Chapter 14: The Clothed Ghost

Xiao Xia didn't dare to come out, for fear of being discovered. Thinking of the face that could never be seen under the hat, cold sweat rolled down silently.

She was very nervous, feeling that time passed so slowly, but she was afraid that if time passed quickly, that strange man in a lily coat would arrive before Ruan Zhan! But just when her heart was in turmoil, the crisp copper bell in her dream rang in the rain.

In the dull sound of thunder and the chaotic sound of rain, the sound of jingling bells goes straight into people's eardrums! It feels far away, but it seems so close.

Isn't that a dream? Or do you have to repeat the situation in your dream? Xiao Xia didn't know for a while, and she didn't have time to tell the difference, she just hugged Wanli with one hand and held the bloodwood sword with the other, which was the only thing she could rely on in this dangerous unknown!

The door opened automatically, without making any sound, and then a pair of feet with wind and rain broke into Xiao Xia's field of vision.

Xiao Xia only saw the lower edge of the robe, and saw the raindrops rolling down, but there were no water stains on the ground.

'He' paused by the door, then slowly walked over to the table. Xiao Xia's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but tighten inside, sticking to the wall and Wanli even tighter.

'He' wore a pair of flowered shoes, new and new, the uppers were embroidered with all kinds of flowers, and the original color of the cloth could no longer be seen, and the silk threads of all colors were piled up extremely brightly, and they came in the rain, but they were still spotless.

But the weirdest thing is that there are no feet in the shoes, and there are no legs between the lower edge of the cloak and the flower shoes!

He's not a human, he's a ghost! It's a ghost like that family of three, but why doesn't the bloodwood sword emit a beautiful red light when it encounters evil as usual, but only the hilt of the sword is slightly hot?!

Xiao Xia didn't know if the Bloodwood Sword was broken, so she saw 'he' walk all the way to the table, but instead of sitting down, she just stood there stiffly, close enough that she could see the lines of the robe and the droplets of water that kept dripping on it but would not fall to the ground.

I only heard him shake the brass bell, and another string of 'people' jumped in, lined up in a row, and stood inside. You don't have to guess to know that it's the weirdos strung with hemp rope and white cloth bags on their heads. The problem is that the position where they are standing has become a circle with the family and the clothed ghost, and Xiao Xia under the table is surrounded in the middle.

The situation in front of me is very strange, there is no sound in the store, and it is pitch black, but it is busy, as if the normal store is entertaining customers, but the owner is not a person, and the visitor is not a person!

In the cold mountain night, Xiao Xia was sweating down her spine, and she had to desperately suppress her breathing that became rapid due to nervousness, she only hoped that these ghosts would quickly rest and leave, if the ghosts did have the same need to rest as humans when they were on the night road, and the other party was not malicious to them.

A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the dark and rainy night, and Xiao Xia, who was huddled under the table, also saw the ghost in the cloak slowly bending down, and the face that couldn't see the facial features was 'looking' at her!

Turns out he knows she's hiding here!

"Don't-let them-touch-your-head!" He uttered a strange trill, word by word!

What do you mean? Xiao Xia was stunned in horror.

However, before she could react, at the moment when the thunder and thunder sounded, the clothed ghost suddenly overturned the table!

Xiao Xia was stunned, and didn't know how to react at all, feeling like a lamb hiding in the firewood and grass, suddenly exposed to the eyes of the beast.

She was so frightened that she couldn't move, but found that the things around her didn't move, just stared in her direction, as if she couldn't see her, but just felt it! She tried to move, and the ghosts began to recognize the target, and jumped forward!

Xiao Xia realized that Ruan Zhan's invisibility talisman saved her and Wan Li from being seen, but their breath could not be hidden, and if they moved, they would make a sound, so those ghosts knew their general direction, but they didn't know their specific location!

Also, although the Bloodwood Sword is a bit abnormal, it still has an incomparable deterrent power against these ghosts!

But why did the man in the cloak seem to be able to see her? Is it so powerful that it is close to her and is one step ahead of her? Or can he really see? And what does it mean by that sentence - don't get touched on the top of your head?! So why doesn't it attack? Are you also afraid of the Bloodwood Sword?

In a matter of seconds, Natsu must make a decision!

If these goblins were ordered to kill them, Wanli was the most dangerous, because he was currently in a coma and had no ability to resist at all. Originally, the Bloodwood Sword would protect a certain area, but there were too many opponents, and if they rushed over desperately, even if she had the Bloodwood Sword, she would lose the other.

What's more, she doesn't have spiritual power, she can't make the bloodwood sword as hard as steel, if it hits the void soul body, of course it's fine, but if it's a zombie-like entity? The masked ghost that was strung together made a 'thump' sound when it jumped to the ground, it seemed that it was not easy to deal with, she couldn't let what Ruan Zhan's father had left him destroy in her own hands!

Moreover, the Bloodwood Sword seems to be very wrong today.

Therefore, the best way is for her to lure these things away and leave the Bloodwood Sword by Wanli's side, so that even if the Clothed Ghost can see Wanli, there is no way to attack him!

Thinking like this, she was scared to death, but she still forced herself to act!

She held her breath and slowly laid Wanli flat on the ground, pulling the collar of his jumper to cover his already weak breathing, making the goblins lose their goal of pursuit, and then put the bloodwood sword in his arms.

When she did this, she kept staring at the cloaked ghost who was close at hand and the row of 'enemies' on the opposite side who were ready to attack at any time, only to see that the cloaked ghost didn't move at all, and the invisible face didn't know what he was thinking, and those ghosts slowly approached with Xiao Xia's very slight movements.

At this time, a faint red light began to flash from the bloodwood sword, so Xiao Xia breathed a sigh of relief, which proved that Wanli could stay here safely, and there was still Ruan Zhan's protective talisman on the wall.

Seeing that the circle around her was getting smaller and smaller, and there was no chance to escape, she simply took off one of her shoes and threw it out from the top of the circle at once!

With a 'whew', the family of three and five zombies in a row rushed to the stairs where the shoes had fallen, and the clothed ghost suddenly pounced on Xiao Xia.

Xiao Xia instinctively flashed, and the clothed ghost almost fell on Wanli's body, because the bloodwood sword was held in Wanli's arms, and it was so shocked that it stood up straight like a marionette, and floated out for a long distance!

At this time, Xiao Xia was completely relieved, knowing that the bloodwood sword could protect Wanli, so he didn't hesitate anymore and ran to the door while those ghosts had not yet returned. She wanted to run into the mountains and forests, so that there would be more room for manoeuvre!

But she couldn't get out!

The Demoliqué preemptively blocked her way!

Only then did she remember that the ghost-clad could see her, and the method she thought of to lure away these ghosts and protect herself didn't work at all, and now she had to use the terrain to escape!

Thinking of this, she didn't hesitate. Squatted down suddenly, Kan Kan avoided the grasp of the clothed ghost, and didn't see if it had hands, almost rolled to the door of the utility room, and saw that the hemp rope on the string of monsters was all broken, like a zombie, stretched out his arms and forced her!

Don't let them touch the top of your head!

Xiao Xia didn't know why she thought of this sentence, but she always felt that it had a special meaning, so she kept trying not to let her head be touched. It turned out that she also wanted to avoid the attack by not breathing and not moving for a while, but since she found out that the Demoliquin could see her, this plan did not work, and she had to flee in confusion.

But the clothed ghost didn't chase her, only circled around the unconscious Wanli, but the faint red light of the bloodwood sword made it impossible to get close to Wanli, but it didn't give up, so that Xiao Xia had to look at it from time to time while fleeing, and was almost caught in the face several times.

In the dark wild shop on a rainy night, a room of ghosts was chasing her, there were five zombie-like things with white cloth bags on their heads, and the family of three, each with a pale face, turned even more miserable green in the flickering light, and the seven holes were bleeding!

Scared, she was too late, she had to pay attention to the situation there while running, only to see the ghost in the clothes wandering around Wanli for a long time, and suddenly fell to the ground, trying to stretch out his hand.

Its palms slowly stretched out from under its coat, black as brown leaves. In the same way, the arm is still invisible, as if the invisible arm is stretching forward, and it is very elastic, stretching beyond the boundaries of human concepts, directly touching the top of the head.

As if it had been hit hard, it suddenly retracted its arm after touching the top of its head, and it was so stunned that it didn't get up!

Xiao Xia froze, and forgot to run, and also forgot to breathe, because there was no hint from the ghost, those ghosts lost Xiao Xia's information, and also stopped attacking, for a while, the store was silent!

In the middle of the light and half darkness, Wan Li suddenly opened his eyes slowly!

He woke up, Xiao Xia should have been happy, but subconsciously, she was trembling all over, and her heart couldn't beat with fear and despair!

Wanli's situation is not right, it is really not right, he is no longer himself, but a different person, wooden, stiff, terrifying, and emotionless!

When a gust of wind blew, he seemed to float with the wind, and the tall man stood up silently!

"Ten thousand miles!" The sudden change made Xiao Xia forget about his situation and shouted out at once.

With her voice, there was a lot of movement!

First, the surrounding ghosts began to pounce in her direction, and then Wanli suddenly turned his head and stared straight at her!

She knew that Wan Li could see her, because it was also a talisman drawn by Ruan Zhan, although the outside world could not see it, they could see each other.

But that's not ten thousand miles! Although he has Wanli's body and Wanli's face, Wanli has never looked at her with such emotionless eyes, he has always been so warm and kind, so that when she sees him, she feels that the world is gentle!

She was about to cry, especially when he rushed at her like the other goblins, and she almost ran away crying!

That's not her thousands of miles anymore!

The chase in the store continued, but Xiao Xia hid more and more thrillingly, her heart was cramping, her hands and feet slowed down, and she was finally grabbed by the little Miao girl in the heart.

"She sleeps in my bed!" She screamed! Stretch out your hand that has become a claw and desperately clasp Natsu's throat!

Xiao Xia had difficulty breathing, his consciousness was scattered, and he only looked at Wanli with the peripheral vision of his eyes, but he didn't react!

Death is death!

Xiao Xia closed her eyes, so desperate that she didn't want to struggle, because the Wanli in front of her was no longer her Wanli!

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