"Oh no!"
At the sound, the men in leather jackets felt their hair stand on end. They could no longer spare any attention for this unfamiliar newcomer.
"Those things are here! Hurry, stop them!"
The men in leather jackets charged over, but they were still too late.
Lin Feng turned his head. Teacher Xun, dressed in dark blue, brushed past him too, carrying a bowl of rice. He rushed up to the headless Uncanny and offered the bowl with both hands.
[Rice Offering Specter-Detection Technique]
The Headless Taoist accepted the rice. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they would escape disaster again this time.
Crack.
Crack.
Crack.
The headless Uncanny began killing.
The men in leather jackets whom Lin Feng had met all had their necks snapped by an invisible hand. They collapsed limply to the ground.
From left to right, less than a Ritual Bell separated each death.
No one could stop the Headless Taoist's merciless slaughter.
This time, the men Teacher Xun had brought each deployed their own tricks, but judging by the repeated cracking sounds, none of those who tried escaped death either.
Whatever their status had been in life, they were utterly helpless before an Uncanny from the Underworld.
The Uncanny did not kill them all in an instant. It slaughtered them one by one.
That was the most despair-inducing part.
Knowing when you would die, yet being unable to prevent death from coming.
Torment.
Alone against an Uncanny like the Headless Taoist, a person could do nothing.
Even Lin Feng could not save them.
He could only watch them die, one after another.
Having eaten Teacher Xun's rice, the Headless Taoist kept his promise.
He spared Teacher Xun—and only Teacher Xun.
Lin Feng frowned deeply, unsure whether he was witnessing an illusion