" No, I cannot do that!" Su Qingzhao did not even think twice before he shook his head and refused, how can he even think of harming his aunt by sacrificing her? There was no way he was going to allow such a thing to happen! If he was to kill Su Qian for his survival then he might never be able to raise his head and look at his father in the eyes ever again.
What was more, his cousin Wang Yufan treated him really well. The two of them grew up together and his cousin had often protected him from bullies, how can he even push his cousin's mother into the pit of death with his own hands? That was impossible for him to do!
" If we are going to die then we are going to die, I refuse to sacrifice your life for my sake aunt !" Even though Su Qingzhao's heart was filled with regrets and grief, he was not selfish enough to kill someone for his survival even if it meant that he was going to die, this was something only beasts would do and he was no inhuman beast.
When Su Qian opened her mouth to say something, he immediately retorted, " Don't say anything aunt. If I were to sacrifice you tonight then I will never be able to forgive myself, do you wish me to live a life which was filled with guilt? I would rather die!"
Seeing Su Qingzhao act so filial, Zou Shen and Qin Lu were ashamed. A part of them was tempted after getting hoodwinked by the things which spoke to them, they wanted to sacrifice the adults since what Su Qian said indeed touched them, they were still young and the adults were already past their primes, it was all right for them to die in such a crucial moment.
Only after listening to Su Qingzhao did they snap out of their daze and were too ashamed to even look at anyone. How can they even think something like this? Each life was worth celebrating, how can they even think of causally sacrificing someone for their own life?
They deserved to live but so did the rest, who gave them the right to choose?
" He is right Aunt Wang," spoke Qin Lu even though his legs were trembling because of the terror coursing in his veins, he looked at Su Qian and nodded to her with his fists clenched and continued speaking, " If we are going to die then let's die together. We were the ones who were foolish enough to come to this place after listening to a woman, it had nothing to do with you. These actions were our own, so we will face consequences as well."
With that, he turned to face the ghost thing which was heading towards them with a smile on his face. The closer it got the more excited the sneer on his face became and the wild glint in his eyes almost caused Qin Lu to faint but he somehow managed to stay conscious and did not break down.
Qin Lu touched the talismans which were in his hands and then turned to look at the rest and then said, " I and Zou Shen will go and lure this thing away, you all can hide for tonight…maybe …maybe if you are all lucky then you might be able to escape."
Because of his less-than-human thoughts just now Qin Lu wanted to make up to the rest which was why he chose to act as bait and turned to look at Zou Shen who nodded his head and agreed, the two of them gritted their teeth and then turned to look at the ghost thing which was heading their way in a slow predatorily grate as if it was going to take it's sweet time while hunting them down.
Seeing this Qin Lu did not stop to think and then rushed ahead.
Zou Shen's face was deathly pale as well but because he was of the same mind as Qin Lu, he also took a step forward seeing this Su Qingzhao tried to stop him but Zou Shen shook his head and then said, " Qingzhao, unlike me your family will not give up on you ….I am just an illegitimate child and no one will care about my death …but I hope you will take care of my mother."
" Shen Shen," Su Qingzhao's eyes turned red and he spoke with difficulty, he knew that Zou Shen's mother had gone crazy after finding out that she was cheated on by a man and was now living in the mental hospital because Zou Shen was a son, his grandfather allowed him to return to the Zou family but he was not satisfied with Zou Shen's mother which was why he never acknowledged her existence.
Only Zou Shen cared for his crazy mother but now for the sake of saving him, he was willingly throwing away his life.
" Don't go, Ah Shen," Su Qingzhao told Zou Shen.
But Zou Shen did not say anything much to him, instead, he flung Su Qingzhao 's hand and then rushed ahead with Qin Lu. The talisman that he was carrying in his hand was thrown alongside the one which Qin Lu threw at the thing, as soon as the two talismans collided, a blinding light flashed in the entire forest causing the face of the ghost thing to be burned until its flesh was falling on the ground after getting charred.
The things roared furiously and charged at Qin Lu and Zou Shen, seeing this the two ran in the opposite direction while they screamed at the group to run away while the thing was not paying attention to them.
Su Qingzhao wanted to stay and protect his brothers but he did not get the chance to do anything as the thing which was chasing after them, raised his hand and then swiped down heavily on Zou Shen causing his back to be scratched so badly that one could see his spine as blood dripped on the ground.
When Zou Shen felt his skin getting torn up, he knew he was going to die which was why he did not fight and then lay down on the ground. He did not have any regrets at least he did not like a beast and was going down bravely.
Seeing that Zou Shen had already given up, Su Qingzhao who was running away stopped and turned to look at his friend who was now going to be the feast of that ghost thing and cried in despair, " Ah Shen!"
Suddenly, just as Su Qingzhao thought that his friend was dead for sure, a woman as tall as the ghost thing while glowing with a vibrant light rushed towards the ghost thing, she was dressed in a beautiful red traditional robe and was carrying a spear in her hand with red tassel around the bottom of the blade. Her face was covered with a mask which had a talisman sticking to it as she aimed at the thing.
Behind her was a three-headed wolf who rushed after the groups of ghost things which were running after Qin Lu.
The wolf took care of the group of the ghost things while the tall woman who was as tall as the ghost thing which was clattering its teeth swiped her spear at the thing and then aimed the tip of the spear at the centre of the ghost thing where its heart was supposed to be if it was a human as soon as the spear passed through the rib cage, the thing which was smiling gloating paused and then before anyone could see what was happening, a wail which was full of grievance and anger echoed through the forest.
The ghost thing which was standing in front of them was set alight on fire which was vibrant purple and soon the thing broke bit by bit as it crumbled into nothing but ashes.
The entire island shook as if it was going to sink any second and they heard the howl of the monstrous thing which seemed to be the big boss of this place.
" What…What is happening?" Su Qingzhao cried as he looked around and then gazed at his aunt. " Are …Are we all going to die? I do not want to die!"
Was there an internal friction between these monstrous things?
Su Qian did not say anything as she looked at the woman, though she looked scarily tall, she could sense that she was not carrying any ill will in fact she seemed to be helping them.
" We need to first take care of Ah Shen, stop crying for now, Ah Hao," Su Qian reminded Su Qingzhao about Zou Shen only then did the latter recall that his friend was currently lying on his death bed and immediately turned around and charged in the direction where Zou Shen was, when he came to a stop in front of Zou Shen, he realised that Zou Shen looked extraordinarily pale and was no longer breathing properly seeing this he could not help but pull his hair and shout, " Ah Shen!"
" Shut up, what are you crying for? He is still alive!"
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