The Forest of Death, Inner Area.
For a moment, everything fell silent.
Listening to that song, Jun Wangchen felt his eye twitch. His face darkened, and he could almost hear a flock of crows cawing overhead.
What the hell were you thinking?
This was a matter of life and death, and you gave me something this damn festive? Were you that desperate to celebrate New Year's?
Mo Duoduo covered her eyes with both hands, her face burning with embarrassment.
Clearly, she was mentally cursing the mother of the shopkeeper who had given her that gift ten thousand times over.
Meanwhile, the One-Headed Monster's dark eyes suddenly turned scarlet. Having its dignity challenged by two mere ants filled it with more rage than it had ever known.
"Roar!"
The next instant, the One-Headed Monster charged toward the direction the toy doll had been thrown from. Its terrifying aura churned the mist throughout the Forest of Death.
"It found us!" Realizing too late, Jun Wangchen felt a chill down his spine and instinctively shoved Mo Duoduo aside.
Bang!
Before Jun Wangchen could dodge, the One-Headed Monster was already upon him, slamming its enormous body straight into him.
"Urgh!" The tremendous force felt as though it had knocked every organ in Jun Wangchen's body out of place. He spat out a mouthful of blood as he flew backward, then scraped across the ground and rolled several times before tumbling into the grass, his fate unknown.
"Jun!" At the sight, Mo Duoduo's eyes reddened, her heart aching.
Helplessness. Utter helplessness!
At that moment, she suddenly realized that whenever they faced real danger, Jun Wangchen had always been the one saving her. She had been nothing but dead weight, causing him trouble.
"Gagagaga!"
The One-Headed Monster opened its mouth and let out a grating laugh,