Chapter 100: A Glimmer of Hope

But before Lü Yang had actual contact with the Death Killer, he could not confirm which Eerie Cards could help him. At that time, he could only try his best to familiarize himself with the uses of these Eerie Cards and then adapt as he went along in the process of rescuing Yi Ya.

Strength Card, Agility Card, Invisibility Card, and many more; all of these could play a big role in battle. However, these cards only worked for a limited time and could not be used continuously. Also, after a Junior Paranormal Master used them, there were very strong side effects.

For example, after the effect of the Strength Card wore off, the Junior Paranormal Master would become extremely weak and unable to move for a long time. After using the Agility Card, the Junior Paranormal Master would fall unconscious for a while. After using the Invisibility Card, the Junior Paranormal Master would feel unbearable pain all over the body. So when deciding to use them, one must pick the right moment.

When that Creation Card, which had seemed useless to Lü Yang before, appeared in front of him, Lü Yang could not help but feel a stir in his heart…

The Mysterious Domain had its rules. At least in the two Mysterious Domains Lü Yang had experienced so far, he could find some common rules, such as no Eerie Cards being allowed to be used inside the Mysterious Domain. If the opponent was a high-level Mystic Scholar, had held Mysterious Tools for much longer than Lü Yang, and had many more Eerie Points in the account than Lü Yang, then facing off directly with the opponent in the Real world would be unwise.

But if Lü Yang could force the opponent into the Mysterious Domain, making both himself and the opponent become Survivors inside the Mysterious Domain, where neither side could use Eerie Cards, then the opponent’s advantage in the Real world would be completely gone. This would be Lü Yang’s only chance to defeat the opponent.

However, he first needed to know who the opponent was and where he was located. Otherwise, everything would be in vain.

He had to find a way to arrange a meeting with him, confirm his identity, and then pull him into the Mysterious Domain in one move.

He only had one Creation Card, and Lü Yang could not get another Creation Card at that time, so he only had this one chance. Therefore, when deciding who the Death Killer was, he must not make a mistake, or else there would be no turning back.

Also… after pulling the opponent into the Mysterious Domain, he must first force the opponent to reveal Yi Ya’s whereabouts. Otherwise, just killing him in the Mysterious Domain would not mean much to Lü Yang.

This was a fight with a huge difference in strength and information. It would also be an extremely difficult battle. But Lü Yang had to win this fight. He had no way out and could not afford any mistakes.

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At noon, Sister Mei called and said she received a call from Court staff. They wanted to meet with her to discuss some matters. She also invited Lü Yang to have lunch with her.

Lü Yang of course refused Sister Mei right away, but he did not mention Yi Ya’s disappearance to her. He only said he had urgent matters to deal with and would not be in Guishe City for the next couple of days.

Liu Yin had booked a private room in advance and asked Zhou Ling to tell Lü Yang the location and room number. When Lü Yang arrived there, Liu Yin was already in the private room. He held half a bottle of liquor in his hand and seemed quite drunk. It looked like before Lü Yang arrived, he had already drunk nearly half of that bottle.

Lü Yang’s fists clenched so hard they made cracking sounds, but he held himself back and did not punch Liu Yin in the face.

“You care a lot about your girlfriend, right? I can understand… My Xiao Bei died at the hands of the Death Killer. After her death, my world collapsed in an instant. For me… the only reason to keep living is for revenge!” Liu Yin slammed the bottle in his hand heavily onto the table.

Liu Yin looked very down and defeated at that moment, so much so that Lü Yang, who had originally wanted to beat him up, lost interest in doing so.

“You are the head of the State Security Bureau, so young with a limitless future ahead. For a Woman, is it really worth going this far?” Lü Yang coldly replied to Liu Yin. If the other person was putting on an act on purpose, then the act was too fake.

“You don’t understand… the Death Killer… he… he not only tortured and killed Xiao Bei, but he also cruelly mocked my dignity as a man! No… not mocked! Trampled! Stomped hard under his foot, ruthlessly grinding it bit by bit with his shoe! Occasionally giving you a glimmer of hope, then making you despair! Finally, deep despair!” Liu Yin’s body trembled violently, as if he was recalling some unbearable memories.

Lü Yang frowned. Liu Yin’s current state did not seem like an act put on for his benefit.

“His target is not Yi Ya, it’s you! Just like back then his target was not Xiao Bei, but me! Outsiders saw that he tortured and killed Xiao Bei, but what they did not see was that he tortured and killed my spirit… no, my soul! Right now, my soul has been completely trampled and destroyed, leaving only this walking corpse!” Liu Yin’s hands also started trembling, even knocking over the bottle on the table, spilling liquor all over the floor.

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“Sorry… I lost control… I asked you to come… because… maybe my past experience could offer you some help.” After quite a while, Liu Yin finally calmed down a bit, and his body was not shaking as badly as before.

“Those things that happened were like a nightmare. I never talked about them with anyone, not even Xiao Ling… But I want so badly to kill that beast, to avenge Xiao Bei!” Liu Yin lifted his head, and a glimmer of hope lit up in his eyes as he looked at Lü Yang.

Clearly, he knew from the start that he could never catch the Death Killer himself. Directing the trouble toward Lü Yang was exactly the result he wanted.

Lü Yang did not interrupt, just watched Liu Yin coldly. All his and Yi Ya’s troubles started because of this man. If Liu Yin was not still somewhat useful to Lü Yang at that moment, Lü Yang would have wanted to kill him with his own hands.

“When the Death Killer does his Death Livestream, he actively contacts the victim’s boyfriend and makes them complete some nearly impossible Tasks…” Liu Yin avoided Lü Yang’s angry gaze and continued speaking.

“He put Xiao Bei into a large glass tank. Above the tank, he prepared five bottles of Concentrated Sulfuric Acid and gave me five Tasks in a very special way. For every Task I failed, one bottle of Concentrated Sulfuric Acid would explode…”

“I failed all five Tasks. I watched helplessly as half of Xiao Bei’s body was completely corroded by the sulfuric acid solution… She became barely alive…” When Liu Yin reached this point, his whole body trembled again, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

“I don’t know where he is, but I know he can see me… I knelt to him, cried painfully, begged desperately… but he wasn’t moved at all… I later cursed at him angrily… but he didn’t get angry at all… He is an extremely perverted and cruel murderer… You can’t even guess why he does this…”

“…”

“After all five Tasks failed, he gave me one last chance to save Xiao Bei’s life…”

“He used a very strange remote method to guide me to a sulfuric acid pool. He told me to jump in, saying that after I died, he would release Xiao Bei…”

“I didn’t jump in because I didn’t trust him… Also, Xiao Bei was already burned so badly by the sulfuric acid, who knew if she could be saved even if she came back… Even if she was saved… she…”