The lowest level of the Shackling Prison on the Xianzhou Luofu.
"It really is gloomy and terrifying here..."
Listening to the wailing sound of the cold wind echoing through the area, Kiana subconsciously grabbed Mei's arm.
"It is indeed gloomy and terrifying; even the legendary Underworld couldn't be worse than this..."
Li Sushang's face was also pale, her hands rubbing her smooth upper arms, her voice trembling slightly.
She... she-she-she wasn't afraid of those legendary ghosts used to scare people...!
Li Sushang's heart was filled with terror, her beautiful eyes darting around repeatedly, guarding against the surroundings as if she were afraid something might suddenly jump out.
The others glanced at the two cowards, their mouths twitching slightly.
The General and Sword Head of Wangshu... actually being afraid of such ethereal things... especially Kiana...!
An existence who kicked a half-step Aeon Swarm King into oblivion is actually afraid of ghosts... if word got out, wouldn't Taiyin General gain the title of 'Ghost-Fearing General'?
Standing beside them was a petite girl Judge leading the way.
The girl was Xueyi, a Judge of the Ten Lords Department's Detention Commission who had returned to the world of the living in a Puppet body.
She was dressed in the uniform of a Ten Lords Department Judge.
Her rose-red eyes stared ahead; she had short dark brown hair with delicate red and green highlights at the tips that swayed with her movements.
The white silk tights covering her legs added a touch of cuteness to her otherwise indifferent expression.
Soon, Xueyi bypassed numerous mechanisms and brought everyone to a large door emitting an ominous chilly air.
"We're here. This is where Shuhu is imprisoned."
Xueyi stopped and looked up at the door, her voice slightly cold as she spoke.
"If Shuhu shows signs of resurrection, please suppress him, Taiyin General."
As she spoke, Xueyi began to release the seals on the door one by one, preparing to open it.
"Fine... it's just one Shuhu, he won't be able to cause any trouble..."
Clinging to Mei's arm, Kiana looked around suspiciously, her voice trembling as she responded.
Seeing her sister's cowardly appearance, Bianca shook her head in amusement.
Boom— Clack clack clack—
With a dull sound, the door slowly opened.
A hint of vigilance appeared in Xueyi's indifferent eyes; she nodded to the group behind her and slowly walked in.
Seeing this, the others followed.
After entering the door, everyone saw countless iron chains extending from all directions in the dark space, tightly locking a black box in the center.
"Such a rich aura of life..." x2
Bianca and Rita said in unison.
They both possessed the clearance of creation and were extremely sensitive to life signatures.
In their eyes, this black box was like a lighthouse in the dark night.
"Shuhu is indeed still alive; he seems to be waiting for an opportunity to escape."
Kiana let go of Mei's arm, frowned, and walked up to the black box, speaking with absolute certainty.
As if to prove Kiana's words, the black box erupted with a powerful force of Abundance the moment she approached.
Countless flesh and blood sprouted from the cracks of the black box; within a breath, the box was encased in a fleshy tumor.
From within the tumor, a slender whip of flesh extended and lashed out at Kiana.
Kiana didn't move; her eyes simply glowed slightly, and that incredibly fast whip of flesh froze in mid-air, unable to move an inch.
"Who are you...?"
A sinister, raspy, and gender-ambiguous voice echoed from the tumor.
"An enthusiastic general taking you to your new home."
"Are you playing with me...?"
"What's wrong, you got a problem with that?"
Kiana raised an eyebrow, her tone very flippant.
At the same time, she gave the writhing tumor a slight glare, and the flesh retracted into the black box as if frightened.
"..."
Shuhu fell silent, fear rising in his heart.
Just a simple glare made him feel the threat of death... Who on earth is this... In the Cosmos... no, in the Xianzhou Alliance, when did such a general appear...?
And are you sure you're a general and not an Aeon's alt account!?
Shuhu truly had grievances he couldn't voice; his grand plan to escape and destroy the Luofu had been strangled in the cradle before it even began.
He had originally planned to wait for the right moment to lure the Abyssal Star to the Luofu, use the chaos to escape, and rely on the Abyssal Star to restore his strength.
But for some reason, his connection with the Abyssal Star was cut off, so he was waiting for a new opportunity.
Just now, when he thought the time had come and tried to possess that person, he found he had run into a hard wall.
He was almost scared into wetting his diapers.
Even his teacher, the current Yaoshi of Abundance, didn't have such an intense sense of pressure.
Without surprise, the person in front of him... has already surpassed... Buzz—
Just as he was thinking this, he felt as if he had forgotten something.
At this moment, Kiana's eyes emitted a faint purple glow, looking incredibly eerie in this dark space with almost no light.
"Phew..."
Kiana breathed a sigh of relief.
She almost let this guy subconsciously reveal some of her secrets... Then Kiana reached out and made a grasping motion, and a complex dark cube similar to The Dust Lock firmly locked the black box inside.
"Better to just lock it away; I shouldn't let my sisters touch such a disgusting thing..."
Kiana looked at the floating cube with a look of disgust and casually opened an Imaginary Gate leading to a cell in the deepest part of the Extreme Cold Ice Prison.
Bursts of cold air surged out from the Imaginary Gate, forming dark ice crystals on the already freezing floor of the Shackling Prison.
Even the edges of the Imaginary Gate showed signs of being Frozen.
"Off you go! ┏ (^ω^)=☞"
After throwing the cube sealing Shuhu inside, Kiana quickly closed the Imaginary Gate.
"This Extreme Cold Ice Prison is quite something...!"
Kiana focused her gaze on the dark ice crystals on the ground and said in surprise.
This thing actually almost froze the Imaginary Gate.
It seems that 'freezing time and space' is not an exaggeration.
She was even a bit curious about the structure inside; being locked in the bottom level, physical torture would be mild, but the mental and spiritual torment would truly make one wish for death.
Kiana decided... unless someone was truly heinous and beyond redemption, she wouldn't lock them in the bottom level.
It really was a bit too inhumane.
"So it's solved just like that..."
Himeko stared blankly at Kiana, then sighed softly and said with some regret:
"If I had known, I wouldn't have come today. How nice it would have been to stay home, have a few drinks, and enjoy a leisurely day."
"Teacher Himeko, although your body is fine now, it's still better to drink less..."
Mei advised helplessly upon hearing this.
"Oh Mei, you're starting to nag me now!"
In response, Himeko just hooked her arm around Mei's fair neck and laughed heartily, baring her teeth.
"When Little Martial Aunt takes action, the efficiency is truly high. When will I be as amazing as her?"
Li Sushang said with a bit of envy.
She had completely turned into a fan of her aunt; Kiana had established an indestructible, towering image in her heart.
She now firmly believed that there was nothing in the world Kiana couldn't accomplish!
If there was...?
Then she would just stab the troublemaker to death with her sword.
After these minor interludes, the group safely returned to the Wangshu Astral Express.
Before leaving, Kiana secretly placed a man-sized Imaginary Gate in Fu Xuan's home that permanently connected to the Wangshu Astral Express's Divination Commission, and left a note for Fu Xuan.
She hoped Qingque would like Fu Xuan coming over often to catch up~
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