However, the blood-curdling scream they anticipated did not ring out. Instead, an eerie silence fell over the place, accompanied by the sharp intakes of breath hissing from Zhao Jinlou and the others.
Li Pingyi opened his eyes abruptly.
The sight before him caused his heart, which had already leapt to his throat, to jam stubbornly in place—neither rising nor falling, almost choking him on the spot.
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