Chapter 2275: Disfigurement

Chapter 2275 -2272: Disfigurement

Having been with Little Zi for a long time, Xiao Manxuan naturally had feelings for her, so she became anxious when she suddenly lost contact with Little Zi.

Lin Tian frowned and scanned the surroundings with his super vision, only to see Little Zi stumbling back, the little bug losing its usual liveliness and cleverness.

Very soon, Xiao Manxuan saw Little Zi too, and couldn’t help but feel relieved. However, Little Zi flew straight into the protective necklace and didn’t come out.

“What’s wrong with Little Zi? Could she have been scared by the ghost’s shadow?” Xiao Manxuan clutched the necklace, somewhat worried.

“No.” Lin Tian immediately dismissed the girl’s guess, and quickly said: “Little Zi is just a bug, how could she be afraid of a Spiritual Body? Perhaps she was startled by the thunder and lightning.”

“Lin Tian, what are you talking about, what Spiritual Body, what Little Zi, is Little Zi that bug from earlier?” Ling Shuiyao couldn’t help herself and asked.

Lin Tian nodded slightly, briefly explaining: “Little Zi is a Gu Worm, specially cultivated with various traits of Gu Worms, modified, like Bai.”

Bai shook its head and growled twice, clearly protesting Lin Tian’s words, how could a beast be compared to a bug.

“Then what did Little Zi see exactly, could it be a ghost?” Ling Shuiyao lowered her voice, as if genuinely afraid of alarming the Spiritual Body in the darkness: “Why do I feel like something is watching us?”

Another lightning bolt flashed by, accompanied by a thunderous roar, interrupting the group’s discussion, this time the thunder lingered for a bit, illuminating the surrounding fog.

A humanoid shadow suddenly appeared in the fog, coming closer soundlessly.

“Who!” Miss shouted, equal parts inquiry and warning.

The shadow didn’t respond, Miss frowned, with a clang, the Hua Ying Sword was unsheathed, its gleam like lightning from the sky, sweeping across, slashing towards the shadow.

But oddly, Miss didn’t feel any resistance, the blade smoothly cut through, no blood, no scream, the shadow suddenly twisted, its limbs and head bending at odd angles before turning into a blur and disappearing.

“Wh… what’s going on here?” Huang Xiaopang shivered all over, almost wetting himself.

Although Ling Shuiyao wasn’t as panicky, she was still scared, clutching the Mo Ye Sword, but the prized sword didn’t seem to bring much security, her body instinctively leaned closer to Lin Tian, as if that felt a bit safer.

Being an Ancient Martial Artist, she could fearlessly face an Innate Expert, but it was precisely these unknown things that sent shivers down her spine.

The others were more composed, having seen Shinto Spirits in Japanese Shrines, and having experienced wars, even among piles of corpses, they were no strangers to supernatural occurrences.

Miss knew more, so she wasn’t afraid either, Xiao Manxuan was even less scared, having met Fengdu City’s City Lord and seen the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade and Evil Spirit Tide, a few shadows were nothing compared. It was just the suddenness and Little Zi’s ordeal that startled her earlier.

Lin Tian was even less afraid, the yin energy of zombies was heavier than that of a Spiritual Body, even ghosts avoided him.

Miss wasn’t sure if it was truly a Spiritual Body, so she looked at Lin Tian with a questioning gaze, Lin Tian shook his head subtly, indicating it wasn’t.

The zombie’s eye could see through all ghostly Spiritual Bodies, Lin Tian saw clearly earlier, that shadow was indeed just a blur, somewhat akin to a holographic image.

“Lin Tian, how can you have the mood to make eyes now, what was the shadow earlier?” Ling Shuiyao raised her voice to ask.

“Could be someone playing a movie.” Lin Tian shrugged and said.

“Mr. Lin, what you say makes it even scarier, in the wilderness, where’s someone playing a movie?” Huang Xiaopang cautiously replied.

“Do you remember the shadow on the rock wall?” Lin Tian asked back, waited for Fatty’s nod before continuing: “The rock wall is made of special metallic ore, possessing a strong magnetic field, so it can affect geomagnetism. These magnetic ores are similar to the storage medium of video tapes.”

“Under certain climatic conditions, lightning strikes, the magnetic ore recorded nearby images, when lightning strikes again, these recordings might play again.”

“But ores are ores after all, impossible to record all images like a video tape, so when the images replay, it’s fragmented segments.” Lin Tian quickly explained.

Of course, this theory wasn’t just his fabrication, some scientists believed people easily see supernatural scenes during storms because lightning stimulates nature’s “recording” of images.

“I see, whew, gave me a scare.” Huang Xiaopang let out a long breath.

Ah…

A scream once again lifted his heart, the sound came from within the thick fog.

“That’s Situ Yufeng’s voice.” Lin Tian used his super vision to clearly see the other group of participants.

Situ Yufeng was swinging the Qixue Sword, randomly slashing at the air ahead, as if battling an invisible figure. His facial expression was terrifyingly shocked, as if he saw something horrifying.

Thus, he swung the Qixue Sword more fiercely, icy Sword Qi shot out, others could only stay clear of him to avoid being hit.

“They also saw shadows, and Situ Yufeng is falling into panic, with signs of losing control.” Lin Tian said calmly, but he showed no intention of helping.

Lightning continued to strike one after another, a more terrifying scene unfolded as countless shadows suddenly appeared in the thick fog, humans, animals, resembling the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade.

Now even Shen Lin and several others drew their weapons, the scene turned very chaotic, this group was completely out of defensive posture, each acting independently.

Chirp…

A familiar cry came from the sky, hearing it made everyone’s hearts jolt like passing electricity, because it was the cry of the Snow Eagle.

The powerful Snow Eagle was back, taking advantage of the chaos in the group, Lin Tian finally understood why he always felt watched, turns out Snow Eagle was monitoring.

Whoosh…

A huge shadow descended from the sky, sweeping towards Shen Lin’s group, seemingly Snow Eagle also saw the chaos among them.

“Come on, come on, I’ll cut you down!” Situ Yufeng’s expression shifted from terror to ferociousness, swinging the Qixue Sword, but as Lin Tian saw it, his swings were full of flaws.

Snow Eagle swooped down, suddenly charging out of the thick fog, Situ Yufeng, tormented by shadows, was somewhat mentally unhinged, Snow Eagle broke through his defenses in a blink.

“Ah…” A scream erupted from Situ Yufeng’s mouth, while Snow Eagle once again retreated into the fog and shadows, disappearing.

“My face, my face…” Situ Yufeng clutched his face, crimson blood leaked through his fingers, howling incessantly.

“Be careful, Situ Yufeng is already hit, Snow Eagle may launch another sneak attack anytime.” Lin Tian coldly declared, from start to finish, he made no move to help Situ Yufeng.