Realm of the Night God - Chapter 115: The Puppet Master Behind the Scenes

A heavy sound echoed, as if someone was fiercely striking something. Without hesitation, Yang Haoran hastened his pace.

Xu Meijing, on the other hand, didn’t mind the depletion of her Yin spirit power. Not only did she create a protective barrier on the surface of her body to shield herself from the stench of the corpses, but she also made herself float, hands in her pockets, drifting behind Yang Haoran like an undead. No matter how fast Yang Haoran moved, she could keep up with him closely.

After a while, Yang Haoran stopped, and the passage ahead widened. It was no longer pitch black; there were torches at intervals lighting up the corridor.

“It seems that the tragedy in Yangjia Bay wasn’t caused by wild corpse fiends. It appears to be the work of humans,” Xu Meijing’s voice came from behind. Hearing this, Yang Haoran’s expression changed instantly.

“How do you know?” Yang Haoran asked.

“You’ll find out soon,” Xu Meijing replied without further explanation.

Although Xu Meijing didn’t explain, Yang Haoran didn’t doubt the truth of her words. Xu Meijing’s strength far surpassed his own, and her sensory abilities were naturally beyond comparison. When she spoke like this, she probably sensed something.

A strong sense of killing intent erupted in Yang Haoran’s eyes. He pursued this path not only to forcibly take away the corpse puppet parents but also to understand what was happening. He couldn’t let his parents die in confusion, or worse, become controlled corpse puppets of the corpse fiends.

If all of this was the doing of naturally occurring corpse fiends, then he had to eliminate them. Not only to avenge his parents and clan members but also to prevent others from suffering.

If all of this was orchestrated by humans, then the tragedy in Yangjia Bay was a premeditated massacre. He vowed to personally slaughter the mastermind behind it!

Compared to the former, the latter made him angrier and seemed unforgivable!

“Whoever did this, I will make them pay!” Yang Haoran said solemnly, continuing to run towards the end of the passage. In less than the time it takes to smoke a cigarette, he finally emerged from the passage into a sizable space.

What he saw made his brows furrow involuntarily.

The first thing that caught his eye was several huge stone doors scattered throughout the space. These doors were located in various corners of the space, except for one door that remained closed, all the other doors were wide open.

The massive stone doors were indeed eye-catching, but the large number of corpse puppets also drew attention. They were all gathered outside the closed stone door. At the forefront of the numerous corpse puppets, several of them charged towards the closed massive stone door as if they were insane.

Their bodies collided with the stone door, producing a booming sound that echoed through the space. The sound Yang Haoran heard in the passage was probably the result of the corpse puppets hitting the stone door.

This closed stone door was not ordinary. Besides its size, it was also engraved with a huge and intricate spell.

As these few corpse puppets collided with the stone door, the spell immediately emitted a burst of golden light. The corpses enveloped by the golden light melted at a visible speed, like snow meeting the sun, turning into a pool of pale liquid on the ground.

The dissolution of these corpse puppets didn’t deter the others. They continued to charge at the stone door, each time some melted under the golden light, others immediately took their place, showing no sign of stopping.

Meanwhile, the spell on the stone door, with each collision, released dimmer and dimmer golden light.

“They are depleting the power of the spell on the stone door. What’s behind this door?” Xu Meijing couldn’t help but express her curiosity as she watched the relentless attacks of the corpse puppets.

At this moment, Yang Haoran had no time for curiosity. He searched among all the corpse puppets, hoping to find his parents. However, he didn’t find any trace of them, which made him increasingly anxious.

There were quite a few corpse puppets here, but compared to before at Yangjia Bay, their numbers had already halved. In other words, since he heard the booming sound until now, half of the corpse puppets had already collided with the stone door.

Yang Haoran clearly saw the consequences of the collision with the stone door. Once a corpse puppet hit the door, the inevitable outcome was always the same—all of them would turn into a pool of pale liquid. Now that he didn’t find any trace of his parents, did that mean his parents had already collided with the door before he arrived in this space?

This result was hard for Yang Haoran to accept. He knew his parents were dead, but he still wanted to preserve their bodies. Perhaps one day, through his efforts, there might be a chance to reunite their souls. Although he knew the possibility was slim, almost zero, he still clung to a glimmer of hope.

Yet now, the corpse puppets formed by his parents no longer existed, and that last shred of hope vanished.

Yang Haoran trembled with rage. In his heart, he silently vowed to expose the mastermind behind the scenes. No matter who they were, he wouldn’t let them off lightly!

In just a short while, the number of corpse puppets here halved again, while the pale liquid on the ground continued to increase, emitting a nauseating stench constantly!

Xu Meijing, standing beside Yang Haoran, also sensed his emotional change. At first, she was puzzled, not understanding why Yang Haoran, who had gradually stabilized his emotions, suddenly became excited again.

It wasn’t until she realized that Father Yang and Mother Yang were nowhere to be found among the corpse puppets that she understood what was going on.

“Motherfucker! Come out here! I know you’re here! Come out!” Yang Haoran roared. At this moment, his expression was fierce, a stark contrast to his usual amiable smile.

His roar was simply to vent his inner anger. He didn’t expect the other party to actually show up after hearing his roar. But what he didn’t expect was that his roar actually had an effect.

Behind an open stone door, rhythmic footsteps suddenly approached.

Dah, dah, dah, dah…

Coldness flashed in Yang Haoran’s eyes as he looked towards the direction of the footsteps. In the darkness behind the stone door, two figures appeared—one tall and one short.

The shorter one seemed to be around 1.7 meters tall, which wasn’t tall compared to normal standards but definitely couldn’t be called short, just relatively shorter compared to the tall figure next to him.

The tall one was truly towering, standing at least two or three meters tall, with an extremely robust and muscular build. Words like ‘tall’ couldn’t fully describe him.

The two figures gradually emerged from the darkness. When they fully emerged from the stone door, their faces came into view for Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing.

Xu Meijing looked at the two people with no change in expression, but Yang Haoran, on the contrary, froze in place, his facial expression stiffening!

The tall figure’s face and body were highly decayed, with maggots squirming in the decaying parts. Grayish-white Corpse Qi constantly emanated from him.

Yang Haoran didn’t recognize the tall figure, but he knew that this tall figure was not human; it was a corpse fiend!

Finally finding the corpse fiend responsible for the tragedy in their entire Yangjia Bay, logically speaking, Yang Haoran’s emotions should have been extremely excited. Indeed, Yang Haoran’s emotions were extremely excited at this moment, but what made him so excited was not the presence of this tall figure corpse fiend, but entirely because of another person!

This person was wearing a yellow robe, with a yellow bag hanging from his waist. He was wearing a friendly smile as he looked at Yang Haoran, while the tall figure accompanying him stood obediently behind him like a servant.

This person was none other than Master Zhou, the one who performed religious rituals for his uncle, the one whom he thought was a decent person!

Yang Haoran truly didn’t expect Master Zhou to appear here. And what his appearance here at this moment represented, even a fool could understand!

“I didn’t expect it to be you, damn it! Is all this your doing?” Yang Haoran looked at Master Zhou with a gnashing of teeth.

Master Zhou didn’t deny it. Under Yang Haoran’s gaze that seemed ready to devour him, he nodded with a smile, admitting it readily.

“You damn beast!!!” Yang Haoran was furious. He didn’t even ask why the other party did this. At this moment, consumed by rage, all he could think of was killing this grandson, for his parents, for his clan members!

With a heart full of anger, Yang Haoran fully activated the Yin spirit power within his body. Strong Yin Qi enveloped his body. With a wave of his hand, a chain as thick as an arm rushed towards Master Zhou like a black python!

Master Zhou’s expression remained unchanged. Instead of showing any panic or fear, he continued to wear that faint smile, allowing the black chain to attack him.

Just as the black chain was about to hit Master Zhou, at this moment, the tall figure behind him suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the incoming black chain.

The chain was firmly grasped by the big man’s large hand, with his great strength, no matter how the chain struggled, it couldn’t break free from his grip.

“Corpse fiend!” Yang Haoran’s eyes turned cold, his killing intent strong. But at this moment, the one he wanted to kill first was not the corpse fiend but the mastermind behind all this, Master Zhou!

“Haoran, you’re really like a child, always resorting to violence upon meeting someone. You’re not mature and stable at all. So much has happened, don’t you want to know why I did this?”

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