The group rapidly approached the room and soon found themselves close by.

The martial artist pushed open the door and everyone went in.

Inside the room, they immediately saw in the center of the room, on top of a human head post, was a transparent bead the size of a ping pong ball.

The so-called human head post was a human head cut off by an evil zombie, eroded by wicked energy, stuck on a decayed pillar, and then implanted into the ground.

This was a human head post.

At this time, this human head post appeared particularly eerie. The zombie had done something to it that rendered it grotesque. Beyond its wide-open eyes that reflected the unspeakable agony it must have been through before dying, black, snake-like tentacles were protruding from the seven orifices of this human head post, constantly twisting and moving as if some strange parasite had sprung from within the head. It was revolting to behold.

"It's the Air Bead!"

The Grand Chan Master recognized the bead at a glance and moved towards it.

"Haha!"

King Qingshan burst into easy laughter, "Once we have it, we won't have to worry about the zombies finding us. We can finally unleash some serious damage."

With that, he reached out to grab the Air Bead placed above the human head post.

Suddenly Xiao Mu thought of something and a sense of unease surged within him.

The Air Bead was so important, why would the evil zombie leave it so carelessly unguarded?

That was completely out of normality!

Seeing King Qingshan reach out for the Air Bead, Xiao Mu, realizing the potential danger, quickly warned, "King Qingshan, be careful. Do not touch it. I suspect it might be a trap."

"What trap?"

King Qingshan asked, turning his head back while his hand had already made contact with the Air Bead, casually picking it up.

The moment he lifted the Air Bead, he felt no abnormalities and laughed, "Old Mu, aren't you being a bit too cautious? A-"

Before he could finish his sentence, he immediately noticed something was wrong.

The Air Bead in his hand had disappeared as soon as he picked it up, vanishing as if into thin air.

This strange occurrence made King Qingshan shiver, "What the... What's going on? Why are all of you... why are you all staring at me like that?"

Everyone was stunned, their faces bizarre and shockingly staring at King Qingshan.

At this moment, behind King Qingshan, his shadow slowly got up just as soon as the Air Bead disappeared.

The shadow looked just like King Qingshan. However, it grimaced with an extremely malevolent expression, the corner of its mouth curling with a cruel and eerie smile.

The shadow stared at King Qingshan from behind and suddenly raised its palm filled with evil aura, smacking it down towards King Qingshan's head.

"Watch out!"

Everyone simultaneously cried out a warning.

King Qingshan had already noticed the anomaly from their expressions, and when the sinister shadow moved to strike, he instantly dodged and counterattacked.

"Bang!"

"Pugh!"

The odd shadow's palm seemed to pass right through King Qingshan's defense, his hand unable to block the shadow's attack and was penetrated through.

Fortunately, King Qingshan had moved his head aside in time. Even so, the shadow's attack landed on his back.

This shadow's strength was similar to King Qingshan's and it injured him with just one attack.

"What the hell is this thing?"

The injured King Qingshan immediately felt chills, he cried out in alarm, spinning to see what exactly had attacked him.

But as he turned, the shadow also drifted, always behind him, stuck to him like a leech, impossible to shake off, impossible to face directly.

Whoosh!

The eerie shadow swiftly struck again, aiming for King Qingshan.

"Watch out!"

Everyone simultaneously rushed to rescue King Qingshan, attacking the shadow behind him.

"Bang!"

The martial artist was the fastest, his attack landed first on the shadow, hitting it like it was made of rotten leather.

Pugh!

King Qingshan spewed out fresh blood once again.

At the same time, the shadow's face contorted into a more sinister grin, looking at the martial artist as if savoring a malicious satisfaction from its vile act.

"No, don't! If you hit it, you'll hit me!"

King Qingshan shouted in time to stop the people who had rushed over to try and help him.

The shadow, smirking sinisterly, struck at King Qingshan.

No one attempted to stop the shadow as it continued its assault on King Qingshan, poised to deliver a fatal blow.

Ironically, to King Qingshan himself, the shadow was like an illusion, untouchable and unstoppable.

In a short time, beads of sweat formed on King Qingshan's forehead as he realized the danger, the imminent threat of death.

"Boom!"

Red Thread Woman swiftly stepped in, blocking the shadow's attack.

Choosing only to defend and not attack, she saved King Qingshan.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The shadow constantly attacked King Qingshan, slapping him continuously, laughing malevolently all the while.

Red Thread Woman continued to focus on defense, blocking the shadow from striking King Qingshan.

As the fierce palm wind splattered upon King Qingshan, beads of cold sweat trickled down his forehead, and he screamed, "Hurry! We need a plan. If we don't act now, I'll die!"

The Grand Chan Master and the mighty warriors were all at their wits' end; this evil absurdity was something they had never encountered before.

In the end, they could only defend like Red Thread Woman, helping King Qingshan block the shadow's attacks, opting for defense over offense.

Only Xiao Mu had been watching all along.

The strange occurrence with King Qingshan started after he took a fake Air Bead.

Just now, when the Air Bead disappeared, he clearly saw the bead transform into a cluster of evil grey-white air, which crept into King Qingshan's body through his arm.

Could it be?

As Xiao Mu speculated, he stepped forward.

After scrutinizing King Qingshan, he suddenly said, "King Qingshan, I think I might know what's wrong with you."

"If you know what to do, Old Mu, then act quickly!"

Like a drowning man who caught a straw, King Qingshan screamed at Xiao Mu.

"Mr. Mu, if you have a solution, please take action now."

Red Thread Woman's voice echoed King Qingshan's plea.

Defending and not attacking was wearing them out massively.

"King Qingshan, don't resist!"

Xiao Mu reached out and suddenly tore at the sleeve of King Qingshan's right hand.

Rip!

The sleeve was torn off, revealing King Qingshan's arm.

Surprisingly, there was a bizarre pattern on King Qingshan's right arm, an identical one to the strange Human Head pattern.

Seemingly alive, this pattern was moving!

"How did that happen?"

King Qingshan exclaimed in panic, and then realized, "It must have been that bead. That bead must have changed!"

Xiao Mu studied the pattern closely for a moment.

Thick evil energy emanated from the pattern. It appeared alive.

Without a doubt, it was this evil energy that had taken control of King Qingshan's shadow after entering his body.

Upon discovering something else, the color drained from Xiao Mu's face.

Like a living entity, this pattern seemed to keep burrowing deeper into King Qingshan's body.

King Qingshan noticed the pattern too. Its eerie ways made even a martial artist of his level shudder.

"Old Mu, I feel like it's trying to burrow into my body, is it?"

An anxious King Qingshan asked.

Xiao Mu nodded, "That's right, King Qingshan. This pattern is indeed burrowing into your body."

"Where is it burrowing into?"

King Qingshan, upon hearing Xiao Mu's words, panicked.

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