The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 345 - 240 Despair

Chapter 345: Chapter 240 Despair

Feeling the scrutiny of those pairs of eyes, Tao Yuan and Zhang Jing felt an immense pressure at this moment. The ordinary Messenger beside them was faring even worse, shaking all over and revealing deep fear on his face.

Even so, they still had no intention of running away.

The pressure of the mission to deliver the message weighed on them, and even if they ran now, they would have to come back later. So escaping was pointless; only after completing the delivery mission would everything end.

"It’s just watching us, but it hasn’t attacked us. Li Yi was right, we will only be attacked by the fierce ghost when we meet certain conditions, and as long as these conditions aren’t met, even if the fierce ghost has seen us it won’t do anything to us. The problem now is, what exactly are these conditions?"

"Zhang Jing, don’t move from where you are. I’ll go investigate. If the ghost leaves the swimming pool, run immediately without hesitation."

Tao Yuan spoke, cautiously moving along the nearby spectator seats, trying to ensure his safety by this means.

But as he moved, the eyes of the corpses in the pool also moved, as though Tao Yuan had become the target at this moment, while Zhang Jing and the Messenger were being ignored.

"They’re all focusing on me? That’s fine by me." At this moment, Tao Yuan was actually pleased to see this outcome.

He was a Spiritual Perception Master, uninjured and more mobile than Zhang Jing.

Although it was broad daylight, there was no lighting inside the swimming pool, and the occasional lights that were on flickered dimly, making the surrounding environment somewhat gloomy and oppressive. However, Tao Yuan’s eyes glowed brightly, unaffected by the darkness as he began to search for the recipient of the message.

The pool had too many corpses, any one of which could be Wang Fei.

But Tao Yuan was unable to find any information about the corpses, and as he moved around, he began to feel the air growing more and more humid, with thick water droplets hanging from the nearby walls. In some places, there were even small puddles forming. This change made Tao Yuan realize that he might need to leave, that he shouldn’t linger any longer.

Tap!

Perhaps because Tao Yuan was too focused on the corpses in the pool, he stepped onto a puddle on the floor. The puddle was not large, just a small patch, but in that instant, a strong sense of crisis surged in Tao Yuan’s mind, prompting an immediate reaction from his tense body.

He quickly retreated backward.

The next moment.

Tao Yuan’s face changed abruptly, only to see a pale, wet hand reaching out from that puddle he had just stepped in, a hand that tried to grab him but missed because he dodged out of the way.

"Zhang Jing, be careful with the puddles here. Don’t touch them, or you’ll be attacked by the fierce ghost," he shouted, passing on this crucial intelligence.

Puddles that can’t be touched?

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jing also immediately said, "Tao Yuan, pull back, don’t look for that message recipient anymore. You’re in great danger now."

"I know, I’m leaving now." Tao Yuan understood that his action just now was a mistake. Staying would only be more dangerous. It was better to leave the place first and discuss a new plan.

However, at that moment.

Under the influence of his Spiritual Sense, Tao Yuan’s body suddenly shifted to one side.

A drop of water fell from the ceiling, sliding past his body.

The water was murky and emitted a cold and eerie aura. As it passed before his eyes, Tao Yuan saw, through that drop of water, many strange figures wandering around the swimming pool; some of them were very close to him, which sent a shiver down his spine.

"Zhang Jing, we can’t see the hidden ghosts with our eyes here, but through the water, we can see them. The water here might be useful to us." Tao Yuan captured this vital piece of information and shouted it out again, passing it on to the others.

He then explosively retreated.

His speed was unbelievably fast.

Moreover, Tao Yuan was very careful now, avoiding all the puddles and even the drops of water falling from the ceiling with perfect evasion.

At that moment, he was like dancing on the blade’s edge, his figure moving as fast as an afterimage.

The advantages of an Evolver were shown at this moment.

He could easily avoid these beings smeared with supernatural power, which a normal person would have been drenched by now, and no one knew what would happen then, but it certainly wouldn’t be anything good.

While evading, Tao Yuan didn’t choose to go back the way he came but instead charged towards a glass window, intending to break through it.

This was the fastest and most effective measure.

"Bang!"

With a burst of force, Tao Yuan moved through the air, the water droplets colliding with the glass. His powerful strike would not only break a glass window but could even penetrate walls. However, to Zhang Jing’s horror, Tao Yuan didn’t break through the glass to leave the sports hall; instead, his body was sucked into the glass.

Tao Yuan also reacted immediately that something was wrong, hurriedly stopping and gripping.

But in the next moment,

a pale, wet hand suddenly emerged from within the glass and grasped Tao Yuan. Only for an instant, and he was completely pulled out.

It felt as though he had plunged into water.

"Tao Yuan." Zhang Jing shouted, but there was nothing she could do other than watch as Tao Yuan disappeared from her sight.

He was completely swallowed by a piece of glass.

At this time, Zhang Jing finally noticed that a layer of mist had formed on all the glasses within the swimming pool. This mist melded perfectly with the glass, almost imperceptible unless looked at closely, and it was this detail that Tao Yuan neglected, due to his focus on dodging the accumulating water and droplets.

Even such a small oversight had led him to pay a heavy price.

Boom!

Suddenly,

The main entrance of the swimming pool was shattered by a burst of Qi and Blood Gang Qi, and the next moment, Li Yi and Qin Bing rushed in.

"What’s going on, what happened?"

They had heard Zhang Jing’s cry and realized there was a problem. They had heard some noises before, but those were normal and didn’t catch their attention.

"Tao Yuan has disappeared... he was ’eaten’ by a piece of glass." Zhang Jing’s face looked extremely awful at this moment, her expression somewhat dazed.

What?

Both were shocked.

A piece of glass ate someone?

But looking around, indeed they could not find any trace of Tao Yuan; he had truly vanished.

And everyone knew what disappearance in a haunted place like this meant.

Most likely, Tao Yuan was already dead.

Even if he wasn’t dead, they could not save him; they were not Ghost Tamers and lacked supernatural power to fight against the entities here. Even if they wanted to save someone, it would be futile.

"Damn it." Qin Bing was furious, his remaining hand couldn’t help but want to smash against the wall next to him in frustration.

But Zhang Jing, who had come back to her senses, quickly stopped him, "Don’t touch! You can’t touch the water here. Just now, Tao Yuan was attacked by a ghost after stepping into a puddle, and in the end, in an attempt to escape the swimming pool, he thought to break the window but didn’t expect a layer of water stains on it, and then he was swallowed."

"There are such bizarre things?" Qin Bing was both shocked and scared.

A layer of water stains could swallow a person?

Are the supernatural powers of this world so unreasonable?

"Let’s get out, leave this place."

Li Yi immediately ordered, then quickly led everyone to retreat, not looking back as they left the swimming pool.

Zhang Jing looked at the stadium before her and bitterly smiled, "It seems like our team won’t be able to leave this world alive. It’s only been a few days, the captain died, Xu Qiumei died, and now Tao Yuan too. Li Yi, I don’t want to take part in this Messenger mission any longer. I’d rather find a place for Cultivation, take a gamble, and see if I can condense my Soul."

"If I can break through to the Soul Realm, I can try to have my soul leave the body and Cross Border, though the risk is great, at least it’s something I can control, not dying senselessly and inexplicably like now."

At this moment, Zhang Jing, the Spiritual Perception Master, seemed to be on the verge of an emotional collapse, engulfed by a sense of despair.

"This might indeed be a solution." Qin Bing, smoking a cigarette and frowning, was also feeling down.

A good teammate, gone in the blink of an eye. What good is being in the Spiritual Realm?

Against the fierce ghosts of this world, they’re still incredibly vulnerable, without any capacity to resist.

Li Yi remained silent, not knowing what to say, but he tacitly agreed with Zhang Jing’s words. She was right; if things went on like this, their team was doomed to be wiped out. Surviving three months was simply impossible.

But he knew that giving up was not an option. As long as there was a chance, they had to strive to survive.

"Perhaps, we should go talk to the person in charge of Zhongyang City. Maybe we can get some help. Just like before in Dazhuang City when we met the person in charge there," he said.

"That makes sense. Letting the people who handle supernatural incidents help might be useful, though they might not be willing to help us. They might even kill us for all we know," Qin Bing said.

Li Yi bitterly smiled, "What else can we do at this point? A dead horse as a living horse doctor, I guess. You guys wait here, I’ll go and negotiate. If I get killed, well, you’ll have to figure it out."

With that said, he took out the yellow letter and placed it on the ground, then walked away from the stadium without looking back.

Seeing Li Yi depart, no one tried to stop him. Maybe it was worth a try, after all. From a certain point of view, the goals of both sides did not conflict.

"This shouldn’t be happening, how can it be like this?" However, Guo You, who was a regular Messenger, was in utter disbelief.

The first-floor letters aren’t supposed to be this difficult.

If such an expert had died, how could someone like him find a way to live?

He had also delivered first-floor letters. Although there were dangers, they were never perilously deadly like this.

Could it be that the difficulty for team letters was indeed this tremendous?

Guo You didn’t know, but he still felt that this Messenger assignment was excessively hard, doubting that even second or third-floor Messengers could make it through.