An eerie world, the two people who suddenly died, the Fallen Angels resurrecting from their corpses...
All of this made Xiang Mantang realize that this place was probably not the Garden of Eden at all, but another even more mysterious world.
"Crack crack!"
Amidst Xiang Mantang's shocked uncertainty,
The arm bones of those two Fallen Angels, emitting a strange white glow, suddenly made a cracking sound, and then the bones started to distort and stretch, with a one-meter-long Bone Spur growing out of the hand bones as if it were a sharp sword.
"Whoosh!"
As soon as the eerily glowing white bone spurs appeared, the two Fallen Angels flapped the three pairs of Bone Wings on their backs and pounced toward Xiang Mantang.
They then encircled him from left and right, and with a wave of the Bone Spur, a Dense Sword Qi suddenly surged forth.
Xiang Mantang, noticing their assault on him and feeling the chilling malice on the Bone Spurs, got goosebumps and hurriedly pulled back at full speed.
"Boom!!"
Xiang Mantang instantly retreated thirty meters away.
At his original position, and within a thirty-meter range of the Fallen Angels' attack, several large trees crumbled into dust as if they were rotten wood, and countless flowers, butterflies, and bees wilted and died instantly under the sweep of the Sword Qi.
The ground which was once covered in lush greenery turned into a land of death in an instant, with thick black-gray gas emanating and curling upwards.
"What the hell is this thing?"
Xiang Mantang, looking at the dead land before him, truly felt his scalp explode.
Such techniques were definitely not something that Divine Realm Warriors, stepping into Innate Psychic abilities, could exhibit.
Wait... they were already dead, definitely not human anymore, which made this all the more eerie and frightening!
"Swoosh!"
While Xiang Mantang was contemplating, the two Fallen Angels once again raised their bone arms, with the glinting Bone Spurs shining brilliantly under the sun.
Seeing this, Xiang Mantang guessed they must be preparing a major attack, and the next wave would likely be far more terrifying than the previous one.
Looking at the two rivers blocked by them, Xiang Mantang no longer hesitated and turned to run into the dense forest.
Xiang Mantang could travel ten meters in a single step, practically "Shrinking Ground into Inches"; in just three seconds, he covered a distance of thirty to forty meters.
At that moment, a thunderous explosion roared from behind him.
Xiang Mantang didn't dare look back, but ran wildly with all his might, charging desperately forward.
"Is this the 'Absolute Horror' Omniscient spoke of? I can't die here, I haven't yet found the Treasure Medicine that could awaken my senior brother, I can't die here!!"
Xiang Mantang ground his teeth and raced through the forest, too preoccupied to be wary of potential dangers within the thick foliage.
After all, the two Fallen Angels behind him were already a life-or-death threat.
While running, Xiang Mantang continually speculated about their existence.
"How on earth did they appear?"
"Are they the so-called Guard Angels of the Garden of Eden without concrete forms, taking over their corpses to manifest themselves?"
"Or do they truly have such forms and are the real weapons of Paradise Lost, and I fell right into their trap?"
Xiang Mantang wasn't sure if Barlow and Leon were aware of the situation here, but judging by the countless probes they made upon entering, if they weren't acting, they were probably just pawns to be sacrificed.
Because he speculated that Paradise Lost might have known the situation here all along, just that Barlow and Leon were clueless.
And as one of the world's Top Ten Organizations, how could Paradise Lost's members be just ordinary people?
"Damn it, I had factored in everything, but I never expected such a thing!"
Xiang Mantang cursed out loud.
"Boom!"
Xiang Mantang was just about to turn around and look for an opportunity to run towards the riverbank when he saw a Bone Arrow explode on the ground around him, instantly blasting out a pitch-black deep pit.
It was a near miss; it almost hit Xiang Mantang.
Turning his head, Xiang Mantang glimpsed the two Fallen Angels undergoing another transformation. The bone spurs in their palms hadn't disappeared, and now, bone crossbows had grown out of their wrists.
The attack just now seemed to be a warning shot they fired using their bone spurs as arrows.
"Damn it, are they forcing me to keep moving forward!"
As Xiang Mantang kept running forward, he cursed incessantly in his heart.
He believed that the Fallen Angels could kill him with a single arrow, but, like a cat toying with a mouse, they didn't kill him outright. Instead, they launched attacks to destroy the environment around him, seemingly intent on annihilation, yet forcing him to keep running forward.
"No!"
After running another dozen meters, Xiang Mantang's complexion suddenly changed drastically, and he hurriedly stopped, no longer running forward.
"They're pushing me to go forward; there's a huge problem. I can't continue, I'd rather die than move on!"
The moment Xiang Mantang realized they were toying with him, an idea flashed through his mind, reminding him of the dead Barlow and Leon, whose bodies had been possessed in the same way by these eerie Fallen Angels.
And now, they were forcing him to rush forward, seemingly with a clear purpose, which was that there might be an even more dangerous, unpredictable Spiritual Body waiting for him ahead.
If they were Fallen Angels, then the entity up ahead could very well be a super Demon God like Satan!
If he were to go there, wouldn't he release this terrifying existence?
Barlow and Leon were just ordinary people. Once possessed by them, they could unleash attacks far beyond those of the Divine Realm.
So what unspeakable horror would he, a Divine Realm Warrior, unleash if his body were possessed by the even more terrifying entity ahead?
The goal of Paradise Lost also became clear; they probably knew of the terrifying presence here and had contrived to trick him into coming.
The reason must be that the fearsome entity ahead couldn't possess the body of an ordinary person, which wouldn't withstand the Evil Spirits. Only a Divine Realm Warrior might barely serve as a vessel for the resurrection of the Evil Spirits?
Paradise Lost, if I survive to get out of here, I will definitely not let you off!
Xiang Mantang cursed in his heart.
It was just unclear if Omniscient had teamed up with them.
If they had, he would definitely not spare them either!
With that thought, Xiang Mantang turned to face the two Fallen Angels head-on!
However...
It seemed to be too late!
As Xiang Mantang wanted to turn around, he suddenly found that his legs were not obeying him.
"What's happening?!"
Xiang Mantang cried out in astonishment and confusion.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"
At that moment, he felt his cheeks burning hot as if the ceramic mask had been put back into the fire to bake before being placed on his face again.
"It's the mask causing this!"
Xiang Mantang immediately understood that he had still been too careless.
But now, understanding was too late; his body was already under the control of this strange mask.
It simply wouldn't obey him!
Xiang Mantang felt immense regret. When he saw Barlow and Leon die so violently, he should have thrown away the mask. But at that time, not sure if their deaths had anything to do with not wearing the mask, he hesitated and didn't take it off.
Who would have known that this cautious move would make it impossible for him to even die now!
And so, without any control, Xiang Mantang was compelled step by step towards the depths of the eerie forest.