Chapter 2691: The Lovecrazed City Lord's Love‑Kill Rules 14

He's just a useless human, his soul dim, not even worthy to stuff a tooth gap for the City Lord—what does the City Lord want him for?

Jin Chen pulled Yin Chaosheng into his embrace, his tone familiar, his fingertip sliding over Yin Chaosheng's icy, smooth cheek.

If the City Lord is displeased with anything, come find me—why bother arguing with a human?

Yin Chaosheng gave a low hum, 'What a joke,'

His voice cold, overflowing with arrogance and malice: 'Every blade of grass and tree in this Ghost City, every wisp of lingering soul here, belongs to me—let alone you, this clueless human.'

Yin Chaosheng turned his head, his bewitching pupils fixed on Jin Chen, surging with scarlet killing intent: 'I will sooner or later kill you myself, you mad dog who knows no bounds.'

Jin Chen raised his brow slightly, as if hearing something amusing, the corner of his lips curling in a playful arc, his glance unintentionally sweeping over Yin Chaosheng's whole body.

You want to kill me again?

These words were pointed, and Yin Chaosheng recalled the punishment in the Fierce Ghost Prison that had made him feel humiliated and strange, the repressed reaction showing signs of revival.

He glared at Jin Chen, not daring to think that this bastard would dare bring it up to his face.

When Yin Chaosheng was angry, it was truly frightening; Liu Zhou, slumped in the corner, was cowed by the terrifying aura, wishing he could bury himself in the floor tiles.

Yin Chaosheng glanced wearily at the human, about to erupt, his brow barely twitching.

Jin Chen noticed his change in expression and timely called out toward the hall's exterior: 'Gu Bai Bai!'

Only a rapid clatter was heard, the translucent white skeleton hurriedly squeezing through the door crack.

It had just reassembled itself, though a few ribs were still askew.

'Take him to the empty room on the west side of the Side Hall and watch him; without my permission, nothing may approach,' Jin Chen said.

Gu Bai Bai's hollow eye sockets glanced at Yin Chaosheng, seeing the City Lord indifferent, he hurried forward, bone claws scooping up the mud-like Liu Zhou from the ground, dragging him out like a sack, clacking swiftly, and thoughtfully hooked the door shut with his foot bones.

Yin Chaosheng's attention, slightly scattered by the human being taken away, was pulled back, and he was still firmly held in Jin Chen's embrace.

Yin Chaosheng struggled a bit, couldn't break free, and instead clung closer, his cheeks deathly pale, yet gaining a few points of glassy, translucent fragility.

Jin Chen, unwilling to let go, moved in again, kissing the lips that always uttered icy words.

Yin Chaosheng turned his head to avoid it, so Jin Chen's kiss landed on the corner of his mouth; he reacted swiftly, opening his mouth and biting hard on the lip, a bloody sweetness spreading.

Jin Chen felt the pain but didn't pull back, his laughter reaching Yin Chaosheng's ears: 'The City Lord has such a ruthless heart.'

He stuck out his tongue, licking away that bead of blood, his gaze burning as he stared at Yin Chaosheng: 'The seven-day limit is almost upon us—will the City Lord really bear to… not speak with me a little longer?'

Yin Chaosheng snorted coldly, turning his face away, unwilling to see that pretentious pose of his.

'I wish your soul would scatter and you'd never be reborn.'

That said, Yin Chaosheng's gaze involuntarily returned to Jin Chen's brow, where the Netherworld Flower mark he had personally planted remained merely a bud, like an ornamental hairpin—let alone blooming, there was no sign of spreading growth.

This really defies common sense; the Netherworld Flower draws on soul power, bound to bloom in seven days, then the soul scatters—there are no exceptions.

But this ghost before him…

Yin Chaosheng's doubts grew heavier in his heart, and he inexplicably felt that this strange mark would not take Jin Chen's life.

Jin Chen's smile deepened as he embraced the icy-cold body in his arms; Yin Chaosheng winced, furrowed his brows, tried again to dodge, his lips just parting, and Jin Chen's kiss landed on his jaw.

'Get lost!' Yin Chaosheng finally couldn't hold back, pressing down on Jin Chen's lips that were moving toward his neck: 'I still have matters to attend to, no time to tangle with you here!'

He hasn't been idle lately; today, for some unknown reason, he actually came personally to the Side Hall to engage in this pointless tug‑of‑war with that mad dog.

Jin Chen, however, stopped his movements, leisurely straightening Yin Chaosheng's disheveled collar from the struggle: 'Since the City Lord has business, I naturally dare not delay.'

He leaned close to Yin Chaosheng's ear and placed a kiss, his breath warm: 'Then tonight… I will be in the Side Hall, awaiting the City Lord's summons.'

Yin Chaosheng: '……'

Yin Chaosheng's forehead veins twitched slightly; he suddenly raised his hand, wrapped in fierce ghostly aura, intending to slap that hateful face.

His wrist, however, was seized in midair; Jin Chen pinched his wrist bone, leaving him unable to break free.

The dim light within the hall flowed between them; gazing into Jin Chen's unfathomable amber pupils, Yin Chaosheng, for some reason, felt his ferocity ease a little, then suddenly he laughed, taking on an almost morbidly alluring air.

He took the initiative to draw near, lips and nose lightly brushing Jin Chen's cheek, the entwinement captivating, his eyes seductive as silk.

The next instant, Yin Chaosheng fiercely bit down on Jin Chen's earlobe.

A sharp pain shot through, and at the same time an intensely cold, domineering aura poured into Jin Chen's body through the torn wound.

Yin Chaosheng's voice sounded in his ear, strangely excited: 'You dare repeatedly provoke me… Jin Chen, you are too presumptuous.'

Warm blood trickled down Jin Chen's neck, leaving a winding red trace, but this paled beside the crimson frenzy nearly spilling from Yin Chaosheng's eyes.

Jin Chen smiled, lifted his hand, dabbed his fingertip in the blood at his neck, smeared it forcefully on Yin Chaosheng's lip corner, then higher, on his pale face; the blood bloomed across the skin, shocking and bewitching.

'The City Lord's words really make me uneasy,' Jin Chen said with a laughing tone, yet his eyes darkened: 'If I don't do something tonight to appease the City Lord's anger, it really wouldn't be justifiable.'

Yin Chaosheng saw him growing ever more brazen, a strange itch rising; he couldn't be bothered to continue trading barbs with that mad dog, and flicked his sleeve away with a cold snort.

Yin Chaosheng ultimately did not pursue the human hidden by Jin Chen, nor did he again mention killing Jin Chen on the spot.

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 28!】

Jin Chen gazed at the empty hall doors, the amused smile at his lips gradually fading, he touched his bleeding earlobe, his eyes deep.

After a moment, he rose and opened the door.

Gu Bai Bai sat at the doorway, idly tapping his pelvic bone with his finger bones, when he heard Jin Chen's order.

'Go, think of a way to lure the guards outside far away and cause some commotion.'

Gu Bai Bai's eye sockets flickered with excited spectral light; he loved doing this sort of troublemaking that required no responsibility.

'Okay, Boss! Watch me!'

Gu Bai Bai received the order, clattering off; not long after, the patrolling ghost soldiers near the Side Hall were led away by it in various head‑first distractions.