Chapter 96: I Invite You to Watch a Real Magic Show!

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Su Ming went berserk!

From the south of the city to the north!

From the west of the city to the east!

From inside the city to outside!

If it weren't for the resentment and the scant Qi given by these Artists…

Xiao Heizi should have emerged many times by now!

Yet even so, the shell of the Abyssal Demon Dragon Egg grew increasingly fissured!

Incubation progress: 96.6%

At this rate…

Birth will be tonight!

"Mr. Jing, you have been very disrespectful to my colleagues,"

An elegant, magnetic voice drifted softly from behind Su Ming.

"Now is my performance time; please watch in silence,"

"Hm?"

Su Ming snapped his head around, his scarlet eyes boiling with murderous intent.

Under the streetlamp, a magician in a tailcoat and a tall top hat stood smiling.

At his fingertips, a deck of playing cards turned into countless fluttering butterflies.

He was the first guest performer to take the stage at the opening of the earlier celebration!

Su Ming grinned, his stark white teeth glinting coldly in the moonlight.

"You came to die as well?"

"No, no, no!"

The magician flicked his fingers, his Smile Mask confident and charming, as if everything were under his control.

"I only came to invite you to watch a real magic show..."

"Of course, you are also the most important prop."

As soon as the words fell, the magician snapped his fingers!

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh!

The fifty‑four playing cards in his hand instantly became fifty‑four razor‑sharp blades accompanied by a chilling whoosh through the air.

From all directions, they rained down on Su Ming!

Su Ming's form flickered; at the instant the blades neared, he turned into a vague phantom!

Unscathed!

But when he steadied himself again…

The surrounding scene changed!

The chaotic street vanished without a trace.

In its place stood a maze world made of countless mirrors!

"First act: Mirror Flower Water Moon."

The magician's mocking voice echoed from all sides.

"Illusion?"

Su Ming looked around.

Countless mirrors reflected his masked figure.

Each bore the same cold indifference as he did.

The next second, the mirror beneath his feet suddenly vanished, turning into a bottomless black void.

"Second act: Vanish Into Thin Air."

Su Ming didn't even look; at the moment of falling, his right foot slammed heavily onto the side mirror wall!

Boom!

The mirror wall shattered!

He surged forward like a cannonball, propelling himself toward the maze's depths, completely ignoring those so‑called illusions and traps!

Under the Eye of Truth, all emptiness is nothing but a joke!

Trying to use mirrors as a sleight of hand…

Useless!

"Oh? That was quick!"

The magician's voice carried a hint of surprise and admiration.

All together, it was only a few breaths' worth of time…

These proud tricks hadn't succeeded at all!

Thinking of this, he elegantly tipped his top hat and pulled a snow‑white rabbit from within.

"Then, third act: Hat Trick."

He smiled and gently tossed the rabbit.

The gentle, cute rabbit swelled explosively in the air!

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a three‑meter‑tall deformed monster with exposed fangs and blood‑red eyes, roaring toward Su Ming!

"Is that all?"

"No novelty!"

Su Ming's eyes flashed with a hint of disdain; instead of retreating, he pressed forward!

The Soul Dagger sliced through, directly gutting the monster!

Flesh and blood splattered!

But!

Within the Blood Mist, countless Black Shadow scrambled out wildly!

Upon landing, they astonishingly became hundreds of slightly smaller yet equally ferocious Blood-eyed Rabbit!

Hmph!

Su Ming's murderous intent surged, and he swung his blade again!

However, for each one he eliminated, two even smaller ones would spring from the corpse!

But in the blink of an eye, the ground beneath him had already gathered into a writhing tide of rabbits!

"Oh dear, it seems you still don't understand."

The magician's laughter echoed from all directions of the Mirror Maze, and he readjusted his tall top hat onto his head.

"The essence of the Hat Trick has never been about producing something, but about producing endlessly!"

"These little cuties are indeed impossible to kill off!"

Can't kill them?!

Su Ming grinned.

What he liked most...

…was to press these self‑righteous fellows hard onto the ground and rub them!

Just now, he had already figured it out!

Bang—!

Su Ming turned his head, kicked off his foot, and sprinted in one direction!

This seemingly dazzling, cool, and progressively layered magic show…

…was nothing but a start‑to‑finish deception!

And the core of the deception was misdirection!

Mirror Flower Water Moon, Vanish Into Thin Air, Hat Trick…

Each link connected to the next, exquisitely flawless!

But in reality, these were all mere smokescreens!

The true killing move, the real core…

…had been planted from the very beginning!

Back to the start!

At the moment this guy snapped his fingers, the fifty‑four playing cards turned into blades and shot out!

Among them, fifty‑two ordinary playing cards had already fallen into the abyss with the trap!

Only two remained!

Big Joker! Small Joker!

These two Ace Card, turned into blades, were lodged into the two most inconspicuous mirror cracks!

Now this endless tide of rabbits…

…is not unkillable!

Rather, they are continuously replicated and summoned from these two mirrors empowered by the Ace Card!

It's all just a damn setup!

"You're far more interesting than that one called Danqing…"

Su Ming's voice was ice‑cold and bone‑piercing.

"The essence of magic has never been about creating miracles…"

"But about perfect misdirection and linkage!"

"But…"

"That's where it ends!"

The Soul Dagger in Su Ming's hand had already been thrust into this first mirror!

Crack—!

One strike!

The mirror bearing the Ace Card shattered in response!

At the same time.

Throughout the Mirror Maze, that endless tide of rabbits…

Half of their figures ceased moving!

"Whoosh!"

Not over yet!

Su Ming didn't even look, and the Soul Dagger flew from his hand!

It transformed into a black bolt of lightning, shooting toward the opposite side of the maze!

The mirror that held the other Ace Card!

Crack—!

A second crisp sound, and the mirror exploded!

All the rabbits instantly turned into points of light and vanished without a trace!

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"

At the end of the maze, the Magician elegantly clapped.

"It seems the little show can no longer satisfy you."

"Then, as the grand finale, I will present you my most prized work—Box Beauty!"

Behind him, a massive wooden box slowly rose.

"Sir, watch closely; I am about to… um, myself…"

"Split in two!"

He smiled, stepped into the box, and closed the box door.

In the next second, a huge chainsaw dropped automatically from the top of the box, emitting a screeching roar.

It sawed the wooden box, along with the Magician inside, cleanly in half!

Fresh blood splattered!

Immediately afterward, the two split boxes suddenly burst open!

Two identical Magicians smiled, stepped out, and bowed elegantly toward Su Ming.

"Now, please find the real me!"

The two Magicians spoke simultaneously.

Their voices, movements, even the aura they exuded…

Even employing the Eye of Truth makes no difference!

How is that possible?!

And how to distinguish them?!