They pleaded in unison:
"Yes, sir! You must have a way!"
"Please have mercy and save us poor people!"
"We are willing to do anything for you, just please get rid of this evil spirit!"
Looking at the group of villagers kneeling and begging for help, Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
He had intended to leave this troublesome place, but unexpectedly encountered this strange event again.
But seeing the anxious and desperate looks in the villagers' eyes, he couldn't bear to leave just like that.
"Fine," Xiao Feng sighed. "I'll go see what's going on. Lead the way."
Seeing the anxious and desperate looks in the villagers' eyes, he couldn't bear to leave just like that.
"Fine," Xiao Feng sighed. "I'll go see what's going on. Lead the way."
As soon as he finished speaking, the villagers cheered and thanked him in unison.
Xiao Feng inwardly cursed, "My damned saintly heart! I was thinking of running away as soon as possible, but I still softened."
Led by the villagers, Xiao Feng headed towards the village.
"This village is probably not peaceful," Xiao Feng thought to himself.
Finally, the group arrived at the edge of the village.
Sure enough, a thick black fog enveloped the entire village, like a huge black monster lying on the ground.
“Sir, this is it.” The middle-aged man said, trembling. “Our village has been plagued by this black fog for many years.”
"Years ago?" Xiao Feng frowned. "Didn't it just appear recently?"
"Well..." the middle-aged man stammered, "Actually, our village has been harassed by monsters for years. It's just that this time the black fog came particularly fiercely, so we had no choice but to come out and ask for help."
Xiao Feng raised an eyebrow. The villagers hadn't mentioned any demonic beasts before, so things seemed to be more complicated than they appeared.
"Why didn't you tell the truth before?" Xiao Feng asked coldly.
"Please calm down, my lord!" The middle-aged man quickly knelt down. "We were afraid you wouldn't help us. This demonic beast is too powerful; all the cultivators who came before us were defeated. We are truly desperate."
Xiao Feng remained silent for a moment, his gaze sweeping across the faces of the villagers.
"Alright, since you're here, I'll take a look." Xiao Feng sighed, "But let me make this clear first, I can't guarantee I can solve the problem."
After saying that, he strode towards the black mist.
Just as he was about to step into the fog, he heard the villagers' exclamations behind him:
"Be careful, sir!"
"Don't go in!"
Xiao Feng glanced back and saw that the villagers all looked terrified.
A thought struck him: "It seems that what's in the fog is not simple."
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Feng resolutely stepped into the black mist.
Suddenly, a cold, damp feeling enveloped my whole body, as if I were in a deep underground cave.
"Let's see what kind of monster this is!" Xiao Feng narrowed his eyes.
As Xiao Feng stepped into the depths of the black mist, the surrounding scenery immediately became blurred.
"This place is so eerie it sends chills down my spine," Xiao Feng thought to himself, suppressing his unease.
Suddenly, a red light flashed in the darkness.
Xiao Feng suddenly stopped and stared intently at the scene.
Not far ahead, two crimson lights flickered in and out of the black mist, like two burning rubies.
Those were a pair of eyes.
Xiao Feng held his breath, his entire body tense.
Those eyes were about the size of a fist, gleaming with an eerie red light, as if they could see right through people's hearts.
The owner of the eyes was hidden in the black mist, revealing only these chilling eyes.
"What is this thing?"
Xiao Feng subconsciously took a step back, but felt the dragon soul within his body suddenly become restless, as if it had some kind of connection with those red eyes.
Red Eyes stared intently at Xiao Feng, neither approaching nor retreating.
Xiao Feng muttered to himself, "We've come all this way, we can't just back down like this, can we?"
Xiao Feng stared intently at those eerie red eyes, and suddenly felt the dragon soul within his body tremble violently.
A surge of intense energy churned in his dantian, as if a true dragon were about to burst forth from his body.
"What's going on?" Xiao Feng gasped, feeling his entire body filled with this energy, with the aura of the dragon soul gushing out from every pore.
The red-eyed creature seemed to sense this energy as well, its crimson eyes flashing with an even stronger light.
Suddenly, an invisible force shot out from the red eyes and collided with the dragon soul energy within Xiao Feng's body.
"Hiss—" Xiao Feng couldn't help but let out a cry of pain.
The feeling was as if someone was tearing his soul apart, causing him so much pain that his vision went black and he broke out in a cold sweat.
The surrounding black mist began to churn violently, forming a huge vortex.
"This is playing with fire!" Xiao Feng gritted his teeth, desperately resisting the pulling force.
He could sense that the dragon soul seemed to have a strange familiarity with the red-eyed creature, as if they were originally one.
The aura of the red-eyed creature grew stronger and stronger, and Xiao Feng felt as if he was about to be torn in two.
Just when he was about to give up, the dragon soul within him suddenly let out a deafening roar.
"roar--"
A golden light shot into the sky from Xiao Feng's body, intertwining and swirling with the aura of the red-eyed creature in the air.
The two energies collided, sparking dazzling flames that illuminated the entire dark space.
Xiao Feng stared wide-eyed at the unbelievable scene before him.
The energy struggle lasted for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before it gradually subsided.
Xiao Feng was panting heavily, his whole body soaked in sweat, as if he had just been pulled out of the water.
The red-eyed creature's aura also weakened, its scarlet eyes slowly closed, and finally disappeared into the thick black mist.
Xiao Feng slumped to the ground, feeling the agitation of the dragon soul within his body gradually subside.
He stared in the direction where the red-eyed creature had disappeared, muttering to himself, "What on earth happened? What is the connection between the dragon soul and that thing?"
The black mist returned to calm, but Xiao Feng knew that this encounter was definitely not accidental.
Xiao Feng looked down and suddenly noticed some strange marks.
They were a series of footprints deeply embedded in the mud, each footprint much larger than the claw marks of ordinary wild animals.
He crouched down to examine them closely and discovered that the footprints were three-toed, with each toe claw as sharp as a knife, leaving clear scratches on the ground.
"These footprints...how come they look so much like dragon claws?"
Xiao Feng was startled, and couldn't help but recall the legends and movies about dragons he had seen in his previous life.
In those stories, dragons always appear as powerful and mysterious figures, their claws capable of easily tearing through rocks, leaving behind marks that are often terrifying.
"Could it be that there are dragons in this place?"
Xiao Feng pondered to himself.
Just then, his gaze was drawn to a depression not far away.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com