Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 829 Hide and Seek (Part 1)

Following the sound, Lanlan slowly walked through corners and past rows of gray houses, soon entering the depths of the courtyard.

After walking a few more steps along the corridor, I soon saw several seven or eight-year-old boys squatting together at the end, talking amongst themselves.

someone.

People who are still active.

Lanlan felt relieved and walked towards the boys.

Perhaps these people live in the other courtyard. Go over and ask the owner where the house is, just to say hello.

"Excuse me... do you know... where the adults are?" She leaned closer, asking in a slightly embarrassed low voice, "The rain is so heavy, I had no choice... so I came in to take shelter from the rain..."

"grown ups?"

"grown ups?"

"grown ups?"

"grown ups?"

Several boys turned around, their faces beaming with joy, and looked at Lanlan in unison, repeating the same word over and over.

“Yes…it’s someone taller than us…bigger than us…someone who can manage things…” Lanlan instinctively sensed something was wrong.

She tried to interpret the meaning behind her words from the perspective of an older sister.

Lanlan only realized it when they got closer.

The boys across the way were perfectly clean, without a single trace of rainwater on them. The covered walkway did provide shelter from the rain, but it only offered some overhead protection.

Raindrops from both sides could still be blown in at an angle.

A group of children were huddled together on the narrow corridor, playing and frolicking all the while. How could they possibly be completely dry?!

"Manager?"

"Manager?"

"Manager?"

"Manager?"

A few little boys gathered around, their faces beaming with innocent, even adorable smiles.

However, their voices remained mechanically monotonous, repeating themselves like a cassette tape player on endless loop.

"You...don't you know?"

Lanlan noticed something was amiss as she watched the little boy gather around. Eleven or twelve years old didn't sound very old.

In ordinary families, this would be the age when she is engaged and ready to marry out.

Under her older sister's tireless protection, Lanlan may be a little more innocent and naive than her peers.

But it's not that they have no life experience at all or know nothing.

As a member of the Tantai family, she experienced many dark things from a young age and always knew many rumors that ordinary people did not.

"I need to see your parents." Lanlan's face turned pale, and she backed away. "Get out of my way. I don't have time to play with you."

"Play?"

"Play?!"

"Play??!!"

"Play!!!!!!!"

As if a switch had been flipped, the child in front of me immediately changed. His smile widened.

She has long, curved eyelashes, a curved mouth, and a lovely smile on her face.

Upon closer inspection, it looks like a wooden doll, with an even bigger smile forcibly stretched out.

His smile was fake, and his movements were stiff.

His eyes remained fixed, staring intently.

They seemed to speak at the same time, but different voices rang out.

Lanlan felt a surge of fear, her face turned pale, and she retreated step by step.

Thump...

She stopped abruptly.

It wasn't that she wanted to stop on her own initiative.

Instead, the children, holding hands, stopped her.

"?!!!!!" Lanlan only realized it when they collided at close range.

After the children stood up, they vanished without a trace!

"hide and seek."

"hide and seek."

"hide and seek…..."

"Playing guessing games..."

The sound grew increasingly shrill, increasingly indistinct and distorted.

Like a cassette tape reaching its end, the hissing, static-like noise kept drilling into my ears.

"what!!!!!"

Lanlan covered her ears tightly, squatted down in pain, and her once bright eyes were now bloodshot.

She felt as if a strange, blood-red earthworm had crawled into her head.

Following the blood vessels, it burrowed into the cortex and began to gnaw at the brain. "Ah!!"

Lanlan screamed, unable to hold back any longer.

Her subconscious mind kept her as lively as possible.

She screamed and instinctively tried to rush outside.

Even though Lanlan was pampered since childhood and hadn't had much exercise, her survival instinct in times of crisis was still incredibly powerful.

They were just a few seven or eight-year-old children; they couldn't stop her at all.

This is true.

The little boy's arms, which were folded in a circle, went limp like noodles the instant they collided, clearing the way.

Snapped.

Two black palm prints suddenly appeared on Lanlan's shoulders, and she was involuntarily lifted into the air.

"Let's play together. Hide and seek." It was like a soft whisper in my ear.

"one…..."

"two…..."

"three…..."

"...Found you!"

Lanlan's vision went black, and the scene before her eyes instantly lost its color.

Before plunging into complete darkness.

All she could see was someone standing quietly behind her.

It was a figure completely black.

The instant I saw the figure's face.

Lanlan was stunned.

That's her face.

A face exactly like hers

Except for the teeth being completely black, everything else is exactly the same.

Then, she knew nothing more.

……………

Snap, snap, snap...

In the dark space, the sound of unhurried footsteps slowly rose.

Han Yi moved quietly inside the cave, looking around with great interest.

The enormous cavern was several times larger than before.

Above their heads was a huge circular bronze array, inlaid with countless copper coins of all sizes. The numerous coins were densely and neatly arranged together, creating a strange and beautiful sight that was truly breathtaking.

Clang...

Han Yi paused, bent down, and gently picked up a palm-sized copper coin. Both sides of the coin were covered with tiny characters, as small as flies, densely packed, like some kind of miniature magic array.

The copper coins, which should have been shining brightly, were now covered in rust, as if they had been corroded over countless years, with many missing pieces along the edges.

Han Yi raised his head and stared intently at the cave wall.

Upon closer inspection, the bronze array also has a pattern similar to that on the stone gate.

What made his pupils shrink was that the spot in the middle of the bronze array, where some kind of suppressing artifact was placed, had been completely shattered.

The black rocks behind were exposed.

A continuous stream of demonic energy emanated from the stone.

"Who?"

Han Yi's brow furrowed, and his gaze quickly shifted.

Inside the dark cave, a thick gray mist filled the air, and faint footsteps could be heard. "You're too late… The Demon King has broken free… He destroyed several layers of seals, and most of us, along with all the other guards, perished… Go back… Go back… Go get reinforcements…"

In the darkness, a minotaur with slightly unsteady steps slowly appeared before Han Yi.

He was covered in arrows, and corrosive green liquid was constantly seeping from his dark skin.

"You... are not human?"

Han Yi's eyes narrowed slightly.

After wandering in the darkness of the cave for so long, we finally encountered the first truly intelligent life form.

Surprisingly, it wasn't even human.

"Humans?" The minotaur's accent was strange, and his tone was equally odd. "What humans? Aren't they the Hundred Races?"

He looked Han Yi up and down, then asked curiously, "So you're... from the Giant race? Did Emperor Youwu send you?"

At this moment, Han Yi was still in the normal state of physical liberation, and his huge body looked nothing like an ordinary human.

No wonder the other side had questions.

"Emperor Youwu?"

Listening to the minotaur's obscure and incomprehensible accent, Han Yi slowly began to make a guess.

"Aren't you one of them? It took you so long to arrive and provide support after the warning was issued. Are you all alone?" The minotaur, speaking with a strong accent from the previous dynasty, asked in bewilderment, "Your strength... while it seems impressive, is no match for the Demon King."

"It's just me." Han Yi nodded. "What about you? Are you the only one alive? Are there any other survivors?"

“There might be other survivors. But I don’t know.” The minotaur looked around. “Don’t joke around. It’s impossible that you’re alone. Who is your leader? According to the rules, at least one Nascent Soul cultivator must lead the team to enter the seal.”

"It really is just me." Han Yi narrowed his eyes and stepped aside. "You'll see if you don't believe me."

"He's definitely lying to me." The minotaur slowly approached Han Yi, observing him carefully.

"There are always people who see me as honest and think I'm easy to deceive. Every demon king is extremely difficult to kill. You must understand that, apart from using magic arrays to wear them down and relying on endless time to weaken them and cause them to decline and disappear naturally, there are no other methods..."

As the minotaur spoke, he moved even closer to Han Yi.

Be closer.

Han Yicai then got a clear look at the minotaur's specific situation.

The two enormous bull horns were now only half-remaining, and its massive size, standing four or five meters tall, was much larger than Han Yi.

His chest, back, limbs... were riddled with holes, with more than a dozen thick feathered arrows piercing deep into his flesh. Some wounds even had greenish, rusty copper coins embedded in them.

It's hard to imagine that such a large number of horrific injuries could be concentrated on a single creature and still allow it to survive.

"Oh, I see..." Han Yi said thoughtfully, "The Nascent Soul expert didn't come. But what I brought... is the latest demon-slaying method of the human race..."

"Destroy demons? Humans?" Before he could finish speaking, the minotaur burst into unrestrained laughter. "On what grounds? Just because of the weak bodies of humans? The immortal demon kings, each possess extremely powerful special abilities, can cause the earth to tremble with a mere gesture... and cause mountains to crack and resonate with every breath..."

"You don't believe me?" Han Yi laughed as well, interrupting the other person to continue, "How many years have you been here? The outside world... has undergone earth-shattering changes."

"How many years..."

The minotaur fell into deep thought, slowly continuing to approach Han Yi. "At first, I thought I could get out in ten years. Then it was twenty, fifty... a hundred, two hundred years..."

His voice grew softer and softer, as if he were lost in thought, drawing everyone's attention and making them listen intently.

"A thousand years! It's time for us loyal guards... to have a good meal!! It's been far too long... since we've tasted blood!!!!"

Boom.

The minotaur was engulfed in dark purple flames, and its massive arms came together with a force powerful enough to shatter a mountain, smashing down on Han Yi.

puff…...

The immense force vanished silently, as if it had been swallowed by a sponge, leaving no trace.

“Continue. What is a Divine Infant? And what are you…?” Han Yi remained calm, one hand outstretched to block the minotaur's body, and said indifferently. “What?!”

The minotaur's large, bell-shaped eyes revealed obvious disbelief.

"Secret Technique: Black Kill!!!"

He reacted extremely quickly, letting out a roar as a chilling black and red aura emanated from his body. His massive form instantly soared into the air, and two somewhat ethereal bull horns appeared, hurtling towards Han Yi like electric drills.

hiss hiss hiss...

The wildly spinning body slowly came to a stop, as if someone were applying an opposing rotational force from the opposite side.

“A thousand years? It seems the Yuanmiao Sect’s legacy… is even longer than I imagined…” Han Yi raised an arm, palm up.

The skin on my palm was only slightly red and swollen, as if it had been lightly bumped, and the swelling gradually subsided.

"No... Impossible?!?" The minotaur's eyes widened, and he was momentarily stunned.

He never imagined that his trump card would be useless against a human who hadn't even reached the inner core stage.

"Speed·Shadow Instant!"

The minotaur suddenly pulled with both hands, and a dark shadow suddenly appeared on his arms.

*Sizzle sizzle sizzle!*

The shadowy figure was incredibly fast; the instant it appeared, it vanished from sight with lightning speed.

The minotaur's massive body also dissipated and faded away as the black shadow disappeared.

"..."

Looking around, there was no one there.

Han Yi immediately smiled.

"interesting…..."

He laughed heartily, genuinely, and happily. How long has it been?

It had been so long since he had encountered something so interesting and fun.

This trip to the Hundred Flowers Secret Realm... was truly the right one.

Han Yi didn't care and didn't feel any regret about the disappearance of the minotaurs.

Continue walking, slowly wandering through the dark cave.

Where did the minotaurs escape to...?

He didn't care at all.

Because Han Yi knew.

No one... can escape from him!

Yes, there is no one.

"Hide and seek... Great... My favorite thing... is hide and seek..."

Han Yi's figure slowly disappeared into the darkness, his voice growing fainter and fainter. "One..."

"two…..."

"three…..."

"Is it hidden well?"

"Don't... disappoint me!!!"

……………

……………

Bang! ! !

The courtyard gate was suddenly kicked open.

Under the gray sky, fine rain fell on the bluestone paving stones, making an annoying clattering sound.

"Lord Xunzhen. My sister..."

Wearing a raincoat and with a pale face, the woman walked anxiously to the gate of the courtyard, eager to rush forward.