387: Chapter 387 [In a Dilemma] Third Update!
387: Chapter 387 [In a Dilemma] Third Update!
Third watch!
Everyone held their breath, their gazes immediately focused.
As soon as Ye Chenfeng’s flashlight beam passed, he saw a child-sized black figure swiftly flitting by at an incredibly fast speed, like a stroke of black lightning.
“Thump…”
Upon seeing a black shadow flash by, everyone felt a sinking sensation in their hearts, a bad premonition creeping into their minds.
“What is that?” Even Ouyang Qingcheng and the other seasoned ladies managed to maintain calm in such a situation.
Ye Chenfeng shook his head too, for even he had not seen clearly what it was.
He simply turned off his flashlight and silently observed the surroundings.
Although the circular plaza lacked illuminating objects like the Luminous Pearl, faint light filtered in through each passage, so it wasn’t pitch dark.
Some shadows could still be seen.
“Over there…
over there…” Suddenly, Bai Jie’s lips trembled as she pointed ahead.
In the center of the arena, a silent black shadow stood on the grinding stone; no one knew when it appeared.
“Cackle…” Suddenly, a sinister and strange cry rang out, seemingly laughing, making everyone’s skin crawl.
“What demon is causing mischief?” Ye Chenfeng charged forth unperturbed.
He suddenly burst into motion, transforming into a streak of lightning as he darted forward.
“Chirp, chirp…” The creature let out a series of strange cries and swiftly dodged away.
Ye Chenfeng glanced quickly and faintly saw something covered in fur.
It had been standing there as if it held a mysterious dread of the grinding stone.
“Gah!”
Everyone was startled, as the creature managed to escape even from Ye Chenfeng’s capture.
But they also breathed a sigh of relief because they discovered that this thing was a physical entity, not some elusive specter.
Standing on the grinding stone, Ye Chenfeng’s gaze hardened because he felt the single dog in his arms growing more and more restless, as if a Fierce Spirit lurked within.
He looked down into the groove of the grinding stone, and what he saw absolutely terrified him.
There lay the bodies of children, both boys and girls, with clothes nearing rot.
Yet, their flesh remained intact.
What was horrific was that although they were dead, their eyes were eerily alive, staring uniformly at Ye Chenfeng, seemingly moving, exuding an inexplicable creepiness.
Ye Chenfeng felt a chill in his heart, fear arising within him, and he quickly shifted his gaze away.
“Where is it?”
A lonely black shadow stood at one of the entrances.
As soon as Bai Jie stopped speaking, the three of them sprang into action, enclosing the unidentified creature from three sides.
Despite the encirclement, the creature still managed to flee.
“Don’t hurt it!” Ye Chenfeng immediately shouted.
But it was a step too late; three daggers flew forth.
It turned out that Bai Jie and the others’ initial attack was a feint; the three daggers were the real deadly moves.
“Pfft!”
Although the black shadow avoided two of the daggers, Bai Jie’s dagger still plunged into its body, spewing a jet of blood.
“What’s wrong?” Bai Jie looked back at Ye Chenfeng innocently, asking in confusion.
In the darkness, the creature shrieked and gurgled, sounding greatly pained.
“Not good, it’s summoning its allies!” Ye Chenfeng suddenly said.
Sure enough, the next second, a thunderous noise erupted, and it felt as if countless creatures were racing through the many passages, their cackling voices unbearably grating.
In the dim light, dark shadows loomed.
Bai Jie and the other two quickly retreated, forming a protective circle around Ouyang Qingcheng.
“All the passages have been sealed, get into the death grindstone!” Ye Chenfeng shouted.
Immediately, Ouyang Qingcheng and the others fled towards it.
Although they were somewhat apprehensive of the child corpses in the recesses of the grindstone, at this point, with the dark mass of unknown creatures flooding in, this was the only place to take refuge.
“Ah!”
Upon seeing the child corpses in the recesses, each of them shuddered, even Bai Jie couldn’t hide a trace of fear.
“Hurry in!”
Without hesitation, everyone jumped into the grindstone, coming into contact with the children’s bodies.
The stench of corpse juice wafted to their noses, and they were surrounded by bodies with bulging eyeballs, resembling Fierce Spirits.
Everyone felt a chill spread throughout their bodies as they trembled uncontrollably.
They all tried to close their eyes to avoid seeing the corpses.
“Woof woof…”
This death grindstone had clearly ground countless lives, naturally gathering endless resentment, to the point that even the Lone Dogs couldn’t endure it, barking incessantly.
“Huff huff…”
The gusts of cold wind raised goosebumps, and even the faint sound of breathing could be heard.
Everyone fell silent, not daring to move an inch.
“Woo woo woo…”
The wails of children seemed to echo in their ears, the hysterical cries piercing their hearts.
With the ghastly child corpses lying beside them, everyone felt their hearts jumping out of their throats.
They thought it was just an illusion, but when they opened their eyes, they realized everyone was experiencing the same thing, which meant these sensations were real.
Their hearts pounded frantically, but fear prevented any movement.
“Ye…
Ye Chenfeng, they’re not…
they’re not going to come in, right?” Ouyang Qingcheng’s lips trembled as she spoke.
Ye Chenfeng clenched his teeth and shook his head.
Indeed, the commotion outside ceased, but they could sense that the mass of dark creatures was surrounding the death grindstone, enclosing them completely.
“They’re not planning to wait us out, are they?” Ouyang Qingcheng started to panic, feeling the cold seep into her bones.
The horror gnawed at her relentlessly, and she felt that before long, the oppressive atmosphere would crush her.
Ye Chenfeng frowned in thought and said, “I think they’re figuring out a way to deal with us!”
“Hiss hiss hiss…”
Suddenly, the sound of chains being dragged arose.
Ye Chenfeng seemed to realize something and exclaimed, “They’re going to turn the death grindstone against us!”
“What are we going to do?”
Inside the recess, the large millstones overlapped, and the blood-stained serrated rock saws were daunting.
If the creatures outside started to pull the grindstone with chains, Ye Chenfeng and the others would undoubtedly be ground into mincemeat, eventually leaving only their traces in the long grooves of blood.
“See if there’s a way out from the recess!
Move the bodies!” Ye Chenfeng urged hastily.
The group, no longer concerned about their fear, shifted the child corpses.
“There’s writing underneath!”
They looked and saw that beneath the child corpses, there was a large blood-red character: “Kill”.
The single character “Kill”, as if endowed with Demon Power, burrowed into their eyes as though possessed, and invaded their consciousness, stirring up negative emotions instantly.
The group became agitated and uneasy as if an evil entity was forcefully occupying their minds and bodies.