The commotion in the banquet hall had countless people stopping to watch. They didn't dare to approach and stood far away, pointing and gossiping about the hotel.
Others ran up to the surrounding buildings to get a better view, finding the perspective from up high to be excellent.
Seeing the foreigner drop and disintegrate into ash, the crowd cheered enthusiastically, treating the event as just another exciting spectacle.
But when numerous teenagers ran out of the hotel, people exchanged uneasy glances, sensing that something was amiss...
At this time, the shrill whistles outside the hotel were ceaseless as numerous colonial police officers with towels wrapped around their heads rushed over. They jumped off trucks and encircled the area.
Raising their bolt-action rifles, without a word, they fired at the children who had just escaped from the monster's grasp.
The crowd let out cries of shock and curses, "These damn 'A' Sans!"
Luckily, three figures wearing full-body battle armor appeared, stepping in front!
Even from a distance, sparks could be seen flying, the colonial police's guns completely ineffective. Then they operated the machine guns fixed to their trucks, which also proved useless.
Then, one of the armored figures pulled out an even larger, thicker, and longer gun from behind and opened fire on the police!
Amidst the deafening sound like that of jackhammer construction, the muzzle swept from left to right.
The bodies of the police officers burst apart, blood spraying, becoming several pieces each—even the trucks they arrived in were riddled with holes and exploded into giant fireballs.
In less than a minute, the police officers blowing their sharp copper whistles had all perished without exception.
The ground was littered with dismembered body parts; all that remained in motion was a smoking tire on fire, rolling aimlessly away.
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The teenagers instinctively ran towards where there were most people.
Recognizing the symbols carved into their foreheads, some more knowledgeable onlookers exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't that the emblem of the Western Religion?"
And the impoverished, in tattered clothes, recognized them straight away, "Hey! These are the children who went missing while working in the concession! One of them was from my former neighbor's house!"
Upon seeing familiar adults, the group of teenagers immediately started crying, "Western demon beasts are going to eat us!"
With this cry, the crowd recognized the truth, looking at each other with an 'as we thought' expression.
Liao Qe hurried to answer, "I know this! The Imperial Court lost the war and signed a treaty, one of the terms is that at each trading port, without permission, no martial artist above the Innate Realm is allowed to enter."
Liao Ya added, "That's right. Top-tier forces entering someone else's territory without permission is seen as declaring war, and it's the same all over the world."
"I see," Lu Yao nodded in agreement.
At that time, they were passing by a church. The church was impressive, with its pointed roof and red walls, and one could faintly hear the bell tower ringing.
The symbol at the very top of the church was exactly the same as the one carved on the foreheads of those children—a triangle with an eye in the middle.
"A church of the Western Religion, no wonder that symbol looked familiar."
Lu Yao said casually, "I remember reading in the newspaper that the full name of the Western Religion is 'Pantheism Church,' and it has many adherents among Westerners and demon worshipers. They've also been growing their flock in the Shun Dynasty lately, resulting in that Hong Renkun of the Grand Vehicle Sect... "
As he spoke, Lu Yao suddenly braked the car with one foot, his face filled with shock.
The two sisters quickly asked, "What's wrong?" "What happened?"
"It's nothing..." After fumbling with a few words and continuing to drive, Lu Yao's mind was anything but calm.
He suddenly remembered why he found the symbol so familiar—his Star Key looked exactly like that before it entered his body! The Star Key was a triangle with an eye in the middle!
[The Star Key, the Blue Star Antique that Zhang Xin obtained to harm me, is identical to the holy emblem of a religion from the Otherworld... A coincidence?]
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All the way home, Lu Yao was somewhat silent, pondering over this matter.
Not until he got into bed to rest, with Liao Qe already mounting him, did he snap back to reality.
The girl asked with concern, "You're worried about something?"
"It's nothing, just a small question, I'll figure it out on my own."
Lu Yao shook his head and decided to put aside his doubts for the time being, hugged the delicate and fair body tightly in his arms, and enjoyed the bliss before him.
The two began a Carp Stance competition to test their waist strength, with Liao Qe's body tensed tightly, she intermittently said, "No matter... what it is, my sister and I... will always support you."