PTYS Chapter 15

By now, it was completely dark. Xiao Muyu and Shen Qingqiu sat silently, and the others found them somewhat unapproachable. Moreover, a group of men wasn’t willing to admit they were inferior to these seemingly delicate women. The second floor became very quiet.

The human skin lay bound on the floor, with Xiao Muyu and Shen Qingqiu sitting on either side of it.

Liu Wei stared at the old woman’s closed door on the second floor, deep in thought, while the others were lost in their own thoughts.

Xiao Muyu frowned, her gaze also falling on the old woman’s room. The key information was there, but their task also required surviving 72 hours, and they had 21 hours left!

Suddenly, she noticed the musky smell seemed to have grown stronger. Almost instinctively, she glanced at the human skin beside her.

Just as her pupils contracted at what she saw, Shen Qingqiu’s knife flashed down again like lightning, the force so strong that the dagger buried itself into the floor, pinning the human skin that had silently cut through all the ropes made from clothes!

“The ropes are broken!” Chen Dong shouted in surprise, his body moving faster than his mouth as he jumped aside.

Not just him, Chen Xi and Leopard also turned pale and instinctively ran.

In the blink of an eye, only Liu Wei, who took one step but stopped, and Xiao Muyu, remained. Shen Qingqiu was within a meter of the human skin!

Freed from its bonds and with the previous lesson in mind, the human skin moved swiftly. The thin skin tore open from the spot pinned by the dagger and instantly broke free, flying up to the second-floor ceiling.

It was extremely angry with Shen Qingqiu and Xiao Muyu. The tattered skin hung from the beam, its bloody face roaring at them. On the ground, You Qiaolian had become an unrecognizable mass of blood and flesh, making it unbearable to look at.

Just as the human skin was about to pounce, Cui Xiaoxuan and Xu Ran ascended the stairs holding torches. When they heard the human skin’s shriek and looked up, they almost tumbled back down in fright.

The human skin was almost upon Shen Qingqiu and Xiao Muyu, but it suddenly turned around.

Xiao Muyu’s face changed, and she shouted, “Watch out for the fire, move aside!”

Xiao Muyu’s voice was commanding and brooked no argument. Despite being terrified by the flying human skin, Xu Ran instinctively followed her command, gripping the torch and vaulting from the stair railing to the stairs leading from the second to the third floor, causing the human skin to miss its target.

Xu Ran’s legs were trembling, but his impressive leap left Xiao Muyu momentarily stunned.

The human skin let out another sharp scream, clinging to the beam above the second-floor staircase.

In those few brief seconds, Shen Qingqiu had already pulled out her dagger, braced herself on the table, and leaped over it.

Her long legs landed on the stair railing as she sprang up again, her dagger aimed at the human skin on the beam, her speed astonishing.

Shen Qingqiu’s skills were almost excessively formidable.

The human skin both hated and feared Shen Qingqiu, especially the dagger. For a creature to feel threatened by a human was beyond its comprehension.

It quickly scanned the room, locking onto a new target: Xiao Muyu!

The human skin soared through the air like a kite, spreading wide as it lunged towards Xiao Muyu. Having been entangled by the human skin twice before, Xiao Muyu was well aware of its lethal hooks and sharp teeth, perfect tools for skinning.

With no weapon in hand, she could only evade.

Without hesitation, she dived under a table, rolled, and came to a stand beside Shen Qingqiu. Although she didn’t fully trust Shen Qingqiu, it was her only option.

“Is there any kerosene or flammable material in the kitchen?”

Xiao Muyu kept a wary eye on the human skin, speaking quickly. However, her question wasn’t directed at Xu Ran and Cui Xiaoxuan, but at Shen Qingqiu.

Shen Qingqiu glanced at her, slightly surprised. Then, she suddenly pulled Xiao Muyu aside, just as the human skin crashed down where they had been standing, shattering the stair railing.

“There’s a jar of wine on the left side of the kitchen on the first floor,” Shen Qingqiu responded quickly. Xiao Muyu’s quick thinking was impressive; she had remembered Shen Qingqiu’s earlier presence in the kitchen.

Shen Qingqiu kept her voice low, aware that the human skin could understand them.

Xiao Muyu glanced down briefly. “You keep it busy.”

“Xu Ran, protect that torch, or we’re all dead!”

With that, she flipped over the gap in the stairs and jumped down. The human skin sensed something was wrong but Shen Qingqiu blocked its path.

Armed with only a dagger, Shen Qingqiu exuded an aura of invincibility.

The human skin, unable to tolerate this any longer, abandoned its immediate target and turned its attention to Liu Wei and the others, throwing the scene into chaos.

Shen Qingqiu had no intention of protecting everyone; she focused on staying near Xu Ran and his torch.

The human skin moved swiftly. Under threat, Liu Wei and the others pushed their limits, running around the room in a frenzy.

Shen Qingqiu, like a guardian deity, struck at the human skin whenever it got close.

“Miss Shen, are you just going to stand by and watch?” Chen Dong, short and stout, nearly got caught several times, shouting in desperation.

Shen Qingqiu remained cold. The human skin’s speed made it capable of catching anyone easily, so it was toying with them, targeting Xu Ran. Once Xu Ran’s torch was out, they would all be doomed.

Cui Xiaoxuan, though agile, was the weakest physically and was already struggling.

Seeing Shen Qingqiu unmoved, the human skin lost patience. Its tattered body suddenly coiled up and shot towards the group like a ball.

Chen Dong and Chen Xi had been sticking together, a big mistake as it made them the largest target.

When the human skin stopped playing around, their speed was insufficient to evade. As the human skin closed in on Chen Xi, he instinctively pushed his brother Chen Dong out.

Exhausted and defenseless, Chen Dong was immediately wrapped up by the human skin.

The skin didn’t give him a chance; within moments, his screams echoed through the hall as blood sprayed from his squat, fat body, flowing across the floor. His skin peeled away like the flesh of a ripe peach, far more gruesome than the human skin’s previous peeling.

“Ah! Ah!” Chen Dong screamed, his arms reaching desperately towards Chen Xi, fingers clawing as if begging his brother to save him.

Liu Wei and the others turned pale, horrified at Chen Xi’s ruthlessness.

Chen Xi stepped back three paces, drenched in cold sweat. Seizing the opportunity, he dashed to the stairs, glanced back at Chen Dong, then glared at Shen Qingqiu, his eyes filled with hatred and malice, which made Shen Qingqiu finally take him seriously.

But she had no time to ponder his misplaced anger. Xiao Muyu had returned, carrying a jar of wine and some dry straw, her coat removed. The strong smell of alcohol mixed with the bloody stench, creating an eerie atmosphere.

Shen Qingqiu looked at her, then deftly grabbed the wine jar, tossed it, and kicked it towards the human skin.

The jar flew through the air and smashed precisely where Chen Dong’s body lay, spilling the strong wine everywhere.

Though the human skin hadn’t finished peeling, it moved quickly, avoiding the full dousing but still getting splashed with some.