"Send for help... quickly issue a call for aid!"

Amidst the chaos, the Eagle Merchant Guild's leader shouted in a terrified, shrill voice.

Swish, swish, swish...

Bright fireworks shot up from the Eagle Merchant Guild's residence.

The entire guild was plunged into utter turmoil, filled with cries for help and screams.

Tai Yuema, who had already scaled the walls and traveled halfway, turned back and his pupils shrank upon seeing the fireworks rising high.

In the darkness of night, only the burning of human souls could illuminate all things!

Someone was attacking their base?!

With these thoughts swirling in his mind, Tai Yuema glanced at the inn still far away and smiled coldly. "Consider yourself lucky. I'll let you off for tonight."

Turning back, Tai Yuema surged through the darkness toward the Eagle Merchant Guild.

The Eagle Merchant Guild wasn't without its strong individuals.

Although they couldn't find a second person at the intermediate Human Rank, they could still find one or two powerful early Human Rank experts.

However...

Since the guild had already sent out a distress signal, it was likely a major event that even those early Human Rank experts couldn't handle.

In this situation, Tai Yuema could only speed back to prevent the Eagle Merchant Guild from being wiped out. Aside from making himself conspicuous, which would hinder his concealment, he had to protect the Eagle Merchant Guild to avoid delaying the [Martial Decision] process ordered by Lord Niu Zuo. Otherwise, he would have already replaced the guild leader.

As he accelerated, he could see the Eagle Merchant Guild's residence from afar, a scene of chaos with flames soaring into the sky.

Strangely, there were very few corpses on the ground, only shocking pools of blood.

On the walls of the residence, he could see little hands, swaying in the wind like weeds.

"Anomalies?!"

Tai Yuema was taken aback, his pupils contracting slightly.

To infiltrate [Chu Nuan City] silently, this anomaly was no simple matter!

Tai Yuema rushed to the residence, landed on the wall, and swept out with his sword.

Bang, bang, bang—

The little hands burst into black bloody mist, staining the walls red.

The surrounding little hands quickly retreated into the walls.

"These ghostly things..."

Tai Yuema's expression was grim.

Without much thought, he jumped down and charged towards the source of the chaos.

Swish—

A wall of hands erupted from the ground, as if to swallow him whole.

"Get lost!"

With a burst of his sword, the wall of hands exploded open, sending limbs flying everywhere.

"Goo, goo, goo!"

Strange sounds rose and fell around him.

Tai Yuema looked around and sneered.

He saw little hands emerging all around him, watching him like peeping toms.

"Come on! Show your true form! Face me!"

As he shouted, the little hands retreated into the ground as if they found him troublesome and didn't want to risk it.

Tai Yuema frowned.

This anomaly... it actually had some intelligence?

Tai Yuema was puzzled.

How could such an anomaly appear in Chu Nuan City, and he hadn't received any news about it beforehand?

The information Tai Yuema knew was directly conveyed from above, not a real-time grasp of anything.

He only knew a few words about Ye Niuniu's attack on Dongliu Mountain.

"Lord Niu Zuo seems to be trusting me less and less..."

Tai Yuema clenched his fist slightly, suppressed his thoughts, and began to move around the residence like a firefighter.

As the strongest in the Eagle Merchant Guild, and even the hidden power behind it, everyone obeyed Tai Yuema's orders, and he quickly established an effective organization.

When the crowd gathered, the anomaly's little hands found it more difficult to slaughter the remaining people.

Tai Yuema was like a torch, attracting more people to band together, uniting their strength to resist the little hands.

Before long, he had gathered all the remaining living members of the Eagle Merchant Guild, a vast group huddled together in the wide training grounds, holding torches high, like a flock of sheep.

Under Tai Yuema's protection, the little hands of the [Nuomian Ghoul] were quickly dealt with each time they emerged from the crowd.

Those that couldn't be dealt with would wait for Tai Yuema to come to their aid.

The Eagle Merchant Guild itself had strong martial prowess.

As the seventh-ranked merchant guild in the Tian Shang Alliance, they couldn't hold their position without matching martial strength.

This wasn't solely due to Tai Yuema but to the overall strength of the guild.

The [Nuomian Ghoul], seemingly interrupted from its feeding multiple times, became irritable like a child in puberty.

Under the cover of night, little hands gathered from the ground, forming a tall throne composed of white hands.

On the throne, with Fang Yue's face, a humanoid anomaly whose entire body was made up of little hands appeared before the crowd.

"How could it be you?!"

Tai Yuema's pupils shrank, and his face showed astonishment.

The person before him was none other than Ye Niuniu!

Or rather, someone with the same appearance as Ye Niuniu, but whose body structure was composed of strange little hands.

What was its relationship with Ye Niuniu...

"Goo, goo, goo!"

Just as Tai Yuema was thinking, the [Nuomian Ghoul] stepped down from the throne and walked toward Tai Yuema.

Three calamity marks slowly emerged on its forehead.

At the same time, a slender finger grew out of its head, the end of which was like a Mobius strip, growing out of finger after finger, end to end, forming a white ring, like mimicking Fang Yue's black ring, placed on its head.

At the same time, the [Nuomian Ghoul]'s right hand shook, and its fingers stretched out, becoming a hand blade made of many little fingers.

At this moment, the [Nuomian Ghoul] was simply a degraded version of Fang Yue.

Of course, the degradation was only in appearance, while its strength was even greater!

Like a child imitating an adult, the [Nuomian Ghoul] imitated Fang Yue's appearance, revealing a ferocious smile, and a large number of small mouths appeared on its body, cracking open small openings, revealing rows of sharp teeth!

The creaking sound of teeth grinding against each other was eerie.

At this moment, Tai Yuema and the others had already turned pale, staring at the anomaly in horror.

"Calamity Rank... High Tier!"

"It's actually a High Tier Calamity Rank anomaly!"

"It's over... we're all going to die here today!"

Tai Yuema was also frightened and took a step back, an urge to turn and run surging in his heart.

If he had known that tonight's attack on the Eagle Merchant Guild was by such a thing, he would have died rather than come back to take a look!

If the Eagle Merchant Guild was gone, he could still find a place in another merchant guild, but if his life was gone, then everything would be over.

Cold sweat ran down his cheeks, and everyone's breathing became rapid.

Just then, the 'degraded Fang Yue' moved.

The long hand blade emitted a sharp 'goo goo goo' laughter, and small mouths grew on the blade, sounding like they were waiting to be fed. The [Nuomian Ghoul] charged directly at Tai Yuema.