Chapter 433: Chapter 429 Thousand Faces and Helan Xiaoyue Chapter 433: Chapter 429 Thousand Faces and Helan Xiaoyue As the sun climbed higher, more manpower and materials were transported by helicopter, and everything proceeded in an orderly fashion. The thermal tents, shielding from direct sunlight, were also successfully erected, and Fang Xiaocao’s tense face finally allowed for a smile.

There was still hope for Tom, though progress was slow.

As long as things proceeded normally, there was hope.

Fang Xiaocao sat to one side, watching the rescue team clear the debris, cut through the vault, unaware that outside the desert, a conspiracy was brewing.

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New Province.

Jiang Family Manor.

Hummingbird presided over the guest hall, coordinating the Four Great Halls of the Tomb Raider Sect with efficiency, collecting and transporting the supplies needed by the rescue team.

The manpower for the rescue team was drawn from the four halls. Using people from the Four Great Halls was more reassuring than hiring idle workers from outside.

The supplies were purchased by each hall, and upon receiving the list, Hummingbird distributed the tasks to the Hall Masters to gather what was needed, which was much faster than conventional purchasing channels.

At the passageway leading from the guest hall to the back yard, Thousand Faces silently observed everything.

Assured that Hummingbird would not return to the back yard anytime soon, Thousand Faces smirked eerily.

He quietly retreated to the back yard.

At this moment, Thousand Faces wore sunglasses.

Behind the sunglasses, his pupils had turned into terrifying snake eyes.

Hiss–
Watching Nannan swinging in the garden, Thousand Faces flicked his tongue like a snake.

He moved soundlessly closer to Nannan.

Just then, Jiang Ziyao emerged from nowhere, scrambling over to Nannan, using hands and feet. When Nannan saw the strange Jiang Ziyao, she wasn’t scared, recognizing him as her grandfather; she even jumped down from the swing and happy hugged Jiang Ziyao.

Crying out, “Grandfather, Nannan wants a horse ride.”

Jiang Ziyao immediately got down on all fours.

Delighted, Nannan clapped her hands and climbed onto Jiang Ziyao’s back, joyfully shouting, “Grandfather, run fast.”

Seeing this scene, Thousand Faces stopped in his tracks.

He no longer approached Nannan.

Thousand Faces knew he couldn’t defeat Jiang Ziyao.

With Jiang Ziyao present, he had no chance of taking Nannan and had to turn away.

Of course, Thousand Faces wouldn’t give up so easily.

He needed to find some help first.

Like Helan Xiaoyue, locked in the guest room.

She was, in Thousand Faces’ eyes, the best helper.

The serpent-like Thousand Faces moved with eerie stealth.

He moved along the walls, very sneaky.

After some detours, he arrived at the guest room where Helan Xiaoyue was detained.

Clang–
Thousand Faces pulled out a thin steel wire from his belt, sneering as he approached the door of the guest room.

“I am here to see her on orders,” Thousand Faces said expressionlessly to the guard at the door.

The guard recognized Thousand Faces, knew he was Fang Xiaocao’s man, and immediately turned to open the door.

As the guard turned, the corners of Thousand Faces’ mouth curled up into a vicious smile, his snake eyes behind the sunglasses cold and sinister.

Hiss–
Thousand Faces flicked his tongue.

He rushed forward, slipping the steel wire around the guard’s neck in a swift motion.

Thousand Faces quickly tightened the wire, turned his back, and pulled hard.

The guard was instantly unable to breathe, his eyes bulging, his mouth wide open, snot and saliva flowing. As the wire tightened, a bloody streak appeared on the guard’s neck; the thin wire had cut deep into the flesh as Thousand Faces continued to tighten, and the blood from the guard’s neck flowed more and more.

At this point, unable to take deep breaths, the guard’s face turned purple, and his bulging eyes were like those of a toad, a truly terrifying and horrifying sight.

Thousand Faces manipulated the wire, changing direction.

He raised his leg and kicked open the door that had been unlocked by the guard.

He dragged the guard into the guest room by force.

With a flick of his foot, Thousand Faces kicked the guard against the door, his face twisted grotesquely as he pulled back on the wire with all his might. The wire tightened, slicing through flesh and severing the arteries in the guard’s throat…
It wasn’t until the guard choked to death amidst agony that Thousand Faces finally ceased and let go of the wire.

As Thousand Faces retracted his foot, the guard’s corpse slid down the door panel.

Thousand Faces yanked on the wire with force, the blood dripped from it without sticking, returning to his hand.

Hiss hiss–
Thousand Faces let out a sinister laugh and flicked his tongue.

Underneath the sunglasses, his snake-like pupils glinted with excitement.

Thousand Faces turned to look at Helan Xiaoyue.

Seeing Helan Xiaoyue staring at him in astonishment, Thousand Faces grinned, “Miss Helan, do you want freedom?”

Helan Xiaoyue stared at Thousand Faces and asked coldly, “Have you betrayed Fang Xiaocao?”

Thousand Faces chuckled “hehe” without answering Helan Xiaoyue’s question and said to himself, “Let’s make a deal. If you agree, I will set you free.”

Helan Xiaoyue tilted her head to examine Thousand Faces and asked with interest, “What kind of deal?”

Thousand Faces pulled out a bottle of grey liquid from his bosom and said with a grim smile, “Drink this, join Tianzhu Mountain, and submit to Left Hermit.”

Helan Xiaoyue scoffed, “And if I’m unwilling to make this deal?”

Thousand Faces removed his sunglasses and revealed his snake-like pupils, licking his lips, “If you’re unwilling, you will die.”

Looking at Thousand Faces’ serpent-like eyes, Helan Xiaoyue nodded, “Deal, but I want Fang Xiaocao and the Yu Family siblings dead.”

Thousand Faces walked up to Helan Xiaoyue and handed her the grey elixir, “As you wish.”

Helan Xiaoyue took the elixir and, without hesitation, tilted her head back and downed it.

The next second!

Helan Xiaoyue’s pupils began to change.

Eventually, they turned into cat’s eyes.

Meow–
Helan Xiaoyue opened her mouth and let out a mournful cat’s cry, her bewitching cat eyes bursting with a chilling murderous intent.

Thousand Faces nodded satisfactorily, turned around, and moved toward the guard’s body. He searched with his hands and found a set of keys, unlocking the handcuffs and shackles on Helan Xiaoyue.

Having regained her freedom, Helan Xiaoyue leaped up and licked her lips, “What do you need me to do?”

Thousand Faces flicked his snake-like tongue, “Go on a killing spree, start by killing the Yu Family siblings you want dead, then lay waste to this manor, and after that, capture that little girl.”

Helan Xiaoyue smiled playfully, “I’m happy to oblige. Please, lead me to my enemies.”

Thousand Faces nodded and put his sunglasses back on.

He turned and kicked aside the dead guard’s body, stepping out of the guest room with Helan Xiaoyue following closely behind him. The two walked one after the other toward the main building in the backyard.

The guest room where Helan Xiaoyue was detained was situated in an annex of the manor’s backyard, while the Yu Family siblings were staying in the guest rooms of the main building.

The difference in treatment was clear at a glance.

Of course, Thousand Faces had a room in the main building.

Thousand Faces led Helan Xiaoyue, turning left and right, stealthily moving into the main building.

They quickly arrived at a corridor.

“The Yu Family siblings are in those two guest rooms on the left side. You can start your show,”
Thousand Faces said cheerfully.

Helan Xiaoyue, her lips tingling with excitement and her cat eyes brimming with cold murderous intent, raised her leg and walked toward the first guest room on the left.

Knock knock knock–
Helan Xiaoyue raised her hand and knocked on the door.

“Who’s there?”

Yu Linger’s voice came from inside the room.