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With him being a burden, Shen Baiyue would not be able to shake off these eerie blood shadows.
Moreover, if he died, it wasn’t a real death; he could enter the body of that player and still have a chance to clear the instance.
But if Shen Baiyue died, it would be a genuine death.
Whether Shen Baiyue didn’t hear Ruan Qing’s words or didn’t want to give up on him, the person pulling Ruan Qing didn’t stop at all.
Since earlier, Ruan Qing was almost just being dragged by Shen Baiyue. He had been just mechanically lifting his feet.
And now, he didn’t even have the strength to lift his feet.
Being pulled forward by Shen Baiyue, he directly fell.
However, Ruan Qing didn’t fall to the ground because Shen Baiyue reached back and caught him.
Shen Baiyue’s breath wasn’t too chaotic, even with holding Ruan Qing, indicating that she still had strength to escape.
Shen Baiyue’s eyes widened when she saw Ruan Qing fall, a bit anxious, “Brother Yu Qing, are you okay?”
Shen Baiyue tried to help Ruan Qing up, who was half kneeling on the ground.
However, with this delay, the blood shadows behind had already closed in.
Due to the commotion, the group of blood shadows had increased from a dozen to more than twenty.
Among them, there was a blood shadow whose speed was incredibly fast, leaving other blood shadows far behind, and in just a few seconds, it had come within reach.
Ruan Qing and Shen Baiyue were currently positioned in the middle of the corridor, with a distance of more than five meters to the next turn.
Moreover, this corridor was completely empty, and there was nothing nearby to evade the blood shadow.
If they didn’t run forward, they would definitely be caught up by the blood shadow.
At this moment, no one would survive.
Ruan Qing was well aware of his condition; he could no longer run. Gasping for breath, he covered his chest and, using the last of his strength, pushed Shen Baiyue in front of him.
“Don’t... mind... me...”
“Go...”
Shen Baiyue probably didn’t expect that Ruan Qing would push her away; she directly froze.
She stared at Ruan Qing, who was about to be surrounded by the blood shadow, with widened eyes.
The next second, she took a few steps back, turned around, and ran.
As Shen Baiyue ran away, Ruan Qing, relieved of all his strength, let himself fall to the ground.
He wasn’t angry to be abandoned; instead, he breathed a sigh of relief. Shen Baiyue staying behind would only mean accompanying him in death.
Shen Baiyue could not die for the time being.
Ruan Qing suspected that Shen Baiyue’s identity was somewhat special, perhaps related to the funeral of Yang Chenfeng.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, Shen Baiyue should not have attended the funeral.
No, under normal circumstances, very few people would enter such a young child to an engagement with a much older person.
The fiancé was also a man who eloped with a third party.
Moreover, same-sex marriage was legal in this instance world.
Even if it’s a family union, it should be with Shen Baiyue’s older brother.
Shen Jingzhao’s age was closer to Yang Chenfeng’s.
But, oddly enough, the Yang family and the Shen family bypassed Shen Jingzhao and pushed Shen Baiyue instead.
If Shen Jingzhao was already married, it would be understandable, but according to the servants, Shen Jingzhao wasn’t.
Nor had he been engaged to anyone.
Choosing Shen Baiyue directly would be even more suspicious.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t even protect himself, let alone protect Shen Baiyue.
He hoped to see Shen Baiyue again tomorrow.
Ruan Qing curled up on the ground, holding his chest. He watched the blood shadow, which was close at hand, and slowly closed his eyes.
However, the expected pain did not come; instead, something was moving up his ankle.
Damp, cold, and extremely terrifying.
It made people feel bone-chilling.
In an instant, Ruan Qing recalled the incident in the fog.
Even though he had no strength left, he instinctively pulled his foot back.
As Ruan Qing opened his eyes, something was entwined around his hands, pulling him down to the ground.
Even his hands were restrained above his head.
His feet were also immobilized.
He couldn’t move a bit.
Ruan Qing looked at the blood shadow, which was lying close to him, and his pupils contracted directly, his eyes widening.
The human form of the blood shadow had already twisted due to the excitement of catching someone, even the skull distorted.
The entire shadow was stretched, much like the shadow elongated under a streetlight.
Twisted and terrifying.
The blood shadow’s hands were no longer in the shape of hands, but more like the red vines in the mist, binding Ruan Qing’s hands.
This blood shadow, apart from its shape, was exactly the same as those vines.
Blood continued to flow on the blood shadow, dripping onto Ruan Qing’s body.
Other blood shadows also rushed forward, wanting to get close to Ruan Qing.
However, this blood shadow seemed extremely domineering and unwilling to let go of the person beneath it.
It extended a part of its hand, turning it into a whip, and fiercely whipped at the approaching blood shadows.
It directly whipped the frontmost blood shadow onto the wall.
That blood shadow even scattered, disintegrating.
The power of this blood shadow could be seen.
Scattered and hit, the blood shadow slowly coagulated, but the coagulation speed was very slow, and it hadn’t completely solidified even after so long.
The blood shadow lifted its head towards the other blood shadows, opened its mouth wide, and made a hissing sound.
Although the sound was not loud, it was extremely dangerous.
Just listening to it made one’s scalp numb.
Even if you couldn’t understand what it was screaming, you could still see that it was threatening the other blood shadows.
Threatening them not to approach.
The other blood shadows looked at the person underneath it, then looked at the blood shadow that hadn’t fully solidified for a long time, and, afraid, took a step back.
But the blood shadows didn’t leave.
They seemed unwilling to give up, just standing there, not too close but not too far away.
Wanting to approach but not daring to.
As if waiting for some opportunity.
The blood shadow didn’t care about the group of blood shadows not far away; it lowered its head to look at the person underneath it.
Its hands also shrank back, gently touching Ruan Qing’s face.
As if touching some precious treasure, it carefully restrained its strength.
Its hand’s shape melted and solidified, melted and solidified again.
Completely abandoning its ruthless attitude towards the other blood shadows.
Ruan Qing naturally didn’t forget about the vines in the mist wanting to do something to him. When the blood shadow’s attitude became strange, he felt something was wrong.
Could this blood shadow also want...
Already resigned to death, Ruan Qing felt a bit panicked and tried to break free from the binding.
But obviously, he couldn’t break free at all.
Not to mention that he was powerless now. Even in his best condition, he probably couldn’t break free.
