I was almost eaten at the beginning, luckily I was able to transfer the negative status

……

"You're not making any more noise, are you?"

Finally, after the silence lasted for more than ten breaths, Zhou Heng spoke.

His voice was as biting as the cold wind in November, making everyone present tremble all over.

"Now, immediately, immediately, get back to the village! If anyone dares to delay, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Hear the words.

Zhong Xiang and many other prisoners were all horrified.

However, when they recalled the tragic death of the prisoner just now, they no longer dared to delay for a moment. After just a pause, they set off one after another towards Niluo Village.

Soon, Zhong Xiang and the criminals all entered the village with dejected looks on their faces, and wandered around the entrance of the village, not daring to go any deeper.

Zhou Heng did not urge him again.

After all, his main purpose was to lure out the evil that was entrenched in the village, not necessarily to kill Zhong Xiang and the others. If they could lure out the evil when it was wandering at the entrance of the village, it would be more conducive to his exorcism.

Of course, he did not place all his hopes of attracting evil on Zhong Xiang and others, but silently calculated the time in his heart.

After midnight, if Zhong Xiang and others still fail to lure out the evil, he will go into the village to explore it himself.

The reason why he had to wait until midnight was because it was only one hour away from midnight. By then, if he was really no match for that [evil], he could wait until the system refreshed at midnight to get more chances to turn the tables.

……

Time passed by nervously, minute by minute.

The entrance of Niluo Village.

The dozen or so death row inmates and serious criminals gathered together for warmth.

As for Zhong Xiangdu, he held his county magistrate seal tightly in both hands, muttering to himself, with his eyes closed and head raised, his face full of tension and fear, as if praying for God's blessing.

However, his prayers seemed to have the opposite effect.

Suddenly, without any warning, a yellowed hemp rope was wrapped around his neck and then pulled upwards violently.

“Woo—”

Zhong Xiang immediately let out a breathless, whimpering sound of terror, struggling desperately as his whole body was hanging in the air.

Fortunately, at the moment he was caught by the hemp rope, the county magistrate's seal in his hand emitted a layer of milky white light in time, covering his whole body tightly, so that he would not die immediately when he was caught by the strange hemp rope.

At the same time, the huge noise when Zhong Xiang was hung up by the hemp rope also attracted the attention of people around.

Seeing this scene, everyone instinctively looked up at Zhong Xiang, who was hanging in the air like a dead pig and struggling desperately, even Zhou Heng was no exception.

however.

As they instinctively looked up, countless hemp ropes fell like rain, and were put around their necks without any warning, and then they were all hung up.

In an instant.

Whether inside or outside the village, whether it was the group of criminals or the yamen runners who besieged the village, or even the always cautious Zhou Heng, they were all hung in the air like dead dogs, swaying in the wind.

Same as Zhongxiang before.

There was Zhou Heng, who held the rank of seventh, Wang Wu, who held the rank of eighth, and several county constables, who held the rank of ninth. The official orders or seals they carried with them all emitted a milky white glow of varying shades, covering their entire bodies and preventing them from being killed directly by the hemp ropes.

As for the other criminals and unranked constables and yamen runners, their necks were broken the moment the hemp rope was put around their necks, and after being hung in the air by the hemp rope, they completely lost their lives.

clang──

A loud sword sound was heard.

For exactly zero point and one second, he was hung in the air by his neck in a strange hemp rope.

Zhou Heng did not hesitate at all. He immediately drew his sword and cut the strange hemp rope around his neck.

Then, he suddenly stepped into the air, his body moving as fast as a floating willow, the long sword in his hand flashed, and there were a few more loud clanging sword sounds. Officials such as Zhong Xiang and Wang Wu who were protected by the national destiny and did not die instantly also had the hemp ropes around their necks cut by him.

bang bang bang...

"Ouch..."

Along with the sound of several heavy falls, the screams of Zhong Xiang and others who survived the disaster were heard one after another. They fell to the ground and wailed in pain.

"Everyone, don't look up!"

Before Zhong Xiang and the others' wails stopped, Zhou Heng hurriedly spoke out to remind them.

Then, he no longer cared about the lives of those people on the ground. He continued to stand in the air, looking at those who were hanged directly by hemp ropes, and thinking quickly in his mind.

'Just now, it seemed that because everyone looked up, the strange hemp rope suddenly appeared.

From the moment I forced him into the village, Zhong Xiang kept looking up at the sky and praying, but it took him a long time before he was attacked by the hemp rope.

This shows that the [Evil] this time is indeed only at a medium level and there is no possibility of mastering the evil realm.

Otherwise, if everyone is in the evil realm at this moment, even if they are tens of thousands of miles away from the evil, as long as the opponent's killing pattern is triggered, it will take effect instantly, and there will be no need to wait for a while to take effect.

Unless this [evil] is the same as the [evil] in the Pingyang government office before, which can only attack one person at a time, but judging from the situation that everyone was attacked at the same time just now, this assumption is obviously not true.

The only question now is, where is the real body of this evil?

Cutting the hemp ropes didn't seem to affect the other party. The few hemp ropes I just cut had now disappeared without a trace. This showed that these ropes were merely derivatives of that [evil].

Mind this.

Zhou Heng couldn't help but feel even more troubled. He suffered a round of [evil] attacks for no reason, and dozens of people died directly, but he still couldn't find the opponent's true body and find out the specific situation of the opponent.

“What should I do… What should I do…”

Think for a long time.

Zhou Heng still didn't have many ideas to break the deadlock.

Finally, he had no choice but to land on the ground temporarily and look at Zhong Xiang and his companions who were squatting on the ground with their heads lowered like quails, curled up and shivering.

"Alright, everyone, get up! As long as you don't look up at the sky, the evil won't attack you."

Hear the words.

Thinking of Zhou Heng's previous terrifying power, although Zhong Xiang and the others were still afraid of encountering evil spirits, they were more afraid of Zhou Heng and slowly stood up.

They were still shaking like sieves, with their heads lowered. They only dared to roll their eyes and look at Zhou Heng cautiously out of the corner of their eyes.

See this situation.

Zhou Heng was too lazy to pursue the matter, and instead went straight to the point and asked:

"Recall what happened just now and think about where the real body of the evil might be hiding now.

If anyone can come up with this idea, I will report it to the court and ask for a reward after this exorcism is over.

By then, whether it's getting promoted, getting rich, or becoming an extraordinary being like me, everything is possible!"