Unexpectedly, this time the target of the owl was not me. Instead, it pulled straight up and grabbed the shadow puppet above me with a pair of talons.
Although the shadow puppet was strong, it could not withstand the impact of the owl. The owl grabbed the shadow puppet's head and hooked its claws. There was only a click sound, and the shadow puppet's head fell off and fell to the ground more than ten meters.
Giggle...
When the owl saw it, it laughed strangely, then flapped its wings and quickly fled the scene.
The headless shadow puppet's body instantly became limp and shrunk, and was no longer as strong as before.
My hands suddenly lost their grip, and I lost my center of gravity in an instant. My whole body was facing up, and I fell down.
"ah!"
In times of crisis, I could only shout and wave my hands randomly in the air, trying to grab something that could save my life.
During the rapid fall, I only saw Lonnie, Bai Ze and others with anxious faces, about to jump down to save me.
But at this moment, a figure jumped up and jumped down first.
Within a few seconds, I felt a pair of hands grabbing my feet, and my body was suspended in mid-air.
I raised my head desperately, and saw a shadow puppet military general grabbing my ankles. Countless shadow puppets were holding on to his feet, stretching all the way to the top of the cliff.
The ones holding the battle at the top were Lonnie, Bai Ze and Jingjing. The three of them were working hard to drag the human figure up, bit by bit.
The one who jumped down to save me just now was actually Li Xia!
Ignoring the shock, I could only squirm my body desperately, and in coordination with Li Xia's movements, I slowly approached the edge of the cliff, and was finally pulled up by Bai Ze.
The group of people sat slumped on the cliff, panting violently. I glanced at Li Xia next to me. Although he was just a shadow puppet, I could see the oil on his face slipping down.
It was obvious that he had exhausted all his strength just now in order to save me.
"Thanks."
I nodded to Li Xia to express my gratitude.
"Mr. Cheng, didn't I just say that we are all comrades in the same team now, so there is no need to say the word thank you."
Li Xia waved his hands and said nonchalantly.
After this experience, my view of Li Xia has changed a lot. After all, the owl hadn't flown far just now. He could just sit back and watch, waiting for Lonnie and Bai Ze to take action without putting himself in danger.
Could it be that Mr. Hu San misjudged Li Xia and that he was not as cruel and sinister as the rumors say?
I couldn't make much comment on this, so I asked instead: "Does any of you know what kind of monster that owl was just now?"
Although Lonnie, Bai Ze, and An Jingjing were well-informed, this was their first time seeing the monster on the ghost road, and they all shook their heads.
"If I guess correctly, it should be a man-eating eagle."
After a few seconds of silence, Li Xia suddenly said in a deep voice.
"Man-eating eagle?"
I was suddenly shocked: "Does that mean that owl just wanted to eat me?"
Li Xia nodded and said, "That should be the case."
I was a little confused: "But why were you okay when you climbed just now? Is this why the man-eating eagle focused on me?"
"It's very possible that Mr. Bai, Miss Lang and Miss An are all immortals. The man-eating eagle doesn't dare to attack them. I'm not a real person, so the man-eating eagle has set its sights on you."
Well, it makes sense to say that. After all, I am the only ordinary person in the team. It is understandable that the man-eating eagle chose me as food.
Thinking of the man-eating eagle just now, I still feel shuddering. After all, this monster's cry is so weird, and its IQ is extremely high. If Li Xia hadn't taken action in time, I might have been killed by the man-eating eagle today.
Before entering the ghost road, we were first followed by puppets and then attacked by man-eating eagles. It seemed that this trip was destined to be full of difficulties.
After resting for a while, we continued to set off. There was a wilderness on the cliff. After walking for a while, the sky gradually became dark, and the surroundings were like ink, and you couldn't see your fingers.
"Look, what is there?"
Suddenly, Jingjing stopped and pointed into the distance.
I followed Jingjing's direction, and sure enough, I saw a group of green fire floating in the air a hundred meters away from us.
As we got closer, more and more green ghost fires flew out, and they were so densely packed that it looked like there were nearly a hundred flames.
In the flickering of the ghostly fire, I could still faintly hear the sound of bursts of crying reaching my ears.
"It seems that there should be a cemetery in front of it."
Bai Ze said in a deep voice.
When Bai Ze said this, I immediately realized, yes, isn't this large-scale blue ghost fire the phosphorus fire commonly seen in cemeteries?
This kind of flame is usually formed after phosphine decomposes when the corpses of humans and animals decompose and ignite spontaneously.
The ghost cries I heard just now were also made by lonely ghosts wandering in the cemetery.
"It's just a bunch of lonely ghosts. There's nothing to be afraid of. I'm here to drive them away."
When Bai Ze saw this, he immediately snorted coldly, transformed into his original form, and rushed towards the balls of ghostly fire.
"You little brats, if you don't disperse quickly, anyone who dares to block the path of this great immortal will die!"
Bai Ze exuded the aura of the great immortal of the Bai family, which scared the ghost fires and scattered them in all directions, hiding far away. Even the lonely ghosts stopped crying and did not dare to block the road anymore.
"Brother Bai, you did a great job."
I gave Bai Ze a thumbs up, and then joined everyone in preparing to cross the cemetery.
This cemetery is very large. It is roughly estimated that there are at least a hundred graves. In front of each grave is a tombstone with a photo of the deceased and the date of birth and death.
But I didn't care about that. I just wanted to get through the cemetery as quickly as possible and find the ghost road.
Li Xia was still leading the way at the front, followed by Bai Ze, Jing Jing Jing, and Lonnie. I was in charge of the rear at the back.
As I walked, I suddenly saw that Lonnie in front of me was walking slower and slower, and her figure was stooping down. Her walking posture was like that of an old lady.
"Ni, what's wrong with you?"
I asked with some curiosity.
Lonnie stopped and turned around slowly.
Suddenly, an extremely old face, full of wrinkles and ravines, came into my sight.
"Ni, you, your face!"
I was so shocked that I pointed at Lonnie and couldn't even speak.
Unexpectedly, Lonnie also had a shocked face at this time and also pointed at my face.
With a thought in my heart, I took out a Bagua mirror and looked at it. I was stunned.
In the mirror, Lonnie and I are the same, with gray hair, wrinkles on the face, and a stooped figure. The whole person seems to be dozens of years older!
What the hell is going on?
"Bai Ze, An Jing Jing, stop quickly, something is wrong here!"
I shouted hurriedly to the front.
