Chapter 1076: Blood-Red Slaughter

**Chapter 1076: Bloody Massacre**

When those crimson eyes turned towards them, everyone's hearts seemed to stop.

They had all witnessed the Silver King's terrible state moments ago. The legendary "Thief God of the End," a nearly invincible Tier-9 being in the world, had been utterly helpless before Chao, let alone those who hadn't even reached Tier-9.

A suffocating silence filled the dim world. Under the terrifying pressure, no one dared to move for a moment, as if fearing that even a slight shift would attract the monster's attention.

The next moment, the "figure" on the pale ruins vanished into thin air.

Hongxiu froze, subconsciously blinking. Immediately, a warm sensation came from beside her. She raised her hand to touch her cheek, her hand covered in thick, hot crimson blood.

It wasn't her blood.

Hongxiu's pupils contracted slightly. She stiffly turned her head to look beside her, only to see that the scholar standing not far away had turned blood-red. A broken scroll had pierced his chest from behind, and large splatters of blood sprayed onto the ground and walls, staining the dim world with darkness, like a murder scene from a nightmare.

The scholar's eyes were wide with a frantic stare, his pale face filled with confusion and shock, as if he hadn't even registered what had happened.

He slowly and stiffly lowered his head, seeing the fragment of the scroll protruding from his chest. Blood incessantly seeped from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes, almost bulging from their sockets, instinctively looked towards Hongxiu, who was closest to him, his gaze filled with pleading and sorrow.

“Save... me...”

Before he could finish his words, his entire body exploded like a firework!

Scattered flesh and sharp bone fragments splattered onto everyone nearby. An Arbiter Agent, who stood at the peak of human combat power, disintegrated into a mist of blood right before their eyes, without even a chance to resist.

Amidst the hazy blood mist, the indistinct "figure" stood there like a phantom, holding half a scroll in its hand, its mocking eyes emitting a chilling crimson glow.

It wasn't until the scholar's flesh splattered onto them that they reacted, their eyes filling with unprecedented horror and fear. Ning Ruyu's shout cut through the deadly silence, echoing in the ears of every Twilight Society member:

“Run! Split up and run!”

Chu Muyun, Jin Fugui, Plum 8, Heart 9... all the Twilight Society members present, whether numbered cards or 'J' and 'Q,' suddenly awoke as if from a trance. Without hesitation, they unleashed their full power, desperately sprinting in different directions!

If they had been carefree when chased by several Arbiter Agents before, now they were truly panicked. No one was joking around; even Jin Fugui and Heart 9 didn't have time to utter a single complaint. Everyone held their breath, fearing that if they were even half a step slow, they too would become Chao Zai's toy.

After instantly killing the scholar, the "figure" showed no intention of stopping. Its crimson eyes swept towards Hongxiu, who was closest, and her heart gave a violent lurch!

Hongxiu reacted incredibly fast. Her Shura killing intent erupted throughout her body, a nearly solid black energy pouring into the long spear in her hand. With all her strength, she hurled the spear at the "figure" while frantically retreating!

But the moment the spear left her hand, it magically transformed into countless red butterflies fluttering through the air, swirling dreamily in front of the Enforcer's trench coat. The Shura Chief's full-power attack thus lightly turned into a decorative shower of red paper.

The scattered red paper didn't vanish; instead, it suddenly came alive like a python, coiling around Hongxiu's limbs with astonishing speed!

Where the red paper brushed, Hongxiu's body directly disappeared, leaving only some patterns and colors appearing on the paper's surface. It was as if her limbs were being flattened, transformed from three-dimensional flesh into flat patterns on red paper. Hongxiu could feel her body gradually losing sensation.

“No...”

A fierce glint flashed in Hongxiu's eyes. She twisted her body mid-air, her black killing intent directly severing her own limbs, abandoning the severed arms entangled by the red paper. Only her torso broke free, falling heavily onto the ground not far away, crimson blood instantly pooling around her.

But the next moment, a "figure" silently appeared before her.

Having lost her limbs, Hongxiu immediately entered a severely injured state. Under the blessing of her blood-stained clothes, her killing intent surged again, a nearly Tier-9 level of killing intent wildly rushing towards the "figure," like countless extremely fine blades, capable of shredding any living creature.

The "figure" paid no heed to this killing intent. It simply raised its hand casually, and the mysterious power of "negation" directly tore open a grotesque gap in the dense killing aura. A pitch-black palm rapidly expanded in Hongxiu's pupils...

This palm strike was aimed directly at Hongxiu's soul.

No matter how difficult it was to kill Hongxiu, the Shura Chief, her soul could not regenerate like her body. If Chao Zai directly obliterated her soul, even Hongxiu would be helpless.

Just as the "figure's" palm was about to touch Hongxiu's forehead, the ground beneath her suddenly split open. She fell directly into the chasm, and then the earth healed at an astonishing speed, as if the crack had never appeared.

The "figure's" hand froze in mid-air, its crimson gaze slowly turning to look not far away.

A farmer, clutching a hoe, was watching them with a pale face, a hint of determination appearing in his wary eyes.

But the next moment, he stared in astonishment, because the already healed crack beneath the "figure" astonishingly reversed and opened again. Hongxiu's figure rapidly ascended from underground, seemingly about to return to the "figure's" grasp...

Chao simply watched the farmer, his crimson eyes filled with mockery.

At the same time, he slowly raised his hand to grab the farmer...

“Stop.”

A voice interrupted the "figure's" movement.

Four figures simultaneously descended from different directions, surrounding the "figure."

Ning Ruyu, Luan Mei, Wenren You, and Mojiao—the four of them—looked at the "figure" with complex expressions. After taking a deep breath, they simultaneously wiped their hands across their faces, revealing the four opera masks of 'Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo' to the air!

“Don't keep using Junior Brother's identity to kill indiscriminately...” Ning Ruyu, clad in white, gripped her long spear tightly, her tone icy cold. “Otherwise, when Junior Brother returns... he will be saddened.”

No emotion was visible on Chao's face; it remained one of eternal mockery and amusement.

He released his hand, allowing Hongxiu's figure to fall back into the crevice and the farmer to weakly collapse onto the ground. Then, he slowly scanned the four individuals before him...

Perhaps it was due to the Way of the Play God's natural enemy status, or its aversion and hatred towards it, or perhaps because the four individuals carried the aura of 'that person,' a cold glint flickered in the "figure's" crimson eyes...

A terrifying killing intent, causing the hearts of Ning Ruyu and the other three to tremble, spread through the air.

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**Novel-related notes:**

Today, the first offline signing event for the novel took place in Beijing! It was a pleasure meeting everyone. Due to time constraints, only one chapter could be updated (my apologies for the single update).

Tomorrow, I'll 'kill' a Silver King for everyone's enjoyment.