In the dead of night, torches blazed fiercely, like lamps in the boundless, deathly darkness, sheltering the village.
"Demonic Beasts are attacking! Demonic Beasts are attacking!"
"Everyone, get up! Fight the Demonic Beasts!"
"Quick, protect the torches!"
"..."
A wave of frantic cries tore through the silent night sky, alarming the entire village.
The villagers rose one after another, grabbed their weapons, and prepared to fight the Demonic Beasts to the death.
"Protect the torches! Don't let the Demonic Beasts get close to them!"
Shi Dashan shouted commands as the main force swiftly gathered around the torches and protected them.
The torches were the foundation of the village. If they were destroyed, the village would be plunged into darkness, and then there would be only one road left—death.
"Squeak, squeak squeak..."
Beyond the village, beneath the night curtain, it was pitch-black, so dark one could not see their own hand before their face. Hair-raising sounds came from the darkness.
"Ah..."
Immediately afterward, screams shattered the night sky.
Before some villagers could even react, they had already fallen.
"Fenger, run!"
Zhou Yuan's family lived near the village entrance. When the Demonic Beasts attacked, they bore the brunt of it.
Zhou Yuan joined forces with the nearby villagers to fend off the Demonic Beasts while loudly ordering his family to retreat.
"Grandfather..."
There was not a trace of color on Zhou Fenger's face. Her body trembled instinctively with fear, as if she had been nailed in place, completely refusing to obey her.
Many people around her were the same, frightened out of their wits by the Demonic Beasts.
"No..."
A villager was covered in black beetles the size of fingertips. In an instant, his flesh and blood were devoured clean, leaving behind nothing but a ghastly white skeleton.
The sight filled everyone