Chapter 534 - 397: A Group of Women in a Single File Slowly Walked Past
The weariness on his face was instantly replaced by boundless fear, his eyes wide and filled with terror.
His lips trembled as he stammered out a few words, swallowing with difficulty.
His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down,
as he tried to relieve the tide of fear surging within him.
"Just... just now, my sister went to the restroom,
and I was waiting for her right outside.
Suddenly, I saw a group of women in a single file line, slowly walking past.
The clothes they were wearing were clearly ancient garments from our Great Xia Empire.
The style, the patterns... I’d never mistake them!"
Zheng Bolan’s body was also trembling slightly, as if the terrifying scene was replaying endlessly in his mind, impossible to shake off.
Although Zheng Xuezhen hadn’t witnessed the horrifying scene herself,
she had heard her brother’s terrified scream from outside.
The sound had drained all the color from her face, and without even taking the time to wash her hands,
she had scrambled after her brother as he bolted.
Just listening to Zheng Bolan’s description
was enough to make her face turn ashen, her heart beginning to race.
A deep fear spread rapidly through her.
"Could you have been mistaken?
Maybe they weren’t wearing ancient clothes from the Great Xia Empire,
but rather traditional festival attire from the White-Red Empire.
After all, plenty of people here enjoy celebrating special occasions in historical costumes."
Zheng Qifeng’s brow was furrowed, fine beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
He desperately searched his mind for a rational explanation,
trying to dispel the cloud of fear that hung over them all.
But his voice betrayed his own nervousness and unease.
"Impossible! There’s no way I was mistaken!"
Zheng Bolan’s voice rose, bordering on hysterical. "I know the difference between ancient clothing from the Great Xia Empire and the White-Red Empire. How could I possibly get them confused?
Besides, after taking just a few steps, the women vanished into thin air, right where they stood!
It was as if they’d never existed at all.
If that’s not a ghost, what is?"
As Zheng Bolan spoke, he kept glancing toward Chu He, who stood a short distance away.
His eyes were filled with a desperate plea for help.
Amid the chaos and terror, Chu He was his only lifeline,
the only one who could offer an explanation that might calm his frantic heart.
The night fell like a heavy black curtain, pressing down on the construction site.
The yin energy around the site was growing thicker and heavier.
It was as if invisible hands were dancing wildly in the dark, weaving a suffocating, sinister web.
Xia Chengli approached with the light, graceful posture of a Dark Night Elf.
Dressed in simple yet mysterious black clothes, she seemed all the more nimble in the deepening night.
"The yin energy in this area has indeed grown much stronger since nightfall.
I imagine that under its influence, some unnatural changes have begun to occur."
Xia Chengli said, tilting her head back slightly to gaze at the obscured night sky.
Above them, the moonlight and stars were completely hidden by some invisible layer.
It wasn’t because of dark clouds passing overhead,
but because the heavy yin energy was surging upward like a black tide, gathering
and ultimately forming an impenetrable barrier that blocked out all light from the sky.
"You weren’t mistaken."
Xia Chengli’s gaze shifted to Zheng Bolan, her expression softening reassuringly. "But you don’t need to be afraid.
With me here, no demon or monster would dare make a move.
If they dare to show themselves, I need only lift a finger to completely obliterate them,
without a trace of mercy."
Her voice, crisp and resolute, echoed in the silent night,
like a powerful Spell that brought a sense of calm to all who heard it.
Chu He stood quietly to the side, a faint smile on his lips.
Xia Chengli’s words did sound a bit exaggerated,
but Chu He knew it wasn’t just blind arrogance.
With Xia Chengli’s power, dealing with ordinary Soul Spirits—creatures that couldn’t even compare to a proper Evil Spirit—
was indeed as easy as crushing an ant.
She could probably turn them to dust with a single breath.
Chu He scanned their surroundings.
As the development of this land progressed,
it seemed some long-hidden secrets were slowly coming to the surface.
Chu He, of course, was also keenly aware of the changes in the yin energy.
He knew in his heart that this was only the beginning.
More unimaginable events were likely to follow.