Once the affection level is maxed out, the rivalry begins!

The rest of the cult did not stand idly by while their leader was killed.

Although they had been trained beforehand and were aware of the warnings that fighting in this other world would attract terrifying creatures.

But since they've come to our doorstep, we can't help but resist. However, even if we succeed in resisting, we'll still be taken away by some strange force.

In this seemingly hopeless situation, those who launched the charge even exuded a rather tragic and heroic aura.

Although it's meaningless.

In order to conform to the rules and customs of this other world, they also wore ancient-style clothing such as monks' robes or even Taoist robes, and each of them possessed certain extraordinary powers.

For example, their bodies might glow with various defensive spells, their movement speed might surpass that of ordinary people, and lightning and flames might emerge from their palms.

But that's about it.

Having dealt with witches or anomalies in the past, Bai Ze now realizes that the achievements that ordinary humans can reach through their own cultivation are probably not very high.

He cut his finger and flung a few drops of blood at the first few members of the cult who had entered the temple constructed by the Seal of a Hundred Tales.

Determined to confront the enemy's attack head-on to boost their morale, a burly man in monk's robes spread his five fingers, and lightning crackled between his palms, instantly evaporating Bai Ze's blood.

The moment he revealed an expression of disdain and delight, a cloud of steaming blood mist brushed across his cheek.

The next moment, before they could even scream, the few cult members who rushed up were swallowed whole by the pale light that crawled like living creatures, disappearing as if they had evaporated into thin air, leaving behind only filthy blood crawling with poisonous insects.

The courage of those behind them vanished instantly, like ice melting in the snow, and they stopped their charge in fear before the scrolling, spreading text.

Using one's own blood as a cursed object to imbue the White Knight's power is indeed more convenient than picking a flower at random.

Now that the experiment is over, there's no need to hold back anymore.

Although the other party stopped, it doesn't mean Bai Ze can't get past!

He clapped his hands, and the black characters that had been surrounding him like tadpoles instantly expanded, stretching out like shadows to the feet of the remaining members of the cult.

The curse of petrification climbed up their legs; the curse of weakness rendered them powerless to resist.

In an instant, all the hostile people present, like the villagers, were turned into stone sculptures, frozen in place.

—This time I didn't even have to draw my Judgment Blade to kill anyone. I guess I do have the talent to be a mage!

Bai Ze still had questions for them, but Xia Xingzhi had already run out before that.

"……elder sister?"

In the chaos, the four girls in the band managed to remain calm and didn't do anything foolish like jumping off and running around. Instead, they huddled together.

The situation has stabilized. The girl with the guitar hanging around her neck, Duck, sits on the collapsed palanquin and looks at Xia Xingzhi.

"Ah, yes, it's me..."

When facing her family, the detective girl started stammering again.

"Hey, Xiaoli, is your sister a superpowered person?" "But wasn't it that handsome guy over there who mainly attacked? He looks like he killed someone..." "Bass... my bass is broken..."

Once the tension eased, Xia Yunli's three teammates, as if trying to comfort her after her earlier anxiety, kept asking her questions.

But she herself just stared quietly at her sister.

"Did this happen...because of my sister's abilities?"

"……sorry."

As if stabbed by a sharp sword, Xia Xingzhi took a step back in fear, "I've dragged you into this again."

"I should stay away from you precisely because this kind of thing is going to happen..."

She seemed to be holding back tears, her gaze lowered like a child who had done something wrong. "But when I heard that Xiaoli had a performance, I couldn't resist the urge to sneak over and see her—I swear I really intended to just take one look and leave!"

"It's all...my fault."

The girl muttered in a low voice, "You've gotten yourself into trouble."

—I wish I had never been born.

"No, I didn't mean to blame my sister!"

……

What a hassle, those family dramas over there.

Luckily, it wasn't my sister, otherwise I would have looked terrible.

Bai Ze crossed his arms and commented with the mindset of an observer.

He then turned his gaze to the half-petrified members of the cult.

"What are you planning to achieve by kidnapping her?"

Bai Ze squeezed out a drop of bright red blood, placed it on his fingertip, and slowly moved it towards the other person.

"Only the chief priest knows... we are just responsible for carrying out the orders."

One of the cult members, unable to bear the torment of fear any longer, cried out.

"The contract with the Lord of the Underworld has been signed. If we don't continue to offer the Divine Child to Him, everyone in the Otherworld will die." He tried to persuade Bai Ze in the opposite direction.

"Hmm, so to provoke this anomaly, we need to start with the guitarist sister, right?"

Bai Ze nodded knowingly.

"Why provoke them like this!"

"Do you have any objections?"

"...No, no."

The cult's henchmen, whose lives were in the hands of others, chose to do as they pleased.

Bai Ze snapped his fingers, instantly accelerating the petrification process and freezing them into stone statues.

After leaving the other world, you can hand it over to Rhea, but to leave, you must first summon out this so-called Lord of the Underworld and defeat him.

If it had remained hidden, Bai Ze wouldn't have been able to destroy the entire otherworld... right?

The detective once said that the cult performed a ritual similar to a ghost marriage.

The so-called ghost marriage refers to the custom of marrying a living person to a dead person, which has been practiced in some regions.

The fact that Xia's younger sister wore a white shawl signifies that she is about to become God's bride, while the remaining three bandmates are roughly equivalent to burial goods.

In that case, how can we most thoroughly enrage this elusive otherworldly lord? It's really hard to guess.

Bai Ze strode quickly toward the two sisters who were still enacting a family drama.

Speaking of which, the Minotaur in Greek mythology is considered one of the classic origins of the Minotaur monster.

Having defeated his opponent and mastered the labyrinth... he might even be able to call himself the King of the Minos.

The timid older sister and the younger sister, who was trying to express herself, both noticed his approach.

"Aze, I've thought of a way to escape from this other world without alerting anyone."

Xia Xingzhi said with little interest.

She still feels that her sister dislikes her.

"...What is his relationship to my sister?"

Xia Yunli noticed the form of address, crossed her arms, and cast a scrutinizing glance at her.

"They're assistants—we don't need to escape. We were inexplicably dragged into the afterlife; it wouldn't be right not to get revenge, would it?"

Bai Ze's second half of the sentence was addressed to Xia Xingzhi.

He jumped onto the collapsed sedan chair, came to the girl who was still sitting in a duck-like position, and looked down at Xia Yunli.

"What...what do you want to do?"

Unlike her sister, even after witnessing his battle where he slaughtered members of the cult, Xia Yunli still stubbornly raised her beautiful face.

"Feel sorry."

"Huh?"

She blinked in confusion, "Why do I have to apologize like my sister...?"

Consider this a heads-up about what I'm going to do later. Also, it's to destroy the otherworld that's trapping us, so please don't overthink it.

Bai Ze calmly reached out and placed his hand on the girl's chest.

The soft touch swept across my palm like waves, and time seemed to freeze around me.

Xia Xingzhi froze like a computer that had crashed, and the deerstalker hat on her head rolled to the ground.

At the same moment, the river flowing through the village surged with ripples as if in anger.