Chapter 247: Chapter 247 The Difference Between Illusion and Reality

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As he dodged the steel, he subconsciously looked down at the ground. He had thought Zhou Ning was hiding in the hair strands below, but in the blink of an eye, she had moved from in front of him to behind, and then from behind above. Her movements could be described as eerily unpredictable.

After a pause, he took out the fairytale book again and, as he started telling the story, the attacking hair snakes froze once more. Following this, Zhou Ning was seen carrying a several-meters-long piece of steel that she had jumped down with, wildly swinging her arms with her eyes closed!

Xu Huo found an opening and kicked the steel away, reaching out to press her shoulder to calm her down, but as soon as his palm touched her clothes it was bitten by something. On a closer look, he saw several small hair snakes, as thick as fingers, emerging from her collar, and her skin was showing some cracks.

"Zhou Ning!" he called out.