You said you could kill the evil spirits without me, why are you crying now?

Chapter 360: You must feed the mountain god well
As the black cloth fell to the ground like a heavy dark cloud,
Everyone's attention was firmly attracted.
Finally, I was able to see the true face of the so-called mountain god from Xiashui Village.

It turned out to be a towering ancient tree, its figure was extremely majestic.
It is like a giant standing upright, reaching straight into the depths of the clouds, as if about to break through the sky.

The luxuriant branches and leaves spread out in all directions, like a huge green umbrella.

The layers of entwined vines are like countless agile snakes, densely intertwined.
It was like a huge net covering the whole sky and earth, enveloping everything around it.

It exudes a suffocating sense of oppression.

This tree was no ordinary creature, its trunk and vines were stained a dark reddish-brown color.

The color is rich and deep, just like in the long river of time,
Soaked repeatedly in countless thick blood, and then gradually dried up in the ruthless passage of time,

In the end, it left behind such shocking and frightening traces.
Silently telling the bloody and horrific past.

What’s even more creepy is that there is a hemp rope hanging on each vine of this tree.

These hemp ropes were carefully woven into collars, like deadly shackles.
It tightly strangles one life after another.

Those lives,

There are young men with tall and handsome figures and resolute faces, who should have made great achievements in the world.

There are young girls with gentle faces and graceful figures, whose smiles should bloom like flowers in the sun.

There are also those children who are still childish and innocent.

Their world has not yet truly opened, but it has been ruthlessly swallowed by darkness.

Their shadows crisscrossed the tree.

Together, they paint a picture that is horrific, heartbreaking and terrifying.

Children accounted for the majority of the group, and their pink faces were filled with
There is still some innocent smile left.
But this smile has now been completely covered by the cold breath of death.

It became twisted and weird, as if it was a mockery from hell.

Every person hanged was naked.

Although the body has lost the warmth and breath of life, it strangely still retains the vivid appearance it had before death.
Just sleeping quietly in this eternal darkness, never to be awakened again.

Their necks were tied with hemp ropes.
The sunken marks are like deep ravines.
It was striking and tragic, starkly declaring their long-gone lives.

What's even more terrifying is that all the people who were hanged had their eyes closed.
Her face was as peaceful as if she was having a sweet dream.
But this dream is full of endless darkness and death.

Their bodies were so light that they seemed to weigh nothing.

Whenever a night breeze blows by quietly like a ghost, the hanging hemp ropes sway gently.

It caused their bodies to sway slowly.

It was like a strange dance directed by the god of death.

Under the dim light of the fire, these scenes were infinitely magnified.
The horror and weirdness of the whole picture are pushed to the extreme.
It makes people feel like being in the Avici Hell, and their souls are trembling constantly.

Lai Yuyao, Sun Canxing and Yu Yingjie,
And the young men and women around him,

Witnessing this nightmare-like scene,
Shock, fear and anger surged in their hearts like surging tides.

Their hearts seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand.

Breathing became rapid and difficult.
Every breath I take in is filled with endless fear.

This strange giant tree,
And those innocent lives that were hanged,

Together they weave a creepy, spine-chilling horror story.
It plunges people into the abyss of fear,
My body is shaking constantly.
But his eyes seemed to be under a spell and could not be diverted from this horrific scene at all.

At this moment,

It was as if a flash of lightning flashed through the minds of Chu He, Sun Canxing and Lai Yuyao.
The scattered fragments of information obtained before were now automatically pieced together like a puzzle.

All the mysteries and doubts were suddenly cleared up at this moment.

"I see!"

Lai Yuyao's eyes widened with anger.

His hands were clenched tightly into fists, his slender fingers turning white at the joints due to the force.
She said fiercely, "Why did we sneak into Xiashui Village last night?
Seeing such an unbearable scene.

It turns out that the villagers of you Xiashui Village,

At night, he was like a madman, trying desperately to continue the family line.
Just to have more children.
Then offer those poor children as sacrifices to this strange tree!

What a bullshit mountain god! It’s obviously people like you who are doing all the evil!

Now you have deliberately led us here,

They say the mountain god will protect us and bestow blessings upon us.

Let us safely and smoothly escape this crisis of evil spirits.

In fact, it intends to sacrifice all of us to this evil tree.

In this way, this sacrificial ceremony,

You in Xiashui Village no longer need to sacrifice the lives of your own people.

Chang Baining, you are extremely evil-minded and should be cut into pieces!"

"You sneaked into the Xiashui Village last night."

Chang Baining seemed to have his most sensitive nerve touched.
Ignoring Lai Yuyao's rebuke for a moment,
His gaze was like an ice-cold blade, stabbing straight at those young men.

In his mind, this is the biggest secret of the entire Xiashui Village and it cannot be lost.

We had arranged for someone to watch over it last night, and we thought it would be foolproof.
In the end, they managed to sneak in without anyone noticing.

And seeing all the unspeakable things, it was simply a disaster.

The faces of the young men who were being watched by Chang Baining turned pale instantly.
My body trembled involuntarily like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind.

Although Chang Baining is just an ordinary person, he does not have any strange powers.

But the majesty and coldness in his eyes,
But these burly, young and strong men,
It was as if I had seen the most terrifying demon in the world, and the fear in my heart surged like a tide.

Their legs were shaking violently, their knees knocking against each other.

It made a crackling sound and could hardly support the weight of its body, as if it would collapse to the ground in the next second.

These young and strong men were arranged by Chang Baining last night.
The person responsible for taking Chu He and others away from the village and then guarding them.

It is now clear that they committed an unforgivable dereliction of duty.

"You can't even do this little thing.

You are just parasites in the village, wasting food.

The next sacrificial ceremony will be performed by you guys.
I believe that you are such a borer,
You should not refuse to shine for our Xiashui Village one last time."

Chang Baining said expressionlessly, his voice cold and indifferent.
It was like a verdict from the Nine Nether Hell, without a trace of warmth.

"Plop! Plop! Plop..."

When those young men heard what Chang Baining said,

I just felt my heart sink to the bottom in an instant. It was like being sentenced to death.

They knew that their fate was completely sealed at this moment, and that there was only one way out: death.

Wait until the next sacrificial ceremony.

They will become like those who have died in this tree.
Hanged mercilessly there, in this endless darkness for eternity,

They can never be freed and can only become victims of this evil sacrifice.

The families of these young men whose fate was declared,

Although I felt a surge of reluctance in my heart,
Their eyes were filled with pain and despair, and some even wiped away tears secretly.

But they didn't dare to stand up and say a word for them.

Because Chang Baining's prestige in Xiashui Village was too great,
Like a towering mountain, people can only look up and dare not disobey in the slightest.

Even those young men,

It could be the son, brother or relative of someone present.
They could only watch and dared not do anything.

Then, Chang Baining made another gesture with an expressionless face.

In an instant, the people from Xiashui Village present took out their hunting rifles from behind or from their waists.

The black, cold barrels of the shotguns gleamed in the firelight.

All of them were aimed at Chu He, Sun Canxing, Yu Yingjie, Lai Yuyao and others.

These young people were already in a state of extreme tension.
Seeing this scene, he was immediately frightened and his body subconsciously shrank back.

They looked carefully and found that these hunting rifles were crudely made.

These are obviously homemade guns made by the people of Xiashui Village.

But even so, the black muzzle of the gun still exudes a deadly aura that makes people shudder.

Chang Zimo held a heavy hunting rifle tightly in both hands; the hunting rifle seemed to weigh a thousand pounds in his hands.

There was a hint of determination in his eyes, and without any hesitation, he pulled the trigger.

There was a loud noise of "Bang!"
It was like a bolt of thunder exploding in the silent forest.

I saw a big tree next to him was broken in half in an instant.
The broken part looked like it had been torn apart by a giant beast, with wood chips flying everywhere.

This power is so great that it is staggering.

Even if a low-level warrior is hit by such an attack,
I'm afraid he would be either dead or disabled on the spot.
What's more, these young people in front of them are not even qualified to call themselves low-level warriors.

In the face of such powerful firepower, they seemed so small and fragile, like lambs to be slaughtered.

"I told you not to trust the guy in the black cap.

I even suspected that he was in cahoots with those unruly people in Xiashui Village.

If you had listened to me at the beginning, you wouldn't have fallen into this terrible trap step by step."

Zou Baixuan's entire body seemed to have lost its supporting frame and collapsed to the ground.
The voice was filled with tears, almost collapsing.

The situation at this moment is like an unsolvable deadlock.

The black muzzle of the gun was like the eye of a devil, staring at them intently.

Facing those shotguns,

They felt themselves trapped in an invisible net.

Even with wings it is difficult to escape.

Although there may be a few experts in the team,
It is possible to dodge a shotgun bullet with agility.
But Zou Baixuan knew clearly that those people were in such a life-and-death situation.

I'm afraid he can only save himself, or at most escape with his students.

After all, those who are willing to be martial arts instructors are generally not that strong.

In short, in his opinion, the vast majority of young men and women have fallen into the abyss of despair at this moment.
There is no glimmer of hope.

Chang Baining completely ignored the chaos in front of him. He slowly knelt down with a pious and solemn movement.

His eyes were burning hot,

Staring closely at the huge tree where countless people were hanged,

His eyes were filled with awe and enthusiasm.

It seemed that it was not an evil tree, but the supreme god in his heart.

He said in an almost insane tone: "Great mountain god!
These people are all our sacrifices from Xiashui Village to you.

Please accept this, great mountain god, and bless our Xiashui Village with smooth sailing!"

After he finished speaking, he pressed his forehead deeply to the ground.

His body was trembling slightly, as if he was having some mysterious communication with the gods.

As Chang Baining finished his words, the atmosphere in the forest suddenly became more bizarre.

Gusts of cold wind passed by without warning like ghosts.

They roared and wreaked havoc in the forest with an indescribable strange power.
The sound of the wind was sharp and shrill, like the howling of ghosts and wolves from the depths of hell.
It strikes at the deepest fear in people's hearts.
People can't help but feel creepy, and every inch of their skin trembles in this gloomy atmosphere.

What is strange is that despite the strong wind,

Those seemingly ordinary tree branches and leaves were completely unaffected.
They stood still without even the slightest sway.

It seems that this cold wind is just an illusion and cannot touch the entity in this world.

However, it was this seemingly invisible cold wind that quietly changed the atmosphere of the entire forest.

As the cold wind raged, the temperature in the entire mountain forest dropped suddenly.

The biting cold was like countless tiny ice arrows.
It penetrates the air silently from all directions and pierces people's bones.

This chill is like countless tiny centipedes, creeping along the gaps between the pores.
It penetrates into people's skin silently, bringing an indescribable tingling and stinging pain.
It makes people feel goosebumps all over their body.
Every inch of skin lost sensation under the erosion of this strange force.

In this mountain forest shrouded by gloomy wind, everything seems so unusual.

The cold wind brings not only coldness, but also endless fear and anxiety.

It is like an invisible giant hand, tightly grasping this mountain forest.

It also gripped the hearts of everyone involved.

In this world shrouded in a strange atmosphere, every breath becomes extremely heavy.

Every thought was filled with fear and despair.
At any moment, you might be swallowed up by this gloomy woods and never be able to escape.

This strange scene terrified everyone in Xiashui Village.

They could no longer care about anything else, and they all seemed to have their backbones pulled out.
They knelt down one after another, their foreheads pressed tightly against the ground, their bodies curled up into a ball,
Don't dare to do anything rash.

They were praying silently in their hearts.
They hoped that this sacrificial ceremony would satisfy the mountain god and protect them from disaster.

"Run! The mountain god of Xiashui Village must be an evil spirit causing trouble everywhere!"

Finally, a young boy could no longer bear this extremely terrifying atmosphere.

His eyes were red, as if fear had ignited an inner fire.

He gathered up all his courage, roared, turned around and ran in one direction.

This roar seemed to break some kind of shackles.
Hearing his roar, the others were like sleepwalkers who had been awakened and could no longer stand.

Whether you are strong or weak, afraid or relatively calm,
At this moment, they were like headless flies, rushing forward recklessly when they saw a direction.

There was only one thought in their minds at this moment, which was to run as quickly as possible, the farther the better.
Never return to this horrible place.

As long as we escape from here, we can get rid of this endless nightmare.

However, the villagers of Xiashui Village and Chang Baining, who was still kneeling on the ground,
At this moment, he slowly raised his head.

Their eyes were coldly watching the group of young people running away.

There was no trace of anxiety on his face.
No more pickaxe, fork, or shotgun,
No threats were made, nor intimidation was used to prevent them from leaving.

It's just that those seemingly ordinary faces,

At this moment, he became ferocious and indifferent.
There was a faint sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth, which concealed countless secrets.

They just watched quietly, as if everything happening before their eyes had nothing to do with them.
It seems as if they have already determined a certain ending.

So now we don’t care whether this group of young people can escape successfully or not.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

The young boy who first loudly reminded everyone to run quickly was undoubtedly the one who reacted the fastest.

His figure was like a flash of lightning.
Speeding through this chaotic and terrifying sacrificial site.

In a flash, he had already run to the edge of the sacrificial site.
It is only one step away from the boundary that symbolizes freedom and escape.

As long as he can take this crucial step smoothly,
Perhaps I can completely get rid of this nightmare-like predicament.

While escaping, the young boy's mind was filled with doubts.

He really couldn't understand why he was running away.
Not a single villager from Xiashui Village stood up to stop it?
They were holding hoes, forks and shotguns that looked extremely lethal.
Are these just decorations to scare people?

Chang Zimo had fired a shot before.
The power was so great that it could break a tree into pieces.
But why are they so indifferent now?

"Escaped!"

The young boy's face was tense with fear and nervousness.

But at this moment, when the boundary is about to be crossed,

A faint smile broke out involuntarily.

That smile is like a ray of light in the darkness.
Although it is weak, it brings people a rare glimmer of hope and relief.

But this relief did not last long, just like a shooting star flashing across the night sky, it was gone in an instant.

His smile hadn't yet fully developed on his face.

It froze at the corner of his mouth, and his whole body seemed to be under a spell, unable to move.

The reason is simple: the foot that is about to take a step towards freedom,

It was strangely suspended in the air. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't touch the solid ground.
There was an invisible force preventing him from escaping.

Immediately afterwards, an indescribable feeling of suffocation suddenly hit him like a surging tide.

His body instinctively began to struggle, and his hands subconsciously quickly reached for his neck.

The fingertips touched a strange texture that I had never felt before, rough but with a little elasticity.
It is as hard as the bark of an ancient tree.
It also contains the softness and vitality of new buds.

The feeling was so foreign, unlike anything he was familiar with.

A strong fear surged in his heart, and he began to pull hard with both hands.
Trying to break free from this terrible bondage.

But the thing wrapped around his neck seemed to have life.
He was strangled tightly and could not move.

Not only that, as he struggled, the thing tightened even more.
It was like an invisible web woven by the devil, dragging him step by step into an endless dark abyss.

As the thing continued to shrink, his breathing became extremely difficult.
Every breath I take is like a thrilling race with death.

His chest was rising and falling violently, as if it was about to burst.
His face turned red in an instant, as if it was burned by a raging fire.

His eyes were bulging, filled with fear and despair.

That is the instinctive fear of death.

His feet were barely supporting the weight of his body.
But now it is like a duckweed that has lost its roots.
Gradually it drifted away from the support and comfort of the ground, hanging in the air, swaying helplessly.

He was like a prey captured by a hunter, helpless and unable to fight back.

The young boy raised his head with great effort.

My sight tried hard to penetrate the layers of darkness as thick as ink.

Finally, he captured the source of the evil.

I saw a hemp rope quietly hanging down from the depths of the endless sky.
Like a poisonous snake hiding in the darkness, silent but exuding a chilling breath of death.

The hemp rope was tightly around his throat, and every time it tightened a little,
It would cut off his last connection with this world.

It is like the soul-locking rope in ancient legends that is used to lock up souls.

It was dragging him mercilessly towards the unknown and terrifying dark abyss.

His body, as his breathing gradually weakened,

It is also rising little by little, getting farther and farther away from the ground, farther and farther away from hope,
Until it seems to be completely free from the constraints of reality,

Became a lonely, helpless and desperate existence in this dark night sky.

At this moment, the breath of death was so close that the young boy's heart was filled with unwillingness and endless fear.

He knew clearly that it would not be long before

I will completely become another tragic victim in this weird scene.

Disappear forever in this cursed land full of evil and terror,
Become a forgotten, painful memory.

"Hahahahaha..."

Chang Baining stood up from the ground suddenly.

His face suddenly became ferocious and terrifying.
His facial features seemed to be pulled and twisted by the hands of a demon.

The laughter coming out of his mouth was particularly vicious and sinister.
Like a sharp sword, piercing straight into everyone's eardrum,

In such a horrible and strange environment, he laughed wildly without any scruples.

"Run, run!"

His voice was sharp and crazy, like a roar from the depths of hell: "When you stand before the great mountain god,
When the sacrificial ceremony officially began,
All of you are destined to become food for the mountain god.

I was originally worried that it would be difficult to gather enough offerings for this sacrifice.

I never expected it,
You bunch of young people who don't know how to live or die actually delivered yourself to my door.

It's like someone gave me a pillow when I was sleepy. It's really God's help!

You must feed Lord Mountain God well this time, hahahaha..."

He laughed wildly and opened his arms.

Like welcoming a grand and evil carnival,

It looked as if the mountain god had been fed by these offerings.

Blessing the beautiful scene of Xiashui Village,
The whole person is immersed in a twisted and perverted joy, which is chilling.

(End of this chapter)