"Qiuzi, what on earth do you want to do?" Officer Zhang asked with flickering eyes, watching her calmly.


    "I don''t know either, I just feel that thing, it''s very dangerous to me..." Xu Shuo reached out to grab her sleeve, looking at the situation on the altar, spoke fearfully.


    As soon as she finished speaking, Officer Zhang saw the dark red blood flowing on the ground, suddenly rush towards them like mad after failing to probe Xuena!


    Xu Shuo quickly climbed onto her back!


    Officer Zhang felt a sudden weight on her back: "..."


    She clenched the silver dagger in her hand, retreating as the bloody water attacked, originally nning to run into the forest, but turned towards the priest after seeing him!


    The priest looked at the girl hanging behind her, and said with a sinister smile, "You''ve arrived just in time."


    Xu Shuo''s gaze shifted slightly, ncing at the motionless monsters on the opposite side, ck tendrils flew out of her hand,nding on one of the monsters, then she transformed into a shadow and flowed along the tentacle.


    Just as Officer Zhang ran over, she felt her back lighten and simultaneously felt a sticky ck substance flow down.


    The madly pursuing bloody water also instantaneously changed course, desperately rushing towards the ck Dogs; as it drew near, the originally motionless monsters emitted a deep growl, their huge bodies shaking.


    They cowered on the ground, trembling with both fear and fanaticism, waiting for the arrival of the gods, not daring to move an inch.


    Xu Shuo appeared above the head of a monster, looked down at the stunned priest, and smiled faintly.


    "No good!" The priest charged over.


    The thick bloody water instantly engulfed those monsters, they screamed in agony, still without any resistance, allowing the blood to corrode and absorb them!


    Indistinctly, the rolling, twisting blood began to coalesce into the shape of a monster, it had no skin, its red flesh dripping with ck sticky matter.


    Those eyes filled with malice stared intently at the girl not far away, pouncing fiercely!


    Xu Shuo quickly dodged,nding again atop another monster''s head, but at that moment, she caught a glimpse of the brilliant Holy Sword''s radiance!


    The holy de of light brushed past his leaning body, Xu Shuo avoided the attack and ncing at the priest with cold eyes, quickly slipped into the shadows to move in front of another monster, then gave him a beaming middle finger.


    "Pff—" Officer Zhang couldn''t help but burst outughing.


    "You''re still watching the show, time''s already up!" The priest turned back and red at her.


    At his words, Officer Zhang looked up at the sky, and saw that the sun, already dim, was half-eaten by darkness, resembling a crescent moon.


    She suddenly remembered the record on the Handwritten Notes at the police station: "The moment the ck Dogpletely devours the sun, evil will descend upon mankind, and none of us can escape this dark Abyss."


    Desire wanders between the good conscience and evil thoughts of humans, in the gap between ck and white, and when one side is off-bnce, then your consciousness is no longer your own, merely a conglomerate of desire.


    The darkness within a person''s heart will eventually ovee the original purity and good.


    The dense blood swallowed up the monsters transformed from Cultists one by one, bing more and moreplete, devoid of skin, leaving only the clearly visible flesh and blood within.


    All the Necrophages in the ruins had been dealt with by Officer Zhang, the true sacrifice Xuenay in the mortuary cloth not daring to move, Xu Shuo stood not far away, vignt.


    Having absorbed the sticky darkness, the Flesh and Blood monster became humanoid, it no longer chased after the remaining girl, but suddenly let out a hoarse shriek towards the sky, like a fierce ghost''s wail, its slender limbs like branches hit the ground, and it suddenly leapt towards the Blood Pool in the center of the altar!


    Ssh!


    The remaining blood enveloped it, spreading an extremely dense and oppressive malice, the pungency leaving the only two people still normal in the scene unable to even breathe.


    Officer Zhang covered her mouth, unable to hold back a retch.


    At that moment, a huge whirlpool rose from the Blood Pool, twisting and squirming against the pitch-ck sky. Thick limbs and sharp ws reached out from the bloody waters, and a maw with razor-sharp teeth gaped open, while countless vine-like tendrils shot out,nding on the ground to support its distorted body.


    The stench of decay and blood was intense, and with a light breath, their stomachs churned with nausea.


    The massive monster was merely flesh and blood, its body seemingly covered with ayer of blood membrane. Its head was the gaping mouth full of vicious teeth, and its eyes, located beside its mouth, were pitch-ck and lifeless.


    Drip-drip-drip—


    There were no longer the sharp, hoarse cries of the Cultists. The altar was now eerily quiet, the thick blood dripping onto the floor as the creature silently lowered its body of congealed flesh, its head facing the ground.


    In the silent ruins, two people exchanged expressionless nces.


    Xu Shuo''s gaze met that of the monster''s, and although it was unclear whether this bizarre creature had visual perception, its pitch-ck eyes seemed fixated on him.


    Or rather, its target was still him.


    Without a sacrifice, it needed a new body.


    After absorbing the power of the Cultists, the creature had gained a vague shape, but this wasn''t enough. It needed more…


    [Congrattions onpleting the task: Find the murderer of Qiuzi.]


    [Congrattions to the yers forpleting more than 50% of the main quest. The current scenario will end in one hour; please prepare ordingly.]


    At that moment, the system announcement echoed in Xu Shuo''s mind.


    However, an hour seemed a bit long.


    Last time at "The Fifth Hospital", the ending time was only half an hour. Why had it changed to one hour here?


    Xu Shuo was puzzled, but the myriad of thoughts in his mind did not prevent him from turning and running at that instant!


    The bloody monster''s gaze silently followed him, countless blood-red tendrils flying towards him, while Xu Shuo ran toward—the priest!


    The priest had always known that the creature needed a vessel. Xuena was previously the sacrifice, but he had isted her. After that came Qiuzi''s identity.


    Qiuzi was killed by Lanruo, a Necrophage, yet she did not be one of them. Despite being imed by the darkness periodically, she was still able to move freely.


    That was until Teacher Changying said she had been chosen by the gods.


    Perhaps the correct sacrifice from the beginning had been Qiuzi, even though she was no longer a human vessel.


    Xu Shuo ran towards the priest, ignoring his ready stance and the ornate Holy Sword in his hand, and instead pointed to the immense flesh and blood creature behind him.


    "If it eats me, then you won''t be able to stop theing of full-blown evil," he said.


    "So wouldn''t it be more convenient for me to deal with you now?" the priest asked, his face grim.


    "If you darey a hand on me, I''ll turn and join it. Right now, we could still fight together, couldn''t we?" Xu Shuo said.


    "Would you really do that?" the priest sneered.


    Xu Shuoughed softly. "Why not give it a try?"


    As he spoke, he had already stopped, truly fearless in the face of the slowly moving flesh and blood creature behind him.


    After all, if he really got eaten, the one who would truly be in trouble would be the priest.


    As the countdown for the mission began, his face was uglier than anyone else''s.