"My friend flew upward, and although he had just taken off, in the blink of an eye, I could no longer see him!"
The man's voice tightened a bit, as if he had returned to that fearful time, back into that suffocating fog.
"Just like that, in an instant, he vanished right before my eyes, silent and traceless!"
At that time, I was so frightened, I dared not stay there alone. Just as I was about to fly upward as well, the fog in midair was suddenly shaken violently and then returned to calm."
At that time, I was so scared that I lay down under a tree root, not daring to move. Then, something fell from the sky. Upon closer inspection, it was the upper half of my friend's body."
Lin Chen and Gong Jianying were captivated by his story.
Murder is all too common in adventure tales, whether it's by Demonic Beasts or other Cultivators, but never with such an eerie process.