Chapter 497

Chapter 377 – bl**d Mist

When Dorothy saw this scene, she was slightly startled in her heart, suspecting whether the bird zombie puppet she had outside the villa, which was dismantling the ventilation pipes, had been discovered due to too much noise. However, after careful observation, Dorothy realized that those bats were not heading towards her bird zombie puppet, but were flying straight up above the villa, to an area where her zombie puppets could not see. Seeing this situation, Dorothy immediately switched to the perspective of the zombie puppet outside the villa. Due to the darkness and the bats flying too high and scattered, she still could not see clearly.

Under the cover of night, far above Barret’s villa, the swarm of bats transformed from the Spider Fang Priest quickly flew, and as they flew, they accelerated. During this dark flight process, these bats began to change.

“Boom!”

Suddenly, these flying bats exploded out of nowhere. As their skin and flesh burst apart, they dispersed into bursts of bl**d mist. These bright red bl**d mists spread outwards in the darkness, with tiny droplets of bl**d blending into the air.

Red Mist – The bright red bl**d mists gradually expanded in the air. As the dispersion area grew larger, the vividness of the red color also faded. In just a moment, the bl**d mist had spread throughout the entire villa.

Due to the increasing distance between the bl**d droplets in the air, the vivid red color of the bl**d mist also gradually faded until it was no longer distinguishable by normal sight.

After the bl**d mist diffused to an invisible, intangible, and tasteless state, it slowly descended from above the villa, re-entering the villa itself. Instantly, the entire villa was enveloped inside.

Countless minute bl**d droplets, too small for the eyes to detect, dispersed in the air, spreading to various parts of the villa, even seeping into every floorboard and wall crevice. The entire villa was enveloped in this invisible bl**d mist, while those inside remained completely unaware.

“This guy turned into a bunch of bats and flew away… There hasn’t been any movement since then… What exactly is he planning?”

In the carriage far away, Dorothy thought to herself as she observed the scene within the villa through the zombie puppet’s perspective. Other killers inside the villa shared similar doubts.

Although the Spider Fang Priest had flown away as bats, the killers still knelt in place, many looking around with confusion and reverence, their expressions filled with fear.

Silence, a deathly silence, enveloped the entire villa. This silence left Dorothy unsure of what to do, forcing her to continue monitoring the villa, waiting for changes.

In this silence, at a distant ventilation outlet hidden under the grass outside the villa, Dorothy’s bird zombie puppet finally removed the last iron grille. Holding the holy emblem, it took off and flew into the dark night sky.

The successful departure of the bird zombie puppet brought relief to Dorothy; at least her main task was now complete. She then wondered if she could gather more information about Eight-pointed and Barret. With this in mind, she continued monitoring the interior of the villa, hoping to see how the Red-tier Spider Fang Priest would find Barret’s secret room.

The silence inside Barret’s villa continued for several minutes. Although the bats had long departed, the Eight-pointed killers still knelt motionless. Their kneeling posture remained unchanged from when the Spider Fang Priest was present, and some even looked more fearful than before. Seeing this, Dorothy couldn’t help but feel a bit puzzled.

“These guys… they’re kneeling so obediently. It’s been so long since anyone left, yet they’re still kneeling here… Generally, when a strict teacher leaves, even if the class doesn’t get rowdy, they should at least relax a bit. But these guys are all tense, which feels a bit strange…”

Using the perspective of a fallen zombie puppet, Dorothy watched the kneeling Eight-pointed killers, and as she pondered the reason behind this strangeness, the situation inside the villa suddenly changed.

Red Mist – Bright red bl**d mists gradually appeared in the air, becoming thicker over time. This bl**d mist gathered rapidly toward a single point, eventually condensing into a human form.

Under some will, the fine bl**d droplets scattered around the villa began to rapidly converge toward a single point. These reformed droplets slowly gathered into visible bl**d mist, which then condensed further into a bl**d human. Finally, this bl**d human lost its bright red color, revealing the image of a hunched old man—the Spider Fang Priest reappeared before Dorothy and the other killers, causing her to be startled.

“bl**d Mist! Could this guy actually transform into bl**d mist!? So, he was…”

After the Spider Fang Priest appeared, he silently turned around, looking at Kenk, who was kneeling before him, then spoke slowly.

“Barret’s secret room… I’ve found it… Additionally…”

The Spider Fang Priest said, and just as Kenk’s eyes lit up, ready to speak, the Spider Fang Priest shifted his gaze to another direction. There, lying on the ground, was one of the corpses currently controlled by Dorothy, the zombie puppet used to monitor the scene!

At this moment, Dorothy’s gaze met the Spider Fang Priest’s, causing her brow to furrow slightly.

“Additionally… I have also found the puppet that has been watching you all…”

Hearing the Spider Fang Priest’s words, Dorothy was taken aback, preparing to immediately sever the spiritual thread connection with the zombie puppet. However, she was surprised to find that the connection could not be severed.

Besides the connection not breaking, Dorothy also realized that she could no longer control all the zombie puppets inside the villa! Now, manipulating these puppets felt like controlling rebellious live puppets.

These zombie puppets seemed to have gained self-awareness and come alive! Without her noticing, their nature had quietly changed.

Inside the villa, the Spider Fang Priest gently waved his hand. The “puppet” he targeted began to wildly wriggle, with the flesh beneath the skin seemingly melting. A massive amount of bl**d gushed from the orifices, causing the entire body to rapidly shrivel.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the corpse quickly melted into a pool of bl**d.

Subsequently, this pool of bl**d rapidly vaporized into bl**d mist, rushing toward the Spider Fang Priest. New droplets of bl**d covered his surface, integrating into his skin, as if they were originally his own bl**d.

After absorbing Dorothy’s puppet, the Spider Fang Priest closed his eyes, remaining in place to sense something. He felt the pull of the spiritual threads connected to him.

When the Spider Fang Priest opened his eyes, he slowly turned around, looking in a direction—towards where Dorothy’s main body was located.

“Now… the puppeteer controlling these puppets… I have also found…”

“Heh… Are meat puppets fun? Self-proclaimed masterminds…”