Chapter 1124: Going to the Restroom

But some newly joined members seemed not to understand, a look of confusion flashing in their eyes. The more senior members explained:

"The Bishop said these are humans and Fusionists they encountered on the road. They might be related to the Fusionists who suddenly appeared a few days ago. They brought them back for interrogation, and they can also be used as offerings to the Supreme Jiangtian Savior."

With this explanation, the other Jiangtian Sect members understood, and Chen Ling, hiding behind the window, understood as well.

"Fusionists... where are there Fusionists?"

Chen Ling seemed to realize something, his gaze returning to the pile of plants the Archbishop had casually thrown on the ground, his expression somewhat strange.

How did these three guys get mixed up with Fusionists?

“@%……#&#……？”

The Bishop scanned the crowd and asked with a frown.

The senior Jiangtian Sect member was stunned, then looked around and asked in confusion:

"Strange... why are there so few people here? Where are the others?"

"Don't know, when we came over, there was no movement in the other houses."

Looking at the crowd, which was only half its size, and the eerie, dead-silent village before them, several Jiangtian Sect members suddenly had an ominous premonition...

"Search quickly!"

As the words fell, those less senior Jiangtian Sect members quickly dispersed and went to search the houses from which no one had emerged.

Chen Ling knew that most of what he had done probably couldn't be hidden. He watched the Jiangtian Sect members dispersing toward his location, his brain racing!

Creak—

The houses closest to the Jiangtian Sect members were pushed open. The members walked into the empty rooms, looked around, and deep confusion appeared in their eyes.

"...Strange... where did the people go?"

"What?"

"There's no one in my room either!"

"Same for mine..."

Chen Ling's killing was clean and efficient, and he hadn't left a single drop of blood, so the rooms remained neat and tidy, with no trace of a battle... Every Jiangtian Sect member who entered the rooms was left bewildered.

At the same time,

A Jiangtian Sect member also arrived at the door where Chen Ling was hiding.

He pushed the door open forcefully. Accompanied by a crisp creak, the neat room came into view... He looked inside in confusion, saw no one in his field of vision, and then stepped inside, puzzled.

However, he had only taken two steps inside when a red shadow suddenly descended from the sky!

The red paper monster, woven from countless red papers, opened its giant mouth and wrapped around his body like venom. The dense red paper writhed frantically, tearing his flesh from the inside. Despite the excruciating pain, he still couldn't make a sound because his trachea and throat were blocked by the red paper. Those tiny red papers kept drilling into his body, cutting him to pieces bit by bit.

The Jiangtian Sect member stumbled forward twice, then his legs, covered in red paper, stood firmly. Viewed from afar, he looked like a paper doll painted red, making one's scalp tingle.

Within seconds, the writhing red paper returned to stillness.

The surface of the red paper began to transform into human skin and clothing. As a palm tore at the chin, the flat paper-doll face also transformed into the appearance of a Jiangtian Sect member, and the person was no different from before.

"Li Liang, how is it over there?" The voice of a Jiangtian Sect member came from outside.

"Li Liang" pretended to look around the room, then stepped out and said in disbelief:

"Strange things... there really isn't a single person."

Except for Li Liang, other Jiangtian Sect members also emerged from various rooms. The remaining twenty-odd Jiangtian Sect members gathered together, staring blankly at the empty village before them... The wind of the Gray Realm blew through the village, echoing in those empty, man-eating-like houses, emitting eerie wailing sounds. They only felt their scalps tingle.

Overnight, half the members had mysteriously disappeared...

Since the establishment of this branch, such a terrifying event had never occurred. Even these madmen who worshipped the Red Star fell into a fear called "the unknown" for a moment.

And naturally, they wouldn't know that the source of all the terror, the "man-eater," was already quietly mixed in among them.

"Could it be... that the Fusionist faction has attacked?" one Jiangtian Sect member couldn't help but ask.

"How is that possible? Even if the Fusionist faction attacked, they would definitely alert us. Did you hear any movement last night?"

The Jiangtian Sect members shook their heads one after another, especially Chen Ling, who shook his head very sincerely.

"Hell..."

Zheng Ye muttered, his gaze sweeping across the dead-silent village. For a moment, he didn't dare to move, as if afraid that something was hidden inside that would "eat him up" alive as well.

Just then, the Archbishop let out a cold snort, and the bone club in his hand slammed heavily into the ground!

Thud—!!

A dull sound knocked everyone's troubled thoughts back to reality. They looked at the ape-like figure wearing red leaves, as well as the two red-robed Bishops behind him, and their hearts suddenly settled down quite a bit...

Almost forgot, today the Archbishop and the two Bishops came personally to oversee things. No matter what happened, they would solve it.

“……！*&@#……@！#！！！”

"Everyone do your own things. A few people come with me, and we'll search every part of the village carefully." Zheng Ye's translated voice rang out at the right time. "With the Archbishop and Bishops here, there won't be any problems with this branch."

Everyone's hearts settled down significantly, and they dispersed to leave. At the same time, Zheng Ye scanned the crowd and casually pointed at a few people:

"You guys, tie these four people up under the Sacred Fire and watch them well. You two... and Li Liang, you come with me too."

"Um..."

Chen Ling asked honestly, "Can I go to the restroom first?"

"...Go quickly and come back quickly."

"Yes."

Chen Ling turned and left. He passed through the busy crowd and walked straight toward the outhouse at the very edge of the village.

As early as last night, Chen Ling had figured out the layout here, so he naturally knew the location of the restroom. He avoided the crowd all the way, arrived at the edge of the cliff, and walked into the crudely built outhouse.

Closing the outhouse door, everything around fell into darkness. The simplicity in Chen Ling's eyes gradually faded, replaced by pupils that emitted a faint red glow.

He scanned his surroundings indifferently, confirmed that no one was paying attention here, and then raised his palm casually...

The next moment, his palm writhed rapidly. Dense teeth woven from red paper opened in his palm, and rows of grim white bones were spat out from within.

That was human bone.

Chen Ling's body writhed, and more and more bones were spat out, even including human teeth. As the last skull was expelled from his body, Chen Ling's figure returned to its original state...

And at his feet, "Li Liang," who had been eaten down to nothing but pale bones, was piled up like trash. With a light kick from Chen Ling, those remains rolled off the cliff of the Gray Realm.

After finishing all this, Chen Ling stretched his body lazily, as if he had just finished excreting, opened the outhouse door easily and naturally, and walked back toward the village in a leisurely manner.