This is an order! With one sentence, Rossi instantly snapped back to reality. He halted his steps, turned to face Lin Tian, and said painfully, "Brother Tian, let me go. Let me kill them, avenge our parents, our siblings, our clansmen!"

"Are you going to die? The Blood Princes of all major clans, the unfathomable hidden elders, some of whom have survived since the Blood Residence era — with your strength, isn't it just suicide? Do you want your sister, after losing her parents and clansmen, to lose you again?" Lin Tian sighed in his heart but persisted with a stern tone.

"But I..." Rossi was unwilling but he knew Lin Tian made sense, and he couldn't defy Lin Tian's command.

"But what? Calm down." Lin Tian's tone was unchanged as he reprimanded, "Think for a moment, just because of something he said, you're willing to die, without even verifying the truth. How foolish is that?"

Lin Tian knew very well that if it were him, with his hot temper, he would probably be even more impulsive than Rossi, but he had the strength for revenge, Rossi did not. To seek revenge, one must live first; if dead, there's nothing left.

Seeing Rossi calm down, Lin Tian looked at the masked man and coldly said, "What you said makes logical sense, but some things are a mix of truths and lies. Who knows if what you're saying is the whole truth?"

"Don't forget, there's something important you haven't mentioned. Why did you rescue Charlotte? Are you with the high-ranking Blood Clan?" Lin Tian squinted as he spoke.

"If I were with the high-ranking Blood Clan, could you have easily stopped me just now?" The masked man chuckled and said.

"You're a follower." Zhang Lingyu suddenly interrupted, directing her words at the masked man.

The masked man smiled, a suppressed madness in his laughter: "You're right, I'm a Blood Residence Follower. My ultimate goal is to resurrect the Thirteen Blood Hosts, to usher in a new world. The Blood Clan has been silent for too long; the new world belongs to the Blood Clan."

"You're crazy; if the Blood Residence is resurrected, you'll be wiped out as well." Rossi said in a deep voice.

"Yes, I'm crazy. For the resurrection of the Thirteen Blood Hosts, what's a small sacrifice?" The masked man's self-destruction was referred to as a small sacrifice, showing the extent of his worship for the Thirteen Blood Hosts.

At this point, the situation was clear: the masked man acted to save the last lineage of Cain, to resurrect the Thirteen Blood Hosts.

"I have a question. Charlotte's family has been living in seclusion for centuries, never discovered. Why were they suddenly found by the high-ranking Blood Clan one day?" Lin Tian squinted, looking into the masked man's eyes, his voice carrying a hint of coldness.

As the masked man met Lin Tian's gaze, a bright yellow light flashed deep in Lin Tian's eyes. It was as if a thunderbolt had struck the man; his eyes shook violently, enveloped by an intangible pressure.

Zhang Lingyu and Charlotte were both very sensitive, feeling the change in Lin Tian's aura, an elusive pressure like thunder hidden in endless clouds, poised to unleash at any moment.

The masked man blurted out, "It was the Blood Residence Followers who leaked the information about Cain's descendants."

After speaking, the masked man felt relieved. Although he was pressured by Lin Tian's aura, it now seemed inevitable and necessary, as if saying it didn't matter anymore.

Charlotte's face turned cold, and she forced the question, "Was it you who disclosed the information about my family?"

"Of course, it wasn't me; there are more Blood Residence Followers besides me. However, I do agree with the actions of the other followers." The masked man denied but supported the deed.

"Why!" Charlotte's eyes widened, she roared, suddenly charging at the masked man, the Soul-devouring Blade mysteriously appearing in her hand, thrusting it into the man's heart.

The masked man instinctively tried to dodge but couldn't match Charlotte's speed. With Houqing's assistance, Charlotte's power and speed far surpassed the masked man's, and she struck with all her rage and speed.

"Why? Followers need my family's bloodline, so why leak the information to the high-ranking Blood Clan, allowing them to destroy my family!" Charlotte shouted with the Soul-devouring Blade piercing, questioning angrily.

She couldn't understand; Rossi couldn't fathom it; Lin Tian and Zhang Lingyu were equally bewildered. If Cain's lineage was annihilated, the followers' hope to resurrect the Thirteen Blood Hosts would be broken, which was exactly what was perplexing.

"Hahaha..." The masked man laughed loudly and then suddenly stopped, saying, "You ask me why? The reason is simple: the high-ranking Blood Clan has always been hunting us followers, yet we can't compete with them. At this rate, even if Cain's descendants survive, I would perish first, making the Cain bloodline meaningless."

"Then, we came up with a perfect plan: let the high-ranking Blood Clan eliminate Cain's descendants. This way, they'd think that without Cain's bloodline, the followers couldn't resurrect the Blood Residence, and thus we wouldn't be a threat anymore."

"In reality, we secretly saved some of Cain's descendants, allowing the followers to act covertly. The high-ranking Blood Clan, having let their guard down against the followers, wouldn't realize we still held the Cain bloodline. Someday, when the time is ripe, offering Cain's descendants in sacrifice, resurrect the Blood Residence. By the time the high-ranking Blood Clan discovers it, everything will have already been settled." The masked man revealed everything without any concealment.

Charlotte's clansmen were killed by the high-ranking Blood Clan because of the followers' conspiracy, an unintentional "collaboration" between the two resulting in the tragic deaths of all family members.

Whether it was the high-ranking Blood Clan or the followers, both acted for their own interests, while Charlotte's family became the scapegoat in their struggle.

"Aren't you afraid that telling us this will cause the followers' plan to fail?" Zhang Lingyu asked with some difficulty.

She could hardly accept that over two hundred people, living people — elders, women, children — were burned alive for the sake of interests.

"You won't disclose it; if you do, Charlotte's identity will be exposed, and she'll face the pursuit of all high-ranking Blood Clan. Imagine the last bit of her family's bloodline being extinguished; then, the family truly has no descendants, and Charlotte would become her family's sinner."

The masked man spoke recklessly, indifferent to the Soul-devouring Blade lodged in his chest, neither resisting nor fleeing.

"Ah..." Rossi could no longer suppress his grief and anger, screamed wildly, and rushed forward, landing a punch on the masked man's abdomen, sending him flying back. As he flew backward, the Soul-devouring Blade was withdrawn, a gush of blood sprayed out, splattering all over Charlotte's body and face.

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