"I'm still the Young Master of the Chichu Family!" Mori waved his hand.

"I truly am the Dark Gold Rose," Xu Xiaoyou nodded.

"I really am the Young Master of the Chichu Family," Mori said seriously.

Xu Xiaoyou didn't argue further with the girl, instead, she lashed out with her long whip, wrapping it around a monster's neck, hurling it hard against the ceiling, and then smashing it forcefully to the ground.

"Let's go, before the mountaintop gets sealed, I still want to go back and have a good sleep."

"Mm..."

Mori lightly lifted her eyelids, responding with a few murmurs, recalling things related to the Dark Gold Rose in her mind. Of course, she had also seen the viral online videos, regarding the execution time of the Siren King. That mysterious and powerful appearance of the Dark Gold Rose deeply attracted her.

In her impression, a Cleaner of the Light Prism Tier should be such a powerful existence, stepping forward at critical moments to single-handedly turn the tide.

After all, her bedroom walls were plastered with many posters of the Dark Gold Rose. If possible, Mori really wanted to meet that mysterious Cleaner.

Of course, compared to the Dark Gold Rose, You holds a higher place in her heart, for You had provided countless solace during her low times.

Without the need for a Skill Card, Xu Xiaoyou and Mori cooperated seamlessly, and in no time, tore through the encirclement of monsters. Xu Xiaoyou was surprised by Mori's agile movements and her strong reflexes; after confirming those people had turned into monsters, she decisively and cleanly struck at fatal points. Often, a monster hadn't even approached the girl before being decapitated.

The other party seemed unlike a young master pampered since childhood, but more like a Gu worm that crawled out of a pile of corpses.

Moreover, the other party seemed unaware of this herself.

Mori slit the throats of two monsters from behind, employing assassination tactics typically used by Shadow Attackers to great effect.

Various monster corpses lay around, and the diverse personalities of the Chichu Heaven people transformed into monsters taking on distinctly different forms.

Among those Xu Xiaoyou saw were a handicapped person who developed strong grasshopper-like hind legs, capable of leaping onto the temple roof; or a middle-aged man who grew dragonfly wings; a girl with a waist and abdomen fattened like a bee; a child with leech-like mouthparts full of sharp teeth, who was lying on his parents' corpses, gorging on blood.

Mori approached a girl on the ground, evolving spider traits, who was pleading desperately. Even though this transformation was irreversible once started.

"I'll try to relieve your pain as much as possible."

Mori's dagger pierced the girl's neck, bringing painless death as her pupils dilated dramatically, in time before compound eyes covered her entire face.

Mori shed her jacket; after some time in battle, her body temperature dropped rapidly, cold breath spilling from her mouth. The eerie spider totem covered her back and arms like crawling black bugs. Turning her head, a flash of crimson shone in her compound eyes, then returned to normal.

"Sorry, You, for having to see me like this," Mori smiled.

Xu Xiaoyou was silent. The other's hand was exceptionally cold; her skin as translucent as jade, emanating a chilling aura that reminded Xu Xiaoyou of Chichu Hong, who was also a Chichu Family member and had undergone numerous body modification surgeries.

The butler, Sebastian, once mentioned the current Patriarch Chichu Qiu's almost doting attitude toward his sister, which shaped Chichu Chun's capricious nature. Did such a cherished existence also undergo the Chichu Family's body modifications?

The chaos did not last long. Before the lockdown, Xu Xiaoyou led Mori away, and within ten minutes the Mountain Crow Family's armed helicopter had encircled the mountaintop, while armored vehicles surrounded the temple tightly. Such fear-triggering incidents were common for the people of Chichu Heaven, and the gathering tourists quickly dispersed.

Gunfire sporadically echoed from the temple courtyard. Men with tattooed arms, clad in fluttering trench coats, swept the courtyard, and with the last monster's head blasted open, the temple that was filled with screams and roars suddenly fell silent.

Ahead of them, a man flicked away the cigarette butt in his hand, stepping forward to pull aside a girl hauling corpses: "Step aside, this kind of labor doesn't need women like you to do it."

With that, he stretched his arms, revealing the Ukiyo-e tattoo on his back; a turbulent sea under a setting sun, colors as thick as ink, a vision of pinnacle grandeur, the man bare-chested, raising his arms on a sea vessel, fighting a sea serpent.

The girl frowned, tying up her high ponytail that drooped to her waist, clad in a black-and-white Sword Dao outfit, stained red with blood. The black sword skirt draped down to her wooden sandals, its deeply stained areas clearly from blood; only the Sword Contract Group's Cleaners of the Mountain Crow Family would dress in such a manner, tasked with handling the Chichu Family's unsavory business.

As cold-blooded devils who kill without blinking, their name is a taboo in the underworld, and mentioning them unintentionally results in tongues and lips being pierced by bamboo skewers.

Seeing the man pulling a few corpses as if heaving turnips, Kui said nothing. Everyone knew the Mountain Crow Family was riddled with machismo, where women held very low status in the underworld. Especially in the loyalty-and-brotherhood-favored Mountain Crow Family, women were often seen as rewards for righteous deeds, and besides the patriarch's wives and concubines, it was common for brothers to exchange mistresses and lovers to communicate their feelings.

The man before them was the Mountain Crow Family's patriarch, who, upon becoming patriarch, had no other name. Those in the underworld could only call him Mountain Crow, simultaneously losing his given name and gaining unparalleled honor in the underworld.

Mountain Crow laughed gleefully, dragging a heavy corpse. He had displayed the most bravery earlier, treasuring the feeling of showing off in front of a woman, especially since she was the sister of the Xuedong Family's patriarch. Just thinking of the girl's face, proud as a cold plum, he spat on his hands, filled with motivation.

Gradually, he could no longer drag it, the corpse growing increasingly heavy, leaving two deep tracks on the ground. When the 'corpse' he was still dragging suddenly moved, turning its head to open a dreadful wide spider mandible, Mountain Crow shouted loudly:

"Damn it, this guy's not completely dead!"

He hurriedly threw a punch, blasting the monster's head. Turning around, he saw Xuedong Kui giving him a speechless look and walked away, leaving Mountain Crow feeling annoyed.

The surrounding Mountain Crow cleaners laughed: "Boss, no need to get startled like that, huh?"

"With Xuedong's little sister here, the boss can't wait to show off himself more."

Mountain Crow felt embarrassed, roaring toward the sky: "Don't you all have something to do?"

"Finish everything here within twenty minutes, do you want the outside world to laugh at us tomorrow?"

"Yes!" The crowd responded in unison.

The Mountain Crow members swiftly dealt with the scene; after all, they were adept at such tasks, oblivious to the silver-haired girl in the shadows leaning her head against the rooftop, taking in everything below.

Angelina noticed those Mountain Crow members collecting people's corpses into an oil tanker, as if they had already anticipated everything that happened tonight.

What intrigued her more was a black-haired girl always with her back to her. Similarly with a high ponytail, wearing an investigator's military cap, her form-fitting white military uniform accentuating her tall stature, and with a fur coat draped over her shoulders fluttering in the wind. Angelina had noticed this girl before the incident erupted, as she was an investigator of the association.

From the beginning of the incident, she stood there, silently observing everything, neither directly intervening nor allowing those civilians to be slaughtered before her eyes, like a snow pine with deeply entwined roots.

Suddenly, the girl seemed to sense something and turned her head, her unusually cold red pupils seeing only the dark night on the eaves.

Was it her illusion? Bai Youyou frowned.

Ever since just now, it seemed some gaze from the shadows had been constantly scrutinizing her...

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