Excessive ferocity due to caution

The woman's screams were extremely shrill, filled with indescribable terror, and were prolonged and agonizing.

This is definitely not the kind of noise a couple could make while playing games!

He kicked the door open, and immediately a fragrant, soft, and tender beauty rushed in!

The woman was naked, her skin was fair and smooth, and her face was filled with horror!

"Help me!"

She lunged at Zhao Yi.

But who is Zhao Yi?

With a nimble movement, he skillfully dodged it!

So the woman fell onto the monk Huijue who arrived shortly after. Huijue was quick-witted and caught her with a double dragon emerging from the sea move. Then he looked down and saw blood gushing from his nose onto the woman's chest.

Holy crap... Holy crap!

The towering mountains and flowing water before him made Huijue feel as if he had ascended to heaven. He almost lost all his cultivation of more than twenty years.

"Female...female benefactor, you, you should get up!"

Huijue looked up and said in a flustered manner.

The woman finally realized her situation, but she still clung tightly to the monk, her trembling body revealing the fear in her heart.

Ignoring his gushing nosebleed, Huijue took off his monk's robe and wrapped it around the woman's body before looking down into the room.

Everywhere you look is crimson, and there are gruesome human tissues everywhere.

The brutality of the scene instantly calmed Huijue down.

He took the scriptures from his robes, handed them to the woman, and said to her:

"Female benefactor, go quickly and find Abbot Huifa, and tell him what has happened here!"

The woman gripped the monk's hand, biting her lip, her face pale, refusing to let go, clearly terrified by what had just happened!

Helpless, the monk could only say to Zhao Yi inside the room:

"Benefactor Zhao..."

Zhao Yi said calmly:

"You all go find the abbot; I'll stay here and check the situation."

Huijue hesitated for a moment, then said:

"good!"

"Mr. Zhao, please be very careful!"

After saying this, he threw the scripture to Zhao Yi in the room, and then took the woman to find Abbot Huifa.

Zhao Yi took the scripture that Huijue threw to him. He could feel the mysterious power contained within it, so he put it in his pocket and continued to check the situation in the room.

Suddenly, the lights in the room flickered.

Zhao Yi immediately turned around.

However, there was nothing outside except for torrential rain and strong winds.

The candlelight inside the room still flickered, casting Zhao Yi's shadow in disarray, and Zhao Yi frowned.

"Could it be my imagination?"

Just now, he felt something flash by at the door.

However, even with his Evil Eye activated, Zhao Yi didn't see anything unusual in the room.

Just then, the door to the next room suddenly opened, and a series of hurried footsteps sounded outside, growing louder as they receded into the distance. Zhao Yi immediately went to the door, peeked out, and saw the shaman's hunched back running at an eerie speed in the direction where Huijue and the other person had just left!

The torrential rain made the sky dark and the moon gloomy, and in such an environment, the figure of the sorceress appeared even more terrifying!

But Zhao Yi did not chase after them; instead, he returned to his room and continued to investigate the scene.

—The dead man was the woman's boyfriend, because Zhao Yi found half a geoduck clam among the gruesome remains. Judging from the horrific scene, the man did indeed die from supernatural forces.

However, what Zhao Yi found curious was that the man was dead... so why wasn't the woman dead?

What did that fortune teller discover that made her rush out like that?

Her steps were quick but not flustered; she was clearly not running away... but chasing.

What is she chasing?

Inside the room, Zhao Yi remained silent for a long time, then, as if remembering something, he immediately began searching the room.

"Hair...hair..."

He silently recited the mantra, and soon found the sorceress's hair among the many strands of hair.

very long.

The original black hair had turned silver-white, and the tips of the hair were splitting, completely different from the two hairs Zhao Yi had seen before.

Moreover, Zhao Yi had met the sorceress twice, and he was absolutely certain that she didn't have any white hair at all.

"The fortune teller did indeed leave hair in the young couple's room..."

"And her black hair turned white..."

"If the shaman is a mysterious figure who murders people in a temple, then hair is the law of murder... For example, if black hair turns white, then the person in that room will die..."

The absurd idea flashed through Zhao Yi's mind, but he quickly dismissed it completely.

The possibility that the sorceress is eccentric is very small, even negligible.

However, her behavior really made Zhao Yi more cautious.

too weird.

"The man died, but the woman didn't. Does this mean the strange occurrences within the temple can only kill one person at a time?"

Another idea emerged.

"wrong……"

"If the Evil Spirit can only kill one person at a time... then the temple doesn't need to be on such high alert. When we entered the secret realm, the mission prompt also said that after Redwood dies, the Evil Spirit within him will resurface and slaughter the entire temple..."

"Clearly, the power of the uncanny is far greater than imagined."

"With all my buffs activated, and the special effect of carrying a knife but no umbrella in the rain, it's not impossible for me to go toe-to-toe with a mid-tier near-powerful beast..."

Even so, the system doesn't recommend that I confront it head-on.

"So this means that the strange creature is extremely powerful. In this unrestrained state, it only killed one person... which shows that the strange creature really only wanted to kill one person."

Thinking of this, Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow, his expression showing a hint of excitement.

The strange creature had been released from Master Hongmu's body because of the young monk's previous negligence. Logically, it should have retaliated against Hongmu Temple and slaughtered everyone, but in reality, it only killed one person.

Note 1 tells Zhao Yi to be aware of the unpredictable patterns in the killings.

This is the bizarre pattern of murder.

Without any system constraints, it chose to kill only one person.

Zhao was initially curious about the strange motives behind this creature.

What is its purpose in doing this?

To create fear?

still is……

Just as Zhao Yi was pondering, a series of footsteps came from the corridor outside, mingling with the sound of light raindrops.

"Benefactor Zhao, are you alright?"

Even from a distance, one could hear Huijue's panicked voice.

Zhao Yi replied loudly:

"I am fine!"

"It's safe here!"

When the monks arrived and saw the situation inside the room, they nearly vomited!

Fortunately, the wind and rain outside caused the smell of blood to dissipate relatively quickly.

Several monks responsible for cleaning the temple were reluctant to enter the room after seeing the horrifying scene inside. However, they eventually entered the room to clean up the mess after being urged by the abbot.

Zhao Yi glanced at Abbot Huifa, whose expression was unpleasant and whose eyes were somewhat unfocused.

That was fear.

Zhao Yi knew he was afraid.

The abbot is probably the only monk in the entire temple who knows that the strange phenomenon has revived.

Because... he was the only one in the entire Redwood Temple who had seen Master Redwood's corpse!

His expression at this moment completely confirmed Zhao Yi's earlier guess.

—The body of the master redwood maker has begun to decompose.

PS: Second update.

Two updates today, my darlings, go to sleep early, and I'll try my best to reach 6000 tomorrow.

This dungeon won't be very long!

Goodnight, my darlings!!