Veronica Murphy locked eyes with Eviette Robins, who returned her gaze. Despite the distance between them, Veronica Murphy could sense the intense hostility in Eviette’s eyes.
She furrowed her brow and glanced at the crew members preparing props in the lake, feeling a sense of unease without any apparent reason.
Nonchalantly, Veronica Murphy turned away from Ben, pretending to be unaffected, and surveyed her surroundings, meticulously examining every detail. However, after half an hour, she couldn’t find any clues.
“Everyone is ready, actors in position,” Sam Symons shouted as he walked over to the control panel and took a seat. The cameras from various angles were prepared, and the scene commenced after the clapperboard was clapped.
Stunt double Xiaotian stood on one side of the flat boat, dressed in a white gown, holding a long sword, and stared coldly at Veronica Murphy. “Jade Garcia, blame yourself for your sins. In your next life, be a good person!”
With those words, Xiaotian swung the long sword in her left hand directly towards Veronica Murphy. Veronica Murphy, dressed in a red gown and a black long coat, cinched with a belt, her long hair elegantly tied up, exuded the aura of a female general.
She held her long sword horizontally, and the clash of metal resounded as Xiaotian’s sword struck hers. Then, Xiaotian retracted her sword, lightly tapped the flat boat with her toe, and utilized the force to leap into the air, bringing her sword down from above.
At that moment, Weiya pulled Veronica Murphy back, and she spread her arms, standing on one foot on the flat boat, gracefully flying backward.
With a resounding bang, the flat boat exploded, sending countless water splashes into the air, and the wheat boat shattered into fragments.
It was a thrilling scene that captivated the entire audience. Several directors were engrossed in the “play,” almost losing themselves in the moment, and the extras and actors around were equally stunned.
Suspended in mid-air, Xiaotian didn’t hear the director call for a stop, so she could only swing her sword horizontally from the air. This strike would later be enhanced with special effects, severely injuring Jade Garcia, played by Veronica Murphy, with a sword aura. Then, Jade Garcia would fall and land on the broken wheat stalk on the surface of the lake, launching a counterattack and continuing to fight Liora Sterling
However, unexpectedly, when Xiaotian swung her sword, the wire suspending Veronica Murphy suddenly snapped. Caught off guard, Veronica Murphy plunged directly into the water.
At that moment, everyone assumed that her descent into the water was part of the crew’s plan, so they waited in silence.
“Umm…”
The lake water was bone-chillingly cold as Veronica Murphy sank into it. The instant coldness felt like icy blades piercing her skin, causing every pore to ache.
When a person falls vertically into the water, they sink a few meters before gradually floating up. But just as Veronica Murphy thought she was about to resurface, someone suddenly grabbed her leg and pulled her down.
She held her breath and looked down, only to find two individuals wearing black swimsuits, goggles, and carrying oxygen tanks below her.
Veronica Murphy was filled with shock. Although she knew Eviette Robins had sent people to target her, she never expected that they had already stationed someone in the water!
Outside, fluffy snowflakes fell one after another, and the sky was covered in a haze, concealing everything as if nightfall was approaching. A thin layer of ice had formed on the lake’s surface, covered by a pristine layer of snowflakes, making it impossible to see what was happening at the bottom.
Veronica Murphy struggled and attempted to swim upwards, but the two people holding onto her prevented her from escaping. She was like a helpless fish on a chopping board, at their mercy.
On the shore, many people anxiously awaited Veronica Murphy’s emergence from the water. But time passed, and there was no sign of her.
“Where is she?”
“Why hasn’t she come up yet?”
“I don’t know.”
“Could something have happened?” The crowd began to speculate, and Sam Symons immediately shouted, “Click!”
He stepped out from behind a machine and approached the railing by the shore, peering down. Ripples spread across the lake, and fragments of wheat floated in the water from the explosion, but there was no sign of Veronica Murphy.
