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Chapter 37 The Real Killer Appears

Just now, when he stretched out his arm and placed the bowl in front of Old Wu, he suddenly noticed that the small section of the bracelet, which looked like it was made of crystal, was emitting a faint, icy blue light!

This reminded him of that night at the station, when his wristband also glowed as a warning before the group of dark figures appeared.

"Did you see it?" he asked.

"What?"

Old Wu looked puzzled, not understanding what this meant.

From his perspective, he couldn't see the glowing gold bracelet on Xu Lun's wrist. He only knew that Xu Lun was staring at his wrist, even getting closer to look. This made him frown and become increasingly curious, wishing he could also go around and see what was on the kid's wrist.

If your bracelet suddenly starts glowing, it's a bad omen.

Of course, it can also be understood as a warning. To some extent, it is not a bad thing, and it can even save lives in critical moments.

Xu Lun observed the changes in the glowing effect on the bracelet:

At first, it only emitted a faint light, and the brightness slowly increased. However, as time went on, the light flickered, turning into an effect like a breathing light.

Xu Lun's heart skipped a beat; he knew what this meant:

When the bracelet starts to flash, it means danger is approaching. The faster the flashing frequency, the closer the danger is.

Xu Lun subconsciously stood up, held up the bracelet, and looked around.

At this moment, the bracelet was not flashing very fast, indicating that the danger was not too close.

Is it the man-eating monster from Charva Village?

Xu Lun immediately thought of this. He glanced at the village entrance, where torches were stuck in the fire, and the flickering flames gave people a strange sense of security.

Xu Lun hesitated for a moment, deciding whether or not to go over.

In fact, if the danger really came from that man-eating beast, hiding in this concealed position behind the sentry post would be pointless.

Although there was a certain probability of avoiding the monster's attack, ever since Old Wu arrived, he's been drinking and eating meat, and even has a lantern hanging above his head. This place, which originally seemed to be hidden, has now become a sitting duck.

Moreover, the space here is cramped and the terrain is rugged, leaving no room for maneuver. If that monster were to suddenly pounce, there would be no way to escape, and it would be easy to be trapped and killed here.

Xu Lun took a deep breath and decided to go out. Staying here would be tantamount to waiting for his death.

He glanced down at the bracelet; the frequency of its glow had noticeably increased.

Without further hesitation, Xu Lun walked straight out from behind the sentry post.

Seeing this, Old Wu, who was sitting on a straw mat, also stood up, but did not follow him.

Xu Lun did not walk towards the village entrance. Although it was brightly lit and seemed safe, standing alone under the torches in the pitch-black night made him look like a sitting duck.

He then headed towards the open area at the entrance of the village.

Actually, he originally thought he might as well just go straight into the village, where there are many people and cultivators to protect him. However, when he thought of Elder Wu's previous reminder, or even a warning, and not wanting to implicate Zulu Village, he gave up the idea.

This old man isn't necessarily a good person. He's been hiding in this remote and impoverished place for many years, supposedly to retire, but who knows what secrets he might be hiding.

Xu Lun even felt that Old Deng was watching him from behind, and if he dared to take a step towards the village entrance, Old Deng might just suddenly attack and kill him.

So Xu Lun had no choice but to stand on the dirt road at the village entrance, his back to the village and his face towards the deep forest in front of him, and then—

He saw a pair of golden eyes, staring intently at him like the gaze of a demon in the dark forest and the shadows of night…

This moment.

Xu Lun's heart stopped, his blood seemed to freeze, and he felt cold from head to toe. A chill crept up his spine and onto his shoulders, and he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.

Is this the man-eating monster from Charva Village?

A hundred or two hundred meters away, the monster's figure blended into the edge of the forest, and its specific appearance could not be discerned.

Only those golden eyes, gleaming in the darkness, exuded a menacing and oppressive aura even from this distance, making it hard to breathe.

In the sky, patrolling this direction was Zhou Bo's junior brother, Zhang Yuan. From his vantage point, he couldn't immediately spot the monster lurking at the edge of the forest, but he noticed Xu Lun standing on the main road at the village entrance and hesitated whether to ask his senior brother to come and take a look—

The next second, a dark figure suddenly rushed out of the forest and headed straight for Xu Lun in the middle of the road!

"not good?!"

Zhang Yuan immediately stopped. As previously agreed, if any of the three discovered the situation, they would immediately stop flying, and the other two would move towards them as soon as possible.

But everything happened too fast, and it was too late.

Before anyone could react, the dark figure had already rushed in front of Xu Lun. To Xu Lun's astonishment and helplessness, the dark figure suddenly sprang up, its enormous size appearing extremely exaggerated and terrifying in the night. It raised its claws and slammed them down on Xu Lun's head!

However, the next second, something even stranger happened:

A black aura suddenly rose from Xu Lun's body!

The overwhelming aura immediately pushed back everything around it, including the monster.

The monster was sent flying several meters away by the astonishing aura that suddenly erupted from Xu Lun. It seemed that it hadn't realized what had happened yet, and a look of astonishment appeared in its golden eyes.

Let alone that, no one reacted at all, including Xu Lun himself.

"This is..."

Xu Lun was astonished. He felt a surge of power suddenly welling up within him, churning and impacting his internal organs.

Old Wu, who was hiding behind the sentry post, could no longer hide the shock in his eyes as he stared blankly at Xu Lun standing on the main road.

At this moment, Xu Lun, who was surrounded by that black evil aura, appeared in a beast-shaped armor formed from the evil aura. He himself looked more terrifying than the monster opposite him!

Seemingly sensing the ever-emerging dark power, Xu Lun suddenly frowned and then launched a fierce attack towards the monster, almost instinctively throwing a punch!

With a single punch, a black shockwave that pierced through the road shot out from Xu Lun's fist, its target the monster opposite him!

boom!

The black shockwave formed by that malevolent energy blasted the monster away, and the black aftershocks extended all the way to the edge of the forest, even destroying several large trees in the path of the attack in an instant.