It Comes!
The hunched monster had already caught up. Cold sweat instantly streamed down Anita's face, mingling with the rain.
She forced her eyes open, not daring to blink, and hurriedly hid behind a tree.
Muddy rainwater ran along her eyelids and into her eyes, making her pupils sting painfully. She desperately wanted to rub them, but her hands were wet too.
Crack!
A branch suddenly snapped above her head. Anita instantly looked up and saw a dark shadow flash past on the trunk.
Though it had only been for an instant, she was certain—it was that monster.
A dreadful feeling of being watched rose all around her.
It was as if countless eyes in the darkness on every side were staring at her from everywhere.
Anita knew she had been exposed.
She switched on her flashlight and suddenly spun around, shining it behind her.
She could feel something behind her.
But the flashlight illuminated nothing. There was nothing at all behind her.
"No, it's not here. Where is it? Where exactly is it?"
She suddenly looked up and saw a dry, savage face hanging upside down, like a flattened skull.
Two pitch-black claws were reaching down to cover her head.
Anita instantly crouched down and shone the flashlight at it. The evil spirit immediately dispersed on the spot. The bananas she had eaten and the amulet on her were still working.
But she could already feel hunger in her stomach, which meant the food she had eaten had been fully digested.
And the amulet in her hand probably was not very effective. After all, even when her father clutched it and chanted continuously, he had barely managed to save his life—and had still lost his eyes.
This thing could not save her.
With that thought, Anita simply broke into