Time quietly passed amid the increasingly awkward atmosphere.
Evelina watched Kil'jaeden maintain that mosquito-slapping pose for quite a while, yet received no response.
In the end, she could not help asking:
"Where's the door? Did it open?"
"Where did it open?"
"How come I can't see it?"
"Uh... it seems this Goblin's blood doesn't work..." Kil'jaeden's expression stiffened, and he gave an awkward smile. "Wait a moment. I'll switch to another one."
With that, he grabbed a second blood-engorged demonic mosquito and slapped it against the wall.
Still nothing happened.
Then came the third, the fourth...
The sounds of demonic mosquitoes bursting and the bloody stench of splattered plasma gradually filled the entire underground space.
The atmosphere fell silent.
And it slowly shifted from awkwardness toward a strangely comedic mood.
Even the timid Goblins got over their initial Fear and gradually adapted to the mechanical repetition.
Until Kil'jaeden slapped down the last blood-engorged demonic mosquito.
As it burst, the previously silent stone wall suddenly erupted with a low hum.
The plasma flowing through its patterns seemed to fill with tremendous energy in an instant, blazing with intense red light!
Kil'jaeden hurriedly backed away several steps. Without even bothering to wipe the blood from his palm, he excitedly called out to Lu Li and Evelina:
"It worked, you two! It worked!"
"The entrance to the ruins will open at any moment. Hurry and step inside!"
Evelina still had her hands spread, her pink heart-shaped pupils fixed on Kil'jaeden as if silently asking:
"Where's the door?"
The next second, countless dark-red motes of light separated from the slowly flowing plasma on the stone wall and wildly rushed toward the Succubus Lady!
Everything happened too suddenly for Evelina to dodge.
She merely stood there blankly as those motes completely enveloped her.
Then—
Her