Chapter 43: The Dark Shadow
When I took out the cotton coat and hat from the baggage before, I remembered that there seemed to be a metal cylinder at the bottom of the baggage, which might be a flashlight.
In this extreme darkness, what I needed most was a little light, so I quickly reached into the baggage, felt the metal cylinder-like thing, and pulled it out with all my might.
There were also some scattered things that I brought out, and they fell around the baggage, and I didn't pay attention to them, but just touched them twice with the palm of my hand on the metal cylinder.
I touched a button-like object on the back of the cylinder, pressed it hard, and a beam of light immediately appeared in front of me.
Thankfully, this thing is indeed a flashlight.
The beam traveled through most of the room, casting a spot of light on a couch not far away.
There was no other light source in the room, and the couch illuminated by the flashlight glowed with a harsh white glow, and at the edge of the spot was a thick black shadow.
I turned my flashlight and let the beam sweep around the room. There was nothing else in the house except for the old furniture.
But the feeling is still there, and when I shake the flashlight, I can feel that thing getting closer and closer to me.
It can't be a ghost, right?
This thought quickly flashed through my heart, but as soon as it appeared, it was denied by me, just yesterday, I could already sense the flow of the Great Qi between heaven and earth, and the third master said that after this, I would be able to see the spirit body with a pair of naked eyes.
Moreover, the spirit body itself is an ethereal cloud of qi, it is different from objects in reality, it cannot refract light, and people without mental power cannot see them in well-lit places, and for those who have a small amount of mental power left on their bodies, even if there is no light source, ghosts have nothing to hide.
It's not a ghost.
If I can't see it, it doesn't mean it's a ghost.
Cough - cough - cough -
At this moment, there was a slight sound above my head, and my heart suddenly tightened, and I didn't dare to make any more movements, just silently staring at the wall illuminated by the flashlight, while pricking up my ears and listening to the sound above my head.
I knew something must be moving on the roof, but the sound was only for a brief moment, and then it died down.
About a minute or so later, I felt something fall from the roof and hit my hat and shoulder. It looked like some fine powder, possibly a layer of paint that had come off the roof.
I tried my best to suppress the tension in my heart and slowly turned the flashlight so that the beam shone on a small area overhead.
It wasn't until the beam straightened that I slowly looked up and looked towards the roof.
When I saw something lying on the roof, my whole body froze.
The beam of the flashlight illuminated the roof of the house in a terrible white, and in the small area covered by the white light, a black figure was lying on its stomach, which seemed to have a thick layer of asphalt hanging on its body, and its palms and knees were glued to the wall.
When I looked up at it, it slowly raised its head and pointed its featureless face directly at me, and a few drops of black slime slid down its face and landed on my shoulder, and I felt as if half of my shoulder was frozen, and it was cold to my bones.
I didn't dare to move, and it didn't pounce, just lying on the roof and looking at me.
At the outer edge of the lit area, there were some dark shadows moving, and I couldn't make out what they looked like, but I could guess that the things that were slowly moving should be the figures covered in "asphalt".
For me today, that experience is a major stain on my life, I don't want to admit that I was almost scared into incontinence at that moment, but the truth is the truth, and the moment I saw those dark shadows, my whole person was about to collapse.
The evil qi all over my body was released by me, and the extreme nervousness and fear did not make me angry, but I was simply afraid, my hands and feet trembled violently, and the light spots on the roof swayed with the trembling of my wrists.
I remember that the Qing Ming Decision can be used to suppress evil things, but because of excessive nervousness, the spells and formations taught to me by the third master have all been forgotten by me at this moment, I only remember that the Qing Ming Decision can suppress evil spirits, but I can't remember how to use this set of spells at all, so I can only quietly reach out my right hand and grab the big burden around me.
At this moment, there was a strange crashing sound from the second floor.
Click, click......
It sounded like the pendulum of an old wall clock swaying back and forth, and it sounded like someone wearing stiff shoes walking up and down on the wooden floor of the second floor.
As soon as this sound appeared, the black shadow above my head jumped off the roof as if frightened.
I subconsciously grabbed the burden in my hand and smashed it with all my might.
These black shadows are not ghosts, they are physical, and when the heavy burden hits them, there is a muffled sound of "bang", and then the black shadow flies out lightly, falling into the darkness without light.
A dark shadow was smashed into the air by me, and the shadows around the spot of light moved en masse.
Beside me, there was the muffled sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, and after the muffled sound, there was a series of noises.
They're coming at me.
I don't know how many shadows there are in the house, I just know that if I don't run, it's really over.
I grabbed a bag and ran to the couch.
The doors and windows of the old villa were so sealed that I couldn't get out, but I remember that not far from the couch was the staircase leading to the second floor.
As I ran as hard as I could, several black shadows quickly approached me, and I didn't dare to slack off, so I immediately waved my baggage and smashed them into the air one by one.
These black shadows look like ordinary adults in outline, but they are so light that they will stagger back several steps just by rubbing their baggage.
More and more dark shadows surrounded me, and I kept waving my burden to drive them away, and I didn't dare to slow down my pace, and in the blink of an eye, I rushed up the stairs.
As I ran down the stairs, I felt weightlessness under my feet several times, and I heard a burst of "click" cracking sounds, and I knew that the stairs made of old wood must have been broken by me, but I didn't have the energy to care about them, so I jumped upstairs desperately.
It wasn't until I rushed up to the second floor that the dense footsteps behind me suddenly disappeared.
I immediately turned around and shook my flashlight in the direction of the staircase, and saw that the dark shadows were all clustered in the middle of the staircase, as if they did not intend to catch up.
Watching them crowded together makes my heart tremble.
I was worried that they would eventually catch up, so I kept shining my flashlight on them while backing away little by little until my back was against the wall.
All of my actions were almost instinctively driven, and the cold wall behind me gave me a little peace of mind.
To my left and right were dark corridors, and in the light-filled area, old wooden doors stood on either side of the corridor.
I didn't care if I went further into the corridor, but I dared to stand against the wall like this, facing the dark shadow on the stairs from afar.
No one knew what was hiding in the darkness of the corridor, but I at least knew now that I could keep the shadows out with the baggage in my hand.
The air was so cold and so quiet that I could only hear my own heavy wheezing and heartbeat, and as far as the eye could see, except for the dark shadow on the stairs, the white mist that came out of my mouth.
I was going to just lean against the wall and wait for the dawn, but when I looked at my watch, it was only six o'clock, and it was at least a dozen hours before it dawned.
I'm afraid that before dawn, I will collapse first.
Syllable! While!
Just as I was looking down at my watch, there was a muffled sound in the depths of the corridor.
I subconsciously turned the flashlight and shone it in the direction where the sound came from, and I saw that ten meters away from me, there was a door that I didn't know what was knocked open, and it was slapping against the wall again and again, and every time I slapped, the muffled sound from ten meters away made my heart contract.
Can you stop making such a voice, my heart can't stand it!
In addition to being frightened, my heart was full of complaints about the third master and the seventh master, from the practice of magic to now, it has only been twenty-eight days, and suddenly I was thrown into such a ghost place alone, I was not mentally prepared at all, not to mention that I have only been able to barely perform a few simple techniques so far, and I have no ability to protect myself at all.
In fact, I didn't realize at the time that I was suffering from the tension and fear that exceeded my limits, and I began to be irritable again.
And this intense irritability arises when the evil qi is released.
Soon, this irritability will turn into anger, and when the anger subsides, the anger in my nature will be completely aroused.
But I didn't know what was going to happen next, and after a few glances into the depths of the corridor, I moved my gaze and the beam of my flashlight to the stairs.
Just a few seconds ago, the shadows were clustered on the stairs, but when I looked back again, they were gone.
Looking at the empty staircase, my heart sank.
Those dark shadows...... Where the hell did it go?
In a panic, I flicked my flashlight and swept the beam across the rooftop, the corridor, and the stairs facing me, but the shadows disappeared as if out of thin air, and there was no sign of them anywhere.
As I cast the beam of light on the west side of the corridor for the last time, there was another eerie crashing sound behind me.
Click, click......
I suddenly felt nervous, and quickly turned the flashlight.
A white beam of light illuminated the east corridor, and for a moment I could see a figure flash rapidly before my eyes, clicking as it moved, but in less than a second, it had slipped into the door that had been slammed open.
And when it was gone, there was a dead silence in the corridor, this time a real dead silence, and my wheezing and heartbeat were gone.