Unusual Movement

Yang Jian sensed the unnatural calm around him and immediately realized that the ghost had stopped again.

This was the third time.

Although the woods were dense, they did not cover much ground. The ghost had moved three times within this patch of forest. Of those three movements, Yang Jian had only seen the ghost's shadow during the second one before losing track of it. Now, he had no idea where the ghost had moved to.

One thing was certain: the ghost had to be very close. It might even be right beside one of them.

I can act when the ghost attacks someone. There are four people here, including me. The odds of me being attacked first aren't high, so I can be bolder. Yang Jian thought.

Three Ghost Eyes were already watching from the shadows.

That gaze allowed him to observe many things around him, but he still could not see through the trees. They remained affected by supernatural power, creating many blind spots.

Yang Jian did not remain standing still.

He began walking around, wandering through the area to check his surroundings while searching for the ghost's location.

Since the ghost had most likely stopped moving, Yang Jian believed this was an opportunity to search for it.

However, just as he began to move—

Over by Zhou Lin and Zhao Li.

The ghost was already standing behind a tree directly behind them, barely half a meter away. During this brief calm, the most dangerous thing had already begun to happen.

From the dim shadows, an arm seemed to stretch out. It was covered in dirt and carried a rancid stench, like a corpse dug out of a grave. Yet ordinary corpses would not stand so strangely in the woods.

Before it even touched him—

An abnormal smell