God Slayer: Make Up for the Past

Chapter 165: Shadow Attack: Full of Mysteries

"Squeak-"

The rusty iron gate let out a teeth-grinding groan, and a cold wind blew in the face, carrying dust.

Chu Feng and Pan Yue stepped into the ancient house cautiously. A nauseating smell filled the air.

"Something... feels wrong here." Pan Yue said in a low voice, holding the fine steel dagger tightly in his hand and looking around vigilantly.

The moonlight shines through the dilapidated windows onto the ground, outlining mottled light and shadows, adding a bit of eeriness.

Chu Feng nodded, he also noticed something strange.

The air was filled with a faint smell of blood mixed with the smell of dust, which made him feel inexplicably uneasy.

They moved carefully through the halls, over broken tiles and rotting wood planks.

Suddenly, Chu Feng's feet were empty and he fell into a hidden trap.

"Chu Feng!" Pan Yue exclaimed and rushed to the edge of the trap.

At the bottom of the trap, Chu Feng groaned in pain. His leg was pierced by the sharp wooden stake and blood flowed down the wound.

"Damn it!" He cursed under his breath and tried to stand up, but found a sharp pain in his legs and he couldn't move at all.

Pan Yue anxiously looked for a way to get down, but the trap was extremely smooth and he had no idea where to start.

"Hold on, Chu Feng, I'll go find a rope!" he shouted, his voice trembling.

He knew that in this ancient house full of dangers, every second was crucial.

Chu Feng clenched his teeth, endured the pain, and observed the surrounding environment.

The trap is not deep, but the bottom is full of sharp wooden stakes, and you will get hurt again if you are not careful.

He noticed that one of the wooden stakes had a strange symbol carved on it, like some kind of ancient writing.

"Pan Yue, wait!" Chu Feng shouted, "We've found something here!"

Pan Yue quickly returned to the edge of the trap and followed Chu Feng's gaze. "What is this?" he asked in confusion.

"I don't know, but I think it may be related to those black shadows." Chu Feng said, his face pale and beads of sweat the size of beans sliding down his forehead.

Suddenly, a cold laugh came from the depths of the ancient house, echoing in the empty hall, making people feel creepy.

"It seems that we have guests..." Pan Yue clenched the dagger in his hand, his eyes cold.

Chu Feng took a deep breath and endured the severe pain in his leg.

An inexplicable power surged in his heart, warming his wounds.

He was surprised to find that the bleeding from the wound had stopped and the pain had eased a lot.

He tried to move his legs, and although they were still a little stiff, he was able to stand up with difficulty.

Could it be... a side effect of the power of retrospection?

He pondered in his heart.

The symbols on the bottom of the trap looked particularly strange in the dim light.

Chu Feng observed carefully and found that this symbol was very similar to the traces he had found in the place where the black shadow appeared before.

An idea suddenly came to his mind, and he took out a small notebook and carefully traced the symbols.

"It seems that these black shadows have some connection with this ancient house, and even with this ancient symbol." Chu Feng said with a hint of excitement in his tone.

He felt that he was one step closer to the truth.

Pan Yue also leaned down from the edge of the trap and carefully observed the symbols drawn by Chu Feng.

"This symbol... I seem to have seen it somewhere." He frowned and tried to recall.

At this moment, a cold laugh sounded again, clearer and more creepy than before.

"Hehehe... You found my secret? Too bad you don't have a chance to tell anyone!"

Along with laughter, a group of humanoid puppets emerged from the depths of the ancient house, their eyes flashing scarlet light and the sharp blades in their hands gleaming coldly.

These puppets' movements were stiff but extremely fast, making them more dangerous than the previous black shadows.

"Be careful!" Chu Feng growled and struggled to climb out of the trap.

Pan Yue also drew his fine steel dagger and prepared for battle. "These puppets... are more difficult to deal with than the shadows," he said in a deep voice, a hint of solemnity in his tone.

Chu Feng nodded, he also felt the power of these puppets.

They exude a strange aura that makes people shudder.

"Their defense is very high, and ordinary attacks are unlikely to be effective." As he spoke, he waved the dagger in his hand and tentatively attacked a puppet.

The dagger slashed the puppet's body, leaving only a shallow scratch, causing no substantial damage at all. "Sure enough..." Chu Feng thought to himself.

The puppets screamed sharply and rushed towards them, brandishing their sharp blades.

Pan Yue stood in front of Chu Feng, dancing the dagger in his hand tightly, neutralizing the puppet's attacks one by one.

"Chu Feng, their joints!" Pan Yue shouted while fending off the puppet's attack, "Attack their joints!"

Chu Feng's eyes fixed when he heard this. He noticed that although the puppets had extremely high defense, their joints seemed to be their weaknesses.

He took a deep breath, concentrated all his strength on the dagger in his hand, and stabbed it into the knee joint of a puppet...

"Click——" a crisp sound...

"Crack--" With a crisp sound, the puppet's knee joint was pierced by Chu Feng's dagger, making a sound of broken metal.

The puppet's movements froze, and its huge body fell to the ground with a loud bang.

"Good opportunity!" Pan Yue seized the opportunity and stabbed out the dagger in his hand like lightning, hitting the puppet's neck joint.

The puppet's head drooped weakly, completely losing the ability to move.

Chu Feng and Pan Yue cooperated well, one was responsible for attacking the joints, and the other was responsible for attracting firepower, gradually defeating the puppets that besieged them one by one.

In the flying dust, Chu Feng rolled to avoid the sweep of a puppet. After landing, he quickly stood up and stabbed its elbow with his backhand.

The puppet's attack suddenly stopped, making a harsh sound of metallic friction.

Seeing this, Pan Yue immediately stepped forward. The dagger in his hand turned into a silver light and accurately pierced into the puppet's chest joint, completely ending its movement.

The two men stood back to back, breathing heavily, with the dismantled puppet wreckage scattered around them.

"These puppets have amazing defensive capabilities. Fortunately, their joints are their weak point," Chu Feng said with lingering fear, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "Otherwise, we would have died here today."

Pan Yue nodded and said, "Yes, thanks to you discovering their weakness, we were able to escape danger." He looked at Chu Feng with a hint of gratitude and admiration in his eyes.

Chu Feng smiled and said, "We are brothers, so why bother thanking each other? If you hadn't helped me draw the fire, I wouldn't have been able to concentrate on attacking their joints."

The two smiled at each other. The tacit understanding and trust established in the life-and-death struggle made their brotherhood even deeper.

After dealing with the puppet, Chu Feng walked to the edge of the trap again and carefully observed the symbols at the bottom.

"These symbols... I feel like I've seen them somewhere before," Pan Yue also came over and examined them carefully. "It seems... I've seen similar patterns in ancient books."

Chu Feng's heart moved, "Ancient book? Do you know what ancient book it is?"

Pan Yue frowned, trying to recall. "I don't remember it clearly. I only remember that the ancient book recorded an ancient evil organization. They were good at manipulating puppets and shadows, and seemed to be performing some kind of evil ritual..."

An ancient evil organization?

Satanic ritual?

Chu Feng's heart sank, and an ominous premonition came to his mind.

What is the origin of this organization?

What is their purpose?

After careful investigation and analysis, Chu Feng finally found a suspected base of an evil organization based on clues - an ancient temple hidden in the deep mountains and forests.

A strange black mist enveloped the temple, and powerful prohibition fluctuations were faintly heard from it.

Chu Feng stood in front of the temple, feeling the heart-pounding power. He knew that the real challenge had just begun.

He reached out and touched the black mist...