Lu Shan and Chubby Girl followed the female ghost all the way. Though she had already vanished from their sight, Chubby Girl could still track her by scent.
Not until a locust tree appeared in their field of vision did they stop. The tree was abnormally huge and gave off waves of sinister energy—so strong that even Lu Shan could easily sense it.
Bang—!
Lu Shan raised the blade in his hand to block an attack from the roots underground. To his surprise, the attack was not particularly powerful. More precisely, it relied on clever force, its purpose merely to knock him back.
Even if he had not blocked it, he would only have been sent flying and suffered minor injuries.
"Child, leave this place. This is not something you can handle."
A layered voice, as though male and female voices were mingled together, sounded beside Lu Shan's ear. Although it was still filled with unsettling sinister energy, its tone was exceptionally gentle.
"I can barely hold on any longer. At most, I have three days left. If your people still do not arrive, I will no longer be able to suppress them. Filled with hatred, they will kill every living thing they encounter."
After hearing this, Lu Shan knew he had become entangled in some unknown affair.
The other party had clearly mistaken his identity. Just as Lu Shan was about to ask what exactly had happened—
That voice let out a pained scream. Then Lu Shan saw the locust tree ahead begin to writhe like a monster covered in tentacles, while figure after figure burst out from within it.
Every one of those figures was female, and all of them were young women. Their bodies were covered in wounds and bruises, their faces twisted with ferocity and overflowing