“Run, the monster has locked onto me. Go to Yu Ning’s side, it’s definitely safer there.” The monster was getting closer and closer and Bao Guangyuan spoke with despair.
Meng Xinyi was stunned for a moment. She looked at the creeping monster, and then at Yu Ning who was not far away.
There was no telling how long he had been standing there, but what was confirmed was that he knew the monster was going to attack her and Bao Guangyuan, but he remained where he was, indifferent.
He saw them in trouble, yet he didn’t plan to lend a hand, instead choosing to watch indifferently!
The monster was targeting Bao Guangyuan, giving Meng Xinyi a moment to calm down. She had fully regained her composure and quickly stood up from the ground, “The two of us will split up and run.”
Although Meng Xinyi’s voice had a slight tremor, she had obviously calmed down considerably. Bao Guangyuan turned his head in surprise and glanced at Meng Xinyi.
Meng Xinyi quickly said, “Although this monster is big, it is so bulky that it has taken so long to walk such a small distance. Compared with the previous days, it’s moving much slower although it looks a lot scarier.”
When Bao Guangyuan heard this, he suddenly realised that Meng Xinyi was right.
When they had just entered the forest, the ghost killed without a sound, terrifying everyone.
Although the thing in front of them looked horrifying and had a strange flickering light above its head, it was completely inferior to the ghost of the previous days if one were not distracted by its appearance.
Of course, Bao Guangyuan had no doubt that, once close, it could tear a person on the spot!
“We can’t get close to it, let’s split up and run towards Yu Ning and……” Meng Xinyi was halfway through her sentence when she thought of Yu Ning’s indifferent face. She gritted her teeth and changed her words, “No, run towards Ji Mingxia’s tent! ”
After saying that, Meng Xinyi did not delay and ran quickly.
Although she was delicate, she acted extremely fast in a life-and-death situation.
Before Bao Guangyuan could react to why she was running in the direction of Ji Mingxia’s tent, Meng Xinyi over there had already directly bypassed the monster and ran to its back.
The monster was already targeting Bao Guangyuan, and now that Meng Xinyi had left, only he was left in the spot.
With a jolt, Bao Guangyuan quickly followed Meng Xinyi’s route and ran around the monster.
By the time Bao Guangyuan had run behind the monster, Meng Xinyi was already heading straight for Ji Mingxia.
Bao Guangyuan admired Meng Xinyi as he watched her running back.
He only thought of running to Yu Ning’s side, who would surely have a way to deal with the monster, but Meng Xinyi had quickly thought things through.
Yu Ning had watched indifferently for so long. He definitely didn’t plan to save them, and even if they ran to his side, they would probably still be killed by the monster.
But it would be different if they ran to Ji Mingxia….
The monster moved slowly, and although Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi had little ability, they were at least adults who could move freely.
Ji Mingxia was injured, and walking had become a problem. If the monster were to catch up with them, Ji Mingxia would be the first one it caught!
Normally, Bao Guangyuan would not do such a thing.
But at this moment of life and death, and Meng Xinyi leading the way, Bao Guangyuan couldn’t care less.
If they ran to Ji Mingxia’s side, Yu Ning couldn’t just stand by and watch him die. He would definitely intervene.
As long as the monster was taken care of and everyone survived, that would be the most satisfying ending!
Bao Guangyuan couldn’t help but glance back at the monster as he ran.
After he ran past the monster, Bao Guangyuan thought that it would take some seconds for it to turn around.
As a result, any side of the monster’s three-sided head could be taken as the front.
At this moment, the “Lu Liang” face on the back of the monster’s head had opened its eyes and rushed towards Bao Guangyuan.
As the monster squirmed, the light on its head became more and more visible.
Seeing the monster catching up with him, Bao Guangyuan screamed in terror and ran for his life.
At this time, Meng Xinyi had already headed straight for Ji Mingxia’s direction.
She already understood that Yu Ning was not easy to deal with so she bypassed the monster while also avoiding Yu Ning’s position.
Their original position was less than two hundred metres away from Ji Mingxia’s tent. But because of the staggered height of the mountain, those standing downstream could not see the tent ahead yet the two sides were not that far apart.
At Meng Xinyi’s speed, a sprint upwards would soon bring her to the tent.
But the next moment, something strange happened.
It was clear that Ji Mingxia’s tent was close at hand, and Meng Xinyi could reach her destination with a single sprint.
But it was as if she was trapped by something, and she spun around in place!
The monster behind her was still rushing up to them, but in a few seconds time, Bao Guangyuan, who was originally lagging behind, had run up to her side.
Seeing Meng Xinyi’s dazed expression, Bao Guangyuan unconsciously stretched out his hand and pulled Meng Xinyi: “Go, what are you doing?!”
Meng Xinyi lifted her head and looked at Bao Guangyuan with a frightened expression, “There’s no way out.”
“What?” Bao Guangyuan froze.
He was still pulling Meng Xinyi as he spoke, yet something weird happened. No matter how much he ran, he was always spinning in place.
It was like they were caught in a strange circle, whether they were moving forward or backward, they could only stay in the small space of four or five metres around them.
Ji Mingxia’s tent was clearly close at hand, but it was as if there was an invisible force that separated the two sides.
No matter how hard Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi tried, they could not run to Ji Mingxia!
Realising this, both Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi could not help but turn their heads and look in the same direction.
Yu Ning was still standing in the same place, but he was no longer looking at them; at this moment, Yu Ning’s was looking at that monster.
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A few minutes ago.
Ji Mingxia suddenly stood up, dodged Yu Ning’s gaze, and quickly slipped into the tent.
Yu Ning was just about to follow Ji Mingxia when he suddenly sensed an abnormality, and immediately afterwards, the ring in his hand lit up.
Seeing that Ji Mingxia was already inside the tent, Yu Ning looked at the ring, pulled the tent back up for Ji Mingxia, then got up and walked downstream towards the Love Mountain Spring.
He followed his senses and walked slowly. To his surprise, he happened to bump into Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan who were having a secret conversation.
Although they had lowered their voices, they inevitably raised their voices as they spoke with excitement so naturally, all of their ideas and plans reached Yu Ning’s ears, word for word.
As he listened, Yu Ning kept an eye on the distance.
As the monster came closer and closer, the ring in Yu Ning’s hand grew brighter and brighter. It was flickering as if it wanted to rush up and join the monster.
Yu Ning stretched out his hand and controlled the energy a little, and the blood-red ring settled down a little.
Compared to the previous days, the monster’s appearance had become even more hideous.
In addition, the faint light on the monster’s head also caught Yu Ning’s attention.
The light was in the shape of a golden triangle, like a crest, imprinted on the top of the monster’s head.
The monster’s head was three-sided, with the faces of dead people on all three sides. Each corner of the triangular golden crest corresponded to a face.
The golden crest kept flickering and it was so bright that every time it flashed, the energy around the monster weakened a little.
But even so, with this monster’s ability, it would still be able to tear Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan apart easily.
Yu Ning wasn’t surprised when he saw Meng Xinyi bypass the monster, even bypassing him and running straight towards Ji Mingxia.
Under desperate circumstances, it was easy to breed evil thoughts.
Some people, willingly driven by evil thoughts, try to survive by any means possible; others choose to contain the dark side of their hearts and face death openly.
Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi were trapped in this forest for unknown reasons, had survived for so many days, and it was only natural that they would try to survive by any means possible.
Naturally, Yu Ning had been prepared for this.
He had used the bronze mirror to cordon off the area early on so that Ji Mingxia, who was applying medicine, wouldn’t be disturbed by these noises.
Anyone who came within twenty metres of Ji Mingxia would automatically step into the maze.
The bronze mirror had lost its spirit, and Yu Ning had not gone through a systematic learning process on how to master mysterious items. But although he could not utilise the full effect of the bronze mirror, it was still more than enough for him to use it to protect Ji Mingxia from Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi.
At this moment, Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi, who were trapped in place, were completely in despair.
They never thought that Ji Mingxia’s direction was not a way to survive, but a way to die in place!
They glanced at Yu Ning. Meng Xinyi opened her mouth, wanting to plead for mercy and ask Yu Ning to save them.
Yet in the end, no words came out.
Because it was already too late.
Although the monster had slowed down a little, it did not mean that it would not move forward.
With just a few dozen seconds of delay, the monster had already arrived in front of them.
As it got closer and closer to them, Meng Xinyi and Bao Guangyuan could see every detail of the monster’s body more and more clearly.
Whether it was the joints of flesh or the strange rhythmic movement of the limbs, it all sent chills down their spines.
Not to mention the three blueish-white faces. As the monster got closer, the stench of rotting corpses and flesh rushed to their noses, enveloping Meng Xin Yi and Bao Guangyuan almost instantly.
The two of them could not escape and sat paralyzed in place. They were so scared that they even lost the ability to speak.
As they watched the monster reach out for them, Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi finally couldn’t help themselves and closed their eyes.
The expected death, but unexpectedly, it did not come.
When the monster arrived in front of Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi, it meant that it had also stepped into the range of Yu Ning’s bronze mirror.
It was at this moment that the triangular crest, which had been faintly visible, suddenly became bright.
As if the monster had gained some mysterious inspiration, the monster that had been focused on Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi quickly averted its gaze, then jerked its head up and looked ahead—
Ji Mingxia’s tent was just twenty metres ahead. The monster was tall, and it was standing at just the right position for it to see Ji Mingxia’s tent.
In the next instant, the monster abandoned Bao Guangyuan and Meng Xinyi, who were waiting to die, and walked towards Ji Mingxia’s tent.
The closer it got to Ji Mingxia, the brighter the crest on its head became, and its six scarlet eyes shone with a bloody glow.
The monster like ghost, which was clearly a patchwork of human tissues, looked as if it possessed divine intelligence, writhing almost impatiently towards the front.
As soon as the monster changed its line of sight, Yu Ning immediately moved his position as well. Seeing that the monster had actually changed its target and was heading straight for where Ji Mingxia was, Yu Ning’s face sank and he immediately stood infront of the tent, intercepting the monster’s path.
