Chapter 532: Chapter 294: Yellow Springs Ghost Gate Filling the Night Sky (Part 2)
"Everyone here has weathered storms before, so just remain calm.
"Let the auction continue!"
...
The small alley was dimly lit.
A group of tourists wearing baseball caps were passing through.
Dozens of people, all exuding a faint smell of blood.
They were clearly the Bloodthirsty who had infiltrated West State City!
At this moment, the two leading Bloodthirsty looked at the live stream on their phones, visibly uneasy.
"Have we been discovered?"
"So quickly?"
Goo...
A cry pierced the night sky!
A gigantic shadow of a peacock fell over the heads of the Bloodthirsty!
...
The sky held a full moon, its light like water, spilling over the overpass.
A cargo truck sped along, occasionally overtaking other vehicles.
In the pitch-black compartment, over twenty fierce-looking men were crowded inside, each staring at their phones.
"Dammit, did they find us?"
"There’s a lot of us who infiltrated this time. Maybe we aren’t that unlucky?"
As they spoke, they failed to notice two bright red talismans slip in through the rear door of the truck, sliding along the floor towards them!
...
On top of a tall building, over ten sniper rifles were mounted at the windows, aimed at a barbecue stall across the street.
A high-definition camera captured a face munching on lamb kidneys at the stall.
The computer automatically matched it to the fugitive database.
[Hu Dazong]
[Male]
[46 years old]
[Immortal Artifact Path Sequence Nine, former occupation: plumber, previously committed home invasion murder...]
The high-definition camera then caught another face, full from eating, thinking of making a run for it.
The computer automatically matched it to the fugitive database.
[Zhang Xiaolü]
[Male]
[38 years old]
[Talisman Path Sequence Nine, former occupation: UI designer, previously committed robbery and murder...]
Zhang Shan, leading over ten snipers, looked at his computer and clicked his tongue in amazement.
"Damn, these guys are all ruthless.
"Are you all ready to aim?
"Not a single one can be let go!"
...
On this Earth Element Festival night, wave after wave of desperate individuals, group upon group of suspected criminals, flooded into West State City like a virus spreading, coming to every urban district, every street and alley in the city.
Meanwhile, the Immortal Committee had detected the threat in advance, mobilized resources from across the country, used technological means to lock onto these criminals early, and deployed operations early, wielding their force like a surgical scalpel in this city, aiming to precisely eliminate each criminal, delivering a precise and perfect surgical operation to the city!
At Zhang Shan’s command,
Thud... thud... thud...
The sound of silenced sniper rifles was muffled.
Specially crafted bullets sliced through the night sky, exploding the heads of the criminals.
Blood splattered onto the barbecue stall!
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On the overpass, the cargo truck pulled over to the side.
The driver in the cab had already been strangled by talismans, his head slumped powerlessly onto the steering wheel.
The rear compartment remained tightly shut, but blood and pus trickled steadily out from the door seam!
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In the alley, dozens of Bloodthirsty lay dead, reduced to a bloody mess.
...
Just as surgery always involves blood, on this night in West State City, beneath the moonlight, in every direction, in every district, on every street and alley, there was frequently blood, frequently corpses, frequently severed limbs and broken bodies.
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In the command room at the North Suburb Base, Chairman Chen Shu watched as messages of [Mission Complete] continuously popped up on the big screen, grinning as his grayed beard trembled.
"Heh heh, very good, very good.
"After this battle, the Dark Side will be quiet for a long time."
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"Two million three hundred thousand!"
"Two million five hundred thousand!"
"Haha, do you really want to compete for this? Then I’ll bid two million seven!"
In the auction hall, the atmosphere was as usual.
On one hand, the wealthy tycoons were already aware that tonight’s battle saw the Committee seize a decisive victory, nearly massacring the invaders single-handedly.
On the other hand, Expert Bai Mo was present at this auction! With his status, he would surely have bodyguards with him! And this bodyguard must have truly terrifying strength!
Given this, the auction hall was certainly safe.
What was there to fear?
...
In the private box, Bai Mo looked at his phone, seeing the continuous flow of good news in the group chat.
Fang Xiaoyu leaned in beside him, smiling broadly.
Wu Qingyun stood nearby, holding the Immortal Sword, remaining alert at all times.
Professor Ye, scrolling on his phone, was trembling with fear.
"Oh my, how did things get this bad?
"So many dead?
"So much blood?
"What kind of insanity drove these criminals to throw their lives away?"
Everyone in the box heard these words and felt slightly astonished.
Were these criminals really just there to die?
...
Whoo...
The evening breeze blew through the alley beside the funeral home.
There, under the traces of sword marks in the alley, lay severed limbs and a river of blood.
And strands of vivid red Blood Qi, carrying the resentment of untimely death, rose from the alley, swirling upward, climbing higher and higher!
Whoo...
The evening breeze blew to the supermarket back door, onto more than a dozen corpses lying in disarray, all shot in the head by snipers.
Similarly, strands of vivid red Blood Qi rose slowly into the sky, entangling with the ash from citizens’ paper offerings for their departed relatives, climbing higher and higher!
Whoo...
The evening breeze blew on the overpass, onto the cargo truck parked at the ramp, leaking blood.
Similarly, strands of vivid red Blood Qi rose slowly into the night sky, climbing higher and higher, tainting the night wind, sullying the moonlight!
Whoo...
In the night breeze...
From east to west across West State City, from south to north, from bustling commercial pedestrian streets to rundown urban villages, from the neon and glitz of entertainment streets to neighborhoods lit up house by house, from towering skyscrapers to makeshift shanties hidden in corners...
Everywhere, Blood Qi rose;
Everywhere, paper ash flew skyward;
And tonight, during the Earth Element Festival, the moonlight seemed to understand the sorrow of the Human World, appearing especially pale;
