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Just when the Lantern Festival is in full swing on the banks of the river.

The city was quieter than usual, and few passers-by could barely be seen on the streets.

Ping Xiuyun, who was carrying a heavy sword, was holding a lantern with a colorful picture in one hand, and the little girl who had just been rescued in the other, walking in the dark.

From time to time, there was a slight noise of crows in the air, adding to the gloom of the surroundings.

At a glance, the doors and windows around him were closed, and there was no one in sight, and the only light was only the lantern in his hand, but as the night fog became thicker, the faint yellow light could not shine too far away, so he couldn't help frowning slightly.

It seems that I am not walking in the lively Linglong City, but in a dead and silent cemetery.

The surrounding door signs are tombstones engraved with names.

There were a pair of eyes watching them in the dark cracks.

"Uncle, my home is in front!"

Just as he was alert, the little girl suddenly shouted, drawing his attention back.

"Oh?"

He turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw a house at the end of the street not far away, and there was a faint warm glow inside.

It stands out in this dark environment.

"I always feel ...... It's kind of weird. ”

Ping Xiuyun frowned again.

It's just not a matter of words, but an instinct that has accumulated over the years of being on the run.

At the same time, his eyebrows throbbed suddenly, making his bad premonition even stronger.

He silently let go of the little girl's hand.

But the little girl grabbed his hand with a backhand in an instant.

The strength was so great that it grabbed his palms and hurt a little.

Ping Xiuyun lowered her head and saw that she was raising her head to him with a pitiful face: "Uncle, is it okay to send me to the door, Yin Yin is afraid of the dark, and Yin Yin is so hungry......"

Her coquettish appearance made his eyes slightly trance, and he vaguely remembered that his lovely daughter was also like this.

It was precisely because he thought of his daughter that he couldn't help but be impulsive and risked being found to save the poor girl.

But now......

He chose to silently break free of the little girl's clenched hand, squatted down and touched her little head.

"Your home is already very close, and my uncle sent it here. Uncle still has something to do, so he has to go first. ”

The little girl looked up at him pitifully: "Why ......?"

"Is my uncle going to abandon me too?"

"Not ......"

Ping Xiuyun just wanted to speak, and the alarm bell rang in his heart in an instant!

Immediately, without hesitation, he picked up the little girl and flashed to the side.

In an instant, the place where he was originally located exploded!

The floor tiles shattered into a sky full of shards and flew away.

Ping Xiuyun threw away the lantern, held the big sword with one hand, hugged the little girl with the other, and gently patted her back to soothe.

"Don't be afraid ......"

He whispered, his heart racing rapidly.

Pitfall? Someone from the court? Or is it something else that you have offended before?

Suddenly, when he saw the two stiff figures slowly walking out of the smoke, his eyes were stunned for a moment.

None of them.

It was two men and women dressed in shabby cloth and standing on tiptoe, their faces as pale as corpses.

His body was stiff, his movements were uncoordinated, and his steps were so light that he could barely hear a sound.

They craned their necks and looked at him with those hollow eyes, their torn mouths making hoarse sounds.

"Chivalrous ...... Come in and sit down......"

When Ping Xiuyun was in shock, he suddenly had a sudden pain in his arm, which made him shrink violently in pain, and subconsciously threw the girl out of his hand.

But the strange thing is that the girl is as light as a piece of paper, floating softly in mid-air for a while before slowly falling to the ground.

At this time, her face was still so innocent and lovely, but there was a piece of torn flesh in her mouth, and red blood slowly flowed down the corners of her mouth.

The sharp teeth were even more terrifying like beasts.

Her eyes stared longingly at the already creepy Ping Xiuyun, and kept repeating like crazy: "Uncle, I'm so hungry......"

In the darkness, a biting chill slowly crept up his back, Ping Xiuyun held a heavy sword in his hand, looked at the three incomprehensible things in front of him, and felt a sharp pain like a twitch coming from his shoulder.

"It seems that it has hit the "evil" ......"

He is not a hairy boy who has just entered the rivers and lakes, he has experienced a lot, and many rumors and sneaky things in the rivers and lakes have naturally been experienced or heard.

And the weirdest and most feared of them is the so-called "evil".

"Evil" is something that cannot be explained by common sense, and the way of attack is also treacherous, and sometimes it is even doubtful whether it is human or not.

But there is no doubt that they are very scary.

is so terrifying that most people's faces change dramatically when they mention it, and even top masters have bluntly said that if you hit the evil spirit, don't try to fight or fight back.

The only way is to escape!

The farther and faster you run, the better!

That's the slightest chance of surviving.

Because—

"Evil" cannot be killed at all.

But people will be killed by them.

This means that it was not a fair fight from the start.

But this first encounter, he still wanted to try.

His eyes stared at the two corpse-like men and women in front of him, and then with a heavy sword in his hand, he directly slashed a huge sound in mid-air, and smashed it on the necks of the two people side by side!

"Boom!"

There was a muffled sound, and the two of them didn't have any resistance, and they were directly shot out!

When they landed, the necks of the two people were completely torn, and only a layer of skin and flesh remained.

But strangely, not a single drop of blood came out, and even the naked flesh was gray.

Soon, however, they were back on their feet again, and the scar healed quickly and quickly with the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, it was back to its original state.

"Chivalry, why are you hitting us......"

The two men continued to speak in that strange hoarse voice, as if the person in front of them was not a lifesaver at all, but delicious food.

At present, this strange scene made Ping Xiuyun even more nervous.

"I really can't kill ......"

"Gotta get out of ...... immediately"

He turned around and tried to escape, but the moment he turned around, a dark shadow suddenly swept behind him.

It was the little girl just now.

She grinned, drops of blood and saliva dripping from the corners of her mouth.

Ping Xiuyun's pupils shrank suddenly, and his usual life-and-death reflexes made him instantly raise his big sword in front of him to block it.

Immediately, a huge force slammed into front of him, causing his palm holding the heavy sword to shake and almost escape.

The whole person took two steps back again and again, his face was slightly red, and there seemed to be a mouthful of stuffy breath in his chest, which made him cough twice and shed a few wisps of blood.

Immediately, he subconsciously glanced down, and his expression changed dramatically.

I saw that the sword body of the heavy sword had an extra slender claw print!

If this trick falls on him, I'm afraid he will be torn apart in an instant!

At this moment, two breaths as cold as ice came from behind him.

He tilted his head slightly, and was horrified to see that the two corpses had come close to him at some point, and the two heads poked over his left and right shoulders.

The two pale faces were just clinging to each other.

A pair of hands had already grabbed his shoulders.

"Chivalry, come back with us......"