his tone now irritable, "We'll be out soon. Staying here is just waiting to die. Haven't you noticed the black aura around us is getting stronger?"
His double pupils allow him to see things that ordinary people cannot, and the "soil" beneath their feet has begun to undulate.
This island might actually be a cannibalistic place!
This time he was reckless. It was because Huali's attitude towards mortals bothered him that he became even more determined to prove they were different, and thus barged in alone!
That last blow was probably the culmination of all the fear Ah Hai had felt since arriving here. His internal organs are still burning with pain, and considering Ah Hai is only human, I'm afraid...
Thinking of the hallucination he had just experienced, a self-deprecating glint flashed in Zhan Li's eyes.
"These are all fake. Don't look at them, don't think about them. Take a deep breath." Mortals are just troublesome.
Ah Hai, his breath trembling, immediately looked up upon hearing this—only to find himself staring directly at the figure hanging from the tree branch.
A cold wind blew by, and the figure...swayed gently...silently...
Ah Hai's blood ran cold instantly; he felt like he was going crazy! His nerves were stretched to the limit, and any further stimulation would cause them to snap completely.
"Huff...huff...calm down...it's all fake, fake..." He kept telling himself this.
However, fate did not spare him.
Just as Ah Hai's heart was beginning to calm down, the seemingly solid black ground beneath his feet suddenly softened!
"Pfft!"
The moment Ah Hai's entire right leg sank in, a icy, bone-chilling, sticky scent of the sea and silt enveloped his calf!
In an instant, Sadako, Chu Meiren, and zombies flashed through Ahai's mind.
Fear completely overwhelmed his consciousness, and Ah Hai let out the most piercing scream since landing on the island!
"Help me!!!!"
As his adrenaline surged and he let out the ultimate dolphin-like sound, his eyes rolled back and he fainted again!
As if in response to Ahai's desperate cry...
Rumble—
The entire island suddenly began to tremble violently!
Zhan Li pulled A Hai out of the swamp. The moment he looked up, the black mist in front of him seemed to be churning wildly by an invisible giant hand!
As it tumbled and contracted, a teeth-grinding "snap" sound rang out!
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