I shouted and raised the Black Umbrella in my hand.
Shielding Zhang Yuchen and Pan Ling, we quickly retreated.
In an instant, wind blades came slashing down with sharp swishes, striking the surroundings with loud bangs. The Black Umbrella blocked many of the attacks.
We quickly retreated into a corner, using the terrain there and the Black Umbrella to fend off the wind blades.
"Brother Jiang, what do we do?"
"Brother Jiang, there's no signal here. We can't contact the outside, and the ghostly mist has already blocked the entrance and exit."
"..."
As I blocked the wind blades, I began analyzing all the information I had gathered since seeing the flesh cocoon.
After Cloak Old Ghost saw us attack, his first thought had been to deceive us and stop us from attacking the flesh cocoon.
When I refused to believe him and kept using talismans, the flesh cocoon was at risk of falling at any moment.
Only then did the cloaked flesh cocoon reveal his identity. He used the crystal's power to unleash wind-element attacks against us and filled the cave entrance with surging black mist to block our escape.
At the same time, evil ghosts seemed to have appeared.
Judging from his actions, he did not want to fight us.
Only after being pushed to the brink had he gone all out, trying to kill us here and prevent us from leaving.
Why?
It meant his current condition was extremely, extremely weak, and he was unfit for battle.
If he had been able to fight, if he had been confident he could kill us,
he would have struck long ago. He would not have needed to pretend to be a woman inside that flesh cocoon to deceive us.
Since he was unfit for battle yet had still attacked