This villain, please exercise some restraint.

As the short boy spoke, another ball of energy light shot over. The two lavender energy light balls merged in an instant. The lavender light appeared and disappeared in the blood-red. The originally ominous color was also tainted with a bit of fantasy.

"My dear, if I'm not mistaken, the Demon Eye is about to reach its limit. If you don't stop, it will create fear for you. By then... I think you will die a painful death. No, or... life would be worse than death."

"Why don't you let go? You have to know that the moment you take out the forbidden item, your journey will come to an end."

As the boss said this, his chest was covered with large patches of blood, and his incomplete heart was still beating tirelessly.

"So - please don't struggle any more."

An Xu looked at everything in front of him, his mind a little confused.

He didn't understand why Jiezhi suddenly changed his mind and suddenly attacked Shi Si. It was clear... they had agreed before that if death was inevitable, if disappearance was inevitable, then let him die relatively decently.

And how could Shi Si be in such a state... and that strange red eyeball in his hand...

Everything happened so fast that An Xu could hardly accept it.

"Oh, a last-ditch effort... Your understanding of me is beyond my expectation. However, at this moment, this is the only bargaining chip I have... When you choose to attack me, this will be the chip I will have to use."

"As the active attacker, you are here to persuade others to give up resistance. Don't you think that what you said is quite ridiculous?"

Suppressed laughter was faintly heard from the blood-red sea, and then the laughter became louder and louder. Upon careful listening, it could be heard with a hint of madness.

The strong blood color once again made the short boy's face even more solemn.

An Xu stared at the blood mist. He tried his best to open his eyes wide, but the blood color was too thick, so he couldn't even catch a glimpse of the shadow again.

"...Shi Si..."

He murmured to himself, the feeling of powerlessness surged into his heart again. In this situation, he realized helplessly but clearly that he... seemed like an outsider.

"Is it funny? I don't think it's funny."

The short boy's face was solemn, and his brown eyes reflected that blood color. "I was wondering if you were involved in the incident when a certain player accidentally entered the spider's nest."

"After all, as the one who binds the Demon Eye...it's hard for me not to believe that this matter has nothing to do with you."

"So... does it have anything to do with you? It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter anymore. Now there is only one thing that is clear -

"Please disappear"

"The binder of forbidden items."

A light and dreamy expanse of purple emerged again from the palms of the short boy and soon lingered around his whole body, making him look as if he was immersed in a lavender cloud.

The young man was in the purple mist. He slightly raised his clenched left hand, extended his index finger, and pointed in the direction of the blood.

"Gone, Shi Si."

The short boy said in a low voice.

The words he said were very light, but they sounded extremely heavy in An Xu's ears.

"Temperance…or rather Creek…please…please don't!"

An Xu couldn't help but shout at the short boy.

But...it was obvious that, just like before, his request and his ideas had never received any substantial...response.

The purple light that seemed to be real and emitted from the fingertips of the short boy was like a flashing star that was about to explode, carrying extremely unstable energy fluctuations, and at an extremely fast speed, with a purple tail, it attacked towards the blood-red area.

"slow--!"

An Xu was quick-witted and quick-handed, and took action immediately, even though... this ability might not be of much use in the current situation.

The purple starlight finally brought with it a brilliant romantic color, dragging a long tail, like a meteor streaking through the night sky, piercing through the blood-red color that seemed to be real, and irresistibly... sinking into it.

The energy sphere that was originally fighting against it, due to the collapse of the blood mist, directly hit the only entity in the blood mist.

A suppressed groan came from the blood color, and then the blood color became lighter and lighter at a not slow speed, until... it disappeared completely.

The young man in white was still standing there, his face calm, and there seemed to be no signs of injury on his body.

An Xu stared at it and subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

It looks like he didn't suffer too much damage, I'm glad he's okay, he's okay——

His thoughts stopped abruptly.

"puff--"

An Xu's eyes were wide open, reflecting Shi Si who suddenly spat out large mouthfuls of blood.

"control…"

He heard a whisper from Shi Si.

"……control……"

The short-haired boy's originally dark eyes became lifeless and dull. He looked ahead with a trembling voice, as if he had seen something terrible.

An Xu then noticed that the bloodshot eyeball in Shi Si's palm was still flashing a dim luster, and the only black spot, where his gaze was focused, seemed to be Shi Si.

In a flash, he thought of the short boy's words.

So...is his current state a backlash?

"Temperance...what are you! What kind of...monster are you!! Why do you keep haunting me and pestering me!!!"

As the white-haired young man was speaking, he suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood. The blood flowed uncontrollably from the corners of his already pale lips, but he was still staring into the void, seemingly unaware of anything.

"Why would I be afraid of you...why would I be afraid of you...there is no reason...no cause..."

Shi Si’s face was terribly pale, and he looked a little crazy, which made An Xu’s heart skip a beat and made him feel even more uncomfortable.

"Impossible...it shouldn't be like this...it shouldn't be..."

"It's nothing wrong. It's just a minor side effect of the Devil's Eye. When you chose to be tied to it, you should know that the use of this powerful force is not free."

The short boy spoke slowly, his tone steady, his words hinted at coldness, his brown eyes fixed on Shi Si.

"In addition to my own unsolved problems, I have always wanted to figure out the evil cause of that incident. It seems that today, coincidentally... the culprit has been found."

"I don't know what kind of mentality you had when you caused the Spider's Lair tragedy, but in this game world that I once claimed was absolutely safe, a player was severely damaged because of your actions, because of the Devil's Eye in your hand - the fragile spiritual world."

"You are slapping me in the face... but there is nothing wrong with slapping me in the face. If slapping me in the face can restore the innocent player's originally good mental world, I can say that I am extremely happy to do it - but obviously, this cannot... right?"

An Xu was speechless.

He could see that when the short boy said this, there was real regret and sorrow on his face.