Chapter 107.1: Xishan Residential Area (27)

  Ruan Qing’s approximate location was on a floor in the twenties, while the floor above his head seemed as though some sharp blade had sliced it.

Because it was cut diagonally, the severed rooftop, due to gravity, fell straight down, crashing into the floor below with a tremendous noise.

The entire floor trembled sharply from the impact.

A faint voice sounded behind Ruan Qing. “Where do you want to go?”

The voice, along with a powerful aura, spread from the air, making him shiver uncontrollably.

After hearing the voice, Ruan Qing froze, turning to look behind him.

Su Zhen stood in mid-air, looking down at him from a high vantage point.

“You can’t go anywhere,” Su Zhen’s eyes were filled with indifference. He lowered his gaze, and his voice was slow and cold. “I’ve said it before. Even if you jump from the building, you can’t escape.”

A cold air enveloped Su Zhen. Despite his calm tone, a sense of indifference and danger emanated, sending shivers down one’s spine.

Countless black threads surrounded him, like black insects, exuding a terrifying sense of danger.

Even when the sunlight shone on him, those present couldn’t feel any warmth. Their spines tingled, and they stared at Su Zhen as if facing a mortal enemy.

These black threads were different from the black shadow; the black shadow seemed like a mere silhouette, but these black threads had a physical presence.

It was as if they carried endless danger.

Was this how powerful the top players on the leaderboard were?

This was clearly on par with a sub-boss’s existence.

After Ruan Qing finished looking at Su Zhen, he raised his head once more, gazing at the azure sky, a trace of confusion on his refined face. It seemed he was still trying to process everything.

The audience in the live stream was also left stunned.

[Hiss, so terrifying. The rumors were true; the top ten players on the leaderboard are probably not even human.]

[This is still considered decent. I’ve heard that Su Zhen is the most human-like among them. The others are rumored to be more like monsters. But it’s all hearsay; no one has seen them. This is the first time I’ve seen one of the top ten players on the leaderboard.]

[And this one still looks human??? I can’t even imagine the others; just thinking about it is creepy.]

Su Zhen raised his hand with a somewhat indifferent demeanor. Black silk threads instantly wound around his fingertips, accentuating the distinct joints of his fingers, making them even paler and slender.

In the next moment, his fingers moved slightly, and the black silk threads beside him rapidly spread towards Ruan Qing, carrying a dangerous and fearful aura.

The target of these black silk threads was clearly Ruan Qing.

Meanwhile, as Lu Rufeng was entangled with the shadow, he tried to come over to intervene but was blocked by the shadow.

It’s unclear what method Su Zhen used, but he managed to redirect the shadow’s hatred towards himself, leaving him unable to escape.

Ruan Qing stared at the rapidly extending black silk threads, his eyes widening, his eyelashes quivering, and he instinctively took two steps back.

However, the speed of the black silk threads was too fast for Ruan Qing to dodge. Perhaps even if he tried to evade, it would be in vain.

After all, he had been discovered, and even if he avoided this time, he couldn’t escape the next.

But what surprised Ruan Qing was that someone pulled him away.

Ruan Qing looked at the advanced male player who had pulled him away, his eyes widening, and he felt a sinking feeling in his heart.

This was bad!

Su Zhen might not necessarily kill him, but the person pulling him away was likely to be killed by Su Zhen.

Without thinking, Ruan Qing tried to break free from the advanced male player’s grip, even attempting to push him away.

However, it was too late.

Perhaps the actions of the advanced male player had angered Su Zhen.

After the black silk threads were retracted, they lost their gentleness and reached an invisible speed, carrying a world-destroying momentum as they attacked in the direction of the advanced male player.

It was too fast for the advanced player to react.

In the blink of an eye, the black silk threads pierced the advanced male player’s heart.

“Ugh,” the advanced male player’s face showed pain, and a trace of blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

Su Zhen looked at the advanced male player indifferently, then mercilessly retrieved his puppet threads.

As the black silk threads were pulled away, the advanced male player’s chest began to bleed profusely, dropping directly onto the ground. Because the black silk threads pulled the advanced male player forward when they were withdrawn, he stood right on the edge of the floor.

The floor was cut at an angle, and the wall in front of them had also been completely cut open. A slight misstep could result in a fall.

The advanced male player, as his heart was pierced, began to lose strength throughout his body, staggered forward, and fell straight down from the twenty-something floors.

Ruan Qing, seeing this, instinctively took a few steps forward, wanting to reach out and grab the advanced male player.

However, it was too late, and Ruan Qing could only watch the advanced male player fall. Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Even the hand he reached out was entangled by a black thread and was pulled into the air in the next second.

The sudden weightless sensation made Ruan Qing uncomfortable. He widened his eyes, tightly pursed his pale pink lips, and his slender figure appeared fragile and helpless.

Before Ruan Qing could react, he fell into a very strong embrace.

Su Zhen lightly chuckled, holding Ruan Qing’s waist and bringing him into his arms, leaving no distance.

The action was domineering and forceful, not allowing any refusal.

Ruan Qing’s body stiffened, but he didn’t struggle.

Now they were in the air more than ten meters high, and if Su Zhen let go, he would undoubtedly die.

Just like the advanced male player.

After the advanced male player fell to the ground, he landed heavily, and blood instantly spread under him, contorting his body.

But he didn’t close his eyes, looking hollow and resentful as he watched Ruan Qing being embraced in the air, as if filled with intense unwillingness and resentment.

[You’re going to die.]

[Are you really willing?]

[If you die, he’ll belong to someone else.]

[Don’t you want to become stronger?]

[If you become stronger, no one can take him away from you.]

[As long as you sacrifice your body and blood to me.]

The advanced male player heard the seductive demon’s voice in his mind, but couldn’t speak.

Because as he opened his mouth, blood continued to gush out, looking very eerie.

However, in the next moment, something strange happened. The blood that had spread on the ground quickly gathered and returned to the advanced male player’s body in the blink of an eye.

As the advanced male player’s body twisted, it began to resemble a zombie, twitching slowly a few times, then rising in a contorted posture.

This scene sent shivers down everyone’s spine, involuntarily inducing a chilling sensation.

Evidently, the advanced male player had agreed, the deal had been struck.

No, he had become a sacrifice.

The body, with its stiff movements, looked upwards, mouth curling into a strange and terrifying smile.

How could ‘he’ really grant power to the man?

‘He’ wanted the man’s body and blood to exist by relying on the man’s body and blood.

Did they really think that destroying the bloodstains and flesh would stop ‘him’?

‘His’ wife could only belong to ‘him’.

After the body stood up, the temperature in the entire space seemed to drop by several degrees.

There was even a sinister chill circulating in the air, following like a shadow, as if it were attached to the bone, instilling fear in everyone.

Ruan Qing’s pupils contracted when he saw this, his whole body stiffening, and his hand that was on Su Zhen’s chest unconsciously tightened.

His clearly defined fingertips were slightly trembling in his grip.

Even Su Zhen’s clothes in front were wrinkled by his grip, appearing somewhat messy.

Su Zhen’s expression was somewhat cold, but when he felt the person in his arms leaning on him with a dependent posture, his mood improved a bit. “Scared?”

Ruan Qing tightened his grip on Su Zhen’s clothes and remained silent.

But his eyelashes quivered lightly, and his beautiful eyes revealed a hint of fear and panic, obviously deeply frightened.

Su Zhen gently stroked Ruan Qing’s head, pressing the person against his chest, blocking his line of sight.

The Xishan Residential Area was already in chaos. The residents downstairs were screaming and scattering. The whole space was filled with a sense of danger and everyone’s fear.

Even the entire space seemed unstable, beginning to overlap and distort.

Lu Rufeng was currently entangled with the shadow, unable to do anything.

Lu Rufeng naturally knew about Su Zhen’s black threads; they were puppet threads. If one was entangled with them, they would become a puppet of Su Zhen.

But the shadow shouldn’t be considered a living being, so how could it be controlled?

What exactly had provoked the shadow’s animosity?

Su Zhen held Ruan Qing, looking at the extremely terrifying corpses on the ground as if they were about to start fighting in the next moment.

When Xia Wuyan arrived, he encountered this scene. He raised an eyebrow, looking at the twisted corpses on the ground with some confusion.

Because there was Qi Xi’s aura on those corpses.

It probably belonged to those customers who had eaten Gu Poison Worm meat. They were really useless.

Xia Wuyan snapped his fingers, and the shadow that had been entangled with Lu Rufeng froze and turned to attack Su Zhen in the air.

With Xia Wuyan’s presence, the shadow instantly seemed to expand several times, and its aura became even more dangerously powerful.

Su Zhen leaped backward while hugging Ruan Qing, avoiding the shadow’s attack.

The corpses on the ground also moved, blood seeping incessantly from their bodies. The blood seemed alive and attacked Su Zhen one after another.

Xia Wuyan and Lu Rufeng joined in as well.

Clearly, their only goal was to snatch the person in Su Zhen’s arms.

The tall player, although somewhat puzzled, retreated a considerable distance, afraid of getting involved.

[My goodness, this is like a battle of immortals. Even through the screen, I can feel suffocated.]

[Help! This is the first time I’ve seen a group of big shots fighting just to snatch someone. It’s terrifying. I thought such scenes only happened in movies.]

[I’m baffled. If I didn’t look at the title and category, I’d probably think this is some famous heartthrob’s livestream.]

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