"How could this be?!"
Above the mountain forest, Qing Lin's face was filled with shock as she watched three Black Robe Dou Zongs burst out of the lava. Beneath their tattered black robes were not bodies, but swirling black mist.
"Hehehe! Little girl, you still found us out!"
Realizing they had been exposed, one of the Men in Black Robes endured the pain and let out a sinister laugh. He then violently threw back the black robe covering him, revealing a body condensed from black mist.
Led by this Black Robe Dou Zong, the other two Black Robe Dou Zongs also ripped away the black robes covering them, revealing bodies formed from condensed black mist.
"You... you aren't human!"
Seeing the black mist bodies beneath the three Black Robe Dou Zongs' robes, Qing Lin immediately pointed at them and cried out.
"Hehehe! Not human? That's right, we truly aren't human now. But we aren't monsters either. We used to be human..."
Hearing Qing Lin's words, one Black Robe Dou Zong spread his arms and threw back his head with a sinister laugh.
"But compared to being human, I don't think there's anything bad about not being human. Our current bodies no longer know hunger, nor disease or aging. Countless things people fear have already left us behind. What's so bad about bodies like these?"
"In this world, nothing is eternal. Only death is eternal! And our current bodies exist in this world through our souls. No one can escape death!"
"But death is death. Unlike you, after you die, you are destined to become prey. But we... are the hunters!"
The Black Robe Dou Zong abruptly lowered his head of swirling black mist. The two scarlet points where his eyes should have been brimmed with malice and gloom.
"Hmph! How