"Just leaving like that?" Xiao Liu's eyes widened in disbelief.

Qin Nuo's expression was also strange; this scene felt oddly familiar.

Li Qianqian looked puzzled as she turned to Qin Nuo. "Did they get scared off by me?"

"Obviously, yes," Qin Nuo replied.

"Anyway, with those things gone, we've dodged a bullet."

"Let's get through that white mist and leave this place first," Xiao Liu suggested, looking disheveled and covered in dirt.

"This is ghost mist. Normally, you can't get out of it; it's like being trapped in a ghost wall."

"Someone doesn't want us to leave."

Qin Nuo hinted, looking around and noticing that the mist was much thinner in the direction of the complex building's entrance.

Qin Nuo said immediately, and Xiao Liu quickly nodded. "Makes sense, it's too passive."

The three of them headed towards the stairwell. In the hallway, Li Qianqian kept glancing at Qin Nuo. Qin Nuo looked at her, "What's up?"

"You don't seem like the Xiaofeng I know. You're much calmer and more responsible," Li Qianqian said.

"Is that so? In this situation, I can't let a girl stand up, can I? Even though you're older than me," Qin Nuo said casually.

"Now's not the time for this. Let's talk upstairs."

Xiao Liu ran ahead, stopped to catch his breath, and looked back, his face changing. "The ghost mist is spreading up!"

Qin Nuo and Li Qianqian also turned to look and saw the white mist at the bottom of the stairwell spreading upward like smoke.

"To the rooftop!" Qin Nuo decided immediately.

"Did you say that mysterious principal is someone you've met?" the Blood-Eyed Ghost asked as they rushed to the rooftop.

"Why?" Qin Nuo adjusted his breathing while climbing the stairs.

"Everyone you've met has pretty much kicked the bucket, except for that security guard and the girl named Li. Which one is the mysterious principal?"

Qin Nuo chuckled, "Perhaps."

"The other side is playing a little trick on me."

"I've guessed their general idea, but I don't know what means they have prepared against me."

"Tang Rou and the others being imprisoned back in the paper figures was just a smokescreen for me. Those puppets were just an appetizer."

The Blood-Eyed Ghost's face darkened. "Stop speaking in riddles. Can you be clearer?"

Qin Nuo said, "Without confirmation and sufficient conditions, I don't like to speak about things I'm not sure of."

"Do you understand me?"

"No, but I think you deserve a beating."

Qin Nuo looked at the corner of the hallway ahead and continued thinking, "Actually, I'm at a big disadvantage now."

"Even though I have two main storyline auxiliary items from the game as my trump cards, I'm still very passive."

"The Overturning Curse Seal seems like a powerful trump card, but it's just my chance to go all in."

"The reason it hasn't dealt with me immediately is partly due to its playful nature, but mainly because it's probing my trump card!"

"During our first encounter in the basement, it already saw my threat."

"To be clear, it's my threat, okay?" the Blood-Eyed Ghost reminded.

Bang!!

On the top floor, Xiao Liu picked up a stone and smashed it against the door lock several times without success, ending up sweating profusely.

Li Qianqian came up, grabbed the iron lock, and with a strong pull, the fist-sized lock snapped crisply.

Xiao Liu smiled awkwardly, "Little girl, uncle thinks you're naturally strong!"

Li Qianqian ignored him, opened the iron door, and walked out.

On the rooftop, the night wind howled. The moment the door opened, a strong gale rushed into the hallway, the sound of it echoing continuously.

Xiao Liu came out, looked around, and asked, "What do we do now?"

Qin Nuo walked to the railing and looked down. The white mist was like an ever-expanding cotton candy, continuously covering the area of Black Crow Ghost School.

He retracted his head and looked at Xiao Liu with a smile, "Uncle, you're the adult here. Why are you always following the lead of us two kids?"

Xiao Liu knew Qin Nuo was teasing him, rolled his eyes, and said nothing.

"The white mist is coming up."

Li Qianqian suddenly spoke. The surrounding air gradually became hazy, and unknowingly, they were surrounded by ghost mist again.

Hearing some bustling sounds nearby, Qin Nuo looked up and saw Tang Rou's paper figures jumping like little people on the water tank.

"I'm really tired, I don't want to run anymore," Xiao Liu said, slumping to the ground.

Qin Nuo was silent for a moment, then shouted into the white mist, "After playing for so long, aren't you planning to come out?"

No response.

Li Qianqian glanced back at Qin Nuo, about to speak, when she suddenly looked up.

Qin Nuo also looked up, and in the next second, he quickly lunged in another direction.

From the white mist above, a figure descended from the sky, crashing through the floor with a loud bang, breaking the steel and concrete.

Debris flew, and dust rose.

The strong airwave knocked the three of them over several times.

Qin Nuo rolled into a corner, covered in dust, spat out a few times, and looked at the figure, muttering, "Finally here?"

In the dust, countless paper figures flew, and various shrill wails echoed as the Red Shadow emerged, covered entirely by paper figures.

In its hand, it held a long sword also wrapped in paper figures!

"A prop wooden sword from the Performing Arts Department?" Qin Nuo raised an eyebrow.

"That troublesome Red Shadow again, with that intense curse smell, it's really disgusting. I'll deal with it and settle the score from last time!"

The Blood-Eyed Ghost said domineeringly.

"Confident?" Qin Nuo asked.

"Even if I'm not, I have to fight, right? Who told me to end up with a host like you?"

Dense black veins crawled up the right arm, and at the back of the hand, three spots of skin tore open, revealing three blood eyes, oozing black blood.

Opening three eyes directly!

After the last encounter, the Blood-Eyed Ghost dared not be careless.

The Red Shadow stared at Qin Nuo, twisted slightly, and charged with the wooden sword.

Qin Nuo raised his right hand, and as the wooden sword thrust forward, his five fingers turned into claws, swiftly grabbing the sword hilt.

The moment they touched, layers of airwaves surged, and the dust was swept up.

Xiao Liu hugged his head, hiding in the corner along the railing, "Immortals fighting, mortals stay out of the way."

The right hand covered in black veins, at the moment of thrusting, was like a black lightning, instantly shattering the wooden sword!

But in the next moment, dense red veins reassembled the fragments, and after being covered, they became extremely sharp, slashing towards Qin Nuo's shoulder.

Buzz!!

But at that moment, the three blood eyes suddenly widened, black threads crawling over the blood-red eyeballs, a layer of blood-colored light rippling, and the wooden sword flew away.

The Red Shadow was also forced back by a terrifying ghost power, and as it looked up, Qin Nuo appeared in front of it, his right hand gripping its throat tightly.

"Did you really think I'm easy to bully?"

"Last time, I just went easy on you."

The Blood-Eyed Ghost sneered, mocking, as the strength in its five fingers increased.

But at that moment, several paper figures on the Red Shadow's shoulder suddenly detached, quickly covering Qin Nuo's face...

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