"Does it matter who he is?"
Yan Xishou glared at the Red-Clad Figure, seemingly wishing he could swallow him alive and skin him.
"If he dares to come investigate the organ trade, he is seeking his own death. He even coerced me to hand over the transaction records... No matter who he is, he must die today!"
"Don't worry, he will undoubtedly die today," the Paper Puppet Master said slowly. "I have basically seen through all his tricks. With me and Pu Shu here today, even if he grows wings, he won't be able to escape."
"Aren't you curious what his relationship is with that Enforcer Chen Ling who broke into Aurora City and self-immolated in front of everyone?"
Hearing this, the killing intent on Yan Xishou's face subsided a little. He looked at the Red-Clad Figure locked in place and said in a deep voice:
"You mean..."
"I've already activated the Soul-Shattering Pearl just now. Why don't we take this opportunity to see what secrets he has on him."
As the Paper Puppet Master spoke, he looked up not far away. Only to see a Paper Puppet holding something, slowly walking over... It was a gray substance that looked like a crystal ball, about the size of a human head. White shooting stars flew chaotically within the gray crystal. If one looked closely, they could discover that those were actually agonizingly struggling soul faces.
"Soul-Shattering Evidence Retrieval?" The Old Butler nodded. "Alright. If his soul isn't sturdy enough and gets crushed into dregs, it will save us the trouble of making a move..."
The Paper Puppet Master walked in front of the Red-Clad Figure. His fingertips gently swiped across the surface of the gray crystal, leaving an imperceptible crack. At the same time, the dense array of struggling faces inside the gray crystal squeezed crazily toward that crack, like a school of fish desperately trying to escape a cage.
As the Paper Puppet Master lifted his fingertips, one of the faces was released by him, intertwining around his palm like faint white smoke. He swiped his other hand across the surface of the gray crystal again, and that imperceptible crack automatically repaired itself, restoring it to its original state.
"Currently, the highest record for Soul-Shattering Evidence Retrieval is that brat surnamed Jian. Who knows what his soul is made of, he actually managed to forcefully survive four rounds..."
The Paper Puppet Master slowly raised his palm. That hand surrounded by white smoke paused directly above the Red-Clad Figure's head.
"As for you... how many times can you last?"
Bang—!
As the words fell, the Paper Puppet Master's hand struck the Red-Clad Figure's head like lightning. That lingering white smoke instantly transformed into a ferocious face, frantically burrowing into his mind!
With the disappearance of the face, a wisp of white smoke began to spread around the Red-Clad Figure's head. Countless lights and shadows flickered in this smoke, like a television screen with a bad connection, slowly searching for the picture bit by bit.
Seeing this, the Paper Puppet Master, the black-clothed Pu Shu, Yan Xishou, the Old Butler, and the others all focused their attention intently on that ball of white smoke. The air plunged into a deathly silence.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Time slowly passed, yet no image ever appeared in that ball of smoke.
Yan Xishou's brow on the side furrowed slightly.
"What's going on? Did the evidence retrieval fail? Why is there no reaction..."
The Old Butler was similarly full of doubts. Just as he was about to speak, within that churning white smoke, pairs of scarlet pupils suddenly opened!
The next moment, as if a pair of invisible hands slapped onto the white smoke, it was forcefully squeezed until it exploded! A sharp and agonizing wail rang out from the Red-Clad Figure's head, and soon vanished without a trace...
That was not the Red-Clad Figure's voice, but the voice of that struggling face that had burrowed into his mind just now.
Everyone was stunned. They had used this Ritual Artifact for so long, and a situation like this had never occurred before...
Before they could even react, the Red-Clad Figure who had tightly closed his eyes suddenly opened them. The Great Crimson Theatrical Robe billowed like a wave of blood, obscuring everyone's vision for an instant. By the time they could see the scene before them clearly again, that figure had already drifted lightly into the air, charging toward the roof not far away!
"Damn it!! The Soul-Shattering Evidence Retrieval is ineffective against him?!"
"He also took the Soul-Shattering Pearl!"
"This brat is simply too wicked! We absolutely cannot let him live anymore! Kill him on the spot!!"
Continuous furious roars rang out from the crowd. The Old Butler watched the gradually receding red figure, his eyes flashing with killing intent as he immediately issued the order!
The Paper Puppet Master was also furious. Being played with time after time had completely worn away his patience. Even if the Old Butler didn't say it, he absolutely wouldn't leave him alive this time... This time, he didn't even send the Paper Puppets to pursue. Instead, he personally stepped onto a madly folding Paper Puppet and wildly sped in the direction the Red-Clad Figure left!
The black-clothed Pu Shu at the side also had an incredibly ugly expression. He raised his foot and took a step forward, his figure once again deconstructing into brushstrokes and vanishing on the spot.
Above the roof, the cold wind was piercingly chilling!
The Red-Clad Figure landed on the surface of the roof. Just as he was about to make a move, his figure exploded with a bang the next moment!
A left-falling and a right-falling brushstroke acted like two cannonballs, directly piercing through the Red-Clad Figure's body from behind, blasting two shocking bloody holes in the positions of his heart and abdomen. Through the bloody wreckage, the figure of the black-clothed Pu Shu could be seen rapidly emerging.
The Red-Clad Figure's body violently jolted and suddenly stiffened in place. At the same time, an incomparably sharp Paper Knife sliced through the air, lightly drawing across his body...
He was like a piece of cleaved bloody tofu. From his left shoulder to his right hip bone, the upper half of his body eerily began to dislocate from his torso. The cut was incomparably smooth.
His entire person had been split in two by a single slash.
The figures of the black-clothed Pu Shu and the Paper Puppet Master stood shoulder to shoulder not far away. They coldly looked at the Red-Clad Figure who no longer resembled a human, their expressions exceedingly indifferent... When a Fourth Order and a Fifth-Tier powerhouse erupted with their strongest power at the same time, there was not the slightest suspense in the outcome.
At the end of the road in the distance, Chu Muyun, wearing a Woolen Overcoat, was walking quickly and happened to see this scene. He froze completely in place.
"I said it, even if you grow wings today, don't even think about leaving here." The Paper Puppet Master's gaze towards the Red-Clad Figure was already like looking at a corpse.
Perhaps due to the [Blood Raiment], even though his chest and belly were split open, his torso blasted apart, and his entire person severed in two, the Red-Clad Figure did not die immediately... Covered in blood, he stood on the roof like a monster forcibly pieced together from chaotic flesh and blood.
The cold wind swept across the towering roof, curling up the corners of the blood-drenched Theatrical Robe. That fragmented figure looked down at his body, the corners of his mouth curving into a bizarre and maniacal smile.
"Who said... I wanted to run?"
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he lifted the gray crystal for the Soul-Shattering Evidence Retrieval with one hand, and with difficulty, raised it before him...
"Using just one soul evidence retrieval... isn't enough."
The Red-Clad Figure opened his mouth and bit down forcefully on it!
His sharp and pale teeth instantly shattered the gray crystal with a crunch. Countless soul faces frantically struggled from within. As the crystal dregs were vigorously chewed by that blood-stained mouth, they emitted sharp and ear-piercing sounds!
At this moment, he was like a demon devouring souls!