257: The prelude to the grand finale!

Drip, drop!

Blood fell to the ground like raindrops.

The members of the 010 Team, after thrusting the Star Blade into each other's bodies, began to twist the hilts.

One by one, the Star Blades, which should have been aimed at the Mysterious, were now churning inside their bodies like meat grinders.

Song Zhong released the restriction on their throats.

Pig-like screams echoed through the cold, long street.

The surrounding neighbors would not hear these sounds.

To prevent disturbing the residents, Song Zhong opened the Veil, ensuring no sound could escape.

"I'm truly a public-spirited citizen. Guangshen City should award me a Daode Citizen Award."

Song Zhong's voice was not loud, but it reached Wei Xiuming's ears, word for word.

"Bastard, you demon, pervert!" Wei Xiuming's eyes were bloodshot. He could already feel his intestines being twisted apart.

What in the world was going on? How did he run into such a pervert?

"No, no, no." Song Zhong shook his head. "Captain Wei, when you killed your teammates, why didn't you stand on the moral high ground and condemn yourself?"

Wei Xiuming was shocked. The other party actually knew about him killing Miao Su?

Could it be that he had been under the other party's surveillance all along?

"Who exactly are you?" Wei Xiuming knew he was doomed. He wanted to resolve the last doubt in his heart.

Song Zhong walked up to him with a smile and said softly:

"I won't tell you!"

Wah!

Wei Xiuming was so angry that a mouthful of blood surged up, gushing from his mouth and nose.

The other party was too disrespectful! I'm about to die, can't you satisfy my curiosity?

A faint red mist gradually rose, the last color Wei Xiuming saw.

The bodies of the 010 Team members were gradually corroded and consumed by the red mist.

Clang, clang!

Several Star Blades fell to the ground, their sound clear and pleasant, like the end credits of this Puppet show.

Song Zhong's gaze returned to indifference.

"This kind of soulless Puppet show is becoming more and more boring."

He sighed and turned his head, looking towards Baili Manor.

"Hehe, fortunately, a grand play I meticulously directed is about to be staged. I'm truly... looking forward to it."

Song Zhong's body couldn't help but tremble, a crimson hue staining his eyes.

"The actors should enter the stage now. I also need to find the best viewing spot."

With that, Song Zhong's figure blurred, like a flickering light on the water's surface, disappearing from the long street.

Only a large pool of blood and a few Star Blades remained on the ground, proving that someone had been there.

...

Baili Manor.

Anger filled the Virgin's face. He looked at the tattered corner of the Veil, his heart aching.

He hadn't expected anyone to find a flaw in the Veil.

"You, how dare you damage my Forbidden Object!"

The Virgin grabbed a corner of the Veil and poured Mental Energy into it.

The damaged hole began to slowly repair itself.

"Don't give him time, Lin Qi Ye!" An Qingyu quickly reminded.

Lin Qi Ye was enveloped in night, his speed pushed to the limit.

He transformed into a streak of night and charged towards the Virgin.

The Virgin's eyes narrowed. With a flick of his finger, the undamaged parts of the Veil directly blocked his front.

Layers of white gauze, like the curtains of a wedding bed, shielded the Virgin within.

"You wouldn't think that just because there's a hole, I'm helpless against you, would you?" the Virgin said coldly.

Lin Qi Ye swung the Star Blade with both hands, attempting to cut the white gauze.

But the white gauze seemed to stretch endlessly, and Lin Qi Ye couldn't break free for a while.

An Qingyu was also blocked.

The Virgin no longer paid attention to Lin Qi Ye and began to repair the loophole.

He walked towards the damaged area, but with one step, he realized something was wrong.

Why did he seem to be moving farther away from the damaged spot?

Just as the Virgin was puzzled, he saw a figure in a trench coat running like the wind towards the loophole.

There was someone else?

In a moment of urgency, the Virgin subconsciously increased his speed, wanting to prevent the figure from sneaking in.

But it wasn't a problem not to chase; once he chased, the Virgin was completely dumbfounded.

He found that the faster he went, the farther he got from that figure.

"What's going on?" the Virgin exclaimed in surprise.

Lin Qi Ye, entangled in the white gauze, also noticed the Virgin's anomaly.

Looking at the other party's reaction, Lin Qi Ye was suddenly startled. There was a Forbidden Territory that could deceive a creature's perception and invert the concept of space.

Forbidden Territory Sequence 176, 'Ghost Face Land'.

This was a Forbidden Territory that Lin Qi Ye would never forget.

And at this moment, the Virgin's behavior was identical to someone caught in Ghost Face Land.

But who was that figure?

Doubt also flickered in Lin Qi Ye's eyes.

The Virgin, realizing something was wrong, acted quickly. He manipulated the surrounding white gauze.

Amidst the flapping of the white gauze, gusts of wind blew towards that figure.

The black hood was blown off by the wind, revealing a pale face and sparse hair.

That face wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

Although the other party's appearance had changed greatly, Lin Qi Ye recognized him at a glance.

"Baili Jing!" Lin Qi Ye shouted loudly.

The Virgin was stunned. Baili Jing?

He had, of course, seen Baili Jing's appearance. As a Forbidden Object User, one of his duties was to protect the members of the Baili Family.

But wasn't the other party a young man?

How did he turn into this appearance?

Moreover, he clearly remembered that Baili Jing was just an ordinary person. How did he have a Forbidden Territory now?

Just in that moment of hesitation, Baili Jing had already entered the courtyard and disappeared into a room.

The Virgin regained his composure.

Although he didn't know what Baili Jing was going to do, the other party was, after all, Bai Li Xin's son, so he was one of their own.

The most urgent task now was to deal with these invaders outside.

Having understood this, the Virgin immediately focused his attention on Lin Qi Ye and the others...

Baili Jing's heart pounded. He truly sensed the wind god's left arm that Song Zhong had spoken of.

Previously, in the Forbidden Object Collection Hall, after Baili Jing had devoured the last Forbidden Object, Song Zhong had given him something.

It was a Forbidden Object similar to cosmetic contact lenses. The only purpose of this Forbidden Object was to sense the location of the wind god's left arm.

So, even if Baili Jing didn't know the layout here, he could still advance in the correct direction.

As for why Song Zhong had that Forbidden Object, it was, of course, a small trinket Hou Qing had made on the fly.

When Hou Qing had sensed the malice within the longevity lock, he had casually bound the wind god's left arm to Bai Li Pang Pang.

He had them both teleported back to Guangzhou-Shenzhen, so Hou Qing naturally possessed a method to pinpoint the wind god's left arm.

Baili Jing followed the instructions on the cosmetic contact lenses and moved forward.

"Here it comes, eternal life, Forbidden Object, I'm coming!"