182: Chapter 182: The Black Cat's Blessing (Part 23)

At this moment, the chanting grew louder.

The girl inside the circle of fire shook her head and woke up, taking in her surroundings.

Instantly, a look of panic appeared on her face.

"No!"

"No!"

"It can't be me, it can't be me."

"Why?"

"Why? I don't want this."

The girl struggled incessantly, a figure appearing in her mind, her face twisted in a snarl. Dammit, dammit, it was all her fault.

Otherwise, Xiaohua would definitely have come to save her.

At that time.

Dammit!

It was all that strange woman who ruined her plans.

"Let me go!"

"Let me go! Let me go!"

The girl kept struggling non-stop.

Her eyes were filled with unwillingness.

"Keep her quiet. What if she disturbs Lord Curtain Shadow?"

An old voice commanded the person beside him.

The person beside him, wearing a black robe, nodded slightly.

"No!"

"You deserve to die!"

"What Curtain Shadow? It's all bullshit."

"Liars, liars."

...

"Hurry!"

"What are you doing? Why haven't you started yet?"

The old man kept urging.

The black mist all around kept churning, watching them like a tiger eyeing its prey.

The sound of cats meowing was incessant.

In that black mist, a pair of eerie green eyes flickered in and out of sight, staring fixedly at everyone present.

However, there was still no movement from that side.

The old man seemed very anxious.

"Hurry up."

"What's going on?"

Saying this, he stepped onto the stage himself, wanting to figure out what was happening.

Qianye stared closely at the other party, also wanting to see clearly what was about to happen.

Suddenly, there was an exclamation.

Qianye wanted to look closer, but her vision suddenly plunged into darkness.

The people grew further and further away from her, until they disappeared from sight.

When she opened her eyes again, she was still standing in the same place.

Around her, there were other people waking up one after another.

There were also a few who never woke up.

It was unknown what they had encountered.

"What a pity, I still couldn't find anyone this time~"

"Look, some people have already received their punishment."

Those who had fallen to the ground showed no reaction, no matter how much the people beside them shook them.

Strangely, those people were all facing the ground.

"That is..."

A player nearby turned one of them over and saw what was on the corpse's face, their pupils shrinking.

The person's face was twisted in pain, and on their chest, a black cat's paw print was clearly branded.

Seeing this, the player turned the rest of the people over; everyone had a painful, twisted expression on their face, and the same mark on their chest.

"This place is a trap."

"There are no clues; we have to leave, leave this place."

Zhao Feng's expression was grim; those dead figures deepened his fear.

No, he had to leave this place; he had to survive.

"Distinguished Guest, the banquet hasn't ended yet. How can you say such impolite things?"

In the darkness, Vivian's figure slowly appeared.

Her gaze towards Zhao Feng was full of disapproval.

Zhao Feng wanted to say something, but suddenly his eyes widened, and he grabbed his own neck with both hands.

"No... no, no..."

"I... I am wil—"

The next second, he fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, his expression twisted and savage.

"Zhao Feng! Zhao Feng!"

The people nearby reacted and went to pull his hands, but they couldn't pull them away no matter what.

In the end, they watched helplessly as he breathed his last.

They pulled open his clothes, and there it was again—that identical black cat mark.

"How could this happen?"

What exactly is this mark?

The person nearby let their hands drop listlessly.

"The banquet is still continuing. Please proceed to the front hall, everyone~"

Vivian's lips curled into a smile. Watching their fearful and struggling appearance, her eyes flashed with excitement.