Xia Nan can kill visible Demons, but he is powerless against the invisible monsters in the villagers' hearts.
Facing the old village chief's death and Aspen's declaration about the end of the sacrifice ritual, the reaction from the villagers was something he never anticipated.
There was no anger over the leader's death, nor was there joy from being freed from the shackles of the "sacrifice ritual."
Time seemed to freeze.
The crowd was packed together, like frightened sheep huddling together, staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the elderly man who had served as village chief for decades, only to now convulse and lie in a pool of blood, and at the hunting team leader, revered in the village, experienced, and holding a Longbow.
First came a short gasp.
But after breaking the dead silence, there was a more suffocating, swamp-like thick panic.
Xia Nan could feel the villagers' bewilderment and helplessness.
