Chapter 576

Whoosh.

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu didn't even understand what had happened—her whole body flew high like a projectile, arcing over the wall and landing in the courtyard on the other side.

Amid her screaming "Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaah!", the Qing Guards below finally reacted, rushing to catch her; three of them barely managed to catch her together, reducing the impact.

Even so, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu had been drenched by Night Rain, and her HP had plummeted wildly.

Glancing at her HP, it was down to just 2 points—she'd barely survived by the luck of the gods! And all because the long-haired girl hadn't taken her seriously at all, merely flicked her away like trash.

Shaking with post-traumatic fear, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu swallowed a pill while shouting for someone to hurry and take her back to save others.

She hurried back to their previous location via the covered corridor that kept out the rain.

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's pupils instantly shrank, her face turning deathly pale.

There, You Sisi—the First-rate Realm You Sisi—was being choked by one hand by the long-haired girl, lifted off the ground, kicking desperately, her face flushed crimson as if she'd gasped her last breath.

"Y-You Sister!"

"You Lady!"

The Qing Guards who had followed rushed forward—but before they even reached her, they were flung backward at a speed too fast to see, their chests exploding midair, blood and bone spraying everywhere, becoming corpses instantly.

This time, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was truly paralyzed with terror.

Who the hell is this long-haired girl?!

"Lord Han! Save me!!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu screamed again—the long-haired girl glanced at her. That single glance nearly made her soil herself.

Because from the earlier attack, she realized she might not even sense the attack coming before she was dead.

As Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu trembled in terror…

Boom!!

The tightly closed door exploded open.

Amid flying wood splinters, a golden afterimage punched straight toward the long-haired girl's face.

But the fist halted just inches from her face—its attack stopped.

Because… the Captain Wu's head had already been crushed.

Captain Wu was dead again!

"Huh, this bread crust is kind of interesting."

Iron chains wrapped around Captain Wu's corpse; he was slowly emitting golden light, his body restoring—but he found himself unable to move.

His eyes immediately turned red.

"Laguan Gui! These iron chains—no mistake, you're Laguan Gui! Where's Night Rain? Did you kill him?!"

What?!

She's Laguan Gui??

Everyone was stunned; You Sisi's mind went numb—moments ago she'd been struggling desperately, now her face was ashen, she stopped struggling entirely, her breath fading.

"He… is he dead…?"

Bai Xiaoya didn't answer their question—she furrowed her brows and, with a sharp snap, cracked open Captain Wu's skull again.

But when she tried absorbing the power contained in his blood, she found she couldn't draw it in at all.

"Why can't I absorb it?! It's such delicious power!"

As she stood lost in thought, a massive black shadow shot out of the room with a whoosh and slammed into her.

Startled, she released You Sisi—whose eyes had lost all luster—and Captain Wu's corpse.

Her body was slammed into the muddy courtyard, drenched by Night Rain.

Before Xiao Xuedou, the corrupted one, could open its mouth and bite off her head—Boom!

Xiao Xuedou's entire upper body was shattered by an iron chain, bones exposed as it flew backward, crashing hard against the doorpost, barely alive.

"Each and every one of you… really…"

"I just didn't want to eat a nasty bread crust—and you all get so cocky?"

Bai Xiaoya rose slowly; as she walked toward them, her body became perfectly clean again, untouched even by the Night Rain.

She was about to kill them all—when suddenly, as if receiving a message, she froze in confusion, then looked with sudden delight at the headless corpse on the ground.

"So… it's her?"

"Target confirmed!"

She teleported to the headless corpse, seized it, and pressed it against her chest.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

Hundreds of iron chains burst from her body, binding Bai Daya's headless corpse to her own, as if fusing them into one, wrapping them tightly like a cocoon, forming a massive iron-chain cocoon.

"Lord Han! You Sisi!"

Tian Erjun arrived, belatedly.

Seeing the scene before him, he immediately ordered men to rush and help lift them up.

"You Sisi, are you alright?!"

Tian Erjun anxiously checked You Sisi—but found her injuries weren't severe; yet she looked as if cursed, pale as death, mentally vacant.

Seeing Tian Erjun, You Sisi gave a bitter laugh: "Tian Erjun… he's dead… Night Rain… is dead…"

"Dead? How? I just heard a report that Ye Baiyi had climbed back over the wall into the Qing Office—vanished, that's all."

"Wha—"

You Sisi froze, then realized.

The Laguan Gui hadn't actually confirmed anything—she'd simply assumed Fang Yue was dead because she saw Laguan Gui here.

"So… he's still alive… and he's inside the Qing Office?"

"Right! It should be so, but for some unknown reason, it refuses to meet with us."

"…I can probably guess! The Coffin-Puller Ghost was probably chasing after Ye Baiyi, and Ye Baiyi didn't want us to run into danger, so he didn't link up with us! Who would have thought this 【Coffin-Puller Ghost】 was so cunning — instead of pursuing Ye Baiyi, it came to make trouble for us!"

After learning that Fang Yue wasn't dead, You Sisi seemed to be reborn from the ashes — her entire spirit and vigor recovered in an instant, becoming calm and sharp.

"In that case… quickly send people to find Ye Baiyi's whereabouts, notify him that the 【Coffin-Puller Ghost】 is here, and have him come link up with us at once to join forces and deal with this aberration!"

The second half of the sentence was addressed to the other Green Guards.

The crowd dispersed to search for Fang Yue's whereabouts.

At the same time, non-combat personnel like Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu were arranged to hide elsewhere in the Green Division; only Qing Chen insisted on staying.

Combat personnel like Captain Wu, You Sisi, and Lord Han were also kept behind, surrounding the Iron-Chain Cocoon.

"Lord Han, are you still all right?"

Lord Han's forehead was beaded with cold sweat, and he shook his head slightly.

"Don't mind me. Xiao Xuedou was attacked while in an aberrant state, so he has a certain recovery ability. Combined with emergency treatment, his life has already been saved. He's just fallen into a complete coma. That allowed me to smoothly take over control of the body."

Although he had taken over control of the body, the injuries and pain came with it.

No one knew what was going on with this 【Iron-Chain Cocoon】. Qing Chen had been studying it from the side for quite a while, and finally shook her head.

"Then you stand down. The rest of you, prepare to attack!"

Tian Erjun's words had just fallen.

Whoosh—

An iron chain suddenly shot out from within the Iron-Chain Cocoon, springing forth, piercing through his eye, and punching out through the back of his head!

(End of this chapter)