"Wang Xian, don't blame me. Someone wants you dead."
Yue Hu gave a cold laugh. Watching the bloodsucking bats shriek one after another, he seemed rather disgusted. He shook his head and turned to leave.
In the blink of an eye, he gradually disappeared into the mountain forest.
Deep in the woods, Wang Xian was startled into sprinting ahead, with the bloodsucking bats howling as they chased after him.
The creatures were getting faster and drawing closer. Just as they were about to pounce on him—
Wuyue cried coldly, "If you don't make a move now, they'll eat you alive!"
"Huh?"
Wang Xian let out a startled cry and slashed behind him with his sword...
Amid a chorus of shrill squeaks, blood sprayed through the air. Wang Xian didn't even dare turn around to look closely; he kept sprinting ahead.
Gradually, the creatures fell farther and farther behind.
Now and then, a flash of sword light flickered through the woods, followed by a shriek as a bat that had swooped at him tumbled to the ground.
Wang Xian ran ahead, and the bats chased after him.
At last, after the time it took an incense stick to burn, he stopped and glanced back at the forest. His brow furrowed at once.
He had already made it out of the woods, yet he stood staring blankly at the bloodsucking bats lying on the ground.
"This is too strange. Something's not right."
Wang Xian used the black sword in his hand to lift one of the bloodsucking bats he had cut down. After examining it closely, he muttered, "What do you think?"
"Whatever happens, don't forget why you came here!"
Wuyue let out an exasperated sigh. "You didn't forget everything when you got scared, did you?"
"How could I?"
Wang Xian shook