Chapter Thirty-Three: A Human Skin

  Looking at the person in front of me, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Just now, I was running wildly all the way, how did I end up back at the starting point? Could it be... ghost hitting the wall! As soon as these three words entered my mind, I felt a chill run down my entire body! No mistake, I've encountered a ghost!

  They say that when fear reaches a certain level, it turns into anger. I don't care about others, at this moment, I am filled with rage! With a sudden movement, I jumped up from the ground, my curved knife flashing in the light, pointing at the female ghost and shouting: "Wait! You hear me, you female ghost in front! My name is Wang Can, I don't care how you became a vengeful spirit or what year's wild ghost you are. Listen carefully, I'm going inside to take care of some business, don't block my way. Let's not harm each other. If you dare to utter half a word, say anything, humph, don't blame me for being ruthless with my knife!"

  So, I held the curved knife in my hand, pointing directly at it. Looking at it hanging there without shaking or swaying, and surprisingly not making a single sound. I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead, thinking: You're not saying anything, but that's okay, you've agreed, just don't make a peep, don't think I'm afraid of you!

  Wiped the cold sweat on his head, and shouted again: "You don't speak, it's considered agreed, brother I'm going to pass!" Seeing that it really didn't react at all, he plucked up the courage and walked past slowly. When passing by its side again, I was fully prepared, thinking uncontrollably in my mind how it would pounce on me.

  But when I got to its side, it was as still as before, quietly hanging in front of me. I secretly took a deep breath and thought, "You know your place!" Not daring to linger, I quickly quickened my pace and walked past. This time I kept an eye out, and just as I passed by its side, I suddenly turned around! Sure enough, it also suddenly turned its head back, staring at me coldly!

  Damn it, are you done yet!? Time was running out. All I heard was a ghostly laugh, and before I could even react, that dead skin suddenly stretched out its entire body, resembling a large cloak, and pounced on me!

  I didn't dodge in time! I let out a loud roar in my heart: I'm going to fight you to the death! I swung my hand and raised my knife, swift as a shooting star. All I heard was a "plop" sound, and under my hand, I felt the sensation of piercing through cowhide paper. The next moment, this knife had pierced through the skin!

  As I stood there in a daze, I suddenly felt everything go black before my eyes. Before I could even figure out what was happening, a foul and fishy smell wafted up to me! I let out a loud shout and reached up to tear off the human skin from my face, and in my ear, I heard a woman's voice, faintly saying: "Hehehe, I'm so cold... put it on... put it on, I'm so cold... hehehe..."

  Damn it! This time, I'm completely covered in goosebumps! The roots of my hair are standing on end, and my whole body is covered in a layer of chicken skin bumps! I don't care about anything else, I fiercely pull the hand holding the knife, wanting to give it a few more slashes. Unfortunately, just as I was halfway through, I felt a tightness on my back, followed by several strands of foul-smelling hair wrapping around my neck!

  My heart had a bad premonition, and indeed, I felt a sudden tightness on my neck! The next moment, I was flailing my arms and legs, rolling my eyes back, and couldn't catch my breath! My whole body felt icy cold, with a chill entering my body. In the chaos, I subconsciously raised my remaining hand, desperately clutching at the woman's hair. But it was like a straitjacket from a mental hospital, tightly locking down my entire body, rendering me immobile no matter what!

  Just as I was turning blue and purple, unable to breathe, thinking I was going to kick the bucket. But suddenly I felt a heat on my back, followed by a loud scream! When I looked at that woman's skin, it was shaking all over, flying backwards!

  Dark troops gather! I clutched my neck, panting heavily. Grandma's, I thought that after studying martial arts at Mountain School for a few years, even if I wasn't a chivalrous hero, I should be a master by now. Who knew that as soon as I met someone with a bit of skill, I almost got knocked down? This is just too unreasonable! At the critical moment, it was still thanks to the Dark Troops Gathering on my back that I managed to save my life!

  Looking at the woman's skin hanging from the tree root, I had a strong urge to kill: "You bastard, you want my life, I'll take yours first!" After saying this, I took out my knife and walked away. The woman's skin seemed to be afraid of me, her whole body lifted up, and she flew away!

  I'm furious right now, how can I let it get away. Three steps merged into two, two steps transformed into one shake! One foot fiercely stepped on the side of the tree root, with the help of the tree's force, I sprang out horizontally!

  Before it even landed, I hastily counterattacked with a backhand slash. As I looked at this person's skin, it was as supple as willow catkins swaying in the wind, and it seemed to have eyes on its back, dodging my knife attack with agility. I quickly propped myself up with one hand, using the residual force of the impact, and performed a swift flip, charging straight at it!

  Suddenly, the person's skin turned back fiercely. Immediately afterwards, a strange laugh sounded, and three feet of black hair shot out! I hurriedly swung the curved knife in my hand to protect my chest, legs, and face. All I felt was that my hand stiffened, and several strands of black hair had wrapped themselves around the blade!

  All that could be heard was a mournful cry, as if from the empty vastness of the nine abysses: "Wuuu... wuuu... you and I were originally one road, why must we bitterly part ways? Now that I've let you go, how can you be so heartless, wuuu... wuuu..."

  As soon as I heard this, I suddenly felt a chill all over my body, and my whole body was trembling uncontrollably: "Damn it, I have no grudge against you, but you want to harm me. Now that our feud is settled, how can I let you go?" As soon as the words fell, he flipped his wrist, and with one slash of his knife, he cut him down!

  That person's skin saw my knife coming, and surprisingly didn't dodge or flinch. With a loud wail, her entire body suddenly inflated like a balloon! My knife struck right at her belly, but all I heard was a "peng" sound as the knife and my hand were bounced back! My arm went numb, and I was shocked in my heart. Looking again at this human skin balloon, it let out a ghostly wail and shot straight towards me!

  Looking at the person's skin in front of me, I shouted "not good" and quickly did a side flip to dodge its attack. Just then, there was a loud thud, and the small pit was filled with flying dust and sand blocking my eyes! As I waved my hands to clear the dust from my face, I saw that the person's skin had changed direction and was charging towards me again!

  My heart was racing, and I thought to myself: This broken knife was just fine a moment ago, how could it fail me at this critical moment? Before I could think any further, the skin was already in front of my eyes. I gritted my teeth hard and said to myself: Grandma, you really think I, Wang Can, am a useless egg? I'll show you some real skills, or do you think I'm just giving you face?!

  For a long time, I quietly calculated the distance between it and me. Just as it rushed to within one meter of me, I suddenly grabbed the tree root at the edge and flipped my body over, hanging upside down from the top of the cave. The next moment, without waiting for its reaction, I stabbed a knife into its left eye socket. Taking advantage of the crack in the corner of its eye, I slashed down with one knife!

  A shrill, blood-curdling scream shook my eardrums. That dead man's face was actually split open by my knife, its features completely destroyed! Half of the skin on his face had been ripped off, and his entire face hung down, torn into several pieces, adding a hint of ferocity to it.

  It is often said: Take advantage of his illness and take his life! The current opportunity is excellent, how can I let it go?! With a lift of both legs, I flipped over and landed on the ground. Without thinking, I raised my hand and cut him down at the waist! The knife was like a crescent moon cutting through the long sky, the ghostly figure was hazy in the mist. I swung my sword and let it go, from now on our paths of life and death are different! ?? Four Small Yin Gates 33

  The cave was filled with swirling smoke and dust, and a thick white fog rose from the ground. After a wave of stench passed, I looked again at the human skin on the ground, which had twisted and deformed, dry and trembling! My heart suddenly felt a wave of nausea for no reason. Looking at the yellow and green blotches on its body, I couldn't help but feel an indescribable revulsion. Just as I was about to raise my hand and strike, it suddenly began to wail like a woman, "Waaah... wah wah..."

  He cried, and I actually felt a little soft-hearted. Thinking about it, he was just blocking my way, no need to kill him completely. So I gently put down the curved knife in my hand, looked at the two halves of human skin on the ground, and said: "Hey, that's enough, stop crying! If you hadn't tried to harm me, how could I have cut you? Little brother has always been generous, waving his hand, go escape!"

  Just as I finished speaking, the two halves of human skin suddenly pounced towards my lower body. I was furious: "You ungrateful thing! I spared your life, but you not only didn't run away, you even want to play with my life?"

  Without saying a word, he raised his hand and chopped it several times, until it was crushed into a dark purple dry powder, scattered all over the ground. Only then did he stop. Sitting on the ground panting, he cursed in his heart: "Damn you, why did you have to be such a stubborn ghost? Now you're nothing but a pile of ashes, what's there left for you to show off?"

  After resting for a while, I took a closer look at the curved knife in my hand and found that its entire body was rusty with copper spots. It turned out to be an old thing. No wonder it wasn't too hard to chop this female ghost, it's a bloody killer! However, unfortunately, it's sometimes useful and sometimes not, which is unreliable. I really don't know how my family can use it?

  After watching for a long time, I have rested enough. Looking ahead, I gritted my teeth and sat up abruptly. After the fierce battle just now, I really became bolder, no longer as timid as when I came in earlier. Weighing the knife in my hand, I sneered coldly: "Hmph, you grandfather's, I'll take a look at what other monsters are waiting for me ahead!" As soon as I finished speaking, I rushed forward!

  Still a mess of tree roots, the road gets harder and harder to walk on. Not even a comfortable place to put your foot down. Cutting off the roots underfoot, after just a few steps, suddenly the sand beneath gives way, and with one misstep, I find myself in mid-air. In an instant, the wind rushes past my ears, and my body slaps against the ground. Before I can even react, I land on my butt!

  I touched the mining lamp on my head, and I broke out in a cold sweat all over. Geez, that was close! Fortunately, it wasn't very high, with my physique and reaction, nothing serious happened. But what's strange is that although it was only a distance of more than three meters, shouldn't I have felt pain when I fell? How come the ground beneath my butt was soft?

  I hastily lowered my head to take a closer look, and what I saw made me let out a loud, startled cry! Underneath my buttocks was the carcass of an animal that had been dead for some time - a large black-haired wild boar!

  This wild boar, its entire body is dark and has yellowish stripes. Its body is strong and healthy, with hooves as big as a water buffalo calf! Looking at its twisted and stiff posture, it's been dead for some days! I quickly picked up the curved knife on the ground, walked around it in a circle, and suddenly froze. Only to see that its four limbs were twisted and deformed, its entire skeleton was inverted, just like it had been turned over by an enormous force!

  The more I look, the more I feel a chill in my heart, the more I sweat profusely on my head! What does all this indicate? It indicates that there is another, even more ferocious and powerful animal in this cave! What could it be?!