At this sight, the nearby passengers immediately cried out in alarm.
"What are you doing? Do you know this is against the law?"
"Let go now, or I'll call the railway police!"
However, the middle-aged man turned a deaf ear to their voices.
Three soul rings—one white and two yellow—rose beneath him, while crimson mist instantly billowed around his body, a thick stench of blood spreading through the carriage.
Accompanying it was a piercing, feral laugh.
"Everyone, are you ready... to welcome death?"
"Let us together... praise the Holy Emperor! Hahaha..."
The previously noisy crowd fell instantly silent. Their flushed faces turned pale in an instant. Those with knowledge immediately understood the meaning behind the middle-aged man's words and forced out three trembling words through chattering teeth.
"E-Evil Soul Master?!!"
At the same time, in several other carriages, The moment the message was sent, people there also sprang into action. Some took passengers hostage, others seized crew members, and some even directly injured the railway police in their carriage.
The once peaceful train descended into chaos in an instant.
Screams, cries, and crashing sounds erupted all at once.
Yet the chaos lasted only a few minutes.
Screeeech—!!!
An ear-piercing sound of metal grinding suddenly rang out alongside violent shaking.
The high-speed train seemed to have slammed into an invisible wall, coming to an abrupt stop without warning. The tremendous inertia flung every unsecured object forward.
Xu Yue had awakened the instant the disturbance began.
His arms shot out to either side like lightning, pulling both the still-unresponsive Gu Yue and the sleeping Xu Xiaoyan into his embrace.
His broad arms steadily supported their bodies, sparing them from the sudden impact of inertia.
But the others in the carriage were not so fortunate. Curses, cries of pain, and children's wailing immediately