It was as if I had been lightly touched by an invisible hand. Such a touch was not only too light, but it was not even enough to scratch an itch, let alone hurt someone.
Chen Xiao felt the change in his chest. He looked down and when he looked up, a slight smile appeared on his lips. Under his eerie gaze, that smile seemed somewhat chilling.
"I... I think I understand." Chen Xiao seemed to be smiling, but the smile seemed to carry a hint of deadly malice: "This... kind of attack, I think I've encountered it before."
With that "terrifying" smile on his face, he took three more steps forward.
He walked very slowly, but to the two brothers in the top hat, it wasn't a person, but... a black hole that seemed to be swallowing them both whole!
Completely overwhelmed by an indescribable, insane fear, the two men in top hats lost all reason. They howled like wild beasts, and with both hands, they made the same move—using all their strength, they plunged their palms into the neck of the man in the right top hat!
Blood gushed out like a spring, immediately spreading along the arms of the two men. The gushing blood soaked through the clothes of the man in the top hat on the right, and his breath immediately weakened. However, his eyes still stared at Chen Xiao like a desperate beast.
As if sensing something, Chen Xiao tilted his head slightly, revealing his neck. There seemed to be a faint mark across his skin, like an invisible knife. However, his skin was left with only a faint white mark. Finally, at the end of the mark, a tiny bead of blood slowly seeped out.
Chen Xiao suddenly closed his eyes. A strange feeling welled up in his heart, as if his invisible senses were clearer than ever before, and everything around him seemed to become crystal clear in his mind. Every fluctuation of energy was effortlessly captured by him. He could even still feel the ridiculous "binding" of the other party's fragile mental power. A peculiar energy was transmitted to his body through this connection, and the light "strike" on his neck came from this mental connection.
"So that's how it is."
Chen Xiao casually raised his hand, touched his neck with his fingers, and gently flicked off a drop of blood.
He was injured, but it seemed as if he did it on purpose. Originally, with the opponent's mental strength, which was ridiculously weak compared to his power, there was no way they could lock onto him. However, in order to carefully feel this familiar sensation, he almost actively cooperated and waited for the opponent to attack.
As for the wound on his neck, he... he wasn't annoyed at all. In fact, the way he closed his eyes and carefully felt it made it seem like he was enjoying the feeling of being cut.
In my heart, it felt like I was one step closer to completely tearing away the thin veil that covered the truth!
Although Chen Xiao had no memory of it, he had a vague feeling. He even had a premonition that these two would continue attacking him? Ideally, he should deliberately take a few more hits. It was as if with each familiar blow from their attacks, the fog in his heart would clear a little more…
Unfortunately, after that brief moment of distraction, when Chen Xiao opened his eyes again, it was too late; he had no chance left.
The man in the top hat on the right has had his neck "chopped off" by two hands!
The blood in her neck had almost all drained away, gushing weakly with blood and foam. Her dead fish-like eyes were still fixed on Chen Xiao, but it was clear that there was little life left in them.
Based on the characteristics of their combined skill—the sharing of life force—the man in the top hat on the left, though seemingly unharmed, was deathly pale. Both were still holding hands tightly, but could no longer stand and collapsed to the ground, their breathing weak…
One more time, it seems... just one more time...
Chen Xiao was a little annoyed. He flashed and landed in front of the two of them out of thin air: "Hit me again! One more time! One more time!!"
His voice was anxious, but the men in top hats were already immobilized. The one on the left, with the frost attribute, barely raised his hand towards Chen Xiao, but his arm only rose halfway before falling limply to his side. A hissing sound escaped his throat; he was already struggling in his death throes.
No! That's not how it is! That's not how it is!! A strong signal, though he still couldn't understand it, seemed to be frantically reminding him that things shouldn't be like this!
This bizarre, self-destructive attack—I must have experienced it before, but… but the result wasn't like this! It wasn't like this!!
The people lying in the pool of blood shouldn't be these two!
Yes, that's right! Someone must have been lying in a pool of blood. But... but who could it be?
His mind grew increasingly chaotic, yet a faint thread of understanding seemed to be forming, and the answer seemed to be drawing ever closer. But just as Chen Xiao felt he was about to grasp it…
Click!
A soft sound instantly snapped him out of his reverie, and the answer that had been gradually becoming clear in the depths of his mind immediately disappeared back into a fog.
Chen Xiao was furious!
He abruptly turned his head to search for the source of the sound that had interrupted his thoughts.
Then he saw a figure fleeing in a disheveled state about ten meters away.
Abe, as a member of the famous Japanese Onmyoji lineage, still enjoys high prestige despite the gradual decline of the Onmyoji's authority in today's increasingly civilized world.
However, at this moment, the most outstanding Onmyoji of this generation of the Abe family was filled with horror, like a frightened girl, staggering and running away. His limbs seemed to have gone limp with fear, and he could barely walk steadily, struggling to escape from the bushes by using both his hands and feet.
His white robes and long silver hair, which usually accentuated Master Abe's aloof demeanor, were now disheveled, making him look like a madman. His face, which was always full of composure and pride, was now twisted into a grimace, like a madman whose mind had been shattered by fear.
Despite being a subordinate of that poor guy with the big head and a well-known esper in Japan, Mr. Abe still enjoyed high status within Shueisha. However, his strength was even inferior to that of the two brothers in top hats.
The powerful aura that Chen Xiao just released was so strong that even the men in top hats couldn't withstand it, let alone him.
From the very beginning, his confidence was instantly shattered by the overwhelming pressure. His previously prized mental strength collapsed instantly under the mere mental pressure released by Chen Xiao. And when he saw the man in the top hat being almost instantly killed by Chen Xiao, he seemed to lose all consciousness; the only thought remaining in his mind was: Escape!!
This was an almost animalistic instinctive reaction; he had only one thought in his mind: escape, escape as far away from this terrible demon as possible!
But a madman who had lost his mind, in his frantic movements, broke a tree branch, which immediately alerted Chen Xiao. Just as he was about to scream in horror, he looked up and felt a shadow envelop him.
Looking up, I saw a tall figure with a pair of long black wings standing right in front of me.
"ah!!!!!"
With a sharp, trembling voice, the noble Master Ampère suddenly jumped up as if he had gone mad. He quickly shrank back a few feet, then shook out all the loose things from his body and threw them at Chen Xiao's head.
Chen Xiao merely frowned slightly, then with a wave of his hand, the objects fell to his feet.
A strangely shaped triangular black banner, embroidered with odd symbols. A perfectly round sand tray filled with fine golden sand, and strangely, despite the tray being tilted, the sand hadn't spilled out... There were also some small bottles and jars. It's a mystery how Mr. Abe managed to hide so many things in his robe.
The black banner caught Chen Xiao's eye, and a thought suddenly struck him!
This... looks familiar too.
like……
It was also on a hillside, surrounded by trees. I'd seen a patch of black flags before, stuck in the ground... Hmm, I think there's another image of it...
He seemed to forget Abe in front of him for a moment, bent down, and grabbed the black banner in his hand.