"This fog ...... It's not normal!"

"Nonsense, the fog is divided into morning and night, where have you ever seen the fog at dusk?"

"When things go wrong, there must be evil...... Is it really a desolate night?"

"Sure enough, it's as if you've been through it. ”

"But in this way, we can't see the movement of Mei!"

Luo Qing was obviously much calmer than the people who were talking, and she directly ordered one of her fellow disciples, "Go, ring the bronze bell, let the people below light the torches, and take their positions according to the team arranged before." ”

"Yes. ”

As the warning bell rang out, the candidates gathered in the small square slowly moved - although there was no noise and no discipline along the way, but under the temptation of passing the assessment, everyone still followed the arrangement and entered their respective defensive positions.

Xia Fan also left the command post and climbed the "city wall" to the west.

It is said that it is a city wall, it is actually a combination of two blue brick houses and a section of earth wall, the roof of the house has been demolished for the most part, and the middle frame is framed with horizontal logs, which is transformed into a fairly flat platform from the slope that is convenient for drainage. The entire western wall can accommodate more than 30 people, and the narrowest part can also accommodate five people in parallel, which is already a "luxury configuration" that many small cities do not have.

Luo gently hinted that if he didn't want to face the evil spirit, he could put him in the support team, but Xia Fan declined the other party's kindness - in addition to his own proposal that he should be responsible, he also wanted to observe the Great Desolate Night and how Fang Shi fought against the evil evil spirit up close.

The candidates who climbed the west wall were mainly led by the Luo family, basically divided into groups of five, with five to six groups on the wall, and a substitute group and a logistics team behind them, the former was responsible for replacing the injured or unable to fight, and the latter was responsible for carrying supplies and taking care of the wounded.

The leader of Xia Fan's group is Luo Tang, who has had a relationship with each other before, she should be slightly older than Luo, about eighteen or nineteen years old, and her appearance can also be called upright, with long black hair straight up her back, quite a bit of a lady's temperament. It's just that for some reason, he always feels that the other party's eyes looking at him contain a little vigilance and vigilance.

Seeing that the personnel had arrived, Luo Tang spoke, "Although Luo Qing has already explained, in order to avoid omissions, I will repeat it here again." In addition to stopping the evil cult attacks and climbing the walls, you must keep this torch alive—" She pointed to the wooden poles beside her, which were burning almost every three or four meters, and looked like the "castle" had an extra ring of swaying flame fences, "Once the light of the fire is lost, the danger of the charm will be greatly increased, so no matter what happens, you must make sure that the torch is not lost." ”

"What if I lose it?" someone asked.

"Then life and death are fateful, each according to his ability. "Brother Yan", who was leaning on the corner of the wall, spit out the grassroots in his mouth and said.

After getting along for the past two days, Xia Fan also knows more about this person - his real name is Zhang Yan, and the person who called him "Brother Yan" before was his eldest brother Zhang Shi.

When he wore a Confucian shirt before, this person's behavior was a little awkward no matter how he looked at it, until he led the hunting team up the mountain to fight the jungle and changed back into a leather short coat and boots, and the whole person looked natural. Now with a short bow on his back, he is a seasoned hunter.

"Of course not!" Luo Tang said angrily, "In case the torch goes out, you should immediately retreat to a place with light, and wait until the substitute team comes up with new torches to regain your position!"

"That's right...... That's exactly what I meant. Zhang Yan whistled.

Luo Tang didn't bother to pay attention to him, and continued, "Mei belongs to the 'nocturnal thing', afraid of light and scorching, and the separation technique, dry technique, and shock technique all have good restraint effects, and the medicinal materials allocated are also mostly these two types of spells. It's just that everyone's proficient techniques are different, if you feel that you are not good at leaving the art and dry arts, don't waste the medicinal materials, and leave it to the same sect that is good at it. Peachwood weapons also have a good repellent effect, just hold your sword and hold the torch around. ”

Xia Fan glanced at the wooden basket where the medicinal herbs were placed, and sure enough, he saw a lot of powder-it was probably the sulfur and nitrate powder that were often used in the Lishu technique.

"What if the entire city wall is lost?" asked Zhang Shiweng, in a loud voice. Unlike Brother Yan, he is half a circle larger than ordinary people, and his hands and feet are very thick, and he doesn't look like he can climb mountains and mountains. Most of the time it is silent, but it is a bit of a match for the stone in the name.

"Retreat to the small square, and the Luo family will unleash the last magic to set fire to the teahouse and inn. And the materials are the sources of spiritual fire that were collected before. Luo Tang replied slowly.

"The source of the spiritual fire?" Xia Fan frowned.

"Yes, although the spiritual fire is yin, it cannot drive away the charm, but the burning house can. In other words, this 'wall' is our last torch. ”

This part was not included in his plan.

Obviously, this countermeasure was gently thought up by Luo.

If it really goes that far, it will be troublesome, Xia Fan thought to himself.

The fox demon is still recuperating in his room, and he can't let her go or show her in plain sight, so he must avoid the worst.

Half an hour later, the sun completely set below the mountain, the purple-red sky completely turned inky black, and the already hazy vision deteriorated further, retreating to the foot of the "fortress". Xia Fan estimated that even if a torch on the wall was not extinguished, they could only see a distance of about twenty meters outside the street at most. Farther away, the light of the fire seemed to be blocked by a viscous mist, and it was impossible to move any further.

At the same time, the evening breeze blows above people's heads—it is not at all like the normal flow of air at the turn of day and night, with a hint of coolness in the warmth, but it comes and goes invisibly, as if it can penetrate the human body, and it makes people feel chills down the spine.

The torches swayed.

The crowd that had been noisy before had fallen silent unconsciously, and the candidates couldn't help but hold their breath and stare at the darkness in front of them, not even daring to breathe.

Everyone realizes that tonight and night will not be easy.

Suddenly, Xia Fan saw a strange change on the edge of the firelight—he saw a part of the darkness seem to have escaped from the night and fog and slipped onto the dim ground.

It doesn't overlap the ground, but it stays upright, which means it's not a shadow or an illusion, but something close to the solid!

Because it was too far away, Xia Fan couldn't distinguish more details except that it was a human form.

It's just that the shadow moves very slowly, and there is even an unnatural sense of separation, as if the previous step to the next is not a coherent movement, but a blink of an eye.

"They're coming. Luo Tang said in a low voice.

"That'...... Is it charm?" Zhang Yan took off the short bow and held it in his hand, completely losing his previous ease.

"Mei is just a general term...... It's the first time I've seen the evil in the night of the Great Wilderness. She swallowed, trying to hide the tension in her words.

As more darkness peeled away, the wind seemed to grow a lot stronger, and the torches at the head of the city shook noticeably.

Xia Fan keenly noticed that those places covered by night did not seem to be lit up anymore - once the firelight contracted, the darkness would take over it, and he thought it was an illusion at first, but compared to the visible width of the street, he could see that the places they could see were indeed shrinking!

The ink between heaven and earth seemed to merge at this moment, and this fortress was the only faint light in the darkness.

When the black shadow gradually approached, Xia Fan could see more and more clearly. There are not too many of them at the moment, and there are about eight or nine of them in front of the western wall, the first of which is within ten meters of the wall. When its appearance was completely presented in the firelight, Xia Fan couldn't help but gasp.

". ”

This evil appearance was too far from what he expected!

He thought it was a zombie siege, but the thing in front of him was completely out of the definition of a corpse. It was humanoid in silhouette, with a large head and slender limbs, and most of its body was covered in a shell of dirt, branches, and other debris, and where it was broken, it could be seen that it was empty inside, as if there was a bottomless hole under the shell, and as if there was a large amount of black fog surging.

Except for a pair of "concave holes" that swayed back and forth on the top of her head, there were no other features on Mei's body - she couldn't see her nose or mouth, and her head and torso were integrated, which reminded Xia Fan of those monsters in Silent Hill. Although there are differences in appearance, they all feel very similar: they are all the embodiment of pure malice, and they are chilling just to look at.

"Vomit ......"

There was a sound of vomiting around him.

Xia Fan also felt his stomach churning, no matter how terrifying the monster was, he wouldn't be able to vomit it when he looked at it. This disgusting discomfort has nothing to do with shape, but something more profound......

He had never had a similar experience, and it was difficult to describe it for a while, but he felt that the things in front of him were naturally opposed to the living, and as long as they were living creatures, they would subconsciously hate and reject them.

The only fortunate thing is that their movement speed has never changed, and it took nearly five or six minutes to move at a distance of just ten meters, and even zombies with incomplete limbs can crawl faster than them.

This at least gives everyone plenty of time to prepare for the spell.

"Don't be afraid, as long as the torches are not extinguished, the charm will not be able to threaten us!"

Someone suddenly shouted on the west wall.

Xia Fan followed the prestige and found that the other party was Fei Nian.

He held up a talisman in the air, and then threw out the white powder in his hand—

"Leave the art and return to the unitary, flying flower flame!"

The moment the talisman turned to ashes, a bright bridge of flames appeared between the wall and the charm.

Like a flying snake, the flames swooped down on their target, engulfing them in an instant!