With that, he turned toward the depths of the palace and urged, "Come on. I'll see you through the rest of the way." Yi Chen nodded slightly, then pushed him aside, put on his mask, and vaulted over the gate.
Splash...
Yi Chen had taken only one step when he felt something beneath his foot. He immediately looked down, only to find a mangled corpse that had already been half devoured.
Fear instantly flooded his entire body, making him tremble all over. Only after that hideous corpse had vanished completely did he slowly remove his mask again and say through gritted teeth, "Are these evil ghosts tired of living?"
With that, he immediately swung his folding fan and lashed viciously at the distant bushes several times. Smack, smack, smack... In the blink of an eye, great swathes of weeds were torn out by the roots.
Seeing this, Yi Chen immediately turned toward the mysterious man and asked calmly, "What exactly are you trying to do?"
The man merely shrugged and said matter-of-factly, "Nothing much. I just need to borrow your life for a moment." Yi Chen's eyes immediately widened, and he pressed, "Why should I trust you?"
The man chuckled a few times, then took out a sheet of Talisman Paper and lightly pressed it onto Yi Chen's right arm. He urged, "The two of us have long since been locked in a struggle that won't end until one of us dies. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for trusting others too easily."
The moment those words fell, heaven and earth began trembling violently again. At the same time, all the black mist grew increasingly frenzied.
Seeing this, the mysterious man immediately reached out and pushed open the palace gates, then urged, "All right, I'm leaving." With that,