"Why did he run?"
Qian Duoduo's voice, hanging from Ji Yan's waist, was equally astonished.
Ji Yan turned his head and looked around the concert hall. "There's something else in here that scared him away."
"You've got to be kidding. What could scare off a level-ten ghoul?"
Ji Yan's gaze swept over every dark corner. "Maybe it wasn't a ghoul?"
"If not a ghoul, then what was it?"
Ji Yan shook his head. "I don't know, but we can't stay here long."
"I've got a bad feeling about this..."
Retracting his gaze, Ji Yan turned and hurried toward the door.
"Clang—"
But the next second, the sound of metal striking metal suddenly echoed through the hall.
The Dream Core Ghoul by the drum kit remained completely motionless, yet the nearby cymbals buzzed loudly, clearly having just been struck.
As the sound died down, Ji Yan's feet went strangely numb.
The paralysis spread up both calves, and he directly lost all feeling in them!
"Boom—"
Then another deep drumbeat echoed.
The bass drum on the left had been struck, yet the ghoul still showed no sign of moving.
The prolonged drumbeat reverberated in waves like ripples across water, shaking Ji Yan's heart along with it...
His heart trembled in time with the drumbeat, beating faster and faster, madly slamming against his chest. Finally, Ji Yan clutched his chest in agony as the pain of palpitations passed through his ghoul body and into his mind.
He could no longer suppress a mouthful of blood and coughed it out!
Good thing he was playing a ghoul. Otherwise, that hit would have nearly emptied a normal player's health bar.
"Cackle, cackle... hehehe!!"
Eerie, mocking laughter spread through the hall as ghoul energy spilled from those Orchestra Ghouls.
As the ghoul energy settled over the