The air seemed to have been paused for a moment.
Those who haven't experienced it firsthand can't truly understand how terrifying this scene is.
The bodies of dozens of villagers and actors were like puppets being manipulated by invisible threads, stiffly maintaining the posture of turning their heads.
The blank, stiff faces appeared unnaturally pale and bluish-white under the dim green light.
With a "whoosh," the little girl hid behind me.
I looked at her in surprise.
Wasn't she here to protect me?
Why are you hiding behind me?
"Bad uncle, they're angry."
The little girl peeked half her head out from behind me and even managed to sneak a bite of a snack.
Meanwhile, the three members of Xiaomi were also awakened by the loud gong sound.
When she saw the villagers around her and the actors, including Lady Qingti, on the stage, she screamed in terror.
While all the villagers turned to look at the three of us, I grabbed the little girl and ran away.
It's not that I'm heartless, it's just that I really can't save them.
You can save them once, but you can't save them a second time.
Whether they survive or not is up to fate.
At least I stopped them from being deep-fried, which is more than enough.
But when I ran to the gate of the City God Temple, I found that the half-closed gate had been tightly closed at some point.
I pushed the door open with both hands, but it wouldn't budge.
As I stepped back to kick the door, I noticed wisps of black energy, like living things, slowly crawling and climbing along the crack, clinging tightly to the door panel.
I instinctively reached out to touch the wisp of black energy, but as soon as my fingertips got close, a bone-chilling cold instantly swept over me, making my fingertips numb.
It's the Yin energy absorption gate!
Breaking the Yin energy absorption barrier is quite simple; just urinate a young boy.
But I don't have a [Earth Soul], so forget about peeing, even if I poop and stick it on the door, it won't help.
Just then, the woman on stage playing the role of Mrs. Qingti slowly raised her hand and pointed her blood-red fingernails sharply at my nose.
It made a "click" sound.
As she moved, the "evil spirits" and "little devils" that had been standing still began to slowly approach us.
The clanging of the chains grew more and more urgent, rattling incessantly like a death knell.
Xiaomi, Jia Qiye, and Yunwei had just begun to regain some clarity from their confusion.
In the blink of an eye, his once bright eyes became dull and lifeless, as if his soul had been ripped out, and he was reduced to a walking corpse once more.
His expression was terrifyingly blank, as if all the muscles in his face had lost their vitality.
His lips drooped slightly, and his bloodless lips trembled slightly, but he couldn't make a sound.
What's even more chilling is that behind them, a distorted little ghost was clinging tightly to them without them even noticing.
Those thin, twisted fingers, like withered tree branches, dug tightly into the backs of the three people.
By tiptoeing on their heels, they were roused to move forward slowly, step by step.
I pulled the little girl out from behind me who was secretly eating.
"Stop eating, think of something quickly."
The little girl pouted unhappily, chewing on something, and was very unhappy that I had interrupted her.
With pouting, one hand on her hip and the other pointing at the evil spirits slowly walking towards us, she shouted in a childish voice, "Grandpa Qin, they're bullying me!"
The little girl's innocent cry echoed through the eerie City God Temple.
In an instant, the entire space seemed to be pulled by a strange force, and the air became viscous.
A gust of wind howled through the City God Temple.
A golden light burst forth from the dilapidated shrine in the City God Temple, surging towards the "evil spirits" and "little devils" like a tidal wave.
Within that golden light, I seemed to see a tall and majestic figure.
Dressed in a python robe, wearing a crown, and holding a jade tablet, he was none other than the City God, Qin Yubo!
Those originally menacing "evil spirits" and "little devils" began to twist and dissipate under the golden light.
It let out a painful scream.
The little ghosts on Xiaomi, Master Jia, and Yunwei were also blasted away by this powerful force, turning into wisps of black smoke and disappearing.
The three of them fell to the ground and lay motionless, but fortunately they seemed to be unharmed.
The City God transformed into a golden light once more and returned to the shrine.
I stared at it all in disbelief, my mind still reeling.
There really is a City God!
The little girl smiled smugly: "I knew Grandpa Qin would help us!"
As she spoke, she didn't forget to stuff the remaining snacks in her hand into her mouth and chew them with smacking sounds.
Seeing how much she was enjoying her food, I couldn't help but ask, "Girl, what are you eating?"
The little girl quickly put her hands behind her back, as if afraid I would snatch them.
Seeing her like this, I was both annoyed and amused, but at that moment my tense mood relaxed a lot.
I walked over to Xiaomi and the other two and found that Xiaomi and Yunwei looked rather pale, but not life-threatening. At most, they would fall seriously ill after returning home.
Looking at Master Jia again, my heart sank.
He was already very old and frail, and had long been a man with one foot in the grave.
This ordeal only worsened his already dire situation, and he is now in a semi-comatose, dying state.
His face had a horrifying bluish-gray hue, devoid of any life.
The skin has also lost its former elasticity, becoming loose and dry.
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