268: Chapter 268 Farce

Nie Ning searched inside the Wizard Tower and finally found a cage covered in Runic Formulas in a compartment on the top floor.

The Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox was lying inside, and it did not wake up due to Nie Ning's appearance.

Seeing this, Nie Ning hurriedly opened the cage to check carefully.

Fortunately, its breathing was normal, there were no wounds on its body, and it had only fainted.

Nie Ning placed the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox into his arms and then continued to search the Wizard Tower.

It had to be said that a Fourth-Ring Wizard was truly wealthy.

Not only were there all kinds of wizard books, but the laboratory also contained a large amount of research equipment, which was much better than Nie Ning's own.

Without time to hesitate, Nie Ning packed up everything he could take.

"It's a pity that the Wizard Tower cannot be moved."

Looking at the empty laboratory, Nie Ning sighed slightly.

...

Turning back to the first floor, Nie Ning released Leder again.

"How did you poison the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox?"

As a top-tier exotic beast species, the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox had incredibly powerful stats in all aspects; under normal circumstances, how could it be so easily abducted?

Moreover, the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox had been following him the whole time, and it was still there even before he went to sleep; if there had been a fight, clues would definitely have been left behind.

Yet there were no traces in the inn, and not even the spatial item on his body had been lost.

"I don't know about any Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox. If you want magic crystals, I can give them to you. Please, don't kill me."

Leder just kept crying and shouting.

Nie Ning scratched his ears in annoyance; he truly wouldn't give up until all hope was gone.

The Flesh Spider extended its tentacles and twisted Leder's left leg into a pretzel.

"I really don't know. Please, spare me."

Leder's face was twisted in pain, but he still refused to admit it.

Sensing that someone was coming outside, Nie Ning couldn't help but frown. He looked at Leder with a cold expression: "Since that's the case, then you have no value in living."

As Nie Ning's voice fell, the blood-colored tentacles pierced through Leder's abdomen.

The blood-colored tentacles grew blood-spikes, slowly approaching Leder's internal organs.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you! It was Wizard Chester from the Yishi Mansion. He helped Leder make a special dish, and they used that dish to lure the Jade-Colored Light-Treading Fox out."

Under the fear of death, Leder's expression collapsed in terror as he cried out.

Hearing this, Nie Ning felt a wave of resentment toward Xiao Guang.

It wouldn't eat the things he made no matter what, at most eating some pills, yet someone else just made something casually and hooked Xiao Guang's soul away.

'Useless thing, not a shred of vigilance!'

Nie Ning cursed inwardly, absolving himself of all responsibility.

However, since this matter involved the Yishi Mansion, things were a bit difficult.

After all, he had already killed a Fourth-Ring Wizard this time; whether he could get away with it was a question, and going after that wizard named Chester was a bit unrealistic.

Moreover, Xiao Guang had already been found, so the remaining matters could be planned slowly.

Nie Ning glanced outside from the corner of the window; at this moment, quite a few people had already arrived near the Wizard Tower.

Fortunately, due to the formation, those people outside could not get close for the time being.

Sensing the aura of those who had arrived, there were actually two Fourth-Rank Wizards among them. Nie Ning couldn't help but frown; he hadn't expected these people to arrive so quickly.

Sneaking away was obviously a bit difficult; if he were caught, it would only invite bigger trouble.

And listening to the conversation outside, it was clear that those people had also discovered the matter of the Corruptor here.

"Leder! If you're there, come out for a moment, or don't blame us for attacking the Wizard Tower!"

At this moment, someone outside shouted.

The Corruptor was a matter of great importance; if Leder had been infected, then a really big problem would occur.

Because Corruptors grew extremely fast, like a snowball; if they couldn't be dealt with in a short time, it would only form a vicious cycle.

Watching the people blocked outside by the formation, Nie Ning unconsciously stroked his chin, thinking about how to leave this place.

"Please, let me go, I won't dare to do it again..."

Nie Ning turned his head to look at Leder, who was still crying.

Fortunately, the soundproofing effect of the formation was very good; at least the people outside did not hear Leder's voice.

"You're in the way!"

Nie Ning looked on coldly, and the Flesh Spider instantly tore Leder into shreds of meat.

Without the interference of Leder's voice, Nie Ning quickly thought of a good method.

Sealing the Human-Faced Balloon back into the sealing box, Nie Ning immediately summoned the Jerky Bear Head.

Then, taking advantage of the fact that the people outside weren't paying attention, he turned off the Wizard Tower's defensive formation.

He didn't do this to walk right into a trap, but because it would hinder the Jerky Bear Head from using the Shadow Shuttle skill.

One of the most basic Runic Formulas of a defensive formation was to stabilize space.

With the strength of the Jerky Bear Head, it was obviously unable to pass through the defensive barrier of a Fourth-Ring Wizard Tower.

As the Wizard Tower's barrier closed, the Jerky Bear Head opened its bloody maw and swallowed Nie Ning in one gulp.

Immediately afterward, not far from the Wizard Tower, near the location where the flesh clone was fighting, Nie Ning was spat out by the Jerky Bear Head again.

Everything happened very quickly, and coupled with the influence of the lingering aura of the Flesh Spider, the wizards outside the tower only sensed that someone was there, but they did not notice the existence of the Jerky Bear Head.

Nie Ning took the opportunity to blend in, asking what had happened here like a bystander.

There was no other way; the Jerky Bear Head had a distance limit when using Shadow Shuttle, and if discovered, it would be very easy to be attacked by everyone.

Fortunately, the personnel mobility in Blood Rainbow City was very high, so no one became suspicious because they didn't know Nie Ning.

Even if there was suspicion, it was useless; it couldn't possibly be a Third-Ring Wizard who killed a Fourth-Ring Wizard, right?

Nie Ning not only chatted well with these people but even openly inquired about matters concerning Blood Rainbow City, appearing exactly like a small wizard who had just entered the city.

...

This farce continued until dawn, and it wasn't until the official personnel of Blood Rainbow City arrived that the farce ended.

Dozens of wizards and knights had stubbornly bragged outside the Wizard Tower for two hours.

And during this process, no one actually tried to attack the Wizard Tower, which was so absurd that Nie Ning almost couldn't help but go and remind them.

Of course, it wasn't that no one wanted to try.

It was mainly because those old, undying wizards would always change the subject at this time.

For those older wizards, life experience told them they should wait for stronger people to handle it, rather than risking their own lives to test whether there was a Corruptor inside the Wizard Tower.

Under such an atmosphere, young wizards lacked the strength and had no say, while the powerful wizards were slow to take action.

They dragged it out until the official personnel arrived, and the older wizards started pretending to want to attack the Wizard Tower.

At this moment, everyone realized that the Wizard Tower's defensive formation had been closed at some point!

And under the disdainful gazes of the official personnel, everyone present was very embarrassed, and in the end, they could only find excuses to slip away one after another.