Chapter 34

Thinking of the terrifying red-clothed ghost who might be right beside him, Xia Tianqi felt his whole body drenched in cold sweat, and this frightened him into crawling out from under the bed.

Then, he was stunned by the scene before him.

He saw that the originally tidy dormitory had become a mess, with dust covering the floor and spider webs in every corner, looking like an abandoned room!

"No wonder there was so much dust under the bed, this is indeed the 8th floor!"

Xia Tianqi was amazed by the drastic change in the scene, but this also confirmed his previous speculation that they had not truly escaped from the illusion created by the ghost.

The disappearance of the illusion was likely due to a problem with the ghost itself, thus revealing the real scene.

As for whether the ghost had been killed or severely injured and fled, that was not his current concern; he was only worried about his own safety.

Of course, it could also be said—whether the red-clothed ghost had escaped.

"Run!"

At this moment, Xia Tianqi had only one thought in his mind. The smell of death filled his nostrils, and he could almost hear the footsteps of the Grim Reaper.

He rushed out, his hair standing on end, and appeared in the corridor. But in the next instant, he stopped, his whole body trembling.

Because just a few meters away at the stairwell, a huge "ice block" full of cracks was violently trembling.

The red-clothed ghost, struggling and roaring inside, was clearly visible!

There was no doubt that the restraint Cold Moon had placed on it was about to be broken.

Seeing this, Xia Tianqi's scalp tingled, and he dared not hesitate for a moment. He used all his strength to run to the stairwell and then fled down the stairs in one breath.

"It was too close. Fortunately, I discovered it in time; otherwise, if I had stayed there any longer, I would have been dead by now."

Relieved, Xia Tianqi couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. However, the relief on his face quickly turned into a grim expression.

Because he suddenly thought of someone—Cold Moon.

Cold Moon was still upstairs!

"Damn! That bitch!"

Thinking of Cold Moon still being upstairs, Xia Tianqi couldn't help but curse, and then hurriedly returned upstairs.

He took the risk of coming back for two reasons.

One was to save Cold Moon, and the other was the fear that the red-clothed ghost would continue to grow stronger.

He remembered Cold Moon telling him that the more people the red-clothed ghost killed, the stronger it would become. There were not only Cold Moon but also the girl who had been possessed by the ghost upstairs. If both of them were killed by the red-clothed ghost, it might really come down to kill more people.

If that happened, he would still be in danger, and it was better to take a certain risk and eliminate this threat while the red-clothed ghost was still trapped.

However, thinking was one thing, and doing it was another.

For Xia Tianqi, despite his thorough analysis in his mind, believing that returning was a very correct decision, not only saving his life but also saving someone else, he had more than ten thousand grass mud horses galloping in his heart, and he didn't want to come back at all. After all, if things went wrong, he would be coming back to his death.

He now fully understood what it meant that danger and opportunity coexist!

"Don't come out, don't come out so quickly..."

Xia Tianqi prayed in his heart that the red-clothed ghost wouldn't break free so soon, while he ran frantically through the corridor, not missing any of the abandoned dormitories.

After all, he had been in an illusion all along, so he couldn't be sure which room Cold Moon was hidden in.

"Where... where... damn it!"

The more anxious he was, the more things went wrong. Xia Tianqi was like this now; the more he wanted to find Cold Moon quickly, the less he could find her. On the other hand, the sound of the "ice block" cracking became even more piercing.

Just as Xia Tianqi was about to go mad with worry, he finally found someone, but it wasn't Cold Moon; it was the girl who had been possessed by the ghost.

"Whatever, one is better than none."

After a brief hesitation, Xia Tianqi dragged the girl out and carried her on his back, continuing to run towards the other end of the corridor, hoping to find Cold Moon as soon as possible.

Although the girl wasn't very heavy, considering that the red-clothed ghost could break free at any moment and he couldn't carry both Cold Moon and the girl, he put the girl down on the stairs after passing a stairwell.

Then, he hurriedly returned and continued searching for Cold Moon.

Time continued to pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye, nearly three minutes had passed, but he still hadn't found Cold Moon.

Looking back, most of the red-clothed ghost's body had already broken free, which made him hesitate, as continuing the search might not only fail to find Cold Moon but also cost him his life.

After all, his current position was still a considerable distance from the next stairwell.

Just as Xia Tianqi was hesitating, he was pleasantly surprised to find Cold Moon, which made him let out a long sigh of relief, and he rushed into the abandoned dormitory.

Since Cold Moon was much heavier than the girl, Xia Tianqi could only carry him on his back, which made running a bit more difficult.

Just as Xia Tianqi was carrying Cold Moon out of the abandoned dormitory, a sudden shattering sound came from the end of the corridor.

This sound instantly made Xia Tianqi's face turn ashen, and he felt Cold Moon on his back become even heavier.

There was no doubt—the red-clothed ghost had broken free!

"Damn it!"

After a brief moment of shock, Xia Tianqi began to run frantically again, knowing that the red-clothed ghost was behind him, he didn't even look back, just focusing on escaping to the nearest stairwell.

Behind him, the red-clothed ghost, which had just broken free, was chasing him at an extremely fast speed, emitting a series of hair-raising screams.

Despite running as hard as he could, Xia Tianqi's strength was already running low, and he was carrying a man weighing over a hundred pounds. To put it mildly, if his physical condition were slightly worse, he would have collapsed long ago.

The only silver lining was that the stairwell was not far away, as long as the red-clothed ghost...

"Ah—!"

Just as he was thinking this, he felt a cold wind from behind and instinctively turned to look, only to see the red-clothed ghost had somehow already caught up to him!

It was only a few meters away, almost within reach.

This forced Xia Tianqi to dig deeper into his potential, but the situation was still not optimistic. After all, the red-clothed ghost was much faster, and he couldn't be sure if he would make it to the stairwell.