The late autumn wind, laden with fine sand, swept across the campus, quietly burying the residual rune markings on the altar behind the mountain. Su Yao stood before a microscope in the laboratory, clutching her Jade Pendant. On the glass slide, fragments of black mist condensed, glowing with an eerie purple light; these were samples collected from where the man in black had dissipated. Lin Yu leaned against the doorframe, his fingertips unconsciously tracing the hilt of his sword. "Zhao Ya just found out that the number of stray cats missing in the city over the last three months matches the number of runes on the altar perfectly."
"Using living creatures for a sacrifice?" Su Yao looked up abruptly, knocking the metal stand of the microscope with a loud clatter. The Jade Pendant suddenly turned scalding hot, casting a distorted shadow on the lab bench that looked identical to the "Blood Eye Array" on the fragment of the Ancient Tome provided by Shen Qing. She grabbed her phone to dial Zhao Ya, but heard only a busy signal. Outside the lab window, a familiar silver-grey school uniform sleeve flashed by.
Lin Yu reacted faster, his sword already unsheathed. "Someone is tailing us!" When the two rushed out of the lab, they saw Zhao Ya being cornered by three masked men in black. The leader flicked a chain that coiled around Zhao Ya's wrist; the sound of metal colliding echoed harshly in the empty corridor. "Hand over the Jade Pendant, or this girl's hand will be destroyed." Ba…
Chapter 194