Just then, Pei Yun spoke up: "Everyone, attack together! He used this dagger to kill you before, now it's time for him to turn the tables. Let him taste the feeling of being powerless to resist!"

Upon hearing this, the vengeful spirits present were once again ignited with the last remaining hatred in their hearts. Qian Zheng and Xu Wei rushed to Stick's side immediately, covering Pei Yun's hands with their own, doing their part.

Countless vengeful spirits began to move, surrounding Stick and clasping their hands together, releasing their resentment into the dagger...

"Stick, what you did to those innocent people has finally come back to haunt you. You are now the sacrifice on the altar. May... justice utterly destroy you!"

Pei Yun's voice was resolute and firm. She gripped the dagger tightly and, with all her might, plunged it into his chest!

This time, Stick deeply felt this powerful force, carrying the will and determination of everyone, a force he could no longer stop.

He had experienced this scene countless times before, each time as the one wielding the dagger. But this moment was the first and last time, as if he were lying on an altar, surrounded by hateful gazes fixed on him, and he was about to become a sacrifice to be slaughtered!

His face showed no remorse, only despair and resentment, and in the end, he could only let the dagger pierce his chest!

"Aaaaah!" The moment the dagger pierced his chest, Stick screamed in agony, as if a raging fire was burning his soul.

The resentment surrounding Stick was gradually dissipating, and the crimson vortex above the villa was visibly shrinking...

After a long while, Stick's soul finally dissipated, vanishing completely...

Pei Yun saw that the vengeful spirits around him were staring blankly at the place where Stick had disappeared, but these innocent vengeful spirits were not freed. The villa formed from resentment was still there, and the "door" had not appeared. The expressions on Qian Zheng and Xu Wei's faces had become numb, as if they could no longer recognize Pei Yun.

Her heart sank slightly, knowing that time was of the essence. If they didn't resolve everything before she completely lost her senses, then they would still have failed at this "door".

Pei Yun quickly floated to the fifth floor. Stick's soul had been completely destroyed, and the barrier of resentment on the fifth floor was no longer there.

She pushed the butler in his wheelchair to the front door of the main hall on the first floor. When they passed the vengeful spirits, they not only did not attack the butler, but also gave him space.

The butler remained dazed and confused.

It's not yet six in the morning, so the front door can't be opened. Pei Yun had tried before, and from midnight to six in the morning, the villa's door was impossible to open no matter what he did, but Pei Yun couldn't wait until six in the morning.

As expected, she will soon lose consciousness, and even if she manages to leave the villa, she will not be able to move consciously.

Pei Yun searched the butler's body but still found nothing useful. She had thought the butler was the key to unlocking the villa, but had she guessed wrong?

Just as she was looking at the butler with some discouragement, she suddenly noticed the key necklace he was wearing. She had deliberately removed the necklace from his body to lower Stick's guard.

Her eyes suddenly lit up. She took off the necklace. The necklace wouldn't be activated without her spiritual power, so she could hold it in her current state as a vengeful spirit.

She had a wild idea: she inserted the gold key from the necklace into the keyhole of the door, and the next moment, a miracle happened!

The golden key opened the door, and Pei Yun's tense heartstrings turned into immense joy.

She quickly pushed the butler away from the villa and came to the low bungalows where the servants lived in the manor.

"Oh my god! Ryan, your father is here!"

"Butler? Why is the butler out here? Didn't the master order that the butler not be allowed to leave the villa?"

The cook and servants who were sleeping inside were disturbed. The gardener, Ryan, stumbled in from outside and, seeing his aged father, buried his face in his knees and wept like a child.

The butler in the wheelchair listened to his son calling "Father" again and again. After what seemed like an eternity, the dazed old man's eyes finally regained their light. He reached out his withered hand and gently stroked his son's hair, saying in a low voice, "Little Ryan, take out the key I asked you to keep..."

With tears streaming down his face, Ryan nodded choked back sobs and took the key from his pocket, handing it to the butler.

The butler took the key, looked up, and handed it to Pei Yun. His gaze was wise and gentle: "...Although you no longer need this key, I'm still giving it to you. Thank you for saving them. Thank you for saving me and all of us..."

Pei Yun took the keys with a wry smile. She thought she had planned everything perfectly, but she still made a big mistake.

She was supposed to bring the butler to see her son first, obtain the key, and then confront Stick. The order was reversed, which almost prevented her from leaving the villa. If she hadn't had the golden key, the trial would have failed.

"Since you're thanking me, why don't you do me a favor?" Pei Yun said, looking at the uneasy servants present.

“…You say it,” the butler said.

“We will all listen to the steward,” the servants said one after another, and Ryan stood beside his father, nodding repeatedly.

"...If I'm not mistaken, the remains of those innocent victims who died tragically should be buried in the Rose Garden. Stick and his friends ate human flesh, but there are still some remains that haven't been disposed of. They were all buried there, right? Please dig up their remains and move them to the villa, so that they can truly find peace..."

Upon hearing this, the servants present turned pale instantly, especially Ryan, whose face revealed a state of frenzy following fear.

“I know you are innocent. You did not kill them, nor did you eat their flesh,” Pei Yun said.

Only the butler remained calm. He patted his son's hand to comfort him, then looked deeply at Pei Yun and bowed to show his respect.

“...My master, Stick, is a demon. He founded that cult, brainwashed many people in the nearby town, and took all the young women under his control. After they gave birth to children or grew old and lost their beauty, these women became sacrifices. This demon didn't even spare his own children; he's worse than an animal. I tried many times to help them escape, but Stick always found out…”

The housekeeper said, "My wish is also to help these innocent people finally find relief. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Miss."

Pei Yun returned the greeting with a cupped hand. At the butler's instruction, Ryan, along with the servants and the cook, followed Pei Yun to the rose garden.

No strange phenomena occurred in the rose garden at night. Instead, mutilated skeletons reappeared, and the bright moon, hidden behind the clouds, gradually emerged, casting a chilling glow upon the ground...

Pei Yun and the others moved the bodies of Fu Lingchen and the other participants to the main hall of the villa, but the vengeful spirits just stared blankly at the bodies and did not regain their senses, and the "door" did not appear.

Pei Yun frowned and pondered silently for a long time. Suddenly, she took a candlestick from the corner, lit the candle, and went upstairs.

Arriving at the room at the end of the fifth-floor corridor where he had once stayed, he set the easel on fire, setting the entire room ablaze.

Then, an accident happened!

Not only in this room, but also on the walls of the corridor, in rooms on other floors, in the main hall... all the paintings spontaneously combusted at the same time!

The villa, the surrounding manor, and everything else seemed to blur and eventually disappear completely!

The moment the painting was burned, the connection between the vengeful spirits and the painting was completely severed. They were no longer bound, and at that moment, all the vengeful spirits regained their senses, and their appearances returned to what they looked like in life...

"Pei Yun!" Fu Lingchen and the others, who had regained their senses, immediately came to Pei Yun's side, staring in shock at what they had just witnessed, about to ask a question.

The next second, a "door" radiating pure white holy light appeared...

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