198: Chapter 198: The Black Cat's Blessing (Thirty-Nine)

Are we really going to ignore these humans?

"Then let's wait and see for now."

"The sacrifice is in three days," Lian Bai suddenly said to Qian Ye.

"Xiao Bai, you..." Clearly, tonight was the scheduled time for the sacrifice.

Lian Bai shook his head.

He didn't dare trust her.

He was grateful for the sacrifices she had sent.

However,

Lian Bai looked down at the stone statues, a flash of confusion passing through his eyes.

He had genuinely neutralized the poison.

It was just that this would accelerate their petrification speed.

But it shouldn't be now...

While they weren't paying attention, the stone statues on the ground moved slightly.

What on earth was happening?

Stone statues!

Petrification!

Tai You and his group tried to move their bodies, but found they were paralyzed.

!!!

What did the boss do to them?

They wanted to speak, but they couldn't even open their mouths.

They could only watch helplessly as they were swept away by a white mist.

The white mist gathered mid-air, with a few faint red glows hidden within it.

"Hee hee."

Qian Ye looked at the white mist gradually disappearing in mid-air, her lips curling up as the red light in her eyes flickered continuously.

—

This was a place they had left not long ago; before nightfall, there was nothing unusual about it, appearing to be nothing more than a desolate mountain.

"Hmm, they disappeared from right here."

Qian Ye crouched down and placed Xiao Hua on the ground. "Ye Ye, an Illusion has been set up here," Ling Ling observed as she looked around.

With her around, no Illusion could escape her sight.

"Found it."

"No wonder it appears at night; it's because this Illusion array has a flaw."

Ling Ling flew into the air; Qian Ye didn't know what she was doing, but in the next second, the surrounding desolate mountains vanished.

The barrier of the Illusion dissipated, revealing its true appearance. "So it's here."

Qian Ye looked at the familiar place in the distance.

It was exactly where she had killed the village chief.

She should have thought of it sooner; the sacrifice would naturally still be held here.

Qian Ye didn't approach the Square immediately; it was surrounded entirely by stone statues.

Firelight suddenly flared up around them, and under the light, those stone statues actually began to shed their petrification bit by bit, returning to normal humans.

Qian Ye narrowed her eyes.

The Square...

"Welcome, Lord Mu and Lord Ying."

In the center of the Square, Tai You and the others were trapped on a pillar; though they couldn't move, they could still hear the conversation.

Tai You's eyes widened. So... Curtain Shadow referred to two people.

They had all been deceived.

"Hahaha, we are about to succeed! None of you will ever be bound again."

"Huo huo huo, huo huo huo..."

"Ahhhh..."

"Lord Curtain Shadow is formidable."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Hearing the coughing, the crowd promptly cleared a path. A platform slowly rose in the center of the Square. "Greetings, Mayor."

"Curtain Shadow, this isn't right; there's still one missing."

The Village Chief walked to Mu and Ying's side and stared at the people on the pillar.

When Tai You saw who it was, his already wide eyes widened even further.

Mingling in the crowd, Qian Ye stared at that person. It was actually that old man; he had been the one intentionally luring them in step by step.

"It will be over soon."

"Let's deal with these few people first." At this moment, Lian Bai no longer looked blind; his eyes were filled with an eerie green light.

"Then be careful, these humans aren't easy to handle."

"Alright."

"Even if they are restored to their original forms, they won't regain their strength immediately." Lian Bai walked up to them, black mist emerging from his hands and surging toward Meng Yu and the others.

As the black mist dissipated, the smile on Lian Bai's lips froze.

"How is this possible!"

Meng Yu and the others were still in their petrified state, not having returned to normal.

"Impossible!"

He had clearly watched them drink his blood.