Jiang Fu looked into the darkness and said calmly, "Ming Xiao only fired one shot and then stopped. She hasn't used a single bullet along the way. She should still have eight bullets left in her gun. If she has enough patience, she can wipe us all out."
"Where did she get the gun? Didn't we only give her a dagger?"
"When Shen Lanshang was playing tricks, she asked Brother Jiang for a weapon. She probably had a premonition. Damn, these women are all more cunning than the last."
Hearing this, everyone became even more anxious, as things were spiraling out of control.
"What do we do now?"
"Turn off the flashlights. It's so bright here, it's like a target. Mingxiao can hit it every time he takes a shot."
Everyone turned off their flashlights and found places to hide.
Jiang Fu shouted into the darkness, "Ming Xiao, I've found a way to transfer the curse. As long as we find Shen Lanshang, we can transfer the curse to her, and you won't die."
There was no response in the darkness.
Jiang Fu shouted again, "Ming Xiao, even if I can't find Chen Lanshang, I won't use you as a sacrifice. You have to believe me."
In the silent darkness, a sob could be heard.
In that direction!!!
Zhao Qixing and several others immediately surrounded them.
Not long after, the sounds of footsteps and fighting rang out again, accompanied by Ming Xiao's angry curses: "Jiang Fu, you are despicable."
Zhao Qixing shouted loudly, "We've caught him!"
Several people grabbed Mingxiao and returned to the altar.
Before Jiang Fu could say anything, Zhao Qixing pressed Ming Xiao into the circle, and with a swift motion, slashed Ming Xiao's wrist with his knife.
Jiang Fu roared, "Zhao Qixing, what are you doing?"
Zhao Qixing spat, having completed the ceremony, which relieved him. He breathed heavily. "Brother Jiang, I won't make things difficult for you, and you shouldn't make things difficult for me either. Ming Xiao just killed our brothers, and it's not wrong for me to avenge them. I know you can't bring yourself to kill her, so I'll do it myself."
Jiang Fu's anger dissipated instantly. Zhao Qixing's unilateral decision to act first and report later had indeed saved him from trouble. Since things had come to this point, there was no going back. The little bit of guilt in his heart was slowly suppressed.
The moment the blood hit the ground, the entire circle suddenly lit up, enveloping Mingxiao within it, like a vampire finding the blood it had longed for, and the leaves returning to the embrace of the earth.
One by one, the other halos were lit up, and all thirteen halos lit up in sequence, while the ancient patterns carved on the Azure Dragon Coffin also emitted a scarlet glow.
The immense force propelled everyone away, and Zhao Qixing and the others fell to the ground below the altar, staring blankly at the activated altar.
At this moment, on the altar, Mingxiao was posed in the same position as the twelve corpses by an uncontrollable force. Her blood donation was drawn away from her body by a strange force, and she quickly withered up.
Her blood flowed along the patterns on the altar to the other mummies, and all of them trembled, as if the robots had been electrified and come back to life.
The mummified corpse chanted strange incantations and its body swayed uncontrollably.
Jiang Fu stared intently at Ming Xiao. In a daze, he saw Ming Xiao glance at him, give a strange smile, and mutter incantations, swaying her body just like the other brides.
A chill ran up from the soles of his feet. He instinctively felt that Ming Xiao's smile had a deeper meaning, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.
The chanting echoed across the altar, and the sacrificial ceremony began.
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