Chapter 77: Human Face (Second Update)
Chapter 77
These human faces did not appear on just one or two trees, but on dozens or even hundreds of trees in front of him and on both sides, all of which mutated.
The next moment, the eyes of the human faces on all those distorted trees opened one after another.
A pair of empty eyes, deep and dead, stared straight at Lynn.
Those eyes had no pupils, only endless black holes, like an abyss that swallowed everything.
However, Lin En's heart was shocked. He clearly saw darkness, but he always had a feeling that there seemed to be eyes staring at him in the black hole.
Lynn felt a chill in his heart and took a few tentative steps back.
Unexpectedly, the human faces protruding from the trees did not seem to be satisfied with just "watching". They slowly turned along with Lynn's movements, as if they were alive.
Every distorted face turned towards him, and pairs of empty eyes stared at him as if to tear him apart.
"This...what the hell is this..."
Lynn's heartbeat suddenly accelerated and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
The feeling of being stared at by countless eyes was like the oppression of a ghost, which suppressed his mental strength.
Lin En subconsciously wanted to control the witchcraft, but he found that his mental power could not leave his body and could only flow along his body.
"The witchcraft failed?!"
He hurriedly took out a sharp dagger from his waist - it was one of the magic items he obtained in the Night Shadow Bunker.
He held the dagger in the palm of his hand, and then quickly poured his mental power along his body into the dagger, and the blade edge suddenly flashed with a faint light.
What followed was a blazing fire element, which was the fire-attributed magic stone built into the dagger. Under the reflection of the flame, the dagger instantly turned into a blazing sword.
Holding the demonized sword tightly, Lin En slowly retreated, trying his best to stay calm, but his heartbeat was gradually accelerating, for fear that this horrible change would suddenly erupt.
However, his eyes could not get rid of those distorted faces, which did not show any change in expression.
The only unusual movement was those pairs of bottomless, empty eyes, as if they could sense his every movement, staring at him without blinking.
A chill began to run down Lynn's spine, and his steps couldn't help but become slower.
He still didn't swing the sword in his hand, for he was afraid that once he moved, all the strange changes would break out immediately.
But the strange thing was that even though he retreated cautiously, the trees and faces around him still did not move.
They just stared at him quietly, their empty eyes without a trace of life, as if there was no life left, only the unchanging gaze.
Lin En's steps began to become more cautious. He retreated cautiously, keeping his eyes fixed behind him, fearing that he would bump into those distorted human faces or tree trunks.
With every step he took, he carefully calculated the distance, hoping to escape from this terrifying forest as soon as possible.
Soon, he saw the corner he had just come in from. The fork in the road seemed to be right in front of him, and Lin En could almost feel that he was about to escape from the predicament.
"Finally... just one step away..." He prayed silently in his heart.
However, the moment he took that step—
"Bang!"
Lynn suddenly bumped into something, and a chill immediately swept through his body.
He turned around suddenly, and the sight before him made him almost unable to believe his eyes.
Behind was not the expected fork in the road, but a wall made of trees!
On the trunks of the trees, the distorted human faces were still staring at him, their eyes dark and terrifyingly empty.
Those faces were so close to him, almost touching his back, and he could even feel their cold breath.
These faces had no expression, except for those pairs of empty eyes. Lin En could even feel an inexplicable emotion in them - terror, greed, hatred, sin...
These emotions intertwined in those countless pairs of black eyes, staring at him intently, as if wanting to devour him.
Suddenly, all the human faces opened their mouths at the same time, and a hoarse voice came out from the tree trunks. The next moment, almost unbelievably, those human faces suddenly emerged from the tree trunks!
Their twisted mouths suddenly opened, revealing sharp teeth, and they pounced on Lynn, gnawing at him without hesitation!
"Your mother! Shouldn't that fork be behind me?!"
Lynn's entire body was instantly covered with goose bumps, and the fear in his heart almost made it difficult for him to breathe.
Lin En swung the sword in his hand violently, and the blazing flames raged on the blade. The blade cut through the air and rushed straight towards those distorted faces with a piercing scream.
Flames splashed, and the sword flashed like lightning, slicing off the distorted faces one after another! Each blow was accompanied by a tearing sound, and the tragic expressions on those faces were cut off alive. In the firelight, bark and debris floated in the air.
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For wizard apprentices, if they have not specialized in physical fitness, their physical fitness will generally be the same as Lin En's, around 3 points, close to the level of a beginner knight.
Although he did not have the bonus of fighting spirit compared to the knight, Lin En tried his best, and every sword strike was still powerful.
The flames shot out with almost destructive force, smashing down and tearing apart one horrifying face after another.
"ah!"
"ah!"
With each sword swing, those faces opened their bloody mouths, let out shrill roars, and shouted madly, as if speaking a strange language.
Just hearing that kind of language would make people feel dizzy. Lin En's eyes turned cold and he exerted more force on the sword in his hand.
But no matter how they struggled, Lynn's sword could always cut off their heads accurately.
The fire exploded with a violent explosion of flames, completely destroying them, and the remains of the bodies dissipated into the air with a burning stench.
The area was completely surrounded by those strange trees. On the tree trunks, the distorted faces were still there, with empty eyes, giving off a creepy atmosphere.
"Kill them!"
Lin En gritted his teeth and swung his sword in the direction from which he came. The power of fire exploded, and the sword tore through one thick tree trunk after another with a cracking sound.
Before those faces touched him, they were torn into ashes by the flames, and the flying fragments danced in the air as if they were enjoying this burning feast.
Finally, after a few swings of the sword, Lin En broke through the numerous obstacles and returned to the fork in the road.
After escaping, the surrounding trees seemed to have returned to normal, and the dead silence subsided slightly. Lin En was breathing heavily, his eyes fixed on the road he had just escaped from.
However, at this moment, at the end of the road, a tree suddenly grew rapidly out of the ground.
Lin En's heart was shocked and he turned around abruptly, looking at the intersection that had just been blocked - an ancient tree trunk was twisting and the bark was constantly breaking. Accompanied by a low sound, a new face was forming on the trunk.
The shape of this face was extremely clear, every edge was as sharp as a knife, the blood-red eyes were tightly closed, and the corners of the mouth were slightly raised, as if mocking Lin En's struggle.
Lin En's eyes suddenly flashed, and his heart skipped a beat - that face was actually his! That's right, it was his face!
But on this face, the eyes were tightly closed, unlike the previous faces with open empty eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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