Chapter 44: Tan Jiao 07 (3)
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Hold on.

He is hunting down the family in the dead of night in the hills, lying in wait and observing them like prey. He created countless diversions and smokescreens to execute this perfect plan.

What does he plan to do next?

Since the Zhu family were still crying out in pain, there were probably animal traps or wooden spikes set up in the pit. I felt chills almost penetrating my heart, and a layer of cold sweat formed on my skin. Currently, nothing but the wailing from the Zhu family surrounded us.

Then, what was bound to appear finally appeared.

Innumerable birds like a horde of dark spirits entered this forest from all directions, landing beside the pit and on tree branches. They flapped their wings in a flurry of motion as if they were summoning something with excitement and aggression at the same time.

I buried my head as low as possible since the scene was incredibly terrifying. It was unimaginable to me how Wu Yu managed to take on these ferocious yet bizarre birds in a fight. I laid low in the grass and felt safe with Wu Yu’s hand on my shoulder even though he had let go of my hand.

Finally, that man appeared with the raspy welcoming calls from the birds.

He must be controlling these birds. It’s true! It’s not a figment of our imagination. From that night onwards, I began to witness all sorts of supernatural phenomena.

A silly grin still hung on his face. He still had on those dirty clothes from that night; perhaps he had not changed. He carried a child in one hand and an oil lamp in the other. We did not know if the child, Zhu Zhihan, was alive or not since he was motionless.

“Y-you people… have arrived,” he said with a stutter as he came before the pit, placing the oil lamp down and looking down at the Zhu family.

A wave of screams echoed from the pit as the Zhu family saw their child in the man’s arms. He let out a chuckle and said, “It-it’s fine, he’s just asleep. I gave him some... some sleeping pills. Noisy… He was too noisy!”

I let out a sigh of relief upon hearing that.

A quivering voice sounded, “What are you

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