The fluorescent light reflected off the figure in the night, a large hat covering his large head, making him appear deep and mysterious, but it was still impossible to see his face clearly.
The newcomer was none other than the Demon King Thousand Buddhas.
"Is she still useful? The illusion has already been used. The boss said that once it's used, it won't be used again, to avoid leaks." Bai Rui raised an eyebrow, seemingly speaking with conviction.
"Idiot, does that mean you don't need it either?" A cold snort came from his nose, and two deep, terrifying green lights emanated from beneath his cloak.
"Boss, I, I didn't mean that," Bai Rui said, startled, and quickly tried to explain.
"Hmph, I advise you to stop trying to guess what I'm thinking and just do your job properly."
"Yes, yes, Bai Rui wouldn't dare."
"Hmph! Let me give you a heads-up. If I'm not mistaken, this woman is no ordinary person. It's very likely that she's not human either. If that's the case, then she'll be of great use to us."
"Oh, the boss is right! Now that you mention it, I also think that this woman and this old man are not simple people." Bai Rui nodded in agreement.
“Alas! What a pity,” the man in black robes turned his head and shook his head with a sigh. “Now the clue has gone cold again. I originally wanted to investigate their background, but now, I don’t even know if they are still around. Judging from the situation, they seem to know something. We need to be more careful in the future.”
"Boss, you're so clever! Back then, we used Shui Ling to create a fake illusion and captured that water tribe woman..."
"Shut up! Walls have ears, don't you know that?" With a flick of his wrist, the shadowy figure tossed his black robe behind him, turned, and grabbed Bai Rui by the neck with a sharp claw. As the two beams of green light intensified, he lowered his shrill voice, "You shouldn't have brought this up. I wanted her soul and body, but now, not only is the body nowhere to be found, but the soul has vanished without a trace. Tell me, what kind of mess have you made?"
"Boss, please calm down," Bai Rui said, trembling. "It was all done according to your orders. It's just that the woman was too cunning."
The conversation abruptly stopped, and the air was heavy and eerily quiet.
"Alas." The cloak suddenly sighed, breaking the silence. "Those mother and daughter are indeed difficult to deal with. Back then, I..."
The raised arm touched the neck lightly, then quickly withdrew; Qianfo seemed to be gritting his teeth in hatred.
"Boss, what should we do with these things?" Bai Rui pointed to the ugly corpses of several bats in front of him.
"Destroy the body and cover up the evidence, huh? Do I need to teach you that?" With that, "Whoosh!" The black-robed Thousand Buddha suddenly turned and sped back towards the mountaintop he had come from...
Steward Bai glanced back, then looked away. "Poof!" With a flick of his arm, a bundle of white cotton, still carrying flames, shot out from his palm and landed squarely on the bat's corpse.
The flames flickered, and soon the monster on the ruins turned into wisps of smoke...
Before the wisp of smoke had even dissipated, Bai Rui also vanished into the night sky with a "whoosh!"
This is what happens when you follow bad people. After being used, you leave nothing behind and just disappear.
Sigh! After that, the air seemed even fresher, and the snow-covered ground along the roadside added a unique tranquility.
Qiao Mei and Mo Tian stepped out of the illusion one after the other, and the surrounding scales disappeared.
Looking up, the full moon overhead shone with a cool, clear light...
The cold moon overhead was telling them that today was the fifteenth of the lunar month, and in another half month, it would be the New Year.
It's rare to have such bright moonlight on a cold winter day.
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