Chapter 20: The Malignant Spirits of the Poisonous Valley (3)

  Yin Rou slowly stood up, her eyes becoming dazed and unfocused. Similarly, the eyes of Shi Dao You and Zhu Xiansheng sitting beside her also became distant. A glimmer of struggle flashed in Li Yun's eyes, but it was quickly extinguished.

  One step, two steps, Yin Rou slowly walked towards Cai Guozhong who was facing away from her. Her dazed and scattered eyes regained their luster, but the sinister glint in her eyes and the faint mockery at the corner of her mouth were a far cry from the gentle and amiable Yin Rou she normally was.

  Cai Guozhong seemed to feel a little uneasy, turned around and happened to see Yin Rou's sinister eyes. In an instant, he felt that the whole person was trapped in the ice cave, wanting to open his mouth, his lips moved, but he couldn't make any sound.

  Yin Rou stretched out her hand and grasped Cai Guozhong's large hand, turned around to glance at the three women who were still in a daze, then continued walking into the thicket.

  The figures of the five people disappeared one by one on the forest path, the dense woods seeming like a giant beast's bloody maw swallowing all living things that entered.

  As they brushed past the unknown shrubs, several people's arms had added stripes of blood stains, and their clothes were also falling off in tatters as they pulled and tugged, yet they seemed oblivious, as if their souls and bodies had already parted ways.

  Toxic substances in the valley seemed to be attracted, thousands of centipedes, venomous snakes and scorpions gathered from all sides, gradually surrounding the five people in a circle.

  Yin Rou let out a soft "heh heh" and from her head, a faint virtual shadow gradually condensed. The sunlight filtering through the gaps in the leaves left small spots on the ground. The virtual shadow slowly shrank, avoiding the light spots, and formed a small person on Yin Rou's head.

  "With these five lives as sacrifices, I should be able to complete my remaining two souls, right?" The little man muttered to himself and gave Cai Guozhong a vicious glare. "Foolish man, who told you to be so promiscuous?"

  One by one, the centipedes crawled up Cai Guozhong's legs, over his shoulders, and bit into his skin at will. Cai Guozhong was unable to speak or move, and could only watch with the corner of his eye as these hideous insects opened their pincer-like mouths, biting open small holes in his skin, from which trickles of fresh blood slowly seeped out, flowing into the centipedes' mouths, staining their countless tiny feet, so that each black centipede's body surface flashed with a faint crimson glow.

  Ouch! Cai Guozhong wanted to scream, but he couldn't open his mouth. He could only shiver and convulse, his face twitching. It was as if he saw himself transformed into a skull, with many large centipedes crawling in and out of his eye sockets and mouth, gnawing at the last bits of flesh on his skeleton, and hearing the centipedes' sharp, wanton cries...

  He was truly terrified, he would rather be cut by a knife to sever his veins, drain his blood, or countless bullets pierce his heart, shattering it into pieces, or in the dark ruins, being crushed by falling rocks until his flesh is mush. Even now, he yearns for someone to slash away at his flesh with a knife, even if it's a slow and painful death, at least he would have the courage to curse back!

  A man should die with dignity! He is unwilling to be bullied by such a lowly existence, and his body cannot resist or cry out in protest.

  He's a man, he can't die like this! He seemed to hear a long sigh, desolate and sad, with endless pity. It was his father's voice, unfortunately already dead, that snowy night, himself in a foreign land struggling for his career, his poor father had passed away at home. His father had always been an honest and kind person, never bullying others, but also never suffered from other people's oppression! The most words his father said to him were: "Living, you should be like a man!"

  "I'm a man!" Cai Guozhong's bloodshot eyes stared fiercely at the little person on Yin Rou's head, although he didn't know what was going on, but this thing was definitely up to no good!

  Enduring great pain, Cai Guozhong moved, he slowly moved his feet, step by step approaching the little man.

  The little man was thoroughly enraged, staring at Cai Guozhong who was slowly walking towards him, with a piercing cold light flashing in his eyes, like a dagger deeply stabbing into Cai Guozhong's soul.

  Cai Guozhong's body trembled slightly, but he still didn't stop and took another step forward. His body was densely covered with dozens of finger-thick centipedes, yet they couldn't block his advancing footsteps.

  The little man floated away from Yin Rou's head, "gaga" laughed strangely and drifted towards Cai Guozhong.

  A figure flashed out like lightning, and a hand knife chopped down towards the little man! From afar, a green light arrow also shot out rapidly!

  The little man was greatly shocked, and with a fierce hand knife, he clashed with the arrow of Qingming, dodging it. His body swiftly swept towards Cai Guozhong, who was closest to him. As soon as the little man entered Cai Guozhong's body, the centipedes on his body fell off one by one, all dead.

  Everything was done in the blink of an eye, and by the time Chen Long's figure rushed to Li Yun's side, Cai Guozhong's figure had already disappeared into the forest.

  "You're too impatient!" Chen Long sighed and ignored Li Yun, rushing towards the direction where Cai Guozhong disappeared.

  Li Yun opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't get anything out. It wasn't until now that he realized everything had been calculated by Chen Long, except for the fact that he himself would intervene at a critical moment, causing the plan to fall apart. If it weren't for the fact that she hadn't grasped the timing well and also caused Chen Long to act hastily, then Chen Long would have definitely been able to eliminate her in the best moment with a sneak attack!

  It was too late to regret, Li Yun looked at Chen Long going far away, stamped her foot, and also wanted to hurry up and chase after him. However, seeing the three girls who had fainted beside her and the poisonous substances around, she wisely stopped in her tracks.

  After chasing for about half an hour, Chen Long finally blocked Cai Guozhong, who was under control, in front of a cave.

  "You can't escape." Chen Long said in a cold voice, his eyes flashing with a terrifying killing intent.

  "Heh heh, if I hadn't slowed down a bit, you wouldn't have been able to catch up to me so quickly." Cai Guozhong said calmly, "Today, even if I don't survive, I'll make sure to take you and him with me to keep me company in death."

  "Huh?" Chen Long slanted his eyes to scan the surroundings, but didn't see any problem. "Where did you get such great confidence? In the past, when you and Yin Rou's bodies were combined, I couldn't do anything to you. Now that you're not combined with his body, what makes you think I won't be able to kill you? I have plenty of ways to kill you, and I'm really curious - where did you get the confidence to make me bury you?"

  "Heh heh, you'll know soon." Cai Guozhong sneered and made a move, and a ring of soul energy floated out, quickly flooding the area within a hundred meters.

  What the hell? Chen Long thought to himself, using such a large amount of soul power was very exhausting. If he could just withstand this one attack, it would be easy to destroy it after severely injuring its vitality.

  A rustling sound came from all directions, Chen Long was stunned at first, then his face changed drastically, and he stared angrily at the residual soul who was smiling gloomily in front of him! Tell your friends