SSS-level catastrophe? That's my wife!

"Escape?" The gray-robed leader's voice was sinister. "Hurry! Not a single one can escape!"

Before the words were even finished, a group of humanoid monsters pounced on the crowd, their eyes filled with greed for flesh and blood, saliva dripping from their sharp claws, corroding small pits into the ground.

Just then, a transparent blade of light ripped through the night like lightning!

"Whoosh!"

Without any warning, all the gray-robed men were instantly split in two, their upper bodies crashing to the ground with terrified expressions, blood splattering like a fountain.

Lin Mu stared at the fleeing civilians, his eyes blazing with murderous intent.

"Captain! Look!"

As soon as one of the awakened guards spoke, his body suddenly exploded in the night, turning into a cloud of blood mist that splattered onto the other guards with a "splat," and warm drops of blood slid down their cheeks.

"What?! How could there be an enemy attack here! Who dares to be so lawless! Report this immediately..." The guard captain's roar came to an abrupt halt.

"Bang! Bang! Bang—"

A crimson lotus flower simultaneously appeared beneath the feet of all the awakened ones.

The next second, the blood lotus exploded violently, and the bodies of the awakened ones turned into pools of blood rain, "blooming" into eerie red fireworks in the night, leaving not even bone fragments behind.

Above the blood-soaked ground, two figures in black robes stood side by side, the hems of their robes billowing in the night wind.

Looking out, the abandoned ancient city resembles a lurking giant beast.

The dim lights of the distant buildings shimmered eerily in the night, like the eyes of a beast.

Su Nianhe surveyed the eerie scene before her, then looked at Lin Mu and chuckled softly, her voice deliberately sweet: "This place is really creepy. If we go deeper, who knows what might be hidden there."

She paused, then added, "If you're scared, you can still leave now. 'Kindness' is just a casual remark; don't take it seriously."

"I'm pretty sure there's a 90% chance this is where the central, behind-the-scenes forces are located."

"Scared?" Lin Mu suddenly smiled. "Haven't you heard the saying?"

"Hmm?" Su Nianhe's beautiful eyes widened slightly in surprise: "What is it?"

"This era is called the White Death."

"Pfft—" Su Nianhe couldn't help but laugh out loud, her eyes sparkling: "Lin Mu, you really know how to brag, but... I like it."

Her tone abruptly shifted, her voice turning cold: "The final battle instigated by this mastermind has resulted in the deaths of nearly ten thousand of my men, and your Zhen'e Court has also suffered eighty percent losses."

"The Zhen'e Court was originally an independent entity, but because of this war, it has been trampled on by the central government. With one head, eighteen chief officials, and three hundred special ranks, the once glorious Zhen'e Court is now nothing short of a candle in the wind."

"But you're still alive, which is truly their tragedy."

"Stop lamenting, don't hold us back." After saying that, Lin Mu's figure disappeared into the night and headed into the city.

Su Nianhe was slightly taken aback, but immediately followed up with a smile and retorted, "You've got it backwards. It's you who shouldn't hold me back."

She suddenly paused, her delicate hand grasping Lin Mu's arm: "The night is as bright as day to me, and there are too many guards directly ahead."

"Let's sneak in from the outer buildings first, and take a good look at what's hidden in this ancient city before we're exposed. Follow me."

After saying that, she headed southeast of the ancient city.

"The night is like day to her? When did mutants acquire this ability?" Lin Mu murmured in a deep voice, and his figure flashed as he chased after her.

The two men, dressed in black robes, moved silently through the night.

The guards along the way were killed instantly before they could even make a sound.

Either his throat was slashed by a transparent blade, and blood splattered onto his black robe.

Either a blood-red lotus flower explodes beneath their feet, and before they can even scream, they are reduced to a cloud of blood mist.

The ancient city, already permeated with a stench of blood, now reeked of even more, the stench of blood enveloping every inch of the air.

About 100 meters from the brightly lit building in the southeast corner, the two figures quietly hid behind a wall.

Su Nianhe leaned close to Lin Mu, her warm breath brushing against his neck, and whispered, "There are two S-level mutants and two sixth-level awakened individuals inside. This is just one of the buildings. I can confirm that with 100% certainty."

Lin Mu looked at Su Nianhe pressed against his chest and said helplessly, "Yes, I can hear them and sense their presence. There's no need to get so close to talk."

"Tonight, there might be a massacre. Will you be able to bear it?"

Su Nianhe didn't back down; instead, she pressed herself even closer, her fingertips tracing the collar of his black robe.

Lin Mu gave a faint smile: "Guess why they gave me the title of Grim Reaper?"

"Decisive and ruthless, I love that." Su Nianhe stood on tiptoe, her jade hand pretending to touch his face, looking teasing.

Lin Mu's face darkened, and he gently pushed her away, his voice tinged with helplessness: "Can't you even be serious in a place like this?"

Su Nianhe pouted: "You don't understand romance."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Mu's figure disappeared behind the wall.

He moved through the night, the hem of his black robe cutting through the air and stirring up a cold wind.

Su Nianhe snorted coldly, and the beautiful figure under the black robe immediately caught up.

Outside the building in the southeast corner, four figures stood guard on either side of the main gate.

The two were Awakened Ones dressed in black, while the other two were S-Class Mutants dressed in gray robes.

"Sigh, another day has passed. When will this ever end?"

A man in black leaned against the wall, fiddling with a dagger at his waist, his voice filled with exhaustion.

Everything will be alright.

The man in black beside him patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Once Zhen'e Ting and those cowardly cowards are wiped out, we will be able to take power, and our status will naturally be quite high."

"Brother, I thought so too before."

The former sighed, his voice suddenly lowering, tinged with fear: "But I feel something's off about two things lately."

"First, eleven seventh-tier awakened individuals died in Yu City. Half a month ago, someone single-handedly killed one of the four elders and managed to leave unscathed... That's simply a monster!"

"If we were to face him, could we even last one move?"

"Those kinds of people are dealt with by the kingdom's higher-ups; it's not our place."

The latter chuckled lightly, a hint of relief in his voice: "If we really ran into them, wouldn't someone with our top-tier strength be instantly annihilated?"

"You do have some self-awareness." A cold voice suddenly rang out from behind the two of them.

The man in black felt a chill run down his spine, and his pupils instantly contracted.

They didn't even hear footsteps! Just as they were about to turn around and draw their swords, a transparent blade flashed across their necks, and blood splattered onto the wall.

As the two fell, they only caught a glimpse of a silver knife hilt flashing in the night before they lost all life.

At the same moment, two S-class mutants guarding the other side heard the noise. Just as they were about to rush towards the source of the sound, blood-red lotus flowers suddenly exploded beneath their feet.

The blood mist instantly engulfed their figures, before they could even let out a scream.

Dozens of gray-robed guards surrounding the building fell silently, without even making a sound.

The already eerie building was now piled high with corpses, and the stench of blood was so strong it was nauseating.