Chapter 743 This is just the beginning
The man looked to be in his early twenties, but his voice was low, hoarse, and weathered.
The stark and incongruous contrast left Ye Wanxi momentarily stunned.
But then she realized what this person had just said: "We cultivate different paths? What kind of path requires harming people, especially so many people?"
"You cultivate... the path of slaughter."
The man's deep eyes were fixed on Ye Wanxi, neither admitting nor denying it.
Ye Wanxi's eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at the face that was so similar to that of her Uncle Wu. For some reason, she suddenly felt a little anxious.
"Wangchuan Residential Complex, antiques and paintings, dolls—how many people have you harmed? How many more do you intend to harm?"
"not enough."
Ye Wanxi's heart skipped a beat.
“This is just the beginning.”
The man remained calm, and even the way he looked at Ye Wanxi did not change in the slightest.
He was like a high and mighty yet ruthless god, arbitrarily manipulating those mortals who were like ants in his eyes, and deciding their life and death at will.
No, this is not a god, it's a devil.
"I have to go now."
Before Ye Wanxi could react, the man gave her his first smile since they met.
"We'll see you again."
Ye Wanxi narrowed her eyes and took a step forward as quickly as possible, wanting to grab his hand again.
A burst of intense heat exploded right before our eyes with a whoosh.
Ye Wanxi instinctively reached out to block, and when she was sure there was no danger, she looked ahead and found that the person in front of her had actually set himself on fire.
Or rather, from the very beginning, it was a lifeless puppet.
He was useless the moment his master abandoned him.
Ye Wanxi looked at the puppet's body, which had instantly turned into a pile of black ash, and pursed her lips, somewhat unwilling: "He got away again!"
As the wisp of divine consciousness within the puppet disappeared, the space where Ye Wanxi was located also completely collapsed and shattered.
In a flash, her legs finally touched solid ground.
But as soon as she landed, she was terrified by what she saw.
Inside the pitch-black basement, piles of white bones lay, the last traces left in this world by the tragically deceased souls.
Looking at the skeletons, Ye Wanxi's anger surged to its peak.
Before she could do anything, her phone rang.
Ye Wanxi looked down and saw that it was Zou Yiluan calling.
"Mr. Zou?"
Zou Yiluan on the other end of the phone was overjoyed. Ye Wanxi's communication signal suddenly returned, so he decided to give it a try and made the call. To his surprise, the call actually went through.
"Miss Ye, are you alright? Where are you now?"
"I'm..." Ye Wanxi glanced around, "I'm in the basement below your building."
"A basement?" Zou Yiluan was stunned, turning to look at the crowd behind him. "This building has a basement?"
"Miss Ye, please wait there for a moment, we'll be right there."
"Hmm." Ye Wanxi looked up and glanced around, but couldn't help but remind them, "You should be prepared, this place should contain the bodies of all the victims."
Zou Yiluan remained silent on the other end of the phone for a long while before replying in a hoarse voice, "Okay."
Jiang Lin was the first to arrive. He didn't join Zou Yiluan and the others; instead, he followed Ye Wanxi's scent and came over on his own.
Upon seeing her, he looked Ye Wanxi up and down and asked in a low voice, "Are you alright?"
Ye Wanxi shook her head: "I'm fine. That was just a puppet; it couldn't hurt me."
"A puppet?" Jiang Lin frowned. It was just a puppet, yet it was able to take his junior sister away right in front of him and even set up a barrier to shield her aura.
The person behind this puppet is probably unfathomable!
"Let's not talk about that now. How's that ghost king doing?"
"It vanished into thin air."
"The wronged souls she devoured..."
Jiang Lin shook his head.
Those wronged souls had been devoured for a long time and had long since merged with the soul of the Ghost King.
However, they were not fully digested, each going its own way, with both sides eyeing each other with predatory intent to devour the other and seize the initiative.
To destroy the Ghost King, these wronged souls must be eliminated as well; otherwise, even a centipede that dies will not be put down, and it may launch a counterattack at any time, causing great chaos.
After Ye Wanxi was taken away by the man in black, Jiang Lin quickly dealt with the Ghost King and the fragments of vengeful spirits on her body before he was able to escape and come to find him.
Otherwise, that black man probably wouldn't have even had the chance to say those few words to Ye Wanxi.
Ye Wanxi breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little disappointed.
Just then, Zou Yiluan and his men came down from up there.
Even though Ye Wanxi had warned them beforehand, everyone was still inevitably frightened when they saw the scene in the basement.
After realizing what had happened, everyone's expression turned grim.
"These should be the remains of the victims, and besides..."
Ye Wanxi pushed open the door to a small, dark room on the side of the basement, and rows of brightly colored dolls came into view.
These dolls have exquisite features and gorgeous clothes, and they are indeed very pleasing to the eye.
Just one glance at the piles of white bones outside, and then at these dolls, and no one had any desire to appreciate them; they only felt a chill run down their spines!
"Miss Ye, these dolls..."
"It should be a semi-finished product."
"Semi-finished product?"
"I think the mastermind's goal is to first use the demons and ghosts to take over some people's bodies, and then use this channel to sell these harmful dolls."
The Chi and the Mei are not some common evil creatures; their role is probably just to act as scouts. What we have now is the real main event.
Unfortunately, before this outpost could be fully deployed, it fell into Ye Wanxi's hands, and their main event naturally missed its chance to take the stage.
Zou Yiluan and the others felt a chill run down their spines after hearing Ye Wanxi's words. These dolls spent their days with these undead corpses, so it was obvious they couldn't be anything good.
If they were to be widely distributed as Ye Wanxi suggested, who knows how many people would be killed.
"Now then..."
"Just burn it."
"Okay, okay."
After that, Ye Wanxi and her companion didn't need to worry about anything else. Burning the harmful items, collecting the victims' remains, and confirming their identities all required a lot of time and effort.
Fortunately, with Zou Yiluan around, professional personnel were quickly able to be mobilized to help.
Zou Yiluan and the others later asked Ye Wanxi about the man in black.
Upon learning that the other party had escaped using the "golden cicada shedding its shell" technique, Zou Yiluan and the others became even more paranoid.
While it is certainly exhilarating and fortunate to have destroyed this treacherous den of evil, the fact that the real mastermind has not yet been caught is like a sword hanging over everyone's head, ready to fall and hurt at any moment, making it impossible to guard against.
(End of this chapter)
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