The door slammed shut with a loud "bang"!
A cold, decaying aura permeated the room, mixed with the rusty, bloody smell.
Ma Yanming trembled with fright. "Wha...what happened? Why is the door closed?!"
Qin Manwen's face turned pale. She had clearly killed the ghost, so why was this happening now?!
Was it really a case of killing the wrong person?
The situation before her made Qin Manwen doubt her own judgment. She looked uncertainly at Zhou Yu's corpse, only to see that Zhou Yu's corpse was slowly sitting up!
"It's a zombie! It's a zombie!!" Ma Yanming's eyes widened in horror.
Yang Shuming's eyelids twitched. What was going on? His heart pounded anxiously. He didn't have time to think too much. A peach wood sword engraved with runes appeared in his hand.
Zhou Yu stood up, gave a cold smile, and slowly pulled out the dagger stuck in his chest. A large amount of blood gushed out, but Zhou Yu did not even flinch.
No longer the shy and timid boy, Zhou Yu now exudes a breathtaking aura.
After fully withdrawing the dagger, Zhou Yu let out a sinister chuckle, and the blood-stained dagger turned to ashes in his hand.
The wound on his chest had completely healed. He looked at Qin Manwen and smiled bloodthirstyly, "Thank you for completely unsealing my power."
Qin Manwen flipped her hand and took out a stack of talismans, looking at Zhou Yu with apprehension. A bad feeling was already forming in her mind; she hadn't killed the wrong person, but rather…
Zhou Yu revealed this despairing truth: "You should believe Xia Linyin. It was the young master who killed me, not that woman."
He admired Qin Manwen's deathly pale face. "You must be wondering now why it wasn't that woman who killed me, but instead a dagger was found in her room."
Zhou Yu lifted his shirt and pointed to his abdomen, saying, "Do you remember this wound on the corpse? The dagger you found stabbed here. That woman thought she had killed me, but I was still alive. It was Young Master who ended my suffering. I was killed by Young Master, and I could only be killed by Young Master."
As if recalling something memorable, a gentle look appeared in Zhou Yu's eyes. "Little white rabbit, white and white, with two ears lifted up, after cutting the artery, then the vein, so cute when it doesn't move. Do you know what the young master likes to call me?"
"Zhou Rabbit." There was a hint of helplessness in Zhou Yu's voice. "It's such a disgusting title, but when the young master calls it out, it's surprisingly not so disgusting."
Without warning, Zhou Yu suddenly passed through Ma Yanming's body, like a wisp of smoke, and said, "Sometimes knowing too much isn't a good thing, so you can all die."
Ma Yanming fell straight to the ground, his eyes wide open, his body stiff as a stone, and he was no longer breathing.
"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits! Laozi, please grant my command!" Yang Shuming swiftly drew an array with his peach wood sword. "Heaven is Qian, earth is Kun, Yin and Yang and the Five Elements determine the universe!"
Biting his tongue, Yang Shuming spat blood onto the peach wood sword, which instantly shone brightly with a red light, and the runes on the peach wood sword emitted a scorching and dazzling light.
However, Zhou Yu completely ignored the array drawn by Yang Shuming and the peach wood sword in his hand, and floated directly towards Yang Shuming.
After being pierced by Zhou Yu, Yang Shuming did not die immediately like Ma Yanming, but he also clutched his chest and fell to the ground, looking pained.
Qin Manwen threw talismans at Zhou Yu as if they were free, but they did little harm to Zhou Yu, only causing minor scratches. Seeing Zhou Yu rushing towards her, Qin Manwen shouted, "Zhou Yu, do you really think you're a ghost? You're nothing at all!"
"What do you mean?" Zhou Yu stopped.
"You think this castle is what's trapping you, but what's trapping you is another force you don't know about. You think we're playing a game you set up, but the truth is, you're just a cog in the machine!"
Seeing that Qin Manwen's expression seemed genuine, an invisible, icy hand gripped her neck, and Zhou Yu floated in front of her. "What do you mean I'm nothing? Explain yourself clearly!"
Qin Manwen managed to utter, "Let us go, and I'll tell you!"
Zhou Yu sneered and tightened her grip on Qin Manwen's neck. "Do you think you still have the right to bargain with me?"
Just when Qin Manwen thought she was about to be strangled to death by Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu suddenly released her.
A cold, hard word struck her: "Speak!"
The air rushed into her lungs, carrying a musty smell, but to Qin Manwen it felt fresher than ever. She clutched her throat and coughed violently, "We're playing—"
A strange sensation came from the soles of her feet. Qin Manwen looked at her feet and was horrified to see that her legs were disappearing little by little!
"Ah—" Qin Manwen screamed, clutching her head, her voice filled with panic and despair!
Silence returned to the room. Qin Manwen had vanished without a trace, leaving not even a trace of her presence.
"Am I nothing?" Zhou Yu stared blankly at the spot where Qin Manwen had disappeared, asking himself as if talking to himself.
Then, he grabbed Yang Shuming's clothes and pulled him up from the ground. "What did Qin Manwen mean? Tell me! Am I a fake? Was everything I experienced fake?"
Yang Shuming shook his head desperately, "I can't say, I can't say, I'll be erased."
"Since that's the case, then you can die!" Zhou Yu's arm pierced through Yang Shuming's chest.
Xia Linyin, panting heavily, collapsed onto the floor after turning the room upside down. She hadn't found the murder weapon; it seemed she had guessed wrong. The one who killed the ghost was indeed the madam. But why did the unease in her heart still linger?
Her gaze swept around the room, and when it landed on the large rabbit doll on the messy bed that she had tossed around several times, Xia Linyin's eyes suddenly paused, and then she jumped up!
That's right! Rabbit! How could she not have thought of that!
Xia Linyin roughly tore the doll apart and found a fruit knife inside the cotton!
"Li Luo! The knife!" Xia Linyin excitedly showed the fruit knife in her hand to Li Luo. "Let's go find them quickly!"
When Xia Linyin saw the closed door, she was stunned for a moment. She turned her head to look at Li Luo behind her, then turned the handle and pushed the door open forcefully!
Yang Shuming and Ma Yanming's corpses lay stiffly on the ground. Zhou Yu played with the peach wood sword in his hand. He slowly raised his head to look at Xia Linyin, a smile curving his lips.
"Ah! You found the dagger! Too bad your companion has already used up his chance."
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