Before long, the group of seven stepped beyond the bounds of the North District.
But before they could relax, another mishap arose.
Thump.
Thump, thump-thump...
In the alleyway, the seven figures hurrying along abruptly froze, their seven hearts pounding violently.
As if raging flames were burning through their hearts, the agony was unbearable, and all seven of them changed expression.
The faces of the two bandits flushed red, and they immediately spat out blood with a "wah."
An invisible influence once again swept across the entire North District, its range spreading even farther.
"An evil thing!" The three martial brothers, having just experienced an evil thing's influence, reacted at once.
Yet compared with the evil thing from the White Sun Sect, this evil thing's influence was clearly different.
Shen Yushu's face twisted as he growled, "Most likely a third-rank evil thing."
They had already left the North District, and they were Gu Masters, yet they still felt unbearably wretched.
One could imagine that if ordinary people drew near the center of a third-rank evil thing, they would surely fall in droves.
Even if they barely survived, their hearts would be ruined afterward, leaving them sickly and short-lived.
"A third-rank evil thing?" Liu Feng instinctively made the connection.
He had used the Zen Eye Technique to inspect Crooked-Mouth Daoist's body. It was like an empty shell, with none of the internal organs remaining within—only a muddy expanse of white.
"We have already been affected by the White Sun Sect's evil thing and need a period of rest and recuperation. We absolutely cannot be contaminated by a third-rank evil thing now," Zhu Li said gravely, quickening his pace.
An evil thing could contaminate a certain area, scattering its resentment outward. Beyond changing people's temperaments, it also produced different strange effects depending on