Hongchen could naturally hear the teasing in Chen Changan's voice. She was used to it by now and couldn't be bothered to respond.
Missing his strike was a good thing for Chen Changan. It meant his estimate of that ghostly thing's strength had been wrong.
Perhaps it wasn't as strong as he'd imagined, but it was certainly astonishingly fast.
The corpses they'd just come across had most likely been killed by that thing.
The five races formed five battle formations, surrounding Chen Changan in the middle. Meanwhile, Chen Changan was searching for the ghostly thing's whereabouts.
Chen Changan knew very well that waiting for death was never as good as taking the initiative.
Besides, since the thing had already ambushed them once, it would surely try again.
Since everyone had stayed on guard, their progress had slowed considerably.
"It's coming!"
After less than the time it took an incense stick to burn, Chen Changan's keen senses were the first to spot the ghostly thing preparing to ambush them.
This time, Chen Changan was fully prepared. The moment he spotted it, he charged straight toward it.
Before the people of the five races could react, they saw a flash of sword light. In the next instant, Chen Changan appeared some distance away, with a corpse lying in front of him.
A black corpse.
"Did he kill it?"
Everyone froze for a moment, then rushed toward Chen Changan.
When they saw the corpse in front of him, their brows furrowed.
It was indeed something they'd never seen before.
It was pitch-black all over, headless and faceless. It didn't even have limbs. Everything about it looked wrong.
"What the hell is this thing?"
"Did it really kill those Wei Family members just now? How? It doesn't even have hands."
"Exactly. And their deaths