Chapter 33: Run!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Xiaohuo scoffed, a stubborn look in her eyes. “You promised to let us go if I told you.”

The man in black smiled and stroked the woman’s chin. “Of course. I wouldn’t go back on my word.”

Her husband could no longer speak. He seemed to be on the verge of fainting and was hanging on with his last breath.

Seeing the miserable state her husband was in, Xiaohua’s stubborn eyes instantly turned misty. She swallowed her saliva. She could taste blood in her own saliva.

“He’s in the dry well in the backyard.” Xiaohua confessed before closing her eyes in despair.

The men in black immediately headed to the well in the backyard to look for the child. After they left, only the man in black, Xiaohua, and her husband were left in the room.

At that moment, the man in black glanced outside and suddenly approached Xiaohua. His smile widened. “Hahaha. You’re so smart and beautiful. What a pity…”

Sensing that something was amiss, the woman’s eyes shot open. The next moment, the man ripped open her top, exposing her fair and slightly rosy shoulders.

Xiaohua subconsciously shouted, “What are you trying to do?”

The man in black threw his head back and guffawed as he did something obscene. He leaned close to Xiaohua’s ear and whispered, “What a pity. You’re such a beautiful lady. Why did you get married to such a useless man so early on in life? He didn’t even want to protect you. Compared to you, he chose the child instead of you. So now, he has to pay the price of his choice. That is…”

The man at the side was about to faint when he saw this scene. He clenched his fists with difficulty and tried to get up. He shouted fiercely, “You beast! How dare you touch my wife?”

However, the man in black acted as though he didn’t hear anything. He immediately leaned over and pounced on Xiaohua. Then, he started to nibble on the latter’s neck and shoulder. He panted slightly before continuing, “That is to live happily with me. It’s better than death since you’re so beautiful.”

Xiaohua had no idea what to do as she lay beneath the man in black. All she knew was that she still had to resist the man as long as she had the strength to do so.

She pushed the man in black away desperately and shouted, “Chen Lang, save me! Save me! Save me!”

However, she knew that it was useless. After all, her husband, who was lying on the ground, did not even have the strength to speak. How could he get up to save her from being tainted?

“Chen Lang!” Yet, she went on shouting because there was nothing else she could do.

She desperately wanted to live!

By the side, Chen Lang mustered up all of his remaining strength to lift his head. With that, the blood on his head flowed uncontrollably toward his face. Before long, his entire face was covered in blood.

“Chen Lang…” Xiaohua, who was being held down, choked on her tears. She cried as she looked at her husband who was trying his best to get up in spite of the blood flowing down his face. She slowly closed her eyes and her voice weakened.

“Forget it, Chen Lang. I guess this is our fate…” Xiaohua instantly gave up on resisting the man and lay there motionlessly for the man to do as he pleased.

“No… Xiaohua, I can do it.” Chen Lang struggled to support himself.

But it didn’t take long before he fell back with a thud. He propped himself up again and kept muttering, “Xiaohua…”

Meanwhile, the man in black was immersed in lust. Just as he was about to undo his pants, he heard the man behind him crying, “Xiaohua…”

The man in black frowned and pushed himself up impatiently. He stood up, walked over and kicked the other man mercilessly.

In an instant, the man on the ground was kicked to the wall, and blood stained the wall.

At the same time, Xiaohua lay there, without saying a word. She opened her eyes slightly and closed them. She saw her husband being treated like this. Even she was being treated like this by the men in black. There was also the newborn child in the backyard…

The family of three would not be able to escape this man’s abuse.

She slowly shut her eyes. ‘Forget it, I’ll just die. What’s the use of resisting? Fighting is futile. Believing the words of an evil person is as laughable as a foolish sheep believing that a wolf wouldn’t eat it. Evildoers are evildoers because they commit all kinds of crimes. They have no morals, no limits, or humanity!’

Her husband fainted from the blow, and his blood-stained body slowly slid down the wall.

In the courtyard outside, the shouts of the other men in black could be heard. “We’ve found it. It’s a baby that’s not even a year old. Master will definitely like it!”

“Bring him here!” the man in black casually replied.

The man in black curled his lips and rolled up his sleeves. He turned around and looked at Xiaohua, who was lying on the ground in a disheveled state. He licked his lips and said in a devilish voice, “Woman, now that it’s quiet, let me have some fun with you.”

The next moment, the man in black got down on the ground again. He positioned himself on top of Xiaohua. This time, the man in black didn’t have much patience. He wanted to get down to it immediately. However, his leader outside couldn’t wait any longer. He had to get back and report to his higher-ups.

The man in black glanced at the motionless woman below him, and his lower body immediately reacted. He slowly stretched out his lower body and was about to do something.

But just then, a silver sword with a dragon pattern engraved on it suddenly appeared behind him.

The next moment, Xiaohua smelled a foul liquid spraying all over her body. Her eyes, which were filled with despair, shot open.

A silver sword then pierced through the chest of the man in black on top of her. Yet, there was no one behind him!

Immediately after that, the man spat out a mouthful of blood before collapsing onto the ground, motionless. That man probably didn’t even know how he died!

At that moment, the men in black rushed over. One of them was holding a crying baby in his arms. They shouted from outside, “Hey, Lin Shen, stop wasting time inside. Hurry up and come out. We have to report to the leader. This time, we have really done a great deed!”

What they didn’t know was that Lin Shen had already been stabbed by a silver sword that appeared out of nowhere, dying on the spot.

It was eerily silent in the house.

Suddenly, the silver sword was pulled out by an unknown force from behind her, and Xiaohua was so frightened that she subconsciously retreated.

She shouted carefully, “Ahh! How is this possible? How can a silver sword move on its own?”

Instead of remaining there, the silver sword rushed into the back courtyard.

“Sigh. Lin Shen must be messing with another young lady. Let’s go in and call him.” the man in black carrying the newborn baby said as he walked in.

The other men in black followed behind him.

Just then, a gust of cold wind blew towards the group of men.

“What’s going on? Did the temperature suddenly drop?”

“Perhaps.”

The man in black in the front row instantly shouted, “Ah!” Then, he stopped moving.

The men behind him stopped abruptly in their tracks. “What’s going on? What’s wrong with you? Why are you suddenly shouting?” one of them questioned.

“Exactly! Why are you shouting? You scared me! I thought you ran into a ghost!”

“Hey, don’t talk nonsense. There aren’t any ghosts in this village apart from us!” someone else replied.

Everyone burst into laughter at that joke.

“I can’t say that you’re wrong, but we’re just weak underlings. Who else would do such things for them if not us? Think about it. Which parent would sacrifice their own newborn for a ritual?” one of the men said.

“You’re right, but who cares? It’s not our child. It’s none of our business.” the group of men said nonchalantly.

“That’s true, but why isn’t he moving at all!”

Then, everyone’s attention returned to the man in black who was holding the baby in front. He had stopped moving after screaming.

The people behind him had already sensed that something was wrong. One of the men raised his finger and poked him in his back while shivering.

“Hey, what’s wrong? Why aren’t you walking? Is there something ahead?”

The black figure in front didn’t say anything.

The man behind him frowned and started shoving him instead of probing him.

To everyone’s surprise, the man leading the group toppled over. However, the child in his hand was floating in midair!

At the same time, the men behind him finally noticed a silver sword that had appeared out of nowhere, and was stabbed into the man’s chest.

They let out a blood-curdling scream in unison.

“This! How is this possible?”

“It-it must be a ghost! This is absolutely impossible. How could he suddenly die like this?”

One of the men in black was so frightened that he had even peed on the spot.

Then, the men in black huddled together and picked up their weapons and torches. They trembled as they glanced around.

Other than thatched huts, there were no traces of other people around them.

Just then, the silver sword that was stabbed into the black figure was pulled out, and blood sprayed out from the black figure’s chest.

When the men saw this, they immediately screamed, “Ahh! Run! Damn it!”