Three Days Ago

Cui Xuanzhou, Cui Xiangyu, and the others were holding the door shut. Outside, the guests pounded on it with such force that the noise shook the heavens and earth. The heavy steel door could barely take it and was close to breaking. After a whole day of patching it, the Metal Ability user had nearly exhausted his power. Pale-faced, he used the last of his ability to seal a hole the guests had just pounded through...

His body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

Unfortunately, the door didn't hold for long. The hole was pounded open again, and a faint voice came from outside. "Open the door. Come on, open up, Young Master Jiang. Why won't you invite me in for a visit? We're old friends, after all!"

Cui Xiangyu raised a photo of Sister Zhao and held it in front of himself. "Who's your friend? Get lost!"

Jiang Qi said, "He's a traitor I killed before. He ambushed me, but I killed him instead."

"Eldest Young Master Cui, it's been so long. Don't you miss me?"

"Young Master Xiangyu, I only stole a little of your supplies. You had so much food. Why couldn't you spare me some? Why did you have to kill me?"

"Don't you feel ashamed for killing us? Give me your bodies! Give them to me!!"

The furious pounding on the door mingled with the voices full of resentment, sending chills down everyone's spine.

Almost everyone here had killed someone, whether innocent or guilty, forced into it or acting willingly. They were all stained with blood. Now the people they had killed had come back for revenge!

Nie Yun's situation was no better than theirs. The Talisman Paper and Chicken Blood stuck to the walls had gradually lost their effect, and the silent