"What's wrong, Brother Chen?"
Old Dao noticed that my expression was off and quickly asked what was wrong.
"It's news from Brother Liu! We need to leave immediately!"
I showed my phone to Lao Dao, who then frowned.
"Brother Chen, something's not right. Why is it that your phone has a signal while mine doesn't?"
Old Dao took out his phone, but his phone signal was zero.
"Never mind, let's go in and see. After all, I still have my blood."
Old Dao is bolder now than before. If it were before, he would have been the first to back down in this situation.
Otherwise, they would just pee directly.
I put away my phone, picked up my lightning sword, and carefully walked into the courtyard.
The yard is very different from before. Originally, the yard was overgrown with weeds because no one had taken care of it for a long time.
But now the yard is bare and desolate, as if all life has been taken away by something.
"Old Dao, be careful and stay behind me. Something's wrong; there's an aura of death!"
I pulled Old Knife aside and told him to be careful.
"Brother Chen, is there something fishy going on...?"
Startled by the atmosphere I created, Lao Dao trembled slightly.
I laughed. This is the kind of person Lao Dao should be. Then I seriously gave Lao Dao a lecture.
"No, there's no ghostly aura here, only a deathly stillness, as if life force has been completely drained by something!"
I gave Lao Dao a general explanation.
My feeling here is that there's something below that's constantly absorbing the life force from above.
In an extremely ruthless manner, it completely drained the life force from inside.
This is something only sorcery could achieve.
"So, if there really is something down there, you probably won't be able to control your blood. It might even be someone's nourishment..."
I turned around and spoke slowly and deliberately. Old Dao was so scared that he wet himself on the spot.
"Brother Chen, I'm easily scared, don't scare me!"
"Let's go in and take a look. Maybe that thing inside has already left!"
I took a deep breath and looked at my tattoo. Now my tattoo opened its eyes and was nodding at me.
They seemed to agree with my decision to go in.
This is the second time I've been inside this cave. The last time I went in, I killed the snake demon inside.
Now, the cave dwellings have undergone tremendous changes.
The walls, which were originally made of yellow earth, have now turned gray. I placed my hand on the wall and took a slight sniff.
"Just as I suspected, something has drained the nutrients from the soil, leaving the entire area dead! Old Dao, you stay here, I'll go inside and check if Brother Liu and the others are there!"
I told Lao Dao to wait for me at the entrance of the cave, and I'd go in and take a look first.
Although Lao Dao initially refused, he chose to stay after my insistence.
Before I left, it left me with a little blood.
"Brother Chen, here's some blood for you. You said it's useless, but just in case, I'm not comfortable letting you go in alone!"
Old Dao collected his blood into a small bottle and handed it to me.
I didn't stand on ceremony with Lao Dao either.
He took the blood vial and went straight inside.
I used my phone for lighting, and from time to time, some eerie sounds came from inside the cave, like snakes rubbing against the walls, which was a bit creepy.
"Brother Liu, Brother Zhou, are you there?"
I shouted.
In the empty cave dwelling, only my echo could be heard.
Just then, I arrived at the first painting.
I opened the painting, my face turning ashen.
Originally, this was a landscape painting, but now it has been completely changed.
The landscape inside had become completely desolate.
The world depicted in the painting is devoid of any life.
There must be something terrifying inside this cave, devouring life.
Could it really be Zhou the tailor?
A chill ran through me.
Just then, the ground beneath my feet suddenly became muddy.
My feet felt like they were going to sink into it.
I quickly stuck the sword into the wall and used its strength to climb out.
"Xiao Chen, what are you doing here?"
At that moment, I saw Zhou the tailor.
Zhou the tailor was pale and extremely weak.
"Brother Zhou, where's Brother Liu?"
I was wary of Zhou the tailor and quickly asked about Liu Sandao's location.
"Brother Liu? Little Chen, didn't you realize that the three knives who came before were fake?"
Zhou the tailor was taken aback for a moment, then told me some important news.
Hearing this, I was dumbfounded.
"Brother Zhou, are you saying that the Brother Liu we fought with before was an imposter?"
I can hardly believe it.
No matter how you look at it, Liu Sandao doesn't seem fake.
"I know it's hard for you to accept this, but it's the truth!"
"The Liu Sandao who came this time wasn't the real one; I was fooled by him too!"
Zhou the tailor explained it to me and then helped me up.
"Xiao Chen, that fake Liu Sandao practiced evil magic and absorbed all the life inside. I'm also trapped by the formation!"
Zhou the tailor grabbed my arm with his other arm, and he was panting as he spoke.
It seems that what Zhou the tailor said is true.
If the fake Liu Sandao practiced evil magic, then all of this would make sense.
Xu Feng probably figured it out a long time ago.
"Brother Zhou, how can I help you?"
I quickly asked a question.
She pretended to lower her guard against Zhou the tailor, but in reality, she was still wary of him.
"Go and bring me the two diagrams. The formation is on the diagrams. As long as I break the formation, I will be able to get out!"
Zhou the tailor pointed to the picture in my hand and offered a solution.
"Okay, Brother Zhou, I'll be right there."
I pretended to agree, and just as I passed by Zhou the tailor, I plunged the sword in my hand into Zhou the tailor's body.
Zhou the tailor's expression was very stiff. Perhaps Zhou the tailor did not expect that I would choose to kill him at this crucial moment.
"Brother Zhou, are you the one who practices evil magic?"
I stabbed Zhou the tailor directly through with my sword.
Zhou the tailor turned around, his expression showing surprise.
"You...you were faking it all along?"
Zhou the tailor coughed up blood because he had been stabbed with a lightning sword, and it was a sneak attack on a vital area. Zhou the tailor was hit directly.
After the stab, Zhou the tailor's expression instantly turned ferocious.
His face looked like it was made of lime.
My sword was also firmly under my control.
Even so, we still caught you!
Zhou the tailor endured the pain, seemingly willing to risk injury to kill me.
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