Whoosh…0

A gust of yin wind blew, and the withered corpse dissolved into a pile of ash. It quickly disappeared along with the wind.0

This wasn’t the scariest part though. It was the fact that the guard’s soul hadn’t disappeared with his mortal shell. It was screaming in the yin wind, never to be freed.0

The arrival of the yin riders had already shaken the merchant group. The guard’s screams only worsened their fears.0

This was doubly true for those closest to the guard. His bloodcurdling screams were too close for comfort to put it mildly. Because they were closing their eyes, looking down, and withdrawing their spirit, they could not know what had happened. The inability to find out what was going on inevitably worsened their fears.0

So,...0