Chapter 526 - Seen A Ghost (1/2)

It might be due to the shock from the way Meng Chao had killed the three former Reaper Squad members instantly, due to how he had earned the villagers’ trust by risking his heart when he helped them save the pregnant lady, or it might be due to how the situation had already far surpassed what the villagers understood and could handle, so they did not reject Meng Chao’s suggestion. Instead, they just looked at Ms. Mulian with uncertainty.

“We’ll listen to him.” Su Mulian made a snap decision. “Right now, the village is in trouble. Everyone, hurry up and look for a place to hide. Trust me. We’ll be fine.”

“That’s right. We should spread out and help Ms. Mulian lure those pursuers away!”

“Those people aren’t good people. They’re definitely here for Ms. Mulian. We’ll take Ms. Mulian’s flag and run away so that they won’t be able to find her!”

Someone finally understood the situation.

The people bowed deeply to Su Mulian and helped the injured up before they disappeared into the black smoke.

Su Mulian was just about to speak when Meng Chao held her wrist.

“Let’s go. Those people won’t be confused by the villagers for long. They will definitely catch up to us. You don’t have to worry about the villagers’ safety.” As Meng Chao spoke, he cast a glance at A’Ji, who came out of the black smoke. “Did you find the underground tunnel?”

When he was saving the pregnant lady, A’Ji did not stand by and do nothing. He went off to search for a path that would allow them to escape underground.

A’Ji had boasted that since he was born and bred in Leprosy Village, he knew all the underground shelters, sewers, secret resource transportation channels, ventilation pipes, and everything else in Leprosy Village.

Even though they could not guarantee that the enemies would not be able to catch up to them, at the very least, if they fought in the dark, cramped, and complicated underground maze, it would minimize the enemy’s advantage of numbers.

With A’Ji leading the way, Meng Chao grabbed Su Mulian and opened a manhole cover before he went inside.

He used three hand grenades to set up a trap in a corner under the manhole cover.

Then, they started running at full speed. They ran through the twists and turns in the black maze for half an hour before they stopped at an abandoned underground waste treatment center.

They did not hear anyone chasing after them.

Based on A’Ji’s words, there were three forks ahead, and they could use them to escape at any moment.

Meng Chao relaxed; he could no longer suppress his wounds.

The progress of the Middle Stage Healing Skills was stuck at 55%. More than ten minutes had passed since it was first stuck, and it did not go up by even one percent.

Every time he breathed, the wound on his chest seemed to become bigger, and blood poured out in streams. It was as if his wound was a dam, and his blood was about to charge out of it like a flood.

He grunted and fell forward.

He first knelt down on one knee before he fell limp. His burning cheeks touched the cold floor. Even though the coarse gravel tore bloody gashes on his skin, his sense of pain was very weak. It slowly left his shattered body together with his other senses.

“Uncle!”

A’Ji ran to him with wide eyes.

When the boy saw the terrifying wound on Meng Chao’s chest clearly and could even see Meng Chao’s beating heart through a layer of flesh so thin that it was like a cicada’s wings, he cried out in shock.

“M-Ms. Mulian, please save him!” A’Ji pleaded. “Uncle might be from the outside world, but he’s a good person… Alright, he’s not a completely good person, but he won’t do bad things to our village! I think!”

Su Mulian looked over and knelt down beside Meng Chao to observe his wounds seriously.

Then, she placed her hands on Meng Chao’s mangled chest. Her jade-green eyes shone with a green light that was as gentle as a spring breeze.

She murmured a nursery rhyme that no one understood, but somehow, Meng Chao found it familiar.

Ripples spread out of her vitality magnetic field.

After the green light melted away like ice, it turned into warm springwater and flowed into Meng Chao’s heart.

Once more, he sensed surging vitality gush out of every one of his cells.

The powerful healing was just like the first time he spent contribution points in exchange for healing. It brought him great comfort and stimulation.

It was as if all his blood vessels, nerves, and spirit meridians had turned into plants growing in spring.

The roots surrounded his organs and continued pumping spirit energy into them, which filled them with life.

The “shoots” rapidly grew and became entangled with each other in the depths of his wound, and soon, they completely surrounded his heart.

Meng Chao blinked, unable to believe what he saw.

He noticed that scabs had already formed on his wound!

“This is… amazing…”

Earlier, he had watched it from the side, but this time he experienced it personally, and even if Meng Chao had the memories from his previous life and had witnessed countless mysterious powers in the Other World, he was still shocked by Su Mulian’s healing skills.

‘This doesn’t make sense. How could there be a healing ability that’s even stronger than the healing provided by Kindling?’

However, while the fatal wound on his chest started healing, Su Mulian became weaker and in a lot of pain.

Her brows creased tightly, and her eyelashes fluttered a little. She bit her lips gently, and cold sweat drenched her cloak. It seemed like she was using all her strength to suppress the great pain.

Besides, with the sharp senses of a Heaven Realm superhuman, Meng Chao sensed a ripple that was interfering with the circulation of his vitality magnetic field flowing from his body into Su Mulian’s vitality magnetic field.

‘That’s right. This also happened when she healed the pregnant lady.

‘As the pregnant lady was rescued from the throes of death, Su Mulian looked to have suffered a fatal blow.’