Chapter 266

The red bridal sedan enters! Bow to the heavens and earth—

As the sound faded, Awagu in groom's attire entered from the side hall; he seemed to have long known his bride would look like this, his expression unchanged.

He merely exchanged a furtive glance with the Clan Elder.

Just then, a miserable cry suddenly came from the guest seats.

Then, a headless corpse crashed to the ground, rolling several times.

Ah—

The man facing the corpse was terrified, jumped up quickly, and the villagers fell into chaos.

"Grandma!" someone shouted.

Everyone turned to look.

The wine shop old lady held a dead, eyes-open head in her hand, as if hugging her own wine jug, her eyes glazed white, expression cold.

"Old lady! You! Why did you kill someone!"

"Exactly! You're a goddess! How can a goddess kill someone!"

Facing the crowd's fearful accusations, the wine shop old lady showed no panic, looking toward the Clan Elder.

"Today, it was this old woman who struck first!"

She lifted her blue cuff; under the moonlight, the paper figures of the outer courtyard stepped with an eerie gait, floated in lightly, surrounding the people in the courtyard with a strange smile.

"How bold of you to use paper figures to carry a coffin in front of this old woman! Showing off your skills before an expert!"

A paper girl child screamed as it flew toward Awagu.

The Clan Elder tried to block, but the opportunistic Nanyu, who loved a good show, shot a crimson short dagger, giving the paper figure time to attack.

Ah—

Awagu let out a miserable cry!

He widened his eyes; the spot on his neck scratched by the paper figure began to blacken, rapidly spreading across his skin, he stretched out his arm to seek help from the Clan Elder, but in seconds his flesh dissolved into white bone.

The white bone was eerie, kneeling to one side, facing south.

Jin Chen thoughtfully glanced behind him; that direction was exactly the Shadow Tower.

"Atone for your mother!" the girl shouted.

"Get lost!"

The Clan Elder shouted loudly, and easily crushed the paper girl child.

His face turned ferocious, he glared angrily at the wine shop old lady.

"Crazy old woman! I knew you were no good!"

"But it's useless! The Ghost Marriage is complete! The Heavenly Resentful Maiden Sacrifice is an excellent offering for the formation!"

At this moment, the person shouting seemed no longer Hexian controlling the Clan Elder, but the Clan Elder's own true feelings showing.

Heavenly Resentful Maiden Sacrifice!

The wine shop old lady glanced at Zhaoling in bridal attire, her expression visibly turning extremely furious, "Damn thing!"

"You can trap those women for a moment, but not for a lifetime!"

As the two faced off, Jin Chen also didn't idle, Spiritual Power surged forth, striking toward the Clan Elder.

Although the wine shop old lady also wanted to use players to drive the formation to break it open, but looking at the situation now, they have a common enemy.

But it was actually blocked by Baiyi.

He slowly shook his head, "It's useless, Jin Chen."

"Heavenly Resentful Maiden Sacrifice, Zhaoling is dead, you have no chance of victory."

Nanyu's phoenix eyes widened, "You're actually... Hexian?!"

He turned his head toward the Clan Elder, faintly angry, "When?"

"Ah... looks like my disguise wasn't bad."

Hexian walked toward the Clan Elder, a clear smile visible on his face.

The villagers also came to their senses, knowing the wine shop old lady wanted to release the ghosts trapped in the Shadow Tower, they were furious and stood behind the Clan Elder.

"What do you know! Sacrificing a few people can bring favorable weather and years without disaster to Qing Shan Village!"

"Exactly! You're too selfish!"

The old lady scoffed, "Yeah, why are all the sacrifices women? If you truly had a clear conscience, why bother using a formation to trap them so they can never reincarnate, lifetime after lifetime?"

"The unresponsive dead!"

The Clan Elder angrily scolded, "Today I'll let you crazy old woman know, Qing Shan Village isn't for you ghosts to ride on top of!"

He heavily struck the ground with his cane.

A stream of fragmented black energy spread across the ground, wandering to the bride's feet.

It also trapped the old lady.

Jin Chen leaned back calmly, face showing a smile.

Even in such a situation, he seemed not to look like he had already lost.

But the dark qi wandered for a long time; the old woman noticed something amiss, yet still did not stir the resentment of the Heavenly Resentment Bride.

What's going on!

The clan elder turned pale looking over, then glanced at Hexian, "What's wrong with her!"

This...

Hexian also didn't know what had happened.

Jin Chen rose leisurely, embracing Nanyu with a relaxed posture, "Good news, your netherworld marriage has succeeded."

Bad news, that's not a human.

He snapped his fingers.

The bride vanished instantly.

【Puppet recovered, 100 points deducted.】

Zhaoling walked from the outer courtyard, smiling, greeted the incredulous Hexian, and flung the Main Gate wide open.

The lantern-bearing female ghost and the female corpse she had lured away stood side by side behind her, resentment soaring to the heavens.

"Impossible!"

Hexian exclaimed, "Zhaoling is clearly someone I personally brought to the Awagu household! How could they suddenly be swapped!"

"Hahaha——Great timing!"

Although the tavern old woman was trapped, her face showed a genuine smile.

"No……Acai! No!"

Upon seeing the lantern-bearing female ghost, the elder's expression changed abruptly.

Nanyu covered his mouth, as if realizing something, and whispered in Jin Chen's ear, "The female ghost said she was killed on her wedding night—that man is the elder! A bad man!"

"But how did she deceive people, and even claim she already killed them?"

Jin Chen nodded in agreement, "Indeed wicked."

The situation on the field changed instantly; when the villagers saw a female ghost or corpse they recognized or found familiar, they felt guilty and frightened, fleeing straight into the rooms.

Hexian watched the victory he had painstakingly nearing, only to be easily dispelled by Jin Chen and Nanyu, and he could no longer restrain himself.

He moved with extreme speed, rushing to face Jin Chen and the two others, his tone resentful.

"When exactly did you swap them!"

"Oh ho, do you want to die with full understanding?"

Nanyu gave a hehe laugh, "You beg me."

"Nanyu!"

Hexian seethed in a low voice, his body beginning to spread black energy.

Jin Chen noticed, continuing to provoke with words.

"You can want to know; at least you'll die justly."

He nonchalantly returned the earpiece to Zhaoling.

"When we entered the shadow building, you had already seized Baiyi's body, so the Zhoucheng we saw after coming out was actually your puppet."

Hexian's face changed, obviously unable to understand how Jin Chen could guess so accurately.

Obviously, I've already become just like a human, haven't I.

To kill Nanyu, I even sacrificed Zhoucheng!

Zhaoling continued, her beautiful eyes turning cold, "While I was pulling you out, I noticed through the phone screen that despite the huge sun, only my own shadow appeared."

"Being brought here by you, upon seeing your true face, I only then recalled your existence; unfortunately, because I was bound by you, I let my guard down."

So, that very night, using the communication earpiece, Zhaoling had already made contact with Jin Chen.

Upon hearing this, Hexian finally understood what was going on.