So that's what happened. Su Xiaoniu was so glorious back then, but she died on her way back to China...

The swordsman seemed unclear about what happened in between, but I knew it very well. Because that day in the Hell of the Mirror of Sin, I saw how Su Xiaoniu died, electrocuted to death by Gloria in the swimming pool. That kind of pain is probably unbearable for anyone.

The cause of Su Xiaoniu's death is now clear: she was too high-profile and dazzling at the time, earning her the hatred of countless women. Gloria, among them, took action. While escorting Su Xiaoniu back to China on the cruise ship, she took advantage of Su Xiaoniu swimming alone in the pool and, having planned for a long time, she sneaked in with her men, catching her off guard. Of course, Gloria's motive for killing her might not have been Su Xiaoniu's excessive brilliance, but rather the fact that the man she loved had also run away with her, prompting her to commit murder.

A woman's heart is so scary.

I couldn't help but wince. But this was just my guess. I'd have to ask Gloria for the details. The only thing I couldn't wrap my head around was the man in black was with Su Xiaoniu at the time, so why didn't he stop Gloria? What happened in between?

I don't understand.

Just as I was daydreaming, Gloria, on the stage, was already holding the golden gourd in her hands. As the audience cheered, she smiled and said, "This is the Eight Diagrams Gourd, a secret treasure of the Exorcist's Pavilion. Only someone as brilliant as me can possess it. It can trap demons and monsters within the gourd, which will then release a large amount of yang energy to devour these evil spirits. After seven days, they will be reduced to a pool of blood. We can also use this blood to refine corpses and raise spirits. - Okay, having said all that, next, I will release a little ghost from the Eight Diagrams Gourd that I accidentally caught today. Everyone, watch carefully."

The audience erupted in applause. My heart tightened as well. —Su Xiaoniu, is she okay?

Boo!

The lid was unscrewed, and a white shadow quickly rushed out of the gourd, as if it was desperate to escape. But before the shadow could get far, Gloria controlled the Bagua gourd, dragged it abruptly, and forced it to the ground.

Bang!

The white shadow fell to the ground and instantly turned into the figure of a beautiful woman in silver clothes, but at this moment her figure seemed a little illusory, as if she was about to disappear.

My heart skipped a beat, as if something had shattered. I wanted to rush over, to snatch Su Xiaoniu from Gloria's grasp, but I couldn't. I truly couldn't... The pool was surrounded by experts on all sides, and even on the upper deck, there were a few Taoists watching. Those Taoists were the same ones I'd seen on the shore, surrounded by a group of high-ranking officials. It seemed they, too, were deeply interested in this "Zhong Kui Catching Ghosts" performance.

"If you want to save her, there is a way you can try." said the swordsman.

I hurriedly asked what I could do. The swordsman told me to call Ning Xue and have her turn off the power on the cruise ship. Then the spectators would be in chaos, and we could take advantage of the chaos and have a chance to rush over and save Su Xiaonu. However, the chances of this happening were slim. Gloria's methods were very sophisticated, and the nearby Exorcist Pavilion experts were no pushovers either.

Whether there's a chance or not, it's better than waiting and watching. I immediately called Ning Xue, and she asked me what was wrong and if I'd found Su Xiaoniu. I said things had developed a bit suddenly, and asked her to help turn off the power to the cruise ship, as soon as possible!

Before Ning Xue could react, I hung up the phone. Even so, I believed in Ning Xue; she wouldn't let me down!

By this point, the audience had already begun cheering. They'd just witnessed an unscientific object-pulling performance. Gloria had used the Bagua gourd to control Su Xiaoniu's body, sending her plummeting to the ground. She'd done it effortlessly, without any aids. How could they not cheer? If this were truly just a performance, and I didn't recognize the ghost, perhaps I would have cheered too.

However, I can't cheer at all now.

All I wanted to do now was to rush onto the stage, kick Gloria aside, and run away with Sue.

However, it is easier said than done.

Su Xiaoniu clutched her chest and slowly climbed to her feet. She still seemed speechless, unsure what was going on. Then the swordsman told me that the food we ate that night was mixed with ingredients specifically designed to ward off ghosts, such as dog blood, glutinous rice wine, and black donkey meat. Although Su Xiaoniu didn't eat much, even the slightest touch of those things was unbearable, let alone ingestion!

No wonder Su Xiaoniu kept clutching her chest, speechless. She placed my hand on her chest not to ask me to touch it and tell her if it was big, but to ask me to help her expel the deadly substances she had ingested. Unfortunately, I didn't react at the time...

But the swordsman said that our food tonight was mixed with this ingredient that's deadly to ghosts. Does that mean Gloria had already discovered Su Xiaonu before we had dinner? More precisely, she had already discovered her before we boarded the cruise ship! And then she ordered the preparations, right? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

The most coincidental thing was that Su Xiaoniu actually ran into this enemy on this cruise ship. At the same time, I also remembered that when Su Xiaoniu was on the cruise ship, she said she felt a familiar person. At first I thought it was Ning Xue, but I didn't expect it to be her enemy Gloria!

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