As the dark red figure retreated rapidly, a terrifying wind whistle erupted from Charlotte's ears. The wolf spirit's fangs flashed almost against his neck. Due to the severe trauma on his calf, Xingyunbu's speed was not as good as before, and just dodging the wolf spirit's bite almost consumed Xia Luo's physical strength. The feeling of weakness gradually paralyzed Charlotte's whole body, and even with the bandages tightened, the rate of blood loss from the wound did not change in the slightest.

And the man in black was hiding in the darkness, waiting for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to Charlotte.

The current situation is almost on the verge of life and death for Charlotte, and the continuous blood loss from the wound has led to a significant decrease in her strength and speed. It is estimated that in the near future, his speed will not be able to keep up with the wolf spirit, and he can even imagine the scene of his throat being bitten through by the wolf spirit.

As long as the mark on Charlotte's chest remains, the wolf spirit will hunt Charlotte forever.

Damn it.

This damn mark.

(Isn't that right, the sigil?) He suddenly frowned, and a question flashed through his mind.

Isn't there a mark on the man in black?

Ten minutes ago, Qian Jue walked out of the forest slowly, marking the Longdu Mansion and the West Pole people with the 'Seal of Qianjue' at the same time. He clearly remembered that the heart of everyone within a radius of 100 meters suddenly appeared in the shape of a double-ring jade, whether it was the Longdu Mansion or the West Pole people, they were all marked at the same time, and the sheep spirit also shot blue-white arrows and took away dozens of lives. Could it be that the man in black hid far enough at that time and was spared?

No, the visual range in this strange forest is only about twenty meters. If he wants to track Charlotte, he must maintain a certain visual range with Charlotte, otherwise he will lose Charlotte in this dark forest at any time. Whether it's manipulating a shadow clone to sneak up or tracking Charlotte, you have to be within sight to do so.

The man in black must have been marked by the 'Seal of Qianjue', and his current location was definitely within this twenty meters.

It's an opportunity.

The wolf spirit spun around from a distance and flew towards Charlotte again, this time nearly half as fast as it was. Charlotte narrowed her eyes and focused on it, but the target was not the approaching wolf spirit, but the surrounding trees.

According to Charlotte's memories after the crossing, he clearly remembered that one of the books in the book attic of the Confucian Mansion was about the characteristics of the moves of killers, assassins, and ninjas in the Far Eastern Continent. The book vaguely states that killers and assassins usually have the tricks to kill or surprise with one hit, but the former two are quite different from ninjas.

Killer assassins all assassinate in order to kill their targets, whether they are poisoned or assassinated, they always leave some trace. As for the introduction of ninjas, the book only vaguely describes that they will never leave a trace of themselves during the entire assassination process. Most importantly, it's likely that they're in possession of some kind of secret technique that can confuse their target's vision, making it impossible for them to notice that the ninja has already appeared behind them silently.

This is also known as camouflage.

Charlotte didn't know if he could summarize the mysterious identity of the man in black as a ninja, but if the force he belonged to was really a character from a game he was familiar with, then it wouldn't be strange for the man in black to use ninjutsu.

Because the story of the 'Lord of the Shadow Stream' itself is set as a ninja, in the background of the game's story, what he teaches 'Kai Yin' can only be the shadow ninjutsu that he is proficient in.

It's surprisingly consistent with the skills used by the man in black in front of him.

The wolf spirit's figure turned into a pitch-black afterimage, and Charlotte dodged behind the giant tree beside her. But its speed did not stop at all, and the sharp mouth bit directly through the trunk of the tree, like a sharp arrow through the entire tree.

And what awaited it in the next second was a cold light, and at the moment when the wolf spirit pierced through the trunk of the tree, Xia Luo swung his straight sword and swept towards the sheep bone mask on the wolf spirit's head. The strong force of the blow caused the wolf spirit to sprint and bite in a slightly inclined direction, almost touching Charlotte in a flash, crashing into the tree in the distance and kicking up dust.

Seeing this, Charlotte turned her head and smiled at another tree not far away. In the instant just now, he used his soul power to sweep the area within twenty meters.

If you really want to talk about the weirdness within twenty meters, only that tree seems to be an ordinary tree, but it has a powerful soul that is difficult to understand.

The wolf spirit slowly floated out of the dust, and Charlotte took out the throwing knife from her waist and quickly threw it at the tree.

"Have fun. The corners of Charlotte's mouth lifted and she fled into the distance.

The man in black, disguised as part of the tree trunk, looked at Charlotte's eerie smile, and his pupils shrank sharply when he saw that the flying knife that had belonged to him was turning into a cold light afterimage.

How could it be?

In the face of the attacking flying knife, the man in black subconsciously lifted the camouflage technique and flashed to the side. The afterglow of cold light passed by him, swaying on the trunk of the tree.

Just as he was about to continue chasing Charlotte, he suddenly felt a cold gaze fall on the man in black behind him. He jerked his head back to find the wolf spirit emerging from the dust, staring at him quietly at some point.

"Prey, prey!" the wolf spirit uttered an incomprehensible syllable.

The man in black's heart sank, and he realized that he had been tricked by the young man.