In the Reception Room, where the atmosphere had been eerie all along, the humans and Strange Creatures continued to converse calmly.
After all, the biggest problem in this game was essentially the out-of-control Strange Creature hidden deep within the Mirror World. The other Ghost Creatures and the Players who had come here because of the game were all refugees.
But the Ghost Creatures before them were malicious beings that treated humans as vessels to possess. Once the passage actually opened, they would very likely refuse to spare the humans left in the Reception Room.
"The passage is about to open."
Almost a second after the Ghost Creature spoke, a tangible blood-red vortex appeared in the mirror behind Yue Zhengqing. It was no longer an image of the Mirror World, but a blood-red vortex truly manifesting on the mirror's surface. The bloody vapor seemed to take solid form, turning into tentacles that wrapped around Yue Zhengqing, who was already immobilized by the Blood Threads.
Already in despair, Yue Zhengqing could do nothing but spit vile, disgusting curses. Even his struggles had grown feeble as the bloody vapor coiled around him and drew him toward the mirror like a true sacrifice.
As Yue Zhengqing's body drew closer to the wall, the blood-red vortex in the mirror grew larger and larger, finally covering the entire wall before them. Even the mirror that had originally hung there seemed to have been swallowed.
The passage opened.
The instant it opened, Su Bai and Feng Ling sprang up and charged toward the blood-red vortex on the wall.
"Miss Sang, I'll leave the remaining one to you." Su Bai had originally assumed that Feng Ling, as the organization's leader, would choose to remain in the Outer Mirror World. Though surprised to see her charging toward the vortex