Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

"Holy crap! This is ridiculously unfair! This mechanism is so shady!"

"That's the terror of the Ghost Bride mechanic. And don't underestimate the Black Saints; anyone who's survived this long has some skill."

"Boss, run! Don't die here!"

While anxiously watching the live stream, Qi Xie noticed a certain detail.

The extremely excited expression on Xuejiao's face, which was hiding behind the ghost groom, suddenly froze and became ferocious and twisted.

Her eyes were bloodshot and veins were bulging on her forehead, as if she was enduring something.

But the ghost bride's illusory face, like a transparent mask, flickered and made a screaming expression.

The two faces overlapped, yet each wore a different expression, creating a sense of disharmony.

However, Xuejiao quickly recovered, the ferocity on her face faded, and the ghost bride's face calmed down.

The live stream viewers also noticed Xuejiao's unusual behavior:

What's wrong with her?

"It must be the ghost bride struggling, trying to break free from the control of the 'painted skin.'"

How could this happen?

"This is the limitation of the C-level [Painted Skin] technique: controlling a living, unseen being. If either the user or the unseen being experiences intense emotions, this control will become unstable."

"Holy crap! Doesn't that mean the big shot has a chance?!"

"What chance do you think they have? They're not stupid. Although they lost control of their emotions when provoked by the big shot, they'll definitely regain their composure now."

boom! ! !

While the discussion was taking place in the live stream, a fierce battle had already broken out again inside the instance.

The ghost groom's roar, mixed with the sound of an axe slicing through the air, echoed.

Everything in the bridal chamber was shredded by claws and blood axes, quickly turning it into a mess. Even the walls and doors were destroyed, leaving countless cut marks.

Qi Xie kept chopping up the ghost groom, but the ghost groom would regenerate endlessly and then bite him again the next second.

The terrifying battle left Bai Yiyi and Wang Shan, who were watching from the sidelines, completely stunned.

This battle is on a completely different level from their previous petty skirmishes!

It's not hard to guess that if Qi Xie hadn't been fighting the ghost bride at the beginning, preventing the ghost groom from borrowing power, Di Ao would probably have been chopped into mincemeat by the ghost groom in one move.

Therefore, it seems that when the Ghost Bride borrowed the power, it was also when the Ghost Groom defeated Dio. However, by then, Xuejiao had already begun to control the Ghost Bride.

However, what numbed the two was not only Qi Xie's power.

and also……

"Auntie, do you know what the flower language of pea shoots is? — No old ones."

"Does your mouth start drooling after just a few words?"

"Old lady, don't get so angry. Menopause is just a time for irritability."

As Qi Xie beat the ghost groom, he unleashed his roguish charm to the fullest, casually stabbing Xue Jiao in the heart.

The sheer viciousness of the two men sent chills down the spines of everyone in the live stream.

Xue Jiao's forehead veins bulged, and she almost roared as she shouted at Qi Xie:

"You little brat, you're the one who's old!!"

Over there, Qi Xie ripped the ghost groom's head off with his bare hands, while looking at Xue Jiao with a puzzled expression:

"Twenty-two is old? Has anyone in your family lived past twenty-two except you?"

As she spoke, she kicked the ghost groom's head away:

"Actually, I think you don't need to be too pessimistic. Although you're aging quickly, you're also dying young!"

Xuejiao's chest heaved violently, her expression contorted in rage.

Even so, there was still no sign of her ghost bride face going out of control.

Xue Jiao grinned maliciously and said through gritted teeth.

"Kid, do you think I don't know where my weaknesses are? I've already done targeted training, and even had someone hypnotize me!"

As long as I consciously control myself, no one can provoke my emotions! So what if you get all the verbal sparring? I'll tear you to shreds and use the shreds to plaster the walls later!!!

Upon hearing this, the last glimmer of hope in the live stream vanished, and they couldn't help but wail in despair:

"Oh no, oh no, this is really the end of the world..."

"Sigh, they're even using psychological suggestion; they're all ruthless."

"I knew it. Life's never easy when you've lived this long."

"Why aren't you running yet! Run! Boss!"

Inside the instance, Qi Xie saw that Xue Jiao did not lose control of her emotions, and knew that she was telling the truth.

puff!

He cleaved the ghost groom's head with his axe, slowing his resurrection as much as possible, then looked up and sighed.

"If that's how you put it, there's nothing I can do. After all, you're the most experienced one."

Xuejiao: ╬ (╯°□°）╯︵┻━┻

Can't that bastard utter a single kind word?!

"If you know that, then you should just go and die!!!"

She gritted her teeth and gave a ferocious sneer, looking smugly at Qi Xie.

"No need to rush into death~ There's still something I don't understand."

Qi Xie delivered another powerful blow to the ghost groom's head with his axe.

The splattered blood splashed onto Qi Xie's face, but he raised his head with a slight smile on his face.

"What is it?"

Xuejiao looked at the calm smile on Qi Xie's face and her heart skipped a beat, with a sense of foreboding.

"If you can't manipulate your own emotions, then even if you try to manipulate the ghost bride's emotions, you'll still fall into an unstable state, right?"

Xuejiao was taken aback at first, then burst into wild laughter, her voice full of mockery:

"This is the method you came up with to deal with me? Hahahaha!!!"

The supernatural itself holds a contemptuous attitude towards humans and doesn't care about them at all. Moreover, the ghost bride is now under my control and her perception of the outside world has weakened.

You actually want to manipulate her emotions? Hahaha!!! You idiot…

Qi Xie maintained his smile, remained silent, and reached out to grab the shadow with its blood-red vertical eyes at his feet.

The next second, Xuejiao was stunned.

Because she clearly felt the ghost bride under her control struggle slightly.

"How...how is this possible?!"

Xuejiao's eyes twitched, and she looked at Qi Xie's hand, then froze again.

Qi Xie was holding a ghost child dressed in white mourning clothes in his hand. The ghost child's face still showed confusion, as if it did not understand what had happened.

puff!

Qi Xie tore off the ghost child's right arm.

"Aaaaaaah!!!"

The eerie child instantly let out a piercing scream.

Almost instantly, Xuejiao's face turned pale as she felt the ghost bride she was controlling struggling in a near-frantic manner:

"How...how is this possible?!"

"lady,"

Qi Xie looked at the illusory, ghostly bride face on Xue Jiao's face, maintaining his smile:

"You don't want your child either..."