The Anarchic Consort

Zongzheng Yu Er sneered. Xuan Bing will end you for being so haughty!

Zongzheng Yu Er believed that Xuan Bing would have his own plan to handle her as he would never allow anyone to humiliate him like this.

Just like what Zongzheng Yu Er expected, Xuan Bing gently shut his eyes before he parted his lips as if he was reciting an inaudible spell.

Whitey, who was in the Fantasy Space, overheard the commotion. Its chilling voice rang by Helian Wei Wei’s ears, “Wei Wei, can you hear what the exorcist is saying? Is he chanting a spell?”

“I think so.” Helian Wei Wei used her consciousness stream to communicate with her guardian beast. Her eyes flashed before she said, “I would’ve missed it if you didn’t mention it. The spell he’s chanting sounds rather strange.”

Whitey replied with a muffled tone, “He chanted the spell before the competition even started. This is definitely not as simple as it seems. You have to be careful.”

“I know.” Helian Wei Wei narrowed her eyes.

The first exorcist in line was an unremarkable young man from Huangzi Nation. He began his ritual by making a few streaks on the floor with his wooden sword. Then, he took out a yellow rune before he started to recite a spell under his breath.

The moment he lifted the yellow rune, they immediately sensed a change of air within the Great Hall, overwhelmed by gusts of cold wind coming from all directions of the hall. Everyone present in the hall could immediately feel the chill down their spin. The feeling was indescribable. It was as if somebody was standing behind them and watching them, but when they turned around, they found no one.

As though the Great Hall had lost its liveliness, they heard a faint noise amidst the quietness. Sometimes, the noise resembled the breeze, but other times, it sounded as if someone was panting.

As the sound gradually got louder, the young man’s forehead was beaded with sweat. However, he could not identify the reason behind his profuse perspiration as he continued to pace in circles. “How did this happen?”

“What happened?” An exorcist from a neighboring country, who stood nearest to him, leaned forward to take a peek. Immediately, he grimaced. “There… there are…”

The young man’s face turned pale as he trembled. “Two reapers.”

“Don’t panic. You… you should take it slow.” Although he was trying to convince the young man, the exorcist subconsciously took a step back.

It’s already difficult to handle one reaper. Now that two reapers are present, even if he can successfully send one of the reapers off, what can he do with the second reaper?

He was frightened by the thought of it.

Initially, everybody was clueless. Only when the venue had turned significantly colder and darker, the audience finally noticed the two silhouettes.

Coupled by the clanking of the metal chains, they were walking toward the young man with no expression on their pallor faces. They scanned their surroundings with their dead lifeless eyes, appearing far scarier than the female ghost from before.

But, why would two reapers appear at the same time?

The young man’s hand, that was holding the yellow rune, began to quiver. The two reapers had reached his sides as one of them stood on his left, while the other one on his right. They appeared as if they were sniffing.

Helian Wei Wei screwed up her eyes before she said, “Throw the yellow rune in your hand into the fire.”

Ghosts were afraid of fire and that yellow rune was used to attract the reapers. The reapers would follow the yellow rune, and once they saw fire, they would instantly take to their heels.

This was merely a simple reasoning.

Yet, the young man refused to believe Helian Wei Wei. Are you kidding me? You want me to discard the yellow rune? This is the only thing I have to protect myself!

At this moment, Xuan Bing finally spoke with a confident tone, “You must not listen to her, Brother Mu Bai. You will lose the competition if you discard the yellow rune. You should remain persistent as the reapers can’t stay in the human world for too long. Once their time is up, they will leave. As long as you have the yellow rune in your hand, you’ll never be hurt.”

The young man nodded after he heard Xuan Bing’s words before he applied a little of his spiritual aura.

Seeing that he had no intention to follow her advice, Helian Wei Wei turned to look at the little one who was squatting next to her. “Little Seven, stay as far away as possible. Within half a minute, the two reapers will realize that they’re not smelling a spirit but a yellow rune.” Do they take the reapers as idiots? Can they not tell that the reapers are different from humans?

“What will happen if the reapers find out that it’s a yellow rune?” Wu Jing was still puzzled.

Liu Yu reproached him for his foolishness and explained, “Reapers. They are reapers. They come to the human world to harvest human’s souls. If they find out that they are not collecting a soul but a yellow rune, they will immediately take away the soul of the enchanter.”

The young man broke out in sweat as he listened to the chaos.

Xuan Bing gave a scornful chuckle before he turned to look at Helian Wei Wei. “Third Princess Consort shouldn’t act like an alarmist. I have summoned the reapers multiple times before. As long as I have a yellow rune in my hand and can successfully drag out the confrontation, no accidents will happen.”

“You only summoned one reaper. Now, there are two of them. How is one yellow rune enough to scare away two reapers?” Helian Wei Wei explained in a slow yet straightforward manner.

For a moment, Xuan Bing was dumbstruck. However, before long, he coldly retorted, “It’s useless to talk to someone who knows nothing about exorcism.” He was confident that as long as he could stand firm for a certain amount of time, the reapers would leave on their own.

The young exorcist shared similar opinion and added with a muffled tone, “Brother Xuan Bing, don’t waste your time to explain it to her. How long more do I have to hold out?”

“They’re so stupid!” The little one chewed on his meat bun while he looked at them with his eyes full of disdain, “Third Aunt, since he has chosen someone else’s opinion over yours, you should just leave him to die. We, the War Dragon Empire, have fulfilled our responsibility as the host. He’s too conceited and he will pay for it with his life.”

Whoosh!

As the small child finished, a chilling breeze swept the entire place.

Initially, the reaper, who was standing on the exorcist’ right, was still sniffing around. All of a sudden, the reaper lifted his gaze to look at the yellow paper before he took it over and tore it into pieces.

Then, his lips curled into a malignant smile, revealing his canines. Meanwhile, a machete mysteriously appeared in his hand.

Realizing that Helian Wei Wei was right, his saucer eyes were filled with fear as he stared at Helian Wei Wei, asking for help.

Helian Wei Wei had no intention to help him. She agreed with Little Seven that they had fulfilled their duties as the host.

Moreover, the cocky man had been mocking them since the beginning.

Ha, he brought this upon himself.

“Help, help…”

Swoosh!

If one hindered the reapers as they harvested the humans’ souls, by rule, one should pay back with his or her head.

The whomp resonated across the entire Great Hall as the machete hit his head.

Some of the ministers had collapsed upon witnessing that scene. Meanwhile, the other exorcists felt chills down their spines.

Helian Wei Wei stood at the center of the tumult, unperturbed by the scene.

Everything happened in a flash.

Before Xuan Bing could react, two reapers had disappeared into the dark smog, holding onto Mu Bai’s head in their hands.

Owing to the departure of the reapers, the Great Hall was peaceful once again.

The only thing that reminded everyone about the incident was Mu Bai’s cold body.

The little one, who had been disgusted by Xuan Bing’s presence for a long time, approached Xuan Bing with a meat bun in his mouth. With an arrogant face, he told the initially confident Xuan Bing, “The man who listened to you are now dead. Are you sure that the people of the Xuanyuan Kingdom know how to perform exorcisms? Is it really not a trick to do harm to others?”