Eldritch Horror Theatre

”First, I need you to take her to the Night Watchers Base.”

Sensing Su Gao’s trust, Fu Qian didn’t waste time. He pointed at the unconscious woman.

”Next, we split up. We need to gather every transcendent outside the Huang Family and bring them there as quickly as possible.”

Fu Qian didn’t bother emphasizing whether they agreed or not. He trusted Su Gao’s style.

”Then... Ill Omen will come straight to us.”

”Understood.”

Su Gao listened closely. Without asking any questions, she wrapped the woman in a bedsheet and hoisted her up.

How crucial it was to have a reliable partner!

Watching Su Gao and her captive quickly disappear into the distance, Fu Qian looked thoroughly pleased.

The plan of pulling the firewood from under the cauldron had begun.In theory, Ill Omen’s Destined Death was practically flawless.

No matter what strategy Fu Qian employed, Ill Omen could rely on it to dodge any path that led to his death.

All while harvesting the lives of other transcendents to complete his sacrifice.

It was like navigating to a specific destination with countless nodes and branching paths in between; Ill Omen’s protection would always let him pick the perfect route.

Where to go, who to kill, where to go next...

He didn’t even need to think. Acting purely on instinct was enough.

Truly untraceable and wildly unpredictable.

Just as he’d calculated before, the sheer number of possibilities was on the magnitude of A100(10).

So the question was: what if he blocked all those branching paths and left only a single main road down the middle?

By gathering all his available sacrificial targets into one place, only a single node would remain.

The problem suddenly looked much simpler!

As for the Huang Family, following Fu Qian’s murderous declaration earlier, Huang Yuanchang could no longer go back. Fu Qian didn’t think a Tier 7 like him had the capability to force his way into Huang Manor while it was on high alert.

Once the rest of the transcendents were concentrated at the Night Watchers Base, he would be completely out of choices.

Then, all they had to do was wait for him to come knocking.

Unless he could suppress his inner desire to kill. Unfortunately, judging from their last encounter, he was already semi-crazed and likely lacked that kind of patience.

Of course, a more violent approach would be to simply wipe out all the transcendents in West Plain City himself. That would undoubtedly be more effective.

However, for a preliminary attempt, there was no need to go to such extremes just yet.

On the other hand, if he chose to massacre everyone, Su Gao might not try to kill him, but getting her to help would be difficult.

The memory of her completely breaking his mentality with her own killing spree last time was still vivid in his mind.

Naturally, if this proved insufficient, fully activating Asura Mode would be one of his next options.

...

Boom!

”Ill Omen, I’ve been waiting for you—”

Arriving at Tier 8 Brother’s mansion once more, amidst violent tremors, the reckless, furious roar was cut short by Fu Qian.

He gathered his strength, spun around, and stomped his foot.

Facing the incoming shockwave, Fu Qian didn’t dodge this time. He chose to meet it head-on.

Rubble went flying as the two forces clashed, and the shockwave beneath their feet came to an abrupt halt.

Without pausing, Fu Qian rushed straight up to Tier 8 Brother.

The man hadn’t even had time to lift his Heavy Hammer off the floor; shock froze on his dark face.

Swish!

Fu Qian’s right forearm suddenly elongated by several inches. He grabbed the giant by the neck once more, hoisted him up, and slammed him directly into the wall.

Thud!

Tier 8 Brother’s head snapped back with a crisp knock. His eyes rolled up, and he instantly passed out.

It turned out the wall behind him was solid metal.

...

”That’s a wrap.”

By the time Fu Qian arrived at the Night Watchers Base carrying this final captive, the entire room was in dead silence.

In a corner of the lobby, Su Gao stood without a word, leaning on her sword as she swept a cold gaze over the crowd.

Beside her stood three Night Watchers who didn’t even dare to breathe too loudly.

In the middle of the room, a diverse crowd of men and women wore looks of absolute terror, unable to comprehend what was happening.

The vast majority of them sported minor injuries. Clearly, Su Gao also preferred communicating through physical language.

Earlier, they’d wanted to ask what was going on, but Su Gao’s glare had frightened the questions right back down their throats, leaving them thoroughly anxious.

Now, seeing Fu Qian walk in, the naked woman wrapped in the bedsheet let out a shrill scream.

They were supposed to be superhumans in a broad sense, yet they lacked even a shred of transcendent grace.

With a look of disdain, Fu Qian tossed Tier 8 Brother onto the floor. The muscular man immediately rolled over to protect his head, narrowly avoiding knocking himself out again.

The man’s constitution was quite impressive. He had woken up on the way over and spent the trip feigning unconsciousness. Now, he finally couldn’t keep up the act any longer.

”Everyone!”

Fu Qian counted their numbers. Aside from three unlucky souls who had already been decapitated by the time he arrived, all the Lin City rogue cultivators were here.

He was extremely satisfied with this result.

At least half of these experts had already witnessed his brutality firsthand. Hearing him speak, practically all of them shuddered.

”You should all recognize this place, so I trust none of you have any unnecessary concerns. After all, coming here is just like coming home.”

”What you need to do is very simple. From now on, everyone must stay right here. You are not to take a single step out of this room until my notice.”

Fu Qian laid it out in one breath, then glanced around.

”Any questions?”

A burly arm raised up tremblingly. Tier 8 Brother’s voice quivered.

”Staying here without eating is fine, but... what if we need to use the bathroom?”

Fu Qian shot him an icy glare.

”Regurgitate.”

...

”Mr. Fu.”

Seeing that all the transcendents had helplessly accepted their fate, Su Gao looked at him and asked in a low voice.

”Are you sure Ill Omen will come?”

”Relax, he will absolutely show up!”

Fu Qian recalled Huang Yuanchang’s crazed smile. In his current state, the guy absolutely could not stop.

His only curiosity was what kind of state the man would make his entrance in.

He was actually looking forward to it a little bit.

Not because of Huang Yuanchang, of course. He had zero interest in a guy who only acted on primal instinct.

What he was looking forward to was the entity backing him.

How would such a High-Tier Existence, a being beyond human comprehension, react to the current situation?

...

Fu Qian got his answer very soon.

Barely an hour later, the main doors to the Base were pushed open from the outside.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Huang Yuanchang simply walked right in.

At this moment, completely shedding his previously wretched image, his entire body was shrouded in mysterious, Mercury-colored symbols, radiating an indescribable majesty.

Now this... is actually somewhat interesting.

Fu Qian observed the strange anomalies on Huang Yuanchang’s body with great interest.

Aside from the color, it looked quite similar to the thing that had appeared after this guy’s head exploded last time.

That thing had directly caused a Calamity Descent and made him fail his task. Would this one have any special effects?

Facing a room full of transcendents, Huang Yuanchang showed absolutely no fear. He didn’t break his stride as he walked right up to the crowd.

”Today, every single one of you must die!”