Liu Shenghan had been groping around on his body, and now he seemed to have finally found something. He grabbed it with his fists and spread his palms. The three of them looked over at the same time. The pills in her hand looked familiar.
"This is...Hyakka Pill? Do you have this too?"
Liu Shenghan nodded.
"I am a medicine man after all... Even though it is a temporary measure, it can still buy us time."
This was exactly the pill that Qi Huan gave to his two companions to mask their breath at the beach where Yaksha was haunted. It was larger than the one in his hand, and Liu Shenghan's nails were also longer. He moved carefully and broke out four almost equal pieces. Even at this critical moment, Qi Huan couldn't help but glance at Bai Ya. He was still worried about the little pill that Bai Ya kneaded into powder. Bai Ya didn't know if he really didn't think of it or if he pretended not to see it.
The Tengu became quieter. It seemed to have climbed up and was pacing aimlessly, squeezing cracks, breaking rocks, shaking vegetation, and blocking rivers. It seemed closer to them. They all understood the effect of Baihua Pills, so they each quickly took one from Liu Shenghan's hand, stretched their necks, and swallowed it hastily.
After doing all this, they dared to carefully poke their heads out from the shadow of the rocks.
In the darkness of the night, a huge beast stood majestically, covering the sky and the moon. This Tengu looks like a hungry wolf with ruffled hair, but it has a pair of dark wings tucked behind its hunched shoulder blades. When they occasionally unfolded, darkness fell before the eyes of the few little humans. Its head looked extraordinarily huge, with the bony ridges protruding from the center line of its skull, and the deep-concave eye sockets reflected a dark red light, illuminating the eagle's beak on its snout, which was split straight to the base of its ears.
The moon has already hung in the sky. Compared with the huge monster in front of me, it is pitifully small, not even as good as a piece of cake. When the Tengu raises its head and the outline of its muzzle comes closer, the moon disk looks like a small ball of food within easy reach. The exaggerated and absurd scenes in the legend of Tengu Eclipsing the Moon were now truly presented in front of them, on this Eclipse Mountain that was in a mess like a natural disaster.
The giant beast lowered its head and sniffed roughly around the mountains. It kept circling in their direction, making people break out in cold sweat. What's worse is that the distance between it and them is shortening, and it seems that it will only be a matter of time before it is discovered.
As the tengu approached, Qi Huan felt that the strange feeling he had before was strengthened again. He heard many vague voices, including the little prince's and others. What shocked him even more was that he felt the consciousness of the Tengu - even if he didn't look or listen, he knew exactly where it was, just like there was a dazzling light in the dark night, which a person could see through his eyelids. Perceive it. This connection reminded him of the connection between him and his friends under the influence of Lamb. In comparison, he didn't know what the tengu was thinking, but he seemed to have a certain empathy with it and could capture sporadic intentions.
For example, at this moment, he somehow knew that Tengu had discovered something very important. It is not for hunting or eating, it is simply to find this existence. Qi Huan closed his eyes tightly, trying to feel more. If the Tengu hadn't come for them, would there still be a chance to escape?
In the darkness, a bird's song fell faintly overhead.
Qi Huan raised his head in shock like his friends. The sky was dark and nothing could be seen.
But the Tengu seemed to have heard some signal and suddenly rushed over. Given its size, it was only a few steps away.
"Run, run!"
They staggered away, and there was a crashing and booming behind them. The boulder was easily overturned by the Tengu and slapped away. It raised its head and roared, stamping on the gravel and running towards it. Qi Huan's hair stood on end, and his intuition reminded him that danger was about to come ahead. Without any time to hesitate, he stopped suddenly and drove his friends to the other side:
“Run that way—trust me!”
Before they could even take two steps, the Tengu suddenly struck the direction they were rushing in, causing the four of them to almost fall to the ground. It screamed angrily, but its huge body couldn't turn. By the time it adjusted, they had already run some distance away.
The human voice and the anger from the tengu enveloped Qi Huan heavily. Qi Huan didn't know how to describe it. These feelings were far beyond what an individual could have, and it initially made it difficult for him to breathe. After gradually adapting, it was like having many extra eyes and ears, which broadened the range of his mental perception and made the previously hazy feelings clear.
At a certain moment, an idea crossed my mind. It seemed to flash many times, and this time, Qi Huan finally caught it.
Wood carving.
In the Tengu's consciousness, the attraction it felt came from the wooden carving in its hand. It was caught in Qi Huan's hand, flying precariously like a firefly, and the Tengu devoted himself to catching it.
Countless wills were still noisy, and under their guidance, Qi Huan made a vague guess. He shook his hands and summoned a paper man, which grabbed the wooden sculpture and flew in the opposite direction - the Tengu remained unmoved.
Qi Huan could tell in his senses that he could no longer see the eye-catching wooden carvings that shimmered like light. What replaced it were the specific scenes around it and four humans who had invaded its territory. Before it could get angry at losing its target and vent its anger on them, Qi Huan captured its target in time. He felt that the tengu was confused for a moment, and then continued to pursue him relentlessly. Its breath turned into a scorching wind, causing pain on their backs.
Qi Huan completely understood.
The wood carving attracts the Tengu's attention the most. With it, the Tengu can even leave behind puny mortals like them. However, the tengu can only "see" the wooden sculpture when it is held in the hands of a living person.
Bai Ya has sharp eyes and just now saw that Qi Huan was behaving strangely. At this moment, he saw Qi Huan running and untying the cloth wrapped around his hands. He had always thought that this was similar to the habit of martial arts practitioners protecting their hands, but only today did he realize that things were far from that simple.
As the fine cloth spread, a faint light came out from Qi Huan's hand. He was injured, and the edges of the cloth and his skin were stained with blood, but there were other things imprinted on his hands. After changing direction again to avoid the Tengu, Bai Ya grabbed Qi Huan's wrist: Shucang.com
"What are these - are they demon patterns!?"
The other two people also attracted attention. Now they can all see clearly that the back of Qi Huan's hand is covered with strange veins, like a network of veins, but they are not like the distribution of human blood vessels.
"Demon mark?" Jun Aoyan adjusted her breathing and asked loudly, "What is that?"
"If humans and monsters form a contract, the traces left behind will be monster marks... That is an unequal contract. People accept the power of monsters, but are controlled by monsters. But - Bai Shaoxia, stay calm. This is not Demon pattern.”
But Liu Shenghan didn't know what this meant. She held up Qi Huan's hand and took a quick look. In this urgent situation, she couldn't explain why.
"I will tell you when I have the opportunity in the future." Qi Huan finally spoke. Compared to the past, he was terrifyingly calm. Bai Ya ominously thought of the time when he was hit by a dragon and his chest was cracked and he was dying, "I have many things... I haven't yet It’s too late to tell. I promised to tell you, but now is not the time. However, I have a way to deal with the current situation."
"any solution?"
"I'll lure the Tengu away, and it will definitely chase me. You run away first."
"How do you know—what do you do?"
"I know what to do, someone taught me. Come on - let's go!"
He knew what to do...he knew the only way.
So Qi Huan suddenly threw Bai Ya away and rushed forward in the direction of the rift valley. The figure jumped up on the edge of the cliff, barely rising, and then fell into the valley like a meteor.
The huge black shadow of the Tengu followed closely behind and plunged headlong.
The ground was shaken again. This feeling is different from before. Before, only the surface of the mountain was disturbed and broken. At this moment, the entire mountain itself is shaking, closing slowly but firmly, as if the tengu are being imprisoned again. But the movement was not smooth, and they realized with horror that more and more rocks were falling apart, as if a pair of invisible hands were squeezing them into pieces, and filling them into the rift valley in large chunks. It is foreseeable that this fission will soon spread to their foothold.
Even though Bai Ya was determined, he felt like he was going crazy. He stared in the direction of the rift valley, his eyes about to burst. After a series of accidents, they sacrificed their friends and still had no way to escape. Will each of them die here in vain? Even if they face the Tengu, they can still fight to the death and bite off some pieces of meat, but how can human power resist such power of heaven and earth?
"Young Master Bai, come up!"
Liu Shenghan shouted from behind.
He turned his head, and a huge, blood-red feather was suspended at waist height and quivering. Bai Ya's eyes widened in astonishment. He didn't dare to take a slow step and jumped onto this strange vehicle. His thoughts changed rapidly:
"You... painted this? Where did you get the paint? Just now..."
Why didn't you do something just now? This was too much like a reproach, too sharp. Bai Ya swallowed it back hard.
"When I touched Mr. Qi's hand earlier, I got a little bit of blood." Liu Shenghan explained tiredly, the brush in his hand kept moving, and the wind in his hand lifted up the three of them, "Only a little... except for taking us away now. Nothing else can be done here... just pray for him."
A huge bird flapped its wings and flew farther and farther away from Shiyue Mountain. Two golden long feathers fluttered at its tail. Its main body was as dark as the thick night, but there was a faint layer of red on the surface of the feathers.
It hovered, looking left and right, as if looking for something. Finally, it saw a strange figure on a towering cliff. The outline of the human figure had twisted limbs.
Lianwu stood tall, looking at the landscape of landslides and landslides in the distance, holding the hand behind his back and making secrets. The sound of flapping wings came from beside me, and when it landed on the ground, it turned into the sound of human footsteps. He did not turn to the other party, but instead raised his hand to look at it, and said leisurely:
"This mountain gathering technique is really easy to use."
"They are no longer in danger now. Tengu and landslide, no weak human can bear it." Lingge said coldly, she stepped forward and also cast her gaze in the direction of Shiyue Mountain, "Although I am not that stupid. I believe you were kind enough to design all this for me, but you did help me.”
"No need to say thank you, I know it well. After all, I can't guarantee how many of your enemies have died. Ants have their own way of survival. Insects are weak in strength, but their vitality is very tenacious."
"You really think highly of them."
