"Don't be afraid. I'm here to save you!"
The man dragging a hammerful of ghosts spoke, but to the two women, his words were undoubtedly sinister and mocking.
He wore a strange grin, and both his hands were covered in blood. He spoke of saving them, but he was probably already planning how to dismember them.
"We can't trust him!" Tang Yi shouted.
"Right!"
Chen Xiaoyu's little face was solemn too.
The two turned and charged toward the little girl, leaving her utterly bewildered. She craned her head and strained to see what was ahead, wanting to know what could possibly make them abandon their fear of her.
Then.
She saw the man carrying an entire hammerful of ghosts.
Most terrifying of all.
She knew every ghost on that hammer!
They were all ghosts who lived closer to the village center, ghosts far more terrifying than she was!
The aura each one gave off was enough to fill the little girl with dread. With all those ghosts clustered together, their sinister, terrifying presence made her feel as though she had fallen into an ice cellar.
And that wasn't all.
The man with ghostly green eyes exuded an oppressive presence that seemed to come from a difference in species. A sweep of his icy gaze sent goosebumps over her entire body.
"Little girl, you need someone to play with."
"And I happen to want to play with children. What a coincidence!"
"Come here, come here! I think we're definitely going to be very good friends!"
Hearing those spine-chilling words.
The little girl's hair stood on end. Without another word, she turned and ran.
Jiang Chen struck the Kui Ox Drum, his blood surging as he gave chase with all his might, still calling out reassuringly, "Little girl, don't run! Tell me