Chapter 397: Internal strife in the lake, the battle of the hospital (asking for monthly tickets)

Haifan City Hospital, looking down from the corridor on the top floor, every ward is empty, only the ward at the end of the corridor still has the light on.

There was a young girl sitting on the hospital bed.

She had black hair in front of her forehead and a long fiery red braid tied at the back of her head. In front of her was an open folding table with a piece of birthday cake on it, as well as plastic forks, spoons, knives, and plastic plates for dividing the cake into slices.

There is a wooden chair next to the bed.

There was also someone sitting on the wooden chair. The person was wearing a Zhongshan suit and had a slicked-back hair. He was lowering his head, with one arm around his shoulders and the other hand playing with his mobile phone.

The ward was quiet. An old-fashioned television was playing the morning news from Haifan City:

"Officials have issued an orange typhoon warning. Typhoon 'Big Windmill', a Category 12 typhoon, is about to land. Residents of Haifan City are advised to avoid going out today and lock their doors and windows..."

In the distant sky, gloomy cumulonimbus clouds drifted in. Soon, the rustling sound of rain could be heard in the ward, and a light drizzle began outside the window.

The raindrops drew a beautiful parabola, turned into bean-sized raindrops that hit the surface of the window, slid down, and then turned into a white mist, climbing up the window like a gecko.

Lin Xingshi lowered her eyes, scooped up the cream with a spoon, dug out a piece of cake and ate it, then turned her head to look at the cumulonimbus clouds outside the window. Amid the sound of the dripping rain, she was in a daze.

After a while, she suddenly thought of something: "Oh, where did Lao Hui go again?"

"He said he forgot to buy you a gift, and then he left happily." Zhou Jiuya, who was sitting by the window, said.

"Him..." Lin Xingshi said angrily, "Just now you lied to me that he was out buying cigarettes, but it turns out he was hiding outside with a cake, waiting to come in and scare me."

"From childhood to adulthood, hasn't he always had these few tricks?" Zhou Jiuya said, "It's impossible to stop him."

"That's right..." Lin Xingshi said, and scooped a small piece of cream with a spoon and put it into his mouth.

Suddenly, she turned her head and glanced at Zhou Jiuya. "Come to think of it, we've known each other for almost ten years, and this is the first time we've celebrated our birthdays together. How did you suddenly come to your senses?"

The first time they officially met was when the four major families gathered their respective candidates for succession.

Lin Xingshi remembered that Zhou Jiuya was just a reckless and carefree snotty kid when he was little. His personality wasn't as weird and introverted as it is now.

At that time, he was the weakest among the four. Every time he lost in a competition, he would either squat in the corner hugging his knees without saying a word, or wipe his tears and make harsh remarks.

In the end, Lin Xingshi had to go over and comfort him before he cheered up.

At this moment, Zhou Jiuya lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked up at her and asked seriously:

"Want to listen?"

Lin Xingshi raised his eyebrows and nodded slowly.

Zhou Jiuya said seriously, "A week ago, an exorcist in our family died. He was cursed by the Grudge Demon, and no doctor in the family could save him... Before he died, I went to see him. He was holding my hand and said he wanted to go home to celebrate his daughter's birthday. It was then that I realized that some people don't even have the chance to celebrate their birthdays. Life still needs a sense of ritual."

"Is this true? Are you so humane?" Seeing how serious he was, Lin Xingshi couldn't help but smile slightly.

"I made it up." Zhou Jiuya shrugged. "But you can take it as the truth. I was indeed inspired by this exorcist and came here to celebrate my daughter's birthday. Are you touched?"

"That's enough. I think you're my daughter. If you act disrespectful, you'll be impeached by me, the Lake Hunting Captain," Lin Xingshi teased. "But I didn't expect our eldest son Zhou to make such a joke."

"So... when do you plan to be discharged from the hospital?" Zhou Jiuya shrugged and changed the subject.

"Let's wait until the rain stops. Then we'll leave and leave the hospital to those who need it," Lin Xingshi said softly. "After all, clearing the hospital out of patients is a bit excessive. While it's for safety reasons, you might as well just dump me in a basement. My wounds will heal by daybreak."

She shrugged. "It's not like I'll be blown away by the wind."

"I really threw you into the basement, and you're unwilling to go." Zhou Jiuya snorted coldly, "What if the people from the White Crow Brigade opened the door and surrounded you in the basement?"

Lin Xingshi didn't continue the conversation. She tilted her head, her clear eyes reflecting the rain-soaked city. She casually reached out and touched her braid, which drooped on the bed.

"What wish did you make when you blew out the candles just now?" Zhou Jiuya asked.

Lin Xingshi thought about it, then shook his head silently.

"Wishes won't come true if you say them out loud," she said.

"Are you still waiting?" Zhou Jiuya asked.

"Waiting for what?"

Lin Xingshi was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned his head to look at him.

"Waiting for that Nian beast? Didn't you say you wanted him to celebrate your birthday with you?" Zhou Jiuya said expressionlessly, "Captain, who can't see that you're so thoughtful?"

"Is it really that obvious?"

"What else?"

"Hmm..." Lin Xingshi pondered for a moment, "Actually, I don't quite understand its attitude. We were friends when we were young, but he might still think the same way now that we've grown up. Besides, I injured the Nian Beast Lord right in front of him..."

Zhou Jiuya interrupted, "There's no need to think about so many things. You only need to think about one thing."

"What?"

"If he eats humans one day, will you turn a blind eye?" Zhou Jiuya said word by word.

"Won't."

Lin Xingshi shook his head without hesitation.

"That's right." Zhou Jiuya said slowly, "Humans are humans, and demons are demons. Even a lion that has never eaten a human would be locked up in a zoo in the human world. How could a lion walk openly on the street?"

After saying this, he raised his head, glanced at Lin Xingshi, and suddenly sneered softly.

"What are you laughing at?" Lin Xingshi looked at him in confusion.

"If that doesn't work, you should just contract the Son of Nian."

"ha……"

"Anyway, your Sky Drive still has an empty slot. This way, it's good for you, it's good for me, and it's good for everyone. You won't have so many worries, right?" Zhou Jiuya said, tilting his head.

"The son of the contracted Nian beast?" Lin Xingshi shrugged and said teasingly, "Interesting! You're so smart to think of that, Old Crow."

She paused, then laughed and shook her head. "If the Nian Beast Lord knew his son had signed a contract with a human, I wonder how furious he would be. He might even lead an army of undead from hell to attack us."

"Who made you so eccentric? We at Lake Hunter never advocate signing contracts with demons, saying it would affect the purity of the Sky Drive." Zhou Jiuya said, "You were the only one who gave up the potential of the Sky Drive. When they first learned that you had made a contract with the demon without authorization, the old guys in the Lin family were almost pissed off by you."

"Isn't this perfectly normal?" Lin Xingshi scooped a piece of cream cake with a spoon and put it in his mouth. "I just like going against them. Besides, even if I contracted a demon, I still became the world's number one exorcist. I really don't know where their theories come from."

"Is it possible that this is because you are a special case, not because their theory is wrong?"

"If you say so, then so be it."

As the two were chatting, Zhong Wujiu suddenly opened the door and walked in from the corridor.

At this moment, Zhong Wujiu had taken off his ghost mask, revealing his full face. Half of his face was dark blue, and he looked as ferocious as a wild beast, sometimes like a tiger, sometimes like an ox, and sometimes like a sheep.

This was a side effect of Tianqu's "Twelve Beast Nuo Masks"—half of his face was affected by the beast spirits. Fortunately, the other half retained its original appearance, delicate and handsome, with clear and upright features, making him a very handsome man.

Only the people in Lake Hunting have seen Zhong Wujiu's true face. He usually wears a mask to prevent half of his face from scaring others.

"What's wrong, Wujiu?" Lin Xingshi asked.

Zhong Wujiu remained silent.

At this moment, Lin Xingshi and Zhou Jiuya suddenly noticed that he was holding a mask in his hand. The ghost face was stained with blood, and bean-sized blood beads fell one by one along the edge of the mask, dripping onto the floor.

Zhong Wujiu had his other hand behind his back, his face expressionless. A flash of lightning dyed the sky into daylight, and the ward was slightly brightened. Half of his face was in light and the other half was in dark, and his animal pupils were spreading blood-red light in the darkness.

The two were slightly startled and felt a chill in their hearts, but the next moment, Zhong Wujiu suddenly and slowly took out a chicken from behind.

"I just killed a chicken and can make you some soup." He paused. "It just so happens that this hospital has a kitchen."

Hearing this, Lin Xingshi and Zhou Jiuya were silent for a moment, then slowly moved their eyes from the chicken blood on the ground and looked at Zhong Wujiu.

"You're amazing." "You scared me."

The two said almost in unison.

"Did I scare you guys... Well, it's a birthday surprise." Zhong Wujiu said expressionlessly.

"What kind of surprise is this?" Zhou Jiuya said unhappily, "You're still the same, you're totally clueless."

"Stop teasing us Wujiu." Lin Xingshi smiled lightly.

Zhong Wujiu looked up at the two of them, then said calmly, "I'm going to make chicken soup."

Zhou Jiuya sighed: "Let's save some energy and go find a restaurant later."

"How can there be any restaurant open outside during a typhoon?" Lin Xingshi glanced at the gloomy sky outside the window.

"The typhoon hasn't come yet, has it?" Zhou Jiuya asked.

"Actually, I wanted to make it myself. I haven't cooked in a while. It doesn't matter if you guys drink it or not."

After Zhong Wujiu finished speaking, he turned around and left with the chicken and the blood-stained mask.

"Bang...bang bang..." The sound of rain hitting the window became louder and louder.

Lin Xingshi turned his head, feeling an inexplicable unease. The rain was getting heavier, threatening to drown the city. Cumulonimbus clouds obliterated the sky. In the distance, the sea was surging. Fishermen were landing, donning raincoats, and rushing toward the harbor.

And because of the influence of Tianqu, Zhou Jiuya would feel sleepy whenever it rained.

Fortunately, the rain was not heavy enough, far from being a torrential downpour, otherwise he would have fallen asleep on the spot like he did in Tokyo.

At this time, Zhou Jiuya just hugged his shoulders, yawned, leaned his head against the windowsill, closed his eyes and took a nap.

Lin Xingshi stared out the window silently. After a while, she suddenly heard the news report stop abruptly, replaced by a crackling noise.

She raised her eyebrows and looked at the TV. First, there was a burst of random noise, and then she saw an incredible pattern on the screen.

It was a hexagram pattern. There was a circle in the middle of the hexagram, and there was a bigger circle outside, connecting every corner of the hexagram.

For some reason, Lin Xingshi felt that the image on TV looked familiar, but he couldn't tell where he had seen it. It seemed that when he was reviewing the information of an exorcist criminal, the exorcist's nickname seemed to be...

——“Red light”.

"Jiu Ya, wake up...something seems to be wrong." Lin Xingshi said softly, waking up Zhou Jiu Ya.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Jiuya stretched, frowned, and slowly opened his heavy eyelids.

"You watch TV."

Zhou Jiuya glanced sideways at the hexagram pattern that appeared on the TV screen. At that moment, he was suddenly startled and his body stiffened in his chair.

The next second, a wailing sound suddenly came from outside the door, followed by a ferocious and dull animal roar. The rain was pouring down, and the rain was rapidly beating against the window.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..."

Zhou Jiuya and Lin Xingshi looked at each other. They were very familiar with the voice coming from downstairs.

Whenever Zhong Wujiu switched the Nuo mask mode, a corresponding beast roar would come out from the mask, and the other sound seemed to be the screams of medical staff.

"What's going on downstairs?"

Lin Xingshi was startled, then he lifted the quilt covering his legs, put the table aside, got out of bed wearing a hospital gown, and put on a pair of slippers on his bare feet.

"I don't know, something happened to Wujiu." Zhou Jiuya frowned, "Let's go and take a look together."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Jiuya stood up from his chair and walked towards the window.

Lin Xingshi followed him. The injuries on her body were still aching slightly, and her bones felt like they were about to fall apart. It seemed that she had underestimated the severity of her injuries.

The moment she walked out of the ward, thunder suddenly sounded. Her pupils reflected a flash of lightning passing through the corridor window, and the gloomy cumulonimbus clouds were also illuminated.

“Boom!”

Suddenly, huge bronze pillars smashed through the ceiling above her head and fell down, carrying with them fine raindrops, pouring down towards her head!

Lin Xingshi reacted swiftly. She tapped the ground with her foot, and a green lotus suddenly appeared at her sole. With its soft elasticity, it launched her body toward the right side of the corridor, brushing past the giant bronze pillar.

In an instant, more than ten pillars shattered the floor and then drilled into the bottom of the hospital.

The entire corridor was shaking, cracks appeared on the floor, and tiles were falling off the ceiling.

"Old Crow?" Lin Xingshi turned his head to look at the huge bronze pillar, confusion flashing in his eyes.

Her figure twirled in mid-air, and several shadows of green lotus appeared one after another. She stepped on the green lotus, and her figure continued to leap out, thus avoiding the sudden attack of all the bronze pillars.

"Green Lotus Demon" is the first demon that Lin Xingshi has contracted. Because her Sky Drive does not have the ability to fly, she can use the Green Lotus Demon to make up for this deficiency. The lion steps on the Green Lotus and rises to the sky.

"What's going on..."

Lin Xingshi frowned and landed on the ground barefoot.

Torrential rain poured in from the gap in the ceiling, and her slippers fell to the ground with a clatter. They were quickly washed into the bottom of the hospital and fell to the next floor.

"That was just now..." she murmured silently. At this moment, two figures appeared on her left and right.

And these two people are acquaintances she is very familiar with.

"Jiu Ya, Wu Jiu...did you guys go too far in your joke?" Lin Xingshi slowly straightened up, raised his head, and glanced at the two of them out of the corner of his eye.

At this time, Zhou Jiuya and Zhong Wujiu both looked a little strange, and too indifferent.

Their eyes were empty, like zombies, but the murderous intent emanating from them did not seem fake. It was an aura that regarded her as an enemy and wanted to cut her into pieces.

Zhou Jiuya put his hands inside the pockets of his Zhongshan suit, lowered his gloomy face, and a Tonggu compass was floating above his head.

Zhong Wujiu wore a Nuo mask of "Xiong Bo" and a steam-like ink shadow was wrapped around his body. From time to time, a low and powerful tiger roar could be heard from the shadow. The five fingers of his hands were also covered with ink-like tiger claws, and his aura was as ferocious as a wild beast.

"Seriously... being controlled by a psychic?" Lin Xingshi was stunned, then quickly understood the situation. "What kind of person could do this?"

The battle was about to begin. Zhong Wujiu tapped the ground with his foot and pounced out like a black tiger.

"Roar!" With a lion's roar, his right claw tore through the air and scratched towards Lin Xingshi.

Lin Xingshi bent down, slid past Zhong Wujiu from the bottom, and then his body was suddenly covered with a hazy lion shadow.

This time, the lion's shadow was much smaller than the one during the battle outside the city walls. This was Lin Xingshi's usual combat mode. Normally, she would only adjust the lion's shadow to a size of over twenty meters when battling behemoths like these.

"Huff--!" The fiery red shadow swayed, wrapping around Lin Xingshi's side like a flame curtain. She ran towards Zhou Jiuya quickly and approached him.

After hesitating for half a second, Lin Xingshi twisted his body, raised his right fist and punched forward.

But just after hesitating for a moment, Zhou Jiuya was able to leap back, and the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" opened up in an instant and surrounded his body.

The raging fire swept in like a tide, but was swallowed up by the scroll; the remaining flames consumed the entire corridor, and in an instant a whole row of windows burst open, with the sound of shattering glass never stopping.

The next moment, the entire hospital collapsed.

The corridor floor was torn apart by flames, and Zhou Jiuya and Lin Xingshi fell together in the collapsed ruins.

Zhong Wujiu didn't give her a chance to breathe. He stepped on the wall and floor flying in the air and shot towards Lin Xingshi.

He crossed his arms and drew a shadowy cross with his inky tiger claws. The cross whizzed out, shattering countless falling walls and glass, and hit Lin Xingshi's back, who was wearing a hospital gown.

Lin Xingshi saw this scene out of the corner of his eye. He stepped on the shadow of Qinglian with his right foot and shot upwards like a falcon, passing by Mo Ying in a cross shape.

"Swish swish!" The cross drawn by Zhong Wujiu continued to move forward and attacked Zhou Jiuya instead.

At this moment, Zhou Jiuya didn't have time to unfold the Qingming Shanghe Tu. The "Zi Wu Zhu" bracelet on his wrist suddenly lit up with a warm light, and then an invisible barrier enveloped him, blocking the Ink Shadow Cross.

A cross-shaped crack appeared faintly on the surface of the barrier, and it seemed like it might collapse at any time.

Zhou Jiuya frowned, and the air pressure suddenly dropped the next moment.

“Boom——!”

Amid the howling rainstorm, the giant Nine Dragon Cauldron smashed down, crushing the entire hospital into ashes. Countless white tiles and glass were shattered, and endless dust and fog spread out with a roar, almost covering an entire block.

A moment later, when the dust and fog faded away, Lin Xingshi had already put on the Nanming Glazed Lion Head and transformed into a huge lion, standing in the violent rain.

“Huahua…”

On the ruins of the hospital, heavy rain washed away the lion's shadow, but the flames engulfing it showed no sign of abating, instead burning more and more fiercely.

Lin Xingshi held the wound on his waist, knowing that he couldn't hold on for much longer.

Her physical condition was very bad. The question was whether she could wake one of the two before that, or whether she could hold on until Zhuge Hui arrived.

Zhuge Hui should not be under the enemy's mental control, otherwise he would not be "absent" on such an occasion, Lin Xingshi thought so. He quickly noticed such a big commotion.

At this time, Zhou Jiuya grasped the Tonggu compass hanging in the air, and clenched the five fingers of his right hand slightly.

"boom!"

In the deep pit behind the lion's shadow, the Nine Dragon Cauldron suddenly shook violently, and the dragon patterns on the cauldron suddenly lit up. Then, nine giant dragons emerged from the cauldron's mouth! They bared their fangs and claws and attacked Lin Xingshi with all their might.

Lin Xingshi's lion shadow stepped on the green lotus and rose into the sky, avoiding the dragon shadow's sudden attack.

The next moment, she released the power of the "Wooden Stake Demon". Within a radius of 150 meters, tall wooden stakes rose from the ground, forming a wooden stake array that covered a large area of ​​the ground.

The lion shadow twirled and fell from mid-air, then stepped on the highest wooden stake and turned into a meteor wrapped in flames.

It roared and fell, crashing straight into the nine raging dragons that were sweeping over it, pressing them into the wooden stakes.

“Bang!”

The wooden stakes shattered one after another, and the sharp nails hidden inside pierced the dragon shadows. Nine giant dragons were nailed to the ground, wailing and unable to move.

Immediately, Lin Xingshi once again controlled the Flame Lion to leap up, stepped on the wooden stakes, and looked down at Zhou Jiuya, who had an angry look on his face.

The shadows of thousands of wooden stakes stretched across the land, covering his figure. The torrential rain washed away the wooden stakes and the lion's shadow without stopping.

But at this moment, Lin Xingshi suddenly heard a bird singing, a strange and deep sound.

"This is..." She raised her eyes, raised her eyebrows and looked into the distance.

I saw that Zhong Wujiu's Nuo mask had changed into the "Boqi" form, with a pair of ink-black wings spread out behind him, and the sad bird song penetrated the rain curtain and echoed.

Lin Xingshi covered his ears, but it was too late. His head was splitting with pain, and every nerve seemed to be trembling. Yanshi suddenly covered his head and slowly knelt on the top of the wooden stake.

At this moment, huge bronze pillars crashed down from above its head, slamming its body into the ground. The lion's shadow smashed the wooden stakes, and the peach blossom nails hidden in the stakes pierced into the lion's belly, piercing Lin Xingshi's shoulder as well.

She withdrew the power of the wooden stake demon, and the tall wooden stakes covering an area of ​​100 meters disappeared, leaving only a weak lion shadow pinned to the ground by the huge bronze pillar.

“Boom…Boom…”

Zhou Jiuya's bronze pillars fell one after another, nailing the lion's head, back, claws, and limbs to the ground, and the lion shadow was unable to move for a while.

Lin Xingshi was already injured in the battle, and his injury was bound to worsen again.

She knelt on the ground, cradling the gaping wound, a pool of blood beneath her. The blood flowed profusely, turning a crimson hue that dissolved in the rain.

"Nine Crows... No Blame."

Lin Xingshi's consciousness was already a little hazy. She raised her head towards the rain, and the figures of the two people were reflected in her pupils.

The mournful cries of the Birch bird lingered in her ears, and some broken images slowly emerged in her eyes.

She vaguely remembered that after every training session when they were children, they would gather together, sit by the sea, drink drinks, and watch the sunset sink into the horizon.

One day, Zhou Jiuya said while drinking milk, "Lin Xingshi will be our captain from now on. If anyone dares to oppose me, I'll smash him to death with a pillar. Do you understand?"

Zhuge Hui sat cross-legged on the beach, waving a folding fan, and said to the sea under the setting sun:

"We're going to inherit the position of Lake Hunter in the future, so captain is naturally important. Although I'm resourceful and clever, the captain must be the strongest one. That's the only way people will believe it."

Zhong Wujiu was sitting on the beach at the time, silently flipping through a cooking tool book and just nodding symbolically.

"Can I really do this?" Lin Xingshi asked them curiously, shaking his legs. "But I'm a girl. Won't you three boys feel embarrassed when I point fingers at you?"

"So what if you're a girl?" Zhou Jiuya shrugged. "You're the most suitable person to be our captain."

"Alright then, I'll try my best to be a captain who won't let you down," Lin Xingshi said calmly. "But if you're not convinced, you can always come and fight me. Whoever wins will be the captain."

"How dare they refuse to accept?" Zhou Jiuya snorted coldly, "If they refuse to accept, I will be the first to knock them down."

"That's right, our Brother Crow is so fierce. He said you are the captain, how dare we have any objection?" Zhuge Hui waved his folding fan and said with a smile.

"Come on, to celebrate the selection of the captain, I will cook for you tonight." Zhong Wujiu closed the book and suddenly said quietly.

The other three children were silent. They looked at each other, silently stood up from the beach, and left without looking back.

But at this moment, the picture in her memory suddenly distorted. The young Lin Xingshi turned around and saw three children sitting on the beach and playing, and the setting sun fell below the horizon.

She wanted to talk to them, but no one could hear her. She suddenly felt her body was very cold, as if she had sunk into the sea. At this moment, the setting sun took away the sunlight on the beach, and the night enveloped everything. A huge sense of loneliness surrounded her body.

“Boom—boom—!”

Giant bronze pillars continued to crash down from overhead, forcing the giant lion shadow deeper into the ground.

Lin Xingshi came back to his senses from the hallucination, was silent for a while, suddenly opened his eyes, raised his head and glanced at Zhou Jiuya.

"Big liar..." She curled her lips and said silently.

Zhou Jiuya looked at her expressionlessly.

The huge bronze pillars seemed endless and continued to crash down. The lion shadow wailed. With each pillar that fell, the Flame Lion sank deeper into the ground. Scars continued to appear on Lin Xingshi's body, and blood dyed her eyes red.

Zhong Wujiu waved his black wings and hung in the air, and the black ripples swept away the rain.

The mournful cries of the "Birch Bird" penetrated the rain curtain and came from afar without stopping.

Lin Xingshi's pupils kept shrinking, and distorted illusions appeared before his eyes.

In a trance, she saw that cold winter again.

She ran through the streets and alleys, passed by every door and every light, and finally ran back to the apartment, but could not find Xiaonian.

At this time, a huge snowstorm came roaring in from outside the window, shattering the glass and covering her body. She sank deeper and deeper into the snow, unable to move.

"Little New Year..."

Lin Xingshi's lips moved as she softly uttered a name. The lion's shadow above her head suddenly became hazy, no longer able to withstand the fierce bombardment of the bronze pillar.

She felt her body getting colder and colder, and the scene in front of her gradually darkened.

Her heavy eyelids drooped as she knelt in a pool of warm liquid that she took for rain.

But it was her blood.

But the next moment, a wooden door appeared on the ruins of a candy shop on the long street. The door slowly opened, and accompanied by the sound of flying papers and the caw of crows, eleven figures walked out from behind the door.

The members of the White Crow Brigade stood in the dilapidated ruins, looking up at the heavy rain, looking at the wailing lion shadow in the distance, as well as Zhong Wujiu and Zhou Jiuya.

Yanma Lin pulled off the collar of his school uniform and drew his sword.

"You're having so much fun, you bastards from Lake Hunter." Andrew loaded the last dragon ash into the sniper rifle, grinned wildly, and stared at Zhou Jiuya with bloodshot eyes.

Xia Pingzhou glanced at Lin Xingshi, who had turned into a bloody man, and took a deep breath. Then, a black and white halo emerged from his body and turned into a circular chessboard.

"Target, Zhou Jiuya."

Qi Yuanyuan spoke calmly, his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker, and a flock of black crows rose behind his hands.

"The action begins."

(End of this chapter)