A level-0 fierce general!
Lin Baici smashed the rotting arm that had thrust through the window, but the fingers wrapped around Xu Daguan's neck didn't loosen. They still clamped down like iron pincers.
Xu Daguan hit the ground. Ignoring the pain in his backside, he grabbed the severed hand and tried to pry it off, but pain immediately flared in his neck.
"Old Bai, help me!"
Xu Daguan's face was frantic as he squeezed the plea out of his throat.
Lin Baici glanced at the glass window, keeping watch inside for another ambush. At the same time, he grabbed the severed hand and yanked hard.
Rip!
"Ah!"
Xu Daguan screamed.
His neck had been clawed open, leaving five bloody scratches.
Xu Daguan instinctively touched it, then looked down to see his hand covered in blood.
"Could you be a little gentler?"
Xu Daguan complained. "Is this wound deep?"
"Am I going to die?"
Xu Daguan pressed both hands hard against his neck. He thought the wound was serious and tried to stop the bleeding by applying pressure.
"What the hell is that thing?"
Everyone except Hua Yueyu and Ji Xinyan, who hurried over to check on Lin Baici, not only made no move to help him but even backed away a few steps.
They stared at the broken window, afraid a monster might leap out.
"Stop covering it. It's a minor wound!"
Lin Baici looked around.
His hearing was exceptionally sharp, so he was the first to hear the soft rustle of soil being disturbed.
There!
About seventy meters away, in the ten o'clock direction, a hand thrust straight up from the decaying black earth, like a seed sprouting. It pressed against the ground for support, then the rest of its body crawled out.
It was a male corpse.
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