Screams erupted by the Eight Trigrams Pool.
A handyman had picked up one of the Tiger Ox Dog Teeth. The moment his hand placed the tooth into the basket at his side, he screamed and fell backward.
THUD!
He landed flat on his back, a pool of fresh blood seeping out from behind his head.
He died on the spot.
It was a perfect fulfillment of the Soldier's earlier words: 'A Tiger Ox? If these handymen try to wash it, I'm afraid a few more will die, won't they?'
Song Ciwan could save one person, but she couldn't save them all.
That one scream seemed to open some sort of devil's box, as several more cries rang out in quick succession.
Every person who screamed had, without exception, picked up a piece of the Tiger Ox's skull.
Each of them let out a single scream before falling flat on their backs.
The cause of death was identical for all: a cracked skull from the impact, their heads shattering as they died.
