Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 126 - 123: Forbidden Nightmare (Mutation at the Summit)
The night was very dark. Yuze casually knocked out a Sacrificial Girl, donned her clothes, and mingled into the group, walking alongside Josh. With the cover of night, it wasn’t too obvious.
"So where is this group headed now?" Yuze’s face was long and grim.
Josh explained, "They say we are going up the mountain to perform some blessing ritual. Just follow me later, squat beside me, and that’ll be enough. Our part of the dance doesn’t require movement; we just squat like rice."
Yuze’s face remained sour, "If someone provokes me, I can’t guarantee I won’t retaliate."
Josh stifled a laugh, "Don’t worry. You’re masked, no one will touch you."
She quietly slipped a talisman into Yuze’s hand, "If there’s an emergency later, hold this and follow my instructions."
Yuze acknowledged with a sound.
A group of thirty or forty people marched majestically along the mountain path beside the small forest, making their way to the mountaintop, the night wind swirling through the valley with a sharp, howling sound.
It sounded like a woman weeping and screaming in the dark.
The tip of a tower was faintly visible at the mountaintop.
For some reason, seeing that tower gave Josh an uncomfortable feeling.
Very oppressive and suffocating, almost making her want to cry.
She sniffed.
Yuze: "... What are you doing?"
Josh shook her head, "Nothing."
The grand troupe reached the mountaintop.
The mountaintop had a large flat area, with a stone tower rising before it, square-shaped with seven levels. Each level’s eaves hung with white prayer flags, inscribed with complex and ancient script.
An elderly man in peculiar attire stood before the tower.
It was the same man they had seen last night outside the Holy Daughter’s door.
Except last night was too dark, and they hadn’t realized he looked so old, probably older than the old Holy Daughter.
Women around them held up crimson humanoid lanterns, their expressions stiff and solemn, ready and waiting.
The old man looked at them without any expression.
Josh felt like he was looking at a group of sows to be slaughtered.
"Commence the sacrifice!" His robust voice, incongruous with his elderly appearance, belied his aged identity.
Josh pulled Yuze along, and the players squatted in the middle of the clearing, as the Sacrificial Girls danced around them in circles.
Suddenly, strong winds swept up on the mountaintop, but the wind was strange.
The surrounding winds nearly bent the tree branches, yet where the women stood circling the field, the wind was almost calm. Josh’s hair wasn’t even ruffled.
It was as if the wind feared these lanterns and dared not come close.
The eyes of the Sacrificial Girls circling them all turned black in unison during a fresh convergence, devoid of any whites.
Josh instantly became alert, "Something’s wrong."
Yuze’s hand, hidden within his sleeve, was already poised with cat claws extended.
Josh discreetly exposed her weapon as well.
Beside, Zhuang Ran whispered, "Captain, are they trying to kill us?"
"Don’t be afraid, I’ll protect you," surprisingly, it was a man’s voice.
Apparently, Yuze wasn’t the only man who snuck into the group.
Lulu, beside them, discreetly rolled her eyes and looked towards her team captain, "Captain, when do we make a move?"
The woman next to them responded with a cool tone, "Watch and wait."
Events unfolded rapidly at that moment. The women converging again, their fingernails suddenly transformed, sharp and long, as they converged and collectively lunged their hands towards the center.
The players simultaneously crouched down, and those women spun away quickly.
The scarves the women wore gradually turned into crimson blood streaming down from their heads, revealing hideous and terrifying faces beneath the veils.
In another convergence, all the Sacrificial Girls extended their sharp claws, stabbing towards the players.
All the players simultaneously revealed their weapons and Spiritual Bodies, the erupted spiritual power repelling the Sacrificial Girls.
But those people acted like puppets on strings, again drawing near, ferociously pouncing towards the players.
Lulu coordinated with her team captain, blowing away the approaching Sacrificial Girls, but to no avail. These Sacrificial Girls seemed to feel no pain; even when injured, their actions weren’t hindered.
Josh swiftly moved around, stepping on the Spider Silk to start weaving a web.
Yuze guarded her, flinging away any approaching Sacrificial Girls.
The Priest, seeing the men in the crowd, flew into a rage, "You Sacrificial Girls dare to collude with men and cause trouble at the Chongmi Dance sacrificial ceremony! Despicable!"
"Indeed, these foreign Sacrificial Girls are not to be trusted."
Upon hearing this, Yue Xi bowed respectfully, stepping aside, "The Priest has predicted correctly."
The Priest snorted coldly, "So, Yue Xi, don’t be soft-hearted towards these Sacrificial Girls. Softness for them will be met with divine disdain."
Yue Xi’s face froze, quickly nodding, "Yes."
Josh and Yuze looked at these frenzied Sacrificial Girls attacking people everywhere, their expressions growing serious.
These Sacrificial Girls were like apocalyptic zombies, devoid of pain or consciousness, relentlessly attacking them.
The players’ spiritual power and stamina were limited, but these altered Sacrificial Girls seemed to endlessly continue their assault.
When Josh was weaving the web, she noticed the perimeter was like a barrier formed between the women holding humanoid lanterns outside, trapping them inside.
When Josh touched the boundary, she was bounced back by a soft force.
They were now like slaves trapped in a gladiatorial arena, forced to continually fight these mutated Sacrificial Girls to decide a winner.
The prolonged battle left the players exhausted. They wanted to retreat but found themselves blocked by an inexplicable force, unable to exit.
With their stamina diminishing, their speed and strength followed suit.
Josh discreetly observed, realizing it was clearly an Array.
The tower seemed to suppress something, and this so-called Chongmi Dance ritual wasn’t truly a blessing ceremony; it was meant to sacrifice them to appease whatever was inside the tower.
Whatever was controlling these Sacrificial Girls was inside the tower! 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
But their inability to leave posed a significant problem.
Josh looked at Yuze, signaling with a glance.
Yuze understood.
The two stood separately, east and west, distancing themselves.
Lulu was in a dire situation, dodging with effort while coordinating with her captain to repel the Sacrificial Girls.
Noticing Josh beside her merely observing and occasionally dodging without taking any action, she couldn’t help but angrily speak, "Can you help? Everyone’s stuck here, and you’re sightseeing?"
The other players noticed Josh upon hearing her voice.
Indeed, she wasn’t helping, and not just her; her teammate Yuze wasn’t helping either.
Everyone couldn’t help but feel a bit resentful, expecting to catch a ride with Yu to clear the level quicker, only to end up with this?
Were they waiting for someone to invite them by withholding their efforts?
