Hu Ergou watched as the large seal, shattered into countless pieces, rapidly fell to the ground. He was completely bewildered, roaring, "No, this isn't real! My seal is feared by all ghosts, how could it possibly shatter? Right, I must be dreaming."
Hu Tudao also looked incredulous. His father's greatest asset had been so easily destroyed. He grabbed my hand like a madman and shouted, "Changming, we must be dreaming, right? Slap me! I want to wake up quickly, it's too terrifying!"
My face turned deathly pale, and I nodded subconsciously. Perhaps Hu Tudao was right; we were indeed dreaming. So without hesitation, I swung my hand hard and slapped Hu Tudao across the face.
"Smack!"
I felt a burning pain in my hand, while Hu Tudao staggered a few steps after I slapped him and fell to the ground with a thud.
Hu Tudao covered his swollen cheek with his hand, then looked at the shoes on the ground. His face turned pale, and he screamed, "A ghost!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Tudao jumped up from the ground, ignoring Hu Ergou, and ran frantically back the way he came.
I wanted to call out to him, but at that moment I was trembling all over, my teeth were chattering, and my legs were weak. It was already a miracle that I could stand up.
"Tu Dao, wait for me!"
Just then, Hu Ergou, who was ahead, also ran back the way he came as if he had gone mad.
I stood there motionless, stunned. Actually, I didn't think much of Hu Ergou and the others running away. When your life is threatened, who can face it calmly? Including myself. If I could run away, I wouldn't be standing here like an idiot.
I knew I might die here. Actually, I didn't blame Hu Ergou and the others for running away. On the contrary, I was happy because that way I could leave in peace without feeling sorry for them or implicating them.
But then, a strange thing happened. Hu Tudao, who was running in the lead, suddenly ran back and started circling around the shoes, his face showing the joy of escaping.
What's even stranger is that Hu Ergou, who was running away later, passed by Hu Tudao face to face, but he didn't see Hu Tudao at all.
A little while later, Hu Ergou, who was running behind, also came back. I thought he had come back to find Hu Tudao, but after Hu Ergou ran back, he followed Hu Tudao's example, spinning around in circles with those shoes, and muttered to himself, "Damn, he's too fierce. Luckily, I ran fast. Tudao has already run ahead. That brat didn't even wait for me."
My face turned extremely pale. These two must have been possessed by evil spirits, or they'd encountered a ghost wall.
Just then, I suddenly realized I could move again, so I yelled, "What are you doing?"
Hu Tudao and Hu Ergou seemed completely oblivious to my shouts, continuing to spin around, their faces simultaneously revealing the joy of their escape.
At that moment, I didn't care about anything else. I gritted my teeth and rushed forward, slapping each of them once.
"Slap! Slap!"
Hu Ergou and Hu Tudao stopped after I hit them, and subconsciously covered their cheeks with their hands, looking completely bewildered.
"Uncle Hu, here comes the map!" I shouted at the two of them.
Hu Tudao looked at me with a puzzled expression, then glanced around. His face changed drastically, and he said in a trembling voice, "Changming, what's going on? Didn't I clearly run outside? How did I end up back here?"
Hu Ergou's face flushed red and then turned pale. I didn't know if it was fear or shame, or perhaps both.
"We've encountered a ghost wall." Hu Ergou took out the compass from his side bag and examined it carefully.
"Dad, what do we do now?" Hu Tudao asked, following closely behind Hu Ergou, his face filled with fear.
Hu Ergou swung the compass in his hand left and right, then determined a direction and said in a deep voice, "Follow me."
Hu Tudao followed Hu Ergou without hesitation. From my position, the distance between the two of them was no more than three centimeters.
I tried to move my body and found that I could move again. However, I did not run away with Hu Ergou and the others. If staying would save their lives, I would be willing to do so, because all of this was originally caused by me.
Although it was very dark all around, Hu Tudao used his mobile phone for light and the two of them kept moving forward. Soon they reached the corner. Just when I thought they could leave this place, Hu Ergou, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and came back.
Hu Ergou and his companion returned to me, and I saw excited smiles on their faces.
Hu Tudao looked at Hu Ergou and said, "Haha, we've finally made it out."
Hu Ergou patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, saying slowly, "Yes, this evil thing is too powerful. I am no match for it at all. Sure enough, there are always mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people. It's a pity that Changming did not come out with us."
"Why bother with him? We told him to leave, but he's still standing there like an idiot," Hu Tudao muttered under his breath.
The two of them were talking less than two meters in front of me, completely ignoring me as if I were invisible.
They looked almost exactly the same as before. I sighed and walked up to Hu Ergou and the others, slapping each of them again.
Hu Ergou and Hu Tudao were brought back to their senses by my beating. When they realized they were still in the same spot, their expressions changed drastically. Hu Tudao, in particular, jumped up in fear and then fell to the ground with a thud, howling in pain.
Hu Ergou stared at the compass in his hand, his face pale. At this moment, the glass and pointer on his compass were shattered beyond recognition.
"How could that be? I clearly held it in my hand the whole time, I didn't drop it at all, could it be..." Hu Ergou's eyes suddenly widened as he spoke, staring at his surroundings in horror, unable to say anything more.
I know what Hu Ergou was going to say next; all of this was the work of this filthy thing.
"hey-hey!"
Just then, another ethereal voice rang out from all around.
Hu Tudao suddenly seemed to see something terrifying, and started screaming wildly. He supported himself with his hands and kept backing away. His buttocks were already soaked with urine. That's right, Hu Tudao had wet himself again.
"Tu Dao, what's wrong?" Hu Er Gou hurriedly went over and helped Hu Tu Dao up, asking in a panic.
"Don't come any closer, don't come any closer, I'll kneel down for you right now." Hu Tudao broke free from Hu Ergou's hand and immediately knelt down on the ground with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly until his head bled, but he showed no sign of stopping.
Hu Ergou took out a talisman, muttered some incantations, and then stuck it on Hu Tudao's head.
But a moment later, something even more terrifying happened.
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