Thriller Night Talk

Translator-Rhapsodite

Editor-PerpetualMreow, Proofreader-Spring Flower

The slim smoke stopped in front of the Tongzi Tower.

It hovered in front of a window on the south side of the top floor and slipped into the room through the gap in an old window that wasn't tightly closed.

There was nothing else to say or do, except to just chase after it.

"Ah Song didn't dare to kill people directly as he did with Xu Lei, because he was afraid of exposing his identity!"

While going upstairs, Wei Fuyuan quickly explained the cause of the matter to Qing Zhu and Miss A'Liu.

"He has already shown himself in front of us and knows that we are also keeping an eye on 'Grandmaster Tianyuan'."

Xiao Wei recounted to the two experts of the 'Special Seven' what Bei Quan had told him:

"He doesn't know when we will take action against Ran Qu and the resentment ghost on him. He is also afraid that we will not easily catch his tail. So, he wants to lure Ran Qu into committing suicide before we find him, and then use skind of soul-capturing method to tak away his three souls and seven spirits, without letting us notice!"

Upon hearing this, Qing Zhu suddenly realized.

"No wonder he chose to hide here!"

This place was quite close to the shared rental house where Ran Qu resided. When the distance between the spell and the target's place of death is close enough, the connection between the spell and the target becomes stronger, increasing the success rate of soul-capturing techniques immensely.

That is also why shamans and priests, when summoning souls, always make a special trip to the place where the person lost their soul. The practitioners summon the souls of the deceased and usually ask the family to provide an item that the departed used frequently in their lifetime.

It was a pity that Ah Song underestimated Ran Qu's strength.

Perhaps, before committing suicide, he just wanted Ran Qu to ignite the power of the Witch Clan's bloodline through a 'sacrifice' to make his 'material' more perfect and increase the success rate of the 'experiment'.

But unexpectedly, Ran Qu's power turned out to be even stronger than he had anticipated.

Under the triple stimulation of resentment, sacrifice, and obsession, Ran Qu managed to create an advanced version of 'Tianyuan City and pulled everyone who had a connection with him into the dream he created, including Ah Song himself.

As they spoke, they had already reached the seventh floor and arrived at the door of the house on the south side, after passing through the 'concave' shaped corridor.

This is the place indicated by Ah Song's eight-character post-smoke.

Wei Fuyuan, Qing Zhu, and Miss A'Liu stopped in front of the door and exchanged glances with each other.

Qing Zhu then kicked open the thin door panel.

No lights were on in the room, and the heavy blackout curtains were drawn tightly, naturally creating a dim environment.

Even though his eyes hadn't fully adjusted to the excessively dark environment, Wei Fuyuan could still see that the room, measuring only about twenty square meters, had been arranged like a dojo. A man was lying motionless on the ground, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

Qing Zhu had already rushed into the room, grabbed the collar of the man lying on the ground, and flipped him over.

Wei Fuyuan and Miss A'Liu also followed immediately, all seeing the man's appearance.

"...I've found you, Ah Song."

Wei Fuyuan looked at the familiar face and whispered.

"Or, I should call you -"

Bei Quan and Luo Yun had already climbed to the top of the tree canopy. Pushing aside the obstructing branches and leaves. What appeared before them was the towering spire of the Immortal Tower, and in the center of the spire was a suspended light sphere. Bei Quan clenched his fist with one hand, pressed it against his lips, and coughed softly.

"We have arrived," he said, after having to stop and cough.

After the coughing subsided, Bei Quan looked up and said to the void, "Grandmaster Tianyuan, you can reveal yourself now."

The light sphere in mid-air flickered for a moment.

The two heard Master Tianyuan's hoarse, deep, old, and majestic voice again, full of persuasion.

[Not yet.]

Grandmaster Tianyuan's voice echoed in the high tower with its built-in reverberation effect, instantly adding a three-dimensional echo, sounding particularly awe-inspiring.

As if feeling uncomfortable with this voice, Bei Quan frowned, and coughed twice, and his face seemed even paler.

[There are only two of you left.]

The voice of Master Tianyuan replied:

[Only the last person is worthy of inheriting my lineage and achieving immortality!]

He paused, [There is only one of you--]

Before Master Tianyuan could finish speaking, two hands suddenly pressed against Bei Quan's back and forcefully pushed him from behind, catching him off guard.

"Ah!"

Bei Quan exclaimed as he uncontrollably fell forward.

When the branches of this giant tree stretched out, the canopy was incredibly magnificent, occupying more than half of the entire Immortal Tower's space.

However, the canopy consisted mostly of slender branches and lush, thin leaves. The only places to stand were a few slightly thicker branches.

As Bei Quan lunged forward, his feet slipped, making him lose his foothold and instantly fall.

Fortunately, he had quick reflexes and grabbed onto a branch with his right hand, barely suspending himself on the treetop.

[You, only one person-]

Master Tianyuan finished the last few words.

[-can survive until the end.]

Bei Quan struggled to cling to the branch with one hand, looking up at the person who had just pushed him down.

Luo Yun had already put away the previous look of confusion, panic, and unease, and was now looking back at Bei Quan expressionlessly.

At this moment, Luo Yun showed no signs of being a final antagonist boss in terms of professionalism.

At this moment, Luo Yun showed absolutely no vocation as a final antagonist boss.

With one successful strike, instead of rambling on, he immediately noticed Bei Quan grabbing onto the branch.

Without hesitation, he lowered his body and pressed his hand against the branch Bei Quan was holding onto.

The branch in Bei Quan's hand immediately transformed into a rock-like texture, rough and solid.

At the stime, the hardening spread along the branch, climbing up Bei Quan's palm, then his wrist, and finally his upper arm.

It was clear that Bei Quan's entire arm was turning into stone.

"Heh."

In a critical moment, Bei Quan suddenly let out an untimely chuckle.

"Got you." He said.

"Luo Yun, perhaps I should call you Senior Ah Song."

Upon hearing the last four words, Luo Yun's expression suddenly changed.

He tried to retract his hand.

However, his fingers were stuck as if glued by his petrified branch, unable to move at all.

No, not just his hand, Luo Yun realized that his whole body couldn't move.

"Senior, your acting skills are quite impressive."

At this moment, Bei Quan also put away his previous appearance of being severely injured and weak.

A faint red light emanated from his petrified right arm.

After a few crisp cracking sounds, the stone-like shirt sleeve shattered, revealing Bei Quan's right arm - and the bandages wrapped around it, covered in layers of inscriptions.

Luo Yun's lips trembled for a few moments as if trying to speak, but not a single syllable cout.

"It's not easy to set up a trap right under your nose."

Bei Quan grabbed onto a branch and effortlessly performed a standard handstand, flipping himself up.

Not only Luo Yun, but the sphere of light in mid-air also started shaking violently at this moment.

Bei Quan looked up, a faint smirk appearing on his lips.

"And not only you, but I also have to capture Ran Qu and the Hui Gui attached to his soul."

As he spoke, he flipped his wrist- the Qingguang Vientiane Brush appeared in his palm.

After painstakingly setting up for a long time, Bei Quan finally summoned his spiritual weapon.

Then, he slashed his wrist, allowing his blood that was filled with malevolent energy to drip along the patterns on the pen's barrel. After wetting the pen tip, his blood dripped down, sprinkling onto the branches and leaves of the giant tree.

The moment the blood drops fell, the red light was like a spiral staircase, circling the crown, body, and roots of the tree, forming a huge formation.

A red pillar of light soared into the sky, enveloping the entire giant tree, including the trembling light sphere at the top.

This was a sealing formation, like a cage, that trapped Luo Yun, Ran Qu, the Hui Gui, and even Bei Quan himself inside.

Luo Yun, or should he say Ah Song, widened his eyes in astonishment and anger.

He never expected that Bei Quan would plan and set up such a complex and ingenious formation before climbing the tree.

First, Bei Quan used the excuse of preparing talismans to divide the sealing spell into several parts, writing them on gauze and mixing them with many other talismans, completely avoiding his gaze.

Next, Bei Quan, while climbing the tree, nailed the divided sealing spell in the appropriate positions, allowing them to reassemble into a complete talisman. He then used his blood to activate it, turning it into a prison that trapped them.

Ah Song felt extremely regretful.

As early as when he was in the Zhuling Secret Realm, he heard that Bei Quan had extraordinary talents in spells and talismans.

But since the two had never had a close relationship, Ah Song naturally had no way of knowing that Bei Quan's attainments in runes had reached such a level.

--No wonder Bei Quan acted as if he had suffered a serious internal injury!

Bei Quan was being responsible and managed to cover his tracks right under their noses!

Ah Song clenched his teeth in frustration.

He wants to take care of bringing up the rear because he has to secretly nail the prepared talismans into suitable locations!

--Acting injured was to make himself lower his guard!

--Now thinking about it, the 'deaths' of Wei Fuyuan and Jiang Nan'an were probably also Bei Quan's plan!

But, where exactly did things go wrong!?

Ah Song still couldn't fully understand.

Since taking over Luo Yun's body, whether in reality or dreams, he had perfectly portrayed the character of Luo Yun, a caring and righteous older brother. There shouldn't have been any flaws!

How did Bei Quan manage to perceive that he wasn't Luo Yun, but Ah Song!?

Unfortunately, despite having countless questions in his mind, Ah Song was currently trapped by the formation. He can't move or speak.

He could only stare at Bei Quan with fierce eyes as if trying to find a way to break the situation from the other person's expression.

Bei Quan simply turned his head and smiled slightly, took out the Qingguang Vientiane Brush and calmly began to draw talismans.

Ah Song: "!!"

His eyes opened wider because he recognized what Bei Quan was drawing.

--He's reinforcing the sealing formation!!

--At a tlike this, instead of thinking about how to escape, he's strengthening the formation!?

Ah Song was going crazy.

--Does he intend to be trapped and die together in this dream realm of Tianyuan City?!