What is it?

Jiang Yao and Tao Tao stood in place, vigilantly observing the figure in front of them, and the figure neither stepped forward nor retreated, just quietly stationed at the end of the sheep intestine path, gently swaying in the dim sky light outside the mountain.

"It seems like the exit ahead. ”

Jiang Yao stared at the point of light in front of him and whispered.

"Is that figure waiting for us at the exit? but, but the man looks too ......."

Jiang Yao hesitated, except for "weird", he really couldn't find other suitable adjectives to describe the slender figure, and the other party behaved so weirdly in this situation, which not only made him doubt the possibility of the other party's "inhuman".

"I can't feel the demon, it shouldn't be a demon. Tao Tao said calmly. "Let's go, follow me, go up and have a look. ”

Jiang Yao nodded, and then cautiously followed the gluttony, slowly approaching the swaying figure in front of him step by step.

"Whew...... Phew......

A cold wind blew from the front, and as the cold wind raged, the slender figure seemed to sway more obviously. Jiang Yao squinted his eyes and observed the figure in front of him intently, and after approaching, he gradually found that the height of the figure was twice as high as that of ordinary people, and the shape seemed to be extremely thin, and what was even more peculiar was that the figure seemed to be painted with some strange patterns on its body, which looked particularly strange in the dim sky.

"It's ...... Paper Man??"

Jiang Yao's eyes widened slightly, and he was standing near the exit at this time, and he really saw what the figure was.

Humanoid pieces of paper, two people tall, were threaded on a slender bamboo pole and stuck like flags in the grass at the edge of the exit. The slender body and outrageously long limbs swayed wantonly in the wind, like a ghostly wandering spirit, and the whole humanoid paper was painted with red, green, and black ink A series of zigzag line patterns, a meridian-like black pattern from the chest of the paper man all the way up, and finally focused in a spiral in the middle of the humanoid head, it was like a black hole in the head of the humanoid, just one glance, Jiang Yao felt like he was about to be sucked into the boundless black hole, which made his consciousness can't help but be in a trance for a moment.

"Uh-huh......!"

Jiang Yao hurriedly shook his head, forcing himself to look away from the humanoid piece of paper, he raised his head and looked around the exit again, but found that the same situation not only appeared on the edge of the exit, but the entire open forest grass in front of him was also densely filled with humanoid pieces of paper. In the blowing mountain wind, the limbs of those humanoid pieces of paper were fangs and claws, just like ghost envoys waiting at the entrance of the underworld, greeting Jiang Yao's arrival with a strange attitude.

These...... What the hell is it?

Jiang Yao frowned slightly, an indescribable sense of depression quietly gathered in his chest, he subconsciously wanted to retreat to the mountain path, but when he looked back, he found that the path that was still behind him just now was gone!

"Gluttony, gluttony, where are you?" Jiang Yao's face changed, and a feeling of uneasiness instantly surged into his head. He hurriedly turned around, searching around for the gluttonous figure, and at this moment, an ethereal and eerie sneer began to sound from all directions.

[Hehehe...... Come on...... Come here......]

Who??

Jiang Yao was startled, but soon he realized that the source of the sounds was none other than the humanoid pieces of paper that waved their slender limbs and swayed like ghosts.

What's going on!?

Jiang Yao was stunned, such an unreasonable status quo made his head chaotic, just when he was in doubt, the strange sneers that surrounded him suddenly stopped, in Jiang Yao's disbelievable eyes, he saw the humanoid pieces of paper all over the mountains suddenly twist his head, and Qi Qi aimed the black hole-like vortex on his face.

"Don't ...... Don't come here!"

Jiang Yao yelled, staggered backwards, but didn't take a few steps and found that his ankle was suddenly tripped up, and looked down to see that there was a paper man's hand wrapped around his foot and neck, and the panicked Jiang Yao hurriedly tore off the paper man under his feet, trying to run towards an open space in front of him, but at this time he felt that his body seemed to be restrained by some invisible force, and the humanoid pieces of paper behind him also seemed to be poured into life, and they pressed towards Jiang Yao.

"Let go, let go of me!!"

Jiang Yao struggled, and under the extreme mood swings, a strange red light seemed to faintly flash in the depths of his dark pupils, and at the same time, a familiar and ethereal voice suddenly broke into his ears:

"Ginger...... Jiang Yao ......"

「…… Wake up!"

"Hmm!"

Jiang Yao opened his eyes suddenly, and the cold wind blowing up from below made his mind clear in an instant, only to see that what appeared in front of him was a bottomless mountain cliff, and half of his footsteps were on the edge of the cliff, only one step away from falling off the cliff.

"——!Uhh

The impactful picture in front of him made Jiang Yao's face suddenly pale, and his body staggered and was about to fall forward, but at this time, he suddenly found that his waist was firmly held by a strong arm, and when he turned his head, he was facing the fierce red eyes of the glutton.

"Close your eyes and don't look back. ”

The gluttonous breath lingered in his ears, and before Jiang Yao could react, his eyes were covered by a big hand. In the boundless darkness, Jiang Yao only felt that his heartbeat began to intensify, and the arm holding him around his waist seemed to be a little tighter.

"The ground on the edge of the cliff is very unstable, you follow me, don't move. ”

Again, the instructions sounded in my ears, calm and unquestionable.

"Okay......" Jiang Yao stiffly responded, and then began to slowly move towards the back step by step with the man behind him.

"Whew...... Whoa......

The howling of the cold wind on the edge of the cliff faded away, and the ground at your feet seemed to turn from hard rock to soft grass, and the swirling mountain wind drove a certain "rattle" sound of paper cracking, but other than that, there seemed to be a faint cracking sound from a distance getting closer and closer.

"Just stand here first, remember, don't open your eyes. ”

The restraint on his waist was finally loosened, and even the hand covering his eyes was withdrawn, and Jiang Yao felt that the gluttony behind him seemed to retreat a few steps, as if he was watching something.

"What's going on now, what's going on, what's around?"

Jiang Yao was a little cramped and uneasy, but he didn't dare to disobey the gluttonous instructions to open his eyes casually, but at this time, he heard the gluttonous voice sound from his side again:

"This place is surrounded by 'spell paper figures', and once you see the patterns on those paper figures, you will fall into illusion like you just did, if I hadn't dragged you before, I'm afraid you would have been at the bottom of the cliff. ”

"Illusion, no wonder ......" Jiang Yao remembered his previous abnormality, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. "So, what about you, are you alright?"

"Hmph, this kind of little trick naturally can't affect me. Gluttony glanced at the human-shaped pieces of paper that were arranged in an orderly manner around him, and then focused his gaze on the demon phantom that was slowly emerging from the forest, and a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth.

"But since there was such a big formation to 'welcome' us, it looks like we've found the right place...... Speaking of which, the 'Gu Dan' that was recovered before is still with you, right?"

"Here, I've been carrying it as you said. Jiang Yao said, reaching into his arms and clenching the crimson oval stone.

"Good. Gluttony nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed at the stone in Jiang Yao's arms, and as a burst of demonic light was stimulated, a dark red light mask suddenly flashed around Jiang Yao for a moment, and then disappeared into the air.

"With this thing, at least it can cover up your 'popularity' and not become a target for demons. Gluttony smiled and turned around again, looking at the various demons that were gradually gathering around. "Don't move here, I'll go back as soon as I go. ”

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Yao felt a gust of demon wind passing by his side, and then, the roar of the demons that shook the world was intertwined with the howling of the wind, and it became farther and farther away from him, as if the gluttony was guiding the demons who came one after another, and moved the battlefield to a distance.

Gourmand...... Are you fighting someone? damn it...... If my mana could be restored, it wouldn't be as cumbersome as it is now......

Jiang Yao was entangled, but in this situation, he had nothing to do, and he could only rely on his hearing to guess the development of the situation with his vision closed for the time being. But soon, the distant wails and the collision of battle gradually fell silent, and finally disappeared, and what came to Jiang Yao's ears, in addition to the gust of mountain wind, only the surrounding human-shaped pieces of paper "gala rattle" swayed with the wind.

"Gluttony...... Gluttony?"

There was no answer.

The strange silence made the uneasiness in Jiang Yao's heart quietly rise again. He didn't dare to move at will, let alone open his eyes, a sense of anxiety about being abandoned gradually spread in the dark, tormenting Jiang Yao's heart every minute and every second, making his whole person feel like he was on pins and needles.

"Boom...... Boom ......

The sound of footsteps along the grass from far to near, slowly leaned towards Jiang Yao, Jiang Yao's spirit lifted slightly, closed his eyes and raised his head, and turned to the direction of the source of the sound.

"Gluttonous ......, is that you?"

Still didn't get any response, but the frequency of the footsteps seemed to be a little faster, which made Jiang Yao's heart suddenly have a strange feeling.

The cold mountain breeze brought the fragrance of the grass, but in the earthy breath, there seemed to be some indescribable fishy smell, and this smell did not belong to the red-haired man that Jiang Yao was familiar with.

This is......

"Hiss......"

The cold breath surrounded his ears, and Jiang Yao only felt a cool breeze blowing across his face, and an ominous premonition made his body freeze in place for a moment.

What he didn't know was that at this moment, a giant spider demon with a human face and insect body was sticking in front of him, poking its head out and sniffing his breath.