The short knife in the Cloaked Figure's hand lightly pierced Marda's heart. The Star Map blooming before her chest—the illusory Star Map resembling the Soul Devouring Sea—followed the short knife and darted into Marda's body.
Cloaked Figure: "Child, your horizons are too narrow. You've only seen the sun and moon, the beach and the sea, and assumed they were the whole world. One day, you'll understand me. You'll thank me."
Boom! Boom! Boom! On the rooftop, the Cloaked Figure's movements paused slightly. She suddenly turned her head, her gaze passing through the outer platform and the living room, fixing on the distant door.
A male voice came from outside the door, speaking in a very standard American English accent: "What happened? I heard things being smashed, and someone shouting! Is someone being abused at home!? Stop immediately! I'm calling the police!"
Ten seconds earlier, in Fen City Base, Beijiang Province, inside Two Tails's Calamity Shadow Ruins.
Two Tails brought her knife down in a slash, but Jiang Xiao before her suddenly vanished.
"Hm?" Two Tails frowned slightly and looked around, but couldn't see the slightest trace of him.
Sparring Pi had no teleportation-type Star Skill. More precisely, Sparring Pi's Star Slots were empty. He had no Star Skills at all.
Sparring Pi had vanished, so there was only one possibility: he had been recalled! Or perhaps... there was another possibility? Jiang Xiao had died?
If the main body died, would the Decoy vanish automatically? A Star Skill of such a high level—only Jiang Xiao himself knew, and he had never tested it.
Two Tails's expression changed slightly. She flashed rapidly, directly opened the gate to the Calamity Shadow Ruins, and walked out.
Her figure immediately appeared in the pitch-black multifunctional meeting hall, where she heard the soldiers discussing the matter.