“There’s really more than one. There’s another one!”
Alex and the Mystic Maiden quietly headed toward the other side of the mountain foot and hid in a tree.
The Mysterious Maiden of Nine Heavens’ Hiding Avatar was simply a super-evolved version of the chameleon. Not only did it come with its domain, but it could also change its surface color and blend in with its surroundings.
Even with divine thoughts, one would find it difficult to detect. On top of that, the scope of divine thought was very limited in this strange netherworld.
The tree branches were tiny.
The two had minimal space to hide and land.
To not shake the branch, Alex lay on the branch, and the Mystic Maiden rode on his waist. Alex was panting a little and whispered, “Are you considering losing weight? You’re too heavy. My bones are going to break.”
The Mystic Maiden knocked his skull lightly. “Lose weight? I am smaller and more delicate than that big horse Shirley, right? The last time when she was on top of you, you didn’t ask her to lose weight, did you? I saw that you were happy and couldn’t help but be pressed together a little longer.”
Alex was ashamed. “When did this happen? Nonsense!”
“The last time when we besieged the Black Blind Bone Demon.”
“Uh… She was injured back then. I was saving her. The situation was urgent.”
“Is it not an emergency now?” the Mystic Maiden asked. As she spoke, she saw the guy, who had just shot arrows to wound Shirley and Daya, in front of the ruined temple door. He was wearing a black robe, hiding in the corner. His black eye sockets seemed to have electric light flashing. He was looking this way.
The Mystic Maiden hurriedly shut up. She spoke telepathically then, “Be careful. You might be discovered.”
Alex responded, “He must have discovered the abnormality of this branch. You are really much heavier than Shirley.”
The Mystic Maiden was a little upset. “Don’t compare me to her. She is not qualified yet.”
Swish!
She flicked the air.
The wind from the finger was soft, and one couldn’t feel anything. But, a few hundred meters away, a tree branch made a crunching sound and swayed. This immediately caught this person‘s attention. His gaze moved.
On the other side, another companion turned into a black stream of light and hurriedly went in that direction.
The bright light in the man’s eyes grew even brighter, probably surprised that Alex could tell where they came from. However, he did not leave. The other person had come back and caught up.
Purpose achieved!
At this moment, Alex was just a target. The actual fatal move was from the Mystic Maiden!
Swish…!
The Mystic Maiden appeared right behind the archer. Instead of attacking directly, she instantly threw out an object at the back of the archer’s head… It was a black ball of something.
The archer was completely focused on Alex. He did not expect a stealthy enemy to appear quietly behind him. It was a despicable mess as a large group of black mist-like objects smashed upon his body. Those objects immediately became a riotous mass. Actually, those living things looked like dense small insects. All of them were stuck to his body.
Eye sockets, nostrils, ear holes, mouth…
Body skeleton.
They were densely packed and began to drill into his skin and bite him.
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