BOOM!
And right at this moment.
The necklace hanging around Ethan's neck suddenly burst forth with a dazzling, scorching white light.
In an instant, all the black mist around him was driven away by the white light.
Even the foreign object in his nostrils, as well as the things on his neck and shoulders, all retreated at that very moment.
And that white light was warm, just like the sun itself.
Centered on the pendant at his chest, that warmth rapidly spread outward, directly driving away the chill throughout Ethan's entire body.
Wherever the light shone, Ethan actually felt a trace of warmth, like the winter sun, making warmth rise from the inside out.
The very next moment, Ethan felt that he could move again.
As if he had instantly regained control of his body, Ethan was finally able to move himself once more.
He hurriedly twisted his head around, but behind him, aside from the surging mist, there didn't seem to be any monster at all!
'Could it be that everything just now was an illusion?'
And the white light on his chest was actually…
[System Prompt: Guardian Necklace uses -1]
[Guardian Necklace: Grants three chances to escape death. Once you encounter a fatal crisis, it will save your life. (Can be triggered at most once per day) Remaining uses: 1]
'So it was the Guardian Necklace.'
Only then did Ethan remember that this was equipment that had dropped from the Nightmare Rat King when he went into the cave to fight it earlier.
Back then, the Nightmare Rat King had used this Guardian Necklace to avoid one of Ethan's attacks.
But because of the restrictions of the Guardian Necklace, the Nightmare Rat King wasn't able to avoid Ethan's second attack, and died on the spot.
This treasure naturally fell into Ethan's hands. And after Ethan obtained this death-avoiding token, he naturally hung it around his neck, just in case.
After wearing it for so long, even Ethan himself had almost forgotten that he still had this life-saving artifact.
He hadn't expected that at this critical moment of certain death, the Guardian Necklace would actually save his life.
Only, as the white light gradually weakened.
Ethan seemed to feel that chill returning again.
Huff~
Huff—
The sound appeared once more.
Ethan immediately sprinted forward like mad.
After all, the Guardian Necklace was limited to one use per day. If the mist monster attacked again, he would probably be doomed.
'Run!'
'Run fast!'
At this moment, there was only one thought in Ethan's mind.
Giving it everything he had, Ethan even used the strength he normally only used to nurse, desperately sprinting forward.
But that icy sensation showed no sign of weakening because of his escape.
Instead, it was gradually getting stronger.
And… Ethan felt that his body, under the effect of that cold, was once again becoming less flexible.
Like an old machine that hadn't been maintained for years, once it lost lubrication, it started to jam and stutter.
He seemed to be… Gradually losing control of his body again.
'Can't escape?'
'Is this the true face of the mist?'
Ethan let out a sigh.
The struggle had failed.
His body stiffened once more.
Pat!
Once again, something landed on his shoulder. Heavy yet light.
And as for his neck, there was that familiar sensation again, making a comeback.
"Sigh!"
Ethan let out a faint sigh in his heart.
'If I'd known, I shouldn't have struggled at all. Now I have to experience this bizarre feeling all over again.'
'Might as well die early and get reincarnated sooner.'
'This is just too damn painful.'
Suuck!
Ethan felt something being drawn out of him.
Maybe it was vitality, maybe essence and blood, but he could feel his head getting heavier and heavier, his eyelids growing heavier too.
As if he were endlessly weakened.
So weak that he couldn't even support himself staying conscious any longer, and even his awareness...
Began...
To blur…
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DING!
At the very instant Ethan was about to pass out, a crisp copper bell suddenly rang loudly beside his ear, just like an Apple alarm clock, jolting him awake in an instant.
His brain was violently startled at that moment.
His whole being snapped awake.
"ROAR!"
Immediately afterward.
An unwilling roar rang out from within the mist.
As if the monster had been disturbed by something, making it extremely furious, yet it was clearly unwilling to provoke the owner of that bell, so its furious roar grew farther and farther away.
It seemed to have left.
'What is going on now?'
Ethan was completely dumbfounded.
The first time he was saved, it was because of the Guardian Necklace. But this time, he didn't seem to have any other protective treasure on him at all.
'So what is happening now?'
Ethan's vision quickly returned to normal, and within the mist, he saw, a dim yellow light appear.
That light covered a very large area.
From afar, it looked like the sun hidden behind thick clouds. Even with such dense mist, its light still couldn't be concealed.
Ding-ling~
From the direction of the dim yellow light, the copper bell rang again.
Ethan raised his hand slightly to block the glare. Only after his eyes gradually adjusted did he finally see clearly, there was actually a gigantic spider in front of him.
But if it was described as a spider, that would be far too strange.
Because that thing indeed had eight spider legs, but its head was like that of a long worm, stretching several meters straight out from the spider's body.
At the end of that thick, long neck sat a round, bulbous head that emitted dim yellow light.
And that thick neck even twisted from time to time, swinging the light around!
But what Ethan saw was…
Below that lamp-bearing head, there was actually a huge mouth, filled with jagged, uneven sharp teeth, clearly the kind that could bite a person in half with a single bite.
Terrifying beyond belief.
'What the hell is this thing, holy crap!'
[Passenger Lamp Spider Car: A mode of transport specially used to receive distinguished guests. Only by riding it can you travel safely through the mist. After all, this type of lamp spider feeds specifically on mist monsters, so mist monsters fear it more than anything.]
[PS: The entrance to the Passenger Lamp Spider Car is inside its big mouth.]
"I…"
Ethan felt like he could just die on the spot.
It was bad enough that this thing was supposedly for carrying passengers. The entrance was actually inside its mouth. Who was it trying to scare to death?
And besides…
'What kind of distinguished guest am I supposed to be?'
'Since when do I have friends in the Mist World?'
'Who the hell knew whether this so-called lamp spider is here to eat me. If I really walked straight into its mouth, wouldn't that be the same as delivering myself straight to death?'
Zzz~
When the lamp spider crawled in front of Ethan, it suddenly stopped.
Then, the lamp spider extended its huge head…
And suddenly opened its mouth and bit down toward Ethan.
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