Chapter 154 A Close Call

Fang Yue was furious. In ten minutes, he didn't even know how many times he'd been torn apart by the gravity ghost hand!

No… wait!

Fang Yue nimbly dodged.

"Since you can only absorb silver ore after ten minutes, why are you asking me to give you silver ore now…? Doesn't that mean I can survive for ten minutes?"

The parchment didn't respond.

"Cat got your tongue? Answer me, or you can forget about eating anything in the future!"

[...] Yes.

Oh, so you're getting straight to the point now!

"Let me think. Judging by the speed at which this gravity ghost is chasing me, I'll be torn in half in less than a minute. There's no way I can last for ten minutes, and you useless thing won't be able to do anything until then either."

"Which means that within these ten minutes, something must change, or something must happen, that allows me to survive!"

"And that something has absolutely nothing to do with you!"

Thinking of this, Fang Yue's mouth twisted.

"So, I might as well not give you this silver ore!"

[2050, night, Fang Yue said he'd give me silver ore, then went back on his word! Favorability decreased -1-1-1-1-1!]

The fact that the parchment was losing favorability only strengthened Fang Yue's guess.

But where was the turning point?

Fang Yue was puzzled, but his speed didn't decrease in the slightest, and even accelerated.

There was no helping it, who knew whether an accident or death would come first.

Just then, Fang Yue noticed a commotion in the escort team ahead. Immediately after, he saw the Blood Hunter riding his horse, leading the [Giant-Headed Bloodhound] out of Manshui Village.

When did he enter the village?

And why was he the only one who could enter the village?

Fang Yue was still wondering when he heard the Blood Hunter shout in his direction.

"Vice Captain Ye! Run towards me! I've called for backup!!"

Along with the Blood Hunter's voice, a group of guys with bows and arrows on horseback began to gallop out of the entrance of Manshui Village.

They accelerated and charged, closely following behind the Blood Hunter.

Judging from their clothes, this group seemed to be members of the Manshui Village guard team.

Those clothes were very similar to the guard team uniforms of Guyue Village, with only slight differences in the details.

So the turning point lies with them!

Fang Yue was overjoyed and quickly rushed over.

The distance between the two sides rapidly closed, and just then, the gravity ghost suddenly accelerated from behind, instantly closing more than half the distance, and was about to catch up with Fang Yue.

"Vice Captain Ye!!"

"Bold ghost! With me, Lan Yuntian, the captain of the Manshui Village guard team, here, who dares to act presumptuously!"

The two voices rang out almost simultaneously.

The former was the Blood Hunter's anxious shout, while the latter was from the apparent leader of the team.

He was a middle-aged man wearing a cyan robe, shouting sternly. He stepped on his horse's back, leaped high into the air, drew his sword from its sheath, and fell towards Fang Yue.

Good!

As expected of the captain of the Manshui Village guard team, his words are full of power!

Fang Yue's face lit up, but then he saw the guy land, step lightly on Fang Yue's shoulder, and borrow the momentum to rush forward. He didn't even greet Fang Yue before charging towards the gravity ghost behind him.

"Sword Follows the Wandering Dragon!"

Buzz!!

A faint sound of a sword seemed to echo from behind!

So, so cool!

Is this the captain of another village?

He doesn't even bat an eye when facing a black-rank intermediate gravity ghost. He's too strong!

Fang Yue was only slightly delayed by the foot on his shoulder, and continued to run wildly.

He also couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lan Yuntian's heroic figure in battle, but he was grabbed onto the horse's back by the Blood Hunter who had just rushed over, and they turned around and ran towards the village.

"Vice Captain Ye, don't look! That guy is dead for sure!"

Fang Yue: …

What?

Why?

Wasn't he acting all brave?

Fang Yue was about to ask when he heard a shrill scream from behind, followed by a black shadow spurting blood wildly, flying past them with a whoosh, rolling more than a dozen times on the ground, struggling twice, and then lying still.

Fang Yue took a closer look, and sure enough, it was Lan Yuntian!

Fang Yue: ???

Something's not right!

Weren't you acting all courageous when you charged over there?

Why did you come back in such a sorry state?!

Fang Yue was a little dazed when he heard the Blood Hunter say,

"I lied to the people of Manshui Village, saying that the ghost chasing us was a black-rank initial-stage ghost, and asked them to help us, otherwise they wouldn't have helped us—also, when we rush into Manshui Village later, we have to coordinate our stories and deny knowing that the thing behind us is a black-rank intermediate-stage ghost!"

You, you…

Fang Yue didn't know what to say for a moment.

The Blood Hunter's intentions were good, but unfortunately, these guys with clear eyes were really treating this thing as a black-rank initial-stage ghost to kill. No wonder he drew his sword so dashingly, and looked so cool and silent.

So… he was treating the gravity ghost as an ordinary ghost!

Damn, if it were really an ordinary ghost, I could act just as cool, and my moves would be even more dashing!

Fang Yue was thinking when he suddenly noticed that the guy over there, who was dying and covered in blood, seemed to still have a bit of life left.

"Blood Hunter, pull him onto the horse, he's still alive!"

When the Blood Hunter heard this, he hesitated, but after thinking about it, he still steered the horse in a different direction. When he got close to Lan Yuntian, he lowered his body and pulled Lan Yuntian onto the horse's back.

"…I… was… careless…"

Lan Yuntian seemed to still have a bit of an image to maintain. Even though he was on the verge of death, he still used his blood-covered face to say something cool.

The way he said it made it sound like he could have exchanged a few blows with the gravity ghost if he hadn't been careless.

Fang Yue's face darkened.

"Say less, that guy isn't someone you can deal with."

These words seemed to have stimulated Lan Yuntian. From the looks of it, he seemed to want to get up and fight the ghost behind him again, but after struggling twice, he only hissed in pain and quieted down—he had obviously recognized the fact that his body was too badly injured and it was impossible for him to act cool again.

And… if he really went, with his small body, a single move from the other side would be enough to have his family preparing a professional funeral team.

"Captain is in danger!"

"Go help!"

"Archers, get ready!!"

Unlike Guyue Village, the guards of Manshui Village seemed to be better at archery.

Seeing the Blood Hunter leading the captain towards them, more than thirty people immediately spread out their formation, drew their bows, and fired.

Swish swish swish swish swish!

Arrows rained down, flying towards the gravity ghost behind them, blocking all the gravity ghost's dodging space.

However… the gravity ghost didn't need to dodge at all.

All the arrows suddenly and uniformly fell vertically to the ground when they approached the gravity ghost within a range of about ten meters, landing heavily and losing all their kinetic energy.

"What?!"

"What's wrong with that ghost?"

"It actually has a way to resist our arrows!"

"Don't panic, another volley! Switch to a point-shooting formation!"