Seeing another eerie, completely unfamiliar figure suddenly appear beside her own shadow, Xiaolan immediately felt a chill run down her spine.
She had just wanted to grab Laura’s hand and leave the spot, but then she discovered her body couldn’t move at all, as if bound by some invisible restraint magic.
Not only that, she also noticed Laura’s already trembling body was shaking even more violently. And this time, even she herself began to feel that terrifying cold, her body involuntarily starting to shiver.
Xiaolan felt the cold affecting her body suddenly intensify drastically, already starting to impact her movements and nerves. While she couldn’t move originally, the previous situation was that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t break free from the restraint.
Now, however, it had changed to the point where she couldn’t even muster the strength to try and move a muscle. Even her thoughts were gradually becoming fuzzy, her eyelids growing heavier and heavier, as if she would fall asleep at any moment.
Seeing this, Xiaolan immediately used her last bit of strength to shake her head, trying to stay conscious. But it seemed useless. Aside from delaying the moment she passed out by a second or two, there was no way to change the current situation.
Seeing this scene, Xiaolan laboriously turned her head to look at Laura on the other side. Unlike Xiaolan, who could barely stay conscious, the other girl had already fainted while standing, and looked like she would be difficult to wake.
This was normal, after all. Laura had low levels to begin with and hadn’t undergone any training, so fainting directly was to be expected. Xiaolan, on the other hand, because she had some strength, could barely hold on a little longer. But that was the extent of it.
After confirming Laura had fainted, Xiaolan wanted to check on Laine’s situation. Unfortunately, as soon as she turned her head in the other direction, she felt she couldn’t hold on any longer. The seemingly empty reef pile in the distance was the last thing she saw before losing consciousness.
At this point, Xiaolan could no longer hold on. Like Laura, she fainted and lost consciousness.
Only after confirming that Xiaolan and Laura truly had no ability to resist did the eerie figure beneath them undergo a change. A bewitching silhouette emerged from within the shadowy figure.
Her appearance was almost indistinguishable from a human’s. She had no horns on her head and didn’t seem to have a tail. But this didn’t mean she was normal. Her face was only half-formed; the other half, for some reason, was missing, covered only by a thick, dense darkness.
No, it wasn’t covering it. Within the missing half of her face, that seemed to be her essence? Beneath the skin was a concentrated darkness?
Although her appearance was somewhat eerie, if one only looked at the intact half of her face, she was absolutely a beauty. Paired with her jet-black hair, she could certainly captivate many. But as soon as one saw the darkness of the other half, they could absolutely confirm she was not human.
And that was the truth. She was not human at all, but a member of the Demon Race. She was also the culprit behind the Population Disappearance Incident on Sunlight Island.
She was the one who made the local Special Incident Handling Squad work insane overtime every day until their heads ached, the one who made the entire island of Sunlight restless with fear, and the true culprit who rendered Xiaolan and Laura immobile.
After emerging from the shadow, the beautiful maiden with only half a face leisurely looked around before finally focusing her gaze on the two who couldn’t move.
As soon as she saw their appearances, the half-faced maiden showed an expression of delight on her remaining half-face. Looking at Xiaolan’s beautiful face, she revealed an infatuated expression. After gently stroking it with her hand, she reluctantly withdrew her hand and turned to the other unconscious woman.
Seeing the other woman was actually a fox-type beastman, she couldn’t help but furrow her half-brow, showing an expression of extreme disgust, as if she was very dissatisfied with Laura.
But from her expression, what she seemed dissatisfied with wasn’t Laura’s face, but Laura’s ears and tail? No, it should be Laura’s identity as a beastman.
Looking at Laura, a beastman, she frowned tightly and said with great revulsion, “How did I catch such a disgusting thing? She’s just a beastman, yet she has such a pretty face? What a waste! Hmph! Truly disgusting!”
Although she acted very disdainful, she didn’t release Laura. Instead, she tossed both Laura and Xiaolan into that eerie shadowy figure.
Their bodies strangely merged into the shadow, leaving no trace. After doing all this, the beautiful half-faced maiden didn’t leave immediately. Instead, she raised her head and looked around.
Finally, she locked her gaze onto a small cluster of reefs in the distance.
After giving an eerie smile, she slowly walked towards it.
And within that small cluster of reefs, Laine was hiding, not daring to make a sound. He had just arrived here when he noticed the abnormality over at Xiaolan’s side. He immediately decided to hide first and assess the situation, only to witness that terrifying scene.
Laine knew full well that running out now would have no effect; it would only add another name to the other party’s list of victims. So he planned to hide here until the other party left, then go find Kolin and the others for help.
But what he didn’t expect was for the other party to walk straight towards this spot, as if she had already anticipated someone was here!
Seeing this situation, Laine broke out in a cold sweat, unsure how to escape his current predicament.
Change hiding spots? Where could he go? Aside from this small cluster of reefs, there was only the empty beach! There was simply no place to hide! And as soon as he left here, he would definitely be discovered immediately!
So what should he do? He couldn’t just stay hidden here forever. She was already walking over!
Just then, the sweating Laine suddenly felt something was off. Even though the other party was walking towards him, why couldn’t he hear any sound at all? He could hear the faint sound of footsteps on the sand earlier, so why not now? Unless…
Thinking this, Laine swallowed hard and cautiously poked his head out, trying to see where the other party was now. But to his shock and confusion, he didn’t see anyone on the beach. The beautiful maiden with only half a face was gone!
Just as Laine was too shocked to speak, he suddenly felt an extremely piercing cold. A sense of extreme foreboding immediately rose in his heart. Slowly turning his head, he indeed saw the half-faced beautiful maiden, who had somehow arrived behind him, standing a mere foot away.
She was looking at Laine with an inexplicable smile, making it completely impossible to guess what her next move would be.
Seeing this, Laine wanted to say something, to try and escape his fate of death. But as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt an inexplicable warmth spread across his chest.
Laine looked down with dazed eyes and saw that the clothes on his chest were already soaked with blood, revealing a deep, profound red.
And the source of that blood was clearly perceived by his gradually blurring mind—it was the location of his heart.
A large hole had somehow appeared in his chest. Blood was gushing out, his vital signs were rapidly fading, and his consciousness was growing increasingly hazy.
Before his consciousness turned completely dark, the last thing Laine saw was—the mocking smile that appeared on the maiden’s only half-formed face.