Chapter 204: Your Excellency Cannot Afford What I Have on Me

Su Yao had been keeping a constant eye on the star in Ma Chulan's hand.

Until that faint glimmer of light vanished completely.

"Stop the car."

As Ma Chulan's words fell, Su Yao slammed on the brakes.

As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but weeds and empty space.

Ma Chulan's expression was grim. "It should be right here."

"Huh?" Su Yao's eyes widened, and he looked around frantically. "Student Ma, stop joking around. Do you see anyone here?"

He must have lost his mind to let such a young girl run wild like this.

The urgent priority now should be to get back to the city and arrange for more manpower to expand the search area.

"The opponent must have used some means to hide everything that was originally here. As long as we find it, we can find Uncle Su."

Su Yao couldn't understand a single word Ma Chulan was saying, nor did he want to.

Was she performing a magic trick or something?

"Student Ma, calm down. How about we head back first and plan this out properly?"

"Officer, please step back a little." Ma Chulan seemed not to have heard him at all, offering instead a kind reminder.

Su Yao sighed helplessly and turned toward the police car.

He absolutely could not continue playing along with her nonsense.

The moment he turned around, Ma Chulan directly unleashed a talisman.

"Break!"

As her voice fell, the colors of the world shifted.

The bright, sunny day turned into an incredibly murky hue, and the surroundings became filled with a sinister, yin-heavy aura.

"Holy crap!"

The sudden change caused Su Yao to swear loudly as he whipped his head toward Ma Chulan.

"What did you do?"

At this moment, the way he looked at Ma Chulan changed completely.

This girl had actually performed a magic trick on him—and a terrifying one at that.

Ma Chulan didn't have time to explain; she simply said, "It's dangerous here, get in the car, quickly!"

Before Su Yao could even react, she forcefully pushed him into the vehicle.

The door slammed shut, and he clearly saw her hand "swipe" across the door. Immediately after, a yellow glow emerged, as if sealing the entire body of the car.

Su Yao's brain was in a state of total system failure; everything Ma Chulan had done felt utterly inconceivable.

However, he soon had no time to investigate, because he witnessed the most terrifying sight of his life.

Shadows—neither quite human nor quite ghost—began to appear out of thin air within this space.

And their target was none other than Ma Chulan, who remained outside!

"Watch out!"

Su Yao shouted, his first instinct being to jump out to save her, but no matter how hard he pulled, the car door wouldn't budge.

In that brief instant, those shadows had already begun their assault on Ma Chulan.

Su Yao gasped, not even daring to imagine what would happen next.

Then, a scene occurred that defied all his expectations.

That seemingly innocent, silly girl seemed to have turned into a completely different person. Using a method he couldn't understand at all, she began to fight against those shadows.

Someone please tell him, what the hell is going on?!!

...

Inside the factory, Su Mo's eyes had turned bloodshot.

She was even more terrifying than all the evil spirits that had appeared.

Specifically, seeing Su Yan wipe out one wave of evil spirits after another drove her into a frenzy.

Su Yan watched as the evil spirits, which had just been cleared, immediately resurfaced. She knew the opponent intended to wear her down through a war of attrition.

"To use so many evil spirits just to deal with me... you really think highly of me!"

Even though more than half an hour had passed, aside from a slight bead of sweat on the tip of her nose, her breathing remained very steady. She even had enough strength left to contend with the person hiding in the shadows.

"I never underestimate my opponents," the other party's voice sounded quite appreciative. "It seems the appetizer I prepared for you wasn't enough. But don't worry, there's more coming."

The air in the entire factory began to turn viscous. Su Mo seemed to be under some kind of summons, murmuring something under her breath.

In an instant, the power of all the evil spirits was actually absorbed by her.

At this moment, Su Mo's form began to faintly solidify into a physical substance, and simultaneously, her power increased manifold.

"Tsk tsk, how is it, Su Yan? Do you like this gift? The drama of sisters turning on each other is truly wonderful to watch," the opponent continued to provoke.

A shadow of gloom flickered in Su Yan's eyes.

He was clearly trying to provoke her on purpose!

"You've got one thing wrong. Su Mo and I are not sisters at all!"

As she spoke, the light from the Demon-Subduing Staff in her hand flared brilliantly. Without waiting for the dark arts to complete, she ruthlessly thrust it into the position of Su Mo's heart.

Before Su Mo could even feel this ultimate power, all the corrupt energy instantly disintegrated.

In her terrifyingly dilated pupils, Su Yan's face was reflected with absolute clarity, and even now, she still couldn't believe it.

"No!"

The final sound she made was an unwilling roar.

However, at the very moment she collapsed, a wisp of black gas silently seeped into Su Yan's body.

Su Mo's stripped soul re-entered her already overburdened physical body, leaving her with only a single breath of life.

The factory fell into a deathly silence.

*Clap, clap, clap.*

The sound of clapping suddenly rang out from Su Yan's front left, and then a figure stepped eerily out of the air.

It was a man, a man wearing a strange mask.

The moment Su Yan saw him, a cold smile curled at the corner of her mouth.

After all this tossing and turning, she had finally lured him out.

"It was you who injured the Ghost Shadow."

Her opening words were delivered in a tone of absolute certainty, getting straight to the point.

The man actually responded with an air of sudden realization. "So that Ghost Shadow was your person? If I had known..." He paused intentionally, his eyes peering from behind the mask glowing with a sinister light. "I would have made sure it vanished completely."

Su Yan laughed out of pure rage. "I have no grievance with you, Excellency. Why are you targeting me so specifically?"

"Simple. I want something you possess." The man gave Su Yan the answer she wanted without the slightest hesitation.

Su Yan didn't need to ask anything more. "I'm just afraid that the thing I have is something you cannot afford."

"Hahaha! Such an arrogant girl. Do you truly think that having a bit of skill makes you invincible under heaven?" The man laughed wildly.

"Then come and try." Su Yan's patience had reached its limit.

The man did not take an attacking stance, but instead let out a "tsk tsk" sound. "Are you sure you want to fight me now? Even if you can escape, Su Jianguo is just an ordinary man. If I want him dead, it would be as easy as turning over my hand."

Su Yan's gaze froze, and her expression became so dark it could drip water.

"Say that again?"

At this moment, she truly harbored murderous intent toward the man in front of her.

The man was very satisfied with Su Yan's current reaction. With a wave of his hand, the unconscious Su Jianguo appeared before her.

He was bound tightly, completely devoid of any consciousness.

(End of Chapter)