The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

Chapter 311 Accumulating Power

“Melos, I just went to inquire about the situation and heard that the store is holding some kind of event. But for some reason, I feel that something is strange. It seems more like the store is deliberately blocking people here.”

When Lingye returned and walked to Meros's side, she lowered her voice and spoke to him.

“That’s right, it was definitely intentional. In that case, it’s certain that Fei Bo is inside the store. We need to think of a way to get in.”

After hearing what Ling Ye said, Meros frowned slightly, a cold glint flashing in his deep eyes. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke.

His words conveyed an undeniable certainty.

"So now..."

Before Ling Ye could finish speaking, the air around them suddenly seemed to be torn apart, creating another wide spatial rift.

Shockingly, the edge of this spatial rift was burning with raging red flames, as if they came from the depths of hell, turning everything around them a crimson red.

Immediately afterwards, a large, thick hand slowly emerged from the spatial rift.

Perhaps dissatisfied with the speed at which the spatial rift opened, the hand gripped the edge of the rift tightly without hesitation, and then exerted force as if to forcibly tear open this mysterious void.

With a muffled sound, the originally narrow spatial rift was forcibly torn open, becoming wider and deeper, and the scene inside gradually became clear to Ling Ye and Meros.

When the dust settled, the figure that emerged from the spatial rift finally appeared in full.

It was Earl, Lingyan, and Lingluo who had been relentlessly pursuing them.

"Boss, how's it going? Have you found that despicable guy, Fei Bo?"

As soon as Earl stood firm, he couldn't wait to ask loudly.

His face was full of urgency, and his eyes were fixed on Meros.

However, Meros was too busy to pay attention to him at the moment. His hands were rapidly tapping on a sphere that was flashing with a strange light, and he had no time to respond to Earl's question.

"It's right here."

Therefore, Lingye, who was standing to the side, had no choice but to answer on behalf of Meros.

She slightly raised her hand and pointed to the strange bakery not far away, where a large crowd was gathered.

"Oh, I see."

Earl nodded thoughtfully, then turned his gaze to the sphere that Meros was holding tightly in his hand.

"!!! No...no way, boss, you're really going to do this?!"

However, in that instant, when Earl saw the sphere clearly, he froze, his face instantly showing disbelief and horror, his mouth wide open, and a cry of surprise escaped his lips.

Immediately afterwards, without hesitation, he stretched out his two strong and powerful hands, grabbed Lingyan and Linglu who were standing beside him and had not yet figured out what had happened, and quickly retreated backward with lightning speed.

At the same time, he desperately backed away, staring intently at Ling Ye with anxious and fearful eyes, frantically signaling to him to come over quickly.

"Huh? What happened?!"

Lingyan shouted, looking completely bewildered.

"What's going on?! Why are you suddenly backing away?"

Lingluo was also completely astonished.

"What on earth happened? Earl, why are you so panicked? What is that sphere?!"

Even the usually calm and collected Ling Ye was stunned at this moment, but out of trust in Earl and his years of sensitivity to crises, he quickly reacted and retreated in coordination with Earl's movements.

Not only that, Lingye subconsciously activated the concealment barrier she carried with her to prevent the unsuspecting ordinary people around her from discovering the unusual situation.

Not long after the four of them hurriedly moved away from Meros, the sphere underwent an astonishing change.

The seemingly ordinary ball, which had been held in Meros's hand, gradually began to undergo a wondrous change.

At first, it only had a faint, barely perceptible gray tinge, but soon, this color spread rapidly like a plague, turning from light gray to dark gray in the blink of an eye, and then relentlessly rushing towards a pitch-black color.

The color-changing process was so peculiar that if one had to find a metaphor to describe it, it would be as if someone were secretly squeezing drops of thick ink through the tiny gap between Meros's finger and the sphere into what was originally pure, snow-white milk.

Once the black ink entered this pristine white realm, it seemed to gain life, stretching out its body unrestrainedly and slowly but steadily spreading through the pure white liquid.

As time passed, the once pure white sphere was completely swallowed by darkness.

What now appeared before them was a mysterious sphere so black it could almost absorb all the surrounding light, making them turn their heads in surprise.

Ling Ye and the others, who witnessed this breathtaking scene, watched as the sphere grew darker and darker. A sense of crisis surged within them like a tidal wave, one wave higher than the next.

In the final moments, that intense sense of crisis had transformed into a chilling, terrifying feeling of impending doom, as if the shadow of death was quietly looming over them.

"Hey, hey, hey, Earl! What the hell is that thing? It's getting more and more creepy!"

Linglu couldn't help but reach out and gently poke Earl's waist, then lowered her voice and asked curiously.

"That's an energy ball, which can be used for many dangerous things. However, it usually doesn't last more than 24 hours before it starts to dissipate. Therefore, people generally only make and use it when they need it."

Earl also turned his head cautiously and responded in an equally low voice.

Linglu nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"Let me see how big this energy ball is..."

Afterward, Earl carefully observed the energy ball, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly stretched out his right hand, roughly gesturing the size of the energy ball in the air.

"My God! This...this is too amazing! It's unimaginable how many people the boss killed to create an energy ball of this size!"

When he realized that the energy ball was at least the size of a standard billiard ball, he couldn't help but gasp and cry out in surprise.

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