Luo Xiaoyu showed no sign of panic.
On the contrary, she felt a little curious that the thin man had been able to notice her position so quickly.
“I will give you two minutes. During this time, carefully consider whether you are willing to cooperate with me.”
The high-and-mighty manner of speaking still could not conceal that probing sensation.
The black-haired girl did not believe the thin man and the convenience store boy would speak of any friendly coexistence with her.
After all, from the brief experiences of this period, they more closely resembled the type of people who acted willfully in all things and never considered the lives of ordinary people.
This was already evident from the matter of selecting Luo Xiaoyu as a sacrifice.
Therefore, for what reason was the other party still restraining himself and not taking action?
“He and I are members of ‘Poison Snake’ in the western district of Qiufeng City. If you dare to put on airs and play tricks to frighten us here, interfering with the ritual the adult arranged for me, the consequences will be very serious.”
The thin man revealed the sinister nature buried in the depths of his heart.
The weapon the adult had given him had already been used once just now.
It could not be used continuously within such a short interval.
This was something the adult of Poison Snake had specially instructed the thin man to pay attention to.
Otherwise, an extremely unfavorable result would inevitably occur.
Pretending as though nothing was the matter, the thin man silently put the bone-and-flesh dagger in his hand behind his back.
This small movement naturally did not escape Luo Xiaoyu’s observation.
The girl clearly sensed that the aura of the weapon in the other party’s hand was quite unfavorable.
Just now the thin man had completed the hunt against the Fog Person, yet the passing of the Weirdness’s life seemed to have intensified the activity of that strange dagger.
From this, Luo Xiaoyu could judge that the other party was most likely stalling for time.
Smoothing her breathing until it was steady, the girl silently activated the skill she had just purchased—
Dense mist gradually spread around Luo Xiaoyu’s body.
The white fog brought by “Mistification” passed over the shattered rubble and bricks on the ground, brushed past the floating dust, and covered the somewhat dry lime scent within the old buildings.
She needed to frighten the other party a little.
Luo Xiaoyu was neither willing to appear before the other party nor particularly inclined to simply slip away like this.
She still remembered very clearly the matter of the other party attempting to drive a Fog Person to kill her.
Pinching the Moon Card, the girl formed a rough judgment in her heart of which side had the greater number of Weirdnesses.
She would simply drive these two people over there, then leave them to fend for themselves.
In the blink of an eye, the overwhelming dense fog spread outward in all directions like a tide.
“Fuck!”
Seeing that the situation was not right, the thin man grabbed the convenience store boy and turned to run.
This decisive choice might appear a little strange to bystanders, yet the thin man understood it clearly.
The mist of an ordinary Fog Person could not possibly spread on this scale, so he could only make one obvious explanation for this scene.
That was, what he and the convenience store boy had encountered was not any “person” at all, but a Weirdness that had already evolved to the point where it could match a Transcendent.
Because of mystical abilities of a similar scale, the thin man had only ever seen them with the adult of Poison Snake.
No wonder the Fog Persons they had encountered along the way had been so few.
It turned out that such an existence was entrenched here.
“Thin Man! Didn’t you say that once you took down that Weirdness and then performed the ritual you would become a Transcendent? Now we’ve just run into a perfect target to practice on. Why are you running!”
The convenience store boy had only just recovered from his daze.
He complained in this manner, yet he saw that the thin man dragging him forward wore an expression of uncontrollable fury.
“Do you think I don’t know! We’ll talk after we escape! If you want to deal with a Fog Person of that level, then I’ll just dump you here!”
Forcefully rebuked in this way, the convenience store boy finally stopped speaking and instead desperately pumped his legs to keep up with the thin man’s speed, as though competing in secret.
Luo Xiaoyu remained where she was.
After using Mistification, her perception of the areas covered by the mist had grown much sharper, and her mind had also become clearer, better able to think about the current situation.
Yet after thinking it through, the girl’s first reaction in her heart was to flee.
Luo Xiaoyu lowered her head in contemplation, subconsciously fiddling with her slender jade-like hands to sort out her chaotic thoughts, her fingers twisting together in entanglement.
Since… since she had already driven those dangerous elements to a place with many Weirdnesses, then she should not need to worry anymore…
Yet the convenience store boy’s imperious appearance, along with the fear she had felt that day when facing the Fog Person, once again rose from the bottom of her heart.
If she did not actively resolve the current trouble now, the successive dangers that surged forth would become even more dangerous.
If that was the case…
After a struggle in her heart, the silent black-haired girl wordlessly lowered her hands.
“As expected… it still won’t do.”
The black-haired girl lifted her gaze and tightly fixed it on the direction in which the two had fled.
A certain indescribable interest reflected in her golden pupils, as though she were anticipating what would happen next.
“Then let us solve the problem. Right here.”
Riding the dense white fog, the girl hummed a cheerful little tune and advanced with light, buoyant steps.
On the other side.
The thin man and the convenience store boy who had run out early had already left the range of the mist and run a great distance farther outward.
Only after confirming that the unsettling dense white fog was not continuing to follow did the two of them rest on the spot.
The convenience store boy, having been tossed about in this manner, was naturally gasping for breath.
Beside him, the thin man recovered after a while after withdrawing from the threat of death, finally returning to normal, and revealed an expression of wild joy—
“Watch carefully! All the prerequisite conditions have been completed. Next, as long as I perform the ritual, everything will be accomplished! I will also be able to thoroughly step into the ranks of Transcendents!”
After speaking, the thin man instead put away his hurried mood, once again took out that wooden box carved with strange patterns, and placed it on the ground with great sincerity and seriousness.
He aimed the bone-and-flesh dagger at his own wrist and cut without the slightest hesitation.
The artery was pierced, and the bright red blood nourished the dagger.
The thin man seemed unable to feel pain as he immersed himself in it.
The thin man prided himself on possessing talent.
From the first time he consumed spiritual materials he had been able to vaguely sense the “whispers of the god” spoken of by the adult of Poison Snake.
As the days passed one after another, those fragmented admonitions grew increasingly loud in his mind.
Now, the time had come for the thin man to respond to the expectations.
“Hey? Thin Man, are you all right?”
Seeing that the thin man’s mental state did not seem normal, the convenience store boy beside him moved a little farther away in fear.
Yet the thin man could no longer hear.
He restlessly destroyed the box with the dagger, then fixed his bloodshot eyes tightly on that piece of vital flesh, looking as though he were appreciating some work of art.
Like a beast, the thin man began to devour that piece of flesh in large mouthfuls, paying no attention whatsoever to the convenience store boy’s terrified gaze.
Afterward, the thin man fell still.
His already withered body underwent further changes, becoming even thinner and taller while his hair gradually fell away and withered.
Along with it, his skin stiffened and solidified, and the blood vessels within emerged together, the pulsing vitality presenting itself on the surface in a form that inspired dread.
A portion of deathly stillness was added to the thin man’s eyes.
He looked at the convenience store boy as though examining a selectable food item, yet after a brief moment he lost interest and looked elsewhere.
Then he noticed the thin mist that was spreading over once more.
It was not particularly strong, just right as food.
“For me, for the adult of Poison Snake!!—”
After roaring the final human words, the thin man lost his reason.
At this moment the thin man retained only the most primitive desires and the instincts of this form of life.
All of this was seen by Luo Xiaoyu.
When the girl decided to catch up, she had already deactivated “Mistification.”
According to her expectations, the thin man and the convenience store boy at this time ought to have already encountered other Fog Persons and fallen into a bitter struggle.
This was truly… a development of events that one could not have guessed.
The black-haired girl revealed an unconcerned faint smile.
These two people were connected to Poison Snake, so she would follow the vine to find the melon and wait a little longer to see that so-called “adult,” to see whether the other party would take action to save the situation.
If not, it would prove that everything the thin man had experienced was nothing more than a malicious joke.
Yet this was also the ending they had brought upon themselves through their own faults.