Although the furnishings in the Mist Shop had barely changed, with the goods on the shelves and even the sofas still in their original places, the instant the lights dimmed, some of the power Su Bai and Xiao Wu had concealed flooded the entire shop once more.
Power from the same source as the Red Moon swept over the shop, yet it brought no chill. A different kind of power also rippled from the cabinets that housed all manner of special goods.
The Fog City Lord immediately sensed that something was wrong with the shop, but the door had already closed behind him, and thick fog shrouded the floor-to-ceiling display windows. He had no idea what was happening outside, much less what this shop had done.
Ironically, the Fog City Lord's true form was thick fog, yet he could not see through the fog outside the display windows at all. He reached out to push open the shop door just inches away, but as his palm approached it, the distance between him and that ordinary-looking wooden door suddenly widened, as though someone was preventing him from leaving.
"This isn't right. You..."
The Fog City Lord turned toward Su Bai, only to see something else he had never expected.
"Boss Bai" was still standing in front of the shop counter, but the figure of a child slowly appeared behind him. The child had dark red eyes and, after appearing from nowhere, sat on the counter behind Boss Bai, then reached out and covered his eyes.
Yes, the child's hands covered Boss Bai's eyes.
Then a figure that even the Fog City Lord found utterly terrifying gradually appeared behind them.
"How... is this possible..." The Fog City Lord forced the words out of his throat, staring in disbelief at the figure that