I am the Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysterious-Chapter 239 - 207: Feint in the East, Strike in the West
Seeing Chi San and hearing what he said, Sang Que’s heart clenched. Her intuition reacted before her brain, realizing this was a diversion tactic.
With the story her mother told, Sang Que had a God’s-eye view, knowing more than others, making it easier to notice the abnormalities.
When entering Tianliang City, she saw Chi San at a restaurant; he was drinking alone, and Cheng Ge was there too.
Chi San’s loss of control at this moment was likely incited by Cheng Ge, and the real trigger was Chi San saying that Sang Que had some ability to replace him.
How could Chi San know what He Buning had just said to her at the Evil Suppression Bureau’s entrance?
Even if Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu heard it, they would never spread rumors in front of Chi San.
Someone must have overheard at the entrance and deliberately informed Chi San to cause trouble.
With commotion stirring here, the entire Evil Suppression Bureau’s attention would inevitably focus here, while elsewhere...
"Sixth Brother, I’ll send you out first. Go find Captain He and have him check on where Dean Jia is."
Sang Que whispered to Xiao Liu, who couldn’t quite grasp the situation without a God’s-eye view. However, seeing Sang Que’s serious demeanor, he knew better than to ask questions. As teammates, trust was enough.
Xiao Liu nodded slightly; the entire hall was submerged in murky, foul-smelling water, with countless corpses floating to the surface.
Xia Chan was still holding a bun, eating hastily. Xuan Yu had already leapt onto the roof beam during the flood, squinting, poised for attack, silently eyeing Chi San at the entrance.
Chi San was drenched, his eyes red with malice, staring intently at Sang Que.
"When I was eighteen, a flood struck my hometown. I survived by sheer chance and became a Yin Walker. He Buning personally brought me into the Evil Suppression Bureau. We handled cases together for three years, facing life and death, yet he only cared about earning achievements for promotion. After becoming a colonel, he threw me to this bitter cold borderland."
"For two years, I was left unattended. This time he came and started scolding me, even stripping me of my team leader role. I wondered why; turns out, it was to make way for you. You’re really something."
Chi San accused, while Xiao Liu quietly informed Sang Que of Chi San’s situation.
Chi San was already nearing the fourth layer as a Yin Walker. The Evil Spirits he controlled were quite peculiar; they weren’t individual. Instead, it was the domain of water, saturated with fear and suffering, from that flood that submerged his entire hometown, drowning everyone.
This domain had a semblance of the fourth layer’s Ghost Realm, yet not fully reaching its level.
At present, the floating corpses in the surrounding water were the drowned villagers, among them Chi San’s relatives.
"Enough talk!"
As Xiao Liu was speaking, Sang Que suddenly shouted low. Xiao Liu froze, thinking Sang Que was addressing her, only to see Sang Que swiftly take off the bow from her back, nocking an arrow and drawing the string, her eyes sharp.
Whiz!
The arrow sliced through the air. Chi San did not evade; he let the arrow pierce into his shoulder brutally. An ordinary arrow, even a thorn arrow from a peach wood bow, couldn’t harm him.
Chi San was about to sneer when suddenly he felt a searing heat emanate from the arrow lodged in his shoulder.
Ten Victory Stone!
Chi San widened his eyes in shock, "Well, well, well, he even used a Ten Victory Stone to make arrows for you. You two must have an extraordinary relationship!"
Chi San roared in rage, his body suddenly exploding into water as the corpses in the water convulsed collectively.
Sang Que’s eyes lit up. She seized the chance to wrap Xiao Liu in Evil Mist and tossed him outward forcefully.
Approaching the hall entrance, Sang Que noticed a slight hindrance but, given her level matched Chi San’s, she merely needed to apply more force to shove Xiao Liu out successfully.
Xiao Liu landed on the ground outside the cafeteria, rolling a few times and landing in the snow.
He immediately scrambled up, running to find He Buning without looking back.
Inside the hall, as Sang Que sent Xiao Liu out, the surrounding waterborne corpses stood up one by one, lunging toward Sang Que.
Before Sang Que could act, Xia Chan stuffed the remaining bun into her mouth and flicked her black hair, ensnaring a bloated corpse.
Splash!
Xia Chan strangled forcefully, the corpse disintegrating into foul water like Chi San.
Meow!
Xuan Yu lunged from the rafters, cat claws swiping through the air, the corpses rising on the other side like water balloons, bursting under his strike.
Two corpses vanished, but two new ones floated up in their place. Xia Chan and Xuan Yu coordinated seamlessly, driving away the corpses.
Sang Que drew her knife with her right hand and grabbed the hand crossbow hanging at her side with her left. She sliced off the head of a nearby corpse, her sharp gaze instantly locking onto a bloated, pale corpse.
When Xia Chan flicked out her hair earlier, this corpse’s expression changed, something a dead body shouldn’t be able to do.
Without hesitation, Sang Que fired the trigger toward that spot. At such close range, the hand crossbow’s speed and lethality were immense, the arrow piercing fiercely into the corpse’s chest, the Ten Victory Stone arrowhead inducing intense burning.
The face of the corpse melted like water, revealing Chi San’s indescribably horrific visage. His body began to collapse, losing the semblance of a living person, signaling the onset of uncontrolled Evil Spirits.
Chi San’s eyes were filled with shock, not expecting Sang Que to unveil his real identity so quickly.
Sang Que pressed the advantage, leaping onto the table toward Chi San while raising her hand crossbow and firing two rapid shots.
Chi San, pinned by the Ten Victory Stone arrows, mustered all his strength to flee.
A flash of silver darted past, Chi San’s vision was sent spinning, seeing his body falling into the water.
Too fast!
Chi San’s head splashed into the water, vanishing. The domain didn’t disappear, instead, the pungent stench grew stronger. The water churned and bubbled, while all the furniture in direct contact with the water rapidly blackened and rotted.
More and more corpses emerged from the water, not just villagers who perished in the flood but also victims of Chi San throughout the years, all in horrifically indescribable states.
The once-contained water in the hall now lost control, swelling outwards like a flood, sweeping away and destroying everything.
The entire building creaked and groaned unbearably, starting to sway precariously.
"Sister!"
Meow!
The rotting table couldn’t hold, as Xuan Yu grabbed the pillar, climbing onto the rafters, calling to Xia Chan.
Xia Chan’s hair split in two, one half wrapping around a beam, the other lashing toward Sang Que, catching her left hand and hoisting her into the air.
Chi San was nowhere to be seen. Sang Que couldn’t distinguish which among the corpses was Chi San, or if the uncontrolled Chi San had become one with the water.
Sang Que recalled the previous encounter with an uncontrolled Yin Walker, who had been completely incinerated after losing control.
With only the previous experience to rely on, she did her utmost to spread Evil Mist, preventing the flood from spreading elsewhere.
Under the barrier of Evil Mist, the outward surging water slowed down. Sang Que retrieved the Human Bone Dice, the four-point side fixed with a stack of Copper Coins at the bottom. She released it, letting it drop toward a not-yet-fully-rotted floating tabletop.
Four points, always facing up.
But just as the dice was about to land, the coins fixed at the bottom scattered, sending the dice rolling on the table’s edge.
Six points!
This method of cheating wasn’t effective.
Sinking abruptly, Xia Chan shrieked in surprise. Both looked up to find the water defying logic, climbing the walls onto the roof. It was as if the world turned upside down, with corpses emerging from the overhead water, pale hands tearing at Xia Chan’s hair. Xuan Yu leaped between rafters, counterattacking in desperation.
Sang Que, Xia Chan, and Xuan Yu were trapped between two bodies of water, the immense pressure making Sang Que feel crushed between two giant stones, gasping for air.
A hand suddenly reached out, gripping her ankle and tugging hard, pulling Sang Que into the water.
The submerged beam snapped, sending Xia Chan plummeting into the water below.
In the nick of time, Xia Chan spotted the Human Bone Dice, a strand of hair whipping it toward the dice with force.
The dice flew, bounced off a pillar, and landed on a floating piece of wood, spinning rapidly.
Splash!
The sound of water echoed as the dice stopped turning.
Four points!
