Chapter 414: Fog
Ye Qing could feel his heart straining to maintain the breakneck pace. It was bearable at the beginning, but it eventually grew to the point where his heart was starting to hurt a little.
Luckily for Ye Qing, his body was powerful, and he had long since reached the point where he could control his body down to the finest detail. For now, he could still endure the pressure.
The same couldnt be said for the rest of the crowd, however. Ye Qing saw with his own eyes some peoples chest heaving up and down like there was something trying to push its way out before their heart literally burst out of their chest. Even more peoples hearts exploded inside their chest and caused blood to shoot out of their orifices like a fountain.
Despite the horrifying phenomenon, no one moved a muscle. They were still wearing enraptured smiles on their faces.
An indefinite amount of time later, when Ye Qing was starting to lose control, the music finally hit a diminuendo and slowed down.
By now, Ye Qings heart was covered in cracks. Had the tune continued for another minute or so, it wouldve exploded just like the others.
The heart wasnt the intestines. He could heal his intestines as many times as was necessary, but he would be lucky to survive an exploding heart.
Knowing that he had no time to waste, Ye Qing sucked in a deep breath and hurriedly channeled his enormous vitality to heal his damaged heart. At the same time, he paid close attention to the pipa player with his demonic thought.
What the fuck is she going to play next?
On the stage, the pipa tune abruptly took a nosedive toward absolute silence. It was like falling from the sky all the way to the ground. It was such a dive that everyone felt weak and sleepy all of a sudden.
Then, the pipa player stretched the strings to the absolute limits before letting go.nove(l)bi(n.)com
Twang!
A loud, shrill, high-pitched noise stunned the world. It was like a thunderclap that jolted the dreamers back to reality.
Blood jetted out of Ye Qings orifices instantly, and his head hurt like it would split apart at any second.
In fact, some peoples heads did explode into a shower of red and white like overripe melons.
It took Ye Qing a good while to recover his wits, and when he did, he was terrified by what couldve been. If he hadnt been on his guard this whole time, it couldve been him who lost his head and mind.
The pipa player wasnt done, however. Oh no, she wasnt even halfway through her performance. She would continue to play through multiple tunes of different styles and subject her audience to many, many different kinds of torture.
Sometimes, her tune was as fiery as fire.
Sometimes, it was as cold as ice.
Sometimes, it was as intense as a war.
Sometimes, it was as forlorn as the rain.
Sometimes, it was as hushed as a whisper.
Sometimes, it was as noisy as a downpour
Each tune came with its own unique effects. Some people suddenly combusted into flames even though there was no fire around, and some people became encased in ice even though there was no ice. Some people exploded into a million pieces, some people were sliced and diced into a million cubes, and some people took thousands and thousands of arrows in the heart.
It was like a showcase of the one million ways to die. Some time later, the only one who was still sitting on his chair and still looked like a human was Ye Qing.
She only had a face. Everything below her chin was a black mass of hair. In fact, it looked like the entire room was filled with hair. It was what was clinging to his ankle right now.
After Ye Qing dragged the woman out of the room, a vicious snarl overcame her beautiful features. More hair crawled out of the room and wrapped around his arms, legs and torso, pulling him toward the room with all their might.
This time, Ye Qing pulled with all his might and unleashed his Burning Wind to destroy the hair, but to his shock, it failed. Not only that, his seven dragon elephant strength was more or less equal to the womans. As a result, they became locked in a temporary stalemate.
How troublesome! Ye Qing spat. He could see out of the corner of his eyes that the fog had already surged up the second floor.
Some quick thinking later, Ye Qing condensed his demonic thought into a saber and slashed out using the Hellfire Red Lotus Saber Art. As soon as the hair that resisted even the Burning Wind made contact with the red lotuses created from the saber art, they immediately burst into flames and spread out at an incredible rate.
As the hair disintegrated, the womans face became contorted in pain. It would appear that the hellfire had successfully dealt some damage. She instinctively let go and withdrew back into the room.
The Red Lotus Hellfire extinguished bit by bit after the woman returned to the room. She glared at Ye Qing with hatred and fury amidst a sea of hair.
The next moment, countless hair burst out of the entrance and surged toward Ye Qing.
Ye Qing wasnt going to wait, of course. He didnt have the time to fight against the woman. As soon as he severed the hair binding him, he immediately dashed down the corridor at top speed.
Ye Qing looked left and right for a room he could enter and hide, but so far every room he saw was locked. He didnt dare to force his way through just in case they were hiding a terrifying Stranger like the one encountered earlier. He couldnt afford to get entangled with another Stranger at this juncture.
But if I cant enter these rooms, then how the fuck am I going to avoid the fog? Ye Qing frowned deeply. Its not a trick, is it? Is she trying to trick me into opening these rooms and releasing the Strangers for whatever reason? Cant say thats not a possibility
ARGH!
It was at this moment a bloodcurdling scream interrupted his train of thought. When he looked behind his back, he saw that the screamer was none other than the female Stranger he fought earlier.
The female Stranger had been chasing him. Maybe it was her size, but the fog caught up to her before she could enact her revenge. Her black hair flailed all over the place as she struggled to escape with all her might, but the silhouettes in the fog were keeping her pinned.
The silhouettes were just pacing back and forth around the woman. They werent doing anything at all. Despite this, the woman was screaming in pain and horror as if she was subjected to some sort of unimaginable horror. Eventually, her voice grew weaker, and her silhouette grew blurrier. Then, she abruptly vanished into the fog as if something had dragged her away.
I need to find a room now!
Ye Qing made up his mind after witnessing the female Strangers downfall. Whatever the pipa player was planning, it was better than being caught by this strange fog. Worst case scenario, he would just drag one of the Strangers out into the open, kill them, and take their room via brute force.
There was still time though. Ye Qing kept running forward in hopes of finding something that might help with his predicament.
Theres exactly one room that isnt locked!
After circling around the second floor once, Ye Qing found exactly one unlocked room. Every other room was locked tight.
Is this the room she wanted me to hide inside?
Ye Qing hesitated for a moment before giving the door a push. He tensed up as the door swung open, but to his surprise, nothing attacked him. His demonic thought told him that everything inside the room looked normal as well. This is it! He exclaimed with relief before stepping inside.
He didnt have a choice anyway. The fog was less than a meter away from him now. At this range, he could even feel its coldness and anomalous energy. He would die if he didnt enter the room.
Creak
As soon as he stepped inside, the door behind him closed shut of its own accord.
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