"One, zero."

Upon Li Jingyang's utterance of 'zero', the faces of Chen Rui and the others turned pale as death instantly.

At this moment, each of them tasted the flavor of death, feeling their doom was inevitable.

Yet, moments later, everyone's face gradually changed, looking strange and filled with surprise.

Li Jingyang, in contrast, opened his mouth wide in disbelief as he looked at Chen Rui and the others.

With his experience, once the count reached zero, Chen Rui and others wouldn't be able to escape and would immediately die.

However, at present, he had counted to zero, and quite a few seconds had passed. Not only were Chen Rui and the others not dead, none of them were.

Chen Rui and others suddenly sighed in relief, cast a glance at Xiao Mu and Lei Shun, and then looked at Li Jingyang.

"How is it possible? The time is up, how could you all still not be dead?"

Li Jingyang was the most shocked, but obviously couldn't guess the reason.

"Look quickly."

Lei Shun suddenly spoke, pointing towards Chen Rui and the others' bodies, and then at Xiao Mu.

It was only then that everyone noticed a golden thread between Chen Rui, the others, and Xiao Mu.

This golden thread emerged from Xiao Mu's body and directly connected to Chen Rui and the others.

Moreso, from this golden thread emanated vitality. As soon as this vitality emerged, it immediately countered the Death Qi in their bodies, stopping it from spreading further.

If not for Lei Shun's discovery, everyone wouldn't have noticed.

"This... what is this?"

After Lei Shun's reminder, Chen Rui and the others discovered the thread lines that emerged from Xiao Mu's body, connecting to theirs and others.

Clearly, what Li Jingyang had said was not wrong. That Deathly Black Qi had settled on them, and they were all certainly doomed to die.

These golden threads had saved them, blocking that deadly Black Qi.

However, none of them recognized these golden threads.

"I've told you before, you won't die."

Xiao Mu spoke calmly, stating a simple sentence. Without any signs of relaxing, he continued to maintain the thread lines on his body, connecting Chen Rui and others, helping to resist the attack of the deadly Black Qi.

Without these golden threads, Chen Rui and others wouldn't have been able to hold on for even a moment.

At this point, there was nothing more Li Jingyang could say.

Xiao Mu had made his assurance earlier, but they had not believed him.

"It turns out Mr. Xiao was prepared in advance."

Chen Rui completely relaxed.

With these golden threads present, it seemed that for a time, they wouldn't die.

"You should move back some, the further from the scene, the better."

Xiao Mu suddenly spoke, instructing Chen Rui and the others again.

"Move back?"

Chen Rui and the others clearly did not understand why Xiao Mu suddenly asked them to move back. Hadn't the Deadly Black Qi already been blocked? Shouldn't the most important thing right now be to take the opportunity to dismantle the temple? Why should they move back at such a time?

"Mr. Xiao, why should we move back? Aren't we going to destroy the temple?"

Confused, Chen Rui immediately asked.

Xiao Mu lightly shook his head, "I can't explain right now, quickly move back, otherwise it'll be too late."

Upon hearing this, Chen Rui and the others were startled and quickly retreated, rapidly distancing themselves from the scene.

The group consisted of martial artists with quick movements, and within moments, they reached a position fifty meters away.

Li Jingyang wore an uneasy expression. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should stay where he was or move back like Chen Rui and the others.

But Lei Shun couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Xiao, do I need to move back?"

After Chen Rui and the others had retreated, there were not many mutated beings left on the scene. Li Jingyang also seemed to have intentions to retreat. If he also retreated, there would be no more mutated beings from March City left.

Leaving Xiao Mu alone at the scene made Lei Shun feel embarrassed.

"No need. I told Chen Rui and the others to move back because staying here would be dangerous for them. Lei, you don't need to retreat."

Xiao Mu casually explained, which immediately dispelled Lei Shun's concerns.

This also made him even more amazed.

So, it seemed that the danger Chen Rui and the others were in had not been resolved? And they could still be in danger at any moment.

He didn't have time to ask, because Xiao Mu had already started another countdown, "Thirty, twenty-nine..."

Li Jingyang instinctively stepped back, because the serious expression on Xiao Mu's face gave him a feeling of heaviness.

However, after only moving a short distance, he realized that he was the city's security officer. Retreating like this seemed improper, so he stopped.

Nevertheless, he stayed about ten meters away, not daring to approach any closer.

He also feared the emergence of danger, which could affect him too.

Xiao Mu's countdown was rapid, and the thirty seconds quickly passed.

"Three, two, one..."

At that moment, the scene suddenly turned chaotic.

The entire Land God Temple unexpectedly became dark, as if the scene had suddenly turned into an endless night. Everything was pitch black, where nothing could be seen.

"Ah! I can't see anything!"

"Why is it so dark?"

Not only the common people couldn't see, but the martial artists couldn't either. This darkness was beyond their imagination, and evidently not caused by any evil absurdity.

Following that, from within the darkness were heart-wrenching cries.

The weeping was extremely eerie, making people feel devastated as they heard it.

Immediately after, whimpering sounds followed.

As if countless evil ghosts were weeping at the same time, a black rope-like object suddenly appeared, flying in the air. It instantly moved towards the necks of Chen Rui and others.

Soul-hooking rope!

Undoubtedly, this was the soul-hooking rope that only a curse ghost could possess.

For a moment, the faces of Chen Rui and others changed, becoming as pale as the dead.

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