Excessive ferocity due to caution

As Qin Bai walked out of the dojo, he glanced back at the dilapidated building and felt a pang of emotion.

"I wonder if that Taoist priest from back then really ascended to heaven..."

Zhao Yi shook his cigarette case and laughed:

"As for the Taoist priest, I'm afraid only Thomson himself knows..."

"Perhaps back then, when he was trapped in this dark and desolate place, in order to survive, he found the Taoist priest's body, dug it out, and ate it."

Qin Bai shuddered.

"Brother Yizi, you can't just say things like that..."

The scenery before them began to blur, and after a moment, they returned to the small town. Zhao Yi put all the paper and pens into his bag.

Qin Bai, however, had no greed whatsoever.

He felt that everything he had experienced following Zhao Yi was like a dream, something he had only ever seen in novels and books before.

Thrilling and exciting.

"Looking back now, telling my family that I wanted to participate in the Infernal Trial was actually a good choice."

"Back in college, I was bored to death, going back and forth between three points every day."

Zhao Yi put the cigarette pack in his pocket, lit a cigarette, and casually said:

"When you get back, you'll have plenty to say to your classmates."

"Find another cursed item for you to take back, and you'll be a legend in the entire high school."

Qin Bai shuddered inexplicably upon hearing this, and waved his hand, saying:

"Brother Yizi, I'm already a legend even without taking the cursed item back..."

Zhao Yi glanced at him, her gaze passing through the white smoke drifting from the cigarette butt.

"What are you afraid of?"

"I don't eat people."

Qin Bai coughed lightly:

"I'm not afraid... I'm not afraid."

After taking away the cursed item, the two left the house. As soon as they stepped outside, they immediately sensed that something was wrong.

The once deserted town is now filled with shadows on the streets!

Their shapes were exactly like humans, but they were dark lumps, and details were indistinct. Qin Bai picked up a small pebble from the ground and threw it at the nearest dark figure—

call out!

The pebble passed through the shadow and landed in the distance.

The dark figure remained standing still.

"What...what the hell are these things?"

A sense of extreme foreboding swept through Qin Bai's mind, and his heart began to beat faster!

Zhao Yi, who was standing to the side, activated his Evil Eye, a red light flashing in his eyes, but he quickly deactivated the ability.

Black blood flowed from the corner of his eye, sliding down his pale face.

Holy crap!

"Brother Yizi... are you... are you alright?"

Qin Bai was startled when he saw black blood suddenly seeping from the corner of Zhao Yi's eye.

"Don't touch these shadowy figures; they must have been created by some cursed entity..."

Zhao Yi used the power of the three gods to try to clear away the terrifying and eerie sights in his eyes.

He was slightly surprised.

These things... are extremely dangerous.

They wouldn't even let him look!

More unpredictable than a photographer's camera!

Once you attempt to understand their true nature, a strange and unsettling change will immediately occur within you...

Seeing Zhao Yi's increasingly serious expression, Qin Bai said warily:

"A cursed object shouldn't have that much power; even when sealed, it shouldn't be able to affect the entire town..."

"Brother Yizi, look, this street stretches to the far distance, and there are these dark shadows all along the way. They are scattered in various places, as if... they are interacting."

"It's just that the image was frozen in time."

The two carefully avoided the shadowy figure and headed deeper into the town.

"Have any members of your family who have entered the Infernal Realm encountered such a situation before?"

Zhao asked Qin Bai, who thought about it seriously for a while and then whispered:

"without."

"However, Brother Yizi... I once saw a notebook left by a senior named Zhang in my family's library. Although I don't know if it's real or made up, it did describe some strange phenomena in the Infernal Realm..."

"That senior claimed to have been to the Infernal Trial three times, and witnessed two strange phenomena during that time. Once, when they passed through a certain city, it rained bloody heads from the sky..."

"That time, the entire squad was almost wiped out. Whenever someone was out of sight of the others, their head would mysteriously disappear..."

The description in the notes was very concise, but combined with the current underworld environment and his rich imagination, Qin Bai still shuddered.

"And what about one more time?"

Zhao Yi asked.

Qin Bai took a deep breath, his eyes almost overflowing with fear.

"And there was another time when that senior surnamed Zhang entered the Avici Hell for the third and final time..."

"It's an ancient village in the mountains."

"At first, it was also empty. Later, they rested in the village temple for one night, and the next day, many villagers appeared in the village."

"All the villagers inside have the same face..."

"They warmly invited everyone to come over, have a meal, and release lanterns with the villagers..."

Zhao Yi's heart stirred slightly:

"And then?"

Qin Bai's eyes flickered:

"After returning home, that senior surnamed Zhang mysteriously disappeared..."

The two exchanged a glance, and Qin Bai swallowed hard.

"Brother Yizi, we...we also encountered something strange, right?"

Zhao Yi glanced at the black-clad figures on the street and remained silent.

Undoubtedly, some of the trial participants who came to the town triggered something particularly strange, causing a terrible anomaly to occur in the town.

These strange phenomena... if handled carelessly, could cost them their lives!

"Don't panic."

Zhao Yi began to speak:

"According to the notes of that senior member of your clan surnamed Zhang, although this strange phenomenon within the Netherworld is extremely terrifying, it is not necessarily fatal!"

"The important thing is... to find the path to survival hidden within the vision!"

Qin Bai nodded, as if a chick pecking at rice.

"Brother Yizi, let's go find the other trial participants in town first..."

"Perhaps we can learn other things related to the strange phenomena in this town from other people."

He paused, then added:

"But be careful not to be taken advantage of by others."

Looking at Zhao Yi, who remained silent, Qin Bai felt that he had said something pointless.

Trying to take advantage of Zhao Yi... is a bit difficult.

As the two continued deeper into the town, the ground suddenly began to tremble violently...

Buzz!

Zhao Yi and Qin Bai nearly lost their footing and bumped into the black figures around them, but fortunately, they were both quick-witted and soon found a foothold!

"That's...!!"

After the earthquake ended, Qin Bai stared wide-eyed at the end of the town's street!

PS: Second update.

Goodnight, my darlings.

Get some rest.

Study hard, work hard, love you all!