Deep in the strange fog, in the backyard of the mansion.

"I didn't expect that I even fooled the 'mirage', but ended up falling into your hands."

Looking at the women lying on the ground all around, Zhou Sheng, who had a long arrow stuck in his chest, laughed, but his smile was full of bitterness and regret.

"Can you tell me your name? Outsider?"

"As your defeated general, I want to know who killed me before I die."

One hundred and seven golden bronze figures were transformed into cordless rosary beads and hung on his chest. Pei Wende, who was exuding golden Buddha light, introduced himself very calmly.

"My name is Pei Wende, a Buddhist lay disciple who came here to find me."

At this moment, the only woman who had not fallen into a coma because she was protected by the psychic formation walked up behind Zhou Sheng in time, and supported him with a sad expression.

Following the woman's footsteps, Zhao Mu looked around with a confused expression.

Having witnessed everything that just happened, he is still a little confused about what happened.

The only thing Zhao Mu was sure of was that the outsider in front of him stopped the psychic ritual that was just going on and brought everyone present back to reality.

"Wan'er, I'm sorry."

He softly expressed his apology to the woman. Zhou Sheng knew that if he hadn't acted arbitrarily, the two of them would not have ended up like this.

"Ms. sir, it's me who should say I'm sorry."

"Whether we live or die, we will go hand in hand..."

"This is our oath, and now it is just a confirmation of this oath."

Desolate but with a little peace of mind, the woman Zhou Sheng called "Wan'er" responded with a smile.

"From the moment you and I stepped into this fog, I was already prepared to die."

"It's a pity that my husband, despite having such talent, can only end up buried in this fog with me."

Before she finished speaking, Wan'er's figure began to gradually dissipate like an invisible object in the fog, and finally returned to the fog.

Disappearing together with Wan'er were the women who also fell to the ground.

As beings of the same mind as Wan'er, they returned to this fog with her after Wan'er disappeared.

"..."

Watching all this happening in silence, Pei Wende felt a sense of vigilance in his heart.

Because Pei Wende did not kill these women, nor did he do any aggressive behavior towards Wan'er.

In other words, the disappearance of these women present was not within Pei Wende's expectation, but seemed rather abrupt and strange.

However, what surprised Pei Wende even more was yet to come.

"Alas, after all, the magical power is no match for the gods..."

With a regretful sigh, Zhou Sheng, who was determined to die, no longer struggled to resist, but took the initiative to pull out the long arrow from his chest and let the blood spurt out along the arrow.

"You... are actually alive?"

It was only then that Pei Wende discovered that Zhou Sheng, who had been living in seclusion in the mist, was not the "person in the painting", but a living person.

You know, since Pei Wende entered the fog, most of the people he met were not alive.

Or the obsession lingering in the mist, or the invisible thing that is one with the mist...

Pei Wende originally believed that there was no living person in this fog except himself.

And this is also the reason why when facing those women before, he killed them without reservation.

Because in Pei Wende's eyes, no matter what those women were like in life, they have now become "living dead" played by psychics.

Death is a kind of relief for them, and it is also a kind of mercy...

But Zhou Sheng's behavior at this moment undoubtedly told him that he had been wrong from the beginning.

In the fog, apart from those lingering obsessions and intangible things with nothing left, there are also living people like Zhou Sheng.

"You can come here to find someone, why can't you allow me to be a living person?"

With a relieved smile hanging on the corner of his mouth, Zhou Sheng still maintained the calmness and calmness of a scholar even before he died.

"In my life, I have calculated the sky, the earth, life and death, and I have calculated almost everything."

"There are only two things I didn't calculate."

"The first thing is Wan'er's appearance, and the second thing is you."

"I expected that He would invite an outsider as a guest, but I didn't expect that He would actually invite a 'king of the world' like you."

Although Zhou Sheng felt very sorry for missing a move, he could not help but admire "Mirage"'s boldness.

After all, anyone who knows him knows exactly what kind of ruthless character the "Ming King of the World" is.

For this kind of being who can't get any sand out of his eyes, the most likely situation is that it is easy to ask God but difficult to send him away.

"It seems I don't know more than I thought."

Looking at Zhou Sheng who was still standing despite being weak, Pei Wende keenly realized that something was wrong.

The reason why he came here was because a young man who looked similar to Zhou Sheng appeared in Tongqing Temple and brought Pei Wende the information that Xiaoqing might be in trouble.

But whether it was A Da who met before, or Wan'er later, or even Zhou Sheng now, they all said that they were guests invited by "him".

One person may admit his mistake, but two or three people in a row are so sure, which makes Pei Wende have to doubt the true intention of the young man.

"This is the usual way of 'mirage', to make things mysterious and pretend to be gods..."

"But there is nothing wrong with the fact that He wants something from you."

"The strange outsider is more cunning and cunning than you think. I just hope you don't end up like me in the end."

When Zhou Sheng finished saying this, he closed his eyes peacefully and never spoke again.

"You make it look like I'm a bad guy, when I'm obviously a good guy."

With a long sigh, Pei Wende knew that the young scholar in front of him was dead, and that he died completely.

It no longer matters whether the other party's last words were sincere or whether they were meant to sow discord.

Because whether it is true or not, it will not affect what Pei Wende will do next.

tread……

Taking a step forward calmly, Pei Wende's Buddha light naturally converged, and soon there was only a faint ray of light left to illuminate the dark night.

The cunning moonlight intertwined with the golden Buddha light, and only the sound of Pei Wende's breathing still spread in the quiet backyard.

Outside this courtyard, the battle between the invisible beings and the skeletal giants was still intense, and the occasional collisions and sounds became the main theme of the dark night.
Chapter completed!