Me? I was transported into a book? And I became a vicious villain?

"Wait!" Chu Mengmeng suddenly called out, stopping the black-robed man who was about to take a step. She quickly walked to Baili Yun and asked seriously, "Baili Yun, are you really using us?"

Baili Yun's face was pale, his eyes flickered, but he never opened his mouth to explain. Chu Mengmeng's heart sank, and she felt cheated. She turned around, looked at the man in black robes, and said firmly: "I believe you."

The man in black robe nodded slightly, without saying anything more, and turned around to continue walking into the depths of the dense forest. Chu Mengmeng, Xiao Yichen and others followed closely behind him. Baili Yun hesitated for a moment, but finally followed.

The dense forest was silent, with only the rustling sound of people stepping on fallen leaves echoing in the air. The dark and humid environment made people feel depressed, and an inexplicable sense of uneasiness spread in everyone's hearts.

"Be careful!" A low shout broke the silence of the forest. Su Mubai reacted quickly and pulled Lin Wan'er away from him. A black shadow brushed past his arm and flew past, bringing up a gust of cold wind.

"What is that?" Lin Wan'er exclaimed. Before everyone could react, countless black shadows suddenly emerged from the dense forest and pounced towards everyone silently like ghosts.

"It's a shadow puppet!" The silent guardian of the ancient ruins had a serious expression on his face. "Be careful, these puppets are controlled by evil forces and are very difficult to deal with!"

Xiao Yichen, Su Mubai and others immediately drew their weapons and fought with the black shadow. Chu Mengmeng also summoned a guardian spirit, and golden light flickered in the forest, interweaving with the black shadow to form a bizarre picture.

The man in black robe stood in the middle of the crowd, forming seals with his hands and muttering something. Suddenly, a powerful force erupted from his body, pushing the surrounding black shadows back several steps.

“There is someone controlling these puppets. I will go and deal with the controller. You guys try to hold them back!” The man in black robe spoke in a hurry. Before he finished speaking, his figure turned into a stream of light and rushed into the depths of the dense forest.

The black shadow that lost control seemed to become more violent, attacking everyone crazily. Xiao Yichen, Su Mubai and others fought hard, but gradually felt exhausted. At this moment, a crisp bird song came from the sky, and a huge fiery red bird fell from the sky, and the scorching flames devoured the surrounding black shadows.

"It's Suzaku!" Chu Mengmeng shouted in surprise. She saw a woman in a fiery red dress jumping down from the back of the giant bird. She was the mysterious ally she had met in the ruins before.

"Let me lend you a hand!" As soon as the woman finished speaking, she joined the battle.

Despite the participation of the mysterious woman and the guardian of the ancient ruins, the number of shadows was too large and everyone was still in a tough fight. During the fierce battle, a shadow suddenly bypassed everyone and rushed towards Chu Mengmeng.

"Mengmeng, be careful!" Xiao Yichen exclaimed, but it was too late to rescue her.

At the critical moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Chu Mengmeng and took the attack from the black shadow head-on.

"Cough cough..." The man in black robe covered his chest, a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and his face was pale.

"How are you?" Chu Mengmeng asked anxiously.

"I'm fine..." The man in black robe shook his head and was about to speak, but suddenly he spat out a mouthful of blood, shook his body a few times, and fell to the ground.

The sudden fall of the black-robed man stunned everyone. Chu Mengmeng squatted down hurriedly to check his injuries. She saw that his clothes were torn on his chest, and there was a deep wound that could see the bone, which was shocking and was still oozing black blood.

"This is..." The guardian of the ancient ruins walked forward and took a closer look. His expression suddenly became serious. "This is an injury caused by the power of shadow. Ordinary treatments may not be effective."

"What should we do then?" Chu Mengmeng asked anxiously. She had an inexplicable trust in the man in black robe and she couldn't just watch him die.

"We need to find a medicinal herb called 'Moon Spirit Grass' as soon as possible. It can purify the power of shadow and perhaps save his life." The guardian of the ancient ruins said in a deep voice.

“Moon Spirit Grass?” Lin Wan’er frowned slightly. “I seem to have seen it in ancient books. It is said that this herb grows in dark and humid places and is very rare.”

"Without further delay, we should split up and find the Moon Spirit Grass as soon as possible!" Xiao Yichen made a prompt decision and arranged for everyone to search separately.

In the dense forest, the city guardians dispersed and carefully searched every inch of land. Chu Mengmeng and Xiao Yichen walked together, they climbed over hills and passed through bushes, but they still couldn't find any trace of the Moon Spirit Grass.

"Yi Chen, do you think we can find the Moon Spirit Grass?" Chu Mengmeng asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, Mengmeng, we will definitely find it." Xiao Yichen held her hand and gave her a firm look.

At this moment, Xiao Yichen, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. He pointed to a mountain wall in front and said in surprise: "Mengmeng, look there!"

Chu Mengmeng followed his gaze and saw that the mountain wall was covered with vines, and under the cover of the vines, there seemed to be a dark cave entrance hidden.

"Could the Moon Spirit Grass be in there?" A glimmer of hope ignited in Chu Mengmeng's heart.

The two carefully pushed aside the vines and walked into the cave. A cold and damp breath hit them, making them shiver. With the weak light, they found that the cave was deeper than they had imagined, and they didn't know where it led to.

"Be careful, Mengmeng." Xiao Yichen protected Chu Mengmeng behind him and walked forward cautiously.

The cave was silent, with only the sound of their footsteps echoing. Just as they were about to reach the end of the cave, there was a sudden "click" sound under their feet.

The two were startled, and before they could react, they felt the ground shaking violently, and then the ground beneath their feet collapsed...

 Chu Xiao Chuan: Shadow Reappears

"Ah——" Chu Mengmeng screamed, and her body fell down uncontrollably. Xiao Yichen was quick to grab her hand, but was pulled down by the huge force.

"Bang!" The two men fell heavily on a pile of soft hay, but fortunately they were not injured.

"Ahem...what happened?" Before they could react, a few screams came from above their heads, and Su Mubai and Lin Wan'er also fell in.

"This seems to be a secret room." Xiao Yichen looked around in the dim light. This was a huge underground space with ancient runes carved on the walls, emitting a strange light.

"Be careful!" The guardian of the ancient ruins suddenly warned, and the staff in his hand flashed with white light, knocking the hidden weapon shot at Su Mubai to the ground.

"Who is it?!" Su Mubai was still in shock and looked around vigilantly.

"Hehehe..." A sinister laugh echoed in the secret room, and the black shadow appeared again, floating in the air, staring at everyone with its scarlet eyes. "Do you think you can find the Moon Spirit Grass like this? You are too naive!"

"Who are you? Why are you stopping us?" Chu Mengmeng asked courageously.

"Hmph! You don't need to know so much!" The black shadow snorted coldly and waved his hands. The runes in the secret room suddenly glowed brightly and the ground began to shake violently.

"Oh no! It's about to activate the mechanism!" The face of the guardian of the ancient ruins changed drastically, "Stop it quickly!"

The city defenders drew their weapons and attacked the black shadow, but their attacks were like hitting cotton and could not hurt the black shadow at all.

"It's useless, your power is too weak!" The black shadow laughed wildly and controlled the mechanism to launch indiscriminate attacks on the city guardians.

"Ah——" Lin Wan'er was unable to dodge and was scratched on the arm by a sharp spike that suddenly emerged from the ground.

“Wan’er!” Chu Mengmeng anxiously wanted to go forward to help, but was pulled back by Xiao Yichen, “Don’t go over there, it’s too dangerous!”

At this moment, a crack suddenly appeared on the top of the secret room, and dozens of black shadows fell from the sky, surrounding the city guardians.

"Damn it! We are surrounded!" Su Mubai waved his sword and struggled to resist the attack of the black shadow, but two fists were no match for four hands and he soon fell into a disadvantage.

"What should we do? Are we all going to die here today?" Lin Wan'er covered her injured arm and closed her eyes in despair.

Just when the city defenders were almost in despair, a loud noise suddenly came from the entrance of the secret room, and then two figures rushed in like lightning.

"It's Su Mubai and Lin Wan'er!" Chu Mengmeng was overjoyed when she saw the people coming.

"Don't be afraid, we are here to save you!" Behind Su Mubai and Lin Wan'er, there were dozens of fully armed soldiers. They were the elite forces of the city guardians. After receiving the news, they immediately rushed to support.

"Kill!" Su Mubai gave an order, and the reinforcements rushed into the group of black shadows like a tiger descending from the mountain and started a desperate fight.

Under the fierce attack of the reinforcements, the black shadow gradually lost its strength and finally disappeared into the night.

"Did we win?" Chu Mengmeng looked at the empty secret room, still feeling a lingering fear.

"It's safe for now," Xiao Yichen helped her up, but his eyes looked into the depths of the bottomless cave, "But the real danger may have just begun..."