A layer of white mist shrouded the foot of Skeleton Mountain, drifting and swirling, reducing visibility to less than ten meters.
Dressed in a vivid red robe, Red Sleeve sat on the monster beast statue outside the cave, hugging one knee while her other leg dangled, its toes swinging idly as she absently toyed with the ends of her hair.
Then footsteps sounded in the mist.
Red Sleeve immediately looked up, a delighted smile appearing on her lips, but she soon frowned again.
Those were not the footsteps she knew.
Soon, a figure emerged through the thin mist.
The newcomer held a scythe and had a graceful figure. She was clearly a woman.
"You?" Red Sleeve frowned at Lin Xue, who had appeared before her.
"Me. Sorry to disappoint you." As she spoke, Lin Xue quickly adjusted the armor she still had on.
"There's nothing to be disappointed about."
Red Sleeve shook her head and looked ahead. "Actually, you're just in time. Saves me having to spend my own flesh and blood."
"Hm?" Lin Xue did not understand.
"There."
Red Sleeve tipped her chin toward the tightly shut cave entrance ahead. On the rock walls to either side of the doors were recesses shaped like a scythe and a chain, roughly ten meters apart.
"Same rules as before. Both weapons are needed to open the doors, and each side has to absorb fresh blood from a descendant of the Contractor bloodline to activate. If Brother Nan had killed you, I'd have had to supply the blood for both sides myself."
Lin Xue gave her a strange look. "Seeing me here, aren't you worried about what happened over there?"
"Heh, what's there to worry about? The result will be the same regardless. Brother Nan can't lose."
Red Sleeve shook her head