"Bang!"
"Bang! Bang!"
Muffled gunshots rang out, shattering raindrops in the renewed downpour. Pale blue trails of gunfire struck the pursuing ghosts with precision, briefly holding them back.
Fortunately, the Little Child Ghost had not appeared. Since midnight, the only ghosts chasing them had been the ones from their respective rooms.
Perhaps this was the slim chance of survival the system had given them, or perhaps they had reacted quickly enough.
They were now less than a hundred meters from the area containing the life gate, and they could already see the large, dead tree.
According to what Li Tianyang had seen with his spiritual sight, the mystical gates had shifted. The houses around that dead tree were the true life gate.
As long as they made it inside, everyone could survive.
Racing through the village, the five of them passed one old house after another, bounding up and down like antelopes as they fled for their lives.
Seeing that Zhang Tie was still lagging behind, He Zheng wiped the rain from his face. Carrying Li Tianyang on his back as he ran, he shouted into the Wristwatch.
"Zhang Tie! Get back here! Use Protection and get back here now!"
"What the fuck are you waiting for?!"
A moment later, Zhang Tie's somewhat panicked voice came through the Wristwatch.
"I can't, He Zheng!"
"Little Chubby is still alive! I'm afraid he won't make it back!"
Running flat out with Zhang Xiao Peng in his arms, Zhang Tie anxiously watched the ghost pursuing him. With Ye Lin and the others drawing the rest away, only a two-meter-tall Bulging-Eyed Ghost was chasing him.
It was not particularly fast, and its abilities seemed to have limitations as well, allowing him to escape with Zhang Xiao Peng thus far.
But as Ye Lin and