Chapter 63:63 The Shadow of the Bloodworm
Chapter 63:63 The Shadow of the Bloodworm
“Mr. Xia, Lord Earl is waiting for you in Hall No. 3.”
After pushing open another door, the guard bowed and gestured him forward, “Go to the end and turn left, you’ll see it.”
The corridor was long, with scattered dim candlelight flickering on the elaborately carved walls on both sides.
“Alright, thank you.”
Xia Feng smiled and nodded, walking towards the end.
He could smell the Calamity Force, and it was very strong, almost as concentrated as Miss Evil Dragon’s aura.
However, this Calamity Force was not active, so it wasn’t from a Nightmare Beast, but purely from a highly concentrated Calamity Spirit Fluid.
“This is interesting.” Xia Feng reached the end and looked to the left, where a dark red, tall gate came into view.
The number “3” was engraved in gold on the gate.
The Calamity Force was emanating from this door, but it seemed to be suppressed and sealed, making it difficult for ordinary Spirit Masters below the Venerable stage to sense it.
But Xia Feng was not an ordinary Spirit Master. Standing in front of the door, he could even directly sense the form of the Calamity Force inside, as if it were sealed by a small sphere, floating in the air.
It was obvious that someone wanted to kill him.
Although he was summoned by the Earl, the Earl had no reason to harm him, so he guessed it was probably the Earl’s good-for-nothing son causing trouble.
The guard who led him to Hall No. 3 was likely Li Siwen’s man.
This was not a perfect plan to kill him, but it was on the Earl’s territory. If it happened, the Earl would likely have to cover for Li Siwen.
After all, the Evil Dragon Forest was nearby. It was perfectly normal for a First-stage Spirit Master to accidentally trigger some mechanism and die from the Calamity Force devouring them.
Xia Feng glanced back. There were no surveillance cameras around.
The door was ajar. Pretending to know nothing, he knocked on the door. After a long silence with no response, he pushed the door open with a look of confusion.
Inside was a meeting room. In the center floated a small, dark red sphere, less than half a palm in size. As he pushed the door open, it shot directly towards him.
The moment the sphere shot through the door gap, he closed the door with a calm expression. The sphere seemed to sense something was wrong and tried to retreat, but Xia Feng grabbed it.
The sphere buzzed and vibrated, and a terrifying Calamity Force instantly surged from his palm into his heart.
*Crack—*
The bead shattered, turning into ordinary glass shards scattered on the ground. A short, thin metal wire inside was annihilated and dimmed.
“It looks like some kind of Spirit Science weapon.” Xia Feng picked up the metal wire and examined it. The glass chip connected to the bottom had ‘Pingshan Technology’ clearly written on it.
“Dong—”
“Dong dong—”
With the influx of Calamity Spirit Fluid, the heart’s activity increased again. It seemed to have finally reached a critical point. Xia Feng’s expression changed slightly, and a numb current surged from his chest to his limbs and bones, reaching the depths of his soul.
[Calamity Demon Heart repair progress: 0.01%]
[Basic Demonic Energy activated: Shadow of the Blood Fiend]
[Effect 1: Calamity impurities filtered out can precipitate into the shadow. When one’s own shadow overlaps with the target’s shadow, a shadow path channel is established. At this time, the target’s shadow can also serve as a container for storing Calamity impurities.]
[Effect 2: All shadows connected through the shadow path channel will become weapons for invading the target’s soul. You can control the Calamity impurities to erode the target’s soul along the shadows. The erosion effect depends on the target’s Mental Power.]
A flood of information rushed through his mind. Xia Feng’s eyes widened: “Holy crap…”
This ability seemed very powerful, capable of killing without a trace, but it required good use of light.
While contemplating, he threw a mass of bloodworm mist on the ground. The moment it devoured and assimilated the glass shards on the ground, it disappeared into the shadow.
Xia Feng looked at his inexplicably sinister shadow and suddenly felt his abilities were leaning more and more towards those of an evil supervillain. Copying and plundering, and soul erosion, it was outrageous.
Thinking this, he glanced at the slightly ajar door and nodded, “Well, let’s just pretend I never came.”
Xia Feng put his hands in his pockets and leisurely walked back the way he came.
* * *
The story unfolds from two perspectives.
Li Siwen watched Xia Feng enter the corridor and then smiled at Mu Qingtong, “Miss Qingtong, please come with me. I have something to discuss with you.”
Mu Qingtong glanced at the mushroom beside her and said calmly, “There are no outsiders here. Just say what you need to say directly.”
“Things that cannot see the light must be discussed in places that cannot see the light,” Li Siwen said with a half-smile. “Miss Qingtong, are you sure you want to discuss it here?”
Mu Qingtong’s beautiful eyes flickered upwards, and the mask of a gentle smile disappeared. “Ants always like to be smug after doing all sorts of evil, to show off their mortal wisdom.”
“What—” Li Siwen was startled, then reacted and looked up thoughtfully. “You know what I did?”
Mu Qingtong naturally didn’t know what he had done, but she had guessed most of it. After all, she had seen many secrets in the memories of the Earl’s second son.
For example, there was a Spirit Science weapon called the Condensing Calamity Pearl. These two brothers loved using it to kill people. It was silent, and afterwards, all the deaths could be blamed on Nightmare Beasts.
!
The mushroom looked at the two of them with confusion, wondering what they were talking about.
“I have to say, Miss Qingtong, you are very smart.”
“But you also have many secrets, which is not a good thing~” He said with a light laugh, placing his phone screen in front of Mu Qingtong.
It clearly read: [I know you killed my brother. If you don’t want things to be exposed, come to room 404.]
Li Siwen put down his phone and showed a polite smile, but his gaze fixed on the woman in the black dress with intense aggression. “I believe Miss Qingtong will make a wise choice.”
With that, the corners of his lips curled into a playful smile, and he turned to leave.
However, strangely, as soon as he reached the center of the venue, he suddenly stopped in his tracks. His playful gaze gradually lost its brilliance, becoming vacant.
Mu Qingtong, leaning on the sofa, elegantly crossed her legs beneath her subdued black dress. The wine in her high-stemmed glass swayed, reflecting a blood-red light as she sipped it with red lips.
In the dim candlelight, her long, curled eyelashes drooped slightly, hiding her cold killing intent beneath her golden eyes.
Now was not the best time to kill.
There were too many people at the banquet. If Li Siwen suddenly died, the contents of his phone would be difficult to handle.
She would have to wait until the banquet ended to deal with this ant.
“Your Highness, I am the adopted son of Count Louis. Have you considered the project I mentioned last time?” A man smiled and walked up to Li Siwen, offering him a glass of red wine.
Li Siwen looked up, his vacant gaze fixed on the man.
The man was startled and asked with concern, “Your Highness, are you alright? You don’t look well.”
Li Siwen’s neck tilted to the left. After a pause, he shook his head normally, took the wine glass, and said indifferently, “Go on.”
Seeing that Li Siwen was giving him an opportunity, the man quickly began to introduce his entertainment projects, and many people gathered around them.
“You—” The guard was startled when Xia Feng suddenly walked out.
“What about me?” Xia Feng asked with confusion.
The guard choked and said in a deep voice, “Lord Earl summoned you, didn’t he? Why did you come out so quickly?”
Xia Feng rolled his eyes directly. “I think you’re playing me. There was nothing in Hall No. 3.”
“How could that be…” The guard looked towards the center of the venue subconsciously with doubt.
Xia Feng followed his gaze, and he saw Li Siwen surrounded by a group of people, and the crisscrossing shadows at their feet.
