"Be careful!"
Almost subconsciously, Qinchuan suddenly reached out and grabbed Lü Zi's arm, forcefully pulling Lü Zi to the other side of him. At the same time, the pair of blood-red eyes used an extremely strange gaze to stare deeply at Qinchuan, and then disappeared!
"What's wrong?"
Lü Zi somewhat nervously asked Qinchuan, "Could it be that the Demon Beast has caught up with us?"
Her perception was weaker than Qinchuan's, so she didn't notice the appearance of a Demon Beast nearby.
"It's not a Demon Beast, it's the pair of red eyes from last night!" Qinchuan's expression was solemn, and his voice was extremely low as he said to Lü Zi, "It appeared again!"
Hearing this, Lü Zi immediately understood. Qinchuan was talking about the incident that happened last night in the tree hole, but she didn't know that the pair of red eyes that appeared behind her back at that time was actually a pair of red eyes. Just thinking about that scene made her feel a little scared.
"You're not lying to me, are you deliberately taking advantage of me?"
Lü Zi somewhat apprehensively looked around, but she didn't see the red eyes that Qinchuan mentioned.
"Of course I'm not lying to you." Qinchuan pursed his lips, and said to Lü Zi, "Let's continue walking!"
For the sake of safety, this time Qinchuan took the initiative to hold Lü Zi's hand tightly. Along the way, he had been carefully observing Lü Zi's surroundings, but he didn't see the red eyes appear again.
After increasing the distance between them and the Demon Beast and arriving at a safe place, Qinchuan stopped and said to Lü Zi with a serious face, "I'm sure that you've been targeted by something!"
"Don't scare me."
At this time, Lü Zi's performance was no different from an ordinary girl, filled with fear towards the unknown strange existence.
"Nothing happened last night. I thought I was hallucinating, but this time, I'm sure it wasn't a hallucination!"
Qinchuan asked Lü Zi very seriously, "When you were outside the Blackmoon Mountains, did you encounter such a situation?"
"No." Lü Zi shook her head and said, "I was fine when I was outside."
"It seems that this matter might be related to the Blackmoon Mountain Range."
Qinchuan frowned and pondered for a moment. Then, he slowly voiced his speculation. "Perhaps, it has something to do with the legendary mountain ghosts!"
"You mean to say that I've been targeted by a mountain ghost?!"
Lü Zi was shocked. She didn't doubt the authenticity of Qinchuan's words. However, according to legend, mountain ghosts could only appear at night. Why would Qinchuan see a mountain ghost appear beside her during the day?
"It's just a guess. I can't be sure."
Qinchuan looked around and said to Lü Zi, "For the rest of the time, let's not be separated.
I'm worried that you'll be in danger. "
"Okay."
Lü Zi nodded. In a situation where she wasn't sure what was targeting her, staying with Qinchuan made her feel at ease.
"Rest for a while, then we'll continue on our way."
After eating, Qinchuan simply identified the direction and continued on with Lü Zi. Soon, the afternoon passed and darkness fell again.
This time, Qinchuan wasn't lucky enough to find the tree hole. He and Lü Zi could only spend the night in the wilderness. Because of what happened at noon, Lü Zi had been holding Qinchuan's hand tightly, unwilling to let go for a moment.
"Qinchuan, why do I feel like I'm scared by your ghost story?"
Lü Zi looked at Qinchuan who was sitting beside her and whispered, "If I find out that you're lying to me, you're dead!"
"I'm really not lying to you." Qinchuan smiled bitterly. He really didn't need to joke about this kind of thing.
"Then you … Qinchuan!"
Lü Zi suddenly exclaimed. In the darkness, there was a pair of blood-red eyes beside Qinchuan's face!
Almost at the same time that Lü Zi exclaimed, Qinchuan subconsciously swung his fist to the side of his body. His fist seemed to have hit something soft, and the force was dispersed in an instant!
Qinchuan pulled Lü Zi and quickly left the place. His gaze was vigilant as he looked at the pair of blood-red eyes floating in the darkness. His voice was incomparably solemn as he said to Lü Zi, "You saw it too. I'm not lying to you!"
"What should we do now?"
After seeing the pair of blood-red eyes, Lü Zi calmed down. She took out a black ball from her pocket and said to Qinchuan, "No matter what this thing is, use a magic weapon to get rid of it!"
At this moment, the pair of blood-red eyes seemed to have sensed a dangerous aura. A mouth full of sharp teeth suddenly opened below it!
Following that, a tall and thin figure slowly appeared in front of Qinchuan and Lü Zi!
Looking at the scarlet tongue that kept rolling around, even Qinchuan, who was mentally strong, couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle. He never thought that this damn thing was actually a humanoid creature!
But yesterday in the tree hole, he clearly didn't see the existence of a body!
"This should be a mountain ghost," Qinchuan took a deep look at this strange creature and said in a deep voice, "Be careful."
"Qinchuan, look at its ears …" Lü Zi seemed to have discovered something special and was extremely shocked.
Qinchuan heard her and subconsciously glanced at the ears of this suspected mountain ghost creature. It was a pair of long and pointed ears. They looked exceptionally familiar!
Lü Zi swallowed her saliva and said to Qinchuan, "Look at these ears. Don't they look like the ears of the elf that the waiter in the sky disguised as?!"
"Are you trying to tell me that this thing is an elf?!"
Qinchuan found it hard to accept. From what he knew, elves were kind, pure, and cute existences. How could this black ghost-like thing be an elf?!
"Don't tell me it doesn't …"
"Caw caw caw caw!"
Suddenly, an ear-piercing sound like a crow's caw came from the mountain ghost's mouth, causing Qinchuan and Lü Zi to reveal pained expressions. Their faces instantly turned pale!
In a moment of desperation, Lü Zi did not hesitate to throw the black ball in her hand at the mountain ghost. The black ball suddenly exploded after approaching the mountain ghost, releasing an extremely scorching flame attack that landed on the mountain ghost's body. However, this attack did not cause any damage to the mountain ghost and was strangely absorbed by the mountain ghost's body!
"This!"
Seeing this scene, Lü Zi was extremely shocked. At this moment, the mountain ghost finally made a new move. It suddenly pounced at Lü Zi on all fours like a wild beast!
Qin Chuan pushed away Lv Zi, who had yet to recover from her shock, and then fiercely smashed his fist into the mountain ghost's face. That powerful force seemed to have landed on a pile of cotton, and it didn't have any effect at all!