The suffocating feeling made me unbearably miserable.
But now, I could finally open my eyes.
Without hesitation, I gripped the Fish Bone Sword in one hand for protection and tore off the yellow talisman cloth covering my eyes with the other.
The instant I ripped away the cloth—
Under the dim moonlight, the first thing I saw was a snake carcass chewed to pieces, its white bones exposed.
I had imagined many possibilities before.
But I had never expected the first thing I would see to be a bloody snake carcass.
At the same time, following the snake carcass forward, I saw a dark figure standing beneath the shade of a tree.
He stood in the darkness, and I could only make out his lower body.
They were a pair of beast-like furry legs, every yellow hair gleaming.
But his upper body was hidden in the darkness, and I could not see it clearly.
Still, I was certain that it was not human.
What human could possibly have a pair of beast-like furry legs like that?
And at his feet lay a boar carcass that had been gutted, its intestines spilled all over the ground.
The sight filled me with inexplicable panic.
My body instinctively took a step back.
My breathing became hurried once more.
Yet those beast-like legs filled me with an invisible terror.
At the same time, the shadow opened a pair of glowing green eyes.
It looked extraordinarily strange.
My heart clenched, and I turned to run.
Only to discover that a huge boulder stood behind me. There was nowhere to go.
Then the shadow let out an eerie chuckle and spoke in a hoarse, indistinct voice:
"Hehehe, young man, don't be afraid.
Take a good look at me..."
As it spoke, those furry legs took two