There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 638
Chapter 638: Chapter 552: Osmanthus Cake with a Taste of the Abyss?
Chapter 638: Chapter 552: Osmanthus Cake with a Taste of the Abyss?
While the village head was teasing the two young girls, Xu Shuo was intently watching the villagers who were digging the pit.
He had an inexplicable feeling.
They shouldn’t unearth anything normal from this place.
So, Xu Shuo handed the hoe to the village head.
But the village head passed the hoe to a servant of the Zhang family.
...
And at the moment when the servant dug up something, a smear of black shot out from the ground with incredible speed, climbing up the hoe and into the villager’s body.
That was the reason for the sudden scream.
Xu Shuo was still some distance away, and although he reacted quickly, he wasn’t faster than the contamination.
The villager’s life force rapidly faded, tainted with a strange and nauseating aura, his boiling blood flowed from an opening in his neck into the ground – as if nourishing something in the soil, in an uncontrollable frenzy.
By the time the village head had approached, the villager’s skin had already turned dry and shriveled, and his body emaciated to bones.
The village head stroked his chin, his expression serious, “It must be some kind of method to extract the essence of life.”
Last night, after seeing Old Li’s condition, he surmised that Old Li had been drained of his life force by some evil spirits!
Go to 𝘯𝗈𝘷𝘨𝘰.co
And now, it seemed he was right!
Xu Shuo on the side: “…”
…
There was no trace left of the blood that the villager had spilled onto the ground after taking his own life, only the soil around looked darker, as if saturated by fluids.
The person lying on the ground was also devoid of any color beneath his skin, white as if coated with a layer of lime.
Clearly, all the nourishment his body could provide had been completely absorbed.
The pit dug under the tree was only about half a meter deep.
However, the chunk of flesh inside the pit wasn’t large, about twenty centimeters in diameter, faintly revealing pulsing blood vessels and a black viscous substance spreading and flowing over the flesh and blood.
That thing seemed to be writhing, sticky and lumpy, disordered like swarming maggots or like some living lines tangled in a mess.
Looking at this thing could make one feel a surge of vomit-inducing disgust physiologically.
The female scholar covered her mouth and backed away.
She had initially approached to check out the situation, trying to gather some information, but couldn’t stand it with just one glance.
The village head, however, was quite composed.
He even squatted at the edge of the pit to closely inspect this bizarre chunk of flesh and blood, furrowing his brow in thought for a while before reaching his hand toward the thing in the pit.
Seeing this, Xu Shuo’s eyebrows raised.
He watched this man’s action without a word.
But the next moment, just when the palm was half a meter away from the flesh, the village head suddenly jolted and drew back his hand, then took a sharp intake of breath familiarly!
“Sss — what a terrifying blast of cold and dark qi!”
The village head exclaimed in shock as he looked at the pit!
Xu Shuo: “…”
Did he really need to touch it with his hands?
Could he not determine it without touching?
Xu Shuo didn’t quite understand this method of detection.
It seemed no different from courting death.
But the village head stopped in time.
After confirming the contamination from the Abyss, and perhaps reminded of something, the village head’s expression immediately turned even more complex.
He looked at the chunk of flesh inside and spoke in a strange tone, “It seems our real enemy might not be the newlywed after all.”
Upon hearing this, the female scholar, as if a switch was flipped, immediately asked, “Why do you think the newlywed is the enemy?”
The village head glanced at her, his look filled with meaning, but said nothing.
The female scholar continued, “I haven’t been in Osmanthus Village for long, I’m just curious about the things happening here, so I hope the village head can enlighten me.”
The village head sighed, “Little girl, don’t poke your nose where it doesn’t belong.
These are not things you young people can handle.”
The scholarly young woman didn’t shy away from his attitude this time, instead speaking with sincerity, “Some stories mustn’t be buried, and I believe that’s why we’re meeting here today, Grandpa Village Chief.
You think so too, right?”
The village chief looked at her in shock.
Not far away, Miss Wang also watched her with admiration.
Capable of bowing or standing tall, she was indeed an admirable young lady!
The village chief, on the other hand, became embarrassed, “Ahem, young lady, please step aside for now, we can talk about your matter later, I still need to first—holy shit!”
Mid-sentence, the village chief suddenly exclaimed in surprise!
For, while they were joking around, Xu Shuo had already picked up a hoe from the ground and struck directly at the lump of flesh in the pit!
Splat!
The sharp hoe split the flesh into two without any resistance, and then the darkness began frantically climbing up the handle!
Xu Shuo’s expression remained composed as he slightly tightened his grip on the handle, a faint light flickering between his fingers.
And when that darkness touched his skin, sizzling white smoke rose up, like the chemical reaction when cold water meets a scalding hot iron plate, the steam thickening in the air before drifting away and dissipating.
The power of Radiance scorched the darkness, but it also made his palm feel somewhat scorched.
Xu Shuo usually applied this power to his staff or other weapons, or released it as an external force; this was the first time he had used his own body as a medium.
However, after testing that he should be able to deal with this level of Abyss Darkness, Xu Shuo let go of the hoe, allowed it to fall to the ground, and then stepped back, massaging his palm.
He looked toward North Mountain, lost in thought.
As for the others…
The village chief stood dumbfoundedly next to him, his mind fixated on the sight of the man touching the Abyss with his bare hands, forgetting to react!
Where on earth did this fearless fellow come from?!
“That…
are you alright?” the village chief asked after swallowing hard.
“What do you plan to do about this thing?” Xu Shuo asked back without answering, nodding his chin towards the pit under the Osmanthus Tree.
“…We’ll have to cut down this tree first,” the village chief replied, having regained his composure.
Although he had a rough idea of what the dark force behind everything was, the village chief wasn’t planning to spare the Osmanthus Tree.
He didn’t call the servants waiting outside but instead kindly turned to the scholarly young woman, who was still in shock, and said, “Young lass, help grandpa out.”
The scholarly young woman came back to her senses: “…”
When asked for a favor, one must bow!
Having already bowed once, bowing again was no big deal!
A moment later.
The scholarly young woman, having fetched another axe from the side house, cautiously stood behind the Osmanthus Tree, keeping a distance from the excavated pit, then swung the axe with all her might, chopping at the roots!
Although her physical strength was lacking, her skill was notable, and after several chops, she finally managed to fell the thick Osmanthus Tree that required two people to embrace.
Boom!
The great tree crashed down, but since it was planted in the corner of the courtyard, its upper half leaned against the courtyard wall.
The scholarly young woman, out of breath and a bit resentful, glanced at the fit and strong hunter, Wang Tiezhu.
However, his attention was on the tree stump.
Xu Shuo looked at the black tendrils spreading within the tree stump, his eyebrows twitching.
He suddenly thought of a problem.
There was also an Osmanthus Tree in Wang Tiezhu’s courtyard.
And that tree had been forced to bloom last night.
The bloomed flowers had been made into Osmanthus Cakes with a bloody scent, ready to be fed to the bride tonight.
This content is taken from fгeewebnovёl.com.
So now the question was—
With the bloody scent already abnormal, could there now also be a hint of Abyss in it?
Damn!
All for nothing!
…
