Chapter 163 163. Special Sacrifice
When Xu Zhi looked up, he found that the tree belonging to the black cat had disappeared at some point.
Is it because its remains have been taken away?
But now is not the time to ask this. Xu Zhi tied the bone and scabbard together and put them on his back. He put on his cloak again and quickly left here and walked towards the entrance.
Not long after she left, strange roars were heard behind her.
The black cat's tone suddenly became tired: "It's really just a little bit."
Xu Zhi frowned: "What are those things? They won't catch up with us, right?"
The black cat's voice dropped slightly: "No, you walked too fast, I covered your tracks, don't stop, go further."
Xu Zhi could hear its fatigue from its voice. Combined with the clan's ability of [Nightmare], it was not difficult to guess how this black cat concealed her whereabouts.
It seems like it really wants to leave here.
Xu Zhi walked quickly away from here, and only stopped when she was almost close to the crack.
There was no abnormality in the hand that was branded by Midnight. Apart from the initial burning sensation, it seemed that everything was no different from before. But it was precisely because of this that Xu Zhi felt even more uneasy.
Seeing her stop, Black Cat was puzzled: "Why are you stopping here if you don't want to get out quickly?"
It looked around, and compared to its posture before, it was obviously a little too uneasy now.
Why do you feel uneasy?
Is there anything different from before?
bone.
Is it upset because the bones have been dug out?
It seems that this bone is really something very important.
"You haven't fulfilled your promise to me yet." Xu Zhi looked at it calmly, not looking anxious.
"Do you know how dangerous it is to stay here? If you're discovered..."
"Human, we can talk slowly after we get out. It will be safe then. You can talk as long as you want. I'll tell you whatever you want to know—"
"No." Xu Zhi immediately interrupted and rejected it: "I want to know immediately."
The black cat arched its back and growled at Xu Zhi, "Human, you should know better!"
Xu Zhi didn't take the threat. Her eyes were cold: "It's you who should know the situation better."
"If you won't tell me, I'll throw this bone away."
"You!" This sentence hit the black cat's soft spot. Its fur stood on end, but it could do nothing to Xu Zhi.
The black cat's green eyes flashed. If it weren't for that damn light, it would have used illusions to make Xu Zhi "voluntarily" take it out.
Now, it seems that some price has to be paid.
"Okay, human, what do you want to know?"
Xu Zhi already knew where this place was, and now the more important thing was
"Why do you want to go out? Is it because something happened here?"
"Hmph." The black cat turned into a puff of green smoke again: "You know how to ask."
"Everyone here wants out, not just me."
This is the answer to Xu Zhi’s first question.
This was not beyond Xu Zhi's expectations. After all, she already knew that this was a cemetery, and the "creatures" in midnight should all be dead. Leaving midnight might mean resurrection.
"But you guessed right, something unexpected did happen at midnight." The black cat floated tiredly in the air.
"That rift disrupted some of our plans. Since we can't leave, the midnight hours have become dangerous. Those who have regained consciousness want to leave here as soon as possible, rather than be sacrificed."
Having said that, the black cat suddenly let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground from the air. Its fur became dull, as if it had suffered a serious injury.
It seemed to have suffered some kind of backlash.
The black cat on the ground seemed to be dead for nearly half a minute before it slowly opened its eyes again. However, its emerald eyes had become dim at this moment. It said to Xu Zhi in an extremely weak voice:
"I've already told you the answer. Now, it's time for you to fulfill your promise."
The black cat looked incredibly miserable, but Xu Zhi wasn't satisfied: "Is that all?"
Hearing Xu Zhi's greedy speech, the black cat's voice became shrill: "Human! Don't be so greedy!"
"I've told you everything I can say. Even so, I've suffered backlash. If you say even one more word, I won't have to leave!"
Seeing the black cat's attitude, Xu Zhi understood that this was indeed its limit.
A sacrifice?
Xu Zhi had some ideas in her mind, but now was not the time to think deeply. She nodded and said, "Why don't you hide under the cloak? You're too conspicuous like this."
The black cat breathed a sigh of relief when it saw that Xu Zhi no longer asked it to say more. The backlash could not be concealed, and it was afraid that Xu Zhi would still not be satisfied, so it really could not say anything more.
With Xu Zhi's "permission", the lantern light no longer burned the black cat's soul, and it was able to successfully get in.
"Oh right," Xu Zhi suddenly said, "There's a guard at the entrance. Just in case, if it shows any signs of discovering me, you'd better help me cover it up."
The cat hiding in the cloak was furious again. Could it possibly fool anyone with what it was guarding?!
Human!
Too greedy!
But it just couldn't stand by and watch. After all, if Xu Zhi was caught, its remains would also be gone.
The excavated remains must not be left in the midnight, they must go.
The black cat lay tiredly on Xu Zhi's shoulder to accumulate strength. When necessary, it would have to take action.
Damn human, once it leaves here, it will immediately take back its remains. Then, it will make this human know the price of threatening it!
When he reached the entrance of the crack, Xu Zhi replaced the core of the lantern in time, changing the light from [lamp] to [cup].
And she could sense that the black cat hidden in her shoulder became more alert as the light changed.
It seemed that it hated the smell of the [cup] more than the [lamp].
When we reached the entrance, perhaps due to the movement in the depths of the forest, the creatures that were originally lying leisurely on the edge of the crack were now wandering around the crack.
Xu Zhi didn't dare to look up at it. High-level extraordinary creatures have extremely sharp "intuition" and can easily sense the gazes directed at them. Xu Zhi could only hold his breath, slow down his pace and walk quickly towards the crack.
Under the cover of the cloak, Xu Zhi was like a ball of fog moving quickly on the ground, without any breath and without attracting any attention, but a ball of moving fog in this windless forest was still a little strange.
Fortunately, when Xu Zhi walked to the side of the tall creature, the black cat hiding under the cloak took action in time to help Xu Zhi cover up a little.
Therefore, Xu Zhi was able to walk to the mouth of the crack smoothly. As long as she crossed the crack, she would return to the present world, and her cooperation with the black cat would be broken at that moment.
(End of this chapter)
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