Not everyone reacted quickly enough. Two Spirit Masters were slow to react and were not very willing to follow Fang Xiu's instructions, which resulted in them being halfway to the safe zone.
The girl's head turned very quickly, so the red light in her eyes moved very rapidly as well.
The light immediately shone on the two spirit masters who couldn't escape in time. They tried desperately to run away, but it was too late.
The two spirit masters were startled, thinking they were doomed, since the red light from the human head lantern was clearly not a good thing.
But when the red light faded, the two found that they seemed to have been unaffected at all, and their bodies were even still running, getting closer and closer to the crowd.
But the next second, the two seemed to realize something was wrong. Why were their gazes being raised?
The two were originally about 1.7 meters tall, but as they ran, they found that their field of vision had risen to more than two meters and was still rising rapidly.
Three meters, four meters, five meters...
The people who were originally at the same level suddenly became shorter, and the perspective was as if they were standing on a tall building looking down.
Gradually, they felt something was increasingly strange: why were people looking at them with such fear?
Then, the two looked down and instantly understood.
There were two headless corpses on the ground, still running, but they fell to the ground after only a couple of steps, blood gushing from their severed necks.
It turns out, we too have become human head lanterns.
When they realized it, their consciousness dissipated, transforming into two human head lanterns floating in the sky, their faces bearing happy smiles, their eyes wide open, releasing two eerie red lights.
"run!"
Fang Xiu's sudden command jolted everyone awake.
This time, everyone rushed to follow Fang Xiu's footsteps as if they were mad, looking like fanatics following their god, afraid of falling behind.
Fang Xiu's footsteps were extremely strange, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, and his entire escape route was S-shaped, like a drunk person running wildly.
But at that moment, no one dared to laugh at him.
Because in everyone's eyes, Fang Xiu's performance at this moment was nothing short of a miracle.
No one knows when the lanterns in the sky will turn their heads, or how their unpredictable paths will move.
But Fang Xiu seemed to have a premonition, dodging and weaving, repeatedly brushing past the edge of the eerie red light.
On one occasion, five human-head lanterns looked over at the same time, emitting ten eerie red lights that nearly blocked all paths.
Despite the perilous situation, Fang Xiu seemed to have foreseen it, leaping into the air and escaping before the red light encircled him.
When others witnessed this incredible feat, they were utterly astonished. They had no time to think and could only follow Fang Xiu closely, even imitating his every move.
Fang Xiu jumps, they jump; Fang Xiu rolls, they roll.
It was fortunate that these people were spirit masters, whose reaction and movement speeds far exceeded those of ordinary people. Otherwise, if it were an ordinary person, even if they knew the way out, they would not have been able to get through at all.
However, even spirit masters cannot perfectly replicate Fang Xiu's movements, since there is a delay between actions. Fang Xiu moves first, and they can follow, which creates a slight time difference.
This time difference might normally be only half a second, which wouldn't make much of a difference, but in this life-or-death situation, half a second can mean the difference between heaven and hell.
Just two minutes later, three more people died in the group. Their heads turned into lanterns and slowly rose into the sky, making it even more difficult for Fang Xiu and the others to escape.
But everything seemed to be within Fang Xiu's expectations. He even calculated how many people would die and how many new head lanterns would be created, perfectly avoiding the situation.
"The last wave is just ahead, stick close to me!" Fang Xiu said calmly as they moved at high speed.
The crowd did not answer, but followed closely.
The so-called last wave was actually hundreds of head lanterns densely packed together, occupying most of the sky. Each one was a very young man and woman. The men had fashionable hairstyles, and the women wore heavy makeup, with thick foundation, red lips, and false eyelashes.
They seemed to be dancing, shaking their heads and swaying from side to side in the sky.
They were indeed dancing at a club.
They flew out of a nearby nightclub while they were dancing, and then a human head lantern crashed in, turning everyone into human head lanterns.
Now they are dead, but they still maintain the same activity patterns they had in life, nodding and shaking their heads frantically.
This greatly increases the difficulty of crossing over.
"Fatty, light the bronze candlestick!"
"OK!"
Upon hearing this, the fat man did not hesitate for a moment and immediately cut his palm to light the bronze candlestick.
A dark green light slowly rose, enveloping everyone.
"run!"
So, everyone ran for their lives amidst the sea of human head lanterns, bathed in green light.
Every now and then, eerie red lights would strike the group, but they were all blocked by the green candlelight.
The eerie green light brought everyone an unparalleled sense of security.
However, the fat man didn't feel that way. His face was deathly pale, and he felt completely drained.
Fortunately, Fang Xiu took the route where the red light was weakest; otherwise, if hundreds of red lights had bombarded everyone, the fat man would probably have been turned into a dried-up corpse on the spot.
By repeatedly dying and rewinding, Fang Xiu had already figured out the most health-saving route.
Protected by the bronze candlesticks, the group was about to leave the terrifying sea of human head lanterns. At this crucial moment, if nothing unexpected happened, something was bound to go wrong.
In the group, a beautiful young woman suddenly clutched her chest and involuntarily collapsed to the ground.
She didn't have a heart condition, but rather poor mental fortitude. Coupled with prolonged periods of frantic running and constant tension, fearing she might make a mistake and die, this led to a loss of spiritual control.
This sudden loss of spiritual control can be serious in some ways, but not in others.
If a stick of incense is lit, her uncontrolled spirituality can be easily suppressed, and she will appear as if nothing happened.
But that was under normal circumstances; now there was no chance for her to light the incense.
Everyone was fleeing for their lives, but she fell and fell behind, quickly escaping the reach of the green candlelight.
"No, no, no!!" the woman screamed shrilly, watching the green candlelight drift further and further away from her. It felt like being exposed to nuclear radiation after taking off her protective suit.
"Stop! Help me!"
Upon hearing this, most of the spirit masters seemed not to hear it at all and ran forward as fast as they could, while a few looked back with reluctance.
At that moment, the head of the dancing couple turned towards the woman.
As the red light was about to shine on her, the woman's desperate face turned crazed: "Since you won't save me, then we'll all die together!!"
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