We passed a village.
The village was dilapidated, its old buildings coated in a dull gray.
The air seemed steeped in a desperate, gloomy atmosphere.
A group of filthy children watched us. Their little faces were chapped and red from the cold wind, and their hands and ears were covered in chilblains. Their eyes held both unease and curiosity. As we drew near, they quickly scattered in all directions.
After Chen Shouyi passed, he looked back.
The children were still watching us.
He exhaled a plume of white breath. The closer they got to Tuo'an City, the more oppressed Chen Shouyi felt. Even the sky seemed to have turned gray, the light growing dimmer.
It was somewhat like the Faith Domain, but also entirely different.
More like some kind of... gathering of negative emotions.
Just then, he turned his head and glanced aside.
From within the reeds, a pair of vicious, cruel eyes stared without blinking at Chen Shouyi and the others.
Chen Shouyi raised his brows. A large number of pebbles shot up from the ground into his hand.
He flung his hand open.
Whoosh, whoosh...
The pebbles shot out like bullets, snapping a mass of reeds in the thicket.
Unexpectedly, the Shadow Creature didn't die. It let out a piercing shriek, jerked its body, and sprang from the reeds, leaping seven or eight meters before charging at them.
Chen Shouyi didn't move. Zhu Xueqing pushed off the ground, her body shooting forward like an arrow loosed from a bow. The two crossed paths in an instant.
The Shadow Creature froze in midair. The next moment, its body split in two, blood spraying everywhere.
"This Shadow Creature is already as strong as a Great Martial Artist!" Zhu Xueqing said gravely when she returned.
A Great Martial Artist was no