"What's there to be afraid of! I'm going to keep going!"

"Are you out of your mind?"

"Even the wielder of great power has come; it seems the rumors are true!"

Inside the tavern, people were whispering among themselves.

"Alright, everyone go upstairs and rest!" Della shouted from the center of the lobby.

"Listen up! No fighting in my shop! No leaving your room after dawn! There's only one light in each room. Any fool who wants to be killed by Ice Soul, go ahead and try!"

"I'll turn off the fireplace on the first floor in five minutes!"

Everyone began packing their things and left the first floor one by one, heading to the bedrooms on the second floor.

Li Changzhou saw Della directing the tavern maids to collect the water jugs of the dead soldiers; perhaps they would be seen on the fireplace tomorrow.

If these people arrived on horseback, horse meat would also be served.

Li Changzhou counted the time in his mind, glancing at the lone traveler out of the corner of his eye. The other person moved methodically, and it took four minutes before he walked towards the stairwell.

He and his men followed behind the other party.

The second floor is a long corridor with rooms on both sides. It is completely dark, and the kerosene lamps in the tenants' hands are like candlelight floating on a black sea. Only a tiny light can be seen, and no one can be seen.

As I was about to step out of the stairwell and onto the corridor.

"Cough...cough..." The lone traveler coughed lightly, as if he were sick.

Li Changzhou slightly raised his eyelids, then lowered them again without making a sound.

The Shadow Team requested three rooms. Andy and Stone Fist, who had previously led Li Changzhou's horse, quickly brought over the bedding and kerosene lamps for the remaining two rooms.

Seven people were crammed into one room.

Let alone seven people sleeping in one bed, even with only two people, if one person turns over, the other person has to turn over too, and that's with Tali around.

If Tali were replaced by a man, both of them would only be able to sleep on their sides.

The old man lowered his voice and instructed, "Boss and Tali will sleep on the bed, Andy, Bertie, and I will sleep on the floor, Stonefist and Yate, you two will keep watch for the first half of the night. Don't open the door if there's any noise outside, and call us immediately if anything happens."

Tali looked at Li Changzhou somewhat awkwardly.

"You should go to sleep first," Li Changzhou said to her.

"......Um."

No one took off their clothes; they simply covered themselves with the blankets. The old man's snoring was the first to start, so loud it shook the ceiling.

"Sigh." Andy, sitting right next to the old man, put his hands behind his head and let out a sigh that sounded almost desperate.

Tali tossed and turned on the bed.

But soon, exhaustion overcame the noise, and everyone lying down fell asleep.

After waiting for another half hour, Li Changzhou stood up and whispered to Shi Quan and Yete, "I'm going out for a bit."

Shi Quan subconsciously stood up.

"You stay here, I'll be back soon!" Li Changzhou ordered.

Because he had booked three rooms, there were three kerosene lamps in the room. He picked up one of them, gently opened the door, and disappeared into the pitch-black night.

After the captain left, Stone Fist and Yett tensed up simultaneously, their hands gripping the weapons on their knees tightly.

The corridor was pitch black. To check how dark it was, Li Changzhou raised his hand to test it—unless you put your hand within five centimeters of the kerosene lamp, you really couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

When Della tossed the key onto the lone traveler's table, he memorized the room number. He then lit the kerosene lamp and began checking each room.

In the thick darkness, he examined the silhouette of the doorway, like Death choosing its victims.

Squeak~~

The sound of a heavy object pressing down on the stairs!

A substance darker than darkness swept up, clinging tightly to and enveloping Li Changzhou and the kerosene lamp, completely merging them into the night.

In the pitch black, the black matter parted slightly, revealing Li Changzhou's dark right eye, Tong Ren, who stared at the stairwell without any emotion.

The fireplace on the first floor had long been extinguished, and from the top of the stairs, it looked like a black deep sea.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!

Step by step, people came up.

All they could hear were footsteps getting closer, but they couldn't see anything in their field of vision.

Squeak~ The approaching footsteps finally disappeared. After climbing all the stairs, the other party had arrived at the second-floor corridor!

Li Changzhou remained calm and focused on visualizing the "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Eye." After trying it twice, the tribulation clouds in his mind began to roll, with purple lightning dragons churning and raging within them.

boom!

With a thunderous roar and a flash of lightning, the purple dragon burst forth from the tribulation clouds and struck his right eye.

A barely perceptible purple light flashed across my right eye, or perhaps it was just an illusion.

Li Changzhou's breath caught in his throat!

There was a pair of eyes staring intently at his right eye!