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"Each each other."

Xu Ming shrugged, smiled at Genichiro Ashina, his face full of mockery.

When Genichiro Ashina asked him for help, he was already on guard.

When he arrived at the fourth floor of the castle tower, he found that, just as he had expected, it was Tsukasa Eishi himself who occupied it.

So Xu Ming decisively took out the token that Kobayashi Rindan had given him—that inconspicuous beast tooth necklace.

Tsukasa Eishi, who was about to launch an attack on him, immediately stopped.

After a conversation, Xu Ming suggested that Si Yingshi cooperate with him in acting out a play, and Si Yingshi agreed.

And that's how the scene described earlier came about.

As expected, Genichiro Ashina did not disappoint Xu Ming's expectations. As soon as Xu Ming came downstairs, he immediately turned hostile.

"You two knew each other from the very beginning!?"

Genichiro Ashina roared, his face contorted in rage. He was the one who had always betrayed and toyed with others, and this was the first time he had tasted such bitterness. Genichiro Ashina was furious.

To everyone's surprise, Xu Ming shook his head and simply spread his hands out.

"This is our first time meeting."

"You're lying! You must have conspired together."

Genichiro Ashina shouted.

He was a suspicious person by nature. Putting himself in others' shoes, how could he possibly believe that two people who had just met could trust each other and become allies?

It's impossible!

In this world, the only things you can trust are the swords in your hands.

Xu Ming was too lazy to explain that he had easily gained Si Yingshi's trust by using a keepsake from someone else's girlfriend.

"I will revive Ashina! No one can stop me!"

Genichiro Ashina suddenly raised his head, his body surging with black negative energy, which faintly formed a misty armor around his body. His eyes shot out a blood-red light, like crimson lightning.

Xu Ming raised an eyebrow.

Is this guy getting angry and about to explode?

However, what happened next left Xu Ming dumbfounded.

With a loud shout, Ashina Genichiro raised a nearly two-meter-long katana high in the air. A bolt of purple lightning struck the sword in his hands.

Upon seeing his actions, Xu Ming immediately raised his phone, aimed it at him, and pressed the shutter button. Si Yingshi also drew his knight's sword, ready for action.

Just as Xu Ming was taking the picture, Ashina Genichiro gripped the katana crackling with purple lightning with both hands and slashed it fiercely at Xu Ming and Tsukasa Eishi.

The purple lightning bolt shot towards the two of them like a bolt of lightning.

Immediately afterwards, the tri-colored light emitted from the phone's camera lens quickly engulfed the electric python.

The electric python exploded instantly, mingling with the three-colored light, and the entire third floor of the castle tower was completely enveloped in blinding light.

The light, like a sharp sword, pierced through the dark night sky outside the castle tower, bathing the entire castle tower in dazzling brilliance.

It's so bright you can't see anything at all.

Xu Ming couldn't help but cover his eyes with his hands.

"Humph!"

He vaguely heard Genichiro Ashina let out a muffled groan, sounding slightly pained, as if he were injured.

Nearly a minute later, the light slowly faded away.

Xu Ming looked in the direction where Ashina Genichiro had been again, only to find that he had vanished!

Only his junior, Kikumaru, remained, gripping a katana in both hands, staring at him and Tsukasa Eishi with a look of grim determination.

Turning evil again, going berserk again...

Just when Xu Ming thought he was about to unleash a powerful attack, Genichiro Ashina abandoned his subordinates and ran away!? He ran away...

Xu Ming finally understood; this guy had indeed been unleashing a powerful attack.

His ultimate move is—Flash Escape!

In terms of shamelessness, Xu Mingyuan calls him the strongest!

"We will never let you pass!!"

Kikumaru shouted and charged at the two men with his katana raised.

With the BOSS gone, Xu Ming suddenly felt bored and casually said to Si Yingshi:

"Senior Si, I'm leaving it to you."

"Ah."

Tsukasa Eishi nodded, drew an incomparably ornate knight's sword, and charged forward.

Three swords, just three swords, and Kikumaru was killed on the spot.

One sword broke the blade, another chopped off a hand, and the final strike nearly cleaved Kikumaru in two.

Xu Ming was not surprised at all by this result.

Tsukasa Eishi was able to occupy the top floor of the castle tower for three whole years by himself, so his strength must have exceeded the total strength of all of Ashina Genichiro's subordinates.

It's unclear what belief sustained Kikumaru, but he didn't die immediately.

He knelt on the ground, then shakily sat up, placing his hands on his knees, his eyes revealing deep reluctance. His gaze held both the loyalty of a subordinate to their superior and something that sent chills down Xu Ming's spine.

"Lord Genichiro, I apologize, but I must take my leave now!"

After leaving his last words, Kikumaru slowly lowered his head, gradually turning into specks of light and dissipating into the air...

Chapter 120 The Grudges and Love Affairs in the Castle Keep

Xu Ming went to the observation deck outside and looked down at the dark ground below the castle tower.

A little over a minute is enough time for a seasoned escapee to run away until they are nowhere to be seen.

Clinging to a sliver of hope, Xu Ming activated his 'Spiritual Vision' and 'Night Vision' abilities, meticulously searching every inch of land within his field of vision until his eyes ached and watered, but he still found nothing.

He eventually had to admit that when it came to escaping, Genichiro Ashina was also a first-rate fighter.

Genichiro Ashina's escape will definitely affect the final completion of the event.

But Xu Ming was helpless about it. Who told him to run into such a disgusting guy who had no boss-like demeanor at all?

Xu Ming stayed on the third floor for a while and discussed with Tsukasa Eishi that they would go to see Kobayashi Rindou and Akane Kubo Momo that night.

The two then went down to the second floor.

Xu Ming originally planned to say hello to Madam Red Butterfly before leaving.

Unexpectedly, when he led Tsukasa Eishi to the outside of the secret room, he found that the secret door was wide open.

Xu Ming immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly grabbed his phone and slipped into the hidden door.

However, what he saw was far beyond his expectations.

Lady Red Butterfly lay on the ground, covered in wounds, with large amounts of black mist constantly emanating from her body, appearing as if she was about to disappear.

Despite being covered in injuries, Ah Mei was laughing wildly, her laughter filled with unbridled joy.

Seeing this scene, Xu Ming was filled with questions.

However, the two parties involved only had eyes for each other and completely ignored him.

Lady Red Butterfly stared wide-eyed at Ah Mei, who was laughing wildly, her eyes filled with anger and confusion.

"Amei! Why...why?!"

Amei stopped, looking down at Madam Red Butterfly on the ground, her eyes filled with mockery and hatred.

"Because I am Lady Yu Ji's wet nurse, I watched her grow up from a young age!"

"What! You're actually that bitch's servant!?"

Lady Red Butterfly was filled with shock and anger.

"You're the shameless one! If it weren't for Madam's constant tolerance of you, would you have become Master's concubine? Bah! You're just a lowly stable boy's daughter!"

Amei spat out a mouthful of contempt.

"you!"

Lady Red Butterfly's face contorted with rage.

"Do you think no one knows what you've done?"

"You're the one who caused Madam's miscarriage, and you even gossiped about her to Master, making him dislike Madam and instead dote on you, you wretched woman!"

"You...you're talking nonsense!"

Lady Red Butterfly argued, though her eyes darted around nervously.

"Hmph! Whether you did it or not, all the gods and Buddhas have seen it. You will go to hell sooner or later."

However, I'll also tell you something in good faith: your miscarriage back then wasn't an accident. I secretly added some abortion pills to your food... You caused your wife's miscarriage, so this is an eye for an eye, and we're even."

"So it was you who did it!"

Lady Red Butterfly's eyes instantly turned blood red, and black mist swirled around her.

Unfortunately, she was too badly injured. As soon as a large amount of black mist gathered, it gushed out from her wounds again and again.

Seeing this, Amei's smile became even brighter.

"It's no use! I've waited so long, and today I've finally gotten what I wanted. You wretch, how does your wickedness taste?"

I'll go downstairs and wait for you! Hahaha!!

As she spoke, she burst into wild laughter, and a large amount of black mist dissipated from her body, and soon she turned into ashes.

At this moment, Lady Red Butterfly seemed to be on her last breath.

She suddenly turned her head and looked at Xu Ming with hopeful eyes.

"Young man, have you delivered the message to my husband?"