The weasel darted out several times, but Ruan Xianxian grabbed its tail and pulled it back into her arms. "What did you promise me before we came? No matter what happens, you're not allowed to leave my side by even a meter."
Huang Er's tears fell onto Ruan Xianxian's hand with a splat. She pulled her hand back as if burned, took a deep breath, and leaned down to tell Weiwei.
"You continue clearing the way and leading the people up the mountain; I'll go ahead first."
By this point, she was pretty much certain that the trouble wasn't caused by a ghost, and since it wasn't that thing, she had nothing to be afraid of.
With a leap, it jumped off the turtle's back and disappeared into the dense forest in a few swift steps.
Feng Bai, who had just caught a glimpse of a dark figure, looked up. Sure enough, the beautiful figure on the tortoise's back had disappeared. He gritted his teeth and gave the order.
"Abandon clearing the way, let's charge!"
In an instant, more than a hundred people sprang into action. The waist-high weeds and branches did indeed initially hinder the advancing soldiers.
Before long, the country trained battle-hardened soldiers who figured out how to move quickly, but this also consumed a lot of their physical strength.
Initially, Weiwei led the way to conserve energy; now that they were close to their target, some energy expenditure was acceptable.
Shattered Stone Forest—!
The rocky forest had changed drastically; the stones, large and small, had turned to dust, and five Onmyoji dressed in hunting robes surrounded a red lacquered wooden coffin in the center...
A white fox with blood-stained fur stood on top of the coffin, baring its teeth and hissing at the five disheveled Onmyoji, trying to intimidate them.
One of the Onmyoji winked at someone beside him: This white fox is already exhausted; we can use our trump card now and try to hit it with one strike.
The Onmyoji wearing the upright eboshi hat received a hint from his companion, and with his back to the white fox, he flicked his long sleeve, from which a fully-fledged Kuchisake-onna flew out.
With its mouth wide open enough to swallow a fox, it attacked the white fox, which had its back to her, in a ferocious manner...
"Rage!"
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